Advance, Missouri – The Dexter Middle School 8^th grade volleyball team ended their season winning the SCAA Volleyball Championship against the Bloomfield Wildcats on Tuesday evening in Advance.

The #1 seeded Lady Cats defeated #3 seeded Lady Wildcats 25-20, 25-20 for the 8^th grade title. 

Dexter finished their season with a record of 18-1.

Shown in the photo are the Lady Cats with their first-place plaque:  #8 Kelby Hill, #9 Jerrica Porter, #10 Natalie Size, #12 Emily Smith, #14 Jayden Northcutt, #16 Maci McBride, #33 Anna Bishop, #18 Hallie Keathley, #19 Keirstan Keirsey, #20 Maycie Martin, #24 Rylee Allen, and #25 Chaylea Mosby.

Melissa Hahn and Kacey Christian coach Dexter.

Pictured below are the Bloomfield 8^th grade volleyball team with their second-place plaque:  #2 Laura Stickles, #13 Tyrah Hartle, #15 Creylee Huddleston, #16 Lillie Sherfield, #21 Lilly Warrick, #24 Bailey Below, #25 Haley Persfull, and #27 Sydney Mayo.

Sherilyn Long coaches Bloomfield.

Advance, Missouri – It was quite the battle between the Dexter Lady Cats and the Bernie Lady Mules 7^th grade volleyball teams at the SCAA Volleyball Championship on Tuesday evening in Advance.

The #1 seeded Bernie earned the top prize by defeated the #2 seeded Dexter 25-18, 25-23.

Pictured is the Bernie 7^th Grade Volleyball Championship photo are:  #1 Nia Walker, #5 Alivia Cobb, #6 Haylee Robinette, #11 Sidney Cobb, #12 Taylor Anthony, #15 Cassidy Freed, #19 Cheyenne Hooten, and #20 Emily Sheehan.  Also pictured is Bernie coach Erin Hoffman.

The 7^th grade Dexter Bearcats finish the season with a record of 15-2.

Pictured below is the Dexter 7^th grade volleyball team with their second-place plaque:  #1 Colby Christian, #2 Emily Jarrell, #6 Margo Nea, #7 Alexa Werneck, #11 Blair Rogers, #13 Madilyn Hampton, #15 Sydney Patrick, #21 Madeline Parker, #23 Kelsey Carrier, #26 Annie Slaton, #27 Maddie Slaton, and #29 Audrey Lutmer.

Dexter is coached by Melissa Hahn and Kacey Christian.

Poplar Bluff, Missouri – The Dexter golf team took 7^th place at the Poplar Bluff Invitation on Monday finishing with a team score of 342.

Ethan Stevens earned the low score for the Bearcats with a 78.  Drake Mitchell finished with a score of 84.  Gavin White had 83, River Chism 97, and Ethan Maul finished with a score of 97.

Poplar Bluff won the top spot with a team score of 300.  Lafayette was second with a team score of 312, Notre Dame finished third with a score of 314.

View complete team and individual results below:

Team Scores: 1. Poplar Bluff 300; 2. Lafayette 312; 3. Notre Dame 314; 4. Parkway South 315; 5. Fox 331; 6. Jackson 333; 7. Dexter 342; 8. Cape Central 362; 9. Bloomfield 373; 10. Caruthersville 378; 11. Sikeston 384; 12. Advance 385; 13. Clearwater 388; 14. Kennett 393; 15. PB Maroon 407; 16. Doniphan 437; 17. Malden 463; 18. New Madrid Central 596.

Top Individual Scores (Par 71): 1. Nick Woolard, Poplar Bluff, 68; 2. Jack Litzelfelner, Notre Dame, 70; 3. Nathan Woolard, Poplar Bluff 74; 4. Brett Darland, Parkway South, 75; 5t. Drew Faust, Parkway South, 76; Riley Katsev, Lafayette, 76; Kobe Franklin, Cape Central, 76; 8t. Tyler Norton, Poplar Bluff, 77; Hunter Asher, Jackson, 77; Dillon Eaton, Lafayette, 77; Conrad Maloney, Lafayette, 77; Jonathan Bell, Notre Dame, 77.

Bloomfield’s Andrew Northern finished with a 91, Peyton Bell 84, Hunter Frymire 105, Sean Finney 96, and Justin Zink 102.

