The Bernie Mules held on to beat the Bloomfield Wildcats in Game #5 of the 2022 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament by a score of 72 - 60.

Tristan Johnson, a 5'9" senior guard from Bernie tallied a game-high 23 points.  He recorded seven buckets, two 3-pointers and was 3/6 at the line.

Michia Schooley, 5'10" senior guard was right behind him with 20 points on 6 treys and one bucket.

Landon Ellsworth, 5'8" senior guard finished in double digits recording 13 points on three treys and was perfect at the charity stripe with four.

Bloomfield's leading scorer was Hunter Moore, a 6'1" senior guard.  He tallied his points off of four buckets, four treys and was 2/3 at the line.

Kayden Craft, a 6'3" sophomore forward finished the night with 10 points all on regulation baskets.

Final Score Bernie 72, Bloomfield 60

Bernie  16  21  16. 19. - 72

Bloomfield  13. 17. 18. 12 - 60

Bernie (72) - Johnson 23, Schooley 20, Anthony 12, Ellsworth 13, Owens 4.  FG 26, FT 11/14, F 10. (3-pointers - Johnson 2, Schooley 6, Anthony 2, Ellsworth 3.  Fouled Out: none)

Bloomfield (60) - Sanders 6, Wagster 4, Upchurch 5, Hutchison 6, Moore 22, Craft 10, Dowdy 5, Hartlein 2.  FG 25, FT 4/6, F 16. (3-pointers - Hutchison 2, Moore 4, Fouled Out: Hutchison)

#2 Bernie will face #7 Kennett on Wednesday, December 28th at 7:00 p.m.

#15 Bloomfield will play #6 Holcomb on Wednesday, December 28th at 1:00 p.m.

The Malden Green Wave squared off with the Richland Rebels in Game #4 of the 2022 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament.  Green Wave was able to hold onto the lead and defeating the Rebels by only 10 points.  Final score was 76-66.

Marcus Burton, a 6'5" junior forward from Malden recorded a game-high 28 points.  He had 14 buckets total.

Payton Woodard, a 5'10" junior guard finished with 12 points on three buckets two treys.

Amorous White, also a junior guard tallied 10 points on five buckets.

Hunter Sanders, a sophomore at Richland, tallied a team-high 15 points on four baskets, one 3-pointer and was 4/6 at the charity stripe.

Eric Williams, a 6'1" sophomore forward, recorded 14 points. He recorded seven baskets.

Damon Ivy, a senior at Richland, stands at 6'2" and is a forward finished the night with 14 points.  he recorded 4 buckets, two 3-pointers and was 0/3 at the charity stripe.

Final Score Malden 76, Richland 66

Malden.  20  16  21  19 -  76

Richland  14  13. 17. 2. -  66

Malden (76) - Woodard 12, Farmer 5, White 10, Thomas 4, Miller 9, Burton 28, Lee 6, M. Farmer 2.  FG 33, FT 5/8, F 16. (3-pointers - Woodard 2, Q Farmer 1, Thomas 1, Miller 1. Fouled Out: None)

Richland (66) - Williams 14, Sanders 15, Pope 9, Ivey 14, Hughes 11, Walley 3.  FG 28, FT 6/13, F 11. (3-pointers - Sanders 1, Ivy 2, Hughes 1. Fouled Out: None)

#5 Malden will play #4 South Pemiscot on Wednesday, December 28th at 5:30 p.m.

#12 Richland will face #4 Portageville on Wednesday, December 28th at 10:00 a.m,. 

The 2022 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament had its second upset of the day and a big one at that.  The #4 ranked Portageville Bulldogs were defeated by the #13 South Pemiscot Bulldogs 63 - 54.

Trevan Shuburte, a 5'7" senior guard from South Pemiscot and Matt Moore, 6'3" senior guard both scored a game-high 17 points.  Shuburte scored only one bucket, three treys and was 6/7 at the charity striped.  Moore recorded four buckets and two treys and was 3/6 at the line.

Robert Farmer, a 5/3" freshman guard, tallied 14 points from five baskets, one 3-pointer and was 1/5 at the line for South Pemiscot.

