The 67th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament All-Tournament Team was announced after the Championship game on Friday, December 29, 2023.

Twin Rivers - Jake Hester

Portageville - Jamarion Smith, Landen Kellum

Puxico - Landan Burchard, Jett Hancock

Malden - Quamareous Famer, Marcus Burton, Payton Woodard

Hayti - Jvonta Payne

Van Buren - Elijah Van Wagner

Richland - Tucker Hughes

East Prairie - Connor Marcum, Noah Johnson

Lexi Hoffman from Advance High School signed her letter of intent to play volleyball at Notre Dame College, South Euclid, OH.

Lexi is the daughter of Erin Hoffman, who just happens to be the high school volleyball coach at Advance.

Advance defeated South Iron, 3 - 0   (25 - 13, 25 - 13, 25 - 20) in the Class 1 State Championship.

Front Row (L to R): Head Coach Erin Hoffman, Lexi Hoffman, Assistant Coach Dana Below

Back Row: Advance High School Athletic Director James Hamlin

The Dexter High School Wrestling Team opened on Tuesday, November 28th hosting the Sikeston Bulldogs and the DeSoto Dragons.

"We took our lumps. Desoto and Sikeston are tough teams," commented DHS head coach Cody Boyer.  "We have a mixture of experience and inexperience in our lineup right now. Sometimes in matches, you don't get to see the work the kids put in. I have a few that this is their first year ever to wrestle and they are stepping up and taking a spot to help out the team. That is a great teammate!"

"We did have some bright spots," continued Boyer. "Kasen Forkum at 157 went 2-0, Jason Hervoyavich went 2-0, Noah Bruyette went 2-0 on JV, Parker King at 285 went 1-1. Danyl Conn-Harris went 1-1 on JV, Ryan Young went 0-2 but lost by points in both matches. Kayden Hart at 215 went 1-1. Kayden is usually at 190 but I moved him up to get a match and he came up big for us."

"I can't wait to get Paxton White at 106 in our varsity lineup in January. I call him coach Paxton, he helps out his teammates. I bumped Kennedy McCormick up to 190 to get her a match and she battled. She came out on the losing end but I am proud of her," stated Boyer.

"I am excited about this year. We will keep getting better each day."

Girls Sikeston (SIKESTON) 30.0 Dexter (DEXTER) 6.0

100: Ellie Douglass (SIKESTON) over (DEXTER) (For.) 105: Double Forfeit 110: Double Forfeit 115: Emily Barrett (DEXTER) over (SIKESTON) (For.) 120: Double Forfeit 125: Double Forfeit 130: Rehanna Jones (SIKESTON) over (DEXTER) (For.) 135: Double Forfeit 140: Kimarhri Wilkins (SIKESTON) over (DEXTER) (For.) 145: Double Forfeit 155: Shanell Williams (SIKESTON) over  (DEXTER) (For.) 170: Double Forfeit 190: Keniya Horton (SIKESTON) over Kennedy McCormick (DEXTER) (Fall 5:45) 235: Double Forfeit 

Girls DeSoto (DESOTO) 42.0 Dexter (DEXTER) 0.0

100: Double Forfeit 105: Double Forfeit 110: Kya Aubuchon (DESOTO) over (DEXTER) (For.) 115: Cheyenne Kincade (DESOTO) over Emily  Barrett (DEXTER) (Fall 0:41) 120: Double Forfeit 125: Emma Taylor (DESOTO) over (DEXTER) (For.) 130: Double Forfeit 135: Nevaeh Escobar (DESOTO) over (DEXTER) (For.) 140: Paytan Rulo (DESOTO) over (DEXTER) (For.) 145: Double Forfeit 155: Ella Bradley (DESOTO) over (DEXTER) (For.) 170: Macie Tomlinson (DESOTO) over Kennedy McCormick (DEXTER) (Fall 1:23) 190: Double Forfeit 235: Double Forfeit 

Junior Varsity Dexter (DEXTER) 36.0 Sikeston (SIKESTON) 24.0

120: Double Forfeit 126: Double Forfeit 132: Double Forfeit 138: River Spears (SIKESTON) over   (DEXTER) (For.) 144: Brenner Collier (DEXTER) over Gus Adams (SIKESTON) (Fall 0:00) 150: Danyl  Conn-Harris (DEXTER) over Bob Katsantonis (SIKESTON) (Fall 0:29) 157: Quentin Wilkins Jr (SIKESTON) over Hayden Cook (DEXTER) (Fall 0:38) 165: Jonathan Northern (SIKESTON) over   (DEXTER) (For.) 175: Ayden King (SIKESTON) over   (DEXTER) (For.) 190: Carson Mullins (DEXTER) over   (SIKESTON) (For.) 215: Kayden Hart (DEXTER) over Jacob Brandon (SIKESTON) (Fall 0:41) 285: Noah Bruyette (DEXTER) over Jeremiah Segers (SIKESTON) (Fall 0:00) 106: Paxton  White (DEXTER) over   (SIKESTON) (For.) 113: Double Forfeit 

