Bernie, Missouri - The Bernie Mules hosted the Woodland Cardinals defeating them 67 - 32.  Bernie's varsity record improved to 5 - 0.

Nate Dillinger shot well earning a game-high 26 points.  Blake Harty finished with an impressive 22 points for the Mules.

"We didn't shoot the ball as well as we had been, but did a pretty good job preventing them from scoring tonight," commented head boys basketball coach Brad Botsch.  "Dillinger and Harty played well for us and we needed them to as the shots we normally hit didn't fall for us much."

"That's why we try and preach consistency on the defensive end," continued Botsch.  "Even on off nights shooting, if we guard, we can still find a way to win."

Final Score Varsity Bernie 67, Woodland 32

Bernie        10   26   17  14  -  67

Woodland  11   11      2    8  - 32

Bernie (67) - Weston Zoll 8, Blake Harty 22, Michael Suiter 4, Weston Comstock 2, Nate Dillinger 26, Hunter Slavings 3, and Gavin Brown 2.  FG 26, FT 12/16, F 13. (3-pointers: Weston Zoll 1, Blake Harty 1, Hunter Slavings 1. Fouled Out: None).

Woodland (32) - Zach Cureton 6, Drake Holweg 4, Tyler Massa 11, Jamie Wiseman 5, Conrad Goodwin 1, Karson Skinner 5. FG 10, FT 11/19, F 14. (3-pointers: Zach Cureton 1.  Fouled Out: None).

Bernie will host Bell City on Friday, December 15, 2017.  Game time 6:00 p.m.

The junior varsity also easily won their game by a score of 69 - 27 improving their record to 4 - 1.

Zoll tallied a game-high 26 points and Vaughn finished with 14 points.

Final Score Junior Varsity Bernie 69, Woodland 27

Bernie      19   20   15   15  -  69

Woodland  4   11      9   3   -  27

Bernie (69) - Landon Zoll 26, Johnny Vaughn 14, Tre Robinsen 5, Brent Gage 6, Nathan Harvey 3, Darrik Cobb 3, Ivan Meyer 1, Tyler Suitor 6,  Skyler Schwent 5.  FG 25, F 7/14, F 12. (3-pointers: Zoll 8, Vaughn 1, Harvey 1, Cobb 1, and Schwent 1.  Fouled Out: None).

Woodland (27) - Jamon Frymire 2, Malachi Huffman 10, Kolin Skinner 5, Rafe Johnson 6, Josh Duncan 2. FG 9, FT 7/14, F 8. (3-pointers - Huffman 2, Fouled Out: None).

Broseley, Missouri - The 2017 Lady Royals Christmas Classic Tournament seedings have been released.  The 16-team varsity girls basketball tournament is set to take place on Saturday, December 16th, Monday, December 18th, Tuesday, December 19th, Thursday, December 21st and Friday, December 22nd at Twin Rivers High School in Broseley.

Lady Bearcats of Dexter have received the #1 seed.  They will play the #16 seeded East Carter County in a first round contest at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 16th.

Seeds are #1 Dexter, #2 Neelyville, #3 Twin Rivers, #4 Naylor, #5 Chaffee, #6 New Madrid County Central, #7 Doniphan, #8 Portageville, #9 Kennett, #10 Greenville, #11 Charleston, #12 Clearwater, #13 Kelly, #14 Malden, #15 Campbell, and #16 East Carter County.

Saturday games are:

9:00 a.m. Dexter vs East Carter County

10:00 a.m. Kennett vs Portageville

11:30 a.m. Chaffee vs Clearwater

1:00 p.m. Neelyville vs Campbell

2:30 p.m. New Madrid County Central vs Charleston

4:00 p.m. Twin Rivers vs Malden

5:30 p.m. Doniphan vs Greenville

7:00 p.m. Naylor vs Kelly

Consolation quarterfinals are Monday, December 18th, Championship quarterfinals are Tuesday, December 19th, Semifinals are Thursday, December 21st, and Championship games are Friday, December 22nd.

Bloomfield, Missouri - The 61st Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament seedings have been released.  The 16 team, 26 game tournament begins Tuesday, December 26th at 10 a.m. with the #1 seeded Dexter Bearcats competing against the #16 seeded Richland Rebels at the Bloomfield High School gym.

