Arcadia Valley, Missouri - The Bloomfield Wildcats Varsity Cross Country team made their inaugural appearance at the Arcadia Valley Cross Country Meet on Saturday.

It's the first time Bloomfield has earned medals in Cross Country. 

Austin Bond was the first to cross the finish line earning him the right to be the first ever Cross Country medal winner for the Wildcats!

Cameron Pulley, Tyler Battles, Caleb Pulley, and Riley Burns also earned medals in Cross Country for Bloomfield High School at Arcadia Vallley.

The team took 3rd place as a team.  Congratulations Wildcats!

Dexter, Missouri - The Lady Cats varsity tennis team dropped to Notre Dame on Tuesday in their final home game of the season.  The Notre Dame Lady Bulldogs won 9-0 over Dexter.

 

Notre Dame also won five of their six junior varsity matches.

 

Dexter’s record is now 5-2.  They return to action on Thursday when they compete against Caruthersville.  On Saturday they travel to the Farmington Invitational.

 

Below is a list of results for Tuesday night’s matches.

 

VARSITY SINGLES

No. 1 - Carly Hopkins (ND) def. MaKayla Waldner 8-4

No. 2 - Grace Powderly (ND) def. Macy Urhahn 8-2

No. 3 - Sylvia Kolda (ND) def. Lexi May 8-1

No. 4 - Taylor Kohlfeld (ND) def. Nicole Sells 8-1

No. 5 - Julia Kohlfeld (ND) def. Rachel Singh 8-4

No. 6 - Olivia Westbrook (ND) def. Reagan Miller 9-7

 

VARSITY DOUBLES

No. 1 - Hopkins-Powderly (ND) def. Waldner-Urhahn 8-6

No. 2 - Kolda-Hattie Louise Burdin (ND) def. May-Miller 8-1

No. 3 - Kohlfeld-Kohlfeld (ND) def. Sells-Singh 8-4

 

JUNIOR VARSITY SINGLES

No. 1 - Burdin (ND) def. Kalee Howard 6-4

No. 2 - Marlen Hoedebeck (ND) def. Morgan Aldridge 6-2

No. 3 - Susan Anderson (ND) def. Malia Cook 6-0

No. 4 - Morgan Essner (ND) def. Abbie Dorton 5-1

No. 5 - Maren Slaten (ND) def. Hannah Bien 8-0

 

JUNIOR VARSITY DOUBLES

No. 1 - Howard-Aldridge (D) def. Westbrook-Hoedebeck 7-5

No. 2 - Anderson-Essner (ND) def. Cook-Dorton 6-0

 

Cape Girardeau, Missouri - Defending Dig for Life Champions Dexter Lady Cats won their pool and finished second over all in the Gold Bracket.

Dexter defeated Calvary Lutheran 25-7, 25-4 and split with Jackson 22-25, 25-15 on the first day of the tournament.  On Saturday they beat Scott City 25-13, 25-15 as they continued their pool play.

Dexter defeated the Bernie Mules 25-11, 25-19, beat Advance in three sets 25-12, 21-25, 25-14 and Seckman 25-16, 25-16 in the final four.  Notre Dame defeated Dexter in the Championship game 27-25, 25-20.

GOLD BRACKET PLAYOFFS

SWEET 16

Bismarck def. Bloomfield 25-22, 24-26, 26-24

St. Vincent def. Eminence 25-19, 25-19

Jackson def. Central (Park Hills) 25-15, 25-10

Notre Dame def. Saxony Lutheran 25-15, 25-13

Seckman def. New Haven 25-18, 25-19

Jefferson (Festus) def. Woodland 25-20, 22-25, 25-14

Advance def. Lesterville 25-22, 16-25, 25-23

Dexter def. Bernie 25-11, 25-19

QUARTERFINALS

St. Vincent def. Bismarck 25-21, 25-23

Notre Dame def. Jackson 25-9, 25-15

Seckman def. Jefferson (Festus) 25-19, 25-20

Dexter def. Advance 25-12, 21-25, 25-14

CONSOLATION QUARTERS

Eminence def. Bloomfield 25-10, 25-19

Saxony Lutheran def. Central (Park Hills) 25-15, 25-15

New Haven def. Woodland 25-18, 25-18

Bernie def. Lesterville 25-9, 25-21

SEMIFINALS

Notre Dame defeats St. Vincent 25-23, 25-19

Dexter def. Seckman 25-16, 25-16

CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS

Eminence def. Saxony Lutheran 25-19, 23-25, 25-17

New Haven def. Bernie 25-15, 25-9

CHAMPIONSHIP

Notre Dame def. Dexter 27-25, 25-20

CONSOLATION FINALS

New Haven def. Eminence 25-15, 25-18

 

Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter Bearcats fell to the undefeated Sikeston Bulldogs on Friday night.

