SCAA roundup: Bernie & Bloomfield baseball, Dexter tennis and volleyball results

Note: A photo gallery of Monday's girls tennis match between Dexter and Kennett is available at this link: View Photos Here

DEXTER, Mo. - The Dexter varsity girls tennis team played Kennett until after sunset but came up short in its quest to secure a team win in a match that lasted over three hours Monday.

Undefeated Kennett (11-0) won five of six singles matches and all three doubles matches on its way to an 8-1 victory.

Kennett also won the junior varsity contest against Dexter 7-2.

"I didn't think we were as intense as we should have been on a Monday," Kennett coach Janet Hilburn said. "We've got a busy week. We took care of business, but we've got a lot of things we need to work on before the district starts next week."

The closest varsity match was the No. 1 singles match between Dexter's MaKayla Waldner and Kennett's Hadley Hilburn that Waldner won 8-6.

"I knew it was going to be long," Dexter coach Kurt Lovelady said of the classic. "MaKayla jumped out to a 7-2 lead and Hadley was able to come back on her. They had some really good rallies. I definitely think they could potentially see each other next week in the district.

Hilburn added: "I thought Hadley Hilburn had a good match. Waldner is a great player and always plays Hadley well. Hadley fought hard to try to overcome the deficit. She didn't pull it out in the end, but I thought she did play a good match."

Dexter hosts Notre Dame Tuesday, Sikeston Wednesday and Jackson Thursday

Kennett is slated to host Caruthersville Wednesday and visit Sikeston Thursday.

"We've got to stay focussed on getting better and working on the shots we need to improve upon," Hilburn said.

"The Class 1, District 1, tennis tournament begins Sept. 29. Kennett beat Dexter in the district championship last season for its eighth straight district title.

"We are still working on placing our shots," Lovelady said of the approaching playoffs. "We've got a lot of work to do. We need to work on a our footwork. We've changed some of our strategy on doubles to try to get two out of three doubles matches. We just need to continue hitting balls so we will be ready for long rallies."

View complete results from Monday below:

VARSITY SINGLES

No. 1 - MaKayla Waldner (D) def. Hadley Hilburn, 8-6

No. 2 - Kate Shetley (K) def. Mary Miller 8-0

No. 3 - Heidi Shetley (K) def. Macy Urhahn 8-2

No. 4 - Kara Heeb (K) def. Alexis May 8-1

No. 5 - Alexa McPherson (K) def. Kalee Howard 8-1

No. 6 - Kayton Harris (K) def. Destiny Robertson 8-3

VARSITY DOUBLES

No. 1 - Shetley-Shetley (K) def. Waldner-Miller 8-3

No. 2 - Hilburn-McPherson (K) def. Urhahn-May 8-1

No. 3 - Heeb-Anna Beth Williams (K) def. Howard-Robertson 8-1

J.V. SINGLES

No. 1 - Anna Beth Williams (K) def. Nicole Sells 6-2

No. 2 - Alli Mowrer (K) def. Reagan Miller 6-1

No. 3 - Kierra Harrell (K) def. Rachel Singh 6-4

No. 4 - MaKenzie Jones (K) def. Brittany Gibson 6-2

No. 5 - Hannah Mowrer (K) def. Jessica Ladd 7-6 (7-2)

No. 6 - Kirsten Teffertiller (D) def. Janet Martinez 5-4

J.V. DOUBLES

No. 1 - Harris-Mowrer (K) def. Sells-Miller 6-0

No. 2 - Singh-Gibson (D) def. Harrell-Jones 6-3

No. 3 - Mowrer-Martinez (K) def. Ladd-Teffertiller 6-4

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FARMINGTON TENNIS TOURNAMENT

Dexter's Mary Miller and Alexis May advanced to the semifinals of the Farmington tennis tournament Saturday.

Miller-May beat Fulton Schools Rawlins-Luo 8-2 in a Round of 16 match, Windsor's Garland-Jablanowski 8-5 in a quarterfinal and lost to Kennett's Kate Shetley-Heidi Shetley 8-1 in a semifinal.

Dexter's Kalee Howard-Destiny Robertson lost their Round of 16 match to Windsor's Edmundson-Steffen 8-4 before beating Fredericktown's Smith-Crocker 7-5 in their only consolation match.

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BERNIE BASEBALL

Bernie 16, Naylor 6

NAYLOR, Mo. - The Bernie Mules baseball team beat Naylor 19-6 Friday.

12 hitters combined to calculate 16 hits for the Mules. Matt Vernon and Trey Kirkpatrick both finished 3 for 3 with three RBIs.

