Dexter, Missouri - Game #5 of the Stoddard County Athletic Association boys basketball tournament proved to be a pretty good battle between the Hornets and the Indians.
Braiden Brown came out of the gate with two threes and two buckets for the junior varsity Hornets to start the first quarter. He finished the game with 24 points on six buckets and four treys.
Michael Hood tallied 21 points including one trey for Advance.
Puxico's Braden Jones recorded a team-high 18 points hitting 4 treys and was 100% at the charity stripe sinking two.
Advance led at the end of the first quarter 22 - 15 and by half-time increased their lead to 11 points. Advance hit double digits in each of their four periods.
Other notables were Drew Fowler and Carson Miles who each hit one 3-pointer for Advance.
Final Score Advance JV 64, Puxico JV 47
Advance 22 12 20 10 - 64
Puxico 15 8 13 11 - 47
Advance (64) - Michael Hood 21, Wes Shelby 1, Braiden Brown 24, Drew Fowler 9, Carson Miles 5, Morgan Roper 2, Dylan Welty 2. FG 28, FT 1/4, F 11. (3-pointers: Michael Hood 1, Braiden Brown 4, Drew Fowler 1, Carson Miles 1. Fouled Out: Carson Miles).
Puxico (47) - Dalton Heath 2, Austin Wilson 6, Braden Jones 18, Brady Chubb 9, Brent Goehagan 6, Matt Bollinger 4, Hunter Walker 2. FG 18, FT 7/14, F 6. (3-pointers: Braden Jones 40).
Advance will be back in action on Thursday, January 28th when they take on the Dexter Bearcats in Game #9 at 5:30 p.m. in the Bearcat Event Center. Dexter had a bye on Monday and is seeded #1 in the junior varsity bracket.
Dexter, Missouri - Coming off an extraordinary and emotional win on Friday night the Bernie Mules played Dexter close in the first period of game four of SCAA Varsity Tournament on Monday evening.
If it hadn’t been for Tyler Heil hitting 9 points early on for Dexter, the Mules would have ran off with quit a lead. At the end of the first period it was all tied at 15 points each.
“Tyler Heil kept us in the game early by working real hard on the offensive glass and some key buckets. He was playing hard and rebounding well,” stated Dexter head basketball coach Josh Dowdy. “He continues to improve each game.”
“The first quarter the last time we played them we had 14 and they had 6. We scored one point better this time, but we didn’t defend well," commented Dowdy.
The Mules utilizing their 3-point shooters hit their target four times in the first quarter. Alex Whitehead and Gavin Brown recorded one each and Dalton Hobgood hit two of his own.
“Bernie came out early and had a great plan offensively trying to isolate Gavin Brown on Gabe Jackson,” continued Dowdy. “He hit one thee early, but overall Gabe did a great job stepping out there and guarding. Gabe does not get enough credit on the defensive end of the floor.”
The second quarter proved to be a little more lopsided with Dexter’s defense taking over holding Bernie to just four points while the Bearcat's offense tallied 23 points. The stretch consisted of a 17-0 run by Dexter to close out the second period. Half-time score was 38 -19.
“We were just not buckling down on defense in the first quarter, but had a real nice second quarter to give us a comfortable lead at the half,” said Dowdy.
“Coach Botsch had an excellent scheme tonight and those underclassman will be a handful for the next couple of years,” continued Dowdy.
Dexter’s Gabe Jackson recorded a game-high 20 points hitting 10 buckets. Jacob Pedigo tallied 15 points, 6 buckets and 1 trey. Ethan Flowers also finished in double digits contributing 14 points including three treys and was 3 for 4 at the charity stripe.
Gavin Beasley moved up to varsity for the tournament since he is a junior and had an awesome moment just before the buzzer in the fourth with a 3-point shot. Way to go Gavin!
Bernie’s Dalton Hobgood finished with a team-high 14 points including an impressive four 3-pointers. Nate Dillinger tallied 13 points.
Dexter seeded #2 will be back in action on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. when they play the winner of Tuesday’s quarterfinal game between #3 Bloomfield and #6 Puxico.
Final Score Dexter 80, Bernie 53
Dexter 15 23 17 25 - 80
Bernie 15 4 11 24 - 54
Dexter (80) - Jason Jarrell 7, Jacob Crumley 2, Jacob Pedigo 15, Gavin Beasley 3, Ethan Flowers 14, Tyler Heil 9, Ryan Mayo 8, Adam Webb 2, Gabe Jackson 20. FG 33, FT 7/14, F 9. (3-pointers: Jacob Pedigo 1, Gavin Beasley 1, Ethan Flowers 3, Ryan Mayo 1. Fouled Out: None).
Bernie (54) - Jayce Burk 9, Alex Guzman 2, Nate Dillinger 13, Riley Wells 2, Alex Whitehead 7, Gavin Brown 7, Dalton Hobgood 14. FG 21, FT 3/4, F 13. (3-pointers: Jayce Burk 3, Alex Whitehead 1, Gavin Brown 1, Dalton Hobgood 4. Fouled Out: None).
Dexter, Missouri - The Bloomfield JV Wildcats defeated the Richland JV Rebels 52-43 in Game #3 of the SCAA JV Tournament on Monday evening.