Varsity Sikeston (SIKESTON) 57.0 Dexter (DEXTER) 15.0

106: Double Forfeit 113: Louis Montjoy (SIKESTON) over   (DEXTER) (For.) 120: Jesse Haley (SIKESTON) over   (DEXTER) (For.) 126: Anthony Lindsey (SIKESTON) over Shayden Conn (DEXTER) (Fall 1:24) 132: Conner Michael (SIKESTON) over Jaxon Akridge (DEXTER) (Fall 0:21) 138: Tristan Leavitt (SIKESTON) over Chase Berry (DEXTER) (Fall 0:35) 144: Colin Scott (SIKESTON) over Ryan Young (DEXTER) (Dec 10-5) 150: Kendarrious Love (SIKESTON) over Kodi Lynn (DEXTER) (Fall 4:34) 157: Kasen Forkum (DEXTER) over Jax Lancaster (SIKESTON) (Dec 9-7) 165: Sam Lancaster (SIKESTON) over James DeBerry (DEXTER) (Fall 1:33) 175: Elijah Torres (SIKESTON) over Heith Cochran (DEXTER) (Fall 0:39) 190: Jason  Hervoyavich (DEXTER) over Sam McGill (SIKESTON) (Fall 5:00) 215: Ben McDermott (SIKESTON) over Matthew Robinson (DEXTER) (Fall 0:25) 285: Parker  King (DEXTER) over Wyatt Hensley (SIKESTON) (Fall 4:30) 

Junior Varsity DeSoto (DESOTO) 30.0 Dexter (DEXTER) 18.0

113: Double Forfeit 120: Gavin Koerber (DESOTO) over   (DEXTER) (For.) 126: Double Forfeit 132: Double Forfeit 138: Double Forfeit 144: Double Forfeit 150: Nolan Selsor (DESOTO) over Danyl  Conn-Harris (DEXTER) (Fall 0:44) 157: Chet Rector (DESOTO) over Hayden Cook (DEXTER) (Fall 0:35) 165: Kaleb Wooley (DESOTO) over   (DEXTER) (For.) 175: Nathan Slamp (DESOTO) over   (DEXTER) (For.) 190: Carson Mullins (DEXTER) over Griffin Porter (DESOTO) (Fall 1:15) 215: Double Forfeit 285: Noah Bruyette (DEXTER) over George Wickerham (DESOTO) (Fall 1:56) 106: Paxton  White (DEXTER) over   (DESOTO) (For.) 

Varsity DeSoto (DESOTO) 71.0 Dexter (DEXTER) 12.0

113: Gavin Peeler (DESOTO) over   (DEXTER) (For.) 120: Brenton Drummond (DESOTO) over   (DEXTER) (For.) 126: Davis Miller (DESOTO) over Shayden Conn (DEXTER) (Fall 0:43) 132: Thomas Bradley (DESOTO) over Jaxon Akridge (DEXTER) (Fall 0:14) 138: Drake Peeler (DESOTO) over Chase Berry (DEXTER) (Fall 0:06) 144: Dominic Eakins (DESOTO) over Ryan Young (DEXTER) (TF 19-3 0:00) 150: Braxton Drummond (DESOTO) over Kodi Lynn (DEXTER) (Fall 1:38) 157: Kasen Forkum (DEXTER) over Robert Smith (DESOTO) (Fall 1:58) 165: Levi Huck (DESOTO) over James DeBerry (DEXTER) (Fall 1:07) 175: Landon Lawson (DESOTO) over Heith Cochran (DEXTER) (Fall 1:26) 190: Jason  Hervoyavich (DEXTER) over Eli Thebeau (DESOTO) (Fall 4:41) 215: Aiden Isaacson (DESOTO) over Matthew Robinson (DEXTER) (Fall 0:17) 285: Eddy Moore (DESOTO) over Parker  King (DEXTER) (Fall 3:43) 106: Billy White (DESOTO) over   (DEXTER) (For.) 

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BERNIE - The Puxico Indians remain in contention to take home the top prize at the Bernie Invitational.

Top-seeded Puxico trailed by nine points early but eventually rallied past the No. 8 seeded Holcomb Hornets 68-29 in the first game at the varsity boys basketball tournament Monday afternoon.  

“We started out slow,” Puxico coach Bryant Fernetti said about playing Holcomb Monday. “We weren’t making a whole lot of shots early and I didn’t feel our defensive effort was where it needed to be in the first half. But we picked it up as the game went on. Hopefully, tonight is a learning lesson that you cannot ease into any game.”

