Continuing to have a successful year the 4th grade team took to the court and scored a huge victory.  These little guys work very hard and have created a very proud team that is almost undefeated.  They overpowered the Charleston Bluejays by a crushing score of 44 - 15.   Way to go team!

On Sunday, another round of winning games for the 4th, 5th and 6th graders.  Each team was charged and ready for action against their opponent, Chaffee.  The 6th grade team won 25 - 9 and the 5th grade team won 34 - 17.  The youngest team was alive with an outstanding score of 55 - 9, bringing the 4th grade team to 9  wins and only 1 loss on the season.  Way to go little Dexter Bearcats.

With each player's hard work and dedication, coaches Lloyd Hyten and Dave Ellinghouse see much potential out on the basketball court this year.  As these students continue to play well and develop skills over the next few years, they will be ready for the next level, high school basketball.

Dexter, Missouri - Three young men from Dexter have been traveling with the Jackson USA wrestling club.  This weekend they were in Anna-Jonesboro, Illinois.

Placing were Parker Vanslyke.  He was 2-2 and finished in 3rd place.   Wyatt Parker finished in 2nd place and was 2-1 for the day.  Travis Waldner finished with a perfect record of 3-0 and earned a 1st place spot.  Congratulations Travis, Parker and Wyatt on a job well done.

All three youngster did a great job and we are so very proud of their talents.  The Jackson Tomahawk Challenge will be their next event.  They travel to Jackson High School on Saturday, December 22, 2012. 

Cape Girardeau, MO - The Dexter Bearcat Wrestling Team traveled to Cape this weekend to take part in the prestigious 39th Annual Tiger Classic Wrestling Tournament.  Noted as one of the largest wrestling tournaments in the state of Missouri, high quality skilled athletes converge on this premier event to attempt to become the champion of the Tiger Classic.

With near 40-years of tournaments under their belts, the Tiger Classic continues be a strong determinant of what a wrestler will do the remainder of the season.  Wrestlers come from various sized schools so many times a competitor could face competition that will normally be seen on the path to the MSHAA state championships. 

Year in and year out, the Jackson High School wrestling program has always been the top contender at the event.  Since the early days of Indian Coach Paul Weber, the Indians have always put forth a strong overall team in all weight divisions.  The past two years, the Indians have had to be become satisfied with second place, losing by narrow margins last year to Northwest and in 2010 to Christian Brothers of Memphis, Tennessee.

The 'Classic" is sponsored by the Cape Girardeau High School with teams from both Memphis and St. Louis joining in on the day of competition.  The tournament hosted 17-teams this years, up from 15-teams in 2011.

The roster of teams for 2012 Tiger Classic are;  Jackson HS, Central HS, Notre Dame HS, are Christian County HS (Ky.), De Soto HS, Dexter HS, Francis Howell North HS, Hillsboro HS, Mehlville HS, Rockwood Summit HS, Rolla HS, Sikeston HS, Ste. Genevieve HS, Sullivan HS, University City HS and Union HS.

The 2-day tournament is held at the Cape Junior High School gymnasium and has multiple matches going on at the same time.  It's somewhat of a madhouse of activity, but after 38 years of practice, the organizers have certainly learned to run a wrestling tournament. 

Friday's competition is a round robin of matches or pool play that allow athletes to qualify for second day of the tournament based upon their wins and losses. 

Bearcat wrestlers Dylan Bazarian (160#), Logan Quertermous (182#), Ethan Stevens (145#), Trevor Waldner (138#) and Steven Parks (113#) were all were able to advance to Saturday's tournament.  Both Trevor Waldner and Dylan Bazarian gave strong performances to captured 3 wins with no losses on Friday.

The 'Cats were only able to advance Waldner and Stevens to the medal rounds in the competition on Saturday.  Trevor Waldner ended the tournament with a record of 5 -1 and was the 2nd Place medal winner in the 138 pound weight class.  Cody Stevens posted a record of 3-4 for the tournament and was the 6th place medalist in the 145 pound weight division.

Bloomfield, Missouri - The brackets have been announced today for the 56th Annual Bloomfield Christmas Tournament today with the Kennett Indians receiving the number one seed, followed by the Bernie Mules in the second seed position. 

A tournament filled with many local teams, winning the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament has always been a high mark for area teams.  The games are normally The tournament is a long term tradition for the area with many sports fans planning to donate their Christmas vacation to watching all the games. 

First round action will get underway on Wednesday, December 25th with the Kennett Indians taking on the Richland Rebels.  Games will continue four days with the conclusion of the tournament on Saturday, December 29th.

You can get the full brackets for the tournament by clicking HERE!

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Brosley MO - Sometimes when the number 1 seed in a tournament plays the number 16 seed the favorite overlooks the underdog and gets "trapped" with a loss.  Consider the Dexter Lady Cats not one of those trapped teams.

The Lady Cats scored early and often opening up a 39-4 first quarter lead and a 63 -11 halftime lead on route to a 99-15 first round victory.

The Cats, without the services of junior Paige Patterson due to sickness, forced 17 first quarter turnovers and Hannah Noe scored 8 and Brittany Harris 7,along with Katelynn Fraziers two to give the Cats a 17-2 lead.  Mollie Whitehead (12 points on the morning) then scored 6 straight and Ericka Cobb had five to push the lead.  Alison Jarrell then got in on the fun with 5 points and the Lady Cats finished the first quarter on a roll.

The onslaught continued in the second quarter as Noe, Jarrell and MaKayla Waldner had baskets and three's from Jarrell and Dakota Reynolds (her first of three on the day) extended the Lady Cat lead. Harris (11 points)  had two more baskets  and the Cats had their impressive halftime lead.

With a running clock the entire second half, the varsity came out and scored 10 straight points off of steals and layups.  Four minutes into the quarter Coach Chad Allen brought in his JV squad.  This group played well and each scored during their time in the game.  Reynolds had two more threes and a couple of regular baskets, Melanie McKuin had 5 points and Katie Reiker, Shayna Bess and Karoline Kiersey each had their first varsity points of the season with Bess leading that group of three with 6 points.

With the victory the Lady Cats advance to the second round of the Twin Rivers Christmas tournament and will play either Charleston or Doniphan at 6:30 on Monday the 17th.