Bloomfield, Missouri - Senior basketball athlete, Noah Vandiver, was honored on Friday evening between the junior varsity and varsity game against the East Prairie Eagles with a rather extraordinary accomplishment.
The unexpected recognition brought tears to the basketball player's eyes when he was handed a commemorative basketball from teammate Nathan Newell in front of a full house of Wildcat fans. The two athletes have been playing basketball together since the third grade.
Noah claimed that he couldn’t have achieved this record without all of his teammates.
Vandiver is only the seventh player in Wildcat school history to record 1,000 career points in basketball and the first since Leighton Hensley in 2010. 
He currently sits in the top six in school history for career points.
Vandiver hit his 1,000th point at the Wildcats vs Advance game on December 18, 2015.
Noah is the son of Jeff Vandiver and Sharon Vandiver.
Bloomfield, Missouri - The Bloomfield Wildcats came from behind after falling short at the end of the first half to secure their 47-40 win over South Pemiscot in Game #24 of the 59th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.
Bloomfield senior, Noah Vandiver, recorded a game-high 18 points on 7 two-point baskets and four from the charity stripe. Tim Hector earned himself one trey.
Dominque Hardimon, South Pemiscot's 6'2" freshman tallied 10 points along with senior forward Steven Wilbourne who also contributed 10 points.
South Pemiscot led at the half 22 - 19. Bloomfield came alive in the third scoring 15 points and holding South Pemiscot to just 8 points.
Final Score Bloomfield 47, South Pemiscot 40
Bloomfield 4 15 15 13 - 47
South Pemiscot 12 10 8 10 - 40
Bloomfield (47) - Tim Hector 5, Caleb Pulley 1, Peyton Bell 8, Nathan Newell 3, Austin Bond 6, Austin Phillips 1, Tyler Battles 2, Noah Vandiver 18, Alex Gibbs 3. FG 16, FG 14/23, F 14. (3-pointers: Tim Hector 1. Fouled Out: Noah Vandiver).
South Pemsicot (40) - Dorion Jones 3, Riley Cain 1, Mike Smith 5, Kevin Burton 8, Dominque Hardimon 10, Steven Wilbourne 10, Jabari Herron 3. FG 13, FT 11/21, F 21. (3-pointers: Jones 1, Burton 2. Fouled Out: None).
Bloomfield will be back in action on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 when they travel to Chaffee High School. Game time 6:00 p.m.
Shown in the photo is Bloomfield's #25 6'0" senior Austin Bond. Photo credit to Dee Loflin, ShowMe Times Manager/Editor.
Bloomfield, Missouri - It’s a Cinderella story for the Dexter Bearcats. It wasn’t expected that the #8 seed would upset the #1 seed Bloomfield and the #5 seed Malden and continue their trek to the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Championship game.
Dexter rained on Malden’s hope of a first place title on Tuesday evening beating them 65-50 in a highly spirited game.
Dexter’s win propels them to the Championship game for the first time since 2010. It was 2004 that Dexter won their last Christmas Tournament title.
“It’s cool for the community,” Dexter’s head boys basketball coach Josh Dowdy said. “We are going to be able to come out and play in a championship game. I am just so happy for these kids because we took our lumps early in the year. I try to find a way to pick them up, but I guess I don’t have the right words. But tonight, I just cannot keep the smiles off their faces. It’s good to see hard work pay-off.”
And smiling they were with powerhouse Gabe Jackson recorded 16 of his 20 points in the first half on 6 two-pointers and four points at the charity stripe. Dexter jumped out to a 16-point lead by half-time securing their run to biggest game of their season thus far.
"The kids really executed early in the game and we were trying to play-off Gabe Jackson," stated Dowdy. "Malden played a 2 -3 zone and comes after you. We were trying to isolate him down low and play off of him. I told Gabe If he felt like he had an advantage take it right at them, and if not, we could kick it out to our shooters”
“Malden played over the top and he had a lot of lob finishes. Gabe just keeps getting better each game. I have coached that boy since he was in the 7th grade and it is nice to see his progression year after year. It is fun, and I am so happy for him,” continued Dowdy.
Jason Jarrell tallied 19 points on 6 two-point baskets, one trey, and four free-throws for the Bearcats.
Ethan Flowers recorded 14 points including three treys for Dexter.
