Dexter, Missouri - The ShowMe Times Dexter Athlete Spotlight shines on Jason Jarrell.
Jason is a 6’ 0” 170 lbs. RB/FS and #10 on the Dexter Bearcat Football team and is a senior at the Dexter High School.
He is the son of Dennis and Paula Jarrell. His grandmother is Alice Jarrell.
Jarrell is a member of the Dexter Honor Society and has also joined Sr. Beta Club, a new club at Dexter High School.
Jason has won the American Legion Award for Outstanding Male Student at the Dexter High School for 2013, Top 10% all years of high school, and Honor Roll all semesters. Jason is the 2016 National I Dare You Award winner for Dexter High School.
In 2014 and 2015 he won both the Academic All-State Football award and the Perryville Character Athlete award for basketball. He was awarded All Conference SEMO Conference Baseball First Team Catcher 2016, All District Baseball Class 4 2016, Dexter Baseball Team MVP 2016, Dexter baseball Team Batting Award 2016, All Conference SEMO Central Football Offense and Defense 2014, All Conference SEMO Central Football Offense 2015, All Conference SCAA Basketball 2015 and 2016, Stoddard County All-Tournament Basketball Team 2015 and 2016, Bloomfield Christmas Tournament All-Tournament Team 2014 and 2015. Jarrell is a back to back Fellowship of Christian Athletes Dodgeball Champion.
He has lettered in varsity baseball, basketball, and football as a freshman, sophomore, and junior. Jarrell plans to play all three sports his senior year.
His future plans are to go to college. He enjoys hunting, fishing, baseball, basketball, and football. Outside of school Jarrell participated on the Charleston Fighting Squirrels Baseball Team.
He attends the Dexter United Methodist Church and is a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
it takes a lot of determination to not only play three sports each year, but to achieve such a high academic status as well. Jarrell is consistently improving not only his athletic talents on the field and court, but he is excelling in the classroom as well.
Bernie, Missouri - The Bernie Mules baseball team under Coach Marcus Massey faced a tough opponent on Thursday afternoon. Down 4-1 in the bottom of the 7th, the Mules kicked into gear to score 3 runs to tie and then scored one in the bottom of the 8th for the hard earned win!
Senath-Hornersville scored a run in the top of the 1st inning. Blake Beacham (junior) answered with a solo homer in the bottom of the 2nd for Bernie.
The Lions then scored three runs in the 3rd until the 7th when the Mules earned a single, a walk, a hit batsman and a throwing error on Senath filled the bases. Wyatt Barnett (sophomore), Bernie, squeezed the third run home in the bottom of the 7th. Dalton Hobgood (junior) drove in the tying run sending the game into extra innings.
Jayce Burck (senior) who led the Mules with 3 hits, singled with one out in the 7th. He also stole second and then scored from there when Alex Guzman's (senior) grounder up the middle was thrown wild to first base.
Wyatt Barnett (sophomore) pitched the first 7 innings, allowing 5 hits and 4 runs, three earned. He struck-out 9 and walked 5.
Corbin Hunt (senior) got the win in relief, pitching the 8th inning and allowing zero hits, while striking out two.
Barnett had 2 hits and Dalton Hobgood had one hit.
The Mules (2-1) host Holcomb and Bloomfield on Saturday, August 27th in their annual Wood-Bat Round Robin.
Bernie, Missouri - The Bernie Mules had little trouble out of Naylor on Wednesday, August 24th. Blake Beacham got the win in 5 innings on a 10-run rule.
The Mules jumped out to an early lead from a Gavin Brown (junior) single to start the inning followed by an Alex Guzman (senior) reaching by base-on-balls. This led to both guys scoring in the second inning.
The Naylor Eagles scored their first run in the 4th after an error by Bernie third baseman, followed by another error by Mules right fielder that eventually led to a run.
Bernie responded in the bottom of the 4th by scoring 6 runs. It started off by a lead off double by Jayce Burk (senior) followed by a wild pitch. Guzman sacrificed to start the inning off. Burk, Josh Ellenburg (sophomore), and Dalton Hobgood (junior) all recorded hits in the 4th.
Mules #6 senior Guzman lead off the 5th with a double to left field, followed by an Ellenburg ground ball to third reaching safely on an error. Guzman was eventually thrown out going home, but Ellenburg scored in the 5th on a grounder by Hobgood.
Naylor added one more run in the 6th off a one out single by Ward. Followed by a fielders choice then a double by Jones.
Bernie went on to score three more runs in the 6th on a lead-off single by Gavin Brown (junior) followed by Burk, Guzman, and Ellenburg reaching base-on walks. Brown scored on a walk. Burk scored on a wild pitch. Guzman scored on a single Kade Burk (freshman) to left field to score the winning run.
"Today was better. We definitely walked out of here feeling better because of scored runs today," commented head baseball coach Marcus Massey. "Over all it was pretty good. Still have a few things we need to clean up, but I think we are headed in the right direction."
"It's early and there is a lot of baseball left this fall so we shall see," continued Massey.
Final Score Bernie 12, Naylor 2
WP- Blake Beacham 5 innings, 1 R, 4 H, 0 K, 3 BB
LP- Smith 2 innings, 2 R, 2 H, 1 K, 3 BB
Cape Girardeau, Missouri - The Bernie Lady Mules volleyball team traveled to Cape Girardeau to take on powerhouse Notre Dame Lady Bulldogs on Monday, August 29, 2016. Both the Junior Varsity and Varsity Mules fell to the Lady Dogs.
After dropping their season opener to the Farmington Lady Nights 2-1 on Thursday, Notre Dame volleyball was looking for big confidence boost.
The Lady JV Mules lost 20-25, 15-25. During the first set, Caddie Freed served 5 points in a row. Caddie Freed and Daisy Eaton each had a team high 4 digs. Alivia Cobb and Makayla Turner each had 3 digs and Emily Sheehan and Ryleigh Foster finished with 1 dig each.
Cassidy Freed and Makayla Tuner had 2 aces and Ryleigh Foster had 1 ace. Cassidy Freed led the Mules with 4 kills while Nia Walker and Makayla Turner added 1 kill each.
In Varsity action the Lady Mules fell 10-25, 12-25 to Notre Dame.
Kayli Tanner finished with 1 ace and 1 dig. Mabree Stone, Cymber Arnold and Taylor Lovelady each had 2 digs. Morgan Baker, Taylor Anthony and Madissen Corbin finished with 1 dig each.
Kayli Tanner led Bernie with 6 kills. Cymber Arnold had 2 kills and Made Woolridge had 1 kill.
"The second set we played better, but again made some silly errors that caused us to get behind," continued Collier. "There were moments of great plays, but there were also times we were not aggressive and made inexcusable errors. We are taking the experience of playing such a great team as a learning experience and as an opportunity to get better."
Dexter, Missouri - The ShowMe Times Dexter Sports Spotlight shines on Blake Palmer.
Blake is a 5’ 9” 185 lbs. TE/LB and #5 on the Dexter Bearcat Football team.
He is also a senior at the Dexter High School. He is a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Blake is the son of Danielle Palmer and his future plans are to attend personal training. Palmer enjoys fishing, football, and track.
On and off the field Blake is an excellent motivator to his fellow athletes. He loves football and track and continues to excel in both sports.
