Dexter, Missouri - The only home girls basketball games before the new year will be at the "Battle at the Border Tournament" slated for December 8th - 10th at the Bearcat Event Center.
This will be the first of it's kind held at the Bearcat Event Center. The Lady Cats dropped the McDonald's Shootout in Paragould this year and will host this new tournament.
Teams participating in the tournament are Dexter, Lewisburg High School from Mississippi, Neelyville, Earle High School from Arkansas, Poplar Bluff, and Ingomar High School from Mississippi. This will be a great opportunity to see some teams out of Mississippi and Arkansas at the Bearcat Event Center.
2016 Battle at the Border Tournament
Thursday, December 8, 2016
5:00 p.m. Lewisburg High School, Mississippi vs Neelyville
6:30 p.m. Earle High School, Arkansas vs Poplar Bluff
8:00 p.m. Ingomar High School, Mississippi vs Dexter
Friday, December 9, 2016
5:00 p.m. Neelyville vs Ingomar
6:30 p.m. Poplar Bluff vs Lewsburg
8:00 p.m. Dexter vs Earle
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Noon Earle vs Neelyville
1:30 p.m. Ingomar vs Poplar Bluff
3:00 p.m. Lewisburg vs Dexter
The tournament will be played in a classics format with each local team playing an out of state team. Every team will play three games. The Champion will be determined in this order: 1. Win/Loss Record, 2. Head to head match-up, 3. Points with a +/-15 point cap, and 4. Coin Flip.
Poplar Bluff, Missouri - Eight high school girls basketball teams will battle it out for the first ever SEMO Girls Basketball Tournament crown scheduled for the week after Thanksgiving.
Teams competing are Poplar Bluff, Dexter, Cape Central, Jackson, Notre Dame, Sikeston, Saxony Lutheran, and Kennett.
The Dexter Lady Cats have earned the #1 seed and will play the #8 seeded Cape Central Lady Tigers on Monday, November 28th at 4:00 p.m.
Jackson Lady Indians are ranked #2 and will play the Poplar Bluff Lady Mules at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 28th.
The Notre Dame Lady Bulldogs seeded #3 will play Saxony Lutheran at 8:30 p.m. on Monday, November 28th and the #4 seeded Sikeston Lady Bulldogs will play #5 seeded Kennett Lady Indians at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, November 28th.
Semifinal Games slated for Tuesday, November 29th are at 7:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Consolation semifinals are scheduled for 4:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
Seventh place is scheduled for 4:00 p.m., consolation game is at 5:30 p.m., Third Place is at 7:00 p.m. and Championship is at 8:30 p.m. all on Thursday, December 1, 2016.
Dexter, Missouri - The Lady Bearcats open their 2016 season in St. Louis on Friday, November 25th at 2:00 p.m. against St. Joseph's Academy, a private school located on Lindbergh Boulevard.
Class 4, District 1 Lady Cats have two veteran seniors, #33 Harley Allen, and #23 Cheyenne Mosby as they will try to win their 7th straight District Championship.
Playing for Dexter Varsity Girls Basketball team are 5'6" junior guard #5 Daphane Ahrens, 5'9" senior forward #33 Harley Allen, 6'1" sophomore center #4 Rylee Allen, 5'5" junior forward #22 Madyson Crockett, 5'4" junior forward #42 Lauryn Davis, 5'11" junior forward #32 Krysten Garrison, 5'5" sophomore guard #35 Chaylea Mosby, 5'5" senior forward #23 Cheyenne Mosby, 5'2" sophomore guard #10 Natalie Sitze, 6'0" junior forward #25 Hannah Thurmon, and 5'4" junior guard #12 Trout Megan.
The schedule has been released for the first ever SEMO Conference varsity girls basketball tournament. Dexter has earned the #1 seed in the SEMO Conference Girls Basketball Tournament slated to begin on Monday, November 28th in Poplar Bluff. Teams competing are Dexter, Cape Central, Sikeston, Kennett, Jackson, Poplar Bluff, Notre Dame, and Saxony Lutheran.
Another new tournament this year will be the Battle at the Border to be held at Dexter, December 8th - 10th. Teams playing are Dexter, Lewisburg High School, Mississippi, Neelyville, Earle High School from Arkansas, Poplar Bluff, and Ingomar High School from Mississippi.
The Lady Cats will once again compete in the Twin Rivers Lady Royals Classic slated for December 17th - 21st.
