Sikeston, Missouri - The 2019 SEMO Conference Boys Basketball Tournament is well underway at Sikeston.  The New Madrid County Central Eagles defeated the Dexter Bearcats in the opener play-in game on Monday, December 9th by a score of 66-61.

Dexter kept the pace for most of three quarters against the 8th seeded NMCC.

"The main thing is we didn't execute down the stretch and they did," commented Dexter coach Chad Allen.  "I know there was like 4 or 5 minute period there where we didn't score at all.  They executed really well offensively.  To me, we were really hesitant, not staying aggressive.  When we do that, we are going to struggle to score."

And struggle they did in the fourth quarter tallying only 9 points making a difference in a win or loss.

The 'Cats held their lead almost all of the first half and led by as many as nine points in the third quarter.

Ansel Underwood hit a 3-pointer at the start of the fourth quarter to give the Eagles the lead 57-52.  That was the momentum that NMCC needed.

Underwood and Ke'von Williams each finished with a team-high 15 points.

"For the first three quarters, I thought we had spurts there that we looked pretty good," continued Allen.  "We were aggressive and executed what we needed to execute."

The Bearcats made 13 treys including five by Jackson Allen, a 6'6" junior.  He finished with 15 points.  Ryder Boles, Andrew Ellinghouse and Logan Wyman each added two 3-pointers.  Carter Dorton and Dylan Sitze each had 1 trey.

Final Score NMCC 66, Dexter 61

NMCC 13   11   28  14  - 66

DEX    13   17   22  9  -  61

NMCC (66) - Shamar Williamson 6, Austin Davis 2, Christenn Phillips 7, Bryshawn Williams 5, Ansel Underwood 15, Ke'von Williams 15. FG 23, FT 15/30, F 18 (3-pointers: Underwood 4. Fouled Out: None)

Dexter (61) - Ryder Boles 8, Andrew Ellinghouse 17, Carter Dorton 4, Logan Wyman 6, Dylan Sitze 3, Peyton Driskill 6, Jackson Allen 15, Garrett Henson 2. FG 20, FT 8/18, F 24 (3-pointers Boles 2, Ellinghouse 2, Dorton 1, Wyman 2, Sitze 1 Allen 5. Fouled Out: Dorton)

Dexter will play Notre Dame on Tuesday, December 10th at 8:30 p.m.  Kennett upset Notre Dame on Monday 70-66.

Cape Central defeated Poplar Bluff 58 - 47.

Photos of the game can be found on ShowMe Times Facebook page.

Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter High School Wrestling Team opened at home on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 against the Sikeston Bulldogs and the DeSoto Dragons.  Also attending the meet was Notre Dame.

"It was good to wrestle someone other than ourselves, saw some good things and things to work on before our next match next Tuesday at NMCC," commented head wrestling coach James Sneed.  "Anytime you can start the season with two wins against bigger schools is good."  (They also defeated DeSoto)

Sikeston vs. Dexter @ DeSoto/Dexter/Notre Dame/Sikeston Quad on 12/03/2019.

Dexter (DEXTER) 42.0 Sikeston (SIKESTON) 33.0

106: Jacob Leavitt (SIKESTON) over Diego McCormick (DEXTER) (Fall 0:43)

113: Eddie Foster (SIKESTON) over Eric Harmon (DEXTER) (Fall 3:33)

120: Bryston Pemberton (DEXTER) over Blayne McDermott (SIKESTON) (Fall 1:41)

126: CJ Greene (DEXTER) over Trey Scott (SIKESTON) (MD 11-3)

132: Wyatt Parker (DEXTER) over Jonathan Green (SIKESTON) (Dec 5-4)

138: Drew Soule (DEXTER) over Aaron Hicks (SIKESTON) (TF 19-4 6:00)

145: Cannon Gaddis (SIKESTON) over Jacob Medler (DEXTER) (Fall 2:19)

152: Devyn Tinsley (SIKESTON) over Dylan Homan (DEXTER) (Dec 11-7)

160: Alex Townsend (DEXTER) over Dominic Mullin (SIKESTON) (Fall 1:25)

170: Travis Waldner (DEXTER) over Isaac Griggs (SIKESTON) (Fall 1:25)

182: Parker VanSlyke (DEXTER) over Mark Fisher (SIKESTON) (Fall 4:00)

195: Ben Chittenden (SIKESTON) over Caleb Coons (DEXTER) (Fall 4:11)

220: Brian Tims (SIKESTON) over Shawn Robards (DEXTER) (Fall 1:30)

285: Bradyn Crockett (DEXTER) over (SIKESTON) (For.)

Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter High School Wrestling Team opened at home on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 against the Sikeston Bulldogs and the DeSoto Dragons.  Also attending the meet was Notre Dame.

Dexter vs. DeSoto @ DeSoto/Dexter/Notre Dame/Sikeston Quad on 12/03/2019.

Dexter (DEXTER) 48.0 DeSoto (DESOTO) 29.0

106: Diego McCormick (DEXTER) over (DESOTO) (For.)

