The 2023 SCAA 7th Grade Basketball seeds and bracket have been released.  The games will be played at the Puxico FEMA gym and the ARG gym.

Bloomfield earned the #1 seed followed by #2 Puxico, #3 Bernie, #4 Woodland, #5 Advance, and #6 Bell City.  Richland and Dexter are not participating this year.  Dexter has dropped out of the SCAA tournament.

Bloomfield and Puxico have received a bye for the first round of tournament play.  This is a single elimination tournament.

Monday, October 30th #3 Bernie vs #6 Bell City at 5 p.m.

Monday, October 30th #4 Woodland vs # 5 Advance at 6 p.m.

Thursday, November 2nd #1 Bloomfield will play the winner of the Woodland/Advance game at 6 p.m.

Thursday, November 2nd #2 Puxico will play the winner of the Bernie/Bell City game at 7:15 p.m.

3rd Place Game will be played on Friday, November 3rd at 6 p.m. in the FEMA gym

Championship will be on Friday, November 3rd as well at 6 p.m. in the ARG Gym.

Dexter held the 2023 Stoddard County Athletic Association (SCAA) Cross Country meet on Saturday at Charles Bland Stadium.  The DHS boys team won the overall meet.

"Today was a great day for our team," commented head cross country coach Josh Dowdy. "We bounced back from a tough meet last week at Notre Dame to knock off a very good Woodland team led by two exceptional runners.  Our kids did not pace themselves today...we raced!  That is the kind of effort we need down the stretch to get out of our district."

The Lady 'Cats varsity girls team was led by Abbie Lloyd.  She placed second with a time of 21:30.70.

Cameron Bell led the way for the boys placing 3rd for the Bearcats with a time of 16:37.80.

Varsity Girls Results:

ABBIE LLOYD 2ND 21:30.70

KENADY KRAPF 9TH 25.23.70

Varsity Boys Results:

CAMERON BELL 3RD 16:37.80

BEN DOWDY 4TH 17:12.80

JAXON KING 6TH 17:34.10

HUNTER MASSEY 8TH 17:43.50

JV Boys Results:

STRYKER MUZNY 7TH 21:25.30

PEYTON BALLANCE 9TH 21:49.70

"I want to thank our maintenance crew led by Josh Stearns for all of their time and effort in preparing our course," stated Dowdy.  "The course was in great shape and made for a great day!"

The Cross Country team travels to Notre Dame on Thursday for the SEMO Conference Meet.

The Dexter Bearcat Cross Country team is on fire!  They traveled to Columbia, Missouri to compete in the Gan Creek CC Meet which just happens to be where the state championship is held also.  Abbie Lloyd medaled in the girls varsity finishing 20th overall with a time of 21:38.10.  There were three medalists in the boys division.  Cameron Bell finished 1st with a time of 16:30.80 and broke his own school record again!  Ben Dowdy finished 10th earning a medal with a time of 17:28.20 and Jaxon King shaved 45 seconds off his time earning 16th place and a medal with a time of 17:53.20.

The 'Cats also finished in first place out of 35 teams with a score of 82.  Second place went to Priory and third place was Knob Noster.

"Today was a great day for our team," commented head Cross Country Coach Josh Dowdy.  "We feel we had two of our best weeks of training leading up to this meet. It is nice to see their hard work continue to be rewarded."

"Our team average dropped from an 18:06 at Arcadia Valley to a 17:45 at Gans.  That was in huge part to Jaxon King who improved his time by over 45 seconds.  Jaxon has been a hard worker for us all summer long and we were so happy for him to join the 17 minute club," continued Dowdy.

"Chase Farmer has been battling staying healthy this year and he came out and ran an 18:30 which was huge for our team results. He has worked so hard doing his rehab–which is not easy. We now have 5 guys under 18:30 and we plan to inch that down even further."

"Cameron Bell finished at the top of the podium by running a remarkable 16:30 and once again broke his own school record." 

