Broseley, Missouri - The 2015 Lady Royals Christmas Classic Tournament is slated to begin Saturday, December 19^th at Twin Rivers High School.

The seedings are as follows:  #1 Neelyville, #2 Dexter, #3 Naylor, #4 Twin Rivers, #5 Doniphan, #6 Greenville, #7 Chaffee, #8 Kennett, #9 Clearwater, #10 Malden, #11 Charleston, #12 Portageville, #13 Kelly, #14 New Madrid County Central, #15 Senath-Hornersville, #16 East Carter.

#1 Neelyville vs #16 East Carter at 9:00 a.m.

#2 Dexter vs #15 Senath-Hornersville at 10:00 a.m.

#8 Kennett vs #9 Clearwater at 11:30 a.m.

#5 Doniphan vs #12 Portageville at 1:00 p.m.

#4 Twin Rivers vs #13 Kelly at 2:30 p.m.

#6 Greenville vs #11 Charleston at 4:00 p.m.

#3 Naylor vs #14 at 5:30 p.m.

#7 Chaffee vs #10 Malden at 7:00 p.m.

Winners will advance to round two to begin on December 21^st with semifinals on December 22^nd and the Championship game on December 23 at 7:30 p.m. 

Winner bracket quarterfinals will be at 3:00 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 6:00 p.m., and 7:30 p.m. on Monday, December 21^st with the consolation side beginning at 9:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m., noon, and 1:30 p.m. that morning.

Dexter defeated Twin Rivers 79-61 in the 2014 Championship game and in 2013 the Lady Cats defeated Neelyville 63-45 in the Championship.  They also won the 2012 and 2011 Lady Royals Classics.

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. 

Cape Girardeau, Missouri - The Dexter middle school wrestling team traveled to Cape Girardeau on Saturday.  They competed in a tournament against Ste. Genevieve, Cape Girardeau, Farmington, New Madrid County Central, Sikeston, and Poplar Bluff.

Wyatt Parker, Alex Townsend, Brett Pollock, Mason Keena, Parker VanSlyke, and Ethan Harmon won first place in each of their weight divisions.

Below are the results of the middle school wrestling tournament:

Brayden Barnett (Dexter)
-lost by pin to Tyler Worley-St.Gen
-lost by pin to Cameron Bevens-Cape
-won by pin against Kaden Shipley-Farmington

Travis Waldner (Dexter)
-lost 12-2 to Austin Wadlow-Farmington
-won 6-1 against Dashanti McKeller-Sikeston
-won 11-1 against Kannon Nowell-NMCC
-won by injury against Jacob Dickens-St.Gen

Wyatt Parker-1st place (Dexter)
-won by pin against Gage Rowland-Poplar Bluff
-won 16-2 against Tyler Sikes-Cape
-won by pin against Wyatt Merideth-Sikeston

Alex Townsend-1st place
-won by pin against Nate Sutton-Sikeston
-won by pin against Zachary Brown-Poplar Bluff
-won by pin against Maliq Smith-New Madrid
-won 8-1 against Cordell Wilson-Farmington

Brett Pollock-1st place
-won by pin against Claira Wampler-Farmington
-won 7-4 against Lawson Alcorn-Sikeston
-won by pin against Jacob Harris-Cape
-won by pin against Zabein Gusman

Dylan Homan
-lost 5-4 to Corey Minner-Sikeston
-won by pin against Braden Dover-Cape
-won by pin against Kyle Propst-Farmington

Mason Keena- 1st place
- won by pin against Dylan Jordan-Cape
-won by pin against Sam Nickleson-Farmington
-won by pin against Dakota Carron-Ste.Gen
-won by Tech pin against Nathaniel Vaughan

Cutter Cornett
-won 14-0 against Colton Loness
-won 10-2 against Aaron Hicks-Sikeston
-lost by pin to Luke Cannon-Poplar Bluff

Corey Hawkins
-lost by pin to Rothman Harris-Farmington
-won by pin against Paige Earls-Poplar Bluff
-lost by pin to Jacob Boyer-Ste. Gen
-won by pin against Conrad Scheller-Cape

Parker VanSlyke-1st place
-won by pin against Max Worth-Sikeston
-won by pin against Triston Paul-Cape
-won by pin against Darrel Donahue-NMCC
-won by pin against Kael Krause-Farmington

Cory Ezell
-lost 9-8 against Smokey Branch-Farmington
-won 7-6 against Jacob Wicker-NMCC
-won by pin against Daiquan Evans-Sikeston
-won by pin against Dakota Owens-Cape

William Beauchemin
-lost by pin to Barry Preble-Farmington
-won by pin against Caleb Kitchen-Cape
-lost by pin to Logan Wooley-Farmington
-lost by pin to Nolen Self-Sikeston

Ethan Harmon-1st place
-won by pin against Lane Willis-Poplar Bluff
-won by pin against Jacob Grant-Cape
-won 7-4 against Logan Gegg- Ste. Gen

Steven Cupp
-won by pin against Clayton Barber-Farmington
-lost by pin to Herman Jackson-NMCC
-won by pin against Layton Sanders-Poplar Bluff
-lost 7-6 to Dakota Arnold-Ste. Gen

Photos submitted by Monta Pollock.

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!

 

Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter freshman boys basketball team made their debut at the Bearcat Event Center on Thursday evening defeating the Twin Rivers Royals 53-28.

Braxton Foster had an amazing night pacing the Bearcats with a game-high 30 points.  He issued 12 baskets and was 6/10 at the line. 

Ethan Hobgood, Nate Gargas, and Joe Rice each hit a 3-pointer for Dexter.

Final Score Dexter 53, Twin Rivers 28

Twin Rivers  10  17     2     9  -  28

Dexter          19  12   11   11  -  53

Twin Rivers (28) - J.J. Elkworth 4, Zack Hargroves 6, Josiah Suiter 3, Aaron Mithelstoff 5, Allen Hendrix 2, Jeffery Brown 8. Fg 13, FT 1/3 F 13. (3-pointers: Josiah Suiter 1, Fouled Out: None)

Dexter (53) - Ethan Hobgood 3, Seth Rogers 4, Nate Gargas 9, Braxton Foster 30, Joe Rice 5, Jacob Smith 2.  FG 20, FT 10/16, F 10. (3-pointers: Ethan Hobgood 1, Nate Gargas 2, Joe Rice 1.  Fouled Out: None).

Head Coach is Josh Dowdy and Assistant Coach is Zac Moore.

Managers are Lucas Goodrich, Skyler Lott, and Jackson Babb.

The Dexter Freshman boys basketball team will be back in action on Thursday, December 17^th when they travel to Poplar Bluff.  Game time 6:00 p.m.

The Dexter Freshman boys basketball team will be home again on January 5, 2016 when they host the Perryville Pirates.  Game time 5:00 p.m.