Bernie, MO - The 2022 Stoddard County Athletic Association (SCAA) Junior High Softball Tournament seeds have been announced.
Bloomfield earned the #1 seed and received a bye in the first round.
Advance is #2 followed by #3 Bernie, #4 Puxico, and #5 Richland. Dexter and Bell City do not have junior high softball teams.
All games will be played at Bernie on Saturday, April 30th with a time limit for each to be 90 minutes long except the championship game. There is no limite for that game.
Puxico will face Richland at 9 a.m.
Advance will play Bernie at 11:00 a.m.
Bloomfield will play the winner of the Puxico/Richland game at 1:00 p.m.
The 3rd place game will be at 3:00 p.m.
Championship game will be at 5:00 p.m.
Bloomfield, MO - The Bernie Mules blew out their SCAA rival the Bloomfield Wildcats on Thursday, April 7, 2022. They had everything going for them, winning big 15-2 in 5 innings.
In the first inning the Mules got their offense charged when an error scored the first run of the game. They finished the inning with an addition 6 runs.
Later in the fourth inning Bernie scored seven runs led by John Nimmo, Wyatt Nimmo, Landon Ellsworth, and Patrick Liddell, who all drove in runs.
The Wildcats struggled to put runs on the board and had a tough time defensively containing the Mules, giving up a total of 15 runs.
Reece Justice pitched the varsity to victory. The right-hander lasted two and a third innings, allowing zero hits and zero run while striking out two and walking none. Seth Teel and John Nimmo entered the game out of the bullpen and helped close out the game in relief.
"Our pitchers did a great job today. Reese Justice set the tone early. He really pounded the strike zone and we were able to make plays behind him," stated head baseball coach Marcus Massey. "John Nimmo and Seth Teel did a nice job coming in behind him and not allowing Bloomfield to get a whole lot of offense going."
The Mules smacked two home runs on the day. Nimmo had a long ball in the fourth inning and Liddell had a dinger also in the fourth.
"We did a good job coming out aggressive at the plate. The guys did a good job of finding good pitches to hit and not changing balls out of the zone."
Caleb Upchurch took the loss for the Wildcats. He lasted three and a third innings, allowing eight hits and 11 runs, striking out two. Law Graser and Cole Hartlein entered the game from the bullpen, throwing one inning and two-thirds of an inning respectively.
The Bernie Mules will be back in action in the Malden Baseball Tournament on Friday. They will play against Senath-Hornersville at 3:00 p.m. and Malden at 5:00 p.m.
The Bloomfield Wildcats will host Holcomb at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 8th.
Final Score Bernie 15, Bloomfield 2
Bernie 7 0 0 7 1 X X - 15
Bloomfield 0 0 0 2 0 X X - 2
Bernie, MO - The Bernie Lady Mules opened their season at home with back-to-back games against Charleston and Puxico. They defeated Charleston 11-0 in 5 innings and beat Puxico 19-0 in 3 innings.
"It was a good start to our season," stated coach Brad Botch. "Sara did a good job throwing strikes and our defense was very solid behind her. We hit the ball pretty well today, especially as cold and nasty as it was outside. Big week next week with 4 games and a tournament next weekend. We'll see what we're made of quickly, but I'm proud of the girls for starting off well. They practice hard and should expect success."
Coach Botch is helping the Mules this spring while head coach Cendyl McGowen is away on maternity leave.
Botch isn't new to coaching the softball team. He coached the softball team in 2002 and 2003 and then again from 2012 - 2019.
Against the Charleston Lady Jays Piper Schoemehl 2-2, 3 runs, 5 stolen bases, Abby Powell 2-3, 2 RBIs, Anna Eaton 1-3, 3b, 1 RBI, Gracie Cluck 2-2, 2 runs. Sara Guzman was on the mound for Bernie and allowed only 2 hits, 0 runs, 4 k's and had a complete game shutout in 5 innings.
Against the Puxico Indians Piper Schoemehl 1-1, 3 BB (walks), 4 stolen bases, 4 runs, Mackenzie Powell 1-2, 2 runs, Gracie Cluck 2-2, 2 runs. Cluck also finished a complete game shutout with 0 runs, 1 hit and 2 strikeouts in three innings.
The Bernie softball team (2-0)will be in back in action on Monday, March 21st traveling to Risco. First pitch at 4:45 p.m.
Missouri Boys Class 2 High School Basketball Rankings as of February 16, 2022. The Bernie Mules are ranked #7.
Class 2 Boys Basketball
1 Norwood 24-1
2 Salisbury 21-1
3 Eugene 22-3
4 Putnam County 20-2
5 College Heights Christian 20-4
6 Lakeland 23-2
7 Bernie 23-1
8 NE Cairo 20-5
9 Alton 21-5
10 Harrisburg 18-7
The 2022 MSHSAA Class 2, District 3 Boys Basketball Tournament seeds and bracket have been released.
Districts will begin on Saturday, February 19th.
The tournament will be held at the Bloomfield High School.
Bernie earned the #1 seed followed by #2 Advance, #3 Meadow Heights, #4 Oran, #5 Oak Ridge, #6 St. Vincent, and #7 Bloomfield.
Bernie's record is 22-1. Advance (17-4), Meadow Heights (16-5), Oran (11-8), Oak Ridge (9-11), St. Vincent (10-10), and Bloomfield (5-13).
Saturday, February 19th Schedule:
Noon #2 Advance vs #7 Bloomfield
2:30 p.m. #3 Meadow Heights vs #6 St. Vincent
5:00 p.m. #4 Oran vs #5 Oak Ridge
Bernie received a bye in the first round and will play the winner of the Oran/Oak Ridge game on February 22nd at 6 p.m.
The other semifinal will be at 7:15 p.m.
Championship will be February 25th at 7:15 p.m.
