Stoddard County, Missouri - The SCAA Softball Tournament begins today, Monday, April 18, 2016 at each of the higher seeded locations.

Woodland Lady Cardinals have the number one seed and have earned a bye for tonight’s games.  The Bernie Lady Mules will take the field on Tuesday against either Dexter or Bloomfield.

#4 Advance will play #5 seeded Puxico at Advance on Monday at 4:30 p.m.

Dexter seeded #3 will play the #6 seeded Bloomfield Lady Wildcats at 4:30 p.m. in Dexter on Monday.  The winner of this game will go on to play Bernie seeded #2 at Bernie on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 4:30 p.m.

Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter Bearcats Golf Team hosted Notre Dame and Sikeston on Wednesday, April 13, 2016.

Notre Dame won with a team score of 165.  Dexter finished second with a team score of 176.  Sikeston fell last with a team score of 209.

Ethan Stevens finished 2nd overall with an individual score of 37.  Gavin White shot a 42, Taylor Smith shot a 43 and River Chism shot a 54.

Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter Golf Team hosted Advance, Sikeston, and Poplar Bluff on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at the Hidden Trails Golf Course.

The Poplar Bluff Mules won with a team score of 157.  Dexter Bearcats came in second with a score of 181.  Advance came in third with a team score of 181 and Sikeston finished last with a team score of 227.

Ethan Stevens shot a 39, Gavin White shot a 40, River Chism shot a 44 and Taylor Smith shot a 48.

Shown in the photo is River Chism of Dexter, Missouri.

Kennett, Missouri - The Dexter Lady Cats earned a first place win at the Metz Cherry Stadium at Kennett Invitational Track and Field Meet on Tuesday afternoon. Several earned first and second place medals.

In team competition, Dexter Lady Cats' team finished in first place, Malden finished second, Charleston earned a third place ranking and Kennett finished fourth. Kelly, East Prairie, and Hayti rounded out the bottom. In boys, East Prairie walked away with first place while the hosts claimed fourth as well.

GIRLS

Team Results

1. Dexter 151 2. Malden 130 3. Charleston 81 4. Kennett 69 5. Kelly 37 6.
   

Individual Results

(Top 3 finishers)

4x800 relay: 1. Rhylan Hillis, Emily Ladd, Julia Hahn and Addie Kruse of Dexter 11:48:25 2. Malden 12:49:51 3. Kennett 12:50:94

100m Hurdle: 1. MaKayla Waldner of Dexter 15:25 2. Malden 17:87. NMCC (Rainer) 18:12

100m Dash: 1. Jones (C) 12:29; 2. Craig (C) 13:05, 3. Williams (M)

4x200 Relay: 1. Malden 1:53:13, 2. Charleston 1:54:13, 3. Kennett 1:57:50

1600m Run: 1. Traughber (M) 6:59, 2. McMullan (Ken) 7:08, 3. Brooke Hobson (D) 7:09

4x100 Relay: 1. Charleston 54:06, 2. Malden 55:31, 3. Kennett 56:09

400m Dash: 1. Nelson (N) 1:04:97, 2. Williams (M) 1:05:43, 3. Brown (N) 1:08:00

300m Hurdle: 1. MaKayla Waldner (D) 44:04, 2. Benford (M) 50:69, 3. Crank (Kel) 54:32

800m Run: 1. Brown (N) 2:50, 2. Rhylan Hillis of Dexter 2:52, 3. Jones (N) 2:57

200m Dash: 1. Jones (C) 25:53 2. MaKayla Waldner of Dexter 26:00, 3. Craig (D) 28:24

3200m Run: 1. Emily Ladd of Dexter 13:00, 2. Crafton (Ken) 14:48, 3. Lacey (D) 16:48

4x400 Relay: 1. Taylor Ivy, Julia Hahn, Paige Moore, and Emily Page of Dexter 4:26:84, 2. NMCC 4:45:62, 3. Kennett 4:55:37

Shot Put: 1. Madelyn Webb of Dexter 33'4" 2. Minnifield (M) 27'11" 3. Charleston 27'6"

Discus: 1. EP 81'4.5" 2. Dexter 76'11" 3. Koepp (Kel) 75'4"

Triple Jump: 1. Leshay (M) 32–7, 2. Taylor Ivy (D) 31–9.5, 3. Charleston 31–6

Long Jump: 1. MaKayla Waldner (D) 16, 2. Charleston 15–2, 3. Taylor Ivy (D) 14–6

High Jump: 1. Nelson (Ken) 5'0" 2. EP 5'0" 3. Charleston 4'10"

BOYS

Team Results

1. East Prairie 106. 2. Malden 103 3. Dexter 78 4. Kennett 72 5. TIE Hayti, Charleston 65 7. NMCC 52 8. Kelly 38.

Individual Results

(Top 3 finishers)

4x800 Relay: 1. Malden 9:07:79, 2. Trenton Dean, Josh Ladd, Justin Kenley and Dawson Kasting of Dexter 9:20:55, 3. Kennett 10:17:75

