Bernie, Missouri - The 2017 Bernie Basketball Camp will begin Monday, July 24th and end on Wednesday, July 26th.

You do not have to be a Bernie student to attend.  Anyone that is going into the third through eight grade is eligible to attend.  the camp will be held in the air conditioned Bernie High School Gym.

The camp will be from 10:30 a.m. - noon and the cost is $25 per athlete.

Participants should wear clean tennis shoes, shorts, and a t-shirt every day to camp.

Points that will be covered are ball handling, shooting, defense, rebounding, and passing.  in addition to those fundamentals, there will be daily scrimmages within each age group.

T-shirts will be given to all campers.  Parents are also encouraged to come the last day of camp to watch the finals of the contests.

For more information or if for some reason you can not afford the camp please contact Brad Botsch (573) 293-5334, ext 232 or (573) 276-8305.

Bernie, Missouri - The Bernie 7th and 8th grade Volleyball Tournament begins their Championship bracket on Tuesday, March 28th at 4 p.m with Advance taking on Puxico at the High School Gym.

Game # 2 begins at 5 p.m. with Bernie 7th grade vs Bloomfield 7th grade in the high school gym.

Game #3 is also set to begin at 5 p.m. with Bernie 8th grade vs Bell City 8th grade in the elementary gym.

Game #4 will be Dexter vs Sikeston at 4 p.m. in the elementary gym.

Game #5 will feature the winner of the Advance/Puxico game and Bernie/Bloomfield game and is slated to begin at 6 p.m. in the high school gym.

Game #6 will feature the winner of the Bernie 8th/Bell City and the Dexter/Sikeston game and is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. in the elementary gym.

The Championship game will begin at 7 p.m. in the high school gym.  Games are running ahead of schedule so please arrive early!

Bernie, Missouri - Six Lady Mules Volleyball players were honored during Senior Night at the Mule Barn in Bernie.

They are Morgan Baker, Madissen Corbin, Christina Dowdy, Macayla Owens, Mabree Stone, and Kayli Tanner.

Morgan Baker is the daughter of Bub and Lisa Baker.  She is involved in volleyball, softball, cheerleading, Student Council Historian, Beta, Speech and Drama, Class Vice President and FBLA.  Her future plans are to attend Southeast Missouri State University and major in early childhood education and be a volleyball coach.

Madissen Corbin is the daughter of Kevin and Karen Corbin.  She is involved in Yearbook, softball, Beta Secretary, FBLA Secretary and Student Council Vice President. Her future plans are to attend college and pursue a degree in physical therapy.

Christina Dowdy is the daughter of Kyle and Maria Dowdy.  She is involved in Beta, FBLA Class Secretary, volleyball, cheerleading, and Student Council Secretary.  Her future plans are to attend Southeast Missouri State University in Malden for two years then transfer to Arkansas State University in Jonesboro to earn a degree in Nursing.  Once she earns her nursing degree she wants to specialize in anesthesiology.

Macayla Owens is the daughter of Richard and Brittney Owens and Jamie Madison.  She is involved in Student Council, Beta, FCCLA, Yearbook, volleyball, and softball.  Her future plans are to attend Arkansas State University to earn a nursing degree and work towards becoming a CRNA.

Mabree Stone is the daughter of Jeff and Carla Stone.  She is involved in Beta, volleyball, Class Treasurer, Internship at Winchester Place. Her future plans are to get into the nursing program at Arkansas State University.

Kayli Tanner is the daughter of Zack and Beckie Tanner.  She is active in volleyball, softball, Beta Vice President, Student Council Historian, Speech and Drama, Class Vice President, Scholar Bowl, and yearbook editor. Her future plans are to attend Harding University and become an occupational therapist.

Shown in the photo from left to right are Morgan Baker, Mabree Stone, Kayli Tanner, Madissen Corbin, Macayla Owens, and Christina Dowdy.

Provided photo.

Bernie, Missouri - The Cooter Wildcats took charge on the Bernie baseball field on Tuesday afternoon.  Cooter won 2 - 1 in 7 innings.

"We are young and we didn't play our best baseball today," commented new Bernie Baseball Coach Marcus Massey. "Left to many guys stranded at third."

Cooter scored one run in the first on a lead off walk, bunt, followed by a wild pitch.  Then a throwing error by the catcher allowed the run to score.

The Mules added a run in the second on a lead-off single by Brown and a ball hit off the wall by Burk.

The Wildcats answered with a run in the 6th on a lead-off walk by Hobgood followed by a wild pitch, eventually to a sac fly ball to left field to score the go ahead run.

Bernie had their opportunity several different times leaving the bases loaded twice and two more guys left stranded at third.  The Mules left 8 guys stranded on base for the game.

"If just once or twice you have a big two out hit the game is totally different story and we would feel a lot better about our selves," stated Massey.  "But we did a lot of positives to give ourselves a chance to win and credit to them they are always a good team."

"Next time we just have to have a little better execution," continued Massey.  "But it was the first game of the year for us so a lot of positive."

Starting Pitcher—Alex Guzman 4innings, 1 R, 2 H, 6 K, 3 BB

LP- Dalton Hobgood-  2 innings 1 R, 2 H,  1 K, 1 BB