Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor

Paragould, Arkansas - The Lady Bearcats traveled to Paragould on Thursday afternoon to compete in the 1^st round of the McDonald's Shootout Tournament.  The first match-up for the Bearcats were the Blue Devils of Hughes, Arkansas coached by Thomas Foster.

It didn’t take the Lady Cats long to score and score and score!  The Blue Devils may have jumped ahead in the first few seconds of the game, but that's all the motivation it took for the Lady 'Cats to strike back! In just the first quarter alone they jumped ahead 42 – 7.  They held their opponent to only one point in the second quarter and continued their drive to win 97 – 15.  Way to go Bearcats!

The Lady ‘Cats scored double digits in each quarter with a game-high first quarter of 42 points.  The Blue Devils never scored more than 7 points in any one-quarter.  Dexter had a comfortable lead at half-time with a score of 56 – 8.

Hannah Noe #10 had a game-high 23 points including 7 field goals.  Alison Jarrell #12 fell in right behind her with 22 points including 2 free throws.  Paige Patterson, #22 playing center for the Lady Cats tallied 16 points including 4 free throws.  She also had 13 rebounds.

Dakota Reynolds #1 scored 13 points along with Sydney Rogers #21 who added 7 points to the board.  MaKayla Waldner #30 and Erika Cobb #15 each added 6 more to help the Bearcats to an awesome win!

Alison Jarrell hit six of Bearcat's eight treys.  Both Dakota Reynolds and Sydney Rogers added one each. 

Bearcats were able to force the Blue Devils into 41 turnovers.  Dexter had only 7 turnovers.  Pretty impressive!

Final Score:  Dexter Bearcats 97  Hughes Blue Devils 15

Hughes Blue Devils     7    1    4    3    15

Dexter Bearcats         42  14  25  16    97

Hughes Blue Devils (15)  Paris Perkins 2, Lyric Richardson 2, Tracy Burgess 2, Ashanti Thomas 6, Alishia Doss 3.

Dexter Bearcats (97) Dakota Reynolds 13, Hanah Noe 23, Melanie McKuin 2, Alison Jarrell 22, Erika Cobb 6, Sydney Rogers 7, Paige Patterson 16, Cheyenne Mosbey 2, MaKayla Waldner 6

Pending weather the Lady 'Cats will travel back to Paragould this evening to compete in the championship semifinal against Nettleton.  The Poplar Bluff Lady Mules lost to Nettleton 57-44 in the first round game on Thursday night.  Let's Go Bearcats!!

Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor

Charleston, Missouri - The 8^th grade Bearcats traveled to Charleston to win their last game of the season against the Charleston Bluejays.  Dexter never trailed Charleston the entire game. 

Bo McMullin and Gabe Jackson hit double digits for the Bearcats.  McMullin scored a game-high 19 points and Jackson added another 16 points to the board. 

Ben Sindle scored the only trey for the Bearcats while Marcus Woodson, Kole Kelley, Spencer Owens, and Trevor McDonald each added 2 points.  Nick Trout tallied 6 and Ben Sindle tallied 5 points against the Bluejays.

Mardareyon Clark and Kavarri Lee both scored double digits for the BlueJays.  Lee scored a team-high 13 points and Clark tallied 11 more in the contest.  Clark scored 3 treys along with Lee Thomas Moody who had one.

Way to go Bearcats!

Final Score Dexter Bearcats 54  Charleston Bluejays 37

Dexter Middle School     17    17     11    9

Charleston Junior High   11    4      10   12 

Dexter (54) – Bo McMullin 19, Gabe Jackson 16, Nick Trout 6, Ben Sindle 5, Marcus Woodson 2, Kole Kelley 2, Spencer Owens 2, and Trevor McDonald 2 (3-pointers: Sindle 1)

Charleston (37) – Kavarri Lee 13, Mardareyon Clark 11, Ke’Sean Chillers-Griffin 6, Lee Thomas Moody 5, and James Crane 2 (3-pointers Clark 3, Moody 1)

Charleston, Missouri - The Dexter Bearcats finally got their chance to compete against the powerhouse Charleston Bluejays.  Both the 7th and 8th grade boys basketball team ended their season with a win against Charleston!  Way to go Bearcats!

The 7^th grade Bearcats improved their record to 13-1 on the season with a 34-29 win over the Bluejays.  It was a tough first quarter as Dexter trailed 9-3, but they managed to earn an 11- 0 run to overcome Charleston near the end of the 2^nd quarter.

Dexter again trailed the Bluejays with just under 3 minutes remaining in the game.  They were not going to give up now!  Nate Gargas hit a basket to tie the game 29 all with just two and half minutes remaining on the clock.  Seth Rogers made a free throw giving the Bearcats a one point lead with a little over one minute left in regulation!

