Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter lady Cats scored seven runs in the 5th inning to defeat Advance 12 - 10 in spring softball action on Friday, April 13, 2018.

The Lady Hornets (3-6) scored one run in the fourth and five in the fifth to take a 7-4 lead, but Dexter had 8 hits in the fifth to take the lead 11-7 and never trailed again.

Dexter (3-5) will meet Advance again on Monday at 4:30 p.m. in the first round of the SCAA Softball Tournament.

Dexter's Mckenzie Yount went 4 for 4 to lead the Lady Cats.  She opened the fifth inning with a single.

Demi Cecil finished 2 for 4 for the Lady Bearcats.

Sydney Asberry, who secured the win for Dexter, allowed 10 runs on 12 hits with five walks and three strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.

Carrier replaced Asberry as pitcher and picked up the save.

Chaylea Mosby, went 2 for 3.  She tripled to the right-center field gap and scored on Dunlap’s ground out to third.

Dexter also defeated Advance on Monday, April 16th in the SCAA Softball Tournament and will face Bernie on Tuesday.

According to preliminary data from Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), young turkey hunters harvested 1,723 turkeys during the 2018 spring youth season, April 7-8. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 51 turkeys harvested, Miller with 43, and Maries with 43.

Young hunters checked a little over 4,000 turkeys during last year’s youth weekend.

MDC’s Turkey Biologist, Jason Isabelle, says the drop in harvest can be attributed mostly to unseasonably cold temperatures this weekend and for much of spring thus far.

“Weather was the biggest contributing factor to this year’s low youth turkey season harvest,” Isabelle said. “Temperatures that were well-below average probably made it difficult for young hunters to spend as much time hunting this past weekend as they would have with more seasonal temperatures.”

Isabelle also notes that in addition to cold temperatures this weekend, spring has been slow to get here this year causing turkeys to be a little behind schedule as far as the winter flock break-up.

“When turkeys are still flocked up as they are in much of the state right now, it can make for some very challenging hunting,” he said. “With warmer temperatures in the forecast, hunting conditions should be much more favorable for the upcoming regular spring turkey season.”

The latest schedule for the postponed Swing Pink softball tournament was announced Monday, April 16, 2018 according to Dexter High School Athletic Director Aaron Pixley.

The tournament that was postponed from April 7th to Saturday, April 28th was reduced from 24 to 16 teams and will use a pool play bracket.

The teams are divided into four pools:

Pool A: Bernie, Clearwater, Kennett and Ste. Genevieve.

Pool B: Greenville, New Madrid County Central, Oran and Potosi.

Pool C: Bloomfield, Cooter, Dexter and East Prairie.

Pool D: Campbell, Charleston, Portageville and Twin Rivers.

The tournament will be played on four fields at East City Park in Dexter.

Field A: Bloomfield vs. Dexter, 9 a.m.; Bernie vs. Kennett, 11 a.m.; Campbell vs. Charleston, 1 p.m.; Greenville vs. New Madrid, 3 p.m.; Bloomfield vs. East Prairie, 5 p.m.; Bernie vs. Ste. Genevieve, 7 p.m.

Field B: Cooter vs. East Prairie, 9 a.m.; Clearwater vs. Ste. Genevieve, 11 a.m.; Portageville vs. Twin Rivers, 1 p.m.; Oran vs. Potosi, 3 p.m.; Cooter vs. Dexter, 5 p.m.; Clearwater vs. Kennett, 7 p.m.

Field C: Campbell vs. Portageville, 9 a.m.; Greenville vs. Oran, 11 a.m.; Bloomfield vs. Cooter, 1 p.m.; Bernie vs. Clearwater, 3 p.m.; Campbell vs. Twin Rivers, 5 p.m.; Greenville vs. Potosi, 7 p.m.

Field D: Charleston vs. Twin Rivers, 9 a.m.; New Madrid vs. Potosi, 11 a.m.; Dexter vs. East Prairie, 1 p.m.; Kennett vs. Ste. Genevieve, 3 p.m.; Charleston vs. Portageville, 5 p.m.; New Madrid vs. Oran, 7 p.m.

Dexter, Missouri - SoutheastHEALTH of Stoddard County will host FREE Stoddard County Athletic Physicals for both middle school and high school students on Thursday, May 10, 2017 from 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the Dexter High School cafeteria.

As a reminder, the physical forms must be completed and have a parent's signature prior to the physical.

Any student participating in a school sport must have a physical prior to the first day of practice.  Football players start practice very soon so this is a perfect opportunity for you to get your physical completed and at no cost.