Jamarion Smith of Portageville also recorded a game-high 17 points on seven buckets and three at the charity stripe.  He is a 6 ' 0" junior.

Shane Townsend, a 6'0" senior also tallied double digits recording 16 total on six baskets and one trey.  He was 1/1 at the line.

Thomas Frakes is a 6'2" senior and finished the night with 10 points.  He was 2/2 at the line and tallied two 3-pointers and one bucket.

Final Score. Portageville 54, South Pemiscot 63

Portageville  7  11  12  24  - 54

S. Pemiscot. 22  13  9. 19. -  63

Portageville (54) - Townsend 16, Jeffries 6, Adams 2, Sells 3, Franks 10, Smith 17.  FG 21, FT 9/19, F 18. (3-pointers Townsend 1, Franks 2, Fouled Out: Adams).

South Pemiscot (63) - Welch 8, Farmer 14, Shuburte 17, Moore 17, Southern 2, Smith 5.  FG 22, FT 13/24, F 14. (3-pointers Farmer 1, Shuburte 3, Moore 2. Fouled Out: None)

South Pemiscot will play Malden on Wednesday, December 28th at 5:30 p.m.

Richland will play Portageville on Wednesday, December 28th at 10:00 a.m.

Game #2 of the 2022 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament was a matchup between the #8 seeded Puxico Indians and the #9 seeded East Prairie Eagles.  This was the first upset of the tournament with the Eagles defeating the Indians 62 - 48.

East Prairie stayed aggressive throughout the game defensively shutting down the Indians offense. 

Wyatt Williams, #21, a 6'0" senior guard recorded a game-high 21 points on 8 buckets, 1 trey and was 2/3 at the line.

Noah Johnson #11 also hit double digits scoring 16 points on 7 baskets and was 2/4 at the line.

Rafe Byassee, a senior guard, finished with 10 points.  He hit two buckets and two 3-pointers.

Puxico's Duncan Crabb, a 6'0" senior, collected the team-high 14 points.  He was 6/7 from the charity stripe and added two buckets.

Final Score Puxico 48, East Prairie 62

Puxico (48) - Burchard 2, Mitchell 6, Hancock 4, Barnfield 2, Crabb 14, Long 2, Burch 9, Zimmerman 9. FG 19, FT 7/11, F 14. (3-pointers Burch 3, Fouled Out: None)

East Prairie (62) - Farmer 3, Byassee 10, Marcum 6, Johnson 16, Williams 21, Kennedy the 6. FG 26, FT 6/12, F 10. (3-pointers: Farmer 1, Byassee 2, Williams 1. Fouled Out: None)

East Prairie will play Dexter at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 28th.

Puxico will play Gideon on Wednesday, December 28th at 11:30 a.m. 

The 2022 Bloomfield Christmas got off to a rocky start due to weather this year.  Monday's games were postponed to Tuesday.  The first game of the day was the Dexter Bearcats vs the Gideon Bulldogs.  Dexter being the #1 seed demolished the #16 seeded Gideon 78-19.

Cole Nichols, a 6'2" senior from Dexter tallied a game-high 28 points for the Bearcats.  He scored on 7 baskets, 3 treys and was 5/8 at the line.

Truman Krapf finished with 17 points on five 3-pointers and one regular basket.

Brayden Pullum also finished in double digits scoring 6 buckets, 1 trey totaling 15 points.

Final Score Dexter 78, Gideon 19

Dexter.  27   24   21.  6 -  78

Gideon   2   3   8   6. -  19

Dexter (78) - Pullum, 15, Stone, 7, Zabelin 4, Bell 5, Josupait 2, Nichols 28, Krapf 17 FG 32, FT 6/11, F 16 (3-pointers: Pullum 1, Bell 1, Nichols 3, Krapf 5.  Fouled Out: None)

Gideon (19) - Cornett 9, Knapp 1, Montgomery 7, Hewitt 2.  FG 7, FT 4/11, F 8. (3-pointers: Cornett 1, Fouled Out: None)

Dexter will play the winner of the Puxico vs East Prairie game on , Wednesday December 28 at 4 p.m.