Bell City, Missouri - The 2019 Stoddard County Athletic Association (SCAA) 7th grade Jr. High Boys Basketball Tournament seeds and bracket have been released.
Games will begin on Tuesday, November 19th at Bell City. Games are slated for Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Dexter Bearcats received the No. 1 seed followed by #2 Richland, #3 Puxico, #4 Bloomfield, #5 Woodland, #6 Bell City, #7 Bernie, and #8 Advance.
On Tuesday, at 4:00 p.m. Dexter vs Advance, 5:30 p.m. Bloomfield vs Woodland, 7 p.m. Richland vs Bernie, and at 8:30 p.m. Puxico vs Bell City
Semifinal games will be on Thursday at 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. with consolation semifinal games at 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
Consolation game will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 23rd, third place game at 1 p.m. and championship game at 4 p.m.
Stoddard County, Missouri - Four Stoddard County cross country runners qualified for the MSHSAA (Missouri State High School Athletic Association) Boys and Girls State Championships slated for Saturday.
Margo Nea, a senior from Dexter, set her goal and reached the Class 3 State Championship for the 3rd straight year. She placed 9th at the District 1 race held at Notre Dame with a time of 20 minutes, 43.71 seconds.
Josh Reynolds from Bloomfield finished 7th at Districts with a time of 18 minutes, 42.71 seconds to make his way to the Championships.
Nic Carter also of Bloomfield finished 15th with a time of 19 minutes, 4.50 seconds earning him a spot at State.
Kennett Rampley was the fourth Stoddard County high school student to qualify for the State. He finished 6th in District 1 with a time of 18 minutes, 35.03 seconds.
The State Championship Cross Country Meet will be held on Saturday, November 9th at Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Columbia, Missouri.
Nea finished 27th at the Class 3 State Cross Country meet last November at Oak Hills Golf Center in Jefferson City in 20:59.52, less than 10 seconds out of 25th, which would have won her an all-state medal.
Here are the complete results of Stoddard County teams:
VARSITY GIRLS
Class 3
DEXTER: 9, Margo Nea, 20:43.71; 34, Gabby Brown, 22:45.11; 48, Alanie Lacy, 24:31.41; 57, Maria Ureta, 26:11.42; 60, Sophia Chasteen, 27:08.68; 66, Kalyn Traw, 29:16.76; 67, Maddie Slaton, 29:36.46.
Class 2
BLOOMFIELD: 32, Johnna Costigan, 26:30.90.
PUXICO: 42, Gracie Wilkinson, 28:26.58; 50, Bushra Iqbal, 31:31.03.
Class 1
BELL CITY: 36, Claire Nichols, 30:01.36.
RICHLAND: 17, Alexia Kemp, 24:52.27; 40, Katelyn Black, 31:40.28; 42, Belle Jones, 32:27.81; 44, Allison Jones, 40:29.67.
VARSITY BOYS
Class 3
DEXTER: 28, Carter Dorton, 18:27.99; 30, Gavin Cartwright, 18:30.40; 43, Andrew Ellinghouse, 19:03.58; 60, Clayton Bell 20:41.09; 66, Alex Cornelison, 21:09.80; 67, Gage Coleman, 21:39.66; 76, Jackson Christian, 23:29.67.
Class 2
BLOOMFIELD: 7, Josh Reynolds, 18:42.71; 15, Nic Carter, 19:04.50; 25, Conner Scott, 19:46.49; 37, Dawson Hill, 20:32.76; 38, Jeffery Jarrell, 20:37.02; 42, Stevan McMillan, 20:58.65; 47, Blake Wagster, 21:38.40.
PUXICO: 31, Bailey Zych, 20:06.16; 39, Ethan Helm, 20:41.42; 53, Caleb Robison, 22:00.52; 58, Duncan Crabb, 22:53.69; 59, Brayton Bridges, 23:17.65.
Class 1
BELL CITY: 6, Kennett Rampley, 18:35.03; 35, Luke Nichols, 21:38.08; 53, Wyatt Lacey, 25:00.67.
