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.
Briefly: Dig for Life volleyball results (complete story, photos later online & in Tuesday's Statesman)
Dexter beat Park Hills Central 25-15, 25-13 in the gold bracket championship, Portageville defeated Poplar Bluff 25-21, 15-25, 25-23 in the silver bracket championship and Malden beat Clarkton 25-21, 25-19 in the bronze bracket championship of the 48-team Dig for Life Classic volleyball tournament Saturday night at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau.
A complete story on the gold bracket championship with photos will be available later online and in the next print edition of Dexter Daily Statesman Tuesday morning.
View updated brackets and scores below:
Bracket-Play
Gold Bracket (Note: The team finishing first in each pool qualifies for the gold bracket)
Silver Bracket (Note: The team finishing second in each pool qualifies for the silver bracket)
Bronze Bracket (Note: The team finishing third in each pool qualifies for the bronze bracket)
BRACKET PLAY RESULTS
Gold Bracket
Round of 16
Dexter def. Eminence 25-11, 25-5
St. Vincent def. Lesterville 25-20, 25-19
Notre Dame def. New Haven 25-13, 25-21
Jefferson def. Clearwater 25-20, 25-15
Park Hills Central def. Saxony Lutheran 25-12, 25-10
Leopold def. Bernie 20-25, 25-15, 25-20
Jackson def. Woodland 25-19, 28-26
Bismarck def. Advance 25-17, 25-15
Consolation Quarterfinals
Eminence def. Lesterville 25-22, 25-20
New Haven def. Clearwater 25-13, 25-21
Bernie def. Saxony Lutheran 25-21, 24-26, 25-20
Advance def. Woodland 25-19, 25-15
Consolation Semifinals
New Haven def. Eminence 22-25, 25-16, 25-20
Bernie def. Advance 25-21, 25-21
Consolation Championship
New Haven def. Bernie 17-25, 25-20, 25-22
Quarterfinals
Dexter def. St. Vincent 25-10, 25-14
Notre Dame def. Jefferson 25-16, 25-15
Park Hills Central def. Leopold 25-20, 23-25, 25-18
Bismarck def. Jackson 25-20, 28-30, 25-6
Semifinals
Dexter def. Notre Dame 25-12, 25-22
Park Hills Central def. Bismarck 25-9, 25-16
Championship
Dexter def. Park Hills Central 25-15, 25-13
Silver Bracket
Round of 16
Portageville def. Holcomb 25-22, 25-21
Gideon def. Southland 25-19, 25-18
Kennett def. Meadow Heights 25-14, 25-23
Cape Central def. Sikeston 25-19, 13-25, 25-17
South Iron def. Oran 25-23, 25-9
Bloomfield def. Greenville 25-20, 25-18
Seckman def. Puxico 25-22, 25-19
Poplar Bluff def. South Pemiscot 25-12, 25-6
Consolation Quarterfinals
Holcomb def. Southland 25-15, 25-18
Meadow Heights def. Sikeston 25-16, 25-19
Oran def. Greenville 25-18, 25-20
Puxico def. South Pemiscot 25-12, 25-19
Consolation Semifinals
Greenville def. Puxico 25-12, 25-23
Holcomb def. Meadow Heights 16-25, 25-23, 25-13
Consolation Championship
Greenville def. Holcomb 25-20, 25-21
Quarterfinals
Portageville def. Gideon 25-14, 25-10
Kennett def. Cape Central 25-11, 25-22
Bloomfield def. South Iron 25-9, 25-19
Poplar Bluff def. Seckman 25-18, 25-17
Semifinals
Portageville def. Kennett 25-18, 19-25, 25-21
