Bernie, Missouri -The Bernie Mules fought a hard battle against the defending state champions Oran defeating the Eagles 60 - 59 at The Barn.

The Oran boys basketball team defeated Crane 70-63 at Mizzou Arena to win the Missouri Class 2 State Championship in March of 2017.

"Big win for us," commented Bernie head boys basketball coach Brad Botsch.  "Oran is a very good basketball team that is a tough match-up for us with their outstanding guard play."

"With us having only six kids dressed to play due to injuries, I thought our kids really rose to the occasion and gutted out a very tough win," continued Botsch.  "I am really proud of our kids, and we must continue to find ways to win despite the current adversity.  It sure doesn't get any easier as we have Advance, Notre Dame, and Dexter coming up."

Half of the Mules scored in double digits.  Blake Harty #10 led the team with 20 points including six 3-pointers. 

Michael #11 Suiter tallied 18 points and Nate Dillinger #23 finished with 17 points. Both had a trey each.

Oran led at the end of the first quarter 19-12 and at the half the Mules were within one poin 31-30.

The Mules overtook the Eagles in the 3rd quarter scoring 21 points and holding them to just 11 points.

Jacob Shoemaker tallied a game-high 27 points including three treys.  Cole Priggel finished with 11 points for the Eagles.

Final Score Bernie 60, Oran 59

Bernie  12   18   21  9 - 60

Oran    19   12   11  17 - 59 

Bernie (60) - Blake Harty 20, Michael Suiter 18, Josh Ellenburg 5, Nate Dillinger 17. FG 26, FT 0/2, F 14. (3-pointers: Harty 6, Ellenburg 1, Dillinger 1. Fouled Out: None).

Oran (59) - Jacob Shoemaker 27, Layne Johnson 6, Cole Priggel 11, Todd Priggel 7, Drew Riechmann 8.  FG 21, FT 14/15, F 12. (3-pointers: Shoemaker 3.  Fouled Out: None).

Final JV Score Bernie 37, Oran 58

Vaughn had 18 points.

The JV Mules are now 6-2 for the season.

The Mules will host Advance on Friday, January 5, 2018 with JV playing at 6 p.m. and the varsity to follow.

Bernie High School Project Prom will have a Chili Supper fundraiser on Friday, January 5, 2018 from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. at the Bernie High School cafeteria prior to the games.

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.