Cape Girardeau, Missouri - Both the Bernie Mules and Dexter Bearcats will play in the 2016 Notre Dame Volleyballfest on Friday, September 2nd and Saturday, September 3rd.
Pool A will consist of Dexter, Ste. Genevieve, Bernie, and Lindbergh. Pool B will consist of Notre Dame, Perryville, and St. Vincent.
The schedules will be the same for both Junior Varsity and Varsity Pool Play. Varsity teams will play in the main gym and junior varsity teams will play in Drury Hall.
Friday, September 2nd Schedule
3:30 p.m. Notre Dame vs Bernie
4:15 p.m. Perryville vs Ste. Gen
5:00 p.m. St. Vincent vs Bernie
5:45 p.m. Dexter vs Perryville
6:30 p.m. Notre Dame vs Ste. Gen
7:15 p.m. St. Vincent vs Dexter
Saturday, September 3rd
8:30 a.m. Notre Dame vs Lindbergh
9:15 a.m. Perryville vs Bernie
10:00 a.m. St. Vincent vs Lindbergh
10:45 a.m. Notre Dame vs Dexter
11:30 a.m. Lindbergh vs Perryville
12:15 p.m. St. Vincent vs Ste. Gen
Cost to enter the gyms is $3.00 for adults and $2.00 for students with 8 and under free.
Bracket play begins at 1 p.m. with the championship game at 7:00 p.m.
Dexter, Missouri - The 2016 PigSkin Pick'em Challenge is well under way! Chris Sandlin had a perfect score this week choosing all 12 games correctly!
There is a 5-way tie for second place between Jason Pounds, Jennifer Peden, JC Williams, Nate Watkins, and Mark Nea. They only missed one game of their 12 picks.
In 3rd place for this week and eligible for a prize are Brandon Horton, Greg McGhee, Mark Becker, and Justin Peden. On Monday those names will be thrown into a random drawing for a weekly prize.
Pigskin Pick'em is brought to you by Countywide Insurance, First Midwest Bank, First Commercial Bank, SoutheastHEALTH, Bank of Advance, FM Bank, Allen Christian Buick GMC, Southern Bank, Montgomery Bank, and Riley, Stubbs, & Cato LLC in Dexter, Missouri.
There's still time to get in on the action. Week #2 begin Sunday, August 21st at 6:00 p.m. Each week will get a little harder adding college football games as well as NFL games.
Congratulations everyone and continue playing to win great prizes and the ultimate prize of $500 cash!
Winning football teams were Ste. Genevieve, Chaffee, Hayti, Caruthersville, Scott City, Sikeston, East Prairie, Malden, Kennett, Liberty(Mountain View), Poplar Bluff, and Park Hills.
Week #2 will feature 15 high school games. Don't forget to play. Deadline is 6 p.m. on Friday, August 26th.
Dexter, Missouri - The Lady Cats Volleyball Team begins their season on Monday, August 22nd against Arcadia Valley at the Bearcat Event Center in Dexter. The Junior Varsity will start at 6:00 p.m. with the Varsity to follow.
The Dexter Bearcats will feature a deep and experienced roster as they prepare for the Class 3, District 1 2016 season. If the Lady Cats want to remain competitive in one of the toughest districts i southeast Missouri they know they will have to play at the top of their game. In 2014 they won the Class 3, District 1 championship, their first time since 2000.
The volleyball team ended with a 27-5-2 record in the 2015 season losing in two sets to Notre Dame in the District Championship.
This will be Coach Carmen Morgan’s 5th season as head coach for the Lady Bearcats Volleyball Team.
Janie Lindsey and Ashlyn Wyman return as seniors. Juniors are Krysten Garrison, Megan Trout, Addie Kruse, Rhylan Hillis, Maci Daniels, and Bailey Williams. Sophomores are Maycie Martin, Emily Smith, kelby Hill, Natalie Sitz, Anna Bishop, and Rylee Allen. Freshman are Colby Christian, Alexa Werneck, Madelyn Hampton, Sydney Patrick, Mallory Dunlap, Blair Rogers, and Madelyn Parker.
The Lady Cats will have 8 home games and 8 away games. Dexter will also compete in three tournaments this season. They will travel to Washington, Missouri to compete in the St. Francis Borgia Volleyball Tournament that begins on August 27th. On September 2nd and 3rd the Lady Bearcats will compete in the Notre Dame Volleyballfest in Cape Girardeau and on October 3rd - 7th the Stoddard County Athletic Association Tournament will be held in Puxico, Missouri.
Roster: #1 Maycie Martin, #2 Emily Smith, #3 Kelby Hill, #4 Megan Trout, #5 Ashlyn Wyman, #6 Natalie Sitz, #7 Krysten Garrison, #8 Colby Christian, #10 Addie Kruse, #11 Rhylan Hillis, #12 Alexa Werneck, #13 Madelyn Hampton, #16 Sydney Patrick, #17 Anna Bishop, #18 Mallory Dunlap, #19 Maci Daniels, #20 Bailey Williams, #21 Janie Lindsey, #22 Blair Rogers, #23 Madelyn Parker, and #24 Rylee Allen
2016 Dexter Lady Cats Volleyball Schedule
8/22/2016 6:00 PM Arcadia Valley
8/25/2016 6:00 PM at Jackson
8/29/2016 6:00 PM Farmington
9/6/2016 6:00 PM Bloomfield
9/8/2016 6:00 PM Bernie
9/12/2016 6:00 PM at Woodland
9/13/2016 6:00 PM Richland (Essex)
9/15/2016 6:00 PM at Bell City (No Junior Varsity)
9/19/2016 6:00 PM at Advance
9/20/2016 6:00 PM Leopold
9/22/2016 6:00 PM at Winona
9/26/2016 6:00 PM Puxico
9/27/2016 6:00 PM Liberty (Mountain View)
9/29/2016 6:00 PM at Poplar Bluff
10/10/2016 6:00 PM at Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau)
10/13/2016 6:00 PM at Perryville
Dexter, Missouri - As usual the Bearcats have a rather tough schedule this year and with a new coach the "Boys of Fall" have learned a new offense and defense along with having a new quarterback. For the seniors it will be their last season as a Dexter football player and when they take the field on Friday night it will be the first game of the season, but the last time they will face the Ste. Genevieve Dragons.
