2024 Class 3, District 2 Boys Basketball Tournament will be hosted by Notre Dame High School in Cape Girardeau.
Charleston has earned the No. 1 seed followed by #2 Notre Dame, #3 Kelly, #4 Scott City, #5 Woodland, #6 Saxony Lutheran and #7 Valle Catholic.
Charleston has a record of 12-14, Notre Dame 11-15, Kelly 20-5, Scott City 21-5, Woodland 20-5, Saxony Lutheran 17-9 and Valle Catholic 10-16.
Tuesday,, February 20th Schedule
5:00 p.m. #2 Notre Dame vs #7 Valle Catholic
6:30 p.m. #3 Kelly vs #6 Saxony Lutheran
8:00 p.m. #4 Scott City vs #5 Woodland
Charleston will play the winner of the Scott City/Woodland game on Thursday, February 22nd at 6 p.m.
The other semifinal game will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Championship will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 24th.
2024 Class 2, District 3 Boys Basketball Tournament seeds and bracket.
Puxico Indians have earned the No. 1 seed followed by #2 Bloomfield, #3 Meadow Heights, #4 Oran, #5 Chaffee, #6 East Carter, and #7 Advance.
Puxico has a record of 20-5, Bloomfield 11-13, Meadow Heights 11-13, Oran 11-14, Chaffee 9-14, East Carter 6-15 and Advance 4-20.
All games will be played at Bloomfield High School.
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 game schedule
4:30 p.m. #4 Oran vs #5 Chaffee
6:00 p.m. #2 Bloomfield vs #7 Advance
7:30 p.m. #3 Meadow Heights vs #6 East Carter
Puxico will face the winner of the Oran/Chaffee game on Thursday, February 22nd at 6 p.m.
The other semifinal will be at 7:15 p.m.
Championship game is slated for Saturday, February 24th at 1:00 p.m.
2024 Class 2, District 1 Boys Basketball Tournament seeds and bracket.
Neelyville earned the #1 seed followed by #2 South Pemiscot, #3 Campbell, #4 Bernie, #5 Hayti, and #6 Holcomb.
Neelyville and South Pemiscot have a bye during the first round.
Tuesday, February 20th at Holcomb High School
#3 Campbell vs #6 Holcomb at 6:00 p.m.
#4 Bernie vs #5 Hayti at 7:15 p.m.
Semifinal games will be held on Thursday, February 22nd
6:00 p.m. #2 South Pemiscot vs the winner of the Campbell/Holcomb game.
7:15 p.m. #1 Neelyville vs the winner of the Bernie/Hayti game.
Championship will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 24th at Holcomb High School.
2024 Class 1, District seeds and bracket have been set.
Risco boys basketball team earned the No. 1 seed followed by #2 Richland, #3 Scott County Central, #4 Leopold, #5 Bell City, #6 Delta, and #7 Zalma.
Risco (at the time of seeding) had a regular season record of 22-4. Richland was 19-7. Scott County Central was 12-14, Leopold was 13-12, Bell City was 8-17, Delta was 7-18 and Zalma was 2-25.
All games will be played at Richland High School.
Tuesday, February 20th
#2 Richland vs #7 Zalma at 5:00 p.m.
#3 Scott County Central vs #6 Delta at 6:15 p.m.
#4 Leopold vs #5 Bell City at 7:30 p.m.
Semi-Finals, February 22nd
#1 Risco vs winner of Leopold/Bell City game at 6:00 p.m.
Winner of Richland/Zalma vs Scott County Central/Delta at 7:15 p.m.
Championship game will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 24th.
Dexter, MO - This marks the 20th anniversary of the 2003-2004 Dexter Bearcat Final Four boys basketball team. It was 20 years ago the team entered the season having advanced to the District Championship each of the previous three years, and coming up short. The Bearcats advanced to the Championship for the fourth year in a row and claimed the first basketball title for the Bearcats in 28 years.
They then traveled to Mineral Area College and played the second ranked team in class 4, DeSoto. The ended up beating DeSoto 45-42.
They then traveled to the Farmington Civic Center to play the quarterfinal game against Lutheran South. They defeated LS 63-43 sending the 'Cats to their first ever Final Four appearance in Columbia, Missouri.
They unfortunately the 'Cats fell short in Columbia and had to face Vashon Wolverines who at the time were 29-0 and USA Today ranked them as the #1 team in the nation.
To be honest it didn't matter what happened in Columbia, it was the journey to Columbia that was the fun part. Doing what hadn't been done in 28 years and eventually taking the program to a place it had never been and to this day hasn't returned to the Final Four.
Members of the team were Scott Admire, Aaron Jackson, Andrew Stuever, Derek Roberts, nick Chamberlain, Andrew Boone, Chris Guethle, Kyle Espey, Eric Rinehart, Anthony Elfrink, Levi Dawson, James Ford, Justin Devers, Cale Williams, Taylor Pyle, Derek Demaree, and Josh Miller. Coaches were Eric Sitze, with assistant coaches Rob Nichols and Daniel Sexton.
The Bearcats were pushed hard all year long by Coach Sitze. He was able to find something in this group no one else could have and he challenged them to give 110%. He refused to be happy with anything else. in four short months Coach Sitze will close the door one last time in the old gym, his legendary practices and intensity will never be replaced. Eric Sitze was born to be basketball coach and he's done a great job over the last 28 years.
Thank you Coach Sitze for your commitment to the Dexter girls basketball program and the boys basketball program these past three decades. Bearcat fans appreciate you more than you will ever know.