It was an exciting game for the Bearcats and thanks to Eric Hahn’s two free throws with just 27 seconds remaining in the game giving the Bearcats a three point gain over the Bluejays.  The final score of the game came when Braxton Foster hit two free throws with only a couple of seconds left on the clock.  Bearcat fans were on their feet! It was intense!

Final score  Bearcats 34 -  Bluejays 29.

Eric Hahn finished the game with three treys and tallied 14 total points.  Seth Rogers scored 9 points along with Braxton Foster who tallied 8 more for the Bearcats.

Dexter Middle School Bearcats       3    14    8    9

Charleston Junior High Bluejays     9     7     8    5

Dexter (34)  Eric Hahn 14, Seth Rogers 9, Nate Gargas 3, Braxton Foster 8, (3-pointers: Hahn 4, Rogers 1) (F 14  F/G 9/23)

Charleston (29) Latrell Porter 5, Ajay Sager 7, Tahj Walker 8, Preston Moore 3, Clifford Johnson 6 (3-pointers: Moore 1, Sager 1) (F 18  F/G 3/8) 

Shown in the photo is Eric Hahn hitting one of his four 3-pointers of the night.  Photo submitted by Melissa Hahn.  Thank you for your continued support of the ShowMe Times.  Without our many fans we could not bring you such great articles and photos. 

Stats of the 7th grade boys basketball game provided by Ed Gargas!

Bernie, Missouri - The Mules finally got to play in the barn tonight; however the Eagles of East Prairie just wouldn't let them win.  It's been a few days since we have seen any basketball.  With the Wintery weather and school closings, several games and tournaments have been rescheduled.

The East Prairie Eagles JV boys basketball team brought many fans to Bernie on Wednesday evening.  The JV Tournament was well underway by the time the Mules and Eagles jumped on the court.  In previous match-ups of the night Senath-Hornersville Lions beat the Clarkton JV Reindeer 57 - 37, Holcomb Hornets beat the Gideon Bulldogs 56 - 35 and Portageville Bulldogs beat Cooter Wildcats 58 - 33.

East Prairie never trailed during the game, but the Mules were able to get within a basket several times during the 3rd and 4th quarters.  The Eagles jumped out to an 11 point lead in the 1st quarter.

JV Mules are Austin Beck #1, Alex Guzman #4, Jayce Burk #5, Corbin Brown #11, Austin Parson #12, Drew Murphy #14, Haydn Owens #22, Cole Mayberry #25, Usvaldo Anastacio #31, Trey Kirkpatrick #40, and Riley Wells #42.

Two Mules were in double digits.  Austin Beck had a game high 20 points and Cole Mayberry tallied 10 more for Bernie.  There were 13 fouls for the Mules including one technical foul by the coach.  Jayce Burk and Austin Beck scored one trey each.

Playing for the Eagles were Brad Ditto #1, Dylan Lingle #4, Brett Ellis #10, Noah Graves #11, Michael Graham #12, Chad Houseman #20, Deverance Jones #23, Cade Douglous #30, Rex Leplant #33, Tyson Baker #34, Nate Owens #40, Dylan Brown #42, Alex Cowgill #43 and Dalton Cobb #44.

It was definitely a team effort in scoring by the Eagles.  Brad Ditto was the only Eagle in double digits tallying 10.  Dylan Lingle added 7 along with Deverance Jones who had 8 points and Cade Douglous who added 7 more.  Rex Leplant had 6 points.  Nate Owened had 3 and Noah Groves added 2 as well and the only trey by the Eagles was made by Brad Ditto.   The Eagles earned 12 fouls in the game and shot 12 of 26 in free throws.

Final Score East Prairie Eagles  43   Bernie Mules  38

JV East Prairie Eagles     15    8      11      9
JV Bernie Mules              4     11     11   12

The Bernie JV Tournament will resume play on Saturday, December 14th.  Times to be announced.  As soon as we have the latest information we will post on our ShowMe Times Facebook page.

Bernie, Missouri - Unless the weather takes a nasty turn, the JV Basketball Tournament hosted by Bernie will begin play on Wednesday, December 11th.  Games begin at 4:00 p.m.  The original bracket is shown in the article; however as we get an updated version we will post.  Some schools may or may not be able to attend and rescheduling may still occur.

Senath will play Clarkton at 4:00 p.m.  Gideon will play Holcomb at 5:15 p.m.  Portageville will play Cooter at 6:30 p.m. and East Prairie will play Bernie at 7:45 p.m.

The 2nd round will begin on Saturday, December 14th with game times to be announced.  Coach Brad Botsch of Bernie stated, “We do not know yet when the finals will be played, but as soon as we know we will announce the date and time.”

There have been tons of cancellations with high school and middle school sporting events so as the dates and times are announcement we will share the information with the public on our Facebook page as soon as possible.  Thank you for being patient as the schools try their best to make-up dates and reschedule tournaments and games!