Coach Kevin Goltra is looking forward to his first year as a Bearcat. He's had all summer to build a relationship with the players, teach them a new offense and defense and hit the weight room.
The Bearcats looked confident at the Jamboree on Friday night. A few mistakes, adjustments made and young players stepped up to the challenges of a new season.
"Our offense will continue to improve as our Offensive Line grows and matures," commented head football coach Kevin Goltra. "We will have moments of adversity due to lack of playing, experience, and youth, but should be able to move the ball against almost all of our opponents this year."
"Defensively, we are still trying to learn the ins and outs of our newly installed defense and where we fit into that system," continued Goltra. "We have a tough group of kids, but we have to continue to improve with our fundamentals and be more aggressive going after the ball. That also will come with experience and additional strength in the weight room."
Last season Dexter finished 3 - 7 under former coach Justin Peden defeating Charleston, Kennett, and New Madrid County Central. Can they turn the program around? Will they have a winning season? We can't predict the future; however with a very young team on the field the future is very bright for the Bearcats. These young athletes as well as the vested football players have worked extremely hard this summer.
They performed well at both the Southeast Missouri Football Camp, Buffalo Contact Camp, and the Annual Football Jamboree.
"The 2016 football team is comprised of young, eager football players that have an enormous upside and potential," stated Goltra. "We are still working to perfect the new offense and defense but have made great strides this past summer."
Ben Sindle (5'10" 170 lb junior) will be at the helm yelling the signals at the line of scrimmage. He will have to make quick decisions on the field while the ball is in play. Will he hand it off to the running back, throw it to a receiver or just run the ball to gain yardage? That's the anticipation of the game. That's the excitement to see what happens next. The Bearcats will do well under their new leader. Sindle motivates his teammates throughout practice yelling and slapping helmets to get the 'Cats fired up!
According to Coach Goltra they will rely heavily on the run-game that will include wing backs Trevor McDonald (5'8", 150 lb junior), Payton Tinnin (5'10", 165 lb senior), and Caleb Hoggard (5'10" 180 lb sophomore). Full backs are Jake Adams (5'11", 190 lb senior), Hunter Lawrence (5'8" 220 lb sophomore), and Caleb Stearns (5'8" 160 lb sophomore).
Last year the Bearcats took a big hit against Ste. Genevieve losing 42 - 7. It's time for redemption! Time to change the scoreboard in favor of the Bearcats! Historically Ste. Genevieve leads the Bearcats 14 - 3. In 2014 season the Dragons defeated Dexter by only one touchdown (27-21). This will be Coach Ken Weik's second year with the Dragons. Game time 7:00 p.m. This is a non-conference game.
Ste. Genevieve will start 5 sophomores, 4 juniors, and 2 seniors on offense. Dexter will start 1 freshman, 5 sophomores, 3 juniors, and 2 seniors on defense.
"Ste. Gen is down a little from their past success," Goltra said. "Their starting QB is expected to be out due to an injury and he was a really good player for them last year. They also have a new OC. They are still well coached and their back-up quarterback throws the ball well."
Dexter will compete in Class 3, District 1 with Park Hills, St. Pius of Festus, Ste. Genevieve, Kennett, Potosi, Fredericktown, and New Madrid County Central.
Dexter, Missouri - The Bearcats faced East Prairie, New Madrid County Central, and Kennett in Friday night's home Football Jamboree at Charles Bland Stadium.
Dexter opened the night defeating East Prairie one touchdown to none. Dexter's Payton Tinnin ran several yards for the only touchdown of the game.
"We wanted to make sure on defense, we were getting to where we needed to be and we didn't that first game," commented head football coach Kevin Goltra. "Tinnin has been our best running back thus far and he's a guy we can count on to do the right things."
"In the second game we didn't get in the positions and we didn't make the tackles," stated Goltra. "Our tackling was really, really bad tonight. It's one thing to not be in position and not make a tackle, but we have capabilities. We can be in that position. We also faced a lot of speed out there as well."
In the last game of the night the junior varsity athletes stepped up. Dexter went head-to-head with Kennett. Though the Bearcats suffered the loss by only one touchdown to none, the JV team really excelled on the field.
"We are a little banged up and we decided with Pixley before the Jamboree to play our junior varsity athletes," continued Goltra. "I wanted to focuson them being tough and gave our other guys some rest."
"I think we struggled a little bit with Corbin being out," Goltra said. "He was All-Conference All-District last year as linebacker and one of our best defensive players. He is such a good player, right now we don't know when he will be back."
"The growing pains are coming and its going to happen, Jett Featherston pulled in nicely for us today backing him and we are just going to get better. In defensive tackling we are going to be pretty good this year," Goltra said.