VARSITY GIRLS RESULTS

ABBIE LLOYD 20TH 21:38.10 MEDALIST

KENADY KRAPF 103RD 26:06.50

VARSITY BOYS RESULTS

CAMERON BELL 1ST 16:30.80 MEDALIST

BEN DOWDY 10TH 17:28.30 MEDALIST

JAXON KING 16TH 17:53.20 MEDALIST

HUNTER MASSEY 29TH 18:24.00

CHASE FARMER 30TH 18:30.60

NATHAN HARRIS 70TH 19:37.50

BLAKE LEE 120TH 20:37.70

TEAM RESULTS

Finished in First Place out of 35 teams in the Gans Creek White Division

DEXTER           82 POINTS

PRIORY         129 POINTS

KNOB NOSTER 132 POINTS

"To have a runner win a race of this magnitude and for our team to finish first is something our program has not seen before…..we now have a reason to run even harder at practice this week!"

The Cross Country Team will travel to Cape Girardeau to participate in the Notre Dame Cross Country Invitational on Saturday, September 30, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.

Puxico Cross Country team earn medals at Arcadia Valley Junior High and Sr. High Cross Country meet.

Middle School Boys (196 Total)

Colton Stroud - 2nd (8:37 min)

Jonah McClurg - 32nd (9:42 min)

Middle School Girls (129 Total)

Lilah Porter - 16th (10:28 min)

JV Boys (137 Total)

Jett Hancock - 1st (17:45 min)

Karsen Long - 11th (18:42 min)

JV Girls (77 Total)

Maddie Camden - 10th (23:42 min)

Carlee Smith - 13th (24:26 min)

Varsity Boys (154 Total)

Logan Robison - 7th (17:14 min)

The Dexter Bearcats Cross Country team competed at the Arcadia Valley Cross Country Meet on Saturday, September 9, 2023.  They had a tremendous run with three medalists. The varsity 'Cats finished 4th out of 20 teams.  Cameron Bell broke his school record from last week with a time of 16:43.63 and placed 2nd.  Ben Dowdy finished fifth with a time of 16:59.56 just seconds behind Bell and a personal best.

Abbie Lloyd finished 13th with a time of 21:22.07 and also medaled.

"We had a great week of training this past week and it showed as we made significant gains," commented Josh Dowdy, head Cross Country Coach and Athletic Director. "Cameron and Ben had personal bests by both of them breaking the 17 minute barrier. Cam broke his own record from last week with a time of 16:43.  Jaxon and Hunter had a big day too."  

"On the girls side, Abbie had a great run….seconds away from her personal best," continued Dowdy.   

"We have had 4-5 of our kids put in anywhere from 35-50 miles per week since early July. I want to believe their persistence will pay off over the course of the season."

"We have high expectations for ourselves and we’re not quite where we want to be yet—this group is hungry and I am confident they will continue chewing up the streets until they reach their goals."   

VARSITY GIRLS RESULTS

ABBIE LLOYD         13TH 21:22.07 MEDALIST

KENADY KRAPF 91ST 27:41.08

JASMINE SMITH 98TH 27:33.11

LILLYN CROCKETT 107TH         28:37.33

QUINCEY MCLAUGHLIN 111TH         29:13.66

KAYLEIGH HILFIKER 117TH         31:44.85

VARSITY BOYS RESULTS

CAMERON BELL 2ND 16:43.63 MEDALIST

BEN DOWDY         5TH 16:59.56 MEDALIST

JAXON KING         43RD 18:38.66

HUNTER MASSEY         44TH 18:40.94

NATHAN HARRIS 70TH 19:28.73

BLAKE LEE 94TH 20:13.16

JUNIOR VARSITY BOYS RESULTS

PEYTON BALLANCE 73RD 22:26.91

STRYER MUZNY 86TH 23:19.68

The Bearcats will travel to Gans Creek Cross Country in Columbia on Saturday, September 23, 2023.  Junior Varsity will travel to Van Buren on Wednesday, September 20, 2023.