“Everything looks fine tuned,” stated Dowdy. “Coming in we wanted to shut down Ison, of course. He’s quite a threat and had a little size on us. Tyler Heil like last night did a tremendous job for us on that.”
Dexter will have a rematch of the 2010 Championship game when they take on the #2 seed Kennett Indians on Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. Kennett defeated Saxony Lutheran 54 - 47 in the other semifinal match on Tuesday
“Everything seems to be working well right now,” continued Dowdy. “It's a good place to be. We took our lumps early in hopes that kind of competition would help us in this kind of environment, and I think it is paying off.”
Final Score Dexter 65, Malden 50
Dexter 20 19 15 11 - 65
Malden 8 15 10 17 - 50
Dexter (65) – Jason Jarrell 19, Jacob Pedigo 6, Ethan Flowers 14, Tyler Heil 6, Gabe Jackson 20. FG 22, FT17/24, F 10 (3-pointers: Jason Jarrell 1, Ethan Flowers 3. Fouled Out: None).
Malden (50) – Kylus Thompson 5, Tyler Ison 8, Malcom McBride 1, Ned Lee 20, Shamaudre Barber 4, Trevor Ison 12. FG 20, FT 6/13, F 20 (3-pointers: Ned Lee 3, Kylus Thompson 1. Fouled Out: None).
Bloomfield, Missouri - East Prairie Eagles toppled the Van Buren Bulldogs in Game #18 of the 2015 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament by a score of 55-37.
East Prairie led by 6 in the first quarter and pulled away with a 28 - 11 first half lead.
Zach Griffin recorded a game-high 18 points, but it was not enough to propel Van Buren to a win. Griffin also tallied two treys.
East Prairie Eagles Deverence Jones, a 5'10" junior reached double digits contributing 11 on 4 two point baskets and 3 free throws.
Final Score Van Buren 37, East Prairie 55
Van Buren 6 5 4 22 - 37
East Prairie 12 16 14 13 - 55
Van Buren (37) - Eli Dameworth 3, Riley Reed 5, Logan Sanders 3, Spencer Burnham 1, Matthew Shrontz 7, Zach Griffin 18. FG 12, FT 9/17, F 19. (3-pointers: Dameworth 1, Reed 1, Griffin 2. Fouled Out: None).
East Prairie (55) - Luke Marcum 8, Deverence Jones 11, Dylan Lingle 7, Derez Tipler 9, Brett Ellis 4, Jon Ross Slayden 1, Cade Douglas 9, Alex Cowgill 2, Aycock 2. FG 18, FT 17/32, F 16. (3-pointers: None. Fouled Out: None).
East Prairie will now face Twin Rivers in the Consolation Game at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 30th.
Photo credit to Dee Loflin, ShowMe Times Manager/Editor: Alex Cowgill #45 of the East Prairie Eagles in Game #18 of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.
Bloomfield, Missouri - Twin Rivers Royals eliminated Bernie from the 2015 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament on Tuesday afternoon.
The last quarter made all the difference for the Royals outscoring Bernie by 9 points.
Nate Dillinger recorded a game-high 20 points for the Bernie Mules.
Final Score Twin Rivers 65, Bernie 53
Twin Rivers 12 20 16 17 - 65
Bernie 12 16 17 8 - 53
Twin Rivers (65) - Hayden Thomas 6, Chance Wilkerson 22, Andrew Mittelstadt 2, Josh Suiter 11, Mikey Suiter 9, Logan Garrette 6, Jacob Mitchell 9. FG 26, FT 3/6, F 17. (3-pointers: Thomas, 2, Wilkerson 3, Mitchell 3. Fouled Out: Mikey Suiter).
Bernie (53) - Alex Guzman 4, Nate Dillinger 20, Alex Whitehead 10, Gavin Brown 16, Dalton Hobgood 3. FG 19, FT 12/17, F 12 (3-pointers Whitehead 2, Hobgood 1. Fouled Out: None).
Twin Rivers will be back in action on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. in the Consolation Game of the 59th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. They will play either East Prairie or Van Buren.
Photo credit to Dee Loflin, ShowMe Times Manager/Editor: Josh Suiter, senior at Twin Rivers during the Twin Rivers vs Dexter Game #8 of the 2015 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.
