The 2023 SCAA 8th Grade Boys Basketball bracket and seeds released. Games will be played at the Puxico ARG gym and FEMA gym.
Puxico earned the #1 seed followed by #2 Woodland, #3 Bernie, #4 Bloomfield, #5 Richland, #6 Bell City, and #7 Advance. Dexter has dropped out of the Jr. High SCAA Tournament.
Puxico earned a bye in the first round of play. This is a single elimination tournament.
Monday, October 30th at 6:15 p.m. #3 Bernie vs #6 Bell City in the ARG Gym.
Monday, October 30th #2 Woodland vs #7 Advance at 7:15 p.m. in the FEMA Gym.
Monday, October 30th #4 Bloomfield vs #5 Richland at 7:30 p.m. in the ARG Gym.
Thursday, November 2nd Puxico will play the winner of the Bloomfield/Richland game at 6 p.m.
The other semi final game will be played at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday,, November 2nd following the Puxico vs Bloomfield/Richland game.
The 3rd Place Game will be at 7:15 p.m. on Friday, November 3rd in the FEMA Gym.
The 8th Grade Championship game will be played at 7:15 p.m. in the ARG Gym.
The 2023 SCAA 7th Grade Basketball seeds and bracket have been released. The games will be played at the Puxico FEMA gym and the ARG gym.
Bloomfield earned the #1 seed followed by #2 Puxico, #3 Bernie, #4 Woodland, #5 Advance, and #6 Bell City. Richland and Dexter are not participating this year. Dexter has dropped out of the SCAA tournament.
Bloomfield and Puxico have received a bye for the first round of tournament play. This is a single elimination tournament.
Monday, October 30th #3 Bernie vs #6 Bell City at 5 p.m.
Monday, October 30th #4 Woodland vs # 5 Advance at 6 p.m.
Thursday, November 2nd #1 Bloomfield will play the winner of the Woodland/Advance game at 6 p.m.
Thursday, November 2nd #2 Puxico will play the winner of the Bernie/Bell City game at 7:15 p.m.
3rd Place Game will be played on Friday, November 3rd at 6 p.m. in the FEMA gym
Championship will be on Friday, November 3rd as well at 6 p.m. in the ARG Gym.
Dexter held the 2023 Stoddard County Athletic Association (SCAA) Cross Country meet on Saturday at Charles Bland Stadium. The DHS boys team won the overall meet.
"Today was a great day for our team," commented head cross country coach Josh Dowdy. "We bounced back from a tough meet last week at Notre Dame to knock off a very good Woodland team led by two exceptional runners. Our kids did not pace themselves today...we raced! That is the kind of effort we need down the stretch to get out of our district."
The Lady 'Cats varsity girls team was led by Abbie Lloyd. She placed second with a time of 21:30.70.
Cameron Bell led the way for the boys placing 3rd for the Bearcats with a time of 16:37.80.
Varsity Girls Results:
ABBIE LLOYD 2ND 21:30.70
KENADY KRAPF 9TH 25.23.70
Varsity Boys Results:
CAMERON BELL 3RD 16:37.80
BEN DOWDY 4TH 17:12.80
JAXON KING 6TH 17:34.10
HUNTER MASSEY 8TH 17:43.50
JV Boys Results:
STRYKER MUZNY 7TH 21:25.30
PEYTON BALLANCE 9TH 21:49.70
"I want to thank our maintenance crew led by Josh Stearns for all of their time and effort in preparing our course," stated Dowdy. "The course was in great shape and made for a great day!"
The Cross Country team travels to Notre Dame on Thursday for the SEMO Conference Meet.
The Dexter Bearcat Cross Country team is on fire! They traveled to Columbia, Missouri to compete in the Gan Creek CC Meet which just happens to be where the state championship is held also. Abbie Lloyd medaled in the girls varsity finishing 20th overall with a time of 21:38.10. There were three medalists in the boys division. Cameron Bell finished 1st with a time of 16:30.80 and broke his own school record again! Ben Dowdy finished 10th earning a medal with a time of 17:28.20 and Jaxon King shaved 45 seconds off his time earning 16th place and a medal with a time of 17:53.20.
The 'Cats also finished in first place out of 35 teams with a score of 82. Second place went to Priory and third place was Knob Noster.
"Today was a great day for our team," commented head Cross Country Coach Josh Dowdy. "We feel we had two of our best weeks of training leading up to this meet. It is nice to see their hard work continue to be rewarded."
"Our team average dropped from an 18:06 at Arcadia Valley to a 17:45 at Gans. That was in huge part to Jaxon King who improved his time by over 45 seconds. Jaxon has been a hard worker for us all summer long and we were so happy for him to join the 17 minute club," continued Dowdy.
"Chase Farmer has been battling staying healthy this year and he came out and ran an 18:30 which was huge for our team results. He has worked so hard doing his rehab–which is not easy. We now have 5 guys under 18:30 and we plan to inch that down even further."
"Cameron Bell finished at the top of the podium by running a remarkable 16:30 and once again broke his own school record."
VARSITY GIRLS RESULTS
ABBIE LLOYD 20TH 21:38.10 MEDALIST
KENADY KRAPF 103RD 26:06.50
VARSITY BOYS RESULTS
CAMERON BELL 1ST 16:30.80 MEDALIST
BEN DOWDY 10TH 17:28.30 MEDALIST
JAXON KING 16TH 17:53.20 MEDALIST
HUNTER MASSEY 29TH 18:24.00
CHASE FARMER 30TH 18:30.60
NATHAN HARRIS 70TH 19:37.50
BLAKE LEE 120TH 20:37.70
TEAM RESULTS
Finished in First Place out of 35 teams in the Gans Creek White Division
DEXTER 82 POINTS
PRIORY 129 POINTS
KNOB NOSTER 132 POINTS
"To have a runner win a race of this magnitude and for our team to finish first is something our program has not seen before…..we now have a reason to run even harder at practice this week!"
The Cross Country Team will travel to Cape Girardeau to participate in the Notre Dame Cross Country Invitational on Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.
Puxico Cross Country team earn medals at Arcadia Valley Junior High and Sr. High Cross Country meet.
Middle School Boys (196 Total)
Colton Stroud - 2nd (8:37 min)
Jonah McClurg - 32nd (9:42 min)
Middle School Girls (129 Total)
Lilah Porter - 16th (10:28 min)
JV Boys (137 Total)
Jett Hancock - 1st (17:45 min)
Karsen Long - 11th (18:42 min)
JV Girls (77 Total)
Maddie Camden - 10th (23:42 min)
Carlee Smith - 13th (24:26 min)
Varsity Boys (154 Total)
Logan Robison - 7th (17:14 min)
