Bloomfield, Missouri - It's been 50 years since the Bloomfield Wildcats earned a #1 seed in their annual boys basketball Christmas Tournament.  This may be their year, but for now the title is up for grabs.

The Wildcats will begin play at 10:00 a.m. against the #16 seed Richland Rebels on December 26th in game 1 of the tournament.

Game #2 will be between the #2 seed Kennett Indians and the #15 seed Holcomb Hornets at 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, December 26th.

#3 seeded South Pemiscot will play #14 Van Buren in game three at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Game #4 will begin at 2:00 p.m. with #4 seeded Doniphan against #13 Bernie on Saturday.

At 3:30 p.m. on Saturday game #5 will feature #5 Malden and #12 Portageville.

#6 seed Saxony Lutheran will take on #11 seed Puxico at 5:00 p.m. in game #6 on Saturday afternoon.

Game #7 will begin at 6:30 p.m. with #7 Hayti and #10 East Prairie squaring off on Saturday.

The final game of the evening will begin at 8:00 p.m. with the #8 Dexter Bearcats and the #9 seeded Twin Rivers.

The 2014 Champions, the Bernie Mules are seeded 13th this year.  Kennett won in 2013 and is seeded #2 and Holcomb won in 2012 earning a 15th seed this year.

The 2015 Championship game will be played on December 30th at 8:30 p.m. 

Bloomfield, Missouri - The 2015 Bloomfield Boys Basketball Christmas Tournament seeds have been released!

The ShowMe Times will be live at Bloomfield bringing you up-to-date scores and photos along with great articles about the games.

#1 Bloomfield Wildcats

#2 Kennett Indians

#3 South Pemiscot Bulldogs

#4 Doniphan Dons

#5 Malden Green Wave

#6 Saxony Lutheran Crusaders

#7 Hayti Indians

#8 Dexter Bearcats

#9 Twin Rivers Royals

#10 East Prairie Eagles

#11 Puxico Indians

#12 Portageville Bulldogs

#13 Bernie Mules

#14 Van Buren Bulldogs

#15 Holcomb Hornets

#16 Richland Rebels

The following are the first round basketball games that will begin on Saturday, December 26^th.

Bloomfield will play Richland

Dexter will play Twin Rivers

Doniphan will play Bernie

Kennett will play Holcomb

Malden will play Portageville

Hayti will play East Prairie

South Pemiscot will play Van Buren

Saxony Lutheran will play Puxico

Brackets and more information will be posted at a later date.  Congratulations Bloomfield Wildcats on your #1 seed!

 

Bloomfield, Missouri - The future appears bright for the Bloomfield boys basketball program.  The Wildcats continue their impressive winning streak as they improved their record to 4-0 on the season defeating the Kelly Hawks 60-49 at home.

Kelly did not leave without a fight.  They paced the Wildcats in each period, but fell short in the fourth quarter giving the Wildcats a larger margin of points.

“I give a lot of credit to Kelly,” commented Bloomfield head basketball coach Jason Karnes.  “Coach Garnett had his guys ready to play and compete tonight.  We just kind of went through the emotions without a lot of energy.”

“Our margin for error is very small, and we have to make sure we are ready to compete and play as hard as we possibly can every single night,” continued Karnes.  “Facing adversity was good for us tonight, and hopefully we learned from it.”

Noah Vandiver tallied an impressive game-high 19 points for the Wildcats including 1 trey.

Nathan Newell recorded 14 points and sank two 3-pointers for Bloomfield.

Austin Bond also added 14 points for the Wildcats.

Bloomfield's Tyler Battles hit two treys.

Final Score Kelly 49, Bloomfield 60

Kelly            14     9   16   10  -  49

Bloomfield   10   18   12   20  -  60 

Kelly (49) - Ty Houscholder 10, Cayden Williams 5, Levi Alsup 7, Jake McClain 4, Skylar Lemons 14, Isai Campos 2, Conner Dittinger 5. FG 16, FT 12/16, F 20 (3-pointers Cayden Williams 1, Skylar Lemons 4.  Fouled Out: Levi Alsup, Skylar Lemons).

Bloomfield (60) - Tim Hector 1, Peyton Bell 3, Nathan Newell 14, Austin Bond 14, Tyler Battles 9, Noah Vandiver 19.  FG 20, FT 15/31, F 14.  (3-pointers: Nathan Newell 2, Tyler Battles 2, Noah Vandiver 1, Fouled Out: None)

In JV basketball action the Kelly Hawks defeated the Wildcats 45-43.  Their record moves to 2-2 on the season.

Matt Gibbs tallied a game-high 22 points and Carson Blair recorded 14 points.

Bloomfield (4-0) will be back in action on Friday evening at Essex against the Richland Rebels.

Pictured is Noah Vandiver with the ball at the Bernie Tournament earlier in the season.

Bloomfield, Missouri - Andrew Northern, a senior at Bloomfield High School became the latest athlete to sign a letter of intent to play golf at Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Missouri.  His signing took place on Monday, November 9, 2015 at Bloomfield High School.

“We are happy to have Andrew with our program,” commented Mineral Area Golf Coach Don Huff.  “He is the third kid from this area we have signed.  I think his golf game will get nothing, but better as he grows and matures.  We are anxious to have him as part of our programs.”

Northern has worked very hard over the years to improve his game with the hope of someday playing golf at Mineral Area College.

“I have friends and family from Bloomfield who played golf at MAC and they loved it,” Northern said.  “I have been up to MAC and it’s a good atmosphere.  I have played since I was little, but starting to take it serious when I was a freshman in high school.  Today is really sweet because I have worked hard and have greatly improved my game since I was a freshman.”

Andrew is the son of JoAnne and Travis Westbrook of Bloomfield, Missouri and Scott and Robin Northern of Dexter, Missouri.

 

Northern’s high school golf career highlights include winning the Class 1, District 1 tournament last year and advancing to the Class 1 State Golf tournament.  He has averaged a +5 during his junior season on 9 holes.  

 

Northern received golf awards at Bloomfield for the lowest individual scoring average and for the most improved. He will compete in his final high school season in the spring of 2016.

 

“Andrew is also my stepson, so I have been with him since he was in the second grade,” stated Bloomfield Golf Coach Travis Westbrook.  “He really started getting serious about golf the last two years.  We took him to Paducah for lessons with a PGA pro and he has been spending a great deal of time at the course hitting balls.  He has to then go pick up the balls because we don’t have a range with a machine that goes and does that so you know how dedicated he is to do all that.  Everyday if it’s nice enough he is out on the course practicing.  I am glad to see his hard work has paid off.”

 

Northern is currently coached by his Bloomfield High School golf coach Travis Westbrook and Nick Mills, PGA Golf Professional at the Golf Complex in Paducah, KY

 

Huff went on to say that MAC is the only junior college in Missouri that has golf.  “We are currently ranked #13 in one of the polls and finished 11^th last year at our national tournament.  The last two years our program has been recognized as an All-Academic Team as well, and we are proud of that.”

 

Andrew is ranked in the top 10 of his class and has received an academic letter all four years at Bloomfield High School.  He is also a member of the Beta Club, FBLA, Student Council, Choir and is President of the Pep Club.

Northern plans on seeking a degree in Business Administration.  “I would like to own my own business someday,” Northern said of why he wanted to earn a BSBA degree.

Shown in the photo are sitting from left to right: JoAnne Westbrook, Andrew Northern and Scott Northern; top row left to right: Bloomfield golf coach Travis Westbrook, Mineral Area golf coach Don Huff and Bloomfield athletic director Jason Karnes.