New Madrid, Missouri - The Dexter Bearcats beat New Madrid County Central Eagles 56-18 in a dual wrestling match at New Madrid improving their record to 3-0 on the season.  They won 11 of their 14 matches.

Bryston Pemberton, Dylan Homan, Alex Townsend, Caleb Coons and Shawn Robards won by pinfall.

Here are the individual results.

Dexter (DEXTER) 56.0 Central (New Madrid County) (CENTRLNM) 18.0

106: Diego McCormick (DEXTER) over (CENTRLNM) (For.)

113: Eric Harmon (DEXTER) over (CENTRLNM) (For.)

120: Bryston Pemberton (DEXTER) over Nate Lawrence (CENTRLNM) (Fall 0:25)

126: Austin Perry (CENTRLNM) over CJ Greene (DEXTER) (Fall 0:00)

132: Wyatt Parker (DEXTER) over Kannon Nowell (CENTRLNM) (Dec 8-6)

138: Drew Soule (DEXTER) over Troquan Mays (CENTRLNM) (Dec 9-4)

145: Jacob Medler (DEXTER) over Jacob Wilcox (CENTRLNM) (Dec 6-4)

152: Dylan Homan (DEXTER) over Konner Masterson (CENTRLNM) (Fall 2:46)

160: Alex Townsend (DEXTER) over Ty Blakey (CENTRLNM) (Fall 0:47)

170: Travis Waldner (DEXTER) over (CENTRLNM) (For.)

182: Jacob Wicker (CENTRLNM) over Parker VanSlyke (DEXTER) (Fall 3:33)

195: Caleb Coons (DEXTER) over Glenn Helmes (CENTRLNM) (Fall 1:37)

220: Shawn Robards (DEXTER) over Justin Keith (CENTRLNM) (Fall 1:12)

285: Herman Jackson (CENTRLNM) over Bradyn Crockett (DEXTER) (Fall 1:21)

Bloomfield,  Missouri - The 2019 Bloomfield Invitational Girls Basketball Tournament seeds and bracket have been released. Games begin Monday, December 16th at the Bloomfield High School gym.

Top-seeded Senath-Hornersville leads the pack followed by #2 Advance, #3 Holcomb, #4 Campbell, #5 East Carter JV and #6 Bloomfield.

Monday, December 16th

5 p.m. Holcomb vs Campbell

6:30 p.m. Advance vs East Carter JV

8 p.m. Senath-Hornersville vs Bloomfield

The Holcomb - Campbell winner will meet the Advance-East Carter JV winner in the semifinals at 5 p.m. Wednesday, December 18th, and the winner of the Senath-Hornersville - Bloomfield game will meet the Holcomb - Campbell loser in the other semifinal.

The losers of the Advance-East Carter JV and Senath-Hornersville - Bloomfield games will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The fourth-place game is set for 5 p.m. Thursday, December 19th, the third-place game at 6:30 p.m. and championship game at 8 p.m. 

Sikeston, Missouri - The 2019 SEMO Conference Boys Basketball Tournament is well underway at Sikeston.  The New Madrid County Central Eagles defeated the Dexter Bearcats in the opener play-in game on Monday, December 9th by a score of 66-61.

Dexter kept the pace for most of three quarters against the 8th seeded NMCC.

"The main thing is we didn't execute down the stretch and they did," commented Dexter coach Chad Allen.  "I know there was like 4 or 5 minute period there where we didn't score at all.  They executed really well offensively.  To me, we were really hesitant, not staying aggressive.  When we do that, we are going to struggle to score."

And struggle they did in the fourth quarter tallying only 9 points making a difference in a win or loss.

The 'Cats held their lead almost all of the first half and led by as many as nine points in the third quarter.

Ansel Underwood hit a 3-pointer at the start of the fourth quarter to give the Eagles the lead 57-52.  That was the momentum that NMCC needed.

Underwood and Ke'von Williams each finished with a team-high 15 points.

"For the first three quarters, I thought we had spurts there that we looked pretty good," continued Allen.  "We were aggressive and executed what we needed to execute."

The Bearcats made 13 treys including five by Jackson Allen, a 6'6" junior.  He finished with 15 points.  Ryder Boles, Andrew Ellinghouse and Logan Wyman each added two 3-pointers.  Carter Dorton and Dylan Sitze each had 1 trey.