Poplar Bluff def. Bloomfield 25-22, 27-25
Championship
Portageville def. Poplar Bluff 25-21, 15-25, 25-23
Bronze Bracket
Round of 16
Cooter def. Marquand-Zion 27-25, 25-10
NMCC def. Oak Ridge 23-25, 25-22, 25-13
Caruthersville def. Zalma 19-25, 25-21, 25-19
Clarkton def. Senath-Hornersville 25-14, 25-14
Malden def. Twin Rivers 16-25, 25-20, 25-11
Campbell def. Richland 25-13, 25-18
Scott City def. Ellington 25-8, 25-14
Calvary Lutheran def. Bell City 10-25, 25-15, 25-15
Quarterfinals
NMCC def. Cooter 25-8, 25-16
Clarkton def. Caruthersville 25-20, 25-20
Malden def. Campbell 25-13, 25-16
Calvary Lutheran def. Scott City 25-23, 25-20
Semifinals
Malden def. Calvary Lutheran 25-17, 25-15
Clarkton def. NMCC 26-24, 25-15
Championship
Malden def. Clarkton 25-19, 25-21
POOL PLAY RESULTS
Saturday's Scores
POOL A/B
Park Hills Central def. Holcomb 25-15, 25-15
Dexter def. South Iron 25-7, 25-10
Twin Rivers def. Cooter 25-20, 25-22
POOL C/D
New Haven def. Bell City 25-12, 25-14
Poplar Bluff def. Caruthersville 25-15, 25-10
Kennett split Advance 25-18, 10-25
POOL E/F
Notre Dame def. South Pemiscot 25-7, 25-7
Bismarck def. Zalma def. 25-16, 25-7
Meadow Heights def. Calvary Lutheran 25-15, 25-17
POOL G/H
Clearwater split Leopold 25-24, 19-25
Bloomfield def. Cape Central 25-10, 25-7
Clarkton def. Richland 25-18, 25-13
POOL I/J
Greenville def. Southland 25-11, 25-16
St. Vincent def. Campbell 25-8, 25-4
Bernie def. Oak Ridge 25-3, 25-10
POOL K/L
Gideon def. Scott City 25-18, 25-17
Lesterville split Seckman 25-22, 12-25
Jackson def. NMCC 25-10, 25-16
POOL M/N
Jefferson def. Ellington 25-12, 25-8
Woodland def. Sikeston 25-12, 25-20
Puxico def. Senath-Hornersville 25-9, 25-10
POOL O/P
Portageville def. Oran 25-17, 25-13
Saxony Lutheran split Eminence 21-25, 25-16
Marquand-Zion split Malden 25-24, 12-25
Friday's Scores
POOL A/B
Dexter def. Twin Rivers 25-11, 25-10
Central (Park Hills) def. Cooter 25-7, 25-3
Holcomb split South Iron 25-17, 22-25
Dexter def. Central (Park Hills) 25-20, 25-21
Holcomb def. Twin Rivers 25-19, 25-24
South Iron def. Cooter 25-9, 25-22
POOL C/D
Advance def. Caruthersville 25-3, 25-7
Kennett def. Bell City 25-9, 25-22
New Haven def. Poplar Bluff 25-17, 25-19
Bell City def. Caruthersville 25-20, 25-23
New Haven def. Advance 25-20, 25-18
Poplar Bluff split Kennett 25-19, 22-25
POOL E/F
Bismarck def. Meadow Heights 25-11, 25-15
Notre Dame def. Calvary Lutheran 25-9, 25-9
South Pemiscot def. Zalma 25-22, 25-23
Notre Dame def. Bismarck 25-14, 25-23
Meadow Heights def. South Pemiscot 25-22, 25-15
Zalma split Calvary Lutheran 20-25, 25-17
POOL G/H
Cape Central def. Richland 25-4, 25-9
Leopold def. Clarkton 25-6, 25-12
Clearwater split Bloomfield 25-19, 20-25
Leopold def. Cape Central 25-23, 25-18
Clearwater def. Richland 25-15, 25-9
Bloomfield def. Clarkton 25-20, 25-18
POOL I/J
Bernie def. St. Vincent 25-23, 25-23
Oak Ridge split Greenville 25-11, 22-25
Southland split Campbell 21-25, 25-15
St. Vincent def. Greenville 25-10, 25-22
Bernie def. Southland 25-13, 25-9
