Dexter, Missouri - It proved true that cats don’t like water! The Malden Green Wave all but sank the JV Cats on Monday at Charles Bland Stadium. They defeated the Bearcats 42-6.
Green Wave scored three touchdowns in the first nine minutes of the game adding two more in the second quarter for a 34-0 lead at halftime.
Dexter scored their only touchdown in the 4th quarter with just 3:25 left in the game. Kris Rinehart ran the ball seven yards to put 6 points on the board.
Caleb Hoggard paced the Bearcats with eight carries for 48 yards. Kris Rinehart tallied four carries for 21 yards and Jett Featherston had seven carries for 23 yards.
Ben Sindle passed for 35 yards for the Bearcats. Braxton Foster caught a 21 yard pass and Jeff Featherston caught a 14 yard pass.
Final Score Malden 42, Dexter 6
Malden 22 12 8 10 - 42
Dexter 0 0 0 0 - 6
First Quarter – Malden’s Trey Stevenson ran 38 yards to score with 8:31 left in the first quarter. (conversion good for 2) Malden’s Trey Stevenson ran 56 yards for a touchdown with 4:02 left in the first quarter. (conversion failed) Malden’s Trey Stevenson ran 23 yards for a touchdown with 52 seconds left in the first quarter. (conversion good for 2) 22-0 Malden
Second Quarter - Malden’s Tye Miller ran 7 yards for a touchdown with 35 left in the 2nd quarter (conversion failed). Malden’s Tye Miller ran 45 yards with 8 seconds left in the 2nd quarter (conversion failed). 34-0 Malden
Third Quarter – Tray Stevenson ran 54 yards for a touchdown with 3:16 left in the 3rd quarter (conversion good). 42-0 Malden
Fourth Quarter – Dexter’s Kris Rinehart ran 7 yards for a touchdown with 3:25 left in the game. (conversion failed) 42-6 Malden
The JV Bearcats will be back in action at Charles Bland Stadium when they host the Poplar Bluff JV Mules. Game time 6:00 p.m.
Shown in the photo Dexter Bearcat #44 Jett Featherston.
Dexter, Missouri - The junior varsity Lady Cats volleyball team came from behind in the third set to defeat the Kennett JV Indians 25-10, 20-25, 25-18 in their first game of the season.
“Coach Pulley has done an amazing job with those girls,” Morgan said of the JV team. “We’ve got some short little girls and we have also got two girls out.”
“One girl will be back on Thursday night and the other next week so once we get to add that in we have got three sophomores out on the floor and they will do a great job,” continued Morgan.
“Maci Daniels and Megan Trout have stepped up and provided so much leadership on the floor, and there is such an improvement in those girls from last year,” stated Morgan. “I think we will be OK, but we have some short girls and they hung in there and got the job done tonight!”
The JV Volleyball team (1-0) will be back in action on Thursday when they host Jackson at the Bearcat Event Center. Game time is 6:00 p.m.
Shown in the photo is sophomore Megan Trout.
Dexter, Missouri - The defending 2014 District Champions took to the court at the home opener against Kennett and proved their competitiveness as one of the leading volleyball teams in southeast Missouri.
The Lady Varsity Cats hammered out 21 kills in their two sets against the Lady Indians defeating them 25-11, 25-12.
“We did pretty well once we settled down,” commented Dexter’s head volleyball coach Carmen Morgan. “At the very beginning we looked nervous and I knew they were going to be that way even though they said they weren’t.”
“When you tense up your muscles that doesn’t work well so our passes killed us at the very start of the game. We weren’t passing and we are a pretty good passing team for the most part. After they relaxed their shoulders and muscles a little bit and started calling the ball they started doing what they could do,” continued Morgan. "We missed five serves and that’s not something we like to do. We want to get that cleaned up, but all-around they did well for their first game and I was not unhappy at all.”
Krysten Garrison tallied a team-high seven kills for Dexter. Lexie Barnes recorded five kills and Addie Kruse added four kills. Kendall Adams scored three kills and Julia Hahn recorded two kills.
Hannah Thurmon earned herself three blocks.
Garrison and Bailey Williams each had 11 assists.
