Dexter, MO - The Dexter Bearcats hosted the Notre Dame Bulldogs after a one day delay due to weather on Thursday, April 7, 2022.  The Bearcats were stymied by the Bulldogs in a 12-2 loss in 5 innings.  Dexter's varsity baseball team struggled to get their offense motivated on the field. 

Cole Lemons, a junior, was dialed in at the plate, tallying four hits and leading the Bulldogs to victory.  Lemons singled in the first, singled in the third, doubled in the fourth, and doubled in the fifth.

Notre Dame jumped out on the board first with a solo homer by senior #24 Aaron Thurston.

Then in the bottom of the first inning, Dexter tied things up at one. Grant James threw a wild pitch allowing one run across the plate for Dexter.

Notre Dame pulled away for good with three runs in the third inning. In the third Lemons singled on a 3-2 count, scoring two runs and Conner Wissinger, a senior, singled on a 3-2 count, scoring one run.

The Bulldogs put up four runs in the fifth inning. Their batters contributed to the big inning included Blake Anderson (Sr) and Wissinger (Sr), all sending runners across the plate with RBIs in the inning.

#22 Grant James, a senior, took the win for Notre Dame. The right-hander went five innings, allowing two runs on two hits and striking out 11.

Junior, Brock Wyman took the loss for Dexter Varsity. He surrendered eight runs on seven hits over three and two-thirds innings, striking out four.

Notre Dame socked two home runs on the day.   Anderson had a dinger in the fifth inning. Thurston had a long ball also in the first inning.

Kaeden Kennedy and Camden Riley each managed one hit to lead Dexter.

Notre Dame scattered 11 hits in the game.  Lemons, Wissinger, Thurston, and Anderson all collected multiple hits for Notre Dame. 

The Dexter Bearcats will be back in action when they host the Advance Hornets on Friday, April 8th.  First pitch at 4:00 p.m.

Notre Dame will host Valle Catholic at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 8th.

Notre Dame    1   0   3   4   4   X    X - 12

Dexter             1   0   0   0   1   X    X  -  2

Bloomfield, MO - The Bernie Mules blew out their SCAA rival the Bloomfield Wildcats on Thursday, April 7, 2022.  They had everything going for them, winning big 15-2 in 5 innings.

In the first inning the Mules got their offense charged when an error scored the first run of the game.  They finished the inning with an addition 6 runs.

Later in the fourth inning Bernie scored seven runs led by John Nimmo, Wyatt Nimmo, Landon Ellsworth, and Patrick Liddell, who all drove in runs. 

The Wildcats struggled to put runs on the board and had a tough time defensively containing the Mules, giving up a total of 15 runs.

Reece Justice pitched the varsity to victory.  The right-hander lasted two and a third innings, allowing zero hits and zero run while striking out two and walking none.  Seth Teel and John Nimmo entered the game out of the bullpen and helped close out the game in relief.

"Our pitchers did a great job today. Reese Justice set the tone early. He really pounded the strike zone and we were able to make plays behind him," stated head baseball coach Marcus Massey. "John Nimmo and Seth Teel did a nice job coming in behind him and not allowing Bloomfield to get a whole lot of offense going."

The Mules smacked two home runs on the day.  Nimmo had a long ball in the fourth inning and Liddell had a dinger also in the fourth.

"We did a good job coming out aggressive at the plate.  The guys did a good job of finding good pitches to hit and not changing balls out of the zone."

Caleb Upchurch took the loss for the Wildcats.  He lasted three and a third innings, allowing eight hits and 11 runs, striking out two. Law Graser and Cole Hartlein entered the game from the bullpen, throwing one inning and two-thirds of an inning respectively.

The Bernie Mules will be back in action in the Malden Baseball Tournament on Friday.  They will play against Senath-Hornersville at 3:00 p.m. and Malden at 5:00 p.m.

The Bloomfield Wildcats will host Holcomb at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 8th.

Final Score Bernie 15, Bloomfield 2

Bernie         7  0  0  7  1  X  X  - 15

Bloomfield   0  0  0  2  0  X  X  -  2

Dexter, MO - One of the largest open meets in southeast Missouri was held on Tuesday, March 29th at Charles Bland Stadium on the campus of Dexter High School.  Eighteen school participated in the meet.

Dexter boys track team finished in first place with a score of 119.  Poplar Bluff finished 2nd with 97.5 point and Sikeston finished third with 93 points

The Dexter girls track team finished in second place with a total of 101 points.  Cape Central girls finished 1st with 138 points and Saxony Lutheran finished third with 77 points.

Teams participating were Dexter, Poplar Bluff, Cape Central, Sikeston, jackson, Blytheville, Woodland, Charleston, Chaffee, Kelly, Doniphan, Bell City, Scott County Central, Zalma, Greenville, Saxony Lutheran, and Delta.