Corbin Hunt and Alex Guzman had two RBIs. Mason Mayberry, Anthony Cook, Blake Beacham, Brock Beacham, Austin Beck, Jayce Burk and Devin Trammell had one RBI.

Gavin Brown allowed one run in three innings of work. He walked four, struck out two and did not surrender a hit.

Burk allowed five runs, two of which were earned, in two innings pitched. He allowed three hits and walked two.

Bernie 4, South Pem. 2

STEELE, Mo. - The Bernie Mules baseball team jumped out to a 4-0 lead and hung on for a 4-2 win against South Pemiscot Saturday.

A two-RBI double by Trey Kirkpatrick gave Bernie a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning.

Brock Beacham had a sacrifice fly in the third inning and Owen Foster collected a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning to account for the Mules' other scores.

Devin Trammell went 2 for 3 and Austin Beck finished 2 for 4 for the Mules.

Bernie outhit South Pemiscot 6-3.

South Pemiscot scored a run in the sixth inning and another in the seventh inning.

Alex Guzman pitched the first six innings for the Mules. He allowed two hits, walked one and struck out two. He threw 68 pitches.

Trammell earned a three-out save. He allowed one run on one hit and struck out one in the bottom of the seventh frame.

East Carter County 4, Bernie 2

STEELE, Mo. - The Bernie Mules let a 2-0 lead slip away in a 4-2 loss to East Carter County Saturday.

Bernie scored both of its runs off of East Carter County starting pitcher Logan Saffle in the top of the first inning. Devin Trammell had an RBI single in the top of the first inning and Owen Foster followed with an RBI double.

East Carter County scored its first run when Trever Lewis grounded out with a runner at third base in the bottom of the first inning.

Tyler Henfling had a game-winning three-RBI triple in the bottom of the second inning to set the final score.

Brock Beacham allowed four runs, three of which were earned, in three innings pitched. Trey Kirkpatrick pitched three innings of scoreless relief for Bernie.

Saffle earned a complete-game win for East Carter County. He struck out five, walked two, allowed four hits and three 96 pitches in seven innings of work.

Bernie (13-3) hosts South Pemiscot Tuesday.

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BLOOMFIELD vs. BELL CITY BASEBALL

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The Bloomfield varsity baseball team improved to 12-5 Monday when it beat Bell City 4-1.

Jacob Hector threw a no-hitter for the Wildcats.

"Bell City has a pretty good squad," Bloomfield coach Tyler Trover said. "They've had some quality wins this fall. Hector struggled to find it early and we were really worried if he was going to be able to finish the game because of his pitch count. But throwing a no-hitter is a once and a lifetime opportunity and we wanted to give him that chance. Fortunately, he was able to retire all three hitters he faced in the seventh inning. We are really proud of him for his effort today."

Hector walked No. 2 hitter Austin Hicks and No. 3 hitter Nate Finney in the top of the first inning. Hicks later scored from second base on an infield error.

A bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the first inning tied things up at 1-1.

Noah Vandiver collected a game-winning two-RBI double in the bottom of the second inning that put Bloomfield on top 3-1.

The Wildcats added an unearned run in the fourth inning to set the final score.

Hector struck out seven and walked six in seven innings pitched.

Bloomfield (12-5) hosts Leopold Tuesday, hosts Neelyville Wednesday and visits Bernie Thursday.

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DEXTER vs. ADVANCE VOLLEYBALL

ADVANCE, Mo. - The Dexter varsity and junior varsity volleyball teams finished SCAA regular-season play perfect Monday night with road wins at Advance.

The Dexter varsity extended its winning streak to 13 games with a 25-11, 25-21 victory. Dexter won the junior varsity match against Advance 25-20, 25-11.

Brylee Morse had a team-high six kills, Hannah Clark had a team-high six digs, Alanis Below had a team-high three blocks and Ashtyn Driskill had a team-high two aces for Advance.

Jessica Lindsey had 12 of Dexter's 21 kills. Shyann Jines added five more kills.

Julia Hahn paced Dexter with six assists setting and also tallied a team-high six digs.

Krysten Garrison had two aces for the Bearcats.

Dexter (19-2-1) is in search of its 20th victory Tuesday when it hosts Leopold.

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OTHER VOLLEYBALL SCORES

Bloomfield 25-25, Puxico 13-15

Cape Central 25-25, Bell City 13-16

Woodland 25-25, Oak Ridge 10-13

Farmington 25-25, Poplar Bluff 23-17

Jackson 25-25, Kennett 13-20

Leopold 25-25, Scott City 17-10