Bloomfield, Missouri - The 2017 SCAA All Tournament Team was announced after the championship game on Friday, January 27, 2017. Twelve athletes from five different teams were named.
Cole Nichols, Bell City
Bloomfield, Alex Gibbs
Bloomfield, Peyton Bell
Bloomfield, Tim Hector
Bernie, Nate Dillinger
Advance, Armani Vermillion
Advance, Dawson Mayo
Advance, Preston Wuebker
Dexter, Ben Sindle
Dexter, Clay Mullins
Dexter, Gabe Jackson
Dexter, Jason Jarrell
Bloomfield, Missouri - The Dexter Bearcats tallied 12 unanswered points in the 4th quarter to defeat the Bloomfield Wildcats in a semifinal match-up on Thursday evening.
Clay Mullins finished with a game-high 16 points on six buckets and was 4/11 at the charity stripe.
Jason Jarrell and Ben Sindle recorded 12 points each. Sindle tallied 4 treys.
Bloomfield paced Dexter in the first three quarters. They were tied 12-12 at the end of the first and 20-20 at the end of the first half. Dexter led by 3 at the end of the third. It was the fourth quarter that Dexter pulled ahead scoring 12 points and finally finishing the game 55 - 42 putting them in the Championship seat on Friday night against the #1 seed Advance.
"That few minutes there was the only part of the game that looked like a basketball game," commented head coach Josh Dowdy. "Other than that it was a tug-of-war all night long."
Peyton Bell led Bloomfield with 11 points. He recorded three 2-pointers, 1 trey, and was 5/8 at the free throw line.
Final Score Dexter 55, Bloomfield 42
Dexter 12 8 16 19 - 55
Bloomfield 12 8 13 9 - 42
Dexter (55) -Jason Jarrell 12, Ben Sindle 12, Clay Mullins 16, Dawson Kasting 9, Ryan Mayo 2, Gabe Jackson 4. FG 21, FT 9/21, F 16. (3-pointers: Ben Sindle 4, Fouled Out: None).
Bloomfield (42) - Timmy Hector 8, Kyle Anderson 8, Matt Gibbs 7, Austin Phillips 3, Peyton Bell 11, Alex Gibbs 2. FG 15, FT 9/16, F 19. (3-pointers: Timmy Hector 1, Austin Phillips 1, Peyton Bell 1. Fouled Out: None).
Dexter (13-5) will face Advance in the Championship game at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, January 27, 2017. The Bearcats' last SCAA Championship win was in 2012. Advance hasn't won the tournament since 1978.
Bloomfield will play Bernie for 3rd Place at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
Bloomfield, Missouri - The #1 seeded Advance Hornets had little trouble out of the #4 seeded Bernie Mules in the semifinal game of the 2017 SCAA Boys Basketball Tournament on Thursday evening. The Hornets easily defeated the Mules 68 - 39 and move on to the Championship game against the #2 seeded Dexter Bearcats.
Four Advance players finished in double figures.
Armani Vermillion tallied a game-high 16 points on seven buckets and was 2/5 from the charity stripe.
Preston Wuebker recorded 15 points on 7 field goals including one 3-pointer.
Michael Hodd and Dawson Mayo finished with 11 points each. Hodd had four 2-pointers and one 3-pointer while Mayo had five buckets and one free throw.
Bernie's Michael Suiter tallied a team-high 13 points and Nate Dillinger finished with 12 points.
#1 seeded Advance will take on the #2 seeded Dexter in the Championship game of the 2017 SCAA boys basketball Tournament at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, January 27, 2017.
#4 seeded Bernie will play for Third Place against #3 seeded Bloomfield at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, January 27, 2017.
Final Score Advance 68, Bernie 39
Advance 19 24 21 4 - 68
Bernie 6 10 8 15 - 39
Advance (68) - Armani Vermillion 16, Preston Wuebker 15, Michael Hodd 11, Braidan Brown 3, Brendan Crader 4, Carson Miles 4, Justin Alcorn 2, Dawson Mayo 11. FG 30, FT 3/9, F 8. (3-pointers: Preston Wuebker 1, Michael Hodd 1, Braidan Brown 1. Fouled Out: None).
