Written by

Jessica Snider, SMT Writer

With fall sports coming to an end a few weeks ago, all winter sports have been in full practice mode gearing up for their games and matches.

Many people have been highly anticipating the start of Bearcat Basketball. There’s just something different about basketball at Dexter now that the games are played in the Bearcat Event Center. There’s a new sense of pride coming from each Bearcat who steps foot through those doors to watch a sporting event.

Both boys and girls basketball have the privilege of practicing and also playing their home games in the Bearcat Event Center. Both the girls and boys Bearcat basketball will begin this week.

Coach Chad Allen is looking forward to the experience that is coming back on this team, but says this schedule is the toughest the girl’s basketball club has ever had.

The Dexter Lady Bearcat Basketball Team will open their season with the Farmington Tournament, which will begin tonight. Within the Farmington Tournament will be Miller Career Academy who beat Dexter in the state quarterfinals last year. Coach Allen hopes the Bearcats will get another shot at that team this year.

Many fans are highly anticipating this season of Lady Bearcat Basketball as they had yet another very impressive season last year.

The boys basketball team has been on the court for quite sometime in hopes of recovering from injuries that have hit two of the Bearcats’ three returning starters. Cody Neldon is out the with a year-ending knee injury, while Chase Young is hopeful to be back within the next few weeks after his fractured fibula.

The boys will kick off their season tomorrow night at home as they take on Charleston.

This will be a competitive season for both the girls and boys basketball team, but hopefully with the support of the fans and the impressive Bearcat coaching staff, each team will lead a victorious 2012-2013 season.

It’s important that the support of the fans remains constant throughout the season no matter what is going on. These are two teams that have proven to keep on fighting even when things get tough, and they will need that same reaction from their fans.

There are seniors on both the girls and boys teams who will be playing high school basketball for the last time this season.

Don’t forget to come out and support your Bearcat Basketball whenever you can!