Dexter M.S. football program splits NMCC

Note: A photo gallery of Tuesday night's middle school football action is available here: Middle School Football Photos

DEXTER, Mo. - The Dexter Bearcats eighth grade football team improved to 2-0 Tuesday night with a 36-6 home victory against New Madrid County Central.

Dexter, which also beat Charleston 36-6 in an eighth grade contest Sept. 3, calculated 392 yards of total offense against New Madrid.

Dexter scored a touchdown in the first quarter and two more in the second period to build a 22-0 lead by halftime. New Madrid cut the margin to 22-6 when it returned an interception for a touchdown with 4:26 left in the fourth quarter. Dexter added two additional touchdowns in the fourth period to set the final score.

Dexter quarterback Garrett Henson completed six of eight passes for 170 yards and had six carries for 52 yards. Henson ran for two touchdowns and threw for two more.

Brodie Pollock and Blane Berry both had a touchdown reception for Dexter. Berry had three catches for 86 yards and Pollock had two catches for 42 yards.

Dexter's Jack Scruggs had a 27-yard touchdown rush in the final minute of the first half.

Mason Keena had eight carries for a team-high 69 yards for Dexter.

New Madrid quarterback Greg Palmer completed five of 12 passes for 75 yards.

Austin Davis had 10 carries for 32 yards and Palmer had seven carries for 33 yards.

8th Grade: Dexter 36, NMCC 6

NMC 0 0 6 0 - 6

DMS 8 14 0 14 - 36

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

DX - Brodie Pollock 43 pass from Garrett Henson (conversion good), 3:02

Second Quarter

DX - Henson 2 run (conversion failed), 2:21

DX - Jack Scruggs 27 run (conversion good), 0:18

Third Quarter

NM - Interception return (conversion failed), 4:26

Fourth Quarter

DX - Henson 2 run (conversion good), 6:23

DX - Blane Berry 19 pass from Henson (conversion good), 4:33

Team Stats

Stat NM DEX

Rushes-yards 22-86 24-222

Passing yards 75 170

Comp-Att-Int 5-12-1 6-8-1

Total yards 161 392

Individual Stats

Rushing - (New Madrid) Austin Davis 10-32, Grae Palmer 7-33, Kannon Nowell 1-2, Landon McDaniel 2-16, Trey Daniels 1-2. (Dexter) Mason Keena 8-69, Garrett Henson 6-52, Cory Ezell 5-23, Brodie Pollock 3-42, Jack Scruggs 1-27, Drew Soule 1-9.

Passing - (New Madrid) Grae Palmer 5-12-1 = 75. (Dexter) Garrett Henson 6-8-1 = 170

Receiving - (New Madrid) Mark Underwood 3-35, Austin Davis 1-32, Jairus Burgess 1-8. (Dexter) - Brodie Pollock 2-77, Haden Hillis 1-7, Blane Berry 3-86.

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DUSTIN WARD - dward@dailystatesman.com Dexter 7th grade quarterback Carter Dorton makes a one-handed pass Tuesday.

7th Grade Contest

Dexter suffered a 30-0 loss to New Madrid County Central in a two-quarter seventh grade contest Tuesday.

New Madrid County Central scored a pair of touchdowns in both quarters on its way to 252 yards of total offense.

Jamal Ranson ran for a pair of touchdowns. Ranson finished with five carries for a team-high 138 yards.

Jairus Burgess had five carries for 32 yards and recorded a rushing touchdown in the second period.

New Madrid County Central quarterback Kannon Nowell threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Trey Tipler in the first quarter.

Dexter visits Sikeston Sept. 17.

7th Grade: NMCC 30, Dexter 0

NMC 14 16 - 30

DMS 0 0 - 0

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

NM - Jamal Ranson 62 run (conversion good), 5:17

NM - Trey Tipler 26 pass from Kannon Nowell (conversion failed), 2:56

Second Quarter

NM - Jairus Burgess 5 run (conversion good), 6:05

NM - Ranson 18 run (conversion good), 2:19

Team Stats

Stat NM DX

Rushes-yards 12-174 12-(-5)

Passing Yards 78 0

Comp-Att-Int 3-4-0 0-2-0

Total yards 252 (-5)

Individual Stats

Rushing - (New Madrid) Jamal Ranson 5-138, Kannon Nowell 1-0, Jairus Burgess 5-32, Quazavion Jackson 1-4. (Dexter) Peyton Driskell 8-2, Austin Daniels 1-3, Ryan Collier 1-(-5), Carter Dorton 2-(-5).

Passing - (New Madrid) Kannon Nowell 3-4-0 = 78. (Dexter) Carter Dorton 0-2-0 = 0

Receiving - (New Madrid) Trey Tipler 3-78.

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