Sikeston put 22 points on the board rather quickly in the first quarter and never fell behind on their way to a 62-14 victory at Charles Bland Stadium in Dexter.

“We spotted them basically 22 points,” commented Dexter head coach Justin Peden.  “When you do that it is a tough hole to dig out of and I thought we fought back pretty hard.  We came back, but had some stalled drives and turnovers in key situations.  When that happens it starts to wear on you a little bit. We went into halftime feeling pretty good, but just couldn't get anything going offensively. We were moving well in the middle of the field. It just seemed like when we got in the red zone we had some issues."

Dexter recorded both of their touchdowns in the last few minutes of the first half.  Ethan Stevens ran 18 yards for a touchdown with 2:27 left on the clock.  Sikeston added tow more touchdowns before Stevens scored again.  He rushed for 72 yards with only 12 seconds left in the second quarter to set the halftime score at 36-14.

“It was good,” Peden said of the closing minutes of the first half.  “We showed Sikeston we could play with them.  We had a good drive for a touchdown, a big play and recovered an onside kick.  There were things we could do offensively. It was just a matter of putting it together play after play into a sustained drive. Once we learn to do that we will be a pretty good football team. There were plays where we looked pretty good . . . I'm proud of the effort we put out. The guys didn't quit and kept coming even when it started to get kind of bad there. Sometimes you see guys wanting to tap out and nobody tried to do that. They came out and played hard so I'm proud of the guys." 

No one scored again until the last 34 seconds of the third quarter when Sikeston 3 yards for a touchdown to increase their lead to 42-14.

The Bulldogs tallied three additional touchdowns in the fourth quarter to set the final score 62-14.

Stevens tallied 131 yards on the ground for Dexter. He had a team-high 15 carries.

“Sikeston played us really well,” Peden said.  “Ethan had to make some stuff happen with his rushing.  He had 131 yards on 15 carries, which was a good amount.  But we have got to be able to establish the run so we are going to go back and look at some different things we can do running the ball because if you can’t run the ball you are not going to win any football games.”

Austin Chesser caught three passes for a team-high 45 yards.

Sikeston intercepted five passes and recovered one fumble.  Dexter recovered two fumbles.

Bo McMullin recorded a team-high 10 tackles for Dexter before leaving the game with an injury.

"I don't think the score indicated how well we played defensively," Peden said. "We forced them out of that double wing they had been running the first three games. They came out a little bit, but we forced them into a spread situation and when they got to it they were able to utilize their speed. We didn't have an answer for it in some situations, but defensively I thought we played pretty well. I thought we played better than the score and there were times where momentum started to swing our way, but we stalled out defensively. I take responsibility for that. We had some stalled drives where we should have got some points and put our defense in some bad positions by giving them a short field.

Dexter        0   14   0     0 - 14

First Quarter

S - Victwon Riley 13 run (conversion good), 11:13

S - Jaylen Mallory 44 pass from Nathan Hampton (Hampton kick), 5:09

S - Riley 3 run (Hampton kick), 3:39

Second Quarter

D - Ethan Stevens 18 run (Jason Jarrell kick), 2:27

S - Riley 3 run (Hampton kick), 0;52

S - Deterio Newman 41 pass from Hampton (Hampton kick), 0:32

D - Stevens 72 run (Jarrell kick), 0:12

Third Quarter

S - Hampton 3 run (Hampton kick no good), 4:32

Fourth Quarter

S - Riley 7 run (Hampton kick), 11:55

S- Justus Faulkner 47 run (Hampton kick), 9:20

S - McKenzie Worth 60 fumble recovery (Hampton kick no good), 4:36

Rushing - (Sikeston) Victwon Riley 17-83, Nathan Hampton 10-38, Earnestt Fobbs 6-36, Jason Moore 4-11, Phazun Fobbs 2-8, Keyshawn Ellis 2-6, Jestus Faulkner 1-47, Jaylen Mallory 1-3, Marcus Williams 1-2, Bryce Bays 1-(-2). (Dexter) Ethan Stevens 15-131, Carson Dean 11-1, Jason Jarrell 5-7, Jake Adams 1-1, Payton Tinnin 1-0.

Passing - (Sikeston) Nathan Hampton 6-12-0 = 119. (Dexter) Ethan Stevens 5-18-4 = 81, Jason Jarrell 0-1-1 = 0.

