Written by
Dee Loflin SMT Manager/Writer
Sikeston, Missouri – Two Dexter Bearcat baseball players made the 2013 All-Standard Democrat Baseball Team. The Standard Democrat sports department along with the help of submitted stats and input from local coaches chooses this baseball team.
Teams in the coverage area include Chaffee, Charleston, Dexter, East Prairie, Kelly, NMCC, Oran, Portageville, Risco, Scott City, Scott County Central and Sikeston.
Congratulations to Brad Potts who earned recognition and a place on the First Team as well as received an Area's Best award in the category of Base Stealer!
Brad just recently signed to play baseball with Shawnee Community College in Ullin, Illinois. He will not only be a position player, but will be pitching for the SCC Saints. Not many college students have that opportunity.
Cody Neldon received a spot on the Second Team as an outfielder along with the Area's Best award in the category of Top Defensive Outfielder! Congratulations Cody!
Cody will be a senior at Dexter High School in the fall and will play for the Dexter Bearcats Baseball team as an outfielder.
Below is a list of the First Team, Second Team and the Area's Best 
Awards.
FIRST TEAM
Cody Payne, Pitcher, Jr., Chaffee
Ryan Fortner, Catcher, Sr., Scott City
Caleb McCord, Infield, Sr., Risco
Gavin O'Brien, Infield, Jr., Sikeston
Brad Potts, Infield, Sr., Dexter
Jared Walker, Infield, Sr., Chaffee
Tyler Anderson, Outfield, Sr., Sikeston
Brett Dirnberger, Outfield, Sr., Scott City
Jashawn McDaniel, Outfield, Sr., NMCC
Seth Ressel, Utility, Jr., Oran -- POY
SECOND TEAM
Doug Still, Pitcher, Jr., Sikeston
Alex Heuring, Catcher, Sr., Oran
Lane Chamberlain, Infield, Sr., NMCC
Tim Clayton, Infield, Sr., NMCC
Kody Moore, Infield, Sr., Oran
Matt Cumins, Infield, Sr., Risco
Cody Neldon, Oufield, Jr. Dexter
Trey Tigart, Outfield, Sr., Sikeston
Trey Watkins, Outfield, Sr., Charleston
Hunter Cook, Utility, Jr., Portageville
AREA'S BEST
Best senior: Jashawn McDaniel, NMCC
Best junior: Seth Ressel, Oran
Best sophomore: Jacob Priggel, Oran
Best Freshman: Dylan Baugh, Charleston
Top hitter: Brett Dirnberger, Scott City
Top defensive infielder: Jared Walker, Chaffee
Top defensive outfielder: Cody Neldon, Dexter
Top base stealer: Brad Potts, Dexter
Best throwing arm: Jashawn McDaniel, NMCC
Best pick-off move: Trey Tigart, Sikeston
Most improved: Matt Cumins, Risco
Most underrated: Cord Sheehy, Sikeston
Best fan support: Oran Eagles
Best Atmosphere to watch a game: Harmon Field, Chaffee
Best all-around team: Oran Eagles
Most improved team: NMCC
Game of the year: Oran 8, Santa Fe 4 -- Class 1 State Championship
Coach of the Year: Mitch Wood, Oran
Congratulations to all of the students who made the 2013 All-Standard Democrat Team.
If you would like to see more exciting photos of the Dexter Bearcats Baseball season 2013 please find us on Facebook.
Dee Loflin SMT Manager/Writer
The JV Bearcats will have four games to play on Friday. They compete against Jackson Elite beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the Middle School gym. At 10:30 they play Thayer JV also in the Middle School gym. They will also compete at noon against the Scott City JV Rams.
After lunch, they travel over to the High School gym at 1:30 to compete against the Poplar Bluff JV Mules.
The Dexter Varsity Basketball team will play in the Bearcat Event Center, Court 2 and they start their morning at 9:00 a.m. competing against Leopold.
Following the Leopold game they will compete again at 10:30 on Court 2 against Neelyville.
The DHS Bearcats will move over to Court #3 at noon to take on Saxony Lutheran.
At 1:30 p.m. they will travel to Court #1 playing Nettleton, a team out of Arkansas. This will be the last of the Rib City Shootouts for the Boys' basketball teams this summer.