2016 - 2017 Lady Bearcats Basketball Schedule
Friday, November 25th vs St. Joseph's Academy 2:00 p.m. (A)
Saturday, November 26th vs Kirkwood High School 1:00 p.m. (A)
November 28th - December 2nd SEMO Conference Tournament at Poplar Bluff
December 8th - December 10th Battle At the Border at Bearcat Event Center
December 17th - December 21st Twin Rivers Lady Royals Classic (A)
Thursday, January 5th vs Farmington (H)
Monday, January 9th at Kennett (A)
Thursday, January 12th at Neelyville (A)
Saturday, January 14th at Jackson Lady Indians Shootout (TBA)
Monday, January 16th at Park Hills (A)
Thursday, January 26th vs Sikeston (H)
Saturday, January 28th Coaches vs Cancer - Incarnate Word High School (TBA)
Tuesday, January 31st at Saxony Lutheran (A)
Thursday, February 2nd vs Naylor (H)
Monday, February 6th vs Notre Dame (H)
Thursday, February 9th at Cape Central (A)
Monday, February 13th at Poplar Bluff (A)
Wednesday, February 15th vs Oran (H) Senior Night
Monday, February 20th at Jackson (A)
February 27th - March 3rd Districts (TBA)
Dexter, Missouri - More than 1,000 people came out for the T.S. Hill Jr Beta Club's annual Chili and Cinnamon Roll fundraiser held prior to the start of the Dexter boys basketball game against the Jackson Indians on Tuesday evening. The gym was packed wall to wall with fans!
The Bearcats came out on top defeating the Indians 61 - 36 in the 8th grade competition.
Andrew Ellinghouse had a game-high 16 points for the Bearcats. He finished with 3 buckets, 7 from the charity stripe and 1 trey.
Jackson Allen tallied 4 treys and two from the charity stripe.
Carter Dorton contributed two 3-pointers.
Final Score Dexter 61, Jackson 36
Dexter 15 16 13 17 - 61
Jackson 7 9 10 10 - 36
Dexter (61) - Ryder Boles 8, Jackson Allen 14, Carter Dorton 9, Andrew Ellinghouse 16, Peyton Driskil 4, Austin Daniels 4, Riley Slusher 6. FG 20, FT 15/24, F 17 (3-pointers: Jackson Allen 4, Carter Dorton 2, Andrew Ellinghouse 1, Fouled Out: None)
Jackson (36) - Austin Buck 3, Zavier Sykes 12, Nate Schlitt 4, Rhet Liley 4, Randol McDowell 1, Steeler Bass 4, Riley Hester 6, Connor Tollison 2, Ty Moran 2. FG 13, FT 12/16 (3-pointers: Xavier Sykes 2, Fouled Out: Connor Tollison)
The Dexter Bearcats will be back in action on Monday, November 18th at Kennett. Game time is 6:00 p.m.
Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter High School Junior Varsity boys basketball team is ready to begin their 2016-2017 season at home in the Bearcat Event Center against the tough Charleston Bluejays. Game time 6:00 p.m.
"Our Junior Varsity team has a lot of size this season," commented head basketball coach Josh Dowdy. "This will be one of our taller JV teams Dexter has had in years."
"We will be playing quite a few freshman so we will be inexperienced as far as logging high school minutes," continued Dowdy. "We are working real hard on taking care of the ball and making good decisions."
"These guys are putting in some time and I am confident over the next three or four years it will pay off for them," Dowdy said of the future.
Playing for the Junior Varsity Bearcats are Joe Rice a 5'9" sophomore guard, Spencer Warren, a 6'1" freshman forward, Brodie Pollock, a 6'2" freshman forward, Logan Wyman, a 5'8" freshman guard, Nate Gargas, a 5'9" sophomore guard, Haden Hillis, a 5'10" freshman guard, Philip Toledo, a 6'4" freshman forward, Braxton Foster, a 6'3" sophomore forward, Justin Kenley, a 6'0" sophomore forward, Garrett Henson, a 6'2" freshman forward, and Alfonso Torres, a 5'10" junior guard.
Head Coach is Josh Dowdy, Assistant Coach is Zac Moore and managers are Levi Fortner and Ben Dowdy.
2016-2017 Dexter High School Junior Varsity Boys Basketball Schedule
6:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 29th vs Charleston at BEC
6:00 p.m. Friday, December 2nd @ Sikeston
6:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 13th vs Jackson at BEC
6:00 p.m. Thursday, December 15th vs Richland at BEC
6:00 p.m. Friday, January 6th vs Woodland at BEC (Winter Homecoming)
TBA January 9th - 14th Van Buren JV Tournament
6:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 10th vs Bloomfield at BEC
6:00 p.m. Friday, January 13th @ Bernie
6:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 17th vs Puxico at BEC
6:00 p.m. Friday, January 20th @ NMCC
TBA January 23rd - 27th SCAA Tournament
6:00 p.m. Friday, February 3rd @ Advance
6:00 p.m. Monday, February 6th @ Perryville
6:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 7th @ Bell City
6:00 p.m. Friday, February 10th vs Kennett at BEC (Senior Night)
6:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 14th @ Poplar Bluff
6:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 21st @ Notre Dame
6:00 p.m. Thursday, February 23rd @ Cape Central
Shown in the photo front row from left to right: Logan Wyman, Haden Hillis, Joe Rice, Alfonso Torres, and Nate Gargas. Standing from left to right: Spencer Warren, Garrett Henson, Braxton Foster, Philip Toledo, Brodie Pollock, and Justin Kenley
