Stoddard County, Missouri - The 2017 SCAA Seedings for the Varsity Boys Basketball tournament were released this morning at 11:00 a.m.
The Advance Hornets received the #1 seed. Dexter received the #2 seed and Bloomfield received the #3 seed.
Bernie earned the #4 spot, Bell City #5, Woodland #6, Puxico #7, and Richland received the #8 seed.
On January 23rd #1 Advance will play #8 Richland at 5:30 p.m. At 7:00 p.m. #2 Dexter will play #7 Puxico at the Bloomfield high school gym.
On January 24th at 6:30 p.m. #3 Bloomfield will play #6 Woodland. At 8:00 p.m. #4 Bernie will play #5 Bell City at the Bloomfield high school gym.
The SCAA Junior Varsity Seeds were released as well.
Bernie received the #1 seed. Dexter received the #2 seed. Bloomfield received the #3 seed, followed by #4 Richland, #5 Puxico, #6 Woodland, and #7 Advance.
Bernie will have a Bye. On January 23rd At 4:00 p.m. Dexter JV play Advance JV. At 8:30 p.m. #4 Richland JV will play #5 Puxico JV.
On January 24th at 5:00 p.m. #3 Bloomfield JV plays #6 Woodland JV.
The Varsity semifinals will be played on January 26th at 7:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Championship will be January 27th at 8:30 p.m. Third place game will be at 5:30 p.m.
The Junior Varsity semifinals will be played on January 26th at 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Championship will be at 7:00 p.m. on January 27th and third place will be at 4:00 p.m. on the same day.
Kennett, Missouri - The Dexter Bearcats girls basketball team experienced little difficulty defeating the Kennett Lady Indians after a long winter nap of 18 days without a game.
Coach Chad Allen said with the cancellation of the Farmington game, the girls hadn't had a game since December 22, 2016. Though the girls put in some long 3-hour practices sometimes it's hard to comeback from being off so long, but the Lady Cats came out defensively early on and built a 40 - 11 lead at the half.
Probably one of the best defensive efforts Bearcat fans have seen all season.
"We were so active tonight on both ends tonight," commented head coach Chad Allen. "We shot the ball well too. Most importantly I think we created a lot off our defense. We had a lot of transition points and a lot of points on turn overs. When you can guard like that good things are going to happen offensively."
The fans also saw a little different defensive action by the Lady Cats against Kennett, a perhaps a new twist on defense.
"It's a little different for the girls. We call it a jackhammer," commented Allen. "It's not quite a straight 1-3-1 defense. The middle person has to cover and trap the corners and its an anticipater when the ball is up top. We keep our big around the basket and protect the rim and the middle person is trapping and reading passes. Its a great defense and we used it at Three Rivers and called it a Jackhamer as well."
You want someone long and athletic on top of it," continued Allen. "Hannah and Maycie are both long and athletic. Maycie can read so well. We also did a good job in the second half as well. It has given us a chance to use it and work on it and become successive running it."
Three Cats were in double figures. Sophomore Chaylea Mosby led with 16 points including three treys. Junior Hannah Thurmon recorded 11 and senior Cheyenne Mosby contributed 10 points. Lauren Davis tallied 9 points all on 3-pointers.
"She can flat out shoot it and if she has any space at all she will flat knock it down," stated Allen about Lauren's efforts. "She is doing great things for us and will get more playing time as the year continues."
"Neelyville It is going to be tough. If we can be this active like we were tonight we can do well" finished Allen.
Kennett's Dakayla Duckworth led the Indians with 11 points. Heidi Shetley finished with 9 points.
Final Score Dexter 68, Kennett 29
Dexter 16 24 18 10 - 68
Kennett 5 6 14 4 - 29
Dexter (68) - Maycie Martin 2, Rylee Allen 2, Natalie Sitze 7, Meghan Trout 5, Cheyenne Mosby 10, Hannah Thurmon 11, Harley Allen 6, Chaylea Mosby 16, Lauren Davis 9. FG 25, FT 8/9, F 14. (3-pointers: Lauren Davis 2, Chaylea Mosby 3, Harley Allen 2, Meghan Trout 1, Natalie Sitze 1. Fouled Out: None).
Kennett (29) - Anna Wheeler 2, Dakayla Duckworth 11, Hadley Hilburn 3, Tyneshia Wilson 2, Kayton Harris 2, Heidi Shetley 9. FG 12, FT 4/8, F 9. (3-pointers: Hadley Hilburn 1. Fouled Out: None).
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Dexter, Missouri - Homecoming came right down to the wire. It was truly a battle between the Bearcats and the Woodland Cardinals.
