Bloomfield, Missouri – The #3 ranked Bloomfield Wildcats defeated the #6 seeded Cooter 60-32 in the boys Class 2, District 1 basketball tournament.
“Good effort defensively for us tonight,” commented Bloomfield head basketball coach Jason Karnes. “We knew Cooter had some guys who could really score the basketball and thought we did a good job checking shots and rebounding.“
Noah Vandiver paced the Wildcats with a game-high 14 points including one trey. Austin Bond recorded 12 points and Tyler Battles finished with 11 points. Nathan Newell hit one 3-pointer for Bloomfield.
Bloomfield scored in double digits in each of the four periods. Cooter was held to single digits in the first three quarters.
“Offensively was a little sluggish early, but got some rhythm as we went along,” continued Karnes.
Bloomfield will face Bernie in the semifinal game on Thursday evening at 7:15 p.m.
“We will face an excellent Bernie team on Thursday, and need a good day of preparation tomorrow to get ready to compete at a high level against them on Thursday,” stated Karnes.
Final score #3 Bloomfield 60, #6 Cooter 32
Cooter 6 6 7 13 - 32
Bloomfield 12 19 18 11 - 60
Cooter (32) – Kyler Barnes 6, Tyler McLevain 7, Jace Murphy 7, Cole Crowder 6, Riley Hickerson 6. FG 12, FT 6/10, F 22. (3-pointers: Barnes 1, Mcevain 1. Foulded Out: None).
Bloomfield (60) – Caleb Pulley 2, Tim Hector 2, Peyton Bell 3, Nathan Newell 5, Austin Bond 12, Tyler Battles 11, Noah Vandiver 14. FG 16, FT 15/19, F 11. (3-pointers: Vandiver 1, Newell 1. Fouled Out: None).
Bloomfield, Missouri – The Class 2, District 1 boys basketball Tournament finally got under way on Tuesday evening at Bloomfield.
The #2 seeded Bernie Mules defeated the #7 seeded Holcomb in a very convincing victory. Final score 60-40.
Caleb Ellenburg scored first for the Mules. He earned two buckets at the charity stripe.
The Mules were able to jump out and lead 13-2 in the first period before Holcomb could answer with a couple of buckets. By half-time Bernie lead 26-10. They continued to score double digits in each of the four quarters with the #13 being the magic number for three periods.
Ellenburg paced the Mules with a game-high 28 points including two 3-pointers. Brandon Sparks also finished in double digits scoring 15 points including 3 treys.
Holcomb’s Preston Sikes finished with 11 points including one 3-pointer. He was the only Hornet’s athlete to score in double digits. Skyler Johnson hit one trey.
Bernie will now face Bloomfield in the semifinal game slated to begin around 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, February 26th. The other semifinal game is between top-seeded Scott County Central and #4 seeded South Pemiscot. That game begins at 6:00 p.m.
Final Score #2 Bernie 60, #7 Holcomb 40
Holcomb 4 6 14 16 - 40
Bernie 13 13 21 13 - 60
Holcomb (40) – Skyler Johnson 5, Jorden Massey 8, Zach Bridges 2, Preston Sikes 11, Jacob Adkins 2, Dustin Black 3, Chance Davis 4, Ben Vance 5. FG 17, FT 4/7, F 16. (3-pointers: Johnson 1, Sikes 1. Fouled Out: None).
Bernie (60) – Matt Vernon 8, Login Wood 3, Brandon Sparks 15, Caleb Ellenburg 28, Gavin Smith 2, Trey Kirkpatrick 2, Gavin Brown 2. FG 21, Ft 12/14, F 10. (3-pointers: Sparks 3, Ellenburg 2, Wood 1. Fouled Out: None).
Jackson, Missouri – The Dexter Lady ‘Cats basketball team traveled to Jackson on Monday evening and were defeated by the Lady Indians by a score of 60 – 45.
Dexter came out strong in the first period leading the Indians. Jackson scored five unanswered points in the beginning of the second period to move ahead and lead the rest of the half. At the end of the first period Dexter lead by one point 9-8.
In the second quarter the Jackson Indians outscored Dexter putting them in contention for the win. At the half Jackson lead by four 17-13.
Krysten Garrison paced the Lady Cats with 13 points.
Melanie McKuin and Cheyenne Mosby each finished in double digits adding 11 points each to the scoreboard.
Garrison hit three treys and McKuin added one 3-pointer.
Dexter (14-9) will conclude their regular season on Thursday at Sikeston. The Lady ‘Cats are seeded first with Sikeston seeded second in the Class 4, District 1 Girls Basketball Tournament.
In junior varsity action the Lady Indians defeated Dexter 35-18. Cheyenne Mosby recorded 6 points for the Bearcats.
Final Score Jackson 60, Dexter 45
Dexter 9 13 17 6 - 45
Jackson 8 17 22 13 - 60
Columbia, Missouri – Ethan Steven, junior, at Dexter High School finished fourth at the 85th MSHSAA State Wrestling Tournament in Columbia on Saturday.
Stevens lost by fall (1:12) to Reed Springs junior Broden Lemaster in a championship quarterfinal on Friday. He went on to win by decision (6-4) against Owensville senior Christopher Dolles in a second-round wrestleback match late Friday.
On Saturday, Stevens won by decision (5-2) over Ste. Genevieve junior Wyatt Hahn in his third-round wrestleback match. Stevens then lost to Lemaster by decision (8-3) in the 170 lb weight class.
Ethan Stevens finishes his season with a record of 35-2.
"Ethan had a very good season finishing with a 35-2 record. Went into the State undefeated and lost to Jr. Broden Lemaster of Reeds Springs (38-3) twice, once in the quarterfinals matchup and then again in the 3rd/4th place match up," stated Dexter Wrestling Coach James Sneed.
"As the season progressed Ethan started to wrestle a little conservative, I don't know if it was the pressure of being undefeated or what, but when Ethan wrestles his match he is very hard to beat," continued Sneed. "Ethan has great hips and a very good wizzer that makes it almost impossible to score on him. Looking for him to take the next step as a Senior and be in the finals, I know that is his and my goal for him next year."
Bloomfield, Missouri – The Class 2, District 1 boys basketball tournament was supposed to begin on Saturday, but Mother Nature changed all that! Beginning Tuesday, February 24th Scott County Central seeded #1 will take on the Chaffee Red Devils at 4:00 p.m.
At 5:15 p.m. #4 seeded South Pemiscot will take on #5 Campbell. #2 seeded Bernie Mules will play #7 seeded Holcomb at 6:30 p.m. Bloomfield seeded #3 will play #6 Cooter at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday.
Semifinals are pushed back to 6 p.m. and 7:15 p.m. Thursday. The title game, originally slated for Thursday, will be played at 7:15 p.m. on Friday.
