Bernie, Missouri - The Bernie Mules volleyball team competed in the first round of District play on Monday evening. They defeated Richland 25-13, 25-7.
Kayli Tanner, Mabree Stone, and Taylor Lovelady finished with one ace each.
Kayli Tanner had one block solo and one block assist with Taylor Anthony.
Taylor Lovelday tallied 4 digs, Cymber Arnold had 3 digs and Kayli Tanner finished with 2 digs.
Cymber Arnold, Mabree Stone, and Kayli Tanner recorded 5 kills. Madisson Wooldridge recorded 4 kills and Taylor Anthony finished with one kill.
Campbell, Missouri - The Bernie Mules finished the season with an impressive record of 15-5. They fell in their final game to the Bell City Cubs who went undefeated and won the Campbell Fall Tournament championship.
The Mules weren't able to score. Bell City defeated them 6 - 0.
Austin Hicks got the win for Bell City. He pitched seven shutout innings. Hicks struck out 13, walked none and gave up four hits.
Alex Guzman ended up on the wrong side of the pitching decision, charged with the loss. He lasted five innings, walked one, struck out seven, and allowed five runs.
"Alex threw well for the mules but a couple errors cost a couple runs, and against a good team like Bell City they will make you pay for any mistakes," commented head Bernie Baseball Coach Marcus Massey. "It is not how I wanted to end the season but over all we have had a great fall season."
"We have a young group that hasn’t had as much field time over the last couple season due to the strength and numbers in the baseball program. So this fall has been great for them to get some games under their belts and kinda see where we are at for the spring season," continued Massey.
"But over all I really like how we finished up at 15-5. We have a good group of boys. We had won 8 in a row leading up to this bell city game, and beat some really good teams in the process. So if we can keep building I think we have enough pieces to put together a solid spring," stated Massey.
Campbell, Missouri - The Bernie Mules eliminated the Campbell Camels 4-3 in Campbell Fall Classic.
The Mules struggled for most of the game leaving 14 guys stranded on base; however scoring in the 8th inning to win the game.
Gavin Brown reached base from a hit by pitch which ended up being the winning run. Dalton Hobgood drove in the winning run off a double to right field.
Blake Beacham put together a tremendous outing. Beacham gave up just three hits, allowed one earned run, walked none and struck out two during his six innings of work.
Alex Guzman came in relief to get the win. He tossed two innings of shutout ball. He struck out four, walked one and surrendered no hits.
Hobgood, Brown and Josh Ellenburg combined for four hits and three RBIs for the Mules.
Ellensburg big hit came in the 6th inning with the Mules down one to score the tying run that eventually sent the game to extra innings.
Bernie posted one run in each of the second, sixth and eighth. In the second, they scored on an error, scoring Nate Dillinger.
The Bernie mules are now 15-4 on the year and will play Bell City Thursday, September 29th at 7:30 p.m. in Campbell.
Broseley, Missouri - The Bernie Mules traveled to Twin Rivers High School on Tuesday, September 27th. They attacked the Royals winning 25-13, 25-21.
Kayli Tanner, Mabree Stone, and Taylor Lovelady each had 1 ace.
Kayli Tanner had 4 blocks, Madisson Wooldridge had 3 blocks, and Mabree Stone and Taylor Anthony had 1 block.
Kayli Tanner had 7 kills, Cymber Arnold had 4 kills, Madisson Wooldridge had 3 kills, and Mabree Stone and Morgan Baker had 1 kill. Morgan Baker had 12 assists.
Taylor Lovelady had 8 digs, Morgan Baker had 7 digs, Mabree Stone had 4 digs, Cymber Arnold had 3 digs, Kayli Tanner had 2 digs, and Taylor Anthony had 1 dig.
In Junior Varsity action the Lady Mules defeated Twin Rivers 25-5, 25-4.
Alivia Cobb dominated with serving in the 1st set by serving 12 points in a row, 7 of which were aces. It was Ryleigh Foster in the 2nd set, serving 14 points in a row, with 4 aces. Makayla Turner scored 5 aces out of her 8 serves, and Haylee Robinette scored 1 ace.
"The girls did an excellent job with their attacks," stated head coach Monica Collier.
Cassidy Freed and Makayla Turner both scored 7 kills and Daisy Eaton and Nia Walker scored 6 kills. Nia Walker also had 1 block. Ryleigh Foster had 15 assists.
Alivia Cobb and Daisy Eaton had 4 digs, Cassidy Freed and Haylee Robinette had 2 digs, and Ryleigh Foster had 1 dig.
The Lady Mules will be back in action on Thursday, September 29th when they host the Bloomfield Wildcats.
Bernie, Missouri - The Bernie Lady Mules beat Gideon 25-14, 25-8 in their annual Hits for Hope fundraiser for 18FORE Life on Monday evening.
Kayli Tanner led in serving points with 9: 5 in the first set and 4 in the 2nd set. Taylor Anthony had 7 serving points, Taylor Lovelady had 6, Mabree Stone had 5, Morgan Baker had 4. Kayli Tanner had 3 aces, Mabree Stone, Morgan Baker, and Taylor Lovelady each had 1 ace.
Taylor Lovelady led in digs with 6, Cymber Arnold had 4, Morgan Baker and Taylor Anthony had 2, and Madissen Corbin and Macayla Owens had 1.
Kayli Tanner led in kills with 7, Madisson Wooldridge had 4, Mabree Stone had 3, Morgan Baker and Cymber Arnold had 2, and Taylor Anthony had 1.
Morgan Baker had 16 assists and Taylor Anthony had 2.
In Junior Varsity action the Lady Mules defeated Gideon 25-3, 25-19.
Ryleigh Foster led us by a large margin in serving points by serving 16 points in the first set and 4 in the 2nd set, for a total of 20 points. She had 7 aces. Cassidy Freed had 7 serving points in the game with 3 aces. Alivia Cobb, Makayla Turner, and Nia Walker each had one ace.
Cassidy Freed led in defense with 6 digs. Alivia Cobb, Ryleigh Foster, Makayla Turner, and Daisy Eaton had 2 digs.
Makayla Turner led in kills with 5. Cassidy Freed had 3, Nia Walker had 2, and Alivia Cobb, Ryleigh Foster, and Daisy Eaton each had one.
Ryleigh Foster had 12 assists and Nia Walker had 1.
The Lady Mules will be back in action on Tuesday, September 27th when they travel to Twin Rivers. Game time 6:00 p.m.
Photo taken at a previous Bernie Mules volleyball game.
