Dexter, Missouri - The third-seeded Woodland Cardinals fell short of beating two-time defending SCAA champions the Lady Bearcats on Friday night.
Dexter defeated Woodland 25-20, 25-14 in varsity action.
The Bearcats played from behind most of the first set giving Coach Morgan quite the scare. They battled back winning the first set by five points and dominated the second set winning by eleven points.
Looking back earlier in the week, top-seeded Dexter collected a 25-12, 25-18 victory against fourth-seeded Advance in the first varsity semifinal on Thursday evening to advance to the final championship game. They defeated the Richland Lady Rebels 25-7, 25-7 on Monday night.
The Lady Cats improved their record to 24-4-2 with the championship victory. They play Notre Dame on Monday evening and Perryville on Thursday evening.
Playing on the varsity team are: #4 Megan Trout, #7 Madison McConnell, #8 Lexie Barnes, #9 Julia Hahn, #10 Addie Kruse, #12 Hannah Thurmon, #13 Krysten Garrison, #14 Kendall Adams, #18 Emily Page, #19 Ashlynn Wyman, #20 Bailee Williams, #21 Janie Lindsey, and #25 Brittany brown.
Dexter, Missouri - In JV action on Friday night at the SCAA Volleyball Tournament, the Lady Bearcats also earned championship medals defeating the number two seed Bloomfield JV Wildcats.
Top seeded Dexter JV team won in two sets 25-12, 25-14.
Dexter also beat fourth-seeded Advance 25-19, 25-15 in the first junior varsity semifinal Thursday. Bloomfield followed with a 25-15, 25-20 win against third-seeded Woodland.“Our passing has really improved throughout the season, stated Dexter junior varsity coach Starla Pulley. “We have really reduced our hitting errors as well.”
Playing for the JV Team are: #2 Emily Smith, #3 Kelby Hill, #4 Megan Trout, #5 Jadyn Northcutt, #6 Natalie Sitze, #11 Keirstan Keirsey, #15 Lauren Rascher, #16 Maycie Martin, #17 Anna Bishop, and #22 Maci Daniels.
Congratulations JV Lady Cats!!!
Reagan Miller of Dexter beat Lexi May of Dexter 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 in the singles third place match.
Dexter's Macy Urhahn and MaKayla Waldner beat Kennett's Kayton Harris and Anna Beth Williams 6-3, 6-2 in the doubles third-place match.
Waldner and Urhahn finished 3rd in individual doubles. Miller placed 3rd and May placed fourth in individual singles.
The first and second place finishers in singles and doubles
Dexter, Missouri - The SCAA Volleyball Tournament takes places at the Bearcat Event Center beginning Tuesday evening. The Lady Cats are the defending champions and have the #1 seed.
Beginning at 4:30 p.m. the fourth-seeded Advance JV Lady Hornets play fifth-seeded Richland JV Lady Rebels in the JV quarterfinal.
Fourth-seeded Advance Lady Hornets will play fifth-seeded Bloomfield Lady Wildcats at 5:30 p.m.
Woodland Lady Cardinals seeded #3 will play sixth-seeded Bell City Lady Cubs at 6:30 p.m.At 7:30 p.m. the #2 seeded Bernie Lady Mules play #7 seeded Puxico Lady Indians.
The final game of the night will be the #1 seeded Dexter Lady Cats playing the eighth-seeded Richland Lady Rebels in varsity quarterfinal action.
Semifinals will be October 8th and the Championship games will be Friday, October 9th at the Bearcat Event Center in Dexter.
Dexter, Missouri -The ShowMe Times is proud to highlight the outstanding performance of two Dexter Bearcat Football Athletes. Each week the ShowMe Times will choose two players – one offensive player and one defensive player who will be featured as Players of the Week.
Leadership on the athletic field is often a good indicator of the future development of our young students and is a perfect training ground for future leaders.
This week several athletes contributed on the field, and many athletes showed extreme professionalism against their opponent; however only two players were chosen.
The ShowMe Times is pleased to announce the Players of the Week are for Offense - Mr.Ethan Stevens and for Defense - Mr. Gabe Jackson.Ethan scored the first touchdown of the game against Kennett when he ran in for 9-yard touchdown. He continued in the second quarter with a pass to Austin Mitchell for a 32-yard touchdown and again at the end of the 2nd quarter with a pass to Austin Chesser for another 32-yard touchdown.
Stevens ran for a 55-yard touchdown in the 3rd quarter and ran for a 77-yard touchdown late in the 4th quarter.
He rushed for 291 yards averaging 8.6 yards per carry. He passed for a total of 97 yards on 5 completions.
"Ethan had an amazing game," commented head football coach Justin Peden. "He wanted to prove to everyone in southeast Missouri that he is an elite player and he did just that!"
Late in the 4th quarter with Bearcat fans on their feet, Gabe Jackson made a fumble recovery that secured the win for Dexter. Kennett went for the end-zone on 4th down and 6 on the Cats 19-yard line, but fumbled the ball. Gabe recovered the ball on the Cats 23-yard line with 1:34 remaining on the clock.
Ethan Stevens with the "quarterback keeper" on the next play ran for a 77-yard touchdown securing the win for the Bearcats. He ran in for the two point conversion giving Dexter a 10 point lead with 1:33 left on the clock.
"Gabe did a great job in limited action," stated Peden. "His fumble recovery was a huge play that sealed the victory for us."
Congratulations to these fine young men on their accomplishments.
The Bearcats will be back in action when they host New Madrid County Central at Homecoming Friday, October 2, 2015. Game time 7:00 p.m.
Community Tailgate at the Bearcat Event Center begins at 4:00 p.m. and the Queen Coronation will be at 6:30 p.m. at Charles Bland Stadium.
