Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Bell City, Missouri - The 10th Annual Little Stoddard County Tournament will be held Saturday, February 15th. The Bell City Athletic Booster Club is pleased to host this event and thanks to the support of each school in the Stoddard County Conference this tournament continues to grow and prosper.
Advance, Woodland, Richland, Bell City, Dexter, Bernie, Bloomfield, and Puxico schools are participating in the annual tournament.
They would like to invite you to visit their concession stands located in the multi-purpose building and high school gymnasium cafeteria. This event is a fund-raiser for their athletic booster club, which helps to buy equipment, uniforms and sponsors other athletic related activities.
Sportsmanship is of the utmost importance in our tournament. The Bell City Athletic Booster Club’s first goal is to provide a positive atmosphere for the players, coaches and fans alike. They ask that you would respect the officials who are there to provide equality and fairness in each game.
The Bell City Athletic Booster Club would like to thank everyone for your attendance and hope that all of you have a positive experience from the tournament.
Previous 5th Grade Little Stoddard County Champions
2005 Dexter 42 Bloomfield 22
2006 Bernie 27 Bloomfield 21
2007 Dexter 39 Bernie 33
2008 Dexter 28 Advance 23
2009 Dexter 37 Bloomfield 23
2010 Dexter 31 Bloomfield 29 (OT)
2011 Bloomfield 30 Bernie 26
2012 Dexter 32 Bernie 11
2013 Dexter 20 Bernie 12
Previous 6th Grade Little Stoddard County Champions
2005 Advance 37 Richland 33 (OT)
2006 Dexter 51 Bernie 43
2007 Dexter 50 Advance 42
2008 Dexter 35 Puxico 29
2009 Advance 34 Bernie 29
2010 Dexter 41 Bloomfield 18
2011 Dexter 50 Bloomfield 34
2012 Bernie 44 Dexter 38
2013 Bernie 22 Dexter 19
Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Dexter, Missouri – The Lady Bearcats girls’ varsity team hosted the Saxony Lutheran girls’ varsity basketball team Wednesday evening at the Bearcat Event Center. It was a match-up of two of the top teams in southeast Missouri. Dexter 17-3 and Saxony Lutheran 17-4 were expected to have a very close tight game, but it was all Dexter dominating Saxony Lutheran defeating them 76-40.
“Saxony is definitely a really good team,” commented Dexter's head coach Chad. “They are No. 1 in their district and have played some tough teams pretty close this year. I know they played Notre Dame to single digits both times they played them."
Dexter hit double figures in each of the four quarters with a game-high fourth quarter scoring 29 points. The Bearcat’s defense held Saxony Lutheran extremely well. They managed to score only 22 points in the first half. Half-time score 29 – 22.
It was the second half where the Lady ‘Cats opened up with a rigorous scoring tallying 47 points and holding Saxony Lutheran to just 18 points.
"I felt like the second half we really picked up the pressure and got after them and that’s when we started making that huge run,” continued Allen.Hannah Noe #10 was amazing on the court scoring a game-high 27 points for the Bearcats. Noe also hit two 3-pointers,
Alison Jarrell #12 and Erika Cobb #15 tallied 15 points each. Jarrell hit five 3-pointers. Cobb added one. Paige Patterson #22 also was in double figures adding 12 points to the board for Dexter and was 2 for 2 at the charity stripe.
Brianna Mueller #15 was the only Saxony Lutheran player in double figures. She had a team-high 12 points hitting two 3-pointers. Grace Mirly #10 also added a trey.
Dexter is currently ranked third in Class 4. Way to go Bearcats!!
The Lady ‘Cats will be back in action tonight hosting Cape Central Lady Tigers at 7:00 p.m. The Freshman boys basketball team will play at 6:00 p.m.
Dexter 10 19 18 29 - 76
Saxony 7 15 7 11 - 40
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Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Dexter, Missouri – Back-to-back wins for the Dexter High School varsity basketball team! The Bearcats hosted the Bell City Cubs at the Bearcat Event Center on Tuesday evening. They got off to a slow start, but once they completed the first quarter it was all BEARCATS!
“We played pretty good after the three-and-a-half minute mark of the first quarter,” Dexter coach Rob Nichols said. “We didn’t attack the zone well early and couldn’t get the lid off the basket. But after that I thought we did a good job of attacking the basket, the 3-point shot opened up and we shot it pretty good.”
The first quarter ended with the Bearcats on top 9-5. At the half it was 28 – 11, but the third quarter proved to be the best quarter for the Bearcats scoring 30 points! They continued their double figure scoring into the fourth quarter finishing with another 16 points and holding Bell City to just 4 in the 4th.
Dexter had three players in double figures against the Bell City Cubs. Ethan Flowers had a game-high 20 points for the Bearcats. He also sank four 3-pointers. Austin Chesser tallied 18 points including three treys. Peyton Pollock added 16 points to the board. D.J. hit one trey.
Aaron Smith scored a team-high 14 points for the Cubs. He also had one trey.
