Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter Bearcats varsity boys tennis team placed second in the Poplar Bluff Invitational on Saturday, April 2, 2016 in Dexter. It was moved due to construction at the Poplar Bluff Schools.
Not only did Dexter's team place second, but they had a player advance to the singles final and a doubles team win the doubles tournament. The boys tennis team initially tied for first place with Poplar Bluff in the team competition with both teams securing 11.5 points each. Farmington placed 3rd with a score of 8.5 points and Sikeston finished fourth with zero points.
Poplar Bluff eventually won the tournament because they won more games than any other team in the tournament. Dexter won 51 games while Poplar Bluff won 54 games during the tournament.
Ethan Flowers of Dexter advanced to the singles championship after beating Brett Johnson of Sikeston 8-6 in a quarterfinal and defeating Isaac Laseter of Poplar Bluff 8-2 in a semifinal. Alex England of Farmington beat Flowers 8-4 in the championship match.
Zach Potts and Joshua Kohlbaker, a doubles team from Dexter, took the top prize beating Beau Bryant and Will Leonard of Sikeston 8-0 in quarterfinal play and beat Diego Rivetti and Greg Roberson from Poplar Bluff 8-3 in semifinal action. They then defeated Peyton Bradley and Eduardo Martinez of Poplar Bluff 8-3 in the championship.
Singles Tournament
Quarterfinals:
Ethan Flowers (D) def. Brett Johnson (S) 8-6
Isaac Laseter (PB) def. Cole Sutton (F) 8-6
Humza Siddiqui (PB) def. Michael Porter (S) 8-0
Alex England (F) def. Addison Moore (D) 8-1
Semifinals:
Ethan Flowers (D) def. Isaac Laseter (PB) 8-2
Alex England (F) def. Humza Siddiqui (PB) 8-6
Championship:
Alex England (F) def. Ethan Flowers 8-4
Doubles Tournament
Quarterfinals:
Grant Harrison-Victor Lavella (F) def. Will Brehmer-Tyler Stevenson (D) 8-6
Peyton Bradley-Eduardo Martinez (PB) def. Edward McClain-Jordan Wheatley (S) 8-2
Diego Rivetti-Greg Roberson (PB) def. Dante Chamberlain-Jesse Stover (F) 8-6
Zach Potts-Josh Kohlbaker (D) def. Beau Bryant-Will Leonard (S) 8-0
Semifinals:
Bradley-Martinez (PB) def. Harrison-Lavella (F) 8-5
Potts-Kohlbaker (D) def. Rivetti-Roberson (PB) 8-3
Championship
Potts-Kohlbaker (D) def. Bradley-Martinez (PB) 8-3
Shown in the photo are from left to right: Tyler Stephenson, Addison Moore, Ethan Stevens, Josh Kohlbaker, Zach Potts, Will Brehmer.
Dexter, Missouri - Swing Pink was in full swing on Saturday with 20 teams competing on five ball fields in Dexter. Mother Nature cooperated this year for the largest ever Swing Pink Softball Tournament in the history of Dexter High School! It was all for a good cause! Proceeds went to St. Jude’s Childrens Hospital and 18 FORELife. (A future article with a check presentation will be on the ShowMe Times)
Naylor seeded #2 beat Van Buren seeded #1 by a score of 4-3 in 8 innings to win the Bracket A Championship.
In third place New Madrid County Central beat Greenville 15-4. Fifth place went to Senath who defeated Woodland 10-7. In 7th place it was Dexter over Holcomb 12-10.
Bracket A Results:
Van Buren 22, Dexter 0
Woodland 1, Greenville 9
NMCC 10, Senath 0
Naylor 12, Holcomb 2
Dexter 18, Woodland 19
Senath 11, Holcomb 8
Van Buren 9, Greenville 0
NMCC 5, Naylor 7
Woodland 7, Senath 10
Van Buren 3, Naylor 4
Greenville 4, NMCC 15
Dexter 12, Holcomb 10
West County seeded #1 beat #3 Neelyville 9-5 in 8 inning to win the Bracket B Championship.
In third place Clearwater beat East Carter 6-5 and in 5th place Bernie beat Winona 13-1. In 7th place it was Southland over Advance 1-0
Bracket B Results:
West County 14, Winona 1
Southland 4, East Carter 5
Neelyville 10, Advance 0
Clearwater 22, Bernie 12
Winona 16, Southland 8
Advance 2, Bernie 13
West County 4, East Carter 3
Neelyville 17, Clearwater 10
Winona 3, Bernie 13
West County 9, Neelyville 5
East Carter 5, Clearwater 6
Southland 1, Advance 0
Pool Play Results:
Bloomfield 6, Charleston 16
Puxico 12, Zalma 2
Bloomfield 3, Zalma 19
Puxico 11, Charleston 4
Charleston 7, Zalma 11
Puxico 23, Bloomfield 1
Puxico placed first, Zalma second, Charleston third and Bloomfield fourth in Pool Play.
Bernie, Missouri - The Bernie Mules softball game against the Dexter Lady Cats was stopped on Wednesday, April 5th due to lightning.
The game was suspended with two outs in the top of the second inning. Dexter had runners on 2nd and 3rd and was trailing the Mules 4-1.
Cymber Arnold was the starting pitcher for the Mules while Chaylea Mosby started for the Bearcats.
The game is now scheduled for Monday, April 25th at 4:15 p.m.
Shown in the photo is Chaylea Mosby pitching for Dexter. Photo by Dee Loflin, ShowMe Times manager/editor.
Dexter, Missouri - The East Prairie Eagles, Bloomfield Wildcats, and the New Madrid Eagles participated in the 2016 Dexter Middle School Baseball Tournament on Saturday.
The Bearcats beat the East Prairie Eagles to earn a spot in the championship while the New Madrid Eagles beat the Bloomfield Wildcats to earn their spot in the championship game.
Bloomfield beat East Prairie to earn 3rd place. Dexter beat New Madrid 7-5 in the Championship for the win.
Congratulations T.S. Hill Middle School baseball team!
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.
