Dexter, Missouri - Congratulations to the 2016 Stoddard County Athletic Association All-Tournament boys basketball team.

From Woodland - Zach Beel, Michael McCormick, and Jake Long.

From Dexter - Ethan Flowers, Gabe Jackson, and Jason Jarrell.

From Advance - Dawson Mayo and Preston Wuebker.

From Bell City - Cole Nichols.

Dexter, Missouri - It was a great night to be a Cardinal fan. First overtime game of the tournament between the Woodland Cardinals and the Advance Hornets with Woodland coming out on top 67-60 in a battle between two great 3-point teams.

The Hornets' Dawson Mayo recorded a team-high 17 points.  Armani Vermillion tallied 11 points including one trey.  Dakota Welty and Brian Whitson each had a 3-pointer.  Preston Wuebker contributed two treys.

Woodland had several powerhouse athletes on the court tonight.  All five of their starters recorded in the double digits. 

Michael McCormick #54 had a team-high 17 points including four 3-pointers. 

Jake Long #34 tallied 15 points and was 5/6 at the charity stripe. 

Zach Beel #30 hit 6 buckets and was 100% from the free-throw line totaling 13 points. 

Cole Schlief #20 hit two buckets, two 3-pointers and two free throws for 12 points and Bruester Yong #32 contributed 10 points including one trey.  He was also 100% at the charity stripe with three added points.

Final Score in Overtime Woodland Varsity 67, Advance Varsity 60

Woodland  15   12   15   16   9 -  67

Advance    13   15   14   16   2  -  60

Woodland (67) - Jake Long 15, Landon Thomsen 12, Zach Beel 13, Bruester Young 10, Michael McCormick 17. FG 24, FT 12/13, F 14. (3-pointers: Cole Schlief 2, Bruester Young 1, Michael McCormick 4.  Fouled Out: None).

Advance (60) - Armani Vermillion 11, Dakota Welty 9, Preston Weubker 13, Brian Whitson 5, Austin ladd 5, Dawson Mayo 17.  FG 21, FT 13/20, F 11.  (3-pointers: Armani Vermillion 1, Dakota Welty 1, Preston Wuebker 2, Brian Whitson 1.  Fouled Out: None).

The Woodland Cardinals have never won a Stoddard County Athletic Association tournament.  They take on the #3 seeded Bloomfield Wildcats.  Bloomfield beat them by one point in their last face-to-face match in regular season play.  It's been 17 years since Bloomfield brought home the title and trophy!  It all starts at 8:30 p.m. on Friday at the Bearcat Event Center!  Should make for an exciting Championship Game!

#4 seeded Advance will play #2 seeded Dexter for 3rd place at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.

Photo credit to Dee Loflin, ShowMe Times manager/editor.

Dexter, Missouri - For the third time this season the Dexter Bearcats faced the Bloomfield Wildcats in boys basketball.  Dexter won the first two games, but #3 Bloomfield upset the #2 seed 60 - 55 in the semifinal game of the SCAA boys basketball tournament.

"They beat us twice already this season.  It was a great win," commented Bloomfield head boys basketball coach Jason Karnes. "It's hard to beat a good team three times in a row. We are a good team and they are a good team.  We kind of got a hot start at the beginning."

Bloomfield's Austin Bond came out strong in the first quarter hitting three buckets and one trey on his way to an 11 points ball game. 

Noah Vandiver #33 recorded a team-high 15 points including three treys for the Wildcats.

“It’s hard to beat a good team three times in a row,” stated Bloomfield’s senior center Noah Vandiver.  “And we are a good team.”

"We have had some good battles with Bloomfield this year," Dexter head basketball coach Josh Dowdy said.  "I wish Coach Karnes and his kids the best of luck tomorrow night.  They were just the better team tonight."

"Tonight Bloomfield played a more complete game then we did," continued Dowdy.  "They out rebounded us, shot more free throws and overall just played harder."

Senior Bearcat Ethan Flowers had an amazing night with a total of five 3-pointers.  He finished with a game-high 25 points. His biggest quarter came in the third when he scored 16 points.

"Ethan Flowers put us on his back tonight," stated Dowdy.  "He worked so hard on both ends.  You could tell he did not want to play for third tomorrow night."