Final Score Dexter 74 Bell City 30
Bell City 5 6 15 4 - 30
Dexter 9 19 30 16 - 74
Bell City (30) – Nate Finney 4, Brandon Abner 2, Nolen Schaefer 2, Aaron Smith 14, Austin Hicks 2, Royce Liggins 6, FG 9, FT 9/15, F 13 (3-pointers: Aaron Smith 3, Fouled Out: none)
Dexter (74) – Noah Kronk 1, Myles Urhahn 2, D.J.Dowdy 3, Peyton Pollock 16, Jacob Pedigo 4, Austin Chesser 18, Ethan Flowers 20, Cole Renken 8, Addison Moore 2, FG 29, FT 8/13, F 12 (3-pointers D.J. Dowdy 1, Austin Chesser 3, Ethan Flowers 4, Fouled Out: none)
The Dexter Bearcats JV/V teams will be back in action on Friday night at Kennett. Game time 6:00 p.m.
Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Dexter, Missouri – With back-to-back wins, the Dexter JV Bearcats are excited about basketball! They hosted the Bell City JV Cubs at the Bearcat Event Center Tuesday evening and fought hard in the second half to come back and defeat the Cubs.
The Cubs offense jumped out to an 11-point lead in the first quarter. The Bearcats were still down 23 – 17 at the half, but when they came out of the locker room the defense shutdown the Cubs. Dexter held Bell City to just 10 points in the second half.
Bearcats Austin Chesser scored a game-high 14 points including two 3-pointers. Addison Moore tallied 10 points and Jacob Pedigo added 1 trey.
Final Score Dexter 42 Bell City 33
Bell City 15 8 4 6 - 33
Dexter 4 13 15 10 - 42
Bell City (33) – Nate Finney 11, Kolton Siebert 3, Cole Nichols 8, Bobby Wright 5, Royce Liggins 2, Peyton Maddox 2, Austin Hicks 2, FG 10, FT 7/8, F 15 (3-pointers Nate Finney 2, Cole Nichols 2, Bobby Wright 1, Kolton Siebert 1, Fouled Out: none)
Dexter (42) – Jason Jarrell 8, Jacob Pedigo 7, Tyler Heil 2, Austin Chesser 14, Ryan Mayo 1, Addison Moore 10. FG 17, FT 5/9, F 15 (3-pointers: Jacob Pedigo 1, Austin Chesser 2, Fouled Out: none)
Freshman Boys will host Kennett on Thursday, February 13 at the Bearcat Event Center prior to the Lady 'Cats game. Tip-off 6:00 p.m.
Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Editor
Dexter, Missouri – The Dexter Bearcats boys varsity basketball team had their best shooting performance of the season as they defeated the Perryville Pirates at the Bearcat Event Center Monday evening.
“I thought we played well,” commented Dexter’s head coach Rob Nichols. “We have had several close games this season that didn’t go our way. I think the biggest thing tonight was we shot the ball really well. We have had some games we lost by one or two points and when I go back and do the stats we shot only 24 to 28%.”
Dexter Bearcats had a great game shooting 25 of 33 from the charity stripe and had five players in double figures.
At the half the Bearcats were leading 28-21. The Pirates came out of the locker room with a short burst of energy and made up those 7 points and tied the game in the first 3 minutes of the 3rd quarter.
“That was a bit of a turning point for us, “ continued Nichols. “We went from being up seven at the half to tied. After that our kids dug in and built that lead back up. Then in the fourth quarter Perryville started fouling pretty early and we did a great job of making free throws.” Dexter hit 18 free throws in the 4th quarter with only 7 points coming from regular play.
Five Dexter Bearcats were in double figures against the Perryville Pirates. D.J. Dowdy tallied a team-high 18 points for the Bearcats. He scored in every quarter.
Austin Chesser sunk 13 points including 2 treys. Cole Renken also hit 13 for the Bearcats and Ethan Flowers scored 10 points including 2 treys. Peyton Pollock tallied 10 points with a trey of his own. Noah Kronk was just short of double figures ending the night with 9 points including a 3-pointer.
“We haven’t done this all year,” Nichols said of his players scoring in double figures. “We have had some games where at least two guys get in double digits. We’ve rarely had three in double digits. It shows our kids are sharing the ball a little better. We scored some with our defense too and that always helps.”
When asked about Dexter’s free throwing ability Coach Nichols stated, “We have lost three or four one or two-point games this year when our free throw shooting or overall shooting had been poor. The kids tonight hit some big shots when we were getting stops. In the fourth quarter we made about every free throw until the end. I was really proud of those guys stepping up and hitting free throws tonight!”
Final Score Dexter 75 Perryville 69
Perryville 8 13 18 30 - 69
Dexter 13 15 22 25 - 75
Perryville (69) - Grant Dix 5, Trenton Green 8, Luke Schlichting 2, Brett Schnurbusch 4, Garrett Martin 15, Colin Stief 2, Eli Tripp 7, Colin Schirmer 26. FG 24, FT 16/20, F 20. (3-pointers: Trenton Green 2, Garrett Martin 3. Fouled Out: none)Dexter (75) - Noah Kronk 9, D.J. Dowdy 18, Peyton Pollock 10, Austin Chesser 13, Ethan Flowers 12, Cole Renken 13. FG 22, FT 25/33, F 14. (3-pointers: Noah Kronk 1, Peyton Pollock 1, Austin Chesser 2, Ethan Flowers 2. Fouled Out: none)
Dexter hosts Bell City tonight, February 11th at 6:00 p.m. in the Bearcat Event Center.
"We have got to come out and play like we did tonight. There are no easy games for us," Nichols said. "Bell City will be competitive and that will be a game we will have to play well to win. It will be the last county game so our kids should be excited playing at home. We hope to have a good effort."
Congratulations Bearcats on your win! Dexter is now 4-12 on the season.