113: Eric Harmon (DEXTER) over Payton DeClue (DESOTO) (Fall 0:20)

120: Bryston Pemberton (DEXTER) over Kenneth Coats (DESOTO) (Fall 3:51)

126: CJ Greene (DEXTER) over (DESOTO) (For.)

132: Wyatt Parker (DEXTER) over Grant Hearst (DESOTO) (MD 18-5)

138: Drew Soule (DEXTER) over Ryder Moyes (DESOTO) (Fall 1:08)

145: Jacob Medler (DEXTER) over (DESOTO) (For.)

152: Connor Zimmermann (DESOTO) over Dylan Homan (DEXTER) (TF 18-3 0:00)

160: Alex Townsend (DEXTER) over Luke Bradley (DESOTO) (Dec 11-7)

170: Travis Waldner (DEXTER) over Bradley Hunt (DESOTO) (TF 22-6 0:00)

182: Chase Greenlee (DESOTO) over Parker VanSlyke (DEXTER) (Fall 1:29)

195: Steven Hewitt (DESOTO) over Caleb Coons (DEXTER) (Fall 0:46) 220:

Hunter Lebel (DESOTO) over Shawn Robards (DEXTER) (Fall 2:52)

285: Landon Porter (DESOTO) over Bradyn Crockett (DEXTER) (Fall 0:31)

Photo submitted

Sikeston, Missouri - The Dexter Bearcats traveled to Sikeston for their first game of the 2019-2020 freshman boys basketball season.  Sikeston came out on top 40-25.

Christ Stone hit a couple of treys for Dexter while Brayden Pullum was the team-high leading scorer with 8 points.

Dexter's next game will be Tuesday, December 17th at Jackson with a tip-off of 5 p.m.

Final Score Sikeston 40 , Dexter 25

Sikeston  8      10      13       9

Dexter     7      10        2       6

Sikeston (40) - Arndt 4, Hamilton 7, Alexander 2, Brayon Hamilton 3, Sarakas 7, Taylor 10, Coaker 2, Dukes 2, McCauley 3.  FG 13, FT 5/8, F 6 (3-pointers: Brendon Hamilton 1, Sarakis 1, McCauley 1, Fouled Out: None).

Dexter (25) - Chris Stone 6, Kaeden Kennedy 5, Brayden Pullum 8, Brock Wyman 4, Xzander Smith 2. FG 9, FT 1/4, F 7 (3-pointers: Stone 2, Fouled Out: None).

Cape Girardeau, Missouri - The Dexter Lady Bearcats girls basketball team quickly fell behind against the Jackson Lady Indians in the first round of the SEMO Conference Tournament on Monday, December 2, 2019 at Cape Central High School.

Madison Lambert of Jackson scored a game-high 18 points.  Olivia Ward added 13 and Katherine Emmendorfer contributed 12 to lead the Lady Indians in a 66-22 victory over the Cats.

Sydney Asberry of Dexter scored a team-high 12 points.  Alexa Werneck and Mikayla Dodson each tallied 5 points.

Jackson (2-0) led 16-5 after one quarter and led 38-9 at halftime.

"We have a lot of young girls playing and a lot of inexperienced girls including some upperclassmen," commented new Dexter LBB head coach Eric Sitze. "We are still playing at a JV level.  We have to learn to play harder and increase our intensity.  Take care of the ball a lot better. It was a great learning experience tonight and we will watch video tapes 

"I think the girls are positive and we are going to learn from it.  WE are going to try and get better every game this year. We need to play more aggressive on the court  We had a lot of turnovers.  I think 22 in the first half and a total of 29 which is more than what we scored. We are subbing freshman and sophomores so it's just a learning curve this year."

Monday night scores:

Notre Dame 46 - Kennett 25

Saxony Lutheran 52 - Sikeston 40

Jackson 66 - Dexter 22

Poplar Bluff 60 - Cape Central 35

LBB (0-1) will play Cape Central on Tuesday, December 3rd at 5:30 p.m.  Kennett will play Sikeston at 4 p.m. in the other semifinal consolation game.

Notre Dame will play Saxony Lutheran on Tuesday at 7 p.m. and Jackson will face Poplar Bluff at 8:30 p.m.

Final score Jackson 66, Dexter 22

Jackson 16  22  19  9  - 66

Dexter   5   3   8   5  -  22

Jackson (66) - B. Thompson 7, A. Bauer 4, O. Ward 13, K. Emmendorfer 12, K. Waller 7, Madison lambert 18, P. Guilliams 2, H. Shinn 3. FG 26, FT 10/16, F11 (3-pointers: Thompson 1, Ward 1, Emmendorfer 1, Waller 1, Fouled Out: None)

Dexter (22) - Sydney Asberry 12, Alexa Werneck 5, Mikayla Dodson 5. FG 7, FT 5/6, F 10 (3-pointers: None, Fouled Out; None)