Cape Girardeau, Missouri - The Lady Cats Tennis team traveled to Cape Central on Thursday afternoon securing their third win of the season. Dexter’s varsity team easily defeated the Lady Tigers 8-1.
Varsity Doubles
MaKayla Waldner/Lexi May beat Dai/Harding 8-2.
Macy Urhahn/Kalee Howard beat Grimm/Maxton 8-2.
Nicole Sells/Rachel Singh beat Uhls/Ustinov 8-5.
Varsity Singles
#1 MaKayla Waldner defeated Amy Dai 6-1, 6-2.
#2 Lexi May defeated Kate Harding 6-3, 6-2.
#3 Natalie Grimm defeated Macy Urhahn 2-6, 6-1, 10-4.
#4 Nicole Sells defeated Elizabeth Ustinov 6-0, 6-0
#5 Rachel Singh defeated Lauren Uhls 6-0, 6-1.
#6 Kalee Howard defeated Jordan Mexton 7-6(4), 1-6, 10-8.
In junior varsity action the Cape Central Tigers defeated the Lady Cats 5-3.
Junior Varsity Doubles
Reagan Miller/Morgan Aldridge (D) defeated Shelby Powers/Rachel Williams 6-1.
Holly Finnegan/Shelby Wilkerson (C) beat Abbie Dorton/Kirsten Teffertiller 6-1
Reagan Miller/Morgan Aldridge (D) beat Brooke Kimberly/Kennedy Davis 6-0.
Madeleine Baker/Shelby Norder (C) beat Abbie Dorton/Kirsten Teffertiller 6-4
Junior Varsity Singles
Kirsten Teffertiller (D) defeated Kennedy Davis 6-3.
The Dexter Bearcats (3-0) will be back in action on Monday when they travel to Poplar Bluff. Game time is 4:00 p.m.
Shown in the photo is Dexter's Nicole Sells at an earlier match of the season.
Dexter, Missouri - The ShowMe Times is proud to highlight the outstanding performance of two Dexter Bearcat Football Athletes. Each week the ShowMe Times will choose two players – one offensive player an done defensive player who will be features as Players of the Week.
Leadership on the athletic field is often a good indicator of the future development of our young students and is a perfect training ground for future leaders.
This week was a tough decision as so many players contributed in ways that did not reflect on the stats sheet against Ste. Genevieve; however only two players were chosen.
The ShowMe Times is pleased to announce the Players of the Week are River Chism and Ben Sindle.
The Offensive Player of the Week is River Chism for Week #1 against the Ste. Genevieve Dragons. River had thee carries for 12 yards, but it earned him the most yards per carry rushing.
“River has come long very well,” stated head coach Justin Peden. “He has learned a new position in the past few weeks and has done a great job.”
River is a senior at Dexter High School and is the son of Rob and Michelle Chism.
The Defensive Player of the Week is Ben Sindle for Week #1 against the Ste. Genevieve Dragons. Ben intercepted a ball thrown by the Dragon’s Lalumadier with just over 3 minutes left in the third quarter.
"Ben is someone to watch on our team," commented Peden. "He is a competitor and works very hard. I can see his play getting better and better as the season progresses.
Ben is a sophomore at Dexter High School and the son of Darrell Sindle and Chris and Holly Bowman.
Congratulations to both of these two fine young men on their accomplishments.
The Bearcats will be back in action when they travel to Poplar Bluff to take on the Mules Friday, August 28th. Game time 7:00 p.m.
Dexter, Missouri - It proved true that cats don’t like water! The Malden Green Wave all but sank the JV Cats on Monday at Charles Bland Stadium. They defeated the Bearcats 42-6.
Green Wave scored three touchdowns in the first nine minutes of the game adding two more in the second quarter for a 34-0 lead at halftime.
Dexter scored their only touchdown in the 4th quarter with just 3:25 left in the game. Kris Rinehart ran the ball seven yards to put 6 points on the board.
Caleb Hoggard paced the Bearcats with eight carries for 48 yards. Kris Rinehart tallied four carries for 21 yards and Jett Featherston had seven carries for 23 yards.
Ben Sindle passed for 35 yards for the Bearcats. Braxton Foster caught a 21 yard pass and Jeff Featherston caught a 14 yard pass.