Bloomfield's Golf Team will play at home on Thursday against NMCC and Doniphan.  Game time is 4:00 p.m.

Dexter's Golf Team will play Wednesday at home against Sikeston and Cape Central.

Jackson, Missouri – The Dexter High School Track and Field team participated in the Jackson High School Invitational on Saturday, April 11^th. 

The Dexter Bearcats Women’s track and field team finished 4^th overall with 19 events being scored.  Jackson earned first place in team rankings with Poplar Bluff second and Cape Central third.

MaKayla Waldner, a junior, at Dexter High School is having a great season.  She broke a State record this weekend in the 300 Hurdles.  She ran a 43.32.  The previous record was 43.90.

Waldner also broke two school records and a meet record during Saturday’s Invitational.

She also broke the DHS record for both the 100 meter hurdles and 300 meter hurdles and of course the Jackson Invitation Track Meet in the 300 meter hurdles.  Congratulations on your State Record!!

Several athletes placed in the top 8 spots.  Below are the results.

MaKayla Waldner, junior, 1^st Place in Girls 100 Meter Dash

Amber Cage, freshman, 7^th Place Girls 200 Meter Dash

Julia Hahn, junior, 6^th place Girls 400 Meter Dash

Amber Cage, freshman, 8^th Place Girls 400 Meter Dash

Kelsi Wood, senior, 6^th Place Girls 800 Meter Run

Emily Ladd, freshman, 4^th Place Girls 3200 Meter Run

MaKayla Waldner, junior, 2^nd Place Girls 100 Meter Hurdles

MaKayla Waldner, junior, 1^st Place Girls 300 Meter Hurdles

Amber Cage, Rhylan Hillis, Paige Moore, freshmen, and Julia Hahn, junior, 4^th Place Girls 4x100 Meter Relay

Paige Moore, Amber Cage, freshmen, Emily Page, sophomore, and Julia Hahn, junior, 3^rd Place Girls 4x200 Meter Relay

Hailey Anderson and Carly Dean, sophomores, Julia Hahn, junior, and Kelsi Wood, senior, 6^th Place Girls 4x400 Meter Relay

Hailey Anderson and Carly Dean, sophomores, Kelsi Wood, senior, and Emily Ladd, freshman, 4^th Place Girls 4x800 Meter Relay

Rhylan Hillis, freshman, 8^th Place Girls High Jump

MaKayla Waldner, junior, 1^st Place Girls Long Jump

Reagan Miller, sophomore, 8^th Place Girls Triple Jump

Madelyn Webb, freshman, 5^th Place Girls Shot Put

Advance, Missouri - The middle school SCAA Volleyball Tournament will commence tonight in Advance beginning at 4:30 p.m. with the 7th grade third place game.

The  #1 seed Bernie Lady Mules will take on the #2 seed Dexter Lady Cats at 7:00 p.m. in the 7th grade championship game.  The 8th grade games begins at 8:15 p.m. between the top-seeded Dexter Lady Cats and the #3 seeded Bloomfield Lady Wildcats!

Below are the results from the SCAA Tournament

7th Grade Quarterfinals (Saturday)

5. Woodland def. 4. Bloomfield (25-15, 25-17)

2. Dexter def. 7. Richland (25-6, 25-6)

3. Advance def. 6 Bell City (25-7, 24-26, 25-8)

7th Grade Semifinals (Monday)

1. Bernie def. 5. Woodland (25-19, 25-22)

2. Dexter def. 3. Advance (20-25, 25-19, 25-17)

8th Grade Quarterfinals (Saturday)

1. Dexter def. 8. Bell City (25-9, 25-3)

4. Bernie def. 5. Woodland (26-24, 25-17)

2. Advance def. 7. Puxico (25-7, 25-14)

3. Bloomfield def. 6. Richland (25-16, 25-6)

8th Grade Semifinals (Monday)

1. Dexter def. 4. Bernie (16-25, 25-21, 25-23)

3. Bloomfield def. 2. Advance (25-18, 25-19)

Tuesday, April 14th Schedule:

7th Grade 3rd: 3. Advance vs. 5. Woodland, 4:30 p.m.

8th Grade 3rd: 2. Advance vs. 4. Bernie 5:45 p.m.

7th Grade Final: 1. Bernie vs. 2. Dexter, 7 p.m.

8th Grade Final: 1. Dexter vs. 3. Bloomfield, 8:15 p.m.