“We had to foul because of Ethan Flowers. We just had to,” Karnes said.  “He caught fire the second half and we couldn’t give them a chance to set up their play.  As good as he was playing and scoring the ball that second half we just had to foul.”

Only four Dexter players scored during the game.  Gabe Jackson recorded 16 points and was 4/6 at the charity stripe.  Jason Jarrell #11 tallied 10 points all on two point buckets.  Jacob Pedigo #21 contributed 4 points.

"We showed a lot of heart and determination in the second half to battle back and give ourselves a chance to win," Dowdy stated.

“We had to find a way to stay aggressive on the offensive end,” commented Karnes.  “We thought the first two times we played them we just weren’t very aggressive.”

Final Score Dexter 55, Bloomfield 60

Dexter        14  7  21  13  -  55

Bloomfield  22  9  16  13  -  60

Dexter (55) - Jason Jarrell 10, Jacob Pedigo 4, Ethan Flowers 25, Gabe Jackson 16. FG 22,FT 6/11, F 15.  (3-pointers: Ethan Flowers 5, Fouled Out: None).

Bloomfield (60) - Tim Hector 7, Peyton Bell 8, Nathan Newell 6, Austin Bond 11, Tyler Battles 7, Noah Vandiver 15.  FG 21, FT 12/15, F 13. (3-pointers: Tim Hector 1, Austin Bond 1, Tyler Battles 1, Noah Vandiver 3.  Fouled Out: None).

#3 seeded Bloomfield (16-3) moves on to the SCAA Championship game against the #1 seeded Woodland Cardinals on Friday evening.  The Cardinals have never won a SCAA championship game.  For Bloomfield it’s been about 17 years since they took home a trophy and a title.  Both want the same thing, but only one can come out with a win!  Game time is 8:30 p.m.

Dexter varsity will play Advance for 3rd place at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.

Photo credit to Dee Loflin, ShowMe Times manager/editor.

Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter junior varsity boys basketball team finally entered the Stoddard County Athletic Association Tournament this evening against the Advance JV Hornets.  The Bearcats had a bye in round one in the JV bracket.

It was quite an explosive game, tensions were high for a junior varsity competition, but both teams wanted to compete in the championship game tomorrow night.  Unfortunately only one team can remain on top and that was the Bearcats taking the sting out of the Hornets 60 - 45.

They were tied 12 all at the end of the first period.  Going into half-time Dexter led by only one point, but the second half all belonged to the Bearcats.  Offensively they recorded 34 points.  Defensively they held Advance to just 19 points.

Dexter's Kole Kelley #3 was hot tonight recording a game-high 18 points all on 3-pointers.  Seth Rogers #10 another powerhouse for the JV Bearcats tallied 15 points including two treys.  Dawson Kasting #24 helped propel Dexter to a win contributing five buckets for 10 total points.

Carson Miles #20 for Advance tallied 17 points and was 5/8 at the charity stripe.  He was the only Hornet to hit double digits.  Michael Hood #3, Braiden Brown #10, and Drew Fowler #14 each recorded one trey.

Final Score Dexter JV 60, Advance JV 46

Dexter       12   14   15   19  -  60

Advance    12  15    10     9  -  46

Dexter (60 ) - Kole Kelley 18, Marcus Woodson 1, Seth Rogers 15, Nate Gargas 8, Ben Sindle 5, Dawson Kasting 10, Braxton Foster 3. FG 23, FT 6/11, F 14. (3-pointers: Kole Kelley 6, Seth Rogers 2. Fouled Out: Ben Sindle).

Advance (46) - Michael Hood 9, Braiden Brown 7, Drew Fowler 5, Carson Miles 17, Morgan roper 2, Dylan Welty 4, Ian Eggimann 2.  FG 17, FT 9/16, F 14. (3-pointers: Michael Hood 1, Braiden Brown 1, Drew Fowler 1.  Fouled Out: None).

Dexter JV Bearcats will play the #3 seeded Bernie JV Mules in the Championship game of the SCAA JV Tournament on Friday evening at 7:00 p.m.  The Advance JV Hornets will play the Bloomfield JV Wildcats for 3rd place at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.

Photo credit to Dee Loflin, ShowMe Times manager/editor.

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.