Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter boys basketball team upset the #8 seeded Kennett Indians on Monday evening at the Sikeston Field House.  The Bearcats ranked #9 won the play-in game 59-45!  They will play #1 Sikeston Bulldogs in the SEMO Conference quarterfinals on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.

Dexter's basketball coach Lloyd Hyten won his first game as a varsity head coach.  

The Bearcats outscored Kennett in the first quarter 17-9 building a 8 point lead.  By halftime it was 27 - 21.  Dexter never trailed.

Andrew Ellinghouse hit two 3-pointers early scoring 8 of his game-high 18 points in the first quarter as the Bearcats built a 17-9 lead over the Indians.

Garrett Henson tallied 15 points.

Seth Rogers finished with 13 points making the first trey of the evening.

Logan Wyman hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to increase Dexter's lead 42-29 at the end of the third quarter.

Final Score Dexter 59, Kennett 45

Dexter   17   10   15   17  -  59

Kennett  9    12    8   16  -  45

Dexter (59)  Andrew Ellinghouse 18, Logan Wyman 3, Nate Gargas 6, Seth Rogers 13, Braxton Foster, Garrett Henson 15  FG 21, FT 11/18, F 14. (3-pointers Ellinghouse 4, Wyman 1, Rogers 1, Fouled Out: None)

Kennett (45) - Quay'vaun Harrell 16, Carter Maddox 8, Kamden Crafton 8, LaQuez Pulliam 6, Mark Wagster 7. FG 16, FT 8/10, F 16. (3-pointers: Harrell 2, Crafton 2, Pulliam 1.  Fouled Out: None)

Bernie, Missouri - The #1 seed Hayti JV boys basketball team had to forfeit due to the Class 1A State Football Championship held on Saturday.  The Hayti Football Team easily defeated Lincoln 44-0.

#4 Malden JV was upset by the #5 Gideon junior varsity team.  Gideon will play Senath at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, December 3rd.  Hayti will play Malden at 4 p.m.

#2 Doniphan defeated #7 Portageville  and #3 bernie defeated #6 Zalma.  Portageville will play Zalma at 5:15 p.m. on Monday.  Doniphan will play Bernie at 7:45 p.m. Monday.

Consolation game will be at 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, December 5th 7th place game at 4 p.m., 3rd place game at 6:30 p.m. and championship game at 7:45 p.m.

Sikeston, Missouri - The 2018 SEMO Conference Boys Basketball Tournament will be held on Monday, December 3rd - Friday, December 7th.

Sikeston received the #1 seed.  Cape Central received the #2 seed followed by #3 Poplar Bluff, #4 Notre Dame, #5 Charleston, #6 Jackson, #7 New Madrid, #8 Kennett, and #9 Dexter.

At 5:30 p.m. on Monday, December 3rd #8 Kennett will play #9 Dexter.  The winner will play #1 Sikeston on Tuesday, December 4th at 7:00 p.m.  The loser plays the loser of the #2/#7 Seed game which will be between Cape and New Madrid.  That game will be at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 4th.

Other games on Monday are #2 Cape vs #7 NMCC at 8:30 p.m. and #3 Poplar Bluff vs #6 Jackson at 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. #4 Notre Dame vs #5 Charleston and #1 Sikeston vs #8/9 at 7 p.m.

Wednesday semifinal games are at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Thursday semifinal games are at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. also.

Consolation game will be Friday, December 7th at 5:30 p.m.  Third place game will be at 7:00 p.m. and the Championship will be at 8:30 p.m.

Dexter, Missouri - The DHS Wrestling Team traveled to Sikeston to compete against the Bulldogs of Notre Dame and the Sikeston Bulldogs on Wednesday afternoon for their first match of the 2018-2019 season.

"Thought we wrestled well for the first Tri of the season, need to clean up a few things, but overall pretty pleased with effort," commented Dexter High School head wrestling coach James Sneed. "Came out kinda slow against Notre Dame, but wrestled a lot better against Sikeston."

You can see the Dexter wrestling team (2-0) in action at their home opener on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 against New Madrid County Central.  Match time 6 p.m.

Dexter defeated Sikeston 45 - 31.

Individual results are below:

106: Conner Shelby (SIKESTON) over Brett Frizzell (DEXTER) (Fall 0:56)

113: CJ Greene (DEXTER) over Trey Scott (SIKESTON) (Fall 5:32)

120: Cutter Cornett (DEXTER) over Eddie Foster (SIKESTON) (Fall 2:57)

126: Dawson Jones (DEXTER) over Cannon Gaddis (SIKESTON) (Fall 0:37)

132: Wyatt Parker (DEXTER) over Nathaniel Vaughn (SIKESTON) (Dec 7-0)

138: Travis Waldner (DEXTER) over Josh Rishton (SIKESTON) (Fall 5:48)

145: Mason Keena (DEXTER) over Alex Hicks (SIKESTON) (Fall 2:37)

152: Wyatt Chastain (DEXTER) over Colton Jackson (SIKESTON) (Fall 1:12)

160: Quincy Nelson (SIKESTON) over Alex Townsend (DEXTER) (Fall 5:54)

170: Trent Elliott (SIKESTON) over Parker VanSlyke (DEXTER) (Fall 1:56)

182: Brian Jasper (SIKESTON) over John Tucker (DEXTER) (MD 14-4)

195: Jett Featherston (DEXTER) over Lestyn Thompson (SIKESTON) (Fall 2:57)

220: Tyreke Jamison (SIKESTON) over Colten Gibson (DEXTER) (Dec 2-0)

285: David Rowland (SIKESTON) over   (DEXTER) (For.)

Dexter defeated Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau) 9.0

Individual Results Below:

106: Brett Frizzell (DEXTER) over   (NDCAPE) (For.)

113: Owen Dowdy (NDCAPE) over CJ Greene (DEXTER) (Dec 10-4)

120: Cutter Cornett (DEXTER) over   (NDCAPE) (For.)

126: Dawson Jones (DEXTER) over   (NDCAPE) (For.)

132: Wyatt Parker (DEXTER) over Thomas Clark (NDCAPE) (Fall 0:00)

138: Travis Waldner (DEXTER) over Evan Dowdy (NDCAPE) (MD 10-0)

145: Mason Keena (DEXTER) over Tyson Legrand (NDCAPE) (Fall 0:00)

152: Wyatt Chastain (DEXTER) over Aaron Deken (NDCAPE) (Fall 0:00)

160: Alex Townsend (DEXTER) over   (NDCAPE) (For.)

170: Parker VanSlyke (DEXTER) over Alex Diebold (NDCAPE) (Fall 0:00)

182: Daniel Schmidt (NDCAPE) over John Tucker (DEXTER) (Fall 0:00)

195: Jett Featherston (DEXTER) over Dylan Bomar (NDCAPE) (Fall 0:00)

220: Colten Gibson (DEXTER) over   (NDCAPE) (For.) 285: Double Forfeit