Puxico, Missouri - The Bernie Mules volleyball team travel to Puxico to take on the Indians Thursday evening. The Varsity team pulled out a win 25-9, 25-17 over the Puxico Lady Indians.
Morgan Baker led the team in serving points with nine; six of which were during the first set and three in the second set. Madi Wooldridge and Taylor Anthony had two service aces and Taylor Lovelady had one.
Kayli Tanner and two blocks and Madi Wooldridge had one.
Mabree Stone had 6 digs, Kaylie Tanner and Christina Dowdy each had 5 digs. Morgan Baker and Cymber Arnold finished with 4 digs each.
Both Mabree Stone and Kayli Tanner had 7 kills for the night. Cymber Arnold had three, Taylor Anthony had two, and Madi Wooldridge had one.
In Junior Varsity action, the Mules defeated the Indians 25-7, 25-14.
Ryleigh Foster led the team in serving points with 14 points while serving 8 in a row the first set and then during the second set, she scored three points in a row two different times. Four were aces.
Cassidy Freed had 7 serving points in the first set. She had three service aces. Haylee Robinette finished with two service aces.
Cassidy Freed led the team defensively with 9 digs and very few errors. Daisy Eaton had 5 digs, Alivia Cobb had 4 digs and Haylee Robineet finished with three digs.
Daisy Eaton and Cassidy Freed each had 4 kills. Taylor Matney and Makayla Turner had two kills. Ryleigh Foster finished with 12 assists.
"I am proud of both teams tonight," commented head coach Monica Collier. "Varsity came back after a tough loss a couple night before. They didn't like that feeling so they had their mind on winning tonight."
"Looking forward to playing Portageville at home next Thursday." The Bernie Lady Mules have a few days off and will return to the court hosting the Portageville Lady Dogs on Thursday, September 22nd.
Bernie, Missouri - The Mules took the sting out of the Hornets on Friday evening beating Holcomb 13-3 in five innings.
Fifth inning runs put the nail in the coffee when the Mules earned six runs scoring on an RBI single by Alex Guzman, a walk by Nate Dillinger, a stolen home by Wyatt Barnett, a sacrifice fly by Jayce Burk and an error.
Bernie jumped out to an early lead in the first inning scoring on a Jayce Burk single. He stole 2nd base and finally rounded the bases for home.
The Hornets scored three runs taking the lead; but the Mules kicked it up a notch and managed to grab the lead back in a strong fourth inning show. They went up for good on a two-run double by Dillinger off Josh Watson (Hornets Pitcher) bring home Corbin Hunt and Alex Guzman. Dillinger racked up three RBIs on one hit.
Dalton Hobgood got the win for the Bernie Mules varsity. He allowed three runs over five innings, struck out four, walked one and surrendered six hits.
Watson of Holcomb was charged with the loss. He allowed 13 runs in four inning, walked three and struck out only one Mule.
The Bernie Mules will be back in action on Tuesday night when they host the Campbell Camels at 4:30 p.m.
Bernie, Missouri - The Mules varsity baseball team outlasted Twin Rivers on Monday squeaking out a 5 - 3 win at home.
Senior Jayce Burk lead the way for the Mules with a three RBI day.
Twin Rivers grabbed the early lead in the top of the first when LeGrand kicked things off with a single. Bernie bounced back to go up 2 - 1 in the third by scoring sophomore Wyatt Barnett and senior Corbin Hunt.
Royals then went back ahead in the 5th from a 2-run by LeGrand to make it a 3 - 2 game.
The Mules rallied back in the 6th scoring junior Weston Comstock, Barnett, and Burk. Comstock lead things off with a lead-off single. Barnett and Burk followed with singles of their own. An error on a Gavin Brown (junior) hit and a sacrifice bunt by sophomore Josh Ellenburg lead to Bernie finally taking the lead 5 - 3.
Bernie didn't give up the lead after the 6th inning. Alex Guzman (senior) closed out the game for the Mules to earn the save. Blake Beacham got the win for Bernie. He allowed three runs over six innings, striking out one, walked two, and surrendered six hits.
LeGrand took the loss for Twin Rivers. He walked one, struck out six, and allowed five runs.
Bernie will be back in action on Wednesday, August 31st when they host the Bell City Cubs. Game time 4:30 pm
Bernie, Missouri - The Bernie Mules baseball team under Coach Marcus Massey faced a tough opponent on Thursday afternoon. Down 4-1 in the bottom of the 7th, the Mules kicked into gear to score 3 runs to tie and then scored one in the bottom of the 8th for the hard earned win!
Senath-Hornersville scored a run in the top of the 1st inning. Blake Beacham (junior) answered with a solo homer in the bottom of the 2nd for Bernie.
The Lions then scored three runs in the 3rd until the 7th when the Mules earned a single, a walk, a hit batsman and a throwing error on Senath filled the bases. Wyatt Barnett (sophomore), Bernie, squeezed the third run home in the bottom of the 7th. Dalton Hobgood (junior) drove in the tying run sending the game into extra innings.
Jayce Burck (senior) who led the Mules with 3 hits, singled with one out in the 7th. He also stole second and then scored from there when Alex Guzman's (senior) grounder up the middle was thrown wild to first base.
Wyatt Barnett (sophomore) pitched the first 7 innings, allowing 5 hits and 4 runs, three earned. He struck-out 9 and walked 5.
Corbin Hunt (senior) got the win in relief, pitching the 8th inning and allowing zero hits, while striking out two.
Barnett had 2 hits and Dalton Hobgood had one hit.
The Mules (2-1) host Holcomb and Bloomfield on Saturday, August 27th in their annual Wood-Bat Round Robin.
Bernie, Missouri - The Bernie Mules had little trouble out of Naylor on Wednesday, August 24th. Blake Beacham got the win in 5 innings on a 10-run rule.
The Mules jumped out to an early lead from a Gavin Brown (junior) single to start the inning followed by an Alex Guzman (senior) reaching by base-on-balls. This led to both guys scoring in the second inning.
The Naylor Eagles scored their first run in the 4th after an error by Bernie third baseman, followed by another error by Mules right fielder that eventually led to a run.
Bernie responded in the bottom of the 4th by scoring 6 runs. It started off by a lead off double by Jayce Burk (senior) followed by a wild pitch. Guzman sacrificed to start the inning off. Burk, Josh Ellenburg (sophomore), and Dalton Hobgood (junior) all recorded hits in the 4th.
Mules #6 senior Guzman lead off the 5th with a double to left field, followed by an Ellenburg ground ball to third reaching safely on an error. Guzman was eventually thrown out going home, but Ellenburg scored in the 5th on a grounder by Hobgood.
Naylor added one more run in the 6th off a one out single by Ward. Followed by a fielders choice then a double by Jones.
Bernie went on to score three more runs in the 6th on a lead-off single by Gavin Brown (junior) followed by Burk, Guzman, and Ellenburg reaching base-on walks. Brown scored on a walk. Burk scored on a wild pitch. Guzman scored on a single Kade Burk (freshman) to left field to score the winning run.
"Today was better. We definitely walked out of here feeling better because of scored runs today," commented head baseball coach Marcus Massey. "Over all it was pretty good. Still have a few things we need to clean up, but I think we are headed in the right direction."
"It's early and there is a lot of baseball left this fall so we shall see," continued Massey.
Final Score Bernie 12, Naylor 2
WP- Blake Beacham 5 innings, 1 R, 4 H, 0 K, 3 BB
LP- Smith 2 innings, 2 R, 2 H, 1 K, 3 BB
