Farmington, Missouri - Dexter Bearcats' Seth Rogers, Andrew Soule, Austin Guy and Cole Barker broke a school record at the Simpson Relays Track and Field Meet at Farmington on Friday, April 12, 2019.
The four finished second in the 4x200 meters in 1 minute, 33.88 seconds, breaking a record that had been held since 1986 at Dexter High School.
The Dexter track and field team finished ninth in the 18-team field with 38 points. McCluer won the team championship with 96.
In the girls division, Dexter finished 12th with 17.3 points. Farmington won with 103.3 points.
Here are Dexter's individual results from the meet:
BOYS
High jump: 2nd place, Austin Guy, 5-10.
4x200: 2nd place, Dexter (Guy, Barker, Rogers, Soule, ), 1:33.88.
1600: 8th place, Carter Dorton, 5:04.65.
4x100: 4th place, Dexter (Barker, Helton, Soule, Rogers) 44.95.
400: 3rd place, Cole Barker, 52.01.
800: 3rd place, Gavin Cartwright, 2:10.12; 5th place, Carter Dorton, 2:12.40.
GIRLS
High jump: 8th place, Alexa Werneck 4-6.
4x800: 5th place, Dexter (Nea, Milam, Brown, Neely), 10:45.53.
1600: 2nd place, Margo Nea, 5:36.70.
400: 8th place, Gabby Brown, 1:05.75.
800: 5th place, Margo Nea, 2:35.64.
The Dexter Boys Tennis Team took 1st Place at the SEMO Conference Tournament barely beating Jackson for the title.
Singles Action:
Eric Hahn was seeded 2nd and Nate Gargas was seeded 4th, both getting a first round bye.
Eric Hahn defeated Jason Lin (SIkeston) 6-1, 6-1 to earn 4 pts
Nate Gargas defeated Warren CHinwuko (Sikeston) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to earn 4 pts
Hahn lost to Devon Tieman (Cape Central) 2-6, 5-7 and moved on to the 3rd place match
Gargas lost to Ben Stewart (P. Bluff - overall #1 seed) 3-6, 3-6 and moved on to the 3rd place match
Hahn then defeated Gargas 6-3, 6-3 and Eric placed 3rd overall while Nate placed 4th overall (Eric earned the team 1 team point for 3rd place)
Doubles Action:
Travis Propst/Eric Allen defeated Matt Kinder/Wyatt Gerard (Cape Central) in the first round of the doubles draw earning 2.5 points for the team
They lost in the quarterfinals to the overall #1 seed and eventual Doubles Champions Isaac Hopkins and Andrew West (ND) 1-6, 1-6.
Logan Wyman/Ryder Boles were seeded 3rd overall, and received a 1st round bye.
Wyman/Boles defeated Arjun Sahai and Hank Traxel (ND) in quarterfinal 6-1, 6-3 earning the team 5 pts
Logan and Ryder were defeated in the semifinals by the #2 seeded team of Blake Barnes and Timothy Baird (Jackson) 6-2, 3-6, 3-6
They then lost in the 3rd/4th place match to Sam Rinehart and Parker Quade (Jackson) to take home 4th place overall.
Dexter (16.5 pts) defeated Jackson (16 pts) for the team title.
Stoddard County, Missouri - The Bernie Lady Mules earned the #1 seed in the Stoddard County Athletic Association softball tournament that begins Monday, April 15, 2019 at various locations in the county.
The Mules (14-2, 5-0 SCAA) received a first round bye and will host the semifinal round.
Bloomfield Lady Wildcats earned the #2 seed followed by #3 Puxico, #4 Woodland, #5 Advance, and #6 Dexter.
Bloomfield also received a first round bye and will host a semifinal game.
In the first round, #3 Puxico (6-6, 0-2) will host #6 Dexter (1-8, 0-3) and #4 Woodland (6-5, 1-3) will host #5 Advance (4-7,1-1). Both games will be played at 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 15th.
The Puxico/Dexter winner will face Bloomfield and the Woodland/Advance winner will meet Bernie in the semifinals. Both games will start at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 16th at the higher seed location.
The championship and third-place games are set for 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17th at the site of the higher seed.
Sikeston, Missouri - The Dexter Bearcats baseball team traveled to Sikeston on Monday, April 8, 2019. The Bulldogs came out strong defeated Dexter 12-2.
Dexter came out on top early scoring two runs, but Sikeston followed with 12 runs to beat them.
Garrett Henson and Peyton driskill hit consecutive singles giving the Bearcats the 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning.
The Bearcats are now 1-9 on the season and 0-4 SEMO Conference.
Sikeston (5-3, 3-1 SEMO) scored four in the first, two in the second, three in the fourth, and three in the sixth to end the game on a 10-run mercy rule.
Tyler Gilmer earned the win allowing two runs on five hits striking out three and one walk in four innings.
Ethan Kincy took the loss for Dexter. He allowed two hits and four runs over 2/3 of an inning striking out two.
Kincy also led Dexter with two hits in three at-bats.
Final Score Sikeston 12, Dexter 2
Sikeston 420 303 X 12 9 1
Dexter 200 000 X 2 5 3
New Madrid, Missouri - The Lady Cats softball team traveled to New Madrid on Monday, April 8, 2019. The Green Wave shut-out Dexter in five inning 10-0.
Lily Johnson had all the right stuff on Monday evening allowing zero runs, two hits striking out ten and walking one in five innings at the mound.
The Green Wave opened up scoring in the first inning when an error scored two runs. The notched five runs in the second inning.
Dexter's Kelby Hill hit a single in the first inning for Dexter.
Sydney Asberry took the loss for the Lady Bearcats. She went four and 2/3 innings allowing ten runs on 11 hits and striking out five.
Hannah Pyles also had a hit.
Dexter fell to 1-9 on the season, NMCC improved to 6-7.
Final Score NMCC 10, Dexter 0
Dexter 000 00X X 0 2 4
NMCC 250 03X X 10 11 2
