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Dexter, Missouri - For those of you who are missing Bearcat Basketball, you’ll be in for a real treat as the Rib City Shootout returns this summer.
This will be the 5th year for the Shootout and it is now the premier summer event for basketball teams in the region. According to Chad Allen more than 350 teams are expected to compete this summer from at least 5 different states on the courts in the Bearcat Event Center, Middle School, High School, or at the Southwest Elementary School. They have available 7 courts on the Dexter school campus.
The dates for the 2014 Rib City Shootouts have been released and will be held in Dexter, Missouri.
The boys varsity, junior varsity and middle school basketball shootouts will take place on June 6th & 7th, June 19th & 20th, and again on July 11th & 12th.
The girls varsity, junior varsity, and middle school basketball shootouts will take place on May 30th & 31st, June 13th & 14th, and July 18th & 19th.
The only volleyball shootout will be held on June 26th & 27th.
The Rib City Shootout was developed in 2010 to provide athletes a setting in which to compete and improve during the off-season. These shootouts were created as an inexpensive way for varsity, junior varsity and middle school teams to experience a beneficial off-season developmental opportunity. Each team will play a minimum of six games with eight games possible.
Got to their website www.ribcityshootout.com to learn more about these awesome two-day events.
For more information contact Dexter varsity girls basketball coach Chad Allen at ribcityshootout@gmail.com or at 573-421-4571.
This year they have added three-day All Star Fundamental Individual Camps run by some of the area’s leading coaches at Dexter on July 14th – 16th and at Farmington on June 23rd – 25th.
Coaches participating in the three-day camps are Darin Scott of Jackson High School, Brad Botsch of Bernie High School, Jim Vaughan of Kennett High School, Chad Allen of Dexter High School, Louis Bell of Clearwater High School, and Dusty Dinkins of South Iron High School.
For a brochure click HERE.
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Dexter, Missouri – It was senior night for the boys baseball team. Austin Aldridge picked up the win for the Bearcats as they defeated the Sikeston Bulldogs 6 – 3.
“It’s always good to get a win against Sikeston,” stated head baseball coach Brian Becker. “Especially with it being so close to the district seed meeting. I am so proud of all my players. They beat a very good team today.”
Dexter rallied in the 3rd inning to propel to a 4- 1 lead. Another run in the fourth and one in the fifth secured their victory over the dogs.
“Austin Aldridge got us going with a base hit to lead off the 3rd inning,” commented head baseball coach Brian Becker. “Any time we can get production from the lower part of the line-up it’s a bonus. D.J. came up with a huge hit to put us ahead. Once we got up, we never looked back.”
Sikeston’s first run came in the second inning and they were able to score only two more runs in the fifth inning. Gavin O’Brien took the loss.
D.J. Dowdy, Austin Aldridge, and Dalton Manuel each tallied two hits.
Five seniors are graduating from the Bearcats team this year. “I am proud of all of them. They all contributed to our win tonight,” continued Becker. “It’s been a rough year as far as injuries. Until recently there hasn’t been a game this season that the seniors have been healthy enough to be on the field all together at the same time. This is a great group of boys and they will be greatly missed.”
Final Score Sikeston 3 Dexter 6
Sikeston 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 - 3
Dexter 1 0 3 1 1 0 x - 6
WP-Austin Aldridge. LP-Gavin O'Brien. Multiple hitters: (Sikeston) Doug Still 2-3, Blake Wolferding 2-3; (Dexter) D.J. Dowdy 2-3, Dalton Manuel 2-4, Austin Aldridge. 2B - (S) Wolferding, Colton Hampton.
Dexter plays Portageville at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, afternoon, weather permitting in Portageville.
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Farmington, Missouri – The Class 3, District 1 Golf Tournament was held at Crown Pointe Golf Club in Farmington, Missouri on Monday. Four Dexter Bearcats finished in the Top 25.
Ethan Stevens finished 8th with a round of 12-over-par 84. Austin Chesser finished 18th at 16-over-par 88. Myles Urhahn finished 23rd with a 17-over-par 89 and Drake Mitchell finished 24th with 18-over-par 90.
Congratulations to the Dexter Bearcats as they qualified for the State Sectional Tournament that will be held on Monday, May 12th at Quail Creek Golf Club in St. Louis, Missouri.
Dexter finished forth in the team competition with a score of 351. Only the top two teams qualified for the state sectional team competition. They were Notre Dame and Farmington.
Photo provided by Ann Marie Mitchell. Thank you!
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Farmington, Missouri – The Class 3, District 1 Golf Tournament was held at Crown Pointe Golf Club in Farmington, Missouri on Monday. Four Dexter Bearcats finished in the Top 25.
Ethan Stevens finished 8th with a round of 12-over-par 84. Austin Chesser finished 18th at 16-over-par 88. Myles Urhahn finished 23rd with a 17-over-par 89 and Drake Mitchell finished 24th with 18-over-par 90.
Congratulations to the Dexter Bearcats as they qualified for the State Sectional Tournament that will be held on Monday, May 12th at Quail Creek Golf Club in St. Louis, Missouri.
Dexter finished forth in the team competition with a score of 351. Only the top two teams qualified for the state sectional team competition. They were Notre Dame and Farmington.
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Dexter, Missouri – The Dexter baseball team could be named the come-back kids as they have come from behind in several games this year to win. On Wednesday, Cape Central led in the first four innings scoring 4 runs.
It was Bearcat senior, Cody Neldon, who went to the plate with the winning run on third base. “Cape’s coach went out to the mound to talk to his pitcer,” commented head baseball coach Brian Becker. “That's when I had the opportunity to talk to Cody and said ‘squeeze or drive the ball?’ He said ‘drive the ball’ and I said ‘all right drive it’. I left it in his hands and he did a great job keeping his end of the bargain.”
Cody Neldon hit a two-run homer putting Dexter on top 7-5! Way to go Cody! He just recently came off the injury list due to a knee injury and has only played a couple of games this season. Over the weekend he was voted as the SEMO Conference Comeback Player of the Year.
“Having him healthy makes our team a different animal,” commented Becker. “He patrols centerfield as well as anybody in the state even after two surgeries. He gets a great read off the ball and goes and makes plays. I would have loved to have had him these past two seasons for a full season. Unfortunately, that’s the way it is with high school sports. You have to deal with injuries and adversities and I couldn’t be more happy for the kid to comeback and do what he has done.”
The Bearcats later added another run in the sixth. Jason Mattison #7 completed the game and earned the win. He allowed only seven hits and struck out six.
“We started out slow at the plate,” said Becker. “Their pitcher did a good job of mixing his pitches up and keeping us off-balance, but the later in the game we got the better we looked at home plate. That’s a positive sign and I am proud of my guys for coming back and winning the ballgame.”
Final Score Dexter 8 Cape Central 5
Cape Central 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 - 5
Dexter 0 0 0 0 4 4 x - 8
WP-Jason Mattison. LP-Josh Morse. HR - Cody Neldon (D). 2B - Colton Averett (D), Matt Chism (C), Trevor Propst (C). Multiple hits - Dexter: Averett 2-4.
Shown in the photo above is Cody Nelson hitting his two-run homer!
