Bernie, Missouri - The Malden Green Wave team traveled to Bernie, Missouri on Friday night, February 8th to try and drown the Mules. 

David Baker #31 was impressive  and lead his team to the win with his 40 points on the evening.  He sunk sixteen baskets, one 3-pointer and made five of six field goal attempts.  What an awesome night for David Baker.

"Our Seniors stepped up tonight.  After the Hayti loss, we have really talked about having a sense of urgency going into districts.  for the seniors, it is their last opportunity.  they have to go all in and make everyone follow them.  I thought int he second half, they did just that,"  state Coach Brad Botsch, Head Basketball Coach for the Bernie Mules.

"Coach Long really challenged them at half time to provide the spark and be the energy for us and they answered," continued Coach Botsch.

Sam Turner #45 also had a pretty good night for the Bernie Mules.  He scored 22 points hitting four 3-pointers.  Turner also was perfect at the line with two field goals.

B.J. Jennings #12 was also in double digits for the Mules as he scored 10 points during the game.  Jennings hit two 3-pointers, one in the second quarter and one in the fourth quarter.

Coach Botsch stated, "We played with much more focus on the defensive end tonight.  We must continue to work hard this coming week in anticipation of districts.  If we play well, I think we're a good enough team to win it.  We are going to look forward to the challenge."

Bernie's record is improved to 19-5 for the season and are the #2 seed for the District Tournament at Bloomfield on February 18th where they will play against Senath-Hornersville at 5:30 p.m.

The Bernie Mules are in action again tonight, Tuesday, February 12th playing the Richland Rebels on their court.  Game time is 6:00 p.m.

Bloomfield, Missouri – The Class 2, District 1 seeds have been released.  Bloomfield High School will be hosting this year’s tournament, which will begin on February 16^th.

 

Hayti (16-6) has received the #1 seed and is the defending champion in the district and placed third at the Class 2 final four last season.

 

Bernie is seeded #2 with an 18-5 record, Holcomb is seeded #3 with a 19-4 record, Portageville (11-9) is seeded #4, South Pemiscot (13-8) is seeded #5, Bloomfield is seeded #6 with a 12-10 record, Senath-Hornersville (6-14) is seeded #7, Campbell (7-13) is seeded #8 and Cooter (2-16) is seeded #9.

 

Cooter will play Campbell to begin the tournament on February 16^th at 12:30 p.m.  Hayti will then take on the winner of the Campbell-Cooter game on February 18^th at 4 p.m.

 

Bernie will play Senath-Hornersville on February 18^th at 5:30 p.m.  Following that game, Holcomb will play Bloomfield at 7 p.m. and Portageville will play South Pemiscot at 8:30 p.m.

 

The semifinal games will take place on February 20^th at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

 

The championship game will be played on February 22^nd at 7:30 p.m.

 

 

Poplar Bluff - The Dexter Lady Cats traveled to Poplar Bluff to play a SEMO conference game against the Lady Mules.  Behind three players in double figures, the Lady Cats won their 20th game of the year by a score of 65-37.  

Written by
Dee Loflin, SMT Writer

Dexter, Missouri - The Lady Bearcats are the #1 seed in the Class 4 District 1 Missouri Girls Basketball with a 19-2 record they will be a tough team to beat.  Cape Girardeau’s private school, Notre Dame is second with an 18-5 records on the year.  Four other teams will be competing for the District Championship.  Cape Central Lady Tigers with a 9-13 record, Kennett Indians 14-9 record, Perryville Pirate 12-7 for the year and the Sikeston Lady Bulldogs with a 5-13 record.

Games begin on February 23^rd at 1:00 p.m. at the Bearcat Event Center with Cape Central playing Sikeston.  Following this game at 2:30 will be the Kennett Lady Indians taking on the Perryville Lady Pirates.  The winner of this game will try to beat the Dexter Lady Cats on Monday, February 25^th at 6:00 p.m.  Notre Dame will play the winner of the Cape Central/Sikeston game on Monday, February 25^th at 7:30 p.m. 

The District Championship game will be played on Thursday, February 28^th at 6:00 p.m.  Good luck Lady Cats!  We hope to see you win it all!