“Everybody can hit on this team,” Morgan said. “That’s the nice thing. You can tell we have some height. Hannah Thurmon is tall and puts up a formidable block. Krysten Garrison and Addie Kruse both have height and then you’ve got some smaller girls like Lexi Barnes and Julia Hahn that jump high. Kendall Adams and Janie Lindsey also have good height. I said at the beginning this team is well-rounded and that’s what it takes. Everybody has learned to rely on each other and that’s important. I also have a couple of sophomore setters doing a good job.”
The Lady Cats (1-0) will return on Thursday night at the Bearcat Event Center when they host the Jackson Lady Indians. Game time is 6:00 p.m.
“Jackson is always a tough opponent,” Morgan stated. “I really haven’t taken the time to look to see how many they graduated. I do know they graduated some good girls, but it seems to me like they had a pretty good JV last year, so we will have a tough go of it, but that’s what we want.”
Shown in the photo is senior Brittany Brown.
Charleston, Missouri - The Lady Bearcats tennis team improved their record to 2-0 on Tuesday afternoon defeating Charleston 9-0 on the road.
Dexter’s Alexis May defeated Nyla Murray 8-0 in the #1 varsity singles match.
Macy Urhahn beat Charleston’s Coreyanna Frazier 8-0 in the #2 singles match.
Nicole Sells beat Cameron Wince 8-0 in the #3 varsity singles match.
Rachel Singh defeated Shantaria Bigham 8-0 in the #4 varsity singles match.
Kalee Howard beat Ashonta Keyerra Whitney 8-1 in the #5 varsity singles match.
Reagan Miller defeated Savannah Wilkerson 8-0 in the #6 singles match.
In doubles matches, Lexi May/Macy Urhahn beat Wince/Bigham 8-0 in the #1 varsity match.
Nicole Sells/Rachel Singh beat Whitney/Wilkerson 8-0 in the #2 varsity doubles match.
Kalee Howard/Reagan Miller beat Frazier/Zakyrah Curtis 8-0 in the #3 varsity doubles match.
The Lady Cats played the Bluejays to a 3-3 tie in the junior varsity action.
Morgan Aldridge of Dexter won her JV singles match 6-0. She also won her varsity doubles match 6-0 with partner Abby Dorton.
Kirsten Teffertiller and Hannah Bien won their junior varsity doubles match 7-6.
Dexter will be back in action on Thursday, August 27th at 4:00 p.m. when they travel to Cape Central.
Shown in the photo is Alexis May of Dexter. Photo provided by Kevin Pritchett, KPKronicle.
Bloomfield, Missouri - At 10:30 a.m., Saturday, August 29, Phil Dixon, author of several books about the Negro Baseball League and co-founder of the Negro League Baseball Museum in Kansas City, MO, will speak at the Stars and Stripes Museum/Library about the Kansas City Monarchs. Mr. Dixon’s ”Monarchs in Our Hometown” tour is taking him to cities and towns where the Monarchs once played league and exhibition games between 1920 and 1965.
Dexter is one of the towns that the Monarchs played exhibition games when they challenged the Dexter Red Sox. Some of the Red Sox’s team members during the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s were: Joel Brown, "Lefty" Harness, Gene Nichols, Matt Edwards, Perry Daniel, Charles Hart, Cletus Dodge, Dal Daniel, Clyde Martin, Zip Kruse, Dick Martin, John Hart, Yeuell Hall, Grundy Turlington, Mason Poinset and John Pritchett.
In 1940, the Monarchs won the Negro American League title following unforgettable outings from Satchel Paige, Jackie Robinson and Booker McDaniels. McDaniels started the game in Dexter and eventually held out for the win.
“My mission is to educate people about the goodwill and positive race relations the league and its players generated, and to ensure that future generations know of the important role Kansas City’s Monarchs played in baseball history; history that was often made right in their hometowns,” said Dixon. “I believe the audiences feel my passion, dedication and commitment to the history I convey. Today, more than ever, I understand how African-American players lived and traveled – the sacrifice they made to play baseball. Perhaps everyone I’ve touched does also.”
This presentation will be of interest to baseball fans of all ages.
