Dexter, Missouri - The #3 seeded Bernie junior varsity Mules upset the #2 seeded Bloomfield JV Wildcats on Thursday evening at the SCAA JV Tournament in the Bearcat Event Center by a score of 41-37.
Bloomfield's Matt Gibbs was the star performer recording a game-high 14 points. He hit five buckets and 100% from the free-throw line for an extra two.
Final Score Bernie 41, Bloomfield 37
Bernie 7 9 13 12 - 41
Bloomfield 7 2 12 16 - 37
Bernie (41) - Weston Zoll 8, Ridge Littleton 7, Weston Comstock 8, Alan Pippins 8, Hunter Slavings 7, Josh Ellenburg 4. FG 18, FT 3/6, F 11. (3-pointers: Weston Zoll 2, Ridge Littleton 1, Alan Pippins 2, Hunter Slavings 1. Fouled out: None).
Bloomfield (37) - Dalton Phillips 7, Holden Duckworth 4, Carson Blair 9, Wes Schuhart 3, Matt Gibbs 14. FG 14, FT 5/8, F 11. (3-pointers: Dalton Phillips 2, Carson Blair 1, Wes Schuhart 1. Fouled Out: None).
Bernie will return Friday night and play #1 seeded Dexter JV Bearcats at 7:00 p.m. for the SCAA JV Championship game. Bloomfield JV Wildcats will play the Advance JV Hornets for 3rd place at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
Photo credit to Dee Loflin, ShowMe Times manager/editor.
Dexter, Missouri - The final game of the night between #4 seeded Advance and #5 seeded Bell City proved to be the most exciting of the evening and was also the highest scoring game so far in the SCAA Tournament.
The Advance Hornets came out on top 96-82 in what was a very close game until the third quarter. Bell City lost momentum calculating only 12 points while Advance's offense ran up the scoreboard with three treys and 9 buckets giving them the lead by 13. The Cubs had held lead at the end of the first 23-22 and at the half 47-42.
Cole Nichols recorded a team-high 31 points. He got the motion going for the Cubs in the first quarter hitting 2 treys, 2 buckets and 2 from the charity stripe. Dawson Mayo #50 answered for the Hornets recoding a game-high 33 points on 11 buckets and was 11/14 at the charity stripe.
Bell City hung in there with their 3-pointers hitting 15 total treys against the Hornets.
Bobby Wright #35 recorded 18 points for Bell City including 5 treys. Kolten Siebert #3 hit all of his points on treys finishing with 12 points.
Advance had four other athletes record double digits besides Mayo. Preston Wuebker #22 recorded 20 points including 7 baskets and two 3-pointers. Austin Ladd #30 tallied 16 points on six buckets and was 4 for 6 at the charity stripe. Brian Whitson #25 and Armani Vermillion #1 each finished with 11 points. Whitson was 100% at the charity strip hitting all four of his baskets. he also recorded one trey.
Final Score Advance 96, Bell City 82
Advance 22 20 30 24 - 96
Bell City 23 24 12 23 - 82
Advance (96) - Armani Vermillion 11, Dakota Welty 5, Preston Wuebker 20, Brian Whitson 11, Austin Ladd 16, Dawson Mayo 33. FG 34, FT 24/34, F 21. (3-pointers: Dakota Welty 1, Brian Whitson 1. Fouled Out: None).
Bell City (82) - Taylor Jackson 9, Kolten Siebert 12, Logan Yates 5, Cole Nichols 31, Peyton Maddox 7, Bobby Wright 18. FG 26, FT 15/21, F 22. (3-pointers: Taylor Jackson 2, Kolten Siebert 4, Cole Nichols 4, Bobby Wright 5. Fouled Out: Brandon Abner).
Advance will be back on Thursday night at 8:30 when they take on the #1 seeded Woodland Cardinals!
Photo credit to Dee Loflin, ShowMe Times manager/editor. Cole Nichols #12 goes up for two while defender Dakota Welty #21 tries not to get the foul.
Dexter, Missouri - The #3 seeded Bloomfield Wildcats eliminated the #6 seeded Puxico Indians in Game #6 of the Stoddard County Athletic Association varsity boys basketball tournament on Tuesday evening at the Bearcat Event Center.
The Wildcats more than doubled their opponents points recording 7 buckets and one from the charity stripe to lead 15-7 at the end of the first period. It was all net for Bloomfield's offense as they continued their scoring run in the second quarter to build a 16 point lead going into the locker room at halftime. The third and fourth quarters proved to be more of the same for Bloomfield, but Puxico seemed to be more evenly matched on offense in the second half. Final score Bloomfield 71, Puxico 51.
Tim Hector hit a trey early in the 3rd quarter to keep the momentum going. Alex Gibbs had his best showing in the 3rd quarter recording 6 of his 8 points for Bloomfield.
There were four Wildcats in double digits. Peyton Bell #11 tallied a team-high 13 points. Nathan Newell #21 recorded 12 points. Tyler Battles #32 contributed 11 points including a 3-pointer and Austin Bond #25 finished with 10 points.
Puxico's Levi Woods #1 could not be stopped tonight; however it was not enough to propel Puxico to a win. He had a game-high 22 points completing 9 of 11 at the charity stripe and one trey. Dalton King #25 finished with 17 points including one 3-pointer.
Final Score Bloomfield 71, Puxico 51
Bloomfield 15 19 14 23 - 71
Puxico 7 11 10 23 - 51
Bloomfield (71) - Tim Hector 3, Caleb Pulley 2, Peyton Bell 13, Nathan Newell 12, Kyle Anderson 2, Dallas Monroe 2, Joe Clary 3, Austin Bond 10, Tyler Battles 11, Noah Vandiver 5, Alex Gibbs 8. FG 27, FT 14/25, F 17. (3-pointers: Tim Hector 1, Joe Clary 1, Tyler Battles 1, Fouled Out: Caleb Pulley).
Puxico (51) - Levi Woods 22, Austin Denny 1, Shayne Haynes 3, Chris Siler 4, Dalton King 17, Jordan Burch 4. FG 17, FT 14/18, F 22. (3-pointers: Levi Woods 1, Shayne Haynes 1, Dalton King 1. Fouled Out: Chris Siler).
Bloomfield (15-3) will face-off with the Dexter Bearcats (8-8) for a third time this season. Do they have what it takes to beat their neighbor? Come out and watch the game on Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at the Bearcat Center to find out who wants to go to the Championship round the most!!
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).
