Cape Girardeau, MO - The Dexter boys and girls track and field teams competed in the Notre Dame Frozen Invitational on Saturday, March 19, 2022. The meet lived up to its name as the temperature was a little chilly on Saturday morning, but heated up throughout the day.
DHS boys track finished 9th with 38 points out of the 19 schools participating. Jackson High School finished in first place with 133 total points.
DHS girls track finished 7th with 38.5 points out of the 17 schools participating. Rockwood Summit High Schools finished in first place with 119 total points.
"I feel like both teams did a fantastic job for the first meet of the season," commented head track and field coach James DeBerry. "The N.D. Frozen definitely lived up to the name! For most of the meet it was cold and windy. That is going to have an effect on times/field events. I told my athletes we aren't here to win this today. We are here to get the wheel moving again. To establish a base, and set goals moving forward. I would say overall we achieved that."
Joshua Alday, senior, placed 1st in boys javelin. He threw an impressive 47.47 meters setting a meet record.
Lucas Alday, senior, placed 6th in the shot put throwing 12.10 meters.
In the boys DMR Cameron Bell, Anistin Kyle, Ben Dowdy, and Chris Stone finished 6th place with a time of 12:15.81
In the boys 4x200 Relay Farmer, Grams, Damon Helton, and Tristan Bryant finished in 4th place with a time of 1:40.33
In the boys 4.100m relay Damon Helton, Farmers, Tristan Bryant and Grams finished 8th with a time of 47.48.
in the boys 4x400m relay Anistin Kyle, Farmer, Chris Stone and Levi DeMent finished 2nd place.
"For the boys Josh Alday set a meet record with a javelin throw of 47.77m to earn him 1st place. RJ Farmer placed 3rd in the 300m hurdles. I was impressed with the boys 4x400m team. They finished 2nd with a time of 3:44. You can expect us to be working on that a lot more this season," continued DeBerry.
Gabby Brown placed 2nd in the 1600m with a time of 5:41.75 She also finished 2nd in the 800m with a time of 2:32.07 Brown placed 4th in the 3200m with a time of 12:25.11.
In the girls DMR Abbie Lloyd, Avery Neely, Kali Hale, and Marie Fees placed 6th with a time of 15:22.11.
Avery Neely finished 7th in the girls high jump event with a jump of 1.31m.
Abbie Lloyd vaulted 2.13 m in the girls pole vault earning her a 5th place finish.
Dulcie Pullen earned 8th place in girls shot put throwing 8.76m.
"For the girls Gabby Brown and Allison Turnbo brought home several 2nd place finishes. I was impressed with Abbie Lloyd getting a 5th place finish in Pole Vault. We just brought that back to Dexter this year with the help of Coach Dona!"
"As a whole I thought the team did a great job of staying positive and giving their best effort despite the cold conditions. I was also proud of my athletes for standing on the infield cheering on fellow team members. They were excited to get this first meet underway!"
DHS Track and Field Teams will be back in action on Thursday, March 24th at the East Prairie Open. Track time is 4 p.m.
Photos provided by Kara Glaus and Willa Fees.
MSHSAA announced district assignments for spring sports on Friday, March 18, 2022. Hosts for district playoffs will be announced later in the season.
Advance Hornets baseball team will compete in Class 1, District 2 with Bell City, Delta, Leopold, Oran, and Zalma.
Bell City Cubs baseball team will compete in Class 1, District 2 with Advance, Delta, Leopold, Oran, and Zalma.
Bernie Mules baseball team will compete in Class 2, District 1 with Campbell, Holcomb, Portageville, Senath-Hornersville, and South Pemiscot.
Bloomfield Wildcats baseball team will compete in Class 2, District 3 with ellington, Greenville, Meadow Heights, Puxico and Saxony Lutheran.
Dexter Bearcats baseball team will compete in Class 4, District 1 with Doniphan, Fredericktown, Kennett, and Notre Dame.
Puxico Indians baseball team will compete in Class 2, District 3 with Bloomfield, Ellington, Greenville, Meadow Heights, and Saxony Lutheran.
Richland Rebels baseball team will compete in Class 1, District 1 with Clarkton, Cooter, Risco, Scott Central, and Southland.
Advance Lady Hornets Softball team will compete in Class 2, District 2 with Arcadia Valley, Bloomfield, Clearwater, Dexter, Puxico, Scott City and Woodland.
Bernie Lady Mules Softball team will compete in Class 1, District 2 with Campbell, Delta, Gideon, Leopold, Oak Ridge, Oran and Scott Central.