RICHLAND: 37, Lennon Cook 21:42.29; 39, Hunter Deason, 22:09.46; 50, Andrew Partenberry, 24:10.39; 52, Cody Knox, 24:44.09; 54, Damon Ivy, 25:32.74.
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STARKVILLE - Senior MaKayla Waldner was named to the All-SEC First Team as a midfielder, the league office announced on Sunday. The Dexter, Missouri, native was also named Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Waldner led all SEC midfielders with 10 goals and was second in points (21) in the regular season. She leads Mississippi State in goals, points, shots and shots on goal. The Bulldog captain broke rewrote the MSU record book in her final season.
She now holds the career game-winning goals record (11) and is second in school history in career goals (28), shots (200) and multi-goal games (5). Waldner is tied for third in career points (59). She is one of five players in program history to score 10 goals in a year and posted the 10th 20-point season on record.
Her 10 goals ranked fifth in the SEC this season, and the Bulldogs were undefeated when she scored, going 6-0-2 in such matches. She ranked among the top 100 players nationally in goals, goals per game, points and game-winning goals.
"I went into this season with a mindset of I have to leave everything out on the field," Waldner said. "This is my last chance to make a mark on Mississippi State, my last chance to be Bulldog. At the beginning of every season, I write down goals for myself and for the team. This year my goal was to be named All-SEC as a personal goal, and a team goal I had was to make the SEC Tournament. Having that constant reminder in my locker, gave me that extra edge."
Waldner has excelled off the field throughout her career as well and can now add Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors to her extensive resume. The senior mechanical engineering major shared the award with Alabama's Nealy Martin and Missouri's Sarah Luebbert. Waldner was also the Bulldogs' representative on the SEC Community Service Team this year.
She boasts a 3.60 GPA and has earned SEC Academic Honor Roll recognition every year of her career. She is a three-time President's List honoree and has made the Dean's List twice. Last year, she won the Newsom Award, given to the player with the highest GPA in each sport at MSU.
"Being the Scholar-Athlete makes me feel very proud," Waldner added. "It shows the hard work I've put into it, trusting my studies and doing what I know I have to do to get a degree. It means a lot to me to say that, as a mechanical engineering student, I was able to get a Scholar-Athlete award."
Waldner is just the fourth first-team selection in MSU history and the first since Catalina Perez in 2017. The last Bulldog to be named Scholar-Athlete of the Year was Mallory Eubanks in 2017 as well.
Waldner extends MSU's streak of having a student-athlete in at least one sport win the academic honor to three years. In that span, seven Bulldogs have done so in soccer, men's tennis, women's tennis, women's basketball and men's outdoor track and field.
The Bulldogs open the SEC Tournament at 3:30 p.m. CT on Sunday afternoon against Ole Miss. The match will air on SEC Network.
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Dexter, Missouri - T.S. Hill Middle School boys basketball schedule has been released. They were set to open at Bernie; however that game was cancelled due to a water leak. They play their first home game on Monday, November 4, 2019.
2019 Boys Basketball Schedule:
11/4 Richland (Essex) Jr. 6:00 p.m.
11/5 at Advance 6:00 pm
11/7 at Woodland 6:00 pm
11/11 at Bell City Jr. 6:00 pm
11/12 Puxico 6:00 pm
11/14 Bloomfield Jr. 6:00 pm
11/25 Poplar Bluff Junior 5:00 pm
11/26 at Jackson 5:30 pm
12/2 at Cape Jr 4:30 pm
12/5 Kennett 6:00 pm
12/10 Sikeston 5:30 pm
Dexter, Missouri - The DHS Fall Activities Senior Night was held at Charles Bland Stadium on Friday, October 25, 2019 prior to the start of the Malden vs Dexter football game.
Jaden Cato is the daughter of Tonya and Mark Cato.
She is a member of the DHS Girls Tennis team.
Her future plans are to attend Missouri State University and major in biological sciences.
Her most memorable moment is the bonds that we shared, bus rides, and all of the tik toks we made.
