Bernie, Missouri - The Bernie Mules baseball team under Coach Marcus Massey faced a tough opponent on Thursday afternoon. Down 4-1 in the bottom of the 7th, the Mules kicked into gear to score 3 runs to tie and then scored one in the bottom of the 8th for the hard earned win!
Senath-Hornersville scored a run in the top of the 1st inning. Blake Beacham (junior) answered with a solo homer in the bottom of the 2nd for Bernie.
The Lions then scored three runs in the 3rd until the 7th when the Mules earned a single, a walk, a hit batsman and a throwing error on Senath filled the bases. Wyatt Barnett (sophomore), Bernie, squeezed the third run home in the bottom of the 7th. Dalton Hobgood (junior) drove in the tying run sending the game into extra innings.
Jayce Burck (senior) who led the Mules with 3 hits, singled with one out in the 7th. He also stole second and then scored from there when Alex Guzman's (senior) grounder up the middle was thrown wild to first base.
Wyatt Barnett (sophomore) pitched the first 7 innings, allowing 5 hits and 4 runs, three earned. He struck-out 9 and walked 5.
Corbin Hunt (senior) got the win in relief, pitching the 8th inning and allowing zero hits, while striking out two.
Barnett had 2 hits and Dalton Hobgood had one hit.
The Mules (2-1) host Holcomb and Bloomfield on Saturday, August 27th in their annual Wood-Bat Round Robin.
Bernie, Missouri - The Bernie Mules had little trouble out of Naylor on Wednesday, August 24th. Blake Beacham got the win in 5 innings on a 10-run rule.
The Mules jumped out to an early lead from a Gavin Brown (junior) single to start the inning followed by an Alex Guzman (senior) reaching by base-on-balls. This led to both guys scoring in the second inning.
The Naylor Eagles scored their first run in the 4th after an error by Bernie third baseman, followed by another error by Mules right fielder that eventually led to a run.
Bernie responded in the bottom of the 4th by scoring 6 runs. It started off by a lead off double by Jayce Burk (senior) followed by a wild pitch. Guzman sacrificed to start the inning off. Burk, Josh Ellenburg (sophomore), and Dalton Hobgood (junior) all recorded hits in the 4th.
Mules #6 senior Guzman lead off the 5th with a double to left field, followed by an Ellenburg ground ball to third reaching safely on an error. Guzman was eventually thrown out going home, but Ellenburg scored in the 5th on a grounder by Hobgood.
Naylor added one more run in the 6th off a one out single by Ward. Followed by a fielders choice then a double by Jones.
Bernie went on to score three more runs in the 6th on a lead-off single by Gavin Brown (junior) followed by Burk, Guzman, and Ellenburg reaching base-on walks. Brown scored on a walk. Burk scored on a wild pitch. Guzman scored on a single Kade Burk (freshman) to left field to score the winning run.
"Today was better. We definitely walked out of here feeling better because of scored runs today," commented head baseball coach Marcus Massey. "Over all it was pretty good. Still have a few things we need to clean up, but I think we are headed in the right direction."
"It's early and there is a lot of baseball left this fall so we shall see," continued Massey.
Final Score Bernie 12, Naylor 2
WP- Blake Beacham 5 innings, 1 R, 4 H, 0 K, 3 BB
LP- Smith 2 innings, 2 R, 2 H, 1 K, 3 BB
Bernie, Missouri - After winning their home opener against the Richland Rebels, the Lady Mules stepped onto the court once again just one night later in an exciting match up against the Lady Bulldogs of Sikeston.
The junior varsity Lady Mules won both of their sets against Sikeston 25-10, 25-10 and are now 2-0 on the season going into the Bernie Junior Varsity Tournament which begins are Thursday, August 25th.
Cassidy Freed had a great night with 5 aces, 3 kills, and 4 digs. Nia Walker had 3 aces. Ryleigh Foster had 2 aces and Emily Sheehan finished the night with 1 ace.
