Dexter, Missouri - The Perryville Pirates jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first quarter over the Dexter Bearcats before sailing to a 58-40 victory on Tuesday night at the Bearcat Event Center.
"We didn't play very well from the opening tip," stated head Dexter boys basketball coach Josh Dowdy. "I knew it would be difficult to come out and create the same environment we had at the Christmas Tournament. Perryville is an outstanding permitter shooting team and simply outplayed us tonight."
The Pirates continued their quest hitting two of its three treys over the next few minutes to simple outscore Dexter 17-7 at the end of the first quarter. It was even in the second quarter with each teach scoring 8 points, but Dexter never could break Perryville's 10-point lead. The Pirates led 25-15 at the end of the first half.
Dexter came out strong in the second half scoring the first six points to shave the Pirate's lead to 25-21. Ethan Flowers hit a 3-pointer lat int he third period to trim Perryville's lead to just three.
"We created a few baskets off turnovers in the second half to make it a one-possession game," stated Dowdy. "I was real disappointed in our defensive effort so we switched into trapping defenses much earlier than I wanted to to create some energy. it worked for a while, but in the end Perryville did a nice job of moving the ball and finishing around the rim."
The end of the game came with Nathan Noland of Perryville dunked the ball with less than five seconds remaining in the game securing their win over Dexter by a score of 58-40.
Dexter senior, Jacob Pedigo, recorded 13 points including one trey. Ethan Flowers contributed one 3-pointer.
Dexter (4-7) will be back in action on Friday, January 8, 2016 when they travel to Woodland. Game time 6:00 p.m.
Final Score Dexter 40, Perryville 58
Dexter 7 8 13 12 - 40
Perryville 17 8 13 20 - 58
Dexter (40) - Jason Jarrell 7, Jacob Pedigo 13, Ethan Flowers 7, Tyler Heil 4, Gabe Jackson 9. FG 17, FT 4/7, F 14. (3-pointers: Jacob Pedigo 1, Ethan Flowers 1. Fouled Out: None).
Perryville (58) - Jacob Robinson 2, Aaron Mueller 2, McGwire Bartley 10, Conner Stark 14, Josh Robinson 10, Nathan Noland 8, Austin Mueller 2, Wyatt Johnson 2, Ryan Noland 8. FG 23, FT 9/9, F 15. (3-pointers: Conner Stark 1, Jacob Robinson 2. Fouled Out: None).
Photo by Dee Loflin, ShowMe Times Manager/Editor. Shown in the photo is Dexter's Ethan Flowers about to score for the Bearcats.
Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter junior varsity Bearcats defeated Perryville 76-44 on Tuesday evening at the Bearcat Event Center.
Five Bearcats recorded double digits. Nate Gargas recorded a team-high 17 points including three 3-pointers. Marcus Woodson and Dawson Kasting each contributed 14 points. Woodson hit one trey. Ben Sindle and Kole Kelley both had 11 points each. Sindle recorded three treys.
Final Score Dexter JV 76, Perryville 44
Dexter 20 22 19 15 - 76
Perryville 9 9 13 13 - 44
Dexter (76) - Kole Kelley 11, Marcus Woodson 14, Seth Rogers 5, Nate Gargas 17, Ben Sindle 11, Dawson Kasting 14, Gavin Beasley 2, Braxton Foster 2. FG 28, FT 12/14, F 11 (3-pointers: Kole Kelley 1, Marcus Woodson 1, Nate Gargas 3, Ben Sindle 3. Fouled Out: None).
Perryville (44) - Zach Cisell 17, Anthony Gray 6, Jeff Reisenbichler 5, Logan Thaxton 2, Devyn Terbrank 4, Bryce Flaherty 4, Garrett Richardet 2, Chase Brown 2. Joel Daughterty 2. FG 18, FT 3/4, F 14. (3-pointers: Zach Cisell 3, Anthony Gray 1, Jeff Reisenbichler 1. Fouled Out: None).
Shown in the photo is Dexter Bearcat athlete Kole Kelley. Photo by Dee Loflin, ShowMe Times Manager/Editor.
Dexter, Missouri - The Freshman Bearcats defeated the Perryville Pirates by 6 on Tuesday evening at the Bearcat Event Center.
Nate Gargas, a 5' 9" guard, tallied a game-high 13 points including one trey for Dexter. Joe Rice recorded nine points. he hit back-to-back treys in the 4th quarter with 3:58 left in the game! Eric Hahn also contributed one trey.
Final Score Dexter Freshman 37, Perryville 31
Dexter 12 4 13 8 - 37
Perryville 9 7 5 10 - 31
Dexter (37) - Seth Rogers 2, Eric Hahn 5, Nate Gargas 13, Braxton Foster 6, Joe Rice 9, Chad Smith 2. FG 14, FT 4/8, F 13. (3-pointers: Joe Rice 2, Nate Gargas 1, Eric Hahn 1. (Fouled Out: Chad Smith).
Perryville (31) - Marcus Mahathath 3, Eli Yamnitz 4, Chase Brown 9, Eric Roth 9, Wade Kirn 6. FG 9, FT 9/10, F 13. (3-pointers: Wade Kirn 2, Chase Brown 1, Marcus Mahathath 1. Fouled Out: Eric Roth).
