Dexter, Missouri - It's that time of year when the Lady Cats host their annual Swing Pink softball tournament to raise money for 18FORE Life.  The schedule has been released and all the fun begins out at the softball park in Dexter on Saturday morning.  There are 16 teams scheduled to compete.

This will be the 4^th annual Swing Pink.  The 3^rd annual however was rained out.  All proceeds from the Swing Pink Tournament will got to the Ben Kruse 18 FORE Life Foundation, a local organization dedicated to helping families who are battling cancer. 

The 18 FORE Life originated in 2000, when four friends got together an decided it would be fun to raise some money for a good cause by hosting a golf tournament. In 2002, love offerings were sent out for the first time to families all over Southeast Missouri battling cancer and in need of love, hope, and encouragement.

After losing Ben Kruse in 2004, the event grew into much more than a golf tournament.  The phrase Celebrate/Give/Remember was coined and guided the efforts of organizers, sponsors, volunteers and golfers as hundreds gathered for the 2005 event and over $100,000 was raised.  To date they have given over one million dollars in love offerings.

The Lady Cats raised over $4,300 in their first year and placed third in the tournament of eight teams. 

In 2013 the girls once again placed third and raised $3,800 with twelve teams participating. 

The 2014 Swing Pink was rained out however teams did donate their entry fees to 18 FORE Life.

Sixteen teams will compete: No. 1 seeded West County takes on No. 8 seeded Charleston, No. 4 seeded Dexter takes on No. 5 seeded Southland, No. 3 seeded Neelyville takes on No. 6 seeded East Prairie and No. 2 seeded Van Buren takes on No. 7 seeded Senath-Hornersville Saturday at 9 a.m in Bracket B. The semifinals for Bracket B are at 1 p.m. and the Bracket B championship is at 5 p.m.

No. 1 seeded Naylor takes on No. 8 seeded South Pemiscot, No. 4 seeded Advance takes on No. 5 seeded Winona, No. 3 seeded Clearwater takes on No. 6 seeded Holcomb and No. 2 seeded Scott City takes on No. 7 seeded Bloomfield Saturday at 11 a.m. in Bracket A. The semifinals for Bracket A are at 3 p.m. and the Bracket A championship is at 7 p.m.

BRACKET A

11:00 a.m.

Field A  Naylor vs South Pemiscot

Field B Advance vs Winona

Field C Clearwater vs Holcomb

Field D Scott City vs Bloomfield

3:00 p.m.

Field C Winner of Naylor/S. Pemiscot and Advance/Winona

Field D Winner of Clearwater/Holcomb and Scott City/Bloomfield

7:00 p.m. Championship Game - Field C

3:00 p.m.

Field A Consolation Bracket

Field B Consolation Bracket

7:00 p.m. - Field A Consolation Bracket

BRACKET B

9:00 a.m.

Field A West County vs Charleston

Field B Dexter vs Southland

Field C Neelyville vs East Prairie

Field D Van Buren vs Senath-Hornersville

1:00 p.m.

Field C Winner of the West County/Charleston and Dexter/Southland

Field D Winner of the Neelyville/East Prairie and Van Buren/Senath-Hornersville

5:00 p.m. - Field C – Championship Game

5:00 p.m. - Field D – Third Place Bracket

Good luck to all of the teams and remember it's all for fun and to raise money for those who are battling cancer!

Dexter, Missouri – The undefeated Dexter boys tennis team defeated last season district champions the Notre Dame Bulldogs on Tuesday afternoon.

Dexter secured a 7-2 victory winning all three doubles matches and four of six of their singles matches.

In JV action Jacob Crumley secured his win over William Popp 7-5 and in doubles Will Brehmer and Logan Elder won their match 6-1.

VARSITY SINGLES 

No. 1 - Ethan Flowers (D) def. Brendan Boswell 8-5

No. 2 - Noah Kronk (D) def. John Stroup 8-5

No. 3 - Dalton Stroup (ND) def. Zach Potts 8-4

No. 4 - Joshua Kohlbaker (D) def. Jack Gerecke 8-3

No. 5 - Brooks Propst (D) def. Alex Rivas 9-7

No. 6 - Treyton Fitzgerald (ND) def. Addison Moore 8-3

VARSITY DOUBLES 

No. 1 - Flowers-Kronk (D) def. Boswell-John Stroup 9-7

No. 2 - Potts-Kohlbaker (D) def. Gerecke-Fitzgerald 9-7

No. 3 - Propst-Moore (D) def. Rivas-William Popp 8-5

JUNIOR VARSITY SINGLES

No. 1 - Jacob Crumley (D) def. William Popp 7-6 (7-5)

JUNIOR VARSITY DOUBLES

No. 1 - Collin Smith-John Story (ND) def. Jacob Crumley-Bryce Simmons 6-3

No. 2 - Will Brehmer-Logan Elder (D) def. William Gibbs-Austin Van de Ven 6-1

Dexter boys tennis will be back in action on Thursday, April 9^th when they host the Poplar Bluff Mules.

