Dexter, Missouri - The 2017 Wrestling season is upon us and the Dexter Bearcats are ready for an electrifying year!
The Bearcats will compete in Class 2, District 1 against Affton High School, Bishop DuBourg High School, Park Hills Central, Kennett High School, Lift for Life Academy Charter High School, Lutheran South High School, Notre Dame High School, Owensville, Potosi, St. Clair, St. Francis Borgia, St. James Ste. Genevieve and Sullivan High School. This year Ste. Genevieve High School will host the Districts.
In the 2016-2017 season Travis Waldner 106, Seth Harris 113, Dawson Jones 120, Matt Stone 126, Jett Featherston 182, and Colton Gibson 195 earned medals and a trip to the State MSHSAA Wrestling Tournament.
2017 Dexter High School Wrestling Schedule:
Nov 30th @ Notre Dame Tri-Match vs ND and Sikeston
Dec 5th @ New Madrid County Central
Dec 7th @ Jackson Quad vs Jackson, Kennett, and Cape Central
Dec 9th @ Liberty Wentzville Tournament
Dec 15th - 16th @ Tiger Classic
Jan 4th @ Park Hills Central Quad vs Park Hills, Sullivan, and St. Clair
Jan 6th @ Ste. Gen - Duals
Jan 11th @ Kennett
Jan 12th @ Sullivan Quad vs Sullivan, Cameron, and Park Hills Central
Jan 16th HOME Dexter Quad vs North County, Potosi, and Notre Dame
Jan 23rd @ Poplar Bluff Tri-Match vs Poplar Bluff and Hillsboro
Feb 6th @ Kennett Tri-Match vs Kennett and Cape Central
Seniors are Austin Adams, Lucas Goodrich, Seth Harris, Trevor McDonald, Matthew Stone, and Christian Yarber.
Juniors are James Chastain, Jacob Christian, Jett Featherston, Colten Gibson, Dawson Jones, Corbin Strong, and Dalton Warren.
Sophomores are Cutter Cornett, Dylan Homan, Mason Keena, Wyatt Parker, Bryston Pemberton, Andrew Soule, Parker Vanslyke, and Travis Waldner.
Freshman are Gavin Cartwright, Caleb Coons, CJ Greene, Malachi Harp, Corey Hawkins, Donovan Lerma, Jacob Medler, Alexander Townsend, and Ryan Turner.
Stats done by Allison Sneed, Lauren Rauscher, Alexa Midkiff, Erica Parris, and Rylee Boyer.
Bernie, Missouri - The 2017 Bernie Invitational Basketball Tournament is slated to begin on Monday, November 27th at 4 p.m. with the #1 seeded Bernie Mules facing the #8 seeded Holcomb Hornets. in game one.
There are eight teams in the tournament. Seeds are:
#1Bernie
#2 Risco
#3 Neelyville
#4 Puxico
#5 Twin Rivers
#6 Bloomfield
#7 Campbell
#8 Holcomb
At 5:15 p.m. the #4 seeded Puxico Indians vs the #5 Twin Rivers Royals.
At 6:30 p.m. #2 Risco vs #7 Campbell and at 7:45 p.m. #3 Neelyville vs #6 Bloomfield.
Semifinal games are at 6:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, November 28th with the Championship game slated for thursday, November 30th at 7:00 p.m.
Third place game is at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 30th.
Dexter, Missouri - Krysten Garrison had an exciting three years on the volleyball court at Dexter High School. Garrison signed to play volleyball at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM.
She is the daughter of Darren and Lori Garrison.
Her grandparents include Buddy and Karen Randolph of Dexter, Missouri, and Stan and Sandy Garrison of Piedmont, Missouri.
Garrison is active in Sr. Beta, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Student Council, Future Business Leaders of America, and Future Teachers of America.
Outside of school she has participated in High Performance Volleyball Club and attends Harvest Baptist Church in Piedmont, Missouri.
She was awarded in volleyball all district, all region, all state, all SCAA, SCAA player of the year, Max Preps MO player of the week, Semoball Volleyball Player of the Year. In basketball she was awarded all district, all SEMO conference, SEMO conference scoring champion-2015, and 3rd place in state in 2017.
She enjoys playing sports and hanging out with friends and family.
As a junior, she had 506 kills, 99 block, 61 assists, 242 digs, and 32 aces. What a year!! Due to an injury she was unable to play her senior year, but her stats speak volumes as to what she completed in her high school career. She finished with a total of 954 kills, 190 blocks, 357 digs, 116 aces, and 601 assists.
"That's amazing, truly amazing!" commented head volleyball coach Carmen Morgan.
Garrison will go on to play basketball for the Lady cats where she led the team in scoring as a sophomore averaged more than 14 points per game and 9 rebounds per game. Though she missed the first few months of her junior basketball season with a torn labrum she still managed to average 14 points per game and 5 rebounds in the games she was able to play.
"She is a phenomenal athlete," Morgan said. "New Mexico State is lucky to have her and we will miss her terribly."
Good luck Krysten!! You may see her on ESPN or FoxSports!
Frontenac, Missouri - With their first win at the St. Joseph's Academy Turkey Shootout the Lady Cats of Dexter felt pretty good going into their second game of the season against state ranked Kirkwood Lady Pioneers.
Sophomore Natalie Bruns made an immediate impact, helping Kirkwood beat the Lady Cats. She finished with a game-high 20 points.
Jadiah Stewart also finished in double digits recording 14 including 2 treys for the Lady Pioneers.
Dexter held Kirkwood close in the first quarter trailing by only 3 points, but it was the second half when Kirkwood went for the kill. The Lady Pioneers exploded holding Dexter to 20 points while they racked up 32 giving them a 55 - 35 win.
Chaylea Mosby recorded 18 points for a team-high performance. She also had three treys.
"We've got to establish an inside game," stated Dexter Lady Cats' coach Chad Allen. "We added a new offense this year which will take some time, but hopefully it won't take too long for it to be effective. Also, our defense and rebounding have got to get better along with our communication."
Final Score Dexter 35, Kirkwood 55
Dexter 9 6 11 9 - 35
Kirkwood 12 11 12 20 - 55
Dexter (35) - Maycie Martin 2, Rylee Allen 5, Natalie Sitze 3, Hannah Thurmon 7, Chaylea Mosby 18. FG 12, FT 6/7, F 10. ( Fouled Out: None, 3-pointers: Rylee Allen 1, Natalie Sitze 1, Chaylea Mosby 3).
Kirkwood (55) - Ashley Anderson 4, Natalie Bruns 20, Jayal Everett 8, Makayla Wallace 7, Jadiah Stewart 14, Abby Ludbrook 2. FG 21, FT 4/10, F 9. (Fouled Out: None, 3-pointers: Natalie Bruns 5, Jayal Everett 2, Jadiah Stewart 2).
Dexter 1-1 will face Kennett at the SEMO Conference Girls Basketball Tournament on Monday, November 27th at 5:30 p.m. at Saxony Lutheran High School in Jackson, Missouri.
Pictured is Hannah Thurmon, Senior.
