Ste. Genevieve, Missouri - It's not how the Bearcats wanted to start their 2018 football season.  Their defense held the Dragons to just three touchdowns throughout Friday night's game, but the Dexter offense has got to score some touchdowns to win their games.

"I felt like most of our players were giving everything they've got," commented Dexter head football coach Aaron Pixley.  "I think that we still have some people hesitating a little bit.  Whenever you hesitate, you create huge gaps for people to get into.  I think that happened."

"But at the same time I say that we made a lot of big stops, made a lot of big plays on the defense. We had two stops inside the 12 yard line, one of them was inside the 3 I believe," continued Pixley.  "That was big for us. It was very positive for us.  I think that our two inside linebackers had a big night."

Dexter's two main linebackers, Jett Featherston and Corbin Strong has a great night.  Strong had 11 tackles, five assists, one tackle for a loss and one fumble recovery.  Featherston had 8 tackles, five assists and one tackle for a loss.

Hillis had some really good runs, especially in the second quarter.  I have to make sure everyone is doing their job.  That falls on me.  When we lose it's my fault.  I have to find a way to make us better by Friday night,"  continued Pixley.  "Nothing is fair, you have to pick yourself back up and find a way.  We felt pretty good coming in here tonight and we just didn't get it done.  We have to come back next wee and get better.  The key is practice."

Quarterback Haden Hillis had a game-high 48 yards on 6 attempts averages 2.6 yards per carry.  Strong rushed for 36 yards on 11 runs while Caleb Hoggard had 19 yards on 7 carries.

Peyton Driskill came in as quarterback after Hillis left the game with a shoulder injury.  He completed 4 for a net gain of 14 yards.

Dexter only gained 153 yards total on offense. Dexter spent most of their time on defense. 

"If we don't start getting better on offense, it's going to be very tough for our defense to do that night in and night out," Pixley said of the game on Friday.  "I think that we saw that last year a little bit as well.  We have to find our niche.  We have got to move the ball and we didn't do a very good job of moving the ball tonight."

Ste. Gen tallied up 366 yards of offense scoring three touchdowns.  Darian Brown ran for a 43 yard touchdown in the 2nd quarter and another one for 44 yard touchdown in the 3rd quarter.  Logan Gregg scored a touchdown at the beginning of the 4th quarter for the Dragons.  Chad Donze went 3-for-3 on extra points.

The Dexter Bearcats will host Salem on Friday, August 31st at Charles Bland Stadium. The Miss DHS Coronation will be at 6:30 p.m. prior to the game.

Final Score Dexter 0, Ste. Gen 21

Dexter      0    0    0    0  -  0

Ste. Gen  0     7    7    7  -  21

Corbin Strong 11 Tackles, 5 Tackle Assists

Jett Featherston 8 Tackles, 5 Tackle Assists

Ryder Foster 3 Tackles, 1 Tackle Assists

Austin Guy 3 Tackles, 1 Tackle Assist

Dalton Warren 2 Tackles, 4 Tackle Assists

Mason Keena 2 Tackles, 3 Tackle Assists

Justin Kenley 2 Tackles, 2 Tackle Assists

First Downs Dexter 9, Ste. Gen 20

  Rushing 7 (D), 17 (SG)

  Passing 2 (D), 3 (SG)

Rushing Attempts 30 (D) 48 (SG)

Yards Gained Rushing 142 (D), 308 (SG)

Yards Passing 25 (D), 80 (SG)

Total Net Yards 153 (D), 366 (SG)

Rushing: Corbin Strong 11/36, Caleb Hoggard 7/19, Haden Hillis 6/48, Jett Featherston 5/34 and Ryder Foster 1/5.

Pass Receiving: Nate Gargas 3/24, Corbin Strong 1/1.

Bernie, Missouri - The 2018 Bernie Junior Varsity Volleyball Tournament will be held on Thursday, August 30th and Friday, August 31st beginning around 4 p.m. on Thursday.

Each team will play three games on Thursday and the results of pool play will determine their place on the tournmanet bracket for Friday's playoffs.

