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.
Schedule set for Swing Pink softball tournament at Dexter Saturday
The schedule has been released for the Swing Pink softball tournament.
16 teams will compete in the tournament Saturday at Dexter.
No. 1 seeded West County takes on No. 8 seeded Charleston, No. 4 seeded Dexter takes on No. 5 seeded Southland, No. 3 seeded Neelyville takes on No. 6 seeded East Prairie and No. 2 seeded Van Buren takes on No. 7 seeded Senath-Hornersville Saturday at 9 a.m in Bracket B. The semifinals for Bracket B are at 1 p.m. and the Bracket B championship is at 5 p.m.
No. 1 seeded Naylor takes on No. 8 seeded South Pemiscot, No. 4 seeded Advance takes on No. 5 seeded Winona, No. 3 seeded Clearwater takes on No. 6 seeded Holcomb and No. 2 seeded Scott City takes on No. 7 seeded Bloomfield Saturday at 11 a.m. in Bracket A. The semifinals for Bracket A are at 3 p.m. and the Bracket A championship is at 7 p.m.
View both brackets below:
Respond to this blog
Posting a comment requires free registration:
- If you already have an account, follow this link to login
- Otherwise, follow this link to register