Dexter, MO - One of the largest open meets in southeast Missouri was held on Tuesday, March 29th at Charles Bland Stadium on the campus of Dexter High School.  Eighteen school participated in the meet.

Dexter boys track team finished in first place with a score of 119.  Poplar Bluff finished 2nd with 97.5 point and Sikeston finished third with 93 points

The Dexter girls track team finished in second place with a total of 101 points.  Cape Central girls finished 1st with 138 points and Saxony Lutheran finished third with 77 points.

Teams participating were Dexter, Poplar Bluff, Cape Central, Sikeston, jackson, Blytheville, Woodland, Charleston, Chaffee, Kelly, Doniphan, Bell City, Scott County Central, Zalma, Greenville, Saxony Lutheran, and Delta.

"There was a sense of pride and amazement to see all 18 team competing at Charles Bland Stadium, "I was proud to be a part of such a huge open meet. You really don't see big open meets anymore these days because they are so difficult to run. I was proud that we executed the meet so efficiently. I couldn't have asked for better volunteers to help run the meet. It takes a lot of people to run a meet that big and the Dexter Teaching staff as well as Dexter Parks & Rec. stepped up to the challenge! I couldn't have done it without all of them."

"We had a big day at our open as far as hitting goals early in the season. Josh Alday is picking up where he left off on Javelin last year at Sectionals. Lucas Alday, Dulcie Pullen, and Rachel Lin have gotten more explosive in our field events, I think we will them scoring a lot of points for us this season and doing well come districts. Ben Dowdy captured a 1st place in the 2 mile. Ben is only a freshman so I think we will see a lot more from him the season and over the next few years. Of course we have Gabby Brown who captured 1st in all her events. The question with Gabby is how many events will she go to state in? I believe she has a chance of going in all 3 this year! Damon Helton had a PR in the 100m Dash with a time of 10.91! Aniston Kyle like Josh is picking up where he left off on his Sectional time in the 400m Dash. RJ Famer is looking great on the 300m hurdles. We also have several relay teams that I believe have a shot at districts. I'm excited to see how far this team goes this year. I believe we have the potential to take several to State again this year!"

Scoreboard:

Josh Alday - 1st Place Javelin

Lucas Alday - 1st Place Discus

Ben Dowdy - 1st Place 3200m

Gabby Brown - 1st Place 800, 1st Place 1600m, 1st Place 3200m

Damon Helton - 1st Place 100m

Dulcie Pullen - 1st Place Shot Put

RJ Farmer - 1st Place 300m Hurdles

Anistin Kyle - 1st Place 400m

Rachel Lin - 1st Place Triple Jump

Avery Neely, Dulcie Pullen, Allison Turnbo, Marie Fees - 1st Place 4x400 Girls Relay

Anistin Kyle, RJ Farmer, Levi Dement, Christ Stone - 1st Place 4x400 Boys Relay

Clayton Bell, Ben Dowdy, Cameron Bell, Christ Stone - 1st Place 4x800 Boys Relay

Dexter, MO - The Dexter boys tennis team defeated Potosi 6-3 on Monday, March 28, 2022.  They now move to 2-3 on the season.

"We really saw some good improvement in our younger players, even in losses," commented Dexter head tennis coach Eric Boles.  "They are much better today than they were last week and I really believe we will be a pretty tough team to beat when we get to the end of the year."

All three doubles teams won their matches:

#1 Peyton Boles / #3 Lawson Blocker defeated #1 Chase Glore / #2 Isaiah Marty 8-6

#2 Drake Channell / #4 Cooper Worley defeated #3 Haydin Eckhoff / #6 Logan Compton  8-3

#5 Logan Jones / #7 Drew Chamberlain defeated #4 Wyatt Mercer / #5 Wyatt Richards 9-7

In Singles, our players went 3-3

#2 Drake Channell defeated #2 Isaiah Marty 8-6

#5 Logan Jones defeated Wyatt Richards 8-0

#6 Rhyder Williams defeated #6 Logan Compton 8-3

Dexter was scheduled to travel to the Cape Central Tournament on Wednesday, but due to inclement weather that match has been cancelled.  Their next match will be at Notre Dame on Friday for a SEMO Conference Tournament.  

Dexter, MO - The Dexter Middle School baseball team had their first at home game against the Kennett Indians in dramatic fashion.  The game was tied at seven when Trey Pedigo singled on a 1-1 count, scoring one run by Justus Lovelady winning the game 8-7.

A four-run lead in the sixth inning was just enough for the Bearcats to hold off the Indians for the victory.  Kennett scored four runs in the failed comeback on a double by Prewett and a single by Cohn.

