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Dee Loflin, Manager/Writer SMT
Stoddard County, Missouri – The Stoddard County Activities Association (SCAA) Baseball Tournament begin Monday, April 15th. The higher-seed is the host for each round of action.
The Bloomfield Wildcats are the current defending Champions!
Beginning at 4 pm Monday, April 15th, #4 Bell City will play #5 Advance at Bell City. #2 Woodland will play #7 Richland at Woodland and #3 Bloomfield will play #6 Puxico at Bloomfield.
#1 Bernie will play the winner of the Bell City/Advance game at 4 pm on Tuesday, April 16th at Bernie. The Woodland/Richland winner will play the Bloomfield/Puxico winner and the team with the higher seed will have home field advantage. Game time 4:00 p.m. for both games.
Thursday, April 18th will be the Championship game at the higher seed home field at 4 p.m. along with the Third Place game at the higher seed home filed at 4 p.m.
Stay tuned to ShowMe Times Facebook page for the latest updates for locations of each game. Also we will post any cancellations due to weather. Let's pray for a dry field!
Written by
Dee Loflin, Manager/Writer SMT
Dexter, Missouri – Who misses Lady ‘Cats Basketball? We do!
At the end of each basketball season, the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association (MBCA) selects All-State Teams for each of the Girls and Boys MSHSAA Classes.
The process begins with all-district selection, providing the pool for the final All-State Teams.
The All-State High School Basketball Teams have been chosen and Dexter’s own, Brittany Harris, made 1st Team. Congratulations Brittany!
The Committee also recognizes students who perform not only on the court but in the classroom as well. Dexter Lady 'Cat, Katelynn Frazier, was selected to the MBCA Academic All-State Girls Team for 2013. She will have the opportunity of attending the MBCA Academic All-State Banquet at Drury University on April 28, 2013. Congratulations Katelynn!
Those representing Southeast Missouri in the 2013 MBCA Girls All-State Selection Committee were Gene Deckard of Nayor, Nick Nealy of South Pemiscot, David Crocket of New Madrid, Matt Schonhoff of Sikeston and Tyler Abernathy of Jackson.
The All-State Basketball Teams and final polls are selected by a statewide panel of Missouri sportswriters and broadcasters and were announced on April 4th 2013.
Congratulations to Brittany and Katelynn on your accomplishments! One Team One Dream!
Written by
Dee Loflin, Manager/Writer SMT
Dexter will play Puxico on Field B and the Woodland Cardinals will be playing Bloomfield on Field C. The winners of these two games will advance to play at 7:00 p.m. against #1 seed Bernie Lady Mules on field B and #2 seed Advance Hornets on Field C. Game time for those games are at 7:00 p.m.
Good luck Lady Bearcats!
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Dee Loflin, Manager/Writer SMT
Jefferson City, Missouri - According to the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), young hunters ages 6 to 15 years harvested 3,915 turkeys during Missouri’s 2013 youth spring turkey-hunting weekend, April 6-7. The total included 2,933 adult gobblers, 72 bearded hens, and 910 juvenile gobblers. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 106 birds checked, Greene with 77 and Callaway with 76.
In 2012, young hunters harvested 4,319 turkeys during the youth season with top harvest counties being Franklin with 119 turkeys checked, Osage with 93 and Callaway with 81. The 2011 total was 3,898. Youth had their first separate spring turkey hunt in 2001 with a total harvest of 2,530 birds.
The 2013 regular spring turkey season runs April 15 through May 5. For more information, get a copy of MDC’s “2013 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information” booklet where permits are sold, at MDC offices or online at mdc.mo.gov/node/4051.
If you bag a Turkey this year and would like the ShowMe Times to spotlight your kill, just send a photo, your name, County location of the hunt any pertinent information you would like us to share to news@showmetimes.com.
Good Luck this Turkey Season!
Bloomfield Wildcats Win the Dexter Middle School Tournament
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"We just thought it was a great chance to get the teams together to compete against each other," said Dexter coach Kurt Lovelady. "It's more like we just scheduled games to play more than it is a big tournament."
Dexter 7 vs Bloomfield 8
The first game of the day slated two excellent team in the Bloomfield Wildcat and the Dexter Bearcat Middle School Teams. The Bearcats finally got their bats rolling in the fourth inning as Mayo led off the inning with a single. A fielders choice by Henson and an error by the Wildcats gave the Bearcats their first score.
But the Wildcats found their offensive machine as well in the fourth as Dalton Phillips and Alex Gibbs offered base hits and Austin Phillips donated a double to the offensive effort. The Wildcats ended with a 4 to 1 lead at the end of the fourth. The top of the lineup for the Wildcats led off the fifth inning with a hitting spree of three singles by Jacob Hector, Dalton Phillips and Timmy Hector. Alex Gibbs had a big time double to bring their score to 8 to 1.
However, the "never say die" Bearcats put their best offensive foot forward in the fifth inning batting through the entire lineup and adding six runs to their score. The game came to an exciting end with a long fly ball to centerfield that was caught by Bloomfield. Bloomfield ended the game with a victory over the Bearcats 8 to 7.
East Prairie 11 vs New Madrid CC 0
East Prairie came into the contest against the New Madrid County Eagles sporting a solid looking group of athletes. During the pregame warmup, you could quickly see the quality of the East Prairie program.
East Prairie made quick work of the New Madrid County Eagles by defeating them by a score of 11 to 0.
Bloomfield 8 vs East Prairie 2
The final stage was set as both first round winners were to play in what was determined by most, the championship of the tournament. A large group of fans from both teams lined the streets around the park as well as filling the stands.
Bloomfield started the game with Jacob Hector on the mound. Jacob worked well with his catcher Alex Gibbs to keep the offense of the East Prairie Eagles off balance. Hector started the first inning in a strong fashion with 2 of his 7 strikeouts and a flyout by the Eagles.Bloomfield was able to get on the scoreboard in the first inning with some aggressive base running after Jacob Hector and Alex Gibbs were able to reach base on a walk and being hit by a pitch. At the end first, Bloomfield held a 2 to 0 lead over the Eagles.
The scoreless second inning was highlighted by Jacob Hector again as he collected two more strikeouts. The Eagles were able to gain a base runner on a single by their catcher, Campbell, but left him stranded on third base.
A three up and three down inning by the Wildcats defense in the third inning gave Bloomfield an opportunity to get their offensive guns out and blow the game up. Dalton Phillips reached the bases with a solid single for Bloomfield, followed by a walk drawn by Gibbs. The timing was right for Timmy Hector to deliver a one out double to begin bringing runs home.
Bloomfield's Austin Phillips earned another base on balls to continue to drive. Phillips offered some crafty base running skills coupled with a smashing double by Kyle Anderson to give the Wildcats a 6 to 0 lead after three innings. The Wildcats hope for a shutout ended in the fourth inning as the big strong first baseman, Hausman, for East Prairie sent the baseball sailing over the outfield fence. Hausman was able to drive home an additional run with his blast closing the lead to 6 to 2.
Jacob Hector received a walk in the fourth and quickly made work of advancing the bases with two stolen bases. Hector was brought home on a hard hit single by Alex Gibbs. Gibbs also scored in the inning on a base hit by Austin Phillips to create the final score of the game, 8 to 2.
An excited group of Bloomfield Wildcats gathered after the game to celebrate their victory and get pictures made for their team.