Ste. Genevieve, Missouri  – The Dexter High School track team competed at the Ste. Genevieve High School track meet on Wednesday afternoon.

Dexter came in fourth out of 12 teams competing in the girls division and tenth out of eleven teams in the boys meet.

MaKayla Waldner finished first in the 100-meter hurdles, 300-meter hurdles, and the long jump.

Below are the results for the Dexter athletes who finished din the top eight in the competitions at Ste. Genevieve

Girls Team Scores: 1. Ste. Genevieve 125; 2. Chester (Ill.) 121; 3. Notre Dame 100; 4. Dexter 69; 5. Jefferson (Festus) 50; 6. Grandview (Hillsboro) 49.5; 7. Valle Catholic 44; 8. St. Pius X (Festus) 35.5; 9. Fredericktown 25; 10. The Whitfield School 20; 11. Arcadia Valley 14; 12. Festus 11

Boys Team Scores: 1. Notre Dame 119; 2. Valle Catholic 110; 3. (tie) Fredericktown, Chester (Ill.) 98; 5. Ste. Genevieve 97; 6. The Whitfield School 39; 7. St. Pius X (Festus) 33; 8. Arcadia Valley 32; 9. Jefferson (Festus) 31; 10. Dexter 22; 11. Grandview (Hillsboro) 19

The Dexter Track athletes will be back in action on April 11th in Jackson.

Dexter, Missouri – The Dexter varsity boys tennis team braved the clouds and little rain with a 6-0 victory against Cape Central.  They improved to 3-0.

“We are off to a good start and have played well for the most part,” commented coach Kurt Lovelady.  “I know we will see all of these teams again in the coming weeks and they will be gunning for us harder next time.”

The JV Bearcats also won both their singles and doubles matches that were completed before the rain.

View results from Wednesday's Cape Central match below:

VARSITY SINGLES

No. 1 - Ethan Flowers (D) def. Caleb Ambler 8-1

No. 2 - Noah Kronk (D) def. Alex Gentle 8-3

No. 3 - Zach Potts (D) def. Bennett Kidd 8-4 

VARSITY DOUBLES

No. 1 - Flowers-Kronk (D) def. Ambler-Gentle 8-1

No. 2 - Potts-Joshua Kohlbaker (D) def. Bennett Kidd-Spencer Kidd 8-0

No. 3 - Brooks Propst-Addison Moore (D) def. Parker Outman-Noah Orr 8-1

JUNIOR VARSITY SINGLE

No. 1 - Matthew Chesser (D) def. Ethan Garnett 6-2

JUNIOR VARSITY DOUBLES

No. 1 - Jacob Crumley-Tyler Stevenson (D) def. Zachary Brock-Corby Murphy 6-3

No. 2 - Blake Bolin-Thomas Wofford (D) def. Justin Nguyen-Brad Orenstein 6-4

Dexter will return to action Tuesday, April 7th when they Notre Dame.  They defeated the defending district champions earlier in the season.  Match time 4:00 p.m.

Cape Girardeau, Missouri – The Dexter Bearcats varsity baseball team experienced a 3-1 loss on the road at Cape Central Tuesday afternoon.

The Cape Central Tigers took a 3-0 lead after earning two runs in the fourth inning and another run in the fifth inning.

The Bearcats scored their only run in the top of the sixth inning.

Chase Hagerty earned the win for Cape Central.  Jason Mattison recorded the loss for Dexter.

I thought Jason did a great job today," commented Dexter coach Brian Becker.  "He didn't give up a hit until the 4th inning.  Runs were hard to come by today and that's a credit to how well both pitchers threw."

"We scored in the top of the 6th on a leadoff single by Colton Averett,"  continued Becker. 

Jason Mattison then hit a slow roller which pulled the third baseman in.  No one covered third on the play and Colton was able to advance from first to third because their players were out of position. 

"It was a heads up play by Colton to get into scoring position," stated Becker.  "He later scored on a sacrifice fly to right by Chandler Young."

Dexter defeated Doniphan 5-0 in their season opener, lost to Malden on the road 18-7 and won at home against Kennett 16-12.

Dexter (2-2) will return to action on Thursday when they host Neelyville.