100m Hurdle: 1. NMCC 17:22, 2. Annesser (M) 18:56, 3. Perkins (M) 18:92

100m Dash: 1. Davis (K) 10.50, 2. Lewis (H) 11.05, 3. Bruce (C) 11.09

4x200 Relay: 1. Hayti 1.34.88, 2. Charleston 1.34.55, 3. NMCC 1.36.07

1600m: 1. Townsend (M) 5.33, 2. Rybolt (D) 5.35, 3. Brown (EP) 5.41

4x100 Relay: 1. NMCC 46.6, 2. Charleston 46.96, 3. Malden 47.39

400m: 1. Rollings (H) 54.00, 2. Booker (H) 54.17, 3. Ben Sindle (D) 54.47

300m Hurdle: 1. Cartwright (D) 43.53, 2. Farr (NMCC) 45.15, 3. Thomas (Ken) 45.28.

800m: 1. Matthew (M) 2.12, 2. TIE Ross (M), Trenton Dean (D) 2:13, 3. Rodgers (C) 2.17.

200m: 1. Davis (K) 22.62, 2. Cody (H) 23.01, 3. Anderson (C) 23.13

3200m: 1. Townsend (M) 12.00, 2. Cross (Ken) 12.17, 3. Brown (EP) 12.37.

4x400m: 1. NMCC 3:44.11, 2. EP 3.45.66, 3. Hayti 3.46.79

Shot: 1. Tidwell (EP) 47.6, 2. McCutchen (EP) 41.9, 3. Taylor (Ken) 41.8

Discus: 1. Tidwell (EP) 137'2" 2. Williams (Ken) 109'0" 3. Cowgill (EP) 104'8"

Triple Jump: 1. Davis (K) 40.8 1/2, 2. Gregory (EP) 38.9, 3. Currie (M) 38.7

Long Jump: 1. Jones (EP) 18'11" 2. Gregory (EP) 18'10" 3. Tucker (C) 18'06"

High Jump: 1. Tucker (C) 6.2, 2. Jones (EP) 6.0, 3. Ross (K) 6.0

Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter Bearcats varsity boys tennis team placed second in the Poplar Bluff Invitational on Saturday, April 2, 2016 in Dexter.  It was moved due to construction at the Poplar Bluff Schools.

Not only did Dexter's team place second, but they had a player advance to the singles final and a doubles team win the doubles tournament.  The boys tennis team initially tied for first place with Poplar Bluff in the team competition with both teams securing 11.5 points each.  Farmington placed 3rd with a score of 8.5 points and Sikeston finished fourth with zero points.

Poplar Bluff eventually won the tournament because they won more games than any other team in the tournament.  Dexter won 51 games while Poplar Bluff won 54 games during the tournament.

Ethan Flowers of Dexter advanced to the singles championship after beating Brett Johnson of Sikeston 8-6 in a quarterfinal and defeating Isaac Laseter of Poplar Bluff 8-2 in a semifinal.  Alex England of Farmington beat Flowers 8-4 in the championship match.

Zach Potts and Joshua Kohlbaker, a doubles team from Dexter, took the top prize beating Beau Bryant and Will Leonard of Sikeston 8-0 in quarterfinal play and beat Diego Rivetti and Greg Roberson from Poplar Bluff 8-3 in semifinal action.  They then defeated Peyton Bradley and Eduardo Martinez of Poplar Bluff 8-3 in the championship.

Singles Tournament

Quarterfinals:

Ethan Flowers (D) def. Brett Johnson (S) 8-6

Isaac Laseter (PB) def. Cole Sutton (F) 8-6

Humza Siddiqui (PB) def. Michael Porter (S) 8-0

Alex England (F) def. Addison Moore (D) 8-1

Semifinals:

Ethan Flowers (D) def. Isaac Laseter (PB) 8-2

Alex England (F) def. Humza Siddiqui (PB) 8-6

Championship:

Alex England (F) def. Ethan Flowers 8-4

Doubles Tournament

Quarterfinals:

Grant Harrison-Victor Lavella (F) def. Will Brehmer-Tyler Stevenson (D) 8-6

Peyton Bradley-Eduardo Martinez (PB) def. Edward McClain-Jordan Wheatley (S) 8-2

Diego Rivetti-Greg Roberson (PB) def. Dante Chamberlain-Jesse Stover (F) 8-6

Zach Potts-Josh Kohlbaker (D) def. Beau Bryant-Will Leonard (S) 8-0

Semifinals:

Bradley-Martinez (PB) def. Harrison-Lavella (F) 8-5

Potts-Kohlbaker (D) def. Rivetti-Roberson (PB) 8-3

Championship

Potts-Kohlbaker (D) def. Bradley-Martinez (PB) 8-3

Shown in the photo are from left to right: Tyler Stephenson, Addison Moore, Ethan Stevens, Josh Kohlbaker, Zach Potts, Will Brehmer.