"There was a sense of pride and amazement to see all 18 team competing at Charles Bland Stadium, "I was proud to be a part of such a huge open meet. You really don't see big open meets anymore these days because they are so difficult to run. I was proud that we executed the meet so efficiently. I couldn't have asked for better volunteers to help run the meet. It takes a lot of people to run a meet that big and the Dexter Teaching staff as well as Dexter Parks & Rec. stepped up to the challenge! I couldn't have done it without all of them."

"We had a big day at our open as far as hitting goals early in the season. Josh Alday is picking up where he left off on Javelin last year at Sectionals. Lucas Alday, Dulcie Pullen, and Rachel Lin have gotten more explosive in our field events, I think we will them scoring a lot of points for us this season and doing well come districts. Ben Dowdy captured a 1st place in the 2 mile. Ben is only a freshman so I think we will see a lot more from him the season and over the next few years. Of course we have Gabby Brown who captured 1st in all her events. The question with Gabby is how many events will she go to state in? I believe she has a chance of going in all 3 this year! Damon Helton had a PR in the 100m Dash with a time of 10.91! Aniston Kyle like Josh is picking up where he left off on his Sectional time in the 400m Dash. RJ Famer is looking great on the 300m hurdles. We also have several relay teams that I believe have a shot at districts. I'm excited to see how far this team goes this year. I believe we have the potential to take several to State again this year!"

Scoreboard:

Josh Alday - 1st Place Javelin

Lucas Alday - 1st Place Discus

Ben Dowdy - 1st Place 3200m

Gabby Brown - 1st Place 800, 1st Place 1600m, 1st Place 3200m

Damon Helton - 1st Place 100m

Dulcie Pullen - 1st Place Shot Put

RJ Farmer - 1st Place 300m Hurdles

Anistin Kyle - 1st Place 400m

Rachel Lin - 1st Place Triple Jump

Avery Neely, Dulcie Pullen, Allison Turnbo, Marie Fees - 1st Place 4x400 Girls Relay

Anistin Kyle, RJ Farmer, Levi Dement, Christ Stone - 1st Place 4x400 Boys Relay

Clayton Bell, Ben Dowdy, Cameron Bell, Christ Stone - 1st Place 4x800 Boys Relay

Essex, MO - The 2022 JHVB Stoddard County Athletic Association (SCAA) Tournament - 8th Grade Bracket has been announced and games will be played at Richland Schools April 4th - 8th.

Bernie 8th grade earned the #1 seed followed by #2 Advance, #3 Dexter, #4 Bloomfield, #5 Bell City, #6 Puxico, #7 Woodland, #8 Richland.

8th Grade Monday, April 4th Schedule:

5:15 p.m. #3 Dexter vs #6 Puxico

7:45 p.m. #1 Bernie vs #8 Richland

Tuesday, April 5th Schedule:

5:15 p.m. #2 Advance vs #7 Woodland

7:45 p.m. #4 Bloomfield vs #5 Bell City

Semifinal games are on April 7th at 6:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m.

3rd place game will be Friday, April 8th at 5:15 p.m. and Championship will be at 7:45 p.m.

Editor's Note:  Game changes for Tuesday:  Tuesday’s bracket play for SCAA has changed. 

Tuesday 4/5 games will run as follows:

4:00 Bell City vs. Bloomfield 8th grade

5:15 Advance vs. Bloomfield 7th grade

6:30 Advance vs. Woodland 8th grade

7:45 Woodland vs. Richland 7th grade

Essex, MO - The 2022 JHVB Stoddard County Athletic Association (SCAA) Tournament - 7th Grade Bracket has been announced and games will be played at Richland Schools April 4th - 8th.

Woodland 7th Grade earned the #1 seed followed by #2 Dexter, #3 Advance, #4 Bernie, #5 Puxico, #6 Bloomfield, #7 Bell City, and #8 Richland.

Monday, April 4th 7th Grade Schedule:

4:00 p.m. #2 Dexter vs #7 Bell City

6:30 p.m. #4 Bernie vs #5 Puxico

Tuesday, April 5th

4:00 p.m. #1 Woodland vs #8 Richland

6:30 p.m. #3 Advance vs #6 Bloomfield

Semifinal games will be on April 7th at 4 p.m. and 5:15 p.m.

3rd place game will be Friday, April 8th at 4 p.m. and Championship game will be at 6:30 p.m.

Editor's Note:  Game changes for Tuesday:  Tuesday’s bracket play for SCAA has changed. 

Tuesday 4/5 games will run as follows:

4:00 Bell City vs. Bloomfield 8th grade

5:15 Advance vs. Bloomfield 7th grade

6:30 Advance vs. Woodland 8th grade

7:45 Woodland vs. Richland 7th grade