Broseley, Missouri - The 2018 Lady Royals Christmas Classic Tournament seeds were released. Defending champions, the Dexter Lady Cats earned the #1 seed. Their long-time rival, Neelyville earned the #2 spot. The tournament begins Saturday, December 15, 2018.
Seeds are as follows: #1 Dexter, #2 Neelyville, #3 New Madrid County Central, #4 Doniphan, #5 Naylor, #6 Chaffee, #7 Kelly, #8 Kennett, #9 Twin Rivers, #10 Charleston, #11 Campbell, #12 Greenville, #13 Portageville, #14 East Carter, #15 Malden, and #16 Clearwater.
Saturday, December 15th Games:
9:00 a.m. Dexter vs Clearwater
10:00 a.m. Neelyville vs Malden
11:30 a.m. Naylor vs Greenville
1 p.m. Doniphan vs Portageville
2:30 p.m. Chaffee vs Campbell
4 p.m. Kennett vs Twin Rivers
5:30 p.m. Kelly vs Charleston
7 p.m. NMCC vs East Carter
Consolation, 5th place, 3rd place and championship games will be played on Saturday, December 22, 2018. Championship game will be at 7:30 p.m.
Bloomfield, Missouri - The Hayti Indians earned the #1 seed for the 62nd Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament. The tournament will be held Wednesday, December 26th - Saturday, December 29, 2018.
Seeds are as follows: #2 Bernie, #3 Dexter, #4 Doniphan, #5 East Prairie, #6 Twin Rivers, #7 Kennett, #8 Portageville, #9 Van Buren, #10 South Pemiscot, #11 Richland, #12 Gideon, #13 Bloomfield, #14 Malden, #15 Puxico, and #16 Holcomb.
The 16-team tournament begins at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 26th with Hayti vs Holcomb; 11:15 a.m. Bernie vs Puxico; 12:30 p.m. Dexter vs Malden; 2 p.m. Bloomfield vs Doniphan; 3:30 p.m. East Prairie vs Gideon; 5 p.m. Richland vs Twin Rivers; 6:30 p.m. Kennett vs South Pemiscot; and at 8 p.m. Portageville vs Van Buren.
Quarterfinals are set for Thursday, December 27th.
Semifinals will be held on Friday, December 28th.
Consolation, 5th place, 3rd place and Championship games will be held on Saturday, December 29th beginning at 4 p.m.
Bloomfield, Missouri - The Bloomfield Lady Wildcats Invitational Tournament will begin Monday, December 10th at the Bloomfield High School gym.
Teams participating are Bloomfield, Holcomb, Senath, East Carter, Oran, Woodland, Meadow Heights, and Advance.
Seeds are #1 Senath, #2 Oran, #3 Meadow Heights, #4 Holcomb, #5 Bloomfield, #6 Advance, #7 Woodland, and #8 East Carter.
Monday, December 10th games:
4 p.m. #4 Holcomb vs #5 Bloomfield
5:15 p.m. #1 Senath vs #8 East Carter
6:30 p.m. #3 Meadow Heights vs #6 Advance
7::45 p.m. #2 Oran vs #7 Woodland
Semifinal games will be on Thursday, December 13th at 6:30 p.m. 7:45 p.m.
7th Place game will be Saturday, December at 11 a.m., Consolation Championship at 12:15 p.m., 3rd place at 1:30 p.m. and the Championship at 2:45 p.m.
Dexter, Missouri - The 2018 SEMO Border Challenge begins Thursday, December 6, 2018 at the Bearcat Event Center. It will feature two teams from Mississippi, one Illinois team, and three from Missouri.
Dexter, Notre Dame and Poplar Bluff are the local competitors in the three-day event. Tupelo Golden Wave reached the Class 6A state quarterfinals in Mississippi.
Olive Branch Conquistadors went 21-5 last season and won the Class 6A state championship.
The East St. Louis Flyers reached the state sectional finals last year.
The Lady Cats of Dexter (3-2). Their only two losses this year were to the defending Class 5 State Champions Kirkwood and the Jackson Indians in the SEMO Conference Girls Basketball Tournament championship game. They have already defeated St. Joseph's Academy, Kennett Lady Indians and Saxony Lutheran.
Poplar Bluff Lady Mules are 1-2 this season and placed 4th in the SEMO Conference Tournament. They will face East St. Louis on Thursday at 6:30 p.m., Tupelo on Friday at 6:30 p.m. and Olive Branch on Saturday at 11:30 a.m.
Notre Dame Lady Bulldogs are 3-1 this season and will face Olive Branch at 5 p.m. Thursday, East St. Louis at 5 p.m. Friday and Tupelo at 10 a.m. Saturday.
2018 Border Challenge Girls Basketball Schedule:
Thursday, December 6
Olive Branch High School, MS vs Notre Dame High School, MO 5:00 pm
East St. Louis High School, IL vs Poplar Bluff High School, MO 6:30 pm
Tupelo High School, MS vs Dexter High School, MO 8:00 pm
Friday, December 7
Notre Dame High School, MO vs East St. Louis High School, IL 5:00 pm
Poplar Bluff High School, MO vs Tupelo High School, MS 6:30 pm
Olive Branch High School, MS vs Dexter High School, MO 8:00 pm
Saturday, December 8
Tupelo High School, MS vs Notre Dame High School, MO 10:00 am
Olive Branch High School, MS vs Poplar Bluff High School,MO 11:30 am
East St. Louis High School, IL vs Dexter High School, MO 1:00 pm
Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter boys basketball team upset the #8 seeded Kennett Indians on Monday evening at the Sikeston Field House. The Bearcats ranked #9 won the play-in game 59-45! They will play #1 Sikeston Bulldogs in the SEMO Conference quarterfinals on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.
Dexter's basketball coach Lloyd Hyten won his first game as a varsity head coach.
The Bearcats outscored Kennett in the first quarter 17-9 building a 8 point lead. By halftime it was 27 - 21. Dexter never trailed.
Andrew Ellinghouse hit two 3-pointers early scoring 8 of his game-high 18 points in the first quarter as the Bearcats built a 17-9 lead over the Indians.
Garrett Henson tallied 15 points.
Seth Rogers finished with 13 points making the first trey of the evening.
Logan Wyman hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to increase Dexter's lead 42-29 at the end of the third quarter.
Final Score Dexter 59, Kennett 45
Dexter 17 10 15 17 - 59
Kennett 9 12 8 16 - 45
Dexter (59) Andrew Ellinghouse 18, Logan Wyman 3, Nate Gargas 6, Seth Rogers 13, Braxton Foster, Garrett Henson 15 FG 21, FT 11/18, F 14. (3-pointers Ellinghouse 4, Wyman 1, Rogers 1, Fouled Out: None)
Kennett (45) - Quay'vaun Harrell 16, Carter Maddox 8, Kamden Crafton 8, LaQuez Pulliam 6, Mark Wagster 7. FG 16, FT 8/10, F 16. (3-pointers: Harrell 2, Crafton 2, Pulliam 1. Fouled Out: None)