The Wildcats jumped to an 18-6 lead in the first quarter. At the half it was 25-20 with Bloomfield ahead by five.
Bloomfield had three athletes in double digits. Carson Blair #22 tallied a game-high 16 points including two treys and he was 6 for 8 at the charity stripe. Matt Gibbs #41 recorded 14 points. Dalton Phillips #14 contributed 13 points including two 3-pointers and three from the charity stripe.
Richland Rebels' Hunter Walker #31 also recorded a game-high 16 points including two three pointers, one in the first periods and one in the fourth period. Daniel Petty #1 contributed 10 points.
Final Score Bloomfield JV 52, Richland JV 43
Bloomfield 18 7 10 17 - 52
Richland 6 14 10 13 - 43
Bloomfield JV (52) - Malik Williams 2, Dalton Phillips 13, Holden Duckworth 7, Carson Blair 16, Matt Gibbs 14. FG 18, FT 11/17, F 10. (3-pointers: Dalton Phillips 2, Holden Duckworth 1, Carson Blair 2. Fouled Out: None).
Richland JV (43) - Daniel Petty 10, Riley Glass 9, Hunter Walker 16, Clayton Harriel 8. FG 19, FT 3/9, F 16. (3-pointers: Hunter Walker 2. Fouled Out: None).
The #2 Bloomfield JV boys basketball team will be back in action on Thursday, January 28th at 4:00 p.m. against the #3 Bernie JV Mules.
Dexter, Missouri - The #1 seeded Woodland varsity boys basketball team cruised to an easy win over the #8 seeded Richland Rebels 89-45.
Woodland had an 18 point lead going into the second quarter increasing their lead to 24 at the half with a score of 51-27. Offensively the Cardinals were too much for the Rebels recording 25 points in the third quarter.
Cardinals' Zach Beel was invincible on the court tonight with an impressive game-high 32 points. He finished with 11 buckets, 1 trey, and was perfect at the charity stripe for seven.
Jake Long recorded 16 points for Woodland. Cole Schlief also hit double digits with 10 points on 3 buckets and was 4 for 4 at the charity stripe.
Bruester Young in his first varsity start of the season hit three 3-pointers in the first quarter.
Richland's Preston Tilley recorded a team-high 17 points for the Rebels. He had an impressive five 3-pointers recording at least one in each period.
Josh Thornton tallied double digits as well for Richland putting 10 points on the board.
Final Score Woodland 89, Richland 45
Woodland 30 21 25 13 - 89
Richland 12 15 5 13 - 45
Woodland (89) - Logan Thomsen 3, Jake Long 16, Cole Schlief 10, Tyler Womack 1, Zach Beel 32, Bruester Young 9, J.D. Jenkins 8, Paul Duncan 4, Michael McCormick 6. FG 32, FT 18/26, F 10. (3-pointers: Logan Thomsen 1, Zach Beel 1, Bruester Young 3, J.D. Jenkins 2. Fouled Out: None).
Richland (45) - Devin Stoker 4, Brandon Partenberry 1, Garret Phillips 8, Preston Tilley 17, Josh Thornton 10, Zachery Carmack 5. FG 16, FT 7/10, F 18. (3-pointers: Garret Phillips 1, Preston Tilley 5. Fouled Out: None).
Woodland will be back in action on Thursday, January 28th at 8:30 p.m. when they take on the winner of the Advance vs Bell City game.
Photo credit to Dee Loflin, ShowMe times Manager/Editor
Dexter, Missouri - The #3 ranked Bernie JV Mules took care of business in the opening game of the SCAA JV Tournament on Monday evening eliminating the #6 seeded Woodland JV Cardinals 64-31.
The Mules jumped out to a 16-13 lead in the first quarter by half it was 35-21.
Bernie Mules' Ridge Littleton #10 recorded a game-high 15 points including one 3-pointer and two from the charity stripe.
Josh Ellenburg #24 recorded 14 points and was 4 for 6 at the free throw line. Hunter Slavings #22 also recorded in double digits tallying 13 points including three treys.
Woodland did not have any player in double digits;however Tyler Massa #14 and Zach Cureton #22 hit one 3-pointer each!
Final Score Bernie JV 64, Woodland JV 31
Bernie 16 19 15 14 - 64
Woodland 13 8 4 6 - 31
Bernie JV (64) - Weston Zoll 9, Ridge Littleton 15, Weston Comstock 4, Alan Pippins 5, Hunter Slavings 13, Josh Ellenburg 14, Dylan Turner 2, Nick Troutt 2. FG 23, FT 10/15, F 10. (3-pointers: Weston Zoll 3, Ridge Littleton 1, Weston Comstock 1, Hunter Slavings 3. Fouled Out: None).
Woodland JV (31) - David Ashby 4, Drake Holweg 2, Tyler Massa 5, jamie Wiseman 4, Zach Cureton 7, Karson Skinner 5, Brandon Sitzes 2, Dalton Boyer 2. FG 12, FT 5/10, F 10. (3-pointers: Tyler Massa 1, Zach Cureton 1. Fouled Out: None).
Bernie JV will be back in action on Thursday, January 28th at 4:00 p.m. They will play the winner of the Bloomfield JV vs Richland JV game.
