Hillsboro, Missouri - The Lady Bearcats of Dexter have earned another trip to the Show Me Showdown Final Four in Columbia with a 81-63 victory on Saturday in the MSHSAA quarterfinal at Jefferson College.
The Lady Cats exploded in the second quarter scoring 28 points and going into the locker room at the half with a comfortable 47 - 30 lead.
"I thought we played exactly the way we wanted to play in the second quarter," stated Dexter girls basketball coach Chad Allen. He was referring to the full-court pressure by his team that shut down Lutheran South's ability to score. "We really got after it, caused a lot of turnovers, and scored a lot off those turnovers. That was just the biggest difference in the game."
Dexter (22-8) will advance to the Final Four for the third time in five seasons. They play St. Pius X-Kansas City (25-3) in the state semifinals on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 6:50 p.m. at the Mizzou Arena. Tickets are $9.00 each.
Dexter sophomore Chaylea Mosby scored a team-high 34 points and hit four treys against the Lancers.
Krysten Garrison tallied 20 points including two treys and Natalie Sitze recorded 13 points for the Bearcats also with two 3-pointers.
"Chaylea has just been solid all year," commented Allen. "She is just a tremendous player offensively and defensively and so well-rounded and just makes things happen."
Lutheran South's Member-Meneh scored a game-high 37 points. She also broke the school's all-time scoring record according to the announcer.
"Our game plan was to definitely make her go left," stated Allen. "She is so explosive and when she gets to that right hand, it is almost impossible to stop her. We knew Leketor was going to score, but we wanted to limit her."
Lutheran South narrowed Dexter's lead to just one point with 14 seconds into the second period before the Lady Cats started their run and never looked back advancing to the state semifinal for the first time since the 2014 season.
"I am just excited for these girls and they have worked hard all year. We've had a lot of adversity this year with injuries and sickness and people coming back from surgery," Allen said. "It has been a trying time throughout the year, but the girls pulled it together here late and now we are on a roll."
Final Score Dexter 81, Lutheran South 63
Lutheran South 16 14 21 12 - 63
Dexter 19 28 19 15 - 81
Lutheran South (63) - Member-Meneh 37, Katie Brown 12, Abigail Howard 2, Peyton Anderson 5, Natalie Lawson 7, FG 25, F 18, FT 12/23. (3-pointers: Anderson 1, Fouled Out: None).
Dexter (81) - Macie Martin 4, Natalie Sitze 13, Cheyenne Mosby 2, Hannah Thurmon 8, Krysten Garrison 20, Chaylea Mosby 34, FG 28, FT 17/22, F 17. (3-pointers: Sitze 2, Garrison 2, Chaylea Mosby 4, Fouled Out: None)
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LADY BEARCATS!! 2017 Class 4 girls basketball Sectional WIN!!! They defeated Potosi 72-30 at the Farmington Civic Center on Tuesday!!!
In the other Class 4 Sectional - Lutheran South def. Clayton, 62-57 in Overtime!
LBB plays Lutheran South on Saturday at 1:45 p.m. at Jefferson College (Hillsboro)!! Let's go Lady Cats!!!!
Jefferson College is located at 1000 Viking Dr. in Hillsboro, MO.
Takes 1 hour and 15 minutes from Dexter - DIRECTIONS: Follow US Highway 60 to I-55 North, to State Hwy A/Veterans Blvd in Festus. Take exit 175 from I-55 North.
Then Follow State Hwy A to Veterans Memorial Drive in Central Township. Turn right onto Jefferson College Dr, then left onto Viking Dr, then turn left onto Veterans Memorial Drive the destination is on your right!
Let's beat Lutheran South and head to CoMo for the Final Four!
Dexter, Missouri - The T.S. Hill Middle School 7th and 8th grade girls volleyball teams are ready for action! Their season kicks off on Monday, March 6, 2017 against Woodland at home beginning at 6 p.m. in the DMS gym.
Team managers are Abby DeMent and Sydney Bess!
8th Grade Roster: #5 Hannah Pyles, #6 McKenzie Yount, #7 Bailey Chamberlain, #8 Destiny Durham, #10 Chloe Thurmon, #23 Mikayla Dodson, #24 Bronwen Young, #25 Shelby Bishop, #26 Alexis Hays, #30 Mattilyn Williams, and #31 Sydney Asberry.
