Jessica Snider, SMT Writer
Recently, the panel of Southeast Missouri sportswriters released the names of the 2012 all-region high school football teams.
Among the list of many talented high school football players, were three members from the Dexter Bearcat Football Team.
Chase Noe, Chase Young, and Trevor Waldner all made the first team. Senior Chase Noe received first team for his position as defensive lineman, Junior Trevor Waldner for safety, and Senior Chase Young for the position of wide receiver.
Last night the three players and their coaches traveled to Poplar Bluff to attend the SEMO All-Conference Banquet.
In the picture above, the three players are shown with four of their coaches. In back row from left to right: Coach Cody Boyer, Coach James Sneed, and Coach Greg Lummukka. In front row from left to right: Chase Young, Chase Noe, Trevor Waldner, and Head Coach Aaron Pixley.
Congratulations to these three and their coaches for their hard fought season and for the honor of being picked to the first team all-conference. Also congratulations to their teammates Jonathan Foels and Ryan Joyner who made the second team defense.
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Jessica Snider, SMT Writer
Tonight will be the season opener for the Dexter Bearcat boys’ basketball team. The Bearcats will take on Charleston at home in the Bearcat Event Center.
Dexter unfortunately got hit with injury before the season even started. Two of three returning starters are injured and will be out. Cody Neldon will be out all season, but senior Chase Young is hoping to be back on the court in the next few weeks.
The Bearcat team will be turning to a few younger members and also those who haven’t had much varsity playing time this season. Varsity Coach Rob Nichols commented that this is one of the most inexperienced teams he’s ever coached, but has high hopes of the team working hard and gaining experience throughout the season.
The Dexter Bearcats start off with a rather tough schedule, as they take on both Charleston and Sikeston in the first week. Next week the Bearcats will travel for the Semo Conference Tournament, which always provides intense competition.
It will be a very competitive year for the Bearcats, but this team has proved through many practices that they will fight hard for victories.
We ask everyone that can to please come out tonight and support the Dexter Boys’ Basketball Team in their season opener tonight against Charleston. The Junior Varsity Team will take the court first tonight at 6:00 P.M. in the Bearcat Event Center with the Varsity Team directly following.
Farmington MO - The Dexter Lady Bearcats successfully opened their season Monday night with a 70-34 win over the St. Louis Notre Dame Rebels.
Dexter won the opening tip but missed their first shot and the two teams traded turnovers until Brittnay Harris scored the first of her team high 19 points to give the Lady Cats a lead one minute into the game. After two more Harris buckets Notre Dame got on the board with two free throws by Kristina Eason. The Lady Cats then went on a 12-0 run featuring baskets by Mollie Whitehead, Erika Cobb (12 points on the night) and Paige Patterson, who finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds for the game. Dexter continued to force turnovers and ended up with a 44-12 halftime lead.
The second half was more of the same with the defense forcing 10 turnovers in the third quarter. Patterson and Cobb lead the scoring charge. The fourth quarter featured a running "mercy" and gave the final score of 70-34.
The Lady Cats will be in action on Friday night in the semi-finals of the Farmington tournament as they take on Poplar Bluff.
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Campell, Missouri - The Bernie Mules Varsity Basketball was in action Monday night in the Campbell Tournament against the host team, Campbell Camels. The Mules put a mark in the win column to begin the 2012-13 season by a score of 77 to 32.
“This was a good start to a long season," noted Brad Botsch, Bernie's head coach. "Our kids came out and played with energy and intensity on the defensive end, and that is what we have to have to be successful."
Bernie was quick to jump out on top in the first quarter, as David Baker for the Mules was on fire offensively. Baker posted 13 of his game high total of 26-points on the night in the opening quarter. Bernie closed out the first quarter with a 21 to 10 lead.
The hot hand switched in the second quarter for the Mules as B J Jennings lit up the night with 8-points in the second quarter, followed closely by Justin Stanfield. Defensively, Botch's team held the Camels to only 8-points in the second period making the score at halftime 49 to 18.
The strong defense of Bernie continued throughout the second half as they held Campbell to single digit totals in both the third and fourth quarters. Offensively, Baker continued his onslaught of the Camels adding another 10-points in the third.
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Trey Kirkpatrick is an additional threat for the Mules offensively. Kirkpatrick rained three-pointers down on the Camels in three of the four quarters on the night, finishing with 14-points on the night.
"We appeared to be in pretty good shape and had decent execution on the offensive end as well." said Botsch. "Overall, a good first game for us.”
It's often said "you can't win them all if you don't win the first one" and the Mules have the right start for a good season with a 1-0 record. They will play again on Thursday night in the semi-final bracket of the tournament against the Twin Rivers Royals. Game time will begin at 6:00 pm.
"The wrestlers competed very well against the other teams going 12-9 in the event," noted head coach James Sneed.
The first match of the year always brings about a degree of nervousness for young athletes. Though the middle school Bearcats are early in their wrestling experience, they have worked hard for this opening match.
"Now that we got the “first time” jitters out of the way, we can back to work and correct some of the mistakes that were being made on the map," added Sneed.
Middle School results from the Cape/Sikeston TRI
- Dominic Homan won by fall over Bennett Robinson (Cape)
- Devon Helm lost by fall to Khalil Reed (Cape)
- Logan Elder won by fall over Luke Blaton (Sikeston)
- Jake Adams won by fall over Thomas Lankheit (Sikeston)
- Dustin DeBeaux lost by fall to Dennis Jordan (Cape)
- Clay Henson lost by fall to Jorge Gonzales (Sikeston)
- Clayton Riddle won by fall over Andrew Hunter (Sikeston)
- Austin Adams won by decision over David Valdez (Sikeston)
- Trenten Williams lost by decision in Ovetime to Trent Leimer (Cape)
- Tres Hampton won by fall over Anthony Strack (Cape)
- Jacob Sauvage lost by fall to Dionte Reeds (Cape)
- Blayne Goodman lost by fall to Maverick Turner (Cape)
- Dominic Homan won by fall over Logan McCabe (Sikeston)
- Austin Adams won by fall over Max Ault (Sikeston)
- Trevor Watts lost by fall to Jonathan Bonnert (Cape)
- Jake Adams won by fall over Bryce Johnson (Sikeston)
- Ethan Gillum won by fall over Jordan Wheatley (Sikeston)
- Christian Yarber won by decision over Zach Turner (Cape)
- Justin Bess lost by fall to Jorge Gonzales (Sikeston)
- Cory Holland won by fall over Ben Martin (Sikeston)
- Chris Seabaugh lost by fall to Khalil Reed (Cape)
The Middle School Wrestlers will be back in action on December 4th when they face off against the Poplar Bluff Mules. The action will begin at 4:00 PM at the Dexter High School Gym. The High School team will also be in action that same night following the middle school match. The junior varsity and varsity Bearcats will take on the NMCC Eagles at 6:00 in the first home duel of the 2012-13 wrestling season.