Dexter seeded #2 last year upset the No. 1 seed Hayti 57 - 34 to win the 60th Bloomfield Christmas Tournament for the first time in 12 years.  They are hoping for a back-to-back championship win this season.

Bloomfield Christmas Seedings

#1 Dexter Bearcats

#2 Hayti Indians

#3 Bernie Mules

#4 Malden Green Wave

#5 East Prairie Eagles

#6 Doniphan Dons

#7 Portageville Bulldogs

#8 South Pemiscot Bulldogs

#9 Kennett Indians

#10 Bloomfield Wildcats

#11 Puxico Indians

#12 Van Buren Bulldogs

#13 Twin Rivers Royals

#14 Gideon Bulldogs

#15 Holcomb Hornets

#16 Richland Rebels

Games for Tuesday, December 26th:

10 a.m. Dexter vs Richland

11:15 a.m. Hayti vs Holcomb

12:30 p.m. Bernie vs Gideon

2:00 p.m. Malden vs Twin Rivers

3:30 p.m. East Prairie vs Van Buren

5:00 p.m. Doniphan vs Puxico

6:30 p.m. Portageville vs Bloomfield

8:00 p.m. South Pemiscot vs Kennett

Games on Wednesday, December 27th begin at 10 a.m.  Semifinals games are on Thursday December 28th beginning at 1:p.m. 

Consolation game is Friday, December 29th at 4 p.m. (game 23).  5th place game will be at 5:30 p.m.(game 24) and 3rd place game (game 25) will be at 7:00 p.m.  Championship game will be at 8:30 p.m. on Friday evening.

Sikeston, Missouri - For the first time the Dexter Bearcats boys basketball team secured a spot in the semifinal game of the SEMO Conference Tournament held at Sikeston.  They battled aginst the Notre Dame Bulldogs, but felt short 69-64. 

The #6 seeded Notre Dame Bulldogs will face the #1 seeded Sikeston Bulldogs in the Championship game at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, December 8, 2017.

The Bearcats fought all the way to the end cutting Notre Dame's lead to 62-60 with a little over one minute left in the game.

Senior Clay Mullins scored a game-high 21 points and added five assists and five rebounds.

Senior Ben Sindle tallied 17 points including 5 treys.

Gabe Jackson and Alan Pippins each added 9 points.  Pippen's points came on 3-pointers.

"Mullins did a good job of attacking their matchup," commented Dexter head coach Josh Dowdy.  "Sindle and Pippins stepped up and hit some bigs shot."

"We just did not do enough on the defensive end to win against a quality team like Notre Dame," continued Dowdy.  "We scored 64 points tonight and typically that is enough for us to win a basketball game."

Dawson Dohogne and Kam Dohogne added the bulk of Notre Dame's points scoring 18 and 11 respectively.  Ad Braden Noel's 14 points and you have three great scoring athletes.

"Notre Dame shot the ball well, but that had a lot to do with our defensive intensity," continued Dowdy.  "We can do better than what we showed tonight."

Dexter will face Cape Central in the 3rd Place game on Friday evening at 7:00 p.m. in the Sikeston Field House.

"This is a good change for us playing at the end of the week of the SEMO Conference Tournament.  Typically our boys are running around with one another or their girlfriends," stated Dowdy.  "I am glad we are at Sikeston instead tonight!"

Final Score Dexter 64, Notre Dame 69

Dexter          13   17   15   19  -  64

Notre Dame   6   18   13   22  -  69

Dexter (64) - Seth Rogers 4, Alan Pippins 9, Ben Sindle 17, Clay Mullins 21, Dawson Kasting 4, Gabe Jackson 9.  FG 23, FT 10/16, F 10. )3-pointers: Ben Sindle 5, Alan Pippins 3. Fouled Out: None).

Notre Dame (69) - Kam Dohogne 11, Tyler Landewee 9, Jack Floyd 11, Braden Noel 14, Tyler Parker 6, Dawson Dohogne 18.  FG 28, FT 4/7, F 18. (3-pointers: Jack Floyd 3, Brandon Noel 2, Kam Dohogne 2, Dawson Dohogne 1, Tyler Landewee 1.  Fouled Out: None).