Dexter High School band students earned some special recognition at All-District.
Katarrah Churchill and Ashton Dvorak made the Southeast Missouri All-District Band.
Joseph Fortier and Ricardo Martinez made the Southeast Missouri All-District Jazz Band.
This is the first year the Dexter High School Marching band has had both a first chair trumpet and a first chair baritone saxophone!
Photo by Dee Loflin.
All-Conference Volleyball Team was recently announced.
Kate Nichols earned 1st Team All-District and 1st Team All-Conference (SEMO-North Division)
Brooke Lasater earned 2nd Team All-District and 1st Team All-Conference (SEMO - North Division)
Macie Templemire made All-District and 2nd Team All-Conference (SEMO-North Division)
The SEMO-North Division consisted of teams from Jackson, Saxony Lutheran, Cape Central, Notre Dame, Poplar Bluff, Sikeston, and Dexter.
Photo by Dee Loflin.
The 61st Annual Bell City B-Tournament will begin on Monday, November 20, 2023. The seeds and bracket was announced earlier this week.
Puxico has earned the #1 seed followed by #2 Bell City, #3 Advance, #4 Leopold, #5 Kelly, #6 Scott County Central, #7 Gideon, and #8 Bloomfield.
Monday, November 11th Schedule
4:30 p.m. Puxico vs Bloomfield
6:00 p.m. Leopold vs Kelly
7:30 p.m. Bell City vs Gideon
9:00 p.m. Advance vs SCC
Semifinal games will be held on Tuesday, November 21st beginning at 4:30 p.m.
7th place game will be held at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, November 22nd.
3rd place game will be at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 22nd.
Consolation game will be held at 5:30 p.m. also on Wednesday, November 22nd
Championship game will be at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 22nd.
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.
