Dexter, Missouri - On Friday, January 20, 2017 and Saturday, January 21, 2017 the Bearcat Even Center was the location for the annual SEMO Wrestling Conference Tournament featuring Dexter, Jackson, Kennett, Hillsboro, Farmington, Cape Central, Poplar Bluff, Ste. Genevieve, Windsor, Sikeston, New Madrid County Central, North County, and Notre Dame High Schools.
In the 160 lb weight division Dylan Allen of Farmington won by fall over Dalan Thompson of Cape Central in 1:43.
Dexter results for 160 lb weight class - Cory Ezell (18-14) placed 6th and scored 11.00 team points.
Round 1 - Cory Ezell (Dexter) 18-14 won by major decision over Josh Schmidt (Ste. Genevieve) 9-21 (MD 14-3)
Round 2 - Cory Ezell (Dexter) 18-14 received a bye () (Bye)
Round 3 - Jacob Dudley (Jackson) 26-10 won by fall over Cory Ezell (Dexter) 18-14 (Fall 3:19)
Quarterfinal - Luke Blanton (Sikeston) 27-11 won by fall over Cory Ezell (Dexter) 18-14 (Fall 1:20)
Cons. Round 1 - Cory Ezell (Dexter) 18-14 won by fall over Frank Hornback (Hillsboro) 8-5 (Fall 1:08)
Cons. Semi - Jacob Dudley (Jackson) 26-10 won by fall over Cory Ezell (Dexter) 18-14 (Fall 1:02)
5th Place Match - Johnny Jaco (Poplar Bluff) 14-16 won by fall over Cory Ezell (Dexter) 18-14 (Fall 3:43)
1. Jackson 341.5; 2. Hillsboro 275.5; 3. Farmington 246.5; 4. Poplar Bluff 243.5; 5. Ste. Genevieve 216.5; 6. Sikeston 210; 7. Windsor 206.5; 8. Dexter 181.5; 9. Cape Central 118.5; 10. Kennett 96; 11. North County 78.5; New Madrid CC 58; 13. Notre Dame 38.5
Bloomfield, Missouri - The 2017 SCAA All Tournament Cheer Team was named after the Championship game on Friday evening. Twelve young ladies from six teams were awarded medals.
Advance, Alanis Below
Bloomfield, Creylee Huddleston
Bloomfield, Kaley Roper
Bell City, Audrie Woodson
Bernie, Makayla Turner
Dexter, Rhylan Hillis
Dexter, Ashlynn Wyman
Dexter, Blair Rogers
Dexter, Emily Page
Dexter, Macy Graves
Dexter, Macy Roper
Puxico, Bailey Burns
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).