Bernie (39) - Michael Suiter 13, Weston Comstock 2, Nate Dillinger 12, Riley Wells 2, Gavin Brown 2, Dalton Hobgood 8. FG 16, FT 4/7, F 11. (3-pointers: Nate Dillinger 1, Dalton Hobgood 2. Fouled Out: None).
Bloomfield, Missouri - The Dexter junior varsity boys basketball team defeated the Bernie JV Mules in the semifinal game of the 2017 SCAA Tournament 58-38.
Dexter's Joe Rice and Haden Hillis recorded team-high 10 points each against the JV Wildcats.
Rice tallied two treys in the first quarter and two field goals in the third quarter.
Hillis recorded four field goals and two free throws.
Carson Blair recorded Bloomfield game-high 17 points. He was 5 for 7 at the free throw line and hit six 2-point buckets.
Final Score Dexter JV 58, Bloomfield JV 38
Dexter 15 16 15 12 - 58
Bloomfield 12 10 6 10 - 38
Dexter (58) -Joe Rice 10, Brodie Pollock 6, Logan Wyman 6, Nate Gargas 9, Haden Hillis 10, Phillip Toledo 6, Braxton Foster 6, Justin Kenley 2, Garrett Henson 3. FG 24, Ft 4/14, F 15. (3-pointers: Joe Rice 2, Logan Wyman 2, Nate Gargas 1, Fouled Out: None).
Bloomfield (38) - Micael Phillips 9, Carson Blair 17, Gage McNeil 2, Brandon wright 2, Ethan Pennington 7. FG 15, FT 7/14, F 12. (3-pointers: Micael Phillips 1, Fouled Out: None).
Dexter junior varsity Bearcats seeded #2 will play the #1 seeded Bernie JV Mules at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 27, 2017 in the JV SCAA Tournament Championship.
#3 Bloomfield JV will play #4 Richland for Third Place at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, January 27th in the JV SCAA Tournament Championship.
Bloomfield, Missouri - The Bernie junior varsity boys basketball team beat the Richland JV Rebels on Thursday evening in game # 8 of the JV SCAA Tournament. Final score 55 - 23.
Richland recorded their only point in the first quarter with 19.4 seconds left. The Mules also came out a little flat in the first period only shooting three field goals for 8 points.
The second quarter proved to be a little more eventful when the Rebels scored 7 straight points early to tie the game 8-8. Weston Zoll hit a 3-pointer to take the lead 11-8 with 4:00 minutes left in the first half.
Bernie answered back with three treys and 4 field goals to earn a comfortable 9 point lead going into the locker room at the half. Half-time score 21-12.
It was all Mules in the third and fourth quarters. Bernie recorded 18 points in the third and 8 points in the 4th while Richland mustered 7 points in the third and 3 points in the fourth.
Bernie was perfect at the charity stripe hitting 6 of 6.
Bernie's Josh Ellenburg recorded a game-high 16 points. He was 100% at the charity stripe hitting 4 for 4 and tallied six 2-pointers.
Weston Zoll finished with 13 points. He was 2 for 2 from the free throw line, hit one trey and one 2-point field goal.
Richland's Daniel Petty finished with 14 points including 1 trey.
#1 Bernie JV will play #2 Dexter at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, January 27th in the Championship game of the 2017 SCAA junior varsity boys basketball Tournament.
#4 Richland JV will play #3 Bloomfield at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, January 27th in the 3rd Place game of the 2017 SCAA junior varsity boys basketball Tournament.
Final Score Bernie JV 55, Richland JV 23
Bernie 8 21 18 8 - 55
Richland 1 12 7 3 - 23
Bernie (55) - Skyler Schwent 6, Weston Zoll 13, Blake Harty 7, Nathan Harvey 2, Wade Razer 2, Josh Ellenburg 16, Hunter Slavings 9. FG 22, FT 6/6, F 15. (3-pointers: WEston Zoll 3, Blake Harty 1, Hunter Slavings 1. Fouled Out: Josh Ellenburg).
Richland (23) - Daniel Petty 14, Michael Burton 3, Norman Oakley 2, Riley Glass 2, Andrew Partenberry 2. FG 7, FT 8/16, F 9. (3-pointers: Daniel Petty 1, Fouled Out: Riley Glass).
