Fisk, Missouri – The Bernie junior high Mules grabbed a couple of championships at the Fisk tournament last week. The #2 seeded 7th grade boys basketball team upset the #1 seed Neelyville 27-27 in overtime, while the 8th grade team defeated Qulin 42-37.
Blake Harty hit a 3-pointer to tie the game against Neelyville with 31 seconds in the game before going into overtime.
Harty recorded a game-high 14 points including one 3-pointer for the Mules. Kade Burk added 7 points and Trey Jackson scored a trey.
Final Score 7th Grade Boys: Bernie 27, Neelyville 26 (OT)
Neelyville 8 6 4 5 3 - 26
Bernie 4 5 11 3 4 - 27
Neelyville (26) - Austin Cassinger 1, Jacob Abner 2, C. Emmons 2, N. Burton 6, Curtis Fowler 4, Koby Hayes 11. FG 9, FT 8/19, F 17. (3-pointers: none.)
Bernie (27) - Blake Harty 14, Razer 2, Brayln Jankowski 1, Trey Jackson 3, Kade Burk 7. FG 10, FT 5/9, F 18. (3-pointers: Jackson 1, Harty 1)
In the 8th grade contest, the Mules defeated the #3 seeded Qulin 42-37.
Weston Zoll recorded a team-high 18 points for the Mules. All of his points were 3-pointers! Josh Ellenburg recorded 13 points. Trenton Johnson added 6 and Jeffery Brown tallied 4 more.
Final Score 8th Grade Boys: Bernie 42, Qulin 37
Qulin 11 10 5 1 - 37
Bernie 10 2 14 16 - 42
Qulin (37) - Josiah Suiter 3, Hayden Thomas 20, Brady Leutert 5, Aaron Mittelstadt 5, Allen Hendrix 4. FG 14, FT 4/8, F 16. (3-pointers: Suiter 1, Thomas 2, Leutert 1, Mittelstadt 1. Fouled out: none)
Bernie (42) - Weston Zoll 18, Hunter Slavings 1, Trenton Johnson 6, Jeffery Brown 4, Josh Ellenburg 13. FG 14, FT 8/14, F 11. (3-pointers: Zoll 6. Fouled out: none)
Bernie will be back in action when the 8th grade Mules play Woodland at 7:45 p.m. at the Bearcat Event Center on Monday, November 17th. The 7th Mules will play Advance at 5:15 p.m. on Monday in the SCAA Basketball Tournament.
