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.

2015 Dig for Life Classic Schedule

Posted Monday, September 14, 2015, at 4:48 PM

The schedule has been released for the 48-team Dig for Life Classic volleyball tournament.

This year's tournament takes place Sept. 11-12 at Southeast Missouri State University and Notre Dame Regional High School. Both are located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

This season 48 teams will compete in 16 three-team pools on Friday evening and Saturday morning. Bracket-play is slated for Saturday afternoon.

Dexter defeated Park Hills Central in the golf bracket championship last season.

See a complete pool-play schedule and bracket-play schedule 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)

Pool-Play (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. Bismarck, 2. Bell City, 3. Senath-Hornersville

Pool B: 4. Cape Central, 5. New Haven, 6. Oak Ridge

Pool C: 7. Jackson, 8. Calvary Lutheran, 9. Scott City

Pool D: 10. Malden, 11. Dexter, 12. Marquand-Zion

Pool E: 13. Bernie, 14. Kennett, 15. South Pemiscot

Pool F: 16. Park Hills Central, 17. New Madrid County Central, 18. Southland

Pool G: 19. Notre Dame, 20. South Iron, 21. Cooter

Pool H: 22. Meadow Heights, 23. Woodland, 24. Southern Reynolds

Pool I: 25. St. Vincent, 26. Holcomb, 27. Greenville

Pool J: 28. Puxico, 29. Jefferson, 30. Richland

Pool K: 31. Eminence, 32. Portageville, 33. Clarkton

Pool L: 34. Advance, 35. Clearwater, 36. Twin Rivers

Pool M: 37. Lesterville, 38. Sikeston, 39. Caruthersville

Pool N: 40. Saxony Lutheran, 41. Leopold, 42. Campbell

Pool O: 43. Gideon, 44. Seckman, 45. Zalma

Pool P: 46. Oran, 47. Bloomfield, 48. Poplar Bluff

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 Notre Dame 1 Notre Dame 2 Show Me 1 Show Me 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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Would someone please update the volleyball tournament scores

-- Posted by cardinalnation on Fri, Sep 11, 2015, at 11:32 PM
We have not received the scores yet.

-- Posted by Dustin Ward on Fri, Sep 11, 2015, at 11:41 PM
Friday's scores are available here: http://www.dailystatesman.com/files/friday-scores.pdf

-- Posted by Dustin Ward on Fri, Sep 11, 2015, at 11:44 PM
Thanks for the updates. Will there be a site throughout the day that will keep updates for this tournament

-- Posted by cardinalnation on Sat, Sep 12, 2015, at 9:47 AM
Round of 16 Gold:

Bismarck def. Bloomfield 25-22, 24-26, 26-24

St. Vincent def. Eminence 25-19, 25-19

Jackson def. Park Hills 25-15, 25-10

Notre Dame def. Saxony 25-15, 25-13

Deck man def. New Haven 25-15, 25-19

Jefferson def. Woodland 25-20, 22-25, 25-14

Advance def. Lesterville 25-22, 16-25, 25-23

Dexter def. Bernie 25-11, 25-19

-- Posted by Dustin Ward on Sat, Sep 12, 2015, at 12:53 PM
Seckman not Deckman

-- Posted by Dustin Ward on Sat, Sep 12, 2015, at 12:56 PM
Gold Bracket Quarterfinals:

St. Vincent def. Bismarck 25-21, 25-23

Notre Dame def. Jackson 25-9, 25-15

Seckman def. Jefferson 25-19, 25-20

Dexter def. Advance 25-12, 21-25, 25-14

-- Posted by Dustin Ward on Sat, Sep 12, 2015, at 3:32 PM
Gold Bracket Semifinals:

Notre Dame defeats St. Vincent 25-23, 25-19

Dexter def. Seckman 25-16, 25-16

-- Posted by Dustin Ward on Sat, Sep 12, 2015, at 7:02 PM
Notre Dame defeats Dexter 27-25, 25-20.

-- Posted by Dustin Ward on Sat, Sep 12, 2015, at 7:19 PM

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