Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Writer
Dexter, Missouri – The Dexter Bearcats Wrestling Team traveled to Jackson, Missouri, Thursday, January 24th to brawl with the Indians and the Sikeston Bulldogs.
The Dexter Bearcats had a tough night with a few wins and a few losses.
In the 113 lb weight category, Dexter’s Steven Parks lost to Sikeston’s Garrick Madison. Madison was able to pin Parks in 1:05 minutes.
Javeon Bonner (Sikeston) won by decision over James Mullins (Dexter) by a score of 11-7.
Trever Waldner of Dexter competed in the 132 lb weight category and had a great night beating Jacob Stinnett of Sikeston by a 7-2 decision.
In the 138 lb weight category, Ty Harmon (Dexter) won by pin over Luis Valdex (Sikeston) in 1:38 minutes. Way to go Ty!
Ethan Stevens (Dexter) won a pin in the 145 lb weight category by dominating Zac Stinnett (Sikeston) in 2 minutes 38 seconds.
In the 160 lb weight category, Taylor McIlwain of Sikeston won by pinning Brandon Quertermous of Dexter in 4 minutes 13 seconds.
Michael Hurst (Dexter) was unable to put Clay Porter (Sikeston) to the mat in the 170 lb weight category as Clay pinned him in 1 minute 5 seconds.
In the 182 lb weight category Bearcat Logan Quertermous was able to pin Braydon Reynolds to the mat in under 1 minute. Way to go Logan!
Keith Craft (Dexter) won by decision over Brenden Morgan (Sikeston) in the 285 lb weight category by a 3-2 decision.
Brandon Twomey and Jon Rodgers both of Dexter were unable to stop Garrett Middleton and Tarrington Marks of Sikeston as they were both pinned.
Now on to the Jackson portion of this dual as the Dexter Bearcats were only able to pull one win against the Indians. “They are a tough team to beat, especially on their own turf,” stated Coach James Sneed of Dexter.
Trevor Waldner (Dexter) was able to pin Ryan Baker of Jackson in only 41 seconds. “Trevor is an excellent wrestler and can be very hard to beat,” stated Sneed.
The Dexter Bearcats Wrestling team will be at home at the Senior High School on Tuesday, January 29th to tackle New Madrid County Central and Sikeston. Wrestling begins at 5:00 p.m. This will also be Seniors Night for the Dexter players.
Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Writer
Dexter, Missouri – The JV Bearcats had a most productive day at the JV SCAA Tournament, winning over the Bloomfield Wildcats by a score of 53 – 29.
Coach Shawn Guethle said, “We played very good team defense tonight. Bloomfield has several weapons and we worked extremely hard on defense to make sure they didn’t get many good looks at the basket and limited them to one shot on most trips with good rebounding.”
Dexter’s Austin Chesser, #10 was on fire tonight with a total of 27 points to lead the Bearcats to the win. “Offensively, he got us off to a great start with 20 points in the first half and kept it going in the second,” stated Guethle. “Our guys did a good job feeding the hot hand of Austin and finding him good shots,” continued Coach Guethle.
At half, the Dexter Bearcats were leading 20 to 8 with Bloomfield’s leading scorer only hitting one field goal during the first quarter. Tyler Battles went on to score 12 more points in the game for the Wildcats, but it was not enough to come from behind and overpower the Bearcats.
“Bloomfield is a good team and they made a run at the end of the second and beginning of the third quarters with their press, but we withstood it and answered with a couple of our own,” commented Guethle.
The Dexter JV Bearcats will play in the JV SCAA Championship against Bernie Mules today at 7:00 p.m. in Bloomfield. “Hopefully we can come out with the same intensity tomorrow night and give the Mules a run for their money!” exclaimed Coach Guethle.
Playing tonight for Dexter will be some of the finest basketball players around. Blake Horton (#3), Austin Aldridge (#4), Noah Kronk (#5), Harley Warren (#11), Jacob Padigo (#12), Jacob Murdock (#21), Alex Whitehead, Ethan Flowers (#24), Cole Renken (#33), Addison Moore (#34), Tyler Heil (#45), and Oliver Warren (#50). Go JV Bearcats!!
Playing tonight for the Bernie Mules are Caleb Pulley, Andrew Northern, Tyler Battles, Nathan Newell, Cameron Pulley, River Chism, Kendrick McCullough, Austin Bond, Nate Cazee, Brendon Battles, Noah Vandiver, Reyton Hartle, Cole McClard, and Bailey Vaughn.