Receiving - (Sikeston) Earnestt Fobbs 2-23, Justus Faulkner 1-6, Jaylen Mallory 1-44, Bryce Bays 1-5, Deterio Newman 1-41. (Dexter) Austin Chesser 3-45, Carson Dean 1-22, Jason Jarrell 1-14.

Punting - (Sikeston) Nathan Hampton 2-81. (Dexter) Ethan Stevens 3-120.

Dexter (1-3) will host Caruthersville on Friday, September 18^th.  Game time 7:00 p.m.

"Coach Jackson over at Caruthersville is a good, young coach," Peden said. "He's a smart guy and has a lot of weapons at his disposal. Upfront I would said they don't have as many veterans as they did last year, but they are still a good unit upfront. We've watched some film on them the other day. They've got a lot of team speed and they know how to use it.They run a spread and try to get to the edge on you so we have to be able to defend it. I think it was good we saw the speed we saw tonight because Sikeston was fast. I think that will help us going into next week."

Cape Girardeau, Missouri - The volleyball schedule has been released for the 48-team Dig for Life Classic Tournament

This year's tournament takes place Sept. 11th and 12th at Southeast Missouri State University Show Me Center and Notre Dame Regional High School.

This year 48 teams will compete in 16 three-team pools on Friday evening and Saturday morning. Bracket-play is slated for Saturday afternoon.

Last year the Dexter Lady Cats defeated Park Hills Central in the gold bracket championship.

Bernie plays Park Hills at 4:30 p.m. and New Madrid County Central at 7:00 p.m. on Friday at the Show Me Center.

Dexter plays Calvary Lutheran at 5:20 p.m. and Jackson at 7:00 p.m. on Friday evening.

Pool-Play (Note: teams do not play teams within their own pool during pool-play. Therefore, a team could win every game in its pool and not win its pool. If two teams in the same pool finish with identical records win/loss point differential determines which team finishes first in each pool. Therefore, every point counts in pool-play)

Pool A: 1. Bismarck, 2. Bell City, 3. Senath-Hornersville

Pool B: 4. Cape Central, 5. New Haven, 6. Oak Ridge

Pool C: 7. Jackson, 8. Calvary Lutheran, 9. Scott City

Pool D: 10. Malden, 11. Dexter, 12. Marquand-Zion

Pool E: 13. Bernie, 14. Kennett, 15. South Pemiscot

Pool F: 16. Park Hills Central, 17. New Madrid County Central, 18. Southland

Pool G: 19. Notre Dame, 20. South Iron, 21. Cooter

Pool H: 22. Meadow Heights, 23. Woodland, 24. Southern Reynolds

Pool I: 25. St. Vincent, 26. Holcomb, 27. Greenville

Pool J: 28. Puxico, 29. Jefferson, 30. Richland

Pool K: 31. Eminence, 32. Portageville, 33. Clarkton

Pool L: 34. Advance, 35. Clearwater, 36. Twin Rivers

Pool M: 37. Lesterville, 38. Sikeston, 39. Caruthersville

Pool N: 40. Saxony Lutheran, 41. Leopold, 42. Campbell

Pool O: 43. Gideon, 44. Seckman, 45. Zalma

Pool P: 46. Oran, 47. Bloomfield, 48. Poplar Bluff

Friday Pool-Play Schedule

Time/Court	Rec 1	Rec 2	Rec 3	Rec 4	Notre Dame 1	Notre Dame 2	Show Me 1	Show Me 2
4:30 p.m.	1 vs. 4	7 vs. 10	13 vs. 16	19 vs. 22	25 vs. 28	31 vs. 34	37 vs. 40	43 vs. 46
5:20	2 vs. 5	8 vs. 11	14 vs. 17	20 vs. 23	26 vs. 29	32 vs. 35	38 vs. 41	44 vs. 47
6:10	3 vs. 6	9 vs. 12	15 vs. 18	21 vs. 24	27 vs. 30	33 vs. 36	39 vs. 42	45 vs. 48
7	1 vs. 5	7 vs. 11	13 vs. 17	19 vs. 23	25 vs. 29	31 vs. 35	37 vs. 41	43 vs. 47
7:50	3 vs. 4	9 vs. 10	15 vs. 16	21 vs. 22	27 vs. 28	33 vs. 34	39 vs. 40	45 vs. 46
8:40	2 vs. 6	8 vs. 12	14 vs. 18	20 vs. 24	26 vs. 30	32 vs. 36	38 vs. 42	44 vs. 48