Holcomb went on a 9-0 run to jump out to an early 13-4 advantage. Puxico tied things up at 20-all by the 2:58 mark of the second quarter before moving ahead of Holcomb 32-24 by halftime. The Indians took completed control early in the 

second half as it outscored Holcomb 28-3 in the third quarter to pad its lead to 

60-27 by the start of the fourth quarter. 

“One thing that helps us is we are so deep we don’t really wear down,” Fernetti said. “As games go on, we can continue to push the pace. Tonight we talked at halftime about hitting Holcomb with a run in the third quarter to put the game away and I thought our kids did a pretty good job of executing what we talked about.”

Eight players recorded at least one field goal for Puxico. Sophomore Landon Burchard and junior Scyler Zimmerman paced the Indians in the scorebook with a dozen points each. Sophomore Jett Hancock also scored in double figures for Puxico with 10 points. Senior Thomas Burch added nine points, senior Jaydon Mitchell tallied eight points, junior Kaysen Long contributed seven points, junior Mason Parsley put up seven points, and junior Jerrett Powell finished with three points for the Indians. 

Bryce McNabb and Jacob Reeves-Crittendon paced Holcomb with eight points each.  McNabb and Reeves-Crittendon both scored all of their points in the first half.

“We did a better job of not giving up layups on our press after the first quarter,” Fernetti said. “I also thought we forced more turnovers after we switched to man to man. We also rebounded a little bit better as the game went on. Once we got our effort where it needed to be things went a lot better for us defensively.”

There were no upsets in the first round on Monday at Bernie. No. 4 seeded Twin Rivers edged No. 5 seeded Campbell 78-72 in double overtime, No. 2 seeded Neelyville outlasted No. 7 seeded Bernie 32-22, and No. 3 seeded Risco snuck past No. 6 seeded Bloomfield 42-41 in nightcap.

Puxico will take on No. 4 seeded Twin Rivers in the first semifinal at the tournament Thursday at 6 p.m. The second semifinal will feature No. 2 seeded Neelyville and No. 3 seeded Risco Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Semifinal winners square off in the championship Friday at 8:30 p.m. 

Twin Rivers beat Puxico 60-55 at the tournament last season.

“Twin Rivers is a big, physical team that is well-coached,” Fernetti said. “We cannot ease into [Thursday’s] game like we did Monday. We’ve got to be ready to go from the tip. You’ve got to be thinking about what you need to do to succeed from the time you step onto the bus. But Twin Rivers will provide us with a tough challenge and we are looking forward to playing them Thursday night.”  

No. 1 Puxico 68, No. 8 Holcomb 29

PHS 12 20 28 8 - 68

HHS 16 8 3 2 - 29

PUXICO (68) - Landon Burchard 12, Jaydon Mitchell 8, Jett Hancock 10, Mason Parsley 7, Jerrett Powell 3, Kaysen Long 7, Thomas Burch 9, Scyler Zimmerman 12. FG 26, FT 9/15, F 9. (3-pointers: Burchard 2, Mitchell 1, Hancock 1, Parsley 1, Burch 1, Zimmerman 1; Fouled out: None). 

HOLCOMB (29) - Noah Kenner 2, Jesus Valdez-Castro 2, Landon Smith 6, Devin Kelley 2, Sam Jacobs 1, Bryce McNabb 8, Jacob Reeves-Crittendon 8. FG 12, FT 3/9, F 8. (3-pointers: Smith 2; Fouled out: None).

Article by Dustin Ward

The Dexter Junior Varsity boys basketball team is loaded with talented freshman and sophomores this year.

The JV team will open their season at Charleston on Tuesday, November 28th at 6 p.m.

They will compete in the Malden JV Tournament the week of January 8th - 13th and the SCAA JV Tournament though it is not showing on the MSHSAA website at time of printing.  The SCAA Tournament will be held the week of January 22nd - January 26th at Dexter. These are the only two tournaments for the junior varsity team.

Playing for the junior varsity Bearcats are #2 Logan Fritch, #3 Will Guethle, #10 Jack Carey, #20 Caiden Richardson, #23 Gavin McMullen, #25 Langston Werneck, #30 Justus Lovely, #34 Landon Annesser, #35 Carter Stone, #40 Hunter Massey, and #44 Brayden Vaughn.

Schedule:

December 1st at Malden

December 11th Home Opener against Richland

December 12th at Jackson

December 15th at Woodland

January 5th vs Cape Central at HOME

January 8th - 13th at Malden JV Tournament

January 9th at Bloomfield

January 12th hosting Bernie

January 16th at Puxico

January 19th vs NMCC at HOME

January 30th s Sikeston at HOME

February 1st vs Notre Dame at HOME

February 2nd at Advance

February 6th vs Bell City at HOME

February 9th at Kennett

February 13th vs Poplar Bluff at Home - Last home game

All games except tournament games are slated to begin at 6:00 p.m.