Rachel Crader is the editor of semoball.com. She graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in May of 2009 before spending the summer covering the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

Highlights from Rachel's days in college include having a class down the hall from Chase Daniel and having NCAA wrestling champion Ben Askren hold the door open for her at Brady Commons, Mizzou's student center. She spent time covering Mizzou basketball, softball and baseball while working for the Columbia Missourian and is excited to return home to Southeast Missouri to cover local sports for semoball.com.

Rachel has covered three Southeast Missourian Christmas Tournaments for the Southeast Missourian and semoball.com, and she'll see you courtside again this year.

Update 2: Bernie to play Sturgeon for Class 2 title

Posted Thursday, March 18, 2010, at 3:00 PM

Bernie advanced to the Class 2 championship game with an thrilling 69-68 win over Eskridge. Bernie will play undefeated Sturgeon in the championship game at 5 p.m. on Saturday at Mizzou Areana in Columbia, Mo.

Sturgeon defeated Clever 61-50 in its semifinal game.

Jake Smith's offensive rebound and score with 11.8 seconds to go proved to be the winning basket for Bernie against Eskridge.

Smith scored a team-high 21 points in the game and pulled down 10 rebounds. Jake Owens finished with 17 points for Bernie and Jake Welch added 15 points and eight rebounds.

Eskridge, a school district that will close after this school year ends, was paced by standout Ben McLemore with 25 points. The inbound pass went to McLemore on the game's final possession. He dribbled the ball into a corner before making a cross-court pass to teammate Jerron Lee. Lee hoisted a 3 that missed as time expired.

You can read my live blog of the game below:

<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&task=viewaltcast&altcast_code=38faf71810" >Class 1, 2, 3 State Semifinals</a>

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Rachel - thanks again for covering this. It was a great way to spend a 2-hour (plus) lunch break! You got to see an awesome game.

-- Posted by Capt. Mule on Thu, Mar 18, 2010, at 1:44 PM

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