Trailing by two points with less than 4.1 seconds remaining the Bearcats knew they had only one opportunity. Coach Josh Dowdy's last play could not have been played out any better.
It took four long throws. First Alan Pippins in-bounded the ball to senior Ryan Mayo who threw it to half court with Gabe Jackson waiting for the ball. Jackson pitched it to senior Jason Jarrell who stood at the right side of the basket and shot for a perfect 3-pointer to earn a game ending 64-63 win over the Woodland.
"Those four guys executed the ball perfectly," Dowdy said. "Sindle was there somewhere, supposed to get the rebound, but he was probably jumping up and down if I know Ben."
His trey was his only field goal in the game. His other four points came from free-throws earlier in the game totaling seven for what is normally a high scoring athlete.
"Jason has been clutch for us a couple of different times this year," stated head boys basketball coach Josh Dowdy. "He hit two huge free throws against Kennett in the semifinal game of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament and tonight he hit a big shot in his last Homecoming game of his high school career. I bet he and the rest of us will remember that for a while."
Dexter led 18-15 at the end of the first period. The second quarter belonged to Woodland, outscoring the Bearcats 20 - 12 by the half it was 30-35 Woodland! Dexter pushed back in the second half and defensively holding the Cardinals to just 9 points in the third.
Dexter junior Clay Mullins led all scorers with a game-high 23 points. Ten of those points from the charity stripe.
"Clay hit some big free throws down the stretch," Dowdy said. "He did a real nice job of attacking the basket also."
Gabe Jackson tallied 14 points, 15 rebounds, and 6 blocks for the Bearcats.
Senior Ryan Mayo hit two 3-pointers in the second half.
"Ryan Mayo played another great game. He hit a big three that ignited us and created a couple of key turnovers on the defensive end. He is playing like a senior - like he only has a few games left."
"This team is having fun and it is awesome to see the smiles on their faces," Dowdy said. "They deserve it - Their road has not been easy. The hard work continues to pay off for them!"
Woodland's Michael McCormick led with 14 points. Tyler Womack tallied 10 points. Two were 3-pointers. Paul Duncan added 10 as well.
"Woodland was well prepared and played a great game," stated Dowdy. "We have a lot of work left to do on the defensive end. We made some crucial mistakes down the stretch that usually cost you games. We are fortunate to escape with a victory."
Dexter returns on Friday against rival Bernie at the Mule Barn! Get there early for a good seat as that gym fills up fast! Game time 6:00 p.m.
Final Score Dexter 64, Woodland 63
Dexter 18 12 12 22 - 64
Woodland 15 20 9 19 - 63
Dexter (64) - Jason Jarrell 7, Alan Pippins 3, Ben Sindle 3, Clay Mullins 23, Dawson Kasting 7, Ryan Mayo 7, Gabe Jackson 14. FG 20, FT 18/28 F 19. (3-pointers: Jarrell 1, Pippins 1, Sindle 1, Mayo 2. Fouled Out: Mullins).
Woodland (63) - Tommy Grindstaff 7, Tyler Womack 10, Tyler Massa 1, Jamie Wiseman 7, Connor Goodwin 7, Bruester Young 7, Paul Duncan 10, Michael McCormick 14. FG 25, FT 7/13, F 26. (3-pointers: Grindstaff 1, Womack 2, Wiseman 1, Goodwin 1, Young 1. Fouled Out: Womack, Young.)
Kennett, Missouri - The Junior Varsity Lady Cats basketball team toppled Kennett 42 - 10 on Monday evening after 18 days off the court. Their last game was December 22, 2016 due to the fact that the Farmington game was cancelled because of weather.
Dexter held Kennett to a 10 - 0 lead in the first period and increased their lead to 17 - 4 by the half. Kennett scored only 6 points in the second half.
Maycie Martin came out strong leading the Cats with a game-high 17 points. Maci McBride contributed 9 points, all on treys.
Antonia Randle and Tyneshia Wilson each tallied 4 points for the Lady Indians.
Finals Core Dexter JV 42, Kennett JV 10
Dexter 10 7 14 1 - 42
Kennett 0 4 6 0 - 10
Dexter (42) - Maycie Martin 17, Rylee Allen 2, Maci McBride 9, Keirstan Keirsey 7, Alexa Werneck 3, Mallory Dunlap 4. FG 17, FT 5/16, F 11. (3-pointers: Maci McBride 3, Fouled Out: None).
Kennett (10) - Antonia Randle 4, Janesha Hubbard 2, Tyneshia Wilson 4. FG 5, FT 0/1, F 15. (3-pointers: None. Fouled Out: None).
The Dexter junior varsity team will be back in action on Thursday. They travel to Neelyville. Game time 6:00 p.m.
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