The Dexter High School Bearcats tennis team hosted Potosi High School in the District Championship match today, May 10th with a ticket to the Sectional round on the line.

The Bearcats came away with a 5-0 win and took home their first District Championship since 2019.

In the doubles portion of the head-to-head, the Bearcats swept all 3 matches.

#1 Doubles Match, Boles/Blocker come back from an early 0-3 deficit to pull out the 8-6 victory over Isiah Marty and Draven Griffin.

#2 Doubles Match, Worley and Chamberlain defeat Wyatt Mercer and Haydin Eckhoff 8-3.

#3 Doubles Match, Jones and Williams dominate the play and came away with an 8-1 win over Wyatt Richards and Logan Compton

"In the singles matches, we only saw the completion of 2 matches before the 5 total wins necessary to win was reached," commented head tennis coach Eric Boles.

#6 Rhyder Williams was the first singles win for the Bearcats as he defeated Logan Compton 6-0, 6-1.

#5 Logan Jones clinched the 5th match and the win for the Bearcats with his 6-3, 6-2 win over Wyatt Richards.

The following matches, in progress, were not finished because the win was clinched after the first 5 completed matches:

#1 Peyton Boles was leading #1 Marty 6-4, about to start the second set

#2 Lawson Blocker was only 1 game into his singles match when the contest was called

#3 Cooper Worley was also leading in his match but failed to complete the first set.

#4 Drew Chamberlain was leading in his match, but failed to complete the first set.

The Bearcats will travel to St. Louis for the Sectional Round of MSHSAA’s Boys Tennis Tournament where they will take on District 4 winner University City High School. 

The date and time for the sectional match has yet to be determined.