Final Score Malden 42, Dexter 6
Malden 22 12 8 10 - 42
Dexter 0 0 0 0 - 6
First Quarter – Malden’s Trey Stevenson ran 38 yards to score with 8:31 left in the first quarter. (conversion good for 2) Malden’s Trey Stevenson ran 56 yards for a touchdown with 4:02 left in the first quarter. (conversion failed) Malden’s Trey Stevenson ran 23 yards for a touchdown with 52 seconds left in the first quarter. (conversion good for 2) 22-0 Malden
Second Quarter - Malden’s Tye Miller ran 7 yards for a touchdown with 35 left in the 2nd quarter (conversion failed). Malden’s Tye Miller ran 45 yards with 8 seconds left in the 2nd quarter (conversion failed). 34-0 Malden
Third Quarter – Tray Stevenson ran 54 yards for a touchdown with 3:16 left in the 3rd quarter (conversion good). 42-0 Malden
Fourth Quarter – Dexter’s Kris Rinehart ran 7 yards for a touchdown with 3:25 left in the game. (conversion failed) 42-6 Malden
The JV Bearcats will be back in action at Charles Bland Stadium when they host the Poplar Bluff JV Mules. Game time 6:00 p.m.
Shown in the photo Dexter Bearcat #44 Jett Featherston.
Dexter, Missouri - The junior varsity Lady Cats volleyball team came from behind in the third set to defeat the Kennett JV Indians 25-10, 20-25, 25-18 in their first game of the season.
“Coach Pulley has done an amazing job with those girls,” Morgan said of the JV team. “We’ve got some short little girls and we have also got two girls out.”
“One girl will be back on Thursday night and the other next week so once we get to add that in we have got three sophomores out on the floor and they will do a great job,” continued Morgan.
“Maci Daniels and Megan Trout have stepped up and provided so much leadership on the floor, and there is such an improvement in those girls from last year,” stated Morgan. “I think we will be OK, but we have some short girls and they hung in there and got the job done tonight!”
The JV Volleyball team (1-0) will be back in action on Thursday when they host Jackson at the Bearcat Event Center. Game time is 6:00 p.m.
Shown in the photo is sophomore Megan Trout.
Dexter, Missouri - The defending 2014 District Champions took to the court at the home opener against Kennett and proved their competitiveness as one of the leading volleyball teams in southeast Missouri.
The Lady Varsity Cats hammered out 21 kills in their two sets against the Lady Indians defeating them 25-11, 25-12.
“We did pretty well once we settled down,” commented Dexter’s head volleyball coach Carmen Morgan. “At the very beginning we looked nervous and I knew they were going to be that way even though they said they weren’t.”
“When you tense up your muscles that doesn’t work well so our passes killed us at the very start of the game. We weren’t passing and we are a pretty good passing team for the most part. After they relaxed their shoulders and muscles a little bit and started calling the ball they started doing what they could do,” continued Morgan. "We missed five serves and that’s not something we like to do. We want to get that cleaned up, but all-around they did well for their first game and I was not unhappy at all.”
Krysten Garrison tallied a team-high seven kills for Dexter. Lexie Barnes recorded five kills and Addie Kruse added four kills. Kendall Adams scored three kills and Julia Hahn recorded two kills.
Hannah Thurmon earned herself three blocks.
Garrison and Bailey Williams each had 11 assists.
“Everybody can hit on this team,” Morgan said. “That’s the nice thing. You can tell we have some height. Hannah Thurmon is tall and puts up a formidable block. Krysten Garrison and Addie Kruse both have height and then you’ve got some smaller girls like Lexi Barnes and Julia Hahn that jump high. Kendall Adams and Janie Lindsey also have good height. I said at the beginning this team is well-rounded and that’s what it takes. Everybody has learned to rely on each other and that’s important. I also have a couple of sophomore setters doing a good job.”
The Lady Cats (1-0) will return on Thursday night at the Bearcat Event Center when they host the Jackson Lady Indians. Game time is 6:00 p.m.
“Jackson is always a tough opponent,” Morgan stated. “I really haven’t taken the time to look to see how many they graduated. I do know they graduated some good girls, but it seems to me like they had a pretty good JV last year, so we will have a tough go of it, but that’s what we want.”
Shown in the photo is senior Brittany Brown.
