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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.
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Schedules for Notre Dame Volleyballfest and Woodland Invitational
Notre Dame Volleyballfest
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. - Eight of Missouri's elite volleyball programs are set to square off Friday, Sept. 4, and Saturday Sept. 5, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Notre Dame, Ste. Genevieve, Lindbergh, St. Vincent, Lafayette, Dexter, Helias Catholic and Perryville will compete in the two-day Notre Dame Volleyballfest.
Notre Dame, Ste. Genevieve, Lindbergh and St. Vincent will compete in Pool A. Lafayette, Dexter, Helias Catholic and Perryville will compete in Pool B. Pool play will consist of two games to 25 with a 27-point cap.
The teams will be seeded following pool play and compete in an eight-team single-elimination bracket Saturday afternoon. Bracket play will be the best two out of three rallying scoring. The varsity championship is scheduled for Saturday at 7 p.m.
View a complete schedule below:
VARSITY TOURNAMENT
Pool A: Notre Dame, Ste. Genevieve, Lindbergh, St. Vincent
Pool B: Lafayette, Dexter, Helias Catholic, Perryville.
Friday Pool Play
Court 1
Notre Dame vs. Ste. Genevieve, 4:15 p.m.
St. Vincent vs. Lindbergh, 5:45 p.m.
St. Vincent vs. Notre Dame, 7:15 p.m.
Court 2
Perryville vs. Helias Catholic, 4:15 p.m.
Dexter vs. Perrville, 5:45 p.m.
Dexter vs. Helias Catholic, 7:15 p.m.
Saturday Pool Play
Court 1
Ste. Genevieve vs. Lindbergh, 8:45 a.m.
Notre Dame vs. Lindbergh, 10:15 a.m.
Ste. Genevieve vs. St. Vincent, 11:45 a.m.
Court 2
Lafayette vs. Perryville, 8:45 a.m.
Helias Catholic vs. Lafayette, 10:15 a.m.
Lafayette vs. Dexter, 11:45 a.m.
Saturday Bracket Play
Quarterfinal 1: No. 1 Pool A vs. No. 4 Pool B, Court 1 at 3 p.m.
Quarterfinal 2: No. 3 Pool A vs. No. 2 Pool B, Court 1 at 4 p.m.
Quarterfinal 3: No. 1 Pool B vs. No. 4 Pool A, Court 2 at 3 p.m.
Quarterfinal 4: No. 3 Pool B vs. No. 2 Pool A, Court 2 at 4 p.m.
Semifinal 1: Quarterfinal 1 Winner vs. Quarterfinal 2 Winner, Court 1 at 6 p.m.
Semifinal 2: Quarterfinal 3 Winner vs. Quarterfinal 4 Winner, Court 2 at 6 p.m.
Championship: Semifinal 1 Winner vs. Semifinal 2 Winner, Court 1 at 7 p.m.
JV TOURNAMENT
Pool A: Notre Dame, Ste. Genevieve, Lindbergh, St. Vincent
Pool B: Perryville JV, Dexter, Helias Catholic, Perryville 9th.
Friday Pool Play
Court 1
Notre Dame vs. Ste. Genevieve, 3:30 p.m.
St. Vincent vs. Lindbergh, 5 p.m.
St. Vincent vs. Notre Dame, 6:30 p.m.
Court 2
Perryville 9th vs. Helias Catholic, 3:30 p.m.
Dexter vs. Perrville JV, 5 p.m.
Dexter vs. Helias Catholic, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday Pool Play
Court 1
Ste. Genevieve vs. Lindbergh, 8 a.m.
Notre Dame vs. Lindbergh, 9:30 a.m.
Ste. Genevieve vs. St. Vincent, 11 a.m.
Court 2
Perryville 9th vs. Perryville JV, 8 a.m.
Helias Catholic vs. Perryville JV, 9:30 a.m.
Perryville 9th vs. Dexter, 11 a.m.
Saturday Bracket Play
Quarterfinal 1: No. 1 Pool A vs. No. 4 Pool B, Court 1 at 1 p.m.
Quarterfinal 2: No. 3 Pool A vs. No. 2 Pool B, Court 1 at 2 p.m.
Quarterfinal 3: No. 1 Pool B vs. No. 4 Pool A, Court 2 at 1 p.m.
Quarterfinal 4: No. 3 Pool B vs. No. 2 Pool A, Court 2 at 2 p.m.
Semifinal 1: Quarterfinal 1 Winner vs. Quarterfinal 2 Winner, Court 1 at 5 p.m.
Semifinal 2: Quarterfinal 3 Winner vs. Quarterfinal 4 Winner, Court 2 at 5 p.m.
Championship: Semifinal 1 Winner vs. Semifinal 2 Winner, Court 2 at 7 p.m.
Woodland Invitational
The schedule has been released for the highly anticipated Woodland Invitational volleyball tournament.
The eight-team event takes place Aug. 24, Aug. 25, Aug. 27 and Aug. 28.
Pool play takes place Monday and Tuesday. Each pool play contest will consist of two sets to 19 points with a 21-point cap.
Meadow Heights, Zalma, Bell City and Oak Ridge will compete in Pool B Monday.
Woodland, Advance, Saxony Lutheran and Leopold will compete in Pool A Tuesday.
Single-elimination bracket play is Aug. 27 and Aug. 28. All teams advance to bracket play. Bracket play contest will consist of the best two out of three sets to 25 with no cap.
The championship is Aug. 28 at 8 p.m.
View a complete schedule for the tournament below:
POOL PLAY
Monday
Meadow Heights vs. Bell City, 5 p.m.
Zalma vs. Oak Ridge, 5:30 p.m.
Meadow Heights vs. Oak Ridge, 6 p.m.
Zalma vs. Bell City, 6:30 p.m.
Bell City vs. Oak Ridge, 7 p.m.
Meadow Heights vs. Zalma, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday
Woodland vs. Saxony Lutheran, 5 p.m.
Advance vs. Leopold, 6 p.m.
Woodland vs. Leopold, 6:30 p.m.
Advance vs. Saxony Lutheran, 7 p.m.
Saxony Lutheran vs. Leopold, 7:30 p.m.
Woodland vs. Advance, 8 p.m.
BRACKET PLAY
A complete bracket is available at this link View Bracket Here
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