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.
Seedings released for Oran Invitational boys basketball tournament
The stage is set for the highly anticipated Oran Invitational varsity boys basketball tournament.
The tournament is slated to take place Dec. 1-5 at Oran High School.
Defending state champion Scott County Central has received the No. 1 seed.
Scott County Central owns 21 titles in the 58-year history of the eight-team event and has placed first in each of the last six seasons.
Scott County Central beat Oran 88-76 in the 2013 championship.
Quarterfinal contests for the 2014 tournament are:
No. 1 Scott County Central vs. No. 8 Chaffee, Dec. 1 at 5 p.m.
No. 2 Oran vs. No. 7 Richland, Dec. 1 at 6:30 p.m.
No. 3 Malden vs. No. 6 Bell City, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m.
No. 4 Advance vs. No. 5 Kelly ,Dec. 2 at 6 p.m.
The championship is scheduled for Dec. 5 at 8 p.m.
A bracket for the tournament is available at this link: View Bracket Here
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