Dexter Track & Field will compete in Class 3, District 1 featuring NMCC, Doniphan, Kelly, Kennett, Arcadia Valley, park Hills Central, Fredericktown, Jefferson, Potosi and Ste. Genevieve.
Bell City Track & Field will compete in Class 1, District 1 with Delta, Hayti Marquand-Zion, Oran, Richland, Scott Central, St. Vincent, Van Buren, Zalma, Couch, Crossroads Prep, Crystal City, Principia, St. Paul Lutheran, Fulton-St. Albans, Valle Catholic, Viburnum, and Winona.
Class 1 District 1 Boys Tennis will feature Dexter, Notre Dame, Sikeston, and Arcadia Valley.
Class 3 Golf will consist of Dexter, Doniphan, Kennett, and Perryville.
Class 1 Golf will consist of Bloomfield, Saxony Lutheran, Senath-Hornersville, and St. Vincent.
Dexter, MO - Dexter High School Track & Field opened at the Notre Dame Frozen Invitation on Saturday, March 19, 2022. The name lived up to the nice cool weather on Saturday morning, but throughout the day the temps did creep up to a nice afternoon.
"I'v very optimistic about this upcoming season," commented Dexter head coach James DeBerry. "We have several returning athletes that made it to State last year and we also have a handful of freshmen that I see getting us some points. Practice has been great the past few weeks and we have just got to put our aces in their places!"
You will have two opportunities to see track & field in Dexter. The Bearcats will host two meets on March 29th and May 3rd.
As far as returning athletes, Josh Alday will compete in the javelin. "This is Alday's senior year," cominued DeBerry. "I expect to see him picking up several meters this year."
RJ Farmer and Aniston Kyle made it to State last year as freshmen. "I expect to see them progress in the 300m hurdles, 400m dash, and the 4x400m relay."
Competing on the Boys and Girls Track & Field Team for 2022 are Joshua Alday, Lucas Alday, Cameron Bell, Clayton Bell, Gabby Brown, Tristan Bryant, Chloe Cash, Christian Chappell, Kate Churchill, Rylee Cochran, Lillyn Crockett, Juan Cuevas, Levi DeMent, Emma Dorton, Ben Dowdy, Chase Farmer, Hunter Farmer, RJ Farmer, Marie Fees, Caitlin Giles, Maddie Glaus, Ethan Glaus, Caleb Gott, Jaxen Grams, Jeff Grams, Peyton Hartline, Hunter Hayes, Damon Helton, Jayci Holcomb, Rachel Lin, Hannah Guy, Kali Hale, Myles Keena, Kennady Krapf, Anistin Kyle, Caden Lee, Abbie LLoyd, Avery Neely, Hailey Northern, Vivan Patel, Keagan Polley Dulcie Pullen, Sawyer Rascher, Cale Robinson, Kaylee Rutledge, Mason Simmons, Kolin Simpson, Chris Stone, Kalyn Traw, Allison Turnbo, Ayden Walters Delo Watson, Jaydan Willems, and Christiaan Wirz.
"Expectations I have for the team are we will hold each other accountable without creating conflict, work together as a team, and to have fun, make some great memories and friendships. Those 4 years of high school fly by. Enjoy them!"
2022 Dexter High School Track & Field Schedule:
Sat 3/19 @Notre Dame Invitational 8:30 a.m.
Thu 3/24 @East Prairie Open 4 p.m.
Tue 3/29 Dexter Open 4 p.m.
Fri 4/1 @Ste. Genevieve Old Settlement Meet TBA
Tue 4/5 @Perryville Invitational 9 a.m.
Thu 4/7 @Kelly Invitational 3:15 p.m.
Tue 4/12 @Kennett Invitational 4 p.m.
Thu 4/21 @Sikeston Invitation 3:30 p.m.
Sat 4/23 @Cape Central Invitational 4 p.m.
Sat 4/30 SEMO Central Conference Meet TBA 9 a.m.
Tue 5/3 Dexter Invitational 4 p.m.
Fri 5/6 @Hillsboro Invitational 2:30 p.m.
Sat 5/14 Districts TBA
Sat 5/21 Sectionals TBA
5/27-5/28 State TBA
Dexter, MO - Dexter High School Track & Field opened at the Notre Dame Frozen Invitation on Saturday, March 19, 2022. The name lived up to the nice cool weather on Saturday morning, but throughout the day the temps did creep up to a nice afternoon.