Pool A will be played in the High School gym and Pool B will be play in the Elementary gym.  The finals will be played in the High School gym.

Trophies will be given for first and second places.

Spectators will be admitted through the High School gate and their hand will be stamped so they may enter either gym.  Concesions will be located in the high school lobby.

Competed are Bernie, Sikeston, Bloomfield, Scott City, Poplar Bluff, Puxico, Twin Rivers, and Portageville.

Pool A will be Bernie, Puxico, Sikeston and Twin Rivers.

Pool B will be Bloomfield, Poplar Bluff, Scott City, and Portageville.

High School Gym Thursday, August 30th

4 p.m. Bernie vs Twin Rivers

5 p.m. Sikeston vs Puxico

6 p.m. Bernie vs Puxico

7 p.m. Sikeston vs Twin Rivers

8 p.m. Puxico vs Twin Rivers

9 p.m. Bernie vs Sikeston

Elementary Gym Thursday, August 30th

4 p.m. Bloomfield vs Scott City

5 p.m. Portageville vs Poplar Bluff

6 p.m. Bloomfield vs Poplar Bluff

7 p.m. Portageville vs Scott City

8 p.m. Bloomfield vs Portageville

9 p.m. Scott City vs Poplar Bluff

Week 1 of the 8th Annual Pigskin Pick'em results are now available.

Terry Turlington is in first place with 9 out of 10 scored correctly.  Larry Vaughn, Jason Pounds, Mark Nea and Kevin Ray each recorded 8 our of 10 correctly.

Week 1 Football Game Scores

Ste. Gen defeated Dexter 21-0

NMCC defeated Malden 50-40

Salem defeated St. James 24-20

Cabool defeated Doniphan 40-6

Caruthersville defeated Miller Career Academy 27-24

Kennett defeated Fredericktown 55-19

Sikeston defeated Vashon 64-0

Charleston defeated Portageville 56-13

Hayti defeated Thayer 46-14

East Prairie defeated Kelly 22-12

There is still time to play.  Just register during Week #2.  

Games for Week #2 are:

Dexter vs Salem

Valle Catholic vs Ste. Gen

Caruthersville vs Malden

NMCC vs East Prairie

Doniphan vs Thayer

Gosnell, AR vs Kennett

MICDS vs Park Hills

Fredericktown vs Herculaneum

Hayti vs Charleston

Grandview (Hillsboro) vs Portageville

Thank you to the Pigskin Pick'em Sponsors NewWave Communications, Christian Memorials & Signs, County Wide Insurance, Riley, Stubbs & Cato, Muddy Paws, and First State Bank & Trust.

Sikeston, Missouri - The Lady Cats Tennis Team kicked off its 2018 season against the Lady Bulldogs in Sikeston.  Their home opener on Friday, August 24th was rained out against Poplar Bluff.

Dexter defeated Sikeston 3-0 in doubles action and 6-0 in singles competition.

In doubles action Jadyn Northcutt and Abby Dorton defeated Malyn Hodges and Alyssa Fields 8-0.  Malia Cook and Maci McBride beat Kristiana Frazier and Izzy Collins 8-.  Courtney Northcutt and Jaden Cato defeated Sadie Phillips and Naomi Frazier 8-1.

Dexter will host Charleston on Tuesday, August 28th at 4 p.m.

SINGLES

Jadyn Northcutt (D) def. Malyn Hodges 8-5

Abby Dorton (D) def. Alyssa Hillis 8-0

Malia Cook (D) def. Kristiana Frazier 8-1

Maci McBride (D) def. Izzy Collins 8-1

Courtney Northcutt (D) def. Naomi Frazier 8-3

Kyla Probst (D) def. Sadie Phillips 6-1

DOUBLES

Jadyn Northcutt/Abby Dorton (D) def. Malyn Hodges/Alyssa Fields 8-0

Malia Cook/Maci McBride (D) def. Kristiana Frazier/Izzy Collins 8-1

Courtney Northcutt/Jaden Cato (D) def. Sadie Phillips/Naomi Frazier 8-1