Written by
Jessica Snider, SMT Writer
With the intensity of the Stoddard County Tournament heating up, the Dexter Bearcats will have tough competition tomorrow night as they take on the Advance Hornets.
Dexter will be coming off a huge victory over Woodland Monday night as is Advance with their huge win over the Richland Rebels. Both Dexter and Advance rolled through the first night of the tournament with big victories of at least thirty-points.
Both teams are feeling confident about victory, but only one team will be able to continue on in the tournament.
With the County Tournament being single-elimination, the pressure is put on both teams even harder.
The Dexter Bearcats had a rough start to the season, but have proved their talent each game. The Bearcats take each competition as a new oppurtunity for victory. Coach Rob Nichols and the Dexter Bearcat team are looking to be back-to-back Stoddard County Tournament First-Place Champions!
With their eyes set on first place, they must first get through tomorrow night's tough competition against the Hornets. The Advance team has posted an impressive record this year and have no trouble on the offensive side of things.
Tomorrow night's game is set for 7:00 P.M. in the Bloomfield gymnasium. It is sure to be an exciting game as both teams are badly wanting the victory.
Good luck to both teams!
Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Writer
Bernie, Missouri – The Bernie Mules traveled once again to Bloomfield, Missouri to compete in the Stoddard County Athletic Association Tournament Tuesday evening.
The number one seed Mules were ready to kick the Cubs back to Bell City as they overpowered them by 27 points.
With four Bernie players hitting double digits on the night, the Mules were just unstoppable building their record to 15 – 3 on the season.
David Baker (#31) led the Mules with 20 points. Troy Kirkpatrick (#14) had 18 points for the night with Sam Turner (#45) at 15 points. B.J. Jennings (#12) hit the basket for total 12 points.
Mules Coach Brad Botsch of Bernie commented, “I thought Bell City really has improved a lot since the first time we played them.”
“We have high expectations for ourselves defensively, and I felt our kids lacked focus and toughness on the defensive side of the ball tonight,” continued Botsch.
As the boys headed to the locker room at half-time the score was Bernie 44, Bell City 28. Bernie was able to score 26 points in the 3rd quarter which sealed the win. Final score Bernie 86 Bell City 59.
Botsch went on to say, “We will really have to get ourselves ready if we are going to beat Bloomfield on their home floor Thursday night.”
They return to the SCAA Tournament on Thursday night to take on the Wildcats at 8:30 p.m. This should be a real treat to see as these two schools battle for a chance to compete on Friday night in the Championship game. Bloomfield had a very exciting night beating Puxico in triple overtime.
The Bernie Mules JV team has also increased their winning record to 15 - 1 and will play Advance on Thursday at 5:30 in the SCAA Tournament.
A low scoring first quarter, Puxico stepped out to gain a slim margin of only 2-point over Bloomfield. With a strong defensive performance by both teams, Puxico spread their 4 field goals over four members of their team. The Wildcats Brett Ruch got started on his scoring spree by capturing 4 of his game total of 31-points.
Puxico continued to maintain a slight lead of Bloomfield in the second period going in at halftime with a 21 to 14 score. The Indians Zack Tucker had the hot hand scoring 6-points. The Wildcats were only able to find eight points in the quarter.
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Ruch came out after halftime and dropped in 6-points for the Wildcats, outscoring Puxico by 1-point on the quarter. With a 31 to 25 lead, it appeared that the number five seeded Indians were well positioned for an upset over the number four seeded Bloomfield Wildcats. But the Wildcats had other ideas for the outcome of this contest with strong performances by Brett Ruch, Caleb Baker and Zac Goode. Ruch added 8-points, while Baker contributed 6-points and Goode kicked in a three-pointer to tie the game at 47 by the end of regulation.
The same trio for the Wildcats continued their dominant performance throughout all overtime periods with Bloomfield pulling away in the third overtime by 6-points to take the win.
"I'm really proud of our guys for battling a very good Puxico team tonight," noted head coach Jason Karnes. "We never could get much going until the end, and we were fortunate we made a couple of shots to extend the game."
"We had some guys really step up in key situations, both offensively and defensively, to give us the opportunity to play in the semi-finals on Thursday," added Karnes.
Bloomfield will take on the number one seed Bernie Mules in the final game on Thursday night. Game time is 8:30 and will prove to be a great contest.
