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 released for Perryville volleyball tournament & September Showdown
PERRYVILLE, Mo. - The schedule has been released for the highly antcipated Perryville volleyball tournament.
The 20-team event takes place Saturday at the Perryville Park Center, Perryville High School, Perryville Middle School and St. Vincent High School.
The field is divided into four five-team pools. The first and second-place finishers in each pool advance to an eight-team single-elimination gold bracket; the third-place finisher in each pool advances to a four-team single-elimination silver bracket; the fourth-place finisher in each pool advances to a four-team single-elimination bronze bracket; and the fifth-place finisher in each pool advances to a four-team single-elimination consolation bracket.
Pool play begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends at approximately 4 p.m. Pool play will consist of two games to 25 with the score starting at 4-4.
Saxony Lutheran, Bismarck, Bloomfield, Park Hills Central and Bishop DuBourg will compete in Pool A on Park Center Court 2. St. Vincent, North County, Sikeston, Scott City and Lesterville will compete in Pool B at Perryville Middle School. Cape Central, Clearwater, Arcadia Valley, Perryville and Greenville will compete in Pool C on Park Center Court 1. Fredericktown, DeSoto, Bernie, Valle Catholic and Charleston will compete in Poold D at Perryville High School.
Bracket play begins at about 4:30 p.m. Bracket play will consist of the best two out of three games to 25 with the score starting at 0-0.
The gold bracket will be played at the Perryville Park Center with the championship starting at about 6:45 p.m. on Court 1.
The silver bracket will be played at Perryville High School, the bronze bracket will be played at Perryville Middle School and the consolation bracket will be played at St. Vincent High School. The championship games in the silver, bronze and consolation brackets will all start at approximately 6 p.m.
Games will run ahead of schedule if possible.
Admission to the event is $5 for adult and $3 for students.
View a complete schedule for the tournament below:
POOL PLAY
POOL A
Saxony Lutheran vs. Park Hills Central, 8:30 a.m.
Bismarck vs. Bloomfield, 9:15 a.m.
Park HillsCentral vs. Bishop DuBourg, 10 a.m.
Saxony Lutheran vs. Bloomfield, 10:45 a.m.
Bismarck vs. Bishop DuBourg, 11:30 a.m.
Bloomfield vs. Park Hills Central, 12:15 p.m.
Saxony Lutheran vs. Bismarck, 1 p.m.
Bishop DuBourg vs. Bloomfield, 1:45 p.m.
Bismarck vs. Park Hills Central, 2:30 p.m.
Bishop DuBourg vs. Saxony Lutheran, 3:15 p.m.
POOL B
St. Vincent vs. Scott City, 8:30 a.m.
North County vs. Sikeston, 9:15 a.m.
Scott City vs. Lesterville, 10 a.m.
St. Vincent vs. Sikeston, 10:45 a.m.
North County vs. Lesterville, 11:30 a.m.
Scott City vs. Sikeston, 12:15 p.m.
St. Vincent vs. North County, 1 p.m.
Sikeston vs. Lesterville, 1:45 p.m.
North County vs. Scott City, 2:30 p.m.
St. Vincent vs. Lesterville, 3:15 p.m.
POOL C
Cape Central vs. Perryville, 8:30 a.m.
Clearwater vs. Arcadia Valley, 9:15 a.m.
Perryville vs. Greenville, 10 a.m.
Cape Central vs. Arcadia Valley, 10:45 a.m.
Clearwater vs. Greenville, 11:30 a.m.
Arcadia Valley vs. Perryville, 12:15 p.m.
Cape Central vs. Clearwater, 1 p.m.
Arcadia Valley vs. Greenville, 1:45 p.m.
Clearwater vs. Perryville, 2:30 p.m.
Cape Central vs. Greenville, 3:15 p.m.
POOL D
Fredericktown vs. Valle Catholic, 8:30 a.m.
DeSoto vs. Bernie, 9:15 a.m.
Valle Catholic vs. Charleston, 10 a.m.
Fredericktown vs. Bernie, 10:45 a.m.
DeSoto vs. Charleston, 11:30 a.m.
Bernie vs. Valle Catholic, 12:15 p.m.
Fredericktown vs. DeSoto, 1 p.m.
Bernie vs. Charleston, 1:45 p.m.
DeSoto vs. Valle Catholic, 2:30 p.m.
Fredericktown vs. Charleston, 3:15 p.m.
BRACKET PLAY
GOLD BRACKET (AT PARK CENTER)
Quarterfinal 1: No. 1 Pool A vs. No. 2 Pool C, Court 1 at 4:30 p.m.
Quarterfinal 2: No. 1 Pool D vs. No. 2 Pool B, Court 2 at 4:30 p.m.
Quarterfinal 3: No. 1 Pool B vs. No. 2 Pool D, Court 1 at 5:15 p.m.
Quarterfinal 4: No. 1 Pool C vs. No. 2 Pool A, Court 2 at 5:15 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 6:45 p.m.
SILVER BRACKET (AT PERRYVILLE HIGH)
Semifinal 1: No. 3 Pool A vs. No. 3 Pool C, 4:30 p.m.
Semifinal 2: No. 3 Pool D vs. No. 3 Pool B, 5:15 p.m.
Championship: Semifinal 1 Winner vs. Semifinal 2 Winner, 6 p.m.
BRONZE BRACKET (AT PERRYVILLE M.S.)
Semifinal 1: No. 4 Pool A vs. No. 4 Pool C, 4:30 p.m.
Semifinal 2: No. 4 Pool D vs. No. 4 Pool A, 5:15 p.m.
Championship: Semifinal 1 Winner vs. Semifinal 2 Winner, 6 p.m.
CONSOLATION BRACKET (AT ST. VINCENT HIGH)
Semifinal 1: No. 5 Pool A vs. No. 5 Pool C, 4:30 p.m.
Semifinal 2: No. 5 Pool D vs. No. 5 Pool A, 5:15 p.m.
Championship: Semifinal 1 Winner vs. Semifinal 2 Winner, 6 p.m.
SEPTEMBER SHOWDOWN AT BERNIE
BERNIE, Mo. - The schedule has been released for the September Showdown baseball tournament.
The event will take place Sept. 26, Sept. 28, Sept. 29 and Oct. 1 at Bernie.
Undefeated Bernie has received the No. 1 seed in the eight-team tournament.
Top-seeded Bernie plays No. 8 seeded Neelyville Saturday at 10 a.m., No. 4 seeded Cooter plays No. 5 seeded Bloomfield Saturday at noon, No. 2 seeded Bell City plays No. 7 seeded Puxico Saturday at 2 p.m. and No. 3 seeded South Pemiscot plays No. 6 seeded Campbell Saturday at 4 p.m.
The championship is Oct. 1 at about 7 p.m.
Cooter beat Bernie in the championship of the tournament last season.
A bracket for the tournament is available at this link: Tournament Bracket
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