Bell City, Missouri - The Dexter 8th grade Lady Cats' volleyball team defeated Bernie 25-11, 25-22 to win the SCAA Volleyball Championship on Tuesday evening in Bell City.
Playing on the 8th grade team are: Colby Christian, Emily Jarrell, Margo Nea, Alexa Werneck, Blair Rogers, Madilyn Hampton, Sydney Patrick, Madeline Parker, Kelsey Carrier, and Audrey Lutmer.
Bell City, Missouri - The Dexter Lady 7th Grade girls volleyball team lost to Advance in the SCAA Volleyball Championship at Bell City 25-11, 25-23.
Playing on the 7th grade team are: Hannah Pyles, MeKenzie Yount, Bailey Chamberlain, Destiny Durham, Karlee Keirsey, Payton Phelan, Chloe Thurmon, Bronwen Young, Shelby Bishop, Molley Murphy, Mikayla Dodson, Mattilyn Williams, and Sydney Asberry.
Bell City, Missouri - The 7th Grade Advance girls volleyball team defeated Dexter 25-11, 25-23 in the SCAA Middle School Volleyball Tournament in Bell City on Tuesday evening.
Shown in the photo are Coach Hoffman, #3 Nyah Wilson, #5 Danielle Markham, #6 Alyssa Miles #8 Jadeyn Metcalf, #9 Chloe LaRue, #13 Mikayla Mikels, #17 Meadow Morse, and #24 Natalie Hess.
Columbia, Missouri - The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) released their latest classifications based on enrollment records for high school football and on Saturday, April 9, 2016 and was approved by the Board of Directors.
Football Enrollment Breaks for 11-Man Football:
Class 1 64 Schools 109-244 Students
Class 2 64 Schools 245-427 Students
Class 3 64 Schools 472-727 Students
Class 4 64 Schools 732-1314 Students
Class 5 44 Schools 1316-1778 Students
Class 6 32 Schools 1779-2803 Students
In 11-man football, the largest 32 schools based on student enrollment in grades 9-12 are classified in Class 6, while the smallest 64 schools are assigned to Class 1. The next-largest 64 schools are then classified in Class 2, the next 64 in Class 3, and the next 64 in Class 4. The remaining schools are assigned to Class 5. If two schools form a cooperative partnership, the enrollment of both schools combined are used to determine classification.
The first-allowable football practice date for 2016 will be on Monday, August 1. The first-possible contest date will be Friday, August 19.
In football, Scott City, Hayti, and Portageville will drop from Class 2 to Class 1, District 1. They could now face Barat Academy, Chaffee, Crystal City, St. Vincent and Valle Catholic during district play.
Grandview will remain in Class 2, but will switch districts moving from District 2 to District 1 joining Charleston, East Prairie, Jefferson, Kelly, Caruthersville, Malden, and St. Pius X. Jefferson was formerly in Class 1 and St. Pius X came down from Class 3.
Fox High School will move to Class 6, District 1 and Parkway South will move to Class 5, District 2 leaving Poplar Bluff, Jackson, Rockwood Summit, Oakville, and Vianney in Class 5, District 1.
Class 4, District 1 will remain the same with Cape Central, Farmington, Festus, DeSoto, Hillsboro, Sikeston, Perryville, and North County.
Dexter will remain in Class 3, District 1 along with New Madrid County Central, Park Hills, Fredericktown, Kennett, Potosi, Salem, and Ste. Genevieve High Schools.
Dexter will most likely open with Ste. Genevieve on August 19th at Ste. Gen. Charleston has dropped Dexter from their schedule; however no announcement has been made as to who the replacement school will be. The Bearcats will host their home opener on August 26th against Poplar Bluff.
Columbia, Missouri - The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) Board of Directors approved new homes for their football and basketball state championships.
The Show-Me Showdown Basketball Final Four will relocate beginning with the 2017-2018 school year. MSHSAA announced on Friday a five-year contract to hold the event at the Missouri State University’s JQH Arena in Springfield.
Class 1, 2, and 3 semifinal games held on Thursday will be at the Hammons Student Center in Springfield.
The Show-Me Bowl Football finale for Classes 1 – 6 will be played at the Missouri State University’s Plaster Stadium in 2016. The games will then move to the University of Missouri’s Faurot Field in Columbia in 2017.
The high school state basketball championships have been held at the University of Missouri – Columbia while the football championships were played at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis.
"We appreciate the work that the cities put into this bid process and we have taken this process very seriously," MSHSAA Executive Director Kerwin Urhahn said in a press release. "We are especially humbled by the amount of community support the city of Springfield showed in putting together its bids. We have an obligation to our membership to find not only the best facilities to host our championships, but also the best support from the host site to serve our schools needs."
