Dexter, Missouri - The 2018 SEMO Border Challenge begins Thursday, December 6, 2018 at the Bearcat Event Center.  It will feature two teams from Mississippi, one Illinois team, and three from Missouri.

Dexter, Notre Dame and Poplar Bluff are the local competitors in the three-day event.  Tupelo Golden Wave reached the Class 6A state quarterfinals in Mississippi.

Olive Branch Conquistadors went 21-5 last season and won the Class 6A state championship. 

The East St. Louis Flyers reached the state sectional finals last year.

The Lady Cats of Dexter (3-2).  Their only two losses this year were to the defending Class 5 State Champions Kirkwood and the Jackson Indians in the SEMO Conference Girls Basketball Tournament championship game.  They have already defeated St. Joseph's Academy, Kennett Lady Indians and Saxony Lutheran.

Poplar Bluff Lady Mules are 1-2 this season and placed 4th in the SEMO Conference Tournament.  They will face East St. Louis on Thursday at 6:30 p.m., Tupelo on Friday at 6:30 p.m. and Olive Branch on Saturday at 11:30 a.m.

Notre Dame Lady Bulldogs are 3-1 this season and will face Olive Branch at 5 p.m. Thursday, East St. Louis at 5 p.m. Friday and Tupelo at 10 a.m. Saturday.

2018 Border Challenge Girls Basketball Schedule:

Thursday, December 6

Olive Branch High School, MS vs Notre Dame High School, MO 5:00 pm

East St. Louis High School, IL vs Poplar Bluff High School, MO 6:30 pm

Tupelo High School, MS vs Dexter High School, MO 8:00 pm

Friday, December 7

Notre Dame High School, MO vs East St. Louis High School, IL 5:00 pm

Poplar Bluff High School, MO vs Tupelo High School, MS 6:30 pm

Olive Branch High School, MS vs Dexter High School, MO 8:00 pm

Saturday, December 8

Tupelo High School, MS vs Notre Dame High School, MO 10:00 am

Olive Branch High School, MS vs Poplar Bluff High School,MO 11:30 am

East St. Louis High School, IL vs Dexter High School, MO 1:00 pm

Dexter, Missouri - The Dexter boys basketball team upset the #8 seeded Kennett Indians on Monday evening at the Sikeston Field House.  The Bearcats ranked #9 won the play-in game 59-45!  They will play #1 Sikeston Bulldogs in the SEMO Conference quarterfinals on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 7:00 p.m.

Dexter's basketball coach Lloyd Hyten won his first game as a varsity head coach.  

The Bearcats outscored Kennett in the first quarter 17-9 building a 8 point lead.  By halftime it was 27 - 21.  Dexter never trailed.

Andrew Ellinghouse hit two 3-pointers early scoring 8 of his game-high 18 points in the first quarter as the Bearcats built a 17-9 lead over the Indians.

Garrett Henson tallied 15 points.

Seth Rogers finished with 13 points making the first trey of the evening.

Logan Wyman hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to increase Dexter's lead 42-29 at the end of the third quarter.

Final Score Dexter 59, Kennett 45

Dexter   17   10   15   17  -  59

Kennett  9    12    8   16  -  45

Dexter (59)  Andrew Ellinghouse 18, Logan Wyman 3, Nate Gargas 6, Seth Rogers 13, Braxton Foster, Garrett Henson 15  FG 21, FT 11/18, F 14. (3-pointers Ellinghouse 4, Wyman 1, Rogers 1, Fouled Out: None)

Kennett (45) - Quay'vaun Harrell 16, Carter Maddox 8, Kamden Crafton 8, LaQuez Pulliam 6, Mark Wagster 7. FG 16, FT 8/10, F 16. (3-pointers: Harrell 2, Crafton 2, Pulliam 1.  Fouled Out: None)

Sikeston, Missouri - The 2018 SEMO Conference Boys Basketball Tournament will be held on Monday, December 3rd - Friday, December 7th.

Sikeston received the #1 seed.  Cape Central received the #2 seed followed by #3 Poplar Bluff, #4 Notre Dame, #5 Charleston, #6 Jackson, #7 New Madrid, #8 Kennett, and #9 Dexter.