Kennett jumped on the board first when an error scored one run for them.

Dexter scored four runs in the sixth inning.  Pedigo, Gibson Booker, and Hunter Massey all contributed in the big inning with RBIs.

Houston Neely was on the mound for the 'Cats and was credited with the victory.  He lasted two and two-thirds innings, allowing three hits and four runs while striking out four.

Prewett took the loss for the Indians.  He went two-thirds of an inning, allowing one run on three hits, striking out two and walking zero.

Gibson Booker did start the game for the Bearcats.  He lasted four and a third innings, allowing one hit and three runs while striking out eight at the plate.

The Dexter Bearcats tallied ten hits, Massey, Pedigo, and Will Guethle each managed multiple hits.

Dexter took a loss to Cape Central 10-3 on Thursday, March 24th in their first game of the season.

Dexter Middle School Bearcats (1-1) will be back in action on Tuesday when they travel to New Madrid Middle School.  First pitch is 4:00 p.m.

Bloomfield, MO - The Bloomfield boys golf team won their quad match at the Crowley's Ridge Recreational Center in Bloomfield.

"I was pleased overall with our team score from our first match of the season," commented Travis Westbrook, head golf coach at Bloomfield, "It was cold, wet and windy, not exactly ideal conditions to be playing golf in. Some of my guys know they are capable of putting up better scores and were a little disappointed but under the circumstances I let them know we put out a pretty good effort. I'm glad we got to play because we go to Dalhousie for the Notre Dame tournament Monday and hopefully we got the first match jitters out of the way."

They finished with a score of 182.  Caruthersville finished in 2nd place with a score of 212 followed by Clearwater with a 213, and Doniphan in 4th place with a 273.

Nate Norris of Clearwater was a medalist with a 6 over par 41.

Individual Results:

Bloomfield (182) 

1. Dawson Hill - 46

2. Nathan Lockhart - 43

3. Jeffrey Jarrell - 45

4. Christian Hartlein - 48

5. Dakotah Persfull - 48

6. Connor Scott - 56

Caruthersville (212) 

1. Carter Long - 46

2. Thomas Hayes - 46  

3. Trey Thompson - 61

4. Brent Ayers - 59

Clearwater (213) 

1. Nate Norris - 41

2. Will Morris - 53

3. Gavin Harbison - 59

4. Tim Aubuchon - 62

5. Conner Roberts - 60

Doniphan (273) 

1. Charissa Mathis - 68

2. Emily Morrow - 66

3. Kenzie Redus - 69

4. Marley Kennon - 70

The SEMO Doubles Tournament was held on the campus of Southeast Missouri State University on Friday, March 25, 2022.

It is a round-robin doubles tournament.  The teams participating were Dexter, Jackson, Notre Dame, and Sikeston.

It is a flighted tournament, so #1 doubles teams from each school face #1 teams from the other teams. #2s play #2s and #3s play #3s.

Dexter played Jackson in the first round.

#1 Peyton Boles/Lawson Blocker lost to Nolan Dry/Cameron Crawford in a third set tie break:  7-5, 4-6, 5-10

#2 Drake Channell/Cooper Worley lost to Gage Shearon/Drew Miller 2-6, 2-6

#3 Logan Jones/Drew Chamberlain lost to Will Petzoldt/Rylan Martin 2-6, 3-6

The Bearcats played Notre Dame in the second round.

#1 Peyton Boles/Lawson Blocker lost to Stephen Southard/Elijah Youngblood 0-6, 0-6

#2 Drake Channell/Cooper Worley lost to Charles West/Gavin Hardin 0-6, 0-6

#3 Logan Jones/Drew Chamberlain lost to Matthew Austin/Blake Schreckenberg in a third set tie break 1-6, 6-4, 4-10

Dexter played Sikeston in the third round.

#1 Peyton Boles/Lawson Blocker defeated Tyler McHaffie/Jake Buchanan 6-0, 7-5

#2 Drake Channell/Cooper Worley defeated Levi Douglas/Noah Mason 6-4, 6-2

#3 Logan Jones/Drew Chamberlain defeated Leo Huang/Ben Gilmore 7-6 (7-4), 6-4

"We are already seeing very good improvement in all of our doubles teams," commented Eric Boles, Dexter High School tennis coach. "The freshmen and new players are starting to get more comfortable on the courts playing at a varsity level and working with a partner.  I am proud that all three doubles teams got their first doubles wins of the season, and some were very close to getting multiple wins today."

Dexter will host Potosi on Tuesday, March 29th.