New Madrid, Missouri - The Lady Cats softball team traveled to New Madrid on Monday, April 8, 2019. The Green Wave shut-out Dexter in five inning 10-0.
Lily Johnson had all the right stuff on Monday evening allowing zero runs, two hits striking out ten and walking one in five innings at the mound.
The Green Wave opened up scoring in the first inning when an error scored two runs. The notched five runs in the second inning.
Dexter's Kelby Hill hit a single in the first inning for Dexter.
Sydney Asberry took the loss for the Lady Bearcats. She went four and 2/3 innings allowing ten runs on 11 hits and striking out five.
Hannah Pyles also had a hit.
Dexter fell to 1-9 on the season, NMCC improved to 6-7.
Final Score NMCC 10, Dexter 0
Dexter 000 00X X 0 2 4
NMCC 250 03X X 10 11 2
Malden, Missouri - The Malden Invitational Baseball Tournament will be held on Friday, April 12, 2019 and Saturday, April 13, 2019.
Nine teams including Malden, Scott City, Neelyville, Portageville, Doniphan, Senath-Hornersville, New Madrid County Central, Bernie, and Caruthersville will compete. Admission to the tournament is $3 for adults and $2 for students. Grilled burgers, hot dogs, chicken sandwiches, and walking tacos will be served at the tournament.
Malden, Scott City, and Neelyville will compete in Pool A on Friday.
Portageville, Doniphan, and Senath-Hornersville will compete in Pool B on Friday.
New Madrid County Central, Bernie, and Caruthersville will compete in Pool C on Friday.
The team finishing first in each pool will compete in the Gold Pool on Saturday. The team finishing second in each pool will compete in the Silver Pool on Saturday. The team finishing third in each pool will compete in the Bronze Pool on Saturday.
There will be a two-hour time limit for every pool with the exception of the Gold Pool on on Saturday. There will be a 15-run rule after three innings, 12-run rule after four innings, and 10-run rule after five innings.
If there is a tiebreaker between teams in a pool the first tiebreaker is head-to-head results and the second tiebreaker is least runs allowed.
Friday, April 12, 2019 Games:
FIELD A
Portageville vs. Senath-Hornersville, 10 a.m.
Doniphan vs. Senath-Hornersville, noon
Malden vs. Neelyville, 2 p.m.
NMCC vs. Bernie, 4 p.m.
Malden vs. Scott City, 6 p.m.
FIELD B
Caruthersville at Bernie, 10 a.m.
Caruthersville at NMCC, noon
Portageville at Doniphan, 2 p.m.
Scott City at Neelyville, 4 p.m.
Scott City, Missouri - The Bernie Mules softball team defeated top-ranked Scott City Rams on Monday, April 8, 2019 10-9. The Rams were previously undefeated prior to the Mules coming to town.
Alyson Marcum got things moving in the first inning, when she homered on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring two runs.
The Lady Mules scored two runs in the first inning and six runs in the second inning to jump out to an 8-0 lead over the Rams. Scott City came back and scored three in the third and two in the forth to cut the lead to 8-5, but it wasn't enough to overcome the deficit.
Cassidy Freed was credited with the win, allowing nine runs, on eight hits with six strikeouts and seven walks in 6 2/3 innings.
Haley Schrum was charged with the loss, giving up 10 runs on nine hits with five strikeouts and five walks in seven innings.
Bernie improved to 15-2 on the season.
Marcum went 1 for 1 with a home run, two RBIs and four walks. Anna Eaton went 2 for 5 with two doubles and two RBIs. Daisy Eaton went 2 for 5 with a double and two RBIs. Anthony went 2 for 5 with one RBI. Logan Mayberry doubled in four at-bats, and Freed had two RBIs.
Final Score Bernie 10, Scott City 9
Bernie 260 000 2 10 9 3
Scott City 003 200 4 9 8 6
Poplar Bluff, Missouri - The Dexter Bearcats placed 2nd at the Poplar Bluff Invitational boys golf tournament on Monday, April 8, 2019 at Westwood Hills Country Club.
They shot 316, 31 strokes behind Jackson (285). Poplar Bluff finished third with a score of 320. Farmington was fourth with 323.
Spencer Warren shot a 71 and placed 3rd. He finished two strokes behind Jackson Indian Case Englehart who shot a 69 to win the tournament.
“Spencer hit 17 greens today and just needed a few more putts to fall,” commented Dexter coach Eric Sitze, “but he was right there with Case.”
Dylan Sitze’s 80, Cy Worley’s 82 and Ryan Collier’s 83 completed Dexter’s team score.
"Dylan was just 4 over going into his last 3 holes and had some bad luck after a bad swing," continued Sitze. "We can take a lot of positive from today. That's all you can do. We are young and we are getting better that's all I can ask."
“Ryan and Cy didn’t have very good front-nine scores but stayed after it and had solid back nines for us," Sitze stated.
Poplar Bluff, Missouri - The Dexter Bearcats won the 8-team Poplar Bluff Invitational boys tennis tournament on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at Poplar Bluff High School.
Eric Hahn placed second with a 3-1 record while Nate Gargas tied for third with a 2-1 record.
"We won the overall team tournament scoring a total of 15 team points," commented Eric Boles, DHS Tennis Coach. "Han went 3-1 losing in the singles finals and finished 2nd overall. Gargas lost in singles semi-finals to the eventual champion. He tied for third."
Cape Central, Farmington, Jackson, Notre Dame, Potosi, and Sikeston also competed in the tournament.
Each singles win earned the team 2 points while the doubles win earned them 2.5 points.
Both doubles teams won their first-round matches. Logan Wyman/Ryder Boles won 8-3 and Travis Propst/Eric Allen won 8-5.
Wyman/Boles lost 8-5 in quarterfinals and Propst/Allen lost 8-2.
Singles - Round of 16
Eric Hahn won 8-1
Nate Gargas won 8-0
Quarter Finals
Eric Hahn won 8-0
Nate Gargas won 8-3
Semifinals
Eric Hahn won 8-1
Nate Gargas lost 0-8
Finals
Eric Hahn lost 3-8
Doubles - Round of 16
Logan Wyman and Ryder Boles won 8-3
Travis Propst and Eric Allen won 8-5
Quarter Finals
Logan Wyman and Ryder Boles lost 5-8
Travis Propst and Eric Allen lost 2-8
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