Bloomfield, Missouri - Another Bloomfield Christmas Tournament is in the books and the 60th annual didn't disappoint especially for one team, the Dexter Bearcats. They took home the trophy for the first time in 12 years defeating Hayti in the Championship Game on Thursday evening.
Hayti took second place.
The Kennett Indians earned third place and the Bloomfield Wildcats finished 4th.
Malden came in 5th, Portageville 6th.
Twin Rivers finished first place consolation and Bernie finished second place in consolation.
The Bloomfield Christmas All-Tournament Team was announced at the end of the Championship Game during the trophy presentations:
Dexter Bearcats - Jason Jarrell and Gabe Jackson
Hayti Indians - Kemron Rollings and Kedron Rollings
Kennett Indians - Jad Kenny
Bloomfield Wildcats - Peyton Bell
Malden Green Wave - Tyler Ison
Portageville Bulldogs - Ian Torrey
Twin Rivers Royals - Chance Wilkerson
Bernie Mules - Nate Dillinger
Doniphan Dons - Klay Barton
East Prairie Eagles - Casey Gregory
Bloomfield, Missouri - Congratulations to the 6'4" forward junior Nate Dillinger of Bernie, Missouri . He led the list of the 60th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Leading Scorers for 2016 with a total of 92 points.
Top Ten Scorers:
Nate Dillinger, Bernie 92
Ian Torrey, Portageville 83
Levi Woods, Puxico 79 and Hayden Thomas, Twin Rivers 79
Peyton Bell, Bloomfield 75
Casey Gregory, East Prairie 70
Chance Wilkerson, Twin Rivers 64
Tyler Ison, Malden 64
Klay Barton, Doniphan 62
Jad Kenny, Kennett 60
Dushawn Butler, Malden 59
Clay Mullins and Gabe Jackson of Dexter had 58 and 54 respectively. Michael Suite of Bernie and Kedron Rollings of Hayti each had 50. Jason Jarrell of Dexter finished with 49 and Timmy Hector of Bloomfield tallied 46 points during the four-day tournament.
Bloomfield, Missouri - The Twin Rivers Royals outscored Van Buren 62-49 to advance to the 60th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Consolation Final set for 4:00 p.m. Thursday, December 29th.
Chance Wilkerson recorded a game-high 19 points for the Royals. Shooting 9/11 at the charity stripe and hitting 5 buckets and 1 trey.
Jacob Mitchell added 17 points. He was 4/4 at the free throw line, shot three treys and scored two buckets.
Hayden Thomas tallied 11 points.
Van Buren's Hayden Towner tallied a team-high 16 points.
Final Score Twin Rivers 62, Van Buren 49
Twin Rivers 16 13 12 21 - 62
Van Buren 10 21 5 13 - 49
Twin Rivers (62) - Hayden Thomas 11, Chance Wilkerson 19, Jamie Robards 2, Jack LeGrand 7, Jacob Mitchell 17, JR Perryman 3. FG 18, FT 22/31, F 17. (3-pointers: Chance Wilkerson 1, Jacob Mitchell 3. Fouled Out: None).
Van Buren (49) - Eli Dameworth 8, Todd Wilcoxon 2, Logan Sanders 6, Spencer Burnham 2, Brandon Newman 9, Kory Ricker 4, Hayden Towner 16. FG 17, FT 10/17, F 19. (3-pointers: Eli Dameworth 2, Brandon Newman 1. Fouled Out: None).
Twin Rivers advances to the Consolation Final to be held on Thursday, December 29th at 4:00 p.m. in the 60th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.
Bloomfield, Missouri - The #6 seed Kennett overpowered the #3 seed Doniphan early in the first quarter 19-0 to secure their win in game 16 quarterfinal action of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. Kennett will move on to the semifinals on Wednesday against rival Dexter Bearcats at 8:30 p.m.
Coach Lennies McFerren has once again proven that Kennett is a formidable opponent even against a top seed.
At the half Kennett led 38-19 and continued their offensive drive adding another 30 points against the Dons.
Kenny led the Indians with a game-high 21 points. Jay Davis recorded 14, Kinnon had 11 and Jarvis Stewart contributed 10 points. Davis tallied one trey in the first quarter.
Doniphan's top scorer was Kaly Barton with 18. Barton also had one 3-pointer.
Final Score Kennett 68, Doniphan 40
Kennett 22 16 18 12 - 68
Doniphan 8 11 15 6 - 40
Kennett (68) - Jay Davis 14, Patrick Maddox 7, Ty'Reik Thomas 2, Jarvis Stewart 10, Mark Wagster 3, Kinnon 11, Kenny 21. FG 24, FT 19/36, F 17. (3-pointers: Davis 1, Fouled Out: None).
Doniphan (40) - Jared Dutton 1, Klay Barton 18, Austin Leroux 9, Lucas Moe 8, Jordan Leroux 2, Trent Lippoldt 2. FG 16, Ft 4/9, F 25. (3-pointers: Barton 1, Leroux 3, Fouled Out: Barton).
Kennett will take on #2 seed Dexter on Wednesday, December 28th at 8:30 p.m. in semifinal action. Doniphan drops to the 5th place bracket and will face Portageville at 5:30 p.m.
Bloomfield, Missouri - Peyton Bell led Bloomfield with 22 points to to secure a semifinal appearance against the #1 seeded Hayti Indians. Bloomfield defeated Malden 57-51 in Game No. 14 of the 60th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.
Bell also recorded all three treys in the first half.
Timmy Hector tallied 12 points and Alex Gibbs finished with 11 points for the Wildcats.
Dalton Phillips and Austin Phillips contributed one 3-pointers each.
The game was tied 31-all at halftime after Timmy Hector drained a buzzer-beater trey.
Dushawn Butler had a team-high 14 points for Malden. Tyler Ison tallied 11 points.
Final Score Bloomfield 57, Malden 51
Bloomfield 14 17 14 12 - 57
Malden 11 20 16 4 - 51
Bloomfield (57) - Dalton Phillips 4, Timmy Hector 12, Kyle Anderson 3, Austin Phillips 5, Peyton Bell 22, Alex Gibbs 11. FG 20, FT 10/21, F 10. (3-pointers Dalton Phillips 1, Timmy Hector 2, Austin Phillips 1, Peyton Bell 3. Fouled Out: None).
Malden (51) - Ontario Reed 2, Dushawn Butler 14, Broddric Annesser 8, Tyler Ison 11, Malcom McBride 6, Chience Booker 9. FG 21, FT 4/7, F 19 (3-pointers: Butler 3, Ison 1, Booker 1. Fouled Out None)
Malden (5-4) drops to the 5th bracket where they will play No. 9 seeded East Prairie at 4 p.m., in the semifinals Wednesday, December 28th.
Bloomfield will play Hayti at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 28th in Game #21 of the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.