Final Score NMCC 66, Dexter 61

NMCC 13   11   28  14  - 66

DEX    13   17   22  9  -  61

NMCC (66) - Shamar Williamson 6, Austin Davis 2, Christenn Phillips 7, Bryshawn Williams 5, Ansel Underwood 15, Ke'von Williams 15. FG 23, FT 15/30, F 18 (3-pointers: Underwood 4. Fouled Out: None)

Dexter (61) - Ryder Boles 8, Andrew Ellinghouse 17, Carter Dorton 4, Logan Wyman 6, Dylan Sitze 3, Peyton Driskill 6, Jackson Allen 15, Garrett Henson 2. FG 20, FT 8/18, F 24 (3-pointers Boles 2, Ellinghouse 2, Dorton 1, Wyman 2, Sitze 1 Allen 5. Fouled Out: Dorton)

Dexter will play Notre Dame on Tuesday, December 10th at 8:30 p.m.  Kennett upset Notre Dame on Monday 70-66.

Cape Central defeated Poplar Bluff 58 - 47.

Photos of the game can be found on ShowMe Times Facebook page.

Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter High School Wrestling Team opened at home on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 against the Sikeston Bulldogs and the DeSoto Dragons.  Also attending the meet was Notre Dame.

"It was good to wrestle someone other than ourselves, saw some good things and things to work on before our next match next Tuesday at NMCC," commented head wrestling coach James Sneed.  "Anytime you can start the season with two wins against bigger schools is good."  (They also defeated DeSoto)

Sikeston vs. Dexter @ DeSoto/Dexter/Notre Dame/Sikeston Quad on 12/03/2019.

Dexter (DEXTER) 42.0 Sikeston (SIKESTON) 33.0

106: Jacob Leavitt (SIKESTON) over Diego McCormick (DEXTER) (Fall 0:43)

113: Eddie Foster (SIKESTON) over Eric Harmon (DEXTER) (Fall 3:33)

120: Bryston Pemberton (DEXTER) over Blayne McDermott (SIKESTON) (Fall 1:41)

126: CJ Greene (DEXTER) over Trey Scott (SIKESTON) (MD 11-3)

132: Wyatt Parker (DEXTER) over Jonathan Green (SIKESTON) (Dec 5-4)

138: Drew Soule (DEXTER) over Aaron Hicks (SIKESTON) (TF 19-4 6:00)

145: Cannon Gaddis (SIKESTON) over Jacob Medler (DEXTER) (Fall 2:19)

152: Devyn Tinsley (SIKESTON) over Dylan Homan (DEXTER) (Dec 11-7)

160: Alex Townsend (DEXTER) over Dominic Mullin (SIKESTON) (Fall 1:25)

170: Travis Waldner (DEXTER) over Isaac Griggs (SIKESTON) (Fall 1:25)

182: Parker VanSlyke (DEXTER) over Mark Fisher (SIKESTON) (Fall 4:00)

195: Ben Chittenden (SIKESTON) over Caleb Coons (DEXTER) (Fall 4:11)

220: Brian Tims (SIKESTON) over Shawn Robards (DEXTER) (Fall 1:30)

285: Bradyn Crockett (DEXTER) over (SIKESTON) (For.)

Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter High School Wrestling Team opened at home on Tuesday, December 3, 2019 against the Sikeston Bulldogs and the DeSoto Dragons.  Also attending the meet was Notre Dame.

Dexter vs. DeSoto @ DeSoto/Dexter/Notre Dame/Sikeston Quad on 12/03/2019.

Dexter (DEXTER) 48.0 DeSoto (DESOTO) 29.0

106: Diego McCormick (DEXTER) over (DESOTO) (For.)

113: Eric Harmon (DEXTER) over Payton DeClue (DESOTO) (Fall 0:20)

120: Bryston Pemberton (DEXTER) over Kenneth Coats (DESOTO) (Fall 3:51)

126: CJ Greene (DEXTER) over (DESOTO) (For.)

132: Wyatt Parker (DEXTER) over Grant Hearst (DESOTO) (MD 18-5)

138: Drew Soule (DEXTER) over Ryder Moyes (DESOTO) (Fall 1:08)

145: Jacob Medler (DEXTER) over (DESOTO) (For.)

152: Connor Zimmermann (DESOTO) over Dylan Homan (DEXTER) (TF 18-3 0:00)

160: Alex Townsend (DEXTER) over Luke Bradley (DESOTO) (Dec 11-7)

170: Travis Waldner (DEXTER) over Bradley Hunt (DESOTO) (TF 22-6 0:00)

182: Chase Greenlee (DESOTO) over Parker VanSlyke (DEXTER) (Fall 1:29)

195: Steven Hewitt (DESOTO) over Caleb Coons (DEXTER) (Fall 0:46) 220:

Hunter Lebel (DESOTO) over Shawn Robards (DEXTER) (Fall 2:52)

285: Landon Porter (DESOTO) over Bradyn Crockett (DEXTER) (Fall 0:31)

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