Dexter Freshman will be back in action on Wednesday evening when they travel to Notre Dame High School in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Game time 6:00 p.m.
Photo by Dee Loflin, ShowMe Times Manager/Editor. Dexter's Braxton Foster with the ball for the Bearcats!
Bloomfield, Missouri - The Bloomfield Wildcats came from behind after falling short at the end of the first half to secure their 47-40 win over South Pemiscot in Game #24 of the 59th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.
Bloomfield senior, Noah Vandiver, recorded a game-high 18 points on 7 two-point baskets and four from the charity stripe. Tim Hector earned himself one trey.
Dominque Hardimon, South Pemiscot's 6'2" freshman tallied 10 points along with senior forward Steven Wilbourne who also contributed 10 points.
South Pemiscot led at the half 22 - 19. Bloomfield came alive in the third scoring 15 points and holding South Pemiscot to just 8 points.
Final Score Bloomfield 47, South Pemiscot 40
Bloomfield 4 15 15 13 - 47
South Pemiscot 12 10 8 10 - 40
Bloomfield (47) - Tim Hector 5, Caleb Pulley 1, Peyton Bell 8, Nathan Newell 3, Austin Bond 6, Austin Phillips 1, Tyler Battles 2, Noah Vandiver 18, Alex Gibbs 3. FG 16, FG 14/23, F 14. (3-pointers: Tim Hector 1. Fouled Out: Noah Vandiver).
South Pemsicot (40) - Dorion Jones 3, Riley Cain 1, Mike Smith 5, Kevin Burton 8, Dominque Hardimon 10, Steven Wilbourne 10, Jabari Herron 3. FG 13, FT 11/21, F 21. (3-pointers: Jones 1, Burton 2. Fouled Out: None).
Bloomfield will be back in action on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 when they travel to Chaffee High School. Game time 6:00 p.m.
Shown in the photo is Bloomfield's #25 6'0" senior Austin Bond. Photo credit to Dee Loflin, ShowMe Times Manager/Editor.
Bloomfield, Missouri - It’s a Cinderella story for the Dexter Bearcats. It wasn’t expected that the #8 seed would upset the #1 seed Bloomfield and the #5 seed Malden and continue their trek to the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Championship game.
Dexter rained on Malden’s hope of a first place title on Tuesday evening beating them 65-50 in a highly spirited game.
Dexter’s win propels them to the Championship game for the first time since 2010. It was 2004 that Dexter won their last Christmas Tournament title.
“It’s cool for the community,” Dexter’s head boys basketball coach Josh Dowdy said. “We are going to be able to come out and play in a championship game. I am just so happy for these kids because we took our lumps early in the year. I try to find a way to pick them up, but I guess I don’t have the right words. But tonight, I just cannot keep the smiles off their faces. It’s good to see hard work pay-off.”
And smiling they were with powerhouse Gabe Jackson recorded 16 of his 20 points in the first half on 6 two-pointers and four points at the charity stripe. Dexter jumped out to a 16-point lead by half-time securing their run to biggest game of their season thus far.
"The kids really executed early in the game and we were trying to play-off Gabe Jackson," stated Dowdy. "Malden played a 2 -3 zone and comes after you. We were trying to isolate him down low and play off of him. I told Gabe If he felt like he had an advantage take it right at them, and if not, we could kick it out to our shooters”
“Malden played over the top and he had a lot of lob finishes. Gabe just keeps getting better each game. I have coached that boy since he was in the 7th grade and it is nice to see his progression year after year. It is fun, and I am so happy for him,” continued Dowdy.
Jason Jarrell tallied 19 points on 6 two-point baskets, one trey, and four free-throws for the Bearcats.
Ethan Flowers recorded 14 points including three treys for Dexter.
“Everything looks fine tuned,” stated Dowdy. “Coming in we wanted to shut down Ison, of course. He’s quite a threat and had a little size on us. Tyler Heil like last night did a tremendous job for us on that.”
Dexter will have a rematch of the 2010 Championship game when they take on the #2 seed Kennett Indians on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. Kennett defeated Saxony Lutheran 54 - 47 in the other semifinal match on Tuesday
“Everything seems to be working well right now,” continued Dowdy. “It's a good place to be. We took our lumps early in hopes that kind of competition would help us in this kind of environment, and I think it is paying off.”
Final Score Dexter 65, Malden 50
Dexter 20 19 15 11 - 65
Malden 8 15 10 17 - 50
Dexter (65) – Jason Jarrell 19, Jacob Pedigo 6, Ethan Flowers 14, Tyler Heil 6, Gabe Jackson 20. FG 22, FT17/24, F 10 (3-pointers: Jason Jarrell 1, Ethan Flowers 3. Fouled Out: None).
Malden (50) – Kylus Thompson 5, Tyler Ison 8, Malcom McBride 1, Ned Lee 20, Shamaudre Barber 4, Trevor Ison 12. FG 20, FT 6/13, F 20 (3-pointers: Ned Lee 3, Kylus Thompson 1. Fouled Out: None).