We wish both Bearcat teams good luck!
Written by
Dee Loflin SMT Manager/Writer
Dexter, Missouri - For those of you who are missing Bearcat Basketball, you’ll be in for a real treat this weekend as the Rib City Shootout returns.
This is the 4th year for the Shootout and is now the premier summer event for basketball teams in the region. There will be 54 teams competing either on the courts in the Bearcat Event Center, Middle School, High School, or at the Southwest Elementary school.The Bearcats will be well represented on all levels – 7th Grade, 8th Grade, Junior Varsity and Varsity boys will be competing. Tournament organizers have been very busy preparing for this weekend’s shootout.
The doors open at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, July 12th with the 8th Grade team taking the court against BBC in the Southwest Elementary Gym. At 9:45 a.m. the 7th Grade team will play Gallata.
The 7th grade and 8th grade team have a busy schedule on Friday and Saturday, while the JV and Varsity teams will play on Friday only. We've got the Friday 7th and 8th grade schedules below!
We wish all the Bearcats a great Rib City Shootout!!
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Dee Loflin SMT Manager/Writer
Dexter, Missouri - Southeast Missouri is rated among some of the best duck hunting paradises in the country. The Dexter area has many great private waterfowl hunting areas, as well as one public area that is known for it's ducks that being the Otter Slough Conservation Area.
Each year hunters are responsible for license and permits. For more information regarding permits, go to http://mdc.mo.gov/permits. Many who do not duck hunt are not aware that there is another key item hunters are be required to purchase in the state of Missouri and that is the Federal Duck Stamp.
Robert Steiner designed the 2013-2014 Federal Duck Stamp. His acrylic painting of a duck known as the Common Goldeneye beat 191 other artists’ works in the Fish and Wildlife Service’s annual Duck Stamp Contest held last year. This is the only art competition mandated by the federal government.
As a result, the 80th Federal Duck Stamp will be sold to about a two million people. Anyone can purchase a Duck Stamp. You don't have to be a hunter, but perhaps a collector or even a lover of great wildlife artistry. When you purchase the $15 Duck Stamp, 98% of the money goes directly toward wildlife habitat conservation.
The Duck Stamp was formally introduced in a ceremony at the Bass Pro Shop in Ashland, Virginia last week and all duck hunters who are required to put the stamp on their hunting licenses, account for most of the sales. Stamp collectors, conservationists and fans of wildlife art also purchase the Duck Stamp and help continue the the protection of wildlife habitats.
Robert Steiner receives no prize money, only a pane of stamps signed by the Secretary of Interior. But he retains the rights to sell prints of his work.
The contest originally grew out of the 1934 Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act, aiming at reversing the drastic shrinkage of the nation’s wetlands. To date, the program has raised more than $850 million to help acquire six million acres of wildlife habitat.
If you would like to know more about the Federal Duck Stamp or to purchase one, go to http://www.fws.gov/duckstamps/.
To purchase a Duck Stamp locally just stop by American Outdoors located at 2104 N. Outer Road in Dexter. Or call owner, Mark Jacques at 624-5421. He’ll be glad to help you with your duck hunting supplies.
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Dee Loflin SMT Manager/Writer
Dexter, Missouri - The first ever Rib City Shootout Volleyball competitions will be held Thursday, June 27th and Friday, June 28th at the Bearcat Event Center in Dexter.
The Rib City Shootout has been a basketball ONLY event since its beginnings, but this year they decided to add varsity and junior varsity/freshman volleyball games.
Beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, varsity teams will be on three courts at the Bearcat Event Center with Dexter playing its first match against Poplar Bluff. Other teams from the Stoddard County area competing are Bernie, Advance, Bloomfield and Puxico. There will be a total of 20 teams in the varsity competition.
The JV and Freshman Volleyball Teams will begin competition on Friday starting at 8:30 a.m. at the Bearcat Event Center.
The ShowMe Times will have pictures available on their Facebook page. Don’t forget to “LIKE” us. If you would like more information about the events or complete schedules of upcoming games go the events web site, www.ribcityshootout.com.
Below are the Varsity and JV/Freshman Schedules.
