Sikeston, Missouri - Class 4, District 1 girls basketball seeds were released today. The Lady Cats of Dexter earned a #1 seed with a record of 17-4. The Sikeston Lady Bulldogs earned the #2 seed with an 18-3 record.
Notre Dame (9-13) earned the #3 spot. Kennett (12-9) earned a #4 seed. Cape Central Lady Tigers with a record of 4015 earned the #5 seed. Perryville Lady Pirates earned #6 seed with a record of 9-11.
Kennett will play Cape Central at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, February 29th at the Sikeston Field House.
Notre Dame will take on Perryville at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, February 29th.
On March 3rd Dexter will play the winner of the Kennett/Cape game at 6:00 p.m. Sikeston will follow at 7:30 against the winner of the Notre Dame/Perryville game.
The Class 4, District 1 Championship game will be played on Friday, March 4th at 6:00 p.m.
Sikeston, Missouri - Class 4, District 1 Boys Basketball seeds were released today. The Sikeston Bulldogs earned the #1 seed with a 20-1 record. Their only loss came against the Cape Central Tigers who earned the #2 seed with a 19-4 record.
Notre Dame (11-11) earned the #3 seed. Perryville (16-5) earned the #4 seed.
Dexter (12-10) for the first time in several years earned a ranking of 5th seed. Kennett has the last place seed with a record of 10-12.
Notre Dame will play Kennett at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, February 29th at the Sikeston Field House.
Perryville Pirates will play Dexter at 8:30 p.m. also on Monday, February 29th.
Sikeston will play the winner of the Perryville/Dexter game on Tuesday, March 1st at 6:00 p.m.
Cape Central will play the winner of the Notre Dame/Kennett game on March 1st at 7:30 p.m.
The Championship game will be held on March 4th at 7:30 p.m. in the Sikeston Field House.
Kennett, Missouri - The Dexter Bearcats defeated rival Kennett Indians 52-22 in a wrestling meet on Tuesday, February 9, 2016.
Dawson Jones, Gavin White, Brandon Twomey, Storm Massey, Ethan Stevens, Christian Yarber, and Cory Holland beat their opponents on the mat.
Matthew Stone and Seth Harris won their match by forfeit.
Below are the match results for Dexter and Kennett.
Dexter (DEXTER) 52.00 Kennett (KENNETT) 22.00
113: Dawson Jones (DEXTER) over Gunner Smith (KENNETT) (Fall 0:00)
120: Matthew Stone (DEXTER) over (KENNETT) (For.)
126: Darrell Malone (KENNETT) over Dalton Green (DEXTER) (MD 14-5)
132: Gaven White (DEXTER) over Justin Woods (KENNETT) (TF 18-2 4:11)
138: Brandon Twomey (DEXTER) over Victor Olivan (KENNETT) (TF 20-4 4:41)
145: Cody Lewis (KENNETT) over Wyatt Chastain (DEXTER) (Dec 6-4)
152: Kaleb Tribble (KENNETT) over John Tucker (DEXTER) (Fall 1:28)
160: Heath McHaney (KENNETT) over (DEXTER) (For.)
170: Storm Massey (DEXTER) over Ryan Nixon (KENNETT) (Fall 1:09)
182: Ethan Stevens (DEXTER) over Nick Arnett (KENNETT) (Fall 1:06)
195: Britt Harris (KENNETT) over Michael Hurst (DEXTER) (TB-1 2-1)
220: Christian Yarber (DEXTER) over Devonte Flakes (KENNETT) (Fall 4:52)
285: Cory Holland (DEXTER) over Rodney Thomas (KENNETT) (Fall 4:51)
106: Seth Harris (DEXTER) over (KENNETT) (For.)
The junior varsity wrestled 2 matches, results follow:
JV 182 Garrett Donohoo (Kennett) over Taylor Kallio (Dexter) (Fall 0:59)
JV 195 Colten Gibson (Dexter) over Cody Roberts (Kennett) (Fall 5:26)
Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter boys basketball team hosted the Bell City Cubs on Tuesday evening with Coach Josh Dowdy coming in with a plan of containing the Cubs’ prolific 3-point shooting.
“Our goal was to close out on every 3-point shooter and make them dribble in to Gabe (Jackson). All in all I felt like we covered up most of their shots,” stated Dexter’s head boys basketball coach Josh Dowdy. “I still believe they were able to get 5, but those guys have hit double digit threes in multiple games this year. I commend our guys on executing the plan.”
