Stoddard County, Missouri - The 2015 SCAA All-Conference Volleyball Teams have been released. 

Carmen Morgan, head volleyball coach at Dexter High School was named Coach of the Year. 

Junior athlete Krysten Garrison of Dexter was named Player of the Year. 

Co-Defensive Players of the Year are Brittany Brown, a senior at Dexter High School and Chelsea Cureton of Woodland. 

First Team All-Conference is Krysten Garrison and Hannah Thurmon of Dexter, Alanis Below of Advance, Krista Rhodes of Woodland, Kayli Tanner, Addie Shelton, and Morgan Baker of Bernie.

Second Team All-Conference is Nicole Roper, Jewel Chism, and Bailey Below of Bloomfield, Bailee Williams of Dexter, Brylee Morse and Addie Curtis of Advance.

Honorable Mentions went to Lexi Barnes, Addie Kruse, Brittany Brown and Julia Hahn of Dexter, Chelsea Cureton and Madison Cover of Woodland, Sarah Copeland of Puxico, Rebecca Heuring of Bell City and Kaley Roper of Bloomfield. 

Puxico, Missouri - The Dexter Bearcats 7^th grade boys basketball team defeated the Bernie Mules to win the 2015 Middle School SCAA Boys Basketball Championship in Puxico, Missouri on Tuesday, November 17, 2015.

The top-seeded Bearcats jumped out to a 15-0 lead in the first quarter and a 26-0 lead at half on their way to a 42-9 victory over the #3 seeded Bernie 7^th grade Mules.

Jackson Allen and Ryder Boles tied for game-high 14 points each.  Boles one 3-pointer while Allen recorded 4 treys.

Landon Zoll recorded Bernie’s only basket in the first half against the Bearcats.  He finished with a team-high 5 points including one 3-pointer.  John Vaughn recorded one 3-pointer for Bernie. 

Final Score #1 Dexter 42, #3 Bernie 9

Bernie     0   2   4   3  -    9

Dexter  15  14   8   5  -  42

Bernie (9) – Landon Zoll 5, Brent Gage 1, John Vaughn 3.  FG 3, FT ½, F 5.  (3-pointers: Zoll 1, Vaughn 1.  Fouled Out: None).

Dexter (42) – Ryder Boles 14, Andrew Ellinghouse 6, Peyton Driskell 2, Jackson Allen 14, Riley Slusher 6.  FG 16, FT 5/8, F 5.   (3-pointers: Allen 4, Boles 1.  Fouled Out: None)

Bloomfield, Missouri - Andrew Northern, a senior at Bloomfield High School became the latest athlete to sign a letter of intent to play golf at Mineral Area College in Park Hills, Missouri.  His signing took place on Monday, November 9, 2015 at Bloomfield High School.

“We are happy to have Andrew with our program,” commented Mineral Area Golf Coach Don Huff.  “He is the third kid from this area we have signed.  I think his golf game will get nothing, but better as he grows and matures.  We are anxious to have him as part of our programs.”

Northern has worked very hard over the years to improve his game with the hope of someday playing golf at Mineral Area College.

“I have friends and family from Bloomfield who played golf at MAC and they loved it,” Northern said.  “I have been up to MAC and it’s a good atmosphere.  I have played since I was little, but starting to take it serious when I was a freshman in high school.  Today is really sweet because I have worked hard and have greatly improved my game since I was a freshman.”

Andrew is the son of JoAnne and Travis Westbrook of Bloomfield, Missouri and Scott and Robin Northern of Dexter, Missouri.

Northern’s high school golf career highlights include winning the Class 1, District 1 tournament last year and advancing to the Class 1 State Golf tournament.  He has averaged a +5 during his junior season on 9 holes.  

Northern received golf awards at Bloomfield for the lowest individual scoring average and for the most improved. He will compete in his final high school season in the spring of 2016.

“Andrew is also my stepson, so I have been with him since he was in the second grade,” stated Bloomfield Golf Coach Travis Westbrook.  “He really started getting serious about golf the last two years.  We took him to Paducah for lessons with a PGA pro and he has been spending a great deal of time at the course hitting balls.  He has to then go pick up the balls because we don’t have a range with a machine that goes and does that so you know how dedicated he is to do all that.  Everyday if it’s nice enough he is out on the course practicing.  I am glad to see his hard work has paid off.”

Northern is currently coached by his Bloomfield High School golf coach Travis Westbrook and Nick Mills, PGA Golf Professional at the Golf Complex in Paducah, KY

Huff went on to say that MAC is the only junior college in Missouri that has golf.  “We are currently ranked #13 in one of the polls and finished 11^th last year at our national tournament.  The last two years our program has been recognized as an All-Academic Team as well, and we are proud of that.”

Andrew is ranked in the top 10 of his class and has received an academic letter all four years at Bloomfield High School.  He is also a member of the Beta Club, FBLA, Student Council, Choir and is President of the Pep Club.

Northern plans on seeking a degree in Business Administration.  “I would like to own my own business someday,” Northern said of why he wanted to earn a BSBA degree.

Shown in the photo are sitting from left to right: JoAnne Westbrook, Andrew Northern and Scott Northern; top row left to right: Bloomfield golf coach Travis Westbrook, Mineral Area golf coach Don Huff and Bloomfield athletic director Jason Karnes.