Several Dexter High School Track and Field athletes have qualified for the MSHSAA Class 3 State Championships to be held on Saturday, May 29, 2021 at Adkins Stadium in Jefferson City.
Twelve athletes qualified in eight events. Also Josh Alday, Gabby Brown and the boys 4x800 relay team broke school records on Saturday, May 22nd at the sectional meet in Park Hills Central.
Alday broke his own record with a first-place finish of 50.97 meters in the javelin throw.
Brown broke records in the 800- meter and 1600 meter runs. She won the 1600 in 5:28.43 and was second in the 800 in 2:24.07.
Clayton Bell, Christopher Stone, Carter Dorton and Gavin Cartwright with a third-place finish in the 4x800 in 8:30.64.
Cartwright teamed with RJ Farmer, Aniston Kyle and Carter Dorton to place third in the 4x400 in 3:35.56, and he placed fourth in the high jump (1.78 meters).
Brown teamed with Avery Neely, Allison Turnbo and Dulcie Pullen to place fourth in the girls 4x800 (4:23.02).
Aniston Kyle qualified in a second event, finishing fourth in the 400 with a time of 52.42.
Photo by Lori Pullen.
Twenty-six athletes were named first-time letter winners at the Dexter High School spring sports recognition program May 6 at the high school auditorium. Names are organized by sport. BASEBALL: Andrew Dodson, Reece Justice, Josh Kaufman, Clay Prance, Adam Saylors, Seth Teel and Brock Wyman. BOYS GOLF: Matt Hardin, Alyssa Warren and Ethan Zabelin. BOYS TENNIS: Peyton Boles, Drew Chamberlain, Drake Channell and Logan Jones. SOFTBALL: Kinleigh Chappell, Kaylee Hazel, Alexis Ingram, Amelia Jenkins and Tatyana Little-Whiteman. TRACK AND FIELD: Tristan Bryant, Levi Dement, Chase Farmer, RJ Farmer, Marie Fees, Maddie Glaus and Anistin Kyle.
Dexter High School held its spring sports recognition program May 6 at the high school auditorium.
FRONT ROW, FROM LEFT: Hannah Pyles, Amelia Jenkins and Logan Jones. BACK ROW: Ryan Collier, Riley Slusher, Ryder Boles, Peyton Boles and Peyton Driskill.
BASEBALL
Riley Slusher won the batting average award. Peyton Driskill was voted the team’s MVP.
TRACK AND FIELD
Gabby Brown was named the female athlete of the year. The top male athlete will be announced following the season.
BOYS TENNIS
Ryder Boles was the team’s top singles player, and Ryder and Peyton Boles won the team’s doubles award.
Logan Jones was named most improved player.
BOYS GOLF
Ryan Collier won the team’s lone award as season medalist, averaging 38.9 strokes on a nine-hole course.
SOFTBALL
Kennedy Bess posted the team’s top batting average, hitting .531 with a team-high 26 RBIs.
Hannah Pyles received the dedication award. She finished with four triples and two doubles.
Amelia Jenkins was named MVP, after setting a school record for strikeouts in a season (147 over 91 2/3 innings).
The 2020 - 2021 Stoddard County Athletic Association (SCAA) All Conference Softball Team has been announced.
The 2020-21 SCAA Softball All-Conference team is listed below.
Alandry Below - Advance
Annie Duffield - Advance
Danielle Markham - Advance
Mikayla Mikels - Advance
Piper Schoemehl - Bernie
Karsynn Phillips - Bloomfield
Melanie Phillips - Bloomfield
Kennedy Bess - Dexter
Amelia Jenkins - Dexter
Alivia Taylor - Puxico
Chloe Goodwin - Woodland
Lilley Long - Woodland
Player of the Year: Melanie Phillips of Bloomfield
Coach of the Year: Coach AJ Horn of Advance
The 2021 MSHSAA District Spring Season Baseball Tournament begins Friday, May 14th.
Oran (18-4) earned the #1 seed followed by #2 Advance, #3 Bell City, #4 Delta, #5 Leopold, and #6 Oak Ridge.
On Friday, May 14th at noon #4 Delta (3-9) will face #5 Leopold (2-8) and at 3 p.m. #3 Bell City (10-9) will play #6 Oak Ridge (0-15).
Oran will play the winner of the Delta/Leopold game on Monday, May 17th at 2 p.m.
Advance (14-7) will play the winner of the Bell City/Oak Ridge game also on Monday, May 17th, but at 4 p.m.
Games will be played at Bell City.
Championship is slated for 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 18th.