Dexter consistently got numerous shots at the rim. A putback by Ethan Flowers in the opening minute of the game put Dexter on top 2-0. Jacob Pedigo, Gabe Jackson, and Tyler Heil quickly repeated with 2 of their own in the first four minutes of the first quarter on their way to a 75-46 victory over Bell City at the Bearcat Event Center.
“The beginning of the game and start of every quarter is very important and can swing momentum in your favor,” stated Dowdy. “Tonight we handled that very well, especially on the defensive end.”
The two most dominate players for Dexter was #35 Gabe Jackson and #21 Jacob Pedigo.
Jackson pumped in 24 points and 20 rebounds while Pedigo added 21 points including one 3-pointer and was 6 for 6 at the charity stripe.
“We wanted to try to get Gabe involved early and often tonight due to Bell City’s lack of size,” continued Dowdy. “Our post feeds were not clean, but we did enough to get the victory.”
Ethan Flowers, a hot 3-pointer shooter hit two in the first half, but got into foul trouble tonight finishing with 8 points.
“With Ethan in foul trouble all night, Jacob Pedigo stepped up and played a tremendous game,” Dowdy said. “He has been consistent all year…..tonight he was in another gear. It is nice to see a guy pick up his teammates.”
Final Score Dexter 75, Bell City 46
Dexter 19 16 18 22 - 75
Bell City 11 15 10 10 - 46
Dexter (75) - Jason Jarrell 5, Jacob Crumley 2, Jacob Pedigo 21, Ethan Flowers 8, Tyler Heil 6, Ryan Mayo 7, Adam Webb 2, Gabe Jackson 24. FG 31, FT 10/12, F 14. (3-pointers: Jacob Pedigo 1, Ethan Flowers 2, Fouled Out: Ethan Flowers).
Bell City (46) - Taylor Jackson 3, Kolten Siebert 6, Logan Yates 5, Cole Nichols 14, Peyton Maddox 5, Bobby Wright 13. FG 15, FT 10/20, F 15. (3-pointers: Taylor Jackson 1, Kolton Siebert 1, Cole Nichols 1, Bobby Wright 3. Fouled Out: Kolton Siebert).
Dexter will be back in action on Friday evening traveling to Kennett. Game time 6:00 p.m. They still have Poplar Bluff, Notre Dame, and Cape Central left on their schedule before Districts beginning on February 27th.
“Historically, we have not had much success against SEMO Conference teams,” continued Dowdy. “We have 4 big tests coming up before district play and hopefully we can go out and knock a few off.”
Cape Girardeau, Missouri - The Lady Bearcats got off to a slow offensive start in the first period against a packed homecoming crowd at Notre Dame High School.
The Bulldogs jumped out to a 10 - 4 lead at the end of the first before the Bearcats woke up scoring 23 points in the second period on their way to a 56-49 victory.
Notre Dame executed their offense early and they stretched out the lead in that first quarter, but Dexter fought back defensively and made it tough. Adding free throws to the scoreboard really proved to be Dexter’s saving grace.
Dexter dominated at the charity stripe hitting 26 of 33 baskets.
Krysten Garrison led the Lady Cats with 17 points. Chaylea Mosby recorded 14 points and Dakota Reynolds and Melanie McKuin each contributed 12 points.
Reynolds also hit two 3-pointers for Dexter.
Final Score Dexter 56, Notre Dame 49
Dexter 4 23 13 16 - 56
Notre Dame 10 14 8 17 - 49
Dexter (56) - Dakota Reynolds 12, Natalie Sitze 1, Melanie McKuin 12, Krysten Garrison 17, Chaylea Mosby 14. FG 14, FT 26/33, F 8. (3-pointers: Dakota Reynolds 2, Fouled Out: None).
Notre Dame (49) - Sam Brennan 9, Faith Essner 11, Maddie Urhahn 8, Allie Ziegler 11, Hayli Chapman 6, Megan Heisserer 2, Lexi Welter 2. FG 20, FT 6/10, F 20. (3-pointers: Faith Essner 1, Hayli Chapman 2, Fouled Out: None).
Dexter (16-4) will be back in action on Thursday when they host the Cape Central Tigers. Game time 6:00 p.m. Notre Dame (9-12) will host John Burroughs on Saturday.
Photo credit to Dee Loflin, ShowMe Times Manager/Editor. Melanie McKuin about to shoot the ball in a previous match-up.
