Stories from Saturday, October 26, 2013

DEXTER, Mo. - The Dexter Bearcats came tantalizingly close to pulling off a big upset in the regular season football finale Friday night against Malden. Dexter raced out to a 19-point halftime lead and got more than 400 all-purpose yards from quarterback Peyton Pollack, but could not stop a second-half comeback by the Green Wave, who rallied for a 30-27 win at Charles Bland Stadium...

A Bloomfield man sustained serious injuries in a crash Friday morning near Sikeston. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol traffic crash reports, the crash occurred at approximately 9:20 a.m. on U.S. Hwy. 61 about 3.5 miles south of Sikeston...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Dexter's Makayla Waldner and Kendra Stevenson entered the 2013 individual doubles state competition in Springfield, Mo., Friday hoping to secure at least one victory. "I want to win at least one match, if not more," Stevenson said Tuesday afternoon before leaving for state...