Makayla Turner led the team with 7 kills. Ryleigh Foster completed 2 kills.
The varsity Lady Mules (2-0) won both of their sets against the Sikeston Lady Dogs 25-13, 25-19.
The team had a total of 6 aces. Kayli Tanner and Taylor Lovelady each had 2 aces. Morgan Baker and Cymber Arnold each added one ace.
Mabree Stone led in kills with 7 followed closely by Kayli Tanner with 5 kills. Cymber Arnold had 4 kills and Morgan Baker had 3 kills.
Kayli Tanner also had 3 solo blocks and 2 block assists. Cymber Arnold had 1 block assist.
"The varsity came out strong in the first set with at one point the score being 19-7," commented Bernie head volleyball coach Monica Collier. "Sikeston gained some momentum and was able to score 6 straight points. We finally took charge and made the last 6 poins to win the first set 25-13."
"In the second set we struggled a bit with some personal errors and the score went back and forth making it an exciting game," continued Collier. "At one point Sikeston was ahead in points with a lead of 16-14, but we did a great job of getting their mind set to gain control of the game and fix their errors. We dominated the latter half to win 25-19.
"I am very proud of them, especially when I saw a determination rise in them to stop making mistakes and play volleyball the way they are capable of playing."
The junior varsity will host a tournament beginning on Thursday, August 24th. The varsity will be back in action on Monday, August 29th traveling to Notre Dame High School. Game time 6:00 p.m.
Bernie, Missouri - The Bernie Mules kicked off their season hosting the Richland Lady Rebels on Monday, August 22nd. Due to Richland only having one complete team, their varsity played two sets against the Bernie varsity first and two sets against the Bernie junior varsity team.
The varsity Mules defeated the Rebels 25-3, 25-7. Taylor Lovelady had a great night serving 7 aces. Madissen Corbin had 4 aces, Mabree Stone had 2 aces, Cymber Arnold had 2 aces and Morgan Baker finished with 1 ace.
Kayli Tanner led with 5 kills and 1 block. Morgan Baker had two kills. Cymber Arnold, Madisson Wooldridge, and Taylor Anthony each had one kill.
Morgan Baker had 9 assists and Kayli Tanner had one assist.
The Bernie Junior Varsity also won both of their sets 25-9, 25-7.
Emily Sheehan and Ryleigh Foster each had 4 aces. Cassidy Freed had 3 aces and Daisy Eaton had 1 ace.
Makayla Turner had 3 kills. Nia Walker an dryleigh Foster each had 2 kills and Daisy Eaton had one kill.
"Overall, Bernie played very well," commented Bernie head volleyball coach Monica Collier. "We were very excited to get the season started and lood forward to a great season."
"Our goal is to improve with every game and practice," continued Collier.
Bernie, Missouri - The 2016 Bernie Basketball Camp is slated for Monday, July 18th - Wednesday, July 20th at the High School gym.
Both boys and girls entering 3rd grade - 8th grade may participate. Athletes do not have to attend Bernie School District to be eligible to attend.
Students entering grades 3rd - 5th will have their session from 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m..
Students entering grades 6th - 8th will be held from 10:30 a.m. - noon each day.
The cost for the camp is $25.00. Camp t-shirts will also be distributed.
Athletes are to wear clean tennis shoes, shorts, and a t-shirt each day.
They will learn ball handling, shooting, defense, rebounding, and passing. In addition to those fundamentals there will be daily scrimmages.
Each age group will also have daily contests of different skills and an overall camp winner at the end on Wednesday will be announced.
Parents are encouraged to come the last day of the camp to watch the final contests.
For more information or if you are unable to pay the entry fee, please contact Brad Botsch at (573) 293-5334 ext 232 (school) or (573) 276-8305 (cell) or email to botschb@bernie.k12.mo.us. You may also contact Jason Long at (573) 293-5334 (school) or email to longj@bernie.k12.mo.us.
