Puxico, Missouri - The SCAA middle school boys basketball tournaments are set for tonight at the Arnold Ryan Gym in Puxico.  Championship games begin at 6:30 p.m.

Second seeded Puxico Indians 7^th grade team will play #4 seeded Bloomfield Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. for 3^rd Place. 

Advance seeded #5 will face-off with #6 seeded Puxico at 5:15 p.m. in the 8^th grade third place game. 

Top seeded Dexter 7^th grade Bearcats are slated to play the #3 seeded Bernie Mules beginning at 6:30 p.m. 

The #1 seeded Dexter 8^th grade Cats will play #2 seeded Bernie Mules at approximately 8:00 p.m.

On Monday evening the top seeded Dexter 7^th grade boys basketball team defeated the #4 seeded Bloomfield Wildcats 43-12 in semifinal action. 

Jackson Allen led the Cats with 15 points.  He tallied all of his points on five 3-pointers!

Ryder Boles added 9 points for Dexter including one 3-pointer.

Ryan Collier hit one trey for the Bearcats. 

Parker Heaton, Colton Hyslop, and Lane Bader each recorded four points for the Bloomfield Wildcats.

Final Score 7^th Grade Dexter 43, Bloomfield 12

Bloomfield     4    4      4    0  -  12

Dexter           14    4    17   8   - 43

Bloomfield (12) – Parker Heaton 4, Colton Hyslop 4, Lane Bader 4.  FG 6, FT 0/0, F 10. (3-pointers:  None, Fould Out: None)

Dexter (43) – Ryder Boles 9, Andrew Ellinghouse 5, Carter Dorton 4, Peyton Driskill 1, Ryan Collier 3, Jackson Allen 15, Riley Slusher 6.  FG 16, FT 4/10, F 7. (3-pointers: Jackson Allen 5, Ryan Collier 1, Ryder Boles 1.  Fouled Out: None).

In 8^th grade semifinal action the top seeded Dexter Bearcats defeated #5 seeded Advance 50 – 18 on Monday.

Brodie Pollock recorded a team-high 18 points for the Bearcats. 

Jack Scruggs and Logan Wyman each added 10 points for Dexter.

Joseph Eaton led Advance with 7 points.

Final Score  8^th Grade Dexter 50, Advance 18

Advance      6     5      0    7  -  18

Dexter       16   12   13    9  -  50

Advance (18) – Jack Below 2, Hunter Curtis 4, Joseph Eaton 7, Zach Simms 1, Hunter Clifton 2, Bridon McClelland 2.  FG 8, FT 2/4, F 8.  (3-pointers: None, Fouled Out: None).

Dexter (50) – Jack Scruggs 10, Logan Wyman 10, Spencer Warren 2, Haden Hillis 4, Garrett Henson 6, Brodie Pollock 18.  FG 23, FT 4/11, F 0. (3-pointers: None.  Fouled Out: None).

Shown in the photo is Haden Hillis of Dexter shooting a free-throw.

Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter High School held their annual Fall Sports Recognition Program Thursday, November 5, 2015 at the high school auditorium.

Athletes competing in Football, Cross Country, Cheerleading, Girls Tennis, and Volleyball were recognized during the event.

Tyler Stevenson received the Charles Bland Award presented by Jason Comfort.   He also received the Lineman of the Year Award.  He had 54 tackles, 7 tackles for a loss, one fumble recovery, two sacks, and two pass breakups.  He was also the only senior that started on the young offensive line.

Ethan Stevens received the Most Valuable Back Award and the MPV Award for football.  He tallied 1,285 yards passing and 1,968 yards rushing for a total of 3,253 yards of offense this season.  He threw 10 touchdowns passes and rushed for 31 touchdowns.  Stevens set the single season school record for most points scored in a season, most total yards in a season and most rushing yards in a season at Dexter High School.

Jake Adams received the Defensive MVP Award.  He had 67 tackles and 8 tackles for a loss as the middle linebacker position this season.

In volleyball, Brittany Brown received the Defensive Player of the Year Award.  She tallied a team-high 250 digs.

Krysten Garrison received the Most Kills Award.  She recorded a team-high 295 kills.

Hannah Thurmon received the Most Block Kill Award.

Bailee Williams received the Most Assists Award tallying 353 assists.

In Girls Tennis, Rachel Singh received the Most Singles Wins Award.  She finished the season with a singles record of 9-5.

Lexi May received the Most Doubles Wins Award.  She completed the season with a doubles record of 10-4.

Macy Urhahn received the MVP Award for girls tennis.  She finished with 17 total wins and a doubles record of 12-5.

In Cross Country Emily Ladd received the Most outstanding Female Runner Award. 

Jordan Wood was selected as the Most Outstanding Male Runner in cross country.

Shown in the photo from left to right front row are: Macy Urhahn, Krysten Garrison, Tyler Stevenson, Bailee Williams, and Brittany Brown.  Back row from left to right: Lexi May, Jordan Wood, Ethan Stevens, and Rachel Singh.  Not pictured were Hannah Thurmon, Emily Ladd, and Jake Adams.

Puxico, Missouri - The 7th and 8th grade boys basketball schedule has been released for the Puxico Junior High Tournament.

The eight-team tournaments take place November 14th - 17th at Puxico.  Teams playing in the tournament are Dexter, Richland, Advance Bernie, Bloomfield, Woodland, Bell City and Puxico.

Dexter has earned the #1 seed in both the 7th grade bracket and 8th grade bracket and have a bye on Saturday, November 14th.

In 8th grade action #4 Richland will play #5 Advance at 10:15 a.m. on Saturday.  #2 Bernie will play #7 Bloomfield at 9:00 a.m. and #3 Woodland will play #6 Puxico at 11:30 a.m.  Games will be played at both the Puxico Activity Center and the Arnold Ryan Gym.

In 7th grade action #4 Bloomfield will play #5 Bell City at 10:15 a.m..  #2 Puxico will play #7 Woodland at 9:00 a.m. and #3 Bernie will play #6 Advance at 11:30 a.m.

Dexter 8th grade team will play the winner of the Richland vs Advance game on Monday, November 16th at 6:30 p.m. 

Dexter 7th grade team will play the winner of the Bloomfield vs bell City game at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, November 16th.

Championship games are slated for 6:30 p.m. (7th grade) and 7:45 p.m. (8th grade) on Tuesday, November 17th.