SCAA Championship Saturday

Sunday, February 2, 2020

The second-seeded Dexter Bearcats rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit to upset top-seeded Bernie 56-54 to win the SCAA boys basketball tournament Saturday at the Bearcat Event Center in Dexter.

The Dexter Bearcats show off the trophy they won after beating Bernie 56-54 to win the SCAA championship. (DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith)
Advance's Jack Below (center) and Richland's Skylar Oakley (12) and Tanner Freeman (1) fight for a rebound during the first quarter of the third-place game. (DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith)
Advance's Jack Below (24) beats the Richland defense down the floor for a layup during the first quarter of the third-place game. (DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith)
Advance's Zach Simms (left) attempts a shot after coming up with a loose ball during the first quarter of the third-place game. (DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith)
Bernie's Brent Gage (24) tries to drive past Dexter's Peyton Driskill during the first half of the championship game. (DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith)
Bernie's Blake Harty (10) drives the baseline past Dexter's Carter Dorton (5) and Ryder Boles during the first half of the championship game. (DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith)
Bernie's Skyler Schwent (25) eyes the basket between Dexter's Peyton Driskill (left) and Dylan Sitze during the first half of the championship game. (DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith)
Dexter's Andrew Ellinghouse (left) and Bernie's Tyler Suiter watch the ball go out of bounds under the Bernie basket during the first half of the championship game. (DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith)
Bernie's Johnny Vaughn (3) shoots against Dexter's Jackson Allen (left) and Andrew Ellinghouse during the first half of the championship game. (DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith)
Bloomfield's Jamison Dodd (42) looks for a path to the basket against Puxico's Matt Caldwell (12) and Dalton Andrews during the first quarter of the consolation championship game. (DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith)
DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith (Bloomfield's Parker Heaton (right) drives against Puxico's Nolan Foster during the first quarter of the consolation championship game.)
Dexter coach Chad Allen (left) calls a play, as Bernie's Johnny Vaughn attempts a 3-pointer during the first half of the championship game. (DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith)
Dexter's Garrett Henson (33) shoots against Bernie's Andrew Geohagan during the fourth quarter of the championship game. (DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith)
Dexter assistant coach Rob Nichols (left) congratulates his son, Cole, (14) after the latter made a three-quarters court shot at the buzzer to end the first quarter of the championship game. (DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith)
Dexter's Cole Nichols (middle) drives to the basket against Bernie's Tyler Suiter (23) and Andrew Geohagan during the fourth quarter of the championship game. (DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith)
Dexter's Dylan Sitze (middle) reaches for a rebound near Bernie's Tyler Suiter (23) and John Nimmo (right) during the championship game. (DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith)
Dexter won the SCAA cheerleading award. (DEXTER STATESMAN/Kyle Smith)