At 5:30 p.m. on Monday, December 3rd #8 Kennett will play #9 Dexter.  The winner will play #1 Sikeston on Tuesday, December 4th at 7:00 p.m.  The loser plays the loser of the #2/#7 Seed game which will be between Cape and New Madrid.  That game will be at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 4th.

Other games on Monday are #2 Cape vs #7 NMCC at 8:30 p.m. and #3 Poplar Bluff vs #6 Jackson at 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. #4 Notre Dame vs #5 Charleston and #1 Sikeston vs #8/9 at 7 p.m.

Wednesday semifinal games are at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Thursday semifinal games are at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. also.

Consolation game will be Friday, December 7th at 5:30 p.m.  Third place game will be at 7:00 p.m. and the Championship will be at 8:30 p.m.

Dexter, Missouri - The DHS Wrestling Team traveled to Sikeston to compete against the Bulldogs of Notre Dame and the Sikeston Bulldogs on Wednesday afternoon for their first match of the 2018-2019 season.

"Thought we wrestled well for the first Tri of the season, need to clean up a few things, but overall pretty pleased with effort," commented Dexter High School head wrestling coach James Sneed. "Came out kinda slow against Notre Dame, but wrestled a lot better against Sikeston."

You can see the Dexter wrestling team (2-0) in action at their home opener on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 against New Madrid County Central.  Match time 6 p.m.

Dexter defeated Sikeston 45 - 31.

Individual results are below:

106: Conner Shelby (SIKESTON) over Brett Frizzell (DEXTER) (Fall 0:56)

113: CJ Greene (DEXTER) over Trey Scott (SIKESTON) (Fall 5:32)

120: Cutter Cornett (DEXTER) over Eddie Foster (SIKESTON) (Fall 2:57)

126: Dawson Jones (DEXTER) over Cannon Gaddis (SIKESTON) (Fall 0:37)

132: Wyatt Parker (DEXTER) over Nathaniel Vaughn (SIKESTON) (Dec 7-0)

138: Travis Waldner (DEXTER) over Josh Rishton (SIKESTON) (Fall 5:48)

145: Mason Keena (DEXTER) over Alex Hicks (SIKESTON) (Fall 2:37)

152: Wyatt Chastain (DEXTER) over Colton Jackson (SIKESTON) (Fall 1:12)

160: Quincy Nelson (SIKESTON) over Alex Townsend (DEXTER) (Fall 5:54)

170: Trent Elliott (SIKESTON) over Parker VanSlyke (DEXTER) (Fall 1:56)

182: Brian Jasper (SIKESTON) over John Tucker (DEXTER) (MD 14-4)

195: Jett Featherston (DEXTER) over Lestyn Thompson (SIKESTON) (Fall 2:57)

220: Tyreke Jamison (SIKESTON) over Colten Gibson (DEXTER) (Dec 2-0)

285: David Rowland (SIKESTON) over   (DEXTER) (For.)

Dexter defeated Notre Dame (Cape Girardeau) 9.0

Individual Results Below:

106: Brett Frizzell (DEXTER) over   (NDCAPE) (For.)

113: Owen Dowdy (NDCAPE) over CJ Greene (DEXTER) (Dec 10-4)

120: Cutter Cornett (DEXTER) over   (NDCAPE) (For.)

126: Dawson Jones (DEXTER) over   (NDCAPE) (For.)

132: Wyatt Parker (DEXTER) over Thomas Clark (NDCAPE) (Fall 0:00)

138: Travis Waldner (DEXTER) over Evan Dowdy (NDCAPE) (MD 10-0)

145: Mason Keena (DEXTER) over Tyson Legrand (NDCAPE) (Fall 0:00)

152: Wyatt Chastain (DEXTER) over Aaron Deken (NDCAPE) (Fall 0:00)

160: Alex Townsend (DEXTER) over   (NDCAPE) (For.)

170: Parker VanSlyke (DEXTER) over Alex Diebold (NDCAPE) (Fall 0:00)

182: Daniel Schmidt (NDCAPE) over John Tucker (DEXTER) (Fall 0:00)

195: Jett Featherston (DEXTER) over Dylan Bomar (NDCAPE) (Fall 0:00)

220: Colten Gibson (DEXTER) over   (NDCAPE) (For.) 285: Double Forfeit