The 2025 Stoddard County Athletic Association (SCAA) Jr. High Baseball Tournament seeds and bracket have been announced.
The Dexter Bearcats have earned the #1 seed followed by #2 Puxico Indians, #3 Advance Hornets, #4 Bernie Mules, #5 Bloomfield Wildcats, #6 Richland Rebels, and #7 Woodland Cardinals.
Dexter received a bye for the first round, but will play on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m.
Bernie will play Bloomfield at Dexter on Saturday, May 3rd at noon.
Puxico will play Woodland at 10 a.m. on Saturday at Puxico and Advance will play Richland also at Puxico at noon on Saturday, May 3rd.
Dexter will host the winner of the Bernie/Bloomfield game at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 3rd.
The winners of the other two games will play each other at 2 p.m. at Puxico.
Third place game will be at the higher seed on Monday, May 5th at 4 p.m.
Championship will be also on Monday, May 5th at 6 p.m. at the higher seed.
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The Dexter Bearcats had yet another great day golfing in southeast Missouri. They played in the Dragon Invitational at Ste. Genevieve. There were 21 teams and 108 golfers.
The Bearcats shot 321, finishing 18 strokes ahead of the filed to take first place as a team.
Ben Christian was the medalist at 73. Tucker Temples earned third with a 77 and Banks Nesselrodt was 6th with a 79.
Carter Stone got his first 18 hole round in and contributed a 92. Will Guethle rounded out the team with a 93.
The weather was awesome, but course conditions were a little tough.
"Great to see the boys play though it," stated golf coach Shawn Guethle.
Team Results: Dexter 321, St. Vincent 339, North County 348, Valle Catholic 350, Festus 352, Windsor 352, Farmington 354, Potosi 354, Sikeston 359, Fredericktown 362, Northwest 364, DeSoto 369, Perryville 369, Jefferson 371, Hillsboro 372, Park Hills Central 374, Saxony Lutheran 386, West County 394, Ste. Genevieve 400, Arcadia Valley 408, Herculaneum 443, Winona NTS, Senath-Hornersville NTS.
Top 10 Individuals: 1, Ben Christian (Dexter) 73; 2, Ruger Govero (North County) 76; t-3, Samuel Kosher (St. Vincent) 77; t-3, Tucker Temples (Dexter) 77; 5, Cameron Mark (Northwest) 78; t-6, Banks Nesselrodt (Dexter) 79; t-6, Drew Johnson (Festus) 79; 8, Golden Prost (St. Vincent) 80; t-9, Samuel Kahn (Valle Catholic) 81; t-9, Ryan Horn (Windsor).
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On one of the windiest days of the 2025 softball season the Lady Cats held their annual Senior Night for five graduating athletes.
Alexis Sisk is the daughter of Scott and Andrea Sisk.
She is a four year member of the softball team. She is also involved in Future Business Leaders of America, FCCLA, Sr. Beta Club, Volleyball, and Football Cheer.
Her future plans are to attend Three Rivers College and major in Early Childhood Education and advancing her degree to become a Literature Professor.
Her most memorable softball moment at DHS is having a dance battle in the rain storm with Charleston, her junior year of Districts.
On one of the windiest days of the 2025 softball season the Lady Cats held their annual Senior Night for five graduating athletes.
Payton Short is the daughter of Josh and Cara Short.
Payton is a four yea member of the softball team. She is also involved in Sr. Beta Club, National Honor Society, Chamber Choir, HOSA, and Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Her future plans are to attend Three Rivers College and obtain her RN license then transfer to Southeast Missouri State University - Cape Girardeau and get her BSN.
Her most memorable softball moment at DHS was making life long best friends with the girls on the team.
On one of the windiest days of the 2025 softball season the Lady Cats held their annual Senior Night for five graduating athletes.
Isabella Pittman is the daughter of Gary and Jennifer Pittman.
She is a four year member of the DHS softball team. She is also involved in Scholar Bowl, Sr. Beta Club, National Honor Society, Future Business Leaders of America, HOSA, FCCLA, and DECA where she holds leadership positions in each club.
Her future plans are to attend Southeast Missouri State University - Cape Girardeau and major in nursing to obtain her BSN-RN degree.
Her most memorable softball moment at DHS was when Coach Jenkins gave her the Designated Player of the Year Award.