Campbell def. Oak Ridge 25-22, 25-12
POOL K/L
Jackson split Lesterville 25-20, 24-25
Scott City def. New Madrid County Central 25-17, 25-24
Seckman def. Gideon 25-20, 25-23
Lesterville def. Scott City 25-13, 25-11
Jackson def. Gideon 25-22, 25-5
Seckman def. New Madrid County Central 25-17, 25-17
POOL M/N
Woodland def. Senath-Hornersville 25-23, 25-17
Jefferson (Festus) def. Puxico 25-14, 25-10
Sikeston def. Southern Reynolds 25-10, 25-16
Jefferson (Festus) def. Woodland 25-20, 25-18
Senath-Hornersville def. Southern Reynolds 25-21, 25-21
Puxico split Sikeston 24-25, 25-18
POOL O/P
Saxony Lutheran def. Marquand-Zion 25-9, 25-3
Portageville def. Malden 25-11, 25-17
Eminence def. Oran 25-8, 25-9
Saxony Lutheran def. Portageville 25-15, 25-16
Oran def. Marquand-Zion 25-16, 25-24
Eminence def. Malden 25-7, 25-17
Pool Play Schedule (Note: teams do not play teams within their own pool during pool-play. Therefore, a team could win every game in its pool and not win its pool. If two teams in the same pool finish with identical records win/loss point differential determines which team finishes first in each pool. Therefore, every point counts in pool-play)
Pool A: 1. Dexter, 2. Cooter, 3. Holcomb
Pool B: 4. Twin Rivers, 5. Park Hills Central, 6. South Iron
Pool C: 7. Caruthersville, 8. Kennett, 9. New Haven
Pool D: 10. Advance, 11. Bell City, 12. Poplar Bluff
Pool E: 13. Bismarck, 14. Calvary Lutheran, 15. South Pemiscot
Pool F: 16. Meadow Heights, 17. Notre Dame, 18. Zalma
Pool G: 19. Cape Central, 20. Clarkton, 21 Clearwater
Pool H: 22. Richland, 23. Leopold, 24. Bloomfield
Pool I: 25. St. Vincent, 26. Oak Ridge, 27. Southland
Pool J: 28. Bernie, 29. Greenville, 30. Campbell
Pool K: 31. Lesterville, 32. NMCC, 33. Gideon
Pool L: 34. Jackson, 35. Scott City, 36. Seckman
Pool M: 37. Woodland, 38. Puxico, 39. Southern Reynolds
Pool N: 40. Senath-Hornersville, 41. Jefferson, 42. Sikeston
Pool O: 43. Saxony Lutheran, 44. Malden, 45. Oran
Pool P: 46. Marquand-Zion, 47. Portageville, 48. Eminence
Friday Pool-Play Schedule
Time/Court Rec 1 Rec 2 Rec 3 Rec 4 Notre Dame 1 Notre Dame 2 Show Me 1 Show Me 2
4:30 p.m. 1 vs. 4 7 vs. 10 13 vs. 16 19 vs. 22 25 vs. 28 31 vs. 34 37 vs. 40 43 vs. 46
5:20 2 vs. 5 8 vs. 11 14 vs. 17 20 vs. 23 26 vs. 29 32 vs. 35 38 vs. 41 44 vs. 47
6:10 3 vs. 6 9 vs. 12 15 vs. 18 21 vs. 24 27 vs. 30 33 vs. 36 39 vs. 42 45 vs. 48
7 1 vs. 5 7 vs. 11 13 vs. 17 19 vs. 23 25 vs. 29 31 vs. 35 37 vs. 41 43 vs. 47
7:50 3 vs. 4 9 vs. 10 15 vs. 16 21 vs. 22 27 vs. 28 33 vs. 34 39 vs. 40 45 vs. 46
8:40 2 vs. 6 8 vs. 12 14 vs. 18 20 vs. 24 26 vs. 30 32 vs. 36 38 vs. 42 44 vs. 48
Saturday Pool-Play Schedule
Time/Court Rec 1 Rec 2 Rec 3 Rec 4 Show Me 1 Show Me 2 Notre Dame 1 Notre Dame 2
8 a.m. 27 vs. 29 33 vs. 35 39 vs. 41 45 vs. 47 15 vs. 17 9 vs. 11 3 vs. 5 21 vs. 23
8:50 25 vs. 30 31 vs. 36 37 vs. 42 43 vs. 48 13 vs. 18 7 vs. 12 1 vs. 6 19 vs. 24
9:40 26 vs. 28 32 vs. 34 38 vs. 40 44 vs. 46 14 vs. 16 8 vs. 10 2 vs. 4 20 vs. 22
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