7th Grade Roster: #2 Lydia Bishop, #3 Avery Neely, #4 Lexie Laramore, #9 Sarah Baker, #13 Andie Kruse, #14 Tori White, #18 Bailey Whitaker, #20 Maci Comfort, #21 Dulcie Pullen, #22 karsyn Smith, #29 Camille Winchester, and #32 Magi McBride.
2017 T.S. Hill Middle School Volleyball Schedule:
March 6- VS Woodland (7th- 6pm, 8th- 7pm)
March 8- AT Scott City (7th- 5pm, 8th- 6pm)
March 13- AT Puxico (7th-6pm, 8th- 7pm)
March 14- VS Kennett (7th- 6pm, 8th-7pm)
March 16- AT Sikeston (7th- 5pm, 8th- 6pm)
March 18- 7th Grade Poplar Bluff Invitational
March 21- AT Bernie (7th- 6pm, 8th- 7pm)
March 22- VS Bell City (7th- 5pm, 8th- 6pm)
March 27-28- 8th Grade Bernie Tournament
March 30- AT Poplar Bluff (7th- 5pm, 8th- 6pm)
April 3- VS Advance (7th- 6pm, 8th- 7pm)
April 6- HITS FOR HOPE VS. Bloomfield (7th- 6pm, 8th- 7pm)
April 8-11- SCAA Tournament
Dexter, Missouri - Severe thunderstorms didn't stop the Lady Cats of Dexter from defeating the Ste. Genevieve Lady Dragons on their home court Tuesday, February 28, 2017 in the Class 4, District 1 semifinal. Final Score Dexter 74, Ste. Gen 66.
Dexter junior #35 Chaylea Mosby had an awesome night earning her 1,000th career point and a team-high 30 points for the Lady Cats. She also finished with six 3-pointers.
Hannah Thurmon recorded 17 points and Krysten Garrison tallied 11 points.
"The Cats played well in the first half," commented head coach Chad Allen. "Coming into this game we knew they would box in one at some point. It really paid off going over that yesterday in practice. I told Krysten and Hannah to just take over in the second half. Both had a great night and scored most of the points in the second half."
Ste. Gen's Madison Reynolds finished with a game-high 36 points. Avery Reed had 15 and Emma Meyer recorded 11 points.
"They have a great team and Reynolds is an unbelievable player," Allen said of Ste. Gen. "She is a great passer and defensively she guards well."
"In the second half we did a much better job," continued Allen. "When you get in the play-offs you have to be ready to play and Ste. Gen was ready and senior loaded."
The Lady Dragons finished their season 19 - 11.
Dexter advances to the Class 4, District 1 Championship against the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs on Thursday, March 2, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in Ste. Genevieve. This could be the seventh straight District Title for Dexter.
Final Score Dexter 74, Ste. Gen 66
Dexter 22 25 8 19 - 74
Ste. Gen 20 15 16 15 - 66
Dexter (74) - Maycie Martin 4, Rylee Allen 1, Natalie Sitze 8, Hannah Thurmon 17, Krysten Garrison 11, Harley Allen 3, Chaylea Mosby 30. FG 27, F 15, FT 11/20 (3-pointers: Natalie Sitze 2, Harley Allen 1, Chaylea Mosby 6. Fouled Out: None)
Ste. Gen (66) - Madison Reynolds 36, Avery Reed 15, Emma Meyer 11, Addie Stegall 4. FG 25, FT 11/16, F 14. (3-pointers: Madison Reynolds 2, Emma Meyer 3, Fouled Out: Matti Helms)
Dexter, Missouri - The boys basketball team traveled to Ste. Genevieve in semifinal action in the Class 4, District game against Sikeston on Monday, February 27, 2017. Dexter High School junior Ben Sindle only needed five 3-pointers against the Sikeston Bulldogs to tie the school record for most treys in a season.
Sindle didn't know coming into the game that he had 76 3-pointers for the 2016-2017 boys basketball season, but coach Josh Dowdy did and he was hoping Ben would break the record Monday night.
Ben not only tied the record, but surpassed it by two recording 7 treys. He surpassed the previous record of 81 treys held by Shawn Guethle."I can't say enough about Ben and the entire team. They are family!" commented an emotional Dowdy following the game on Monday.
Sindle finished the season with a total of 83 3-pointers for the Dexter Bearcats!
Ben is the son of Darrell Sindle and Chris and Holly Bowman.
