Bloomfield, Missouri - While many teams have not played scheduled games due to weather the games must go on!  The 2013 seeds have been released for the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament and brackets are set.

The #1 seed is Kennett followed by Hayti.  Kennett is currently 2-3 so far this season with Hayti 4-0.  Bernie is ranked #3 followed by South Pemiscot and Twin Rivers.  Dexter fell into the #7 spot.

Here is a list of the teams and their place in the tournament. 

(1) Kennett (2-3)
(2) Hayti (4-0)
(3) Bernie (4-0)
(4) South Pemiscot (5-1)
(5) Saxony Lutheran (3-1)
(6) Twin Rivers (2-1)
(7) Dexter (0-1)
(8) Holcomb (3-1)
(9) Malden (3-1)
(10) Portageville (0-1)
(11) East Prairie (1-0)
(12) Bloomfield (1-2)
(13) Doniphan (0-2)
(14) Puxico (3-2)
(15) Van Buren (1-1)
(16) Richland (0-2)

Below is the winners bracket.  Games begin on Thursday, December 26th at 10:00 am. with the #1 Kennett Indians and the #16 Richland Rebels.

Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor

Cape Girardeau, Missouri - The Dexter Bearcats traveled to Cape Girardeau to take on the Bulldogs of Notre Dame and the Poplar Bluff Mules in a triad.

Poplar Bluff was able to capitalize a few pins and defeated the Dexter Bearcats by a score of 34-28.  However, Trevor Waldner secured his 100th win in the 132 lb weight class defeating Ty Harmon by pinning him in just less than five minutes. Way to go Trevor!

Storm Massey won by decision over Jaron Glass in the 145 lb weight class.

Ethan Steven pinned Poplar Bluff’s Dakota Coleman in the 152 lb weight class and Dylan Bazarian pinned Colton Jordan in the 160 lb weight class in just over one minute.

Box score for dual @ Poplar Bluff on 12/12/2013.

Poplar Bluff (POBL) 34.0 Dexter (DEXT) 28.0

113: BAILEY ALFORD, POBL, dec. BRANDON TWOMEY, DEXT, 7-1.

120: MATTHEW KING, POBL, pinned TYLER CONAWAY, DEXT, 1:25

126: GAVIN WELLS, POBL, maj. dec. GAVEN WHITE, DEXT, 10-1.

132: Chance Moore, POBL, pinned TY HARMON, DEXT, 4:41.

138: TREVOR WALDNER, DEXT, pinned WALKER AUSTIN, POBL, 1:47.

145: STORM MASSEY, DEXT, maj. dec. Jaron Glass, POBL, 11-2.

152: ETHAN STEVENS, DEXT, pinned Dakota Coleman, POBL, 3:45.

160: DYLAN BAZARIAN, DEXT, pinned COLTON JORDAN, POBL, 1:08

170: JAKE ADAMS, DEXT, disq. Michael Kerr, POBL, .

182: STEVEN HALEY, POBL, pinned MICHAEL HURST, DEXT, 3:26.

195: Jordan Lansford, POBL, dec. JON RODGERS, DEXT, 9-6.

220: ANTHONY GREEN, POBL, dec. JARED DEAL, DEXT, 6-2.

285: TYLER HARPER, POBL, dec. KEITH CRAFT, DEXT, 2-0. 106: double forfeit.

The Bearcats did much better against Notre Dame.  They defeated the Bulldogs 69 – 6.

Gavin White pinned Hunter Miller in 50 seconds in the 126 lb weight class while Storm Massey defeated Matthew Lathum in 3 minute dual on the mat.

Ethan Stevens won by decision over Aaron Schlosser 11 – 8.  Dylan Bazarian and Jake Adams both pinned their opponents.  Adams pinned his opponent in just 58 seconds.

Box score for dual @ Notre Dame on 12/12/2013.

Dexter (DEXT) 69.0 Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau) (NDCG) 6.0

106: double forfeit.

113: Noah Huff, NDCG, pinned BRANDON TWOMEY, DEXT, 5:01.

120: TYLER CONAWAY, DEXT, forf. .

126: GAVEN WHITE, DEXT, pinned Hunter Miller, NDCG, 0:50.

132: TY HARMON, DEXT, forf. .

138: TREVER WALDNER, DEXT, forf. .

145: STORM MASSEY, DEXT, pinned Matthew Lathum, NDCG, 3:28.

152: ETHAN STEVENS, DEXT, dec. Aaron Schlosser, NDCG, 11-8.

160: DYLAN BAZARIAN, DEXT, pinned Nick Pfau, NDCG, 1:59.

170: JAKE ADAMS, DEXT, pinned Stephen Hoffmeister, NDCG, 0:58.

182: MICHAEL HURST, DEXT, forf. .

195: JON RODGERS, DEXT, forf. .

220: JARED DEAL, DEXT, forf. .

285: KEITH CRAFT, DEXT, forf. .

Way to go Bearcats!  They travel to Harrisonville, Missouri for the Holiday Tournament at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 20th and Saturday, December 21st. 

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!