"I'v very optimistic about this upcoming season," commented Dexter head coach James DeBerry. "We have several returning athletes that made it to State last year and we also have a handful of freshmen that I see getting us some points. Practice has been great the past few weeks and we have just got to put our aces in their places!"
You will have two opportunities to see track & field in Dexter. The Bearcats will host two meets on March 29th and May 3rd.
"Gabby Brown is our senior girls' distance runner this year," stated DeBerry. "She had a successful cross country season and I am hopeful she will be our top point earner racking up top 3 finishes for most of our schedule."
"Allison Turbo is a sophomore 300m hurdler and sprinter. She is just an all around solid athlete who can compete in just about every event."
Competing on the Boys and Girls Track & Field Team for 2022 are Joshua Alday, Lucas Alday, Cameron Bell, Clayton Bell, Gabby Brown, Tristan Bryant, Chloe Cash, Christian Chappell, Kate Churchill, Rylee Cochran, Lillyn Crockett, Juan Cuevas, Levi DeMent, Emma Dorton, Ben Dowdy, Chase Farmer, Hunter Farmer, RJ Farmer, Marie Fees, Caitlin Giles, Maddie Glaus, Ethan Glaus, Caleb Gott, Jaxen Grams, Jeff Grams, Peyton Hartline, Hunter Hayes, Damon Helton, Jayci Holcomb, Rachel Lin, Hannah Guy, Kali Hale, Myles Keena, Kennady Krapf, Anistin Kyle, Caden Lee, Abbie LLoyd, Avery Neely, Hailey Northern, Vivan Patel, Keagan Polley Dulcie Pullen, Sawyer Rascher, Cale Robinson, Kaylee Rutledge, Mason Simmons, Kolin Simpson, Chris Stone, Kalyn Traw, Allison Turnbo, Ayden Walters Delo Watson, Jaydan Willems, and Christiaan Wirz.
"Expectations I have for the team are we will hold each other accountable without creating conflict, work together as a team, and to have fun, make some great memories and friendships. Those 4 years of high school fly by. Enjoy them!"
2022 Dexter High School Track & Field Schedule:
Sat 3/19 @Notre Dame Invitational 8:30 a.m.
Thu 3/24 @East Prairie Open 4 p.m.
Tue 3/29 Dexter Open 4 p.m.
Fri 4/1 @Ste. Genevieve Old Settlement Meet TBA
Tue 4/5 @Perryville Invitational 9 a.m.
Thu 4/7 @Kelly Invitational 3:15 p.m.
Tue 4/12 @Kennett Invitational 4 p.m.
Thu 4/21 @Sikeston Invitation 3:30 p.m.
Sat 4/23 @Cape Central Invitational 4 p.m.
Sat 4/30 SEMO Central Conference Meet TBA 9 a.m.
Tue 5/3 Dexter Invitational 4 p.m.
Fri 5/6 @Hillsboro Invitational 2:30 p.m.
Sat 5/14 Districts TBA
Sat 5/21 Sectionals TBA
5/27-5/28 State TBA
Bernie, MO - The Bernie Lady Mules opened their season at home with back-to-back games against Charleston and Puxico. They defeated Charleston 11-0 in 5 innings and beat Puxico 19-0 in 3 innings.
"It was a good start to our season," stated coach Brad Botch. "Sara did a good job throwing strikes and our defense was very solid behind her. We hit the ball pretty well today, especially as cold and nasty as it was outside. Big week next week with 4 games and a tournament next weekend. We'll see what we're made of quickly, but I'm proud of the girls for starting off well. They practice hard and should expect success."
Coach Botch is helping the Mules this spring while head coach Cendyl McGowen is away on maternity leave.
Botch isn't new to coaching the softball team. He coached the softball team in 2002 and 2003 and then again from 2012 - 2019.
Against the Charleston Lady Jays Piper Schoemehl 2-2, 3 runs, 5 stolen bases, Abby Powell 2-3, 2 RBIs, Anna Eaton 1-3, 3b, 1 RBI, Gracie Cluck 2-2, 2 runs. Sara Guzman was on the mound for Bernie and allowed only 2 hits, 0 runs, 4 k's and had a complete game shutout in 5 innings.
Against the Puxico Indians Piper Schoemehl 1-1, 3 BB (walks), 4 stolen bases, 4 runs, Mackenzie Powell 1-2, 2 runs, Gracie Cluck 2-2, 2 runs. Cluck also finished a complete game shutout with 0 runs, 1 hit and 2 strikeouts in three innings.
The Bernie softball team (2-0)will be in back in action on Monday, March 21st traveling to Risco. First pitch at 4:45 p.m.
