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.
Scores for the 56 games at 20-team Perryville volleyball tournament
Bishop DuBourg won the gold bracket, Clearwater won the silver bracket, Jackson won the bronze bracket and Saxony Lutheran won the consolation bracket of the 20-team Perryville volleyball tournament Saturday.
Teams finishing first and second in each pool advanced to the gold bracket. Third-place finishers in each pool advanced to the silver bracket, fourth-place finishers in each pool advanced to the bronze bracket and fifth-place finishers in each pool advanced to the consolation bracket
View complete tournament results below:
POOL PLAY RESULTS & FINAL STANDINGS
POOL A SCORES
Valle Catholic split Park Hills Central 27-25, 16-25
Lesterville def. Sikeston 25-15, 25-14
Park Hills Central def. Bernie 25-12, 25-21
Valle Catholic def. Lesterville 25-23, 25-19
Bernie def. Sikeston 25-17, 25-14
Park Hills Central def. Lesterville 25-17, 25-15
Valle Catholic def. Sikeston 25-21, 25-14
Bernie def. Lesterville 25-23, 25-21
Park Hills Central def. Sikeston 25-16, 25-13
Valle Catholic def. Bernie 25-20, 25-14
POOL A RECORDS
1. Park Hills Central (7-1)
2. Valle Catholic (7-1)
3. Bernie (4-4)
4. Lesterville (2-6)
5. Sikeston (0-8)
POOL B SCORES
St. Vincent split Fredericktown 22-25, 25-19
North County def. Cape Central 25-19, 25-14
DeSoto split Fredericktown 21-25, 25-15
St. Vincent def. North County 26-24, 29-27
DeSoto def. Cape Central 25-18, 25-22
North County def. Fredericktown 25-18, 25-16
St. Vincent def. Cape Central 25-22, 25-20
North County split DeSoto 25-23, 23-25
Fredericktown def. Cape Central 25-21, 25-23
St. Vincent split DeSoto 25-21 22-25
POOL B RECORDS
1. St. Vincent (6-2)
2. North County (5-3)
3. DeSoto (4-4)
4. Fredericktown (4-4)
5. Cape Central (0-8)
POOL C SCORES
Perryville def. Scott City 25-21, 25-14
Bismarck def. Bloomfield 25-12, 25-15
Perryville def. Clearwater 25-18, 25-20
Bloomfield def. Scott City 25-22, 25-18
Bismarck split Clearwater 25-19, 19-25
Perryville def. Bloomfield 25-17, 25-14
Bismarck def. Scott City 25-14, 25-12
Clearwater split Bloomfield 18-25, 25-22
Perryville def. Bismarck 27-25, 25-16
Clearwater def. Scott City 25-15, 25-22
POOL C RECORDS
1. Perryville (8-0)
2. Bismarck (5-3)
3. Clearwater (4-4)
4. Bloomfield (3-5)
5. Scott City (0-8)
POOL D SCORES
Jackson def. Saxony Lutheran 25-18, 29-27
Arcadia Valley def. Perryville JV 25-16, 25-13
Bishop DuBourg def. Jackson 25-14, 25-21
Perryville JV split Saxony Lutheran 25-19, 20-25
Bishop DuBourg split Arcadia Valley 25-15, 24-26
Perryville JV def. Jackson 27-25, 25-18
Arcadia Valley split Saxony Lutheran 21-25, 25-14
Bishop DuBourg def. Perryville JV 25-20, 25-13
Arcadia Valley def. Jackson 25-22, 25-23
Bishop DuBourg def. Saxony Lutheran 25-20, 25-22
POOL D RECORDS
1. Bishop DuBourg (7-1)
2. Arcadia Valley (6-2)
3. Perryville JV (3-5)
4. Jackson (2-6)
5. Saxony Lutheran (2-6)
BRACKET PLAY RESULTS
GOLD BRACKET
Quarterfinals:
Park Hills Central defeated. Arcadia Valley 25-16, 25-23
Perryville defeated North County 25-14, 25-20
Bishop DuBourg defeated Valle Catholic 25-19, 27-25
St. Vincent defeated Bismarck 15-25, 25-22, 25-16
Semifinals:
Park Hills Central defeated Perryville 25-15, 25-22
Bishop DuBourg defeated St. Vincent 25-8, 25-17
Championship:
Bishop DuBourg defeated Park Hills Central 25-17, 25-18
SILVER BRACKET
Semifinals:
Bernie defeated Perryville JV 25-18, 25-12
Clearwater defeated DeSoto 10-25, 25-8, 25-15
Championship:
Clearwater defeated Bernie 25-17, 25-13
BRONZE BRACKET
Semifinals:
Jackson defeated Lesterville 17-25, 25-16, 25-16
Bloomfield defeated Fredericktown 25-21, 25-18
Championship:
Jackson beat Bloomfield 23-25, 25-10, 25-23
CONSOLATION BRACKET:
Semifinals:
Saxony Lutheran defeated Sikeston 25-11, 25-10
Cape Central defeated Scott City 23-25, 25-19, 25-15
Championship:
Saxony Lutheran defeated Cape Central 25-16, 25-21
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