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After 10 months, the list is complete. On Monday, the 45 spring sport finalists for the 2018 Semoball Awards were announced during a selection show live on air on SEMO ESPN Radio 1220 AM. In addition to those individual student-athletes, 15 additional nominees were revealed for Coach of the Year, Comeback Player of the Year and Sportsmanship, plus the Lifetime Achievement Award winner...

Gavin Brown and Weston Comstock will see at least one familiar face in the dugout when they begin their college baseball careers at Williams Baptist College this fall. The recent Bernie High School graduates signed recently to play baseball for the NAIA school located in Walnut Ridge, Ark...

The Missouri High School Fastpitch Coaches Association has released the 2018 Class 1 spring all-state softball team. Four players from the Missouri Bootheel have been selected all-state. Malden senior Lana Reed has been selected as a first-team all-state catcher. Reed hit .645 with 10 home runs and 35 RBIs...

The 2018 SCAA baseball awards have been released. Bernie’s Gavin Brown is the SCAA Player of the Year. Brown went 6-2 with a 2.93 ERA and struck out 48 in 45 1/3 innings pitched. He also batted .313 with four home runs. Advance coach Chris Asmus is the SCAA Coach of the Year. Advance finished 17-10 and placed second in the SCAA Tournament under Asmus...

The 2018 SCAA softball awards have been released. Bernie sophomore pitcher Alyson Marcum has been selected as the 2018 SCAA Softball Player of the Year. Marcum hit .750 with 13 home runs and 55 RBIs. She also finished 15-1 in the circle with a 1.21 ERA...

ELLINGTON — Gavin Brown and Dalton Hobgood provided the highlights for Bernie. Unfortunately for the Mules, the Whippets provided many more memorable moments and beat Bernie 12-6 in a Class 2 sectional baseball playoff Monday at Elllington. The Whippets dominated early, taking an 11-1 lead in the top of the fifth inning, and they came within one out of ending the game early on the 10-run mercy rule...

BERNIE — The Malden Green Wave overcame a pair of two-run deficits Wednesday to capture their fifth straight district softball championship. The second-seeded Bernie Mules built leads of 3-1 and 4-2 before the top-seeded Green Wave scored six unanswered runs to win the MSHSAA Class 1 District 3 championship 8-4 at Bernie High School...

The third-seeded Kennett Indians struck for three runs in the third inning Saturday and beat seventh-seeded Dexter 5-2 in a consolation semifinal of the SEMO Conference Baseball Tournament at Cape Central High School. The Indians will face Notre Dame in the fifth-place game at 2:15 p.m. Monday. Dexter (3-12) will meet New Madrid County Central for seventh place at noon Monday. Both games will be played at Capaha Park in Cape Girardeau...

A bold effort from the second-seeded Advance baseball team was stifled when Gavin Brown's walk-off single drove in the winning run and top-seeded Bernie claimed the SCAA Conference Tournament championship with a 6-5 win. Wyatt Barnett didn't allow a hit in a scoreless inning to clinch the win for the Mules (7-4) after Brown went six innings...

BERNIE, Mo. - The Bernie Mules high school softball program is developing a pattern as the season progresses. Remain patient when falling behind early and finish with a flurry That trend continued Wednesday afternoon as top-seeded Bernie squared off against the No. 3 seeded Puxico Indians in the championship of the SCAA Tournament...

MALDEN, Mo. — Seven exciting innings were not enough to decide a winner in one of the opening games of the Malden Invitational Tournament Friday morning. Malden surrendered a 2-0 lead to a three-run rally to Bernie, but the Green Wave found a way to tie the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the seventh inning...

SENATH, Mo. - The Bernie Mules varsity baseball team received a dominant performance from its starting pitcher and generated just enough offense to escape with a road win against the Senath-Hornersville Lions Monday afternoon. Bernie right-hander Gavin Brown allowed only one run in seven innings of work on the mound...

Jackson's Case Englehart and Tanner Walton each carded a three-over-par 75 to share the medalist honors and help lead the Indians to the championship of the Farmington Invitational at the Crown Pointe Golf Club. Jaden Hightower finished three strokes behind his teammates with a 78 and Carsen Silliman shot an 80 as the four Indians all claimed individual spots in the top 10 for Jackson, which placed 43 strokes ahead of Kennett in second place...