Dustin Ward
Dustin Ward has been the sports editor at Daily Statesman in Dexter, Mo., since August 2013.
Ward graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and a minor in psychology. He also has 21-hour concentration in environmental science, social studies and education.
Ward started following sports in southeast Missouri when he was five-years-old in 1991. In the 2009-10 basketball season, he watched 84 varsity basketball teams play a total of 147 varsity games. He has also attended the state basketball, baseball and volleyball tournaments the last three seasons. His favorite baseball memory is watching the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Texas Rangers in the 2011 World Series.
Ward completed an internship in the summer of 2010 at semoball.com. During the internship he had the opportunity to visit and photograph the athletic facilities at all 58 semoball schools. He also researched the district and state championship histories of 55 schools and used the Cover it Live application to cover the Senior Babe Ruth state baseball tournament. After the internship he served as sports editor at Daily Dunklin Democrat in Kennett, Mo., from 2011-2013.
Ward graduated from Southeast Missouri State University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and a minor in psychology. He also has 21-hour concentration in environmental science, social studies and education.
Ward started following sports in southeast Missouri when he was five-years-old in 1991. In the 2009-10 basketball season, he watched 84 varsity basketball teams play a total of 147 varsity games. He has also attended the state basketball, baseball and volleyball tournaments the last three seasons. His favorite baseball memory is watching the St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Texas Rangers in the 2011 World Series.
Ward completed an internship in the summer of 2010 at semoball.com. During the internship he had the opportunity to visit and photograph the athletic facilities at all 58 semoball schools. He also researched the district and state championship histories of 55 schools and used the Cover it Live application to cover the Senior Babe Ruth state baseball tournament. After the internship he served as sports editor at Daily Dunklin Democrat in Kennett, Mo., from 2011-2013.
Archives
- Schedule released for Perryville volleyball tournament & September Showdown (9/21/15)
- Dexter youth basketball registration underway (9/15/15)
- Volleyball state rankings (9/14/15)1
- 2015 Dig for Life Classic Schedule (9/14/15)9
- Dexter takes second at Notre Dame Volleyballfest (9/10/15)
- Schedules released for Dig for Life Classic & Notre Dame Volleyballfest (9/2/15)7
- Schedules for Notre Dame Volleyballfest and Woodland Invitational (8/25/15)
- Dexter youth football, volleyball and soccer registration underway (8/3/15)
- Midwest Plains Regional begins Friday in Kansas (schedule included) (7/27/15)
- <b>Updated</b> Senior Babe Ruth state tournament results, stories and schedule (7/19/15)
- 2015 Senior Babe Ruth state tournament schedule (7/7/15)
- Rib City boys basketball shootout (June 18-19) (6/17/15)2
- Updated Schedules: Rib City varsity volleyball shootout (Monday) (6/14/15)
- Updated schedule for Rib City Shootout (June 11-12) (6/12/15)
- Schedule set for Rib City Shootout (June 5-6) (6/2/15)
- 2015 Charleston Fighting Squirrels Baseball Schedule (5/29/15)
- <b>Updated:</b> Baseball, boys tennis and softball playoff brackets (5/22/15)
- SEMO Conference baseball tournament, C1D3 softball seedings released (4/28/15)
- Updated SCAA baseball, softball tournament brackets (4/20/15)2
- Schedule set for Swing Pink softball tournament at Dexter Saturday (4/7/15)
- <b>Updated</b> district basketball tournament brackets (3/3/15)
- Updated SCAA boys basketball tournament results (2/1/15)2
- Stoddard County basketball previews, basketball tournament brackets (12/5/14)21
- Seedings released for Oran Invitational boys basketball tournament (11/13/14)
- Early Bird Clinic set for Nov. 22 at Charleston (11/11/14)
- MHSVCA all-state, all-region volleyball teams released (11/4/14)
- <b>LIVE SATURDAY:</b> Volleyball state championship updates (11/2/14)
- State volleyball tournament brackets, district volleyball & football brackets (10/23/14)
- Volleyball district tournament brackets (10/23/14)
- Portageville softball team advances to final four & volleyball and football district tournaments set (10/23/14)
- SCAA volleyball tournaments results (10/11/14)
- Scores for the 56 games at 20-team Perryville volleyball tournament (10/4/14)
- Bernie-Cooter September Showdown title game Wednesday (10/4/14)
- High school football district standings (9/17/14)
- Briefly: Dig for Life volleyball results (complete story, photos later online & in Tuesday's Statesman) (9/15/14)4
- Updated Results for Notre Dame Volleyballfest (9/7/14)10
- Dexter Parks & Recreation volleyball action (8/24/14)
- Dexter boys basketball program to return to SEMO Conference Tournament (8/21/14)20
- Volleyball class & district assignments released for 2014, 2015 (8/16/14)6