Bernie, Missouri - The Bernie Mules hosted the Woodland Cardinals defeating them 67 - 32. Bernie's varsity record improved to 5 - 0.
Nate Dillinger shot well earning a game-high 26 points. Blake Harty finished with an impressive 22 points for the Mules.
"We didn't shoot the ball as well as we had been, but did a pretty good job preventing them from scoring tonight," commented head boys basketball coach Brad Botsch. "Dillinger and Harty played well for us and we needed them to as the shots we normally hit didn't fall for us much."
"That's why we try and preach consistency on the defensive end," continued Botsch. "Even on off nights shooting, if we guard, we can still find a way to win."
Final Score Varsity Bernie 67, Woodland 32
Bernie 10 26 17 14 - 67
Woodland 11 11 2 8 - 32
Bernie (67) - Weston Zoll 8, Blake Harty 22, Michael Suiter 4, Weston Comstock 2, Nate Dillinger 26, Hunter Slavings 3, and Gavin Brown 2. FG 26, FT 12/16, F 13. (3-pointers: Weston Zoll 1, Blake Harty 1, Hunter Slavings 1. Fouled Out: None).
Woodland (32) - Zach Cureton 6, Drake Holweg 4, Tyler Massa 11, Jamie Wiseman 5, Conrad Goodwin 1, Karson Skinner 5. FG 10, FT 11/19, F 14. (3-pointers: Zach Cureton 1. Fouled Out: None).
Bernie will host Bell City on Friday, December 15, 2017. Game time 6:00 p.m.
The junior varsity also easily won their game by a score of 69 - 27 improving their record to 4 - 1.
Zoll tallied a game-high 26 points and Vaughn finished with 14 points.
Final Score Junior Varsity Bernie 69, Woodland 27
Bernie 19 20 15 15 - 69
Woodland 4 11 9 3 - 27
Bernie (69) - Landon Zoll 26, Johnny Vaughn 14, Tre Robinsen 5, Brent Gage 6, Nathan Harvey 3, Darrik Cobb 3, Ivan Meyer 1, Tyler Suitor 6, Skyler Schwent 5. FG 25, F 7/14, F 12. (3-pointers: Zoll 8, Vaughn 1, Harvey 1, Cobb 1, and Schwent 1. Fouled Out: None).
Woodland (27) - Jamon Frymire 2, Malachi Huffman 10, Kolin Skinner 5, Rafe Johnson 6, Josh Duncan 2. FG 9, FT 7/14, F 8. (3-pointers - Huffman 2, Fouled Out: None).
Bernie, Missouri - The 2017 Bernie Invitational Basketball Tournament is slated to begin on Monday, November 27th at 4 p.m. with the #1 seeded Bernie Mules facing the #8 seeded Holcomb Hornets. in game one.
There are eight teams in the tournament. Seeds are:
#1Bernie
#2 Risco
#3 Neelyville
#4 Puxico
#5 Twin Rivers
#6 Bloomfield
#7 Campbell
#8 Holcomb
At 5:15 p.m. the #4 seeded Puxico Indians vs the #5 Twin Rivers Royals.
At 6:30 p.m. #2 Risco vs #7 Campbell and at 7:45 p.m. #3 Neelyville vs #6 Bloomfield.
Semifinal games are at 6:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. on Tuesday, November 28th with the Championship game slated for thursday, November 30th at 7:00 p.m.
Third place game is at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 30th.
Bernie, Missouri - The Bernie Mules baseball team defeated Bloomfield in the opening round of the 2017 Bernie Fall Baseball Tournament on Saturday by a score of 21 - 1 in 5 innings.
Nate Dillinger and Blake Beacham pitched for the Mules.
Wyatt Barnett and Weston Comstock hit back to back home runs to start the game.
Barnett had 3 hits and 5 RBI to lead a 14-hit attack.
Comstock, Beacham, Brown, Hobgood, and Dillinger had 2 hits each.
Dillinger also had a home run.
The Bernie Mules Baseball team is now 17-2.
Campbell beat South Pemiscot, Neelyville beat Puxico. and Advance beat Bell City in other first round games.
The semi-finals will be played Monday at 4:00 with Bernie taking on Campbell at 4:00 followed by Neelyville versus Advance.
The finals will be played at Bernie Tuesday,
Bloomfield, Missouri - The Bernie baseball team won their last regular season game today at Bloomfield today 14-3 in 5 innings.
Dalton Hobgood got the win.
Wyatt Barnett had a monster game at the dish with 4 hits (including a home run and 5 RBI).
Hobgood, Gavin Brown, Weston Comstock, and Nate Dillinger each had 2 hits.
The team had 14 in all.
The team is now 16-2.
The Bernie Fall Tournament starts Saturday with Bernie vs Bloomfield at 10:00 am followed by Neelyville vs Puxico, Advance vs Campbell, and South Pemiscot vs Bell City.
The semi-finals are Monday at 4:00 and the finals starting at 4:00.
Leopold, Missouri - The Bernie baseball team traveled to Leopold and won 19 - 6.
This was not a lopsided game until late. Bernie led 7-6 in the top of the 7th inning when they exploded with 12 runs.
In that inning, Dalton Hobgood hit a grand slam and a three run home run as well.
Hobgood ended the day 3 hits, a double, 2 home runs, with 8 RBI.
Weston Zoll, Mason Mayberry, and Weston Comstock all had 3 hits each.
The team had 19 total hits.
Wyatt Barnett got the win in the mound. Weston Zoll pitched 3 perfect innings in relief to earn the save.
