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Living legend: Advance's Erin Hoffman honored with 2024 Semoball's Lifetime Achievement Award (7/1/24)ADVANCE, Mo. — Believe it or not, Advance High School volleyball coach Erin Hoffman was surprised to find out she was receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2024 Semoball Awards. “This wasn't even on my radar. I wasn't even expecting it,” Hoffman said. “I think when the guy called me to tell me that I'd got it, I asked him if he was sure he had the right number.”...
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Bernie hoops bringing back experience, effort this summer (6/29/24)In the previous seven basketball seasons leading up to last winter, the Bernie High School boy’s squad had never endured a losing record, and it had never averaged fewer than 55.7 points per game for the season.
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Bernie SB 2024 seniors leave lasting impression with work, results (6/24/24)The Bernie High School softball program is going to have quite the task in 2025 in topping its 2024 achievements.
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Semoball Awards spring sports finalists announced (6/6/24)Semoball Awards finalists for the spring sports categories were announced Thursday morning on a selection show broadcasted live on SEMO ESPN Radio and streamed on the Semoball.com Facebook page. Baseball Levi McKinnie, Chaffee Gabe Dirnberger, Oran Cooper Rhodes, Jackson...
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C1SB 3rd-Place Game: Holcomb explodes late on Bernie in rout (5/21/24)SPRINGFIELD – Bernie High School softball coach Brad Botsch had just one point of emphasis for his team as it prepared for its final outing of the 2024 spring season on Monday.
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Bernie SB senior brings the 'grit' (and A LOT more) necessary for success (5/20/24)The Bernie High School softball program isn’t deep in seniors, but the players that fill the lineup card for veteran Mule coach Brad Botsch have played a great deal of softball since they began their high school careers. In the case of fourth-year player Abby Powell, she checks every box that Botsch could ask for in terms of ability and experience.
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C1SB Semifinal: Ash Grove takes advantage of Bernie miscues in rout (5/20/24)SPRINGFIELD – As good as the Bernie High School softball team played in its MSHSAA Class 1 Quarterfinal 3 road win at Plato last week, that wasn’t the case in its state semifinal loss to Ash Grove on Monday at the Killian Sports Complex in Springfield.
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Pitching powers confident Bernie SB into historic place (5/17/24)For a team that had never advanced to the MSHSAA Softball State Finals, the Bernie High School softball squad felt at peace with its situation as it ventured 3 ½ hours to face “a really good” Plato team, according to veteran Mule coach Brad Botsch, in the MSHSAA Class 1 Quarterfinal 3 on Wednesday. “We have worked our tails off,” Bernie senior Abby Powell said. “We have been adding up and adding up to this point.”
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C1Q3: Bernie SB continues Mule tradition - in all sports - of being successful (5/15/24)The Bernie High School softball squad will vie for an MSHSAA Class 1 Quarterfinal 3 victory today at 5:30 p.m. when the Mules (21-9-1) visit Plato (20-6), and the fact that Bernie has advanced after winning the recent MSHSAA Class 1 District 3 championship shouldn’t surprise anyone.
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Senath-Hornersville posts upset win at C1D1 semis (5/13/24)SENATH, Mo. - The Bernie Mules entered the 2024 MSHSAA Class 1 District 1 semifinal game on Friday, May 10, with all the momentum on their side. Seven innings later the defending district champs fell to the Senath-Hornersville Lions in a surprise upset, 8-3...
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Bernie Mules win C1D1 quarter on final play of the game (5/10/24)BERNIE, Mo. - Defending District champs Bernie High School Mules baseball club had to pull out all the stops Thursday against a bull-doggish South Pemiscot team to advance to the MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 Tournament semi-finals to be played Friday at Senath...
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Bernie expects Senath-Hornersville BB to "do a lot of things right' in C2D1 match-up (5/10/24)It remains to be seen whether the Senath-Hornersville High School baseball team can win its first postseason game in six years today, as the Lions face Bernie (17-9) at 1 p.m. in the semifinal round of the MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 Tournament. However, one thing will be certain, Senath-Hornersville (11-7) will not wilt in the moment.
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C1D3SB: Bernie rolling through opposition en route to first title in 5 years (5/10/24)BERNIE – As the 2024 MSHSAA softball postseason continues, it will remain to be seen as to whether there is a better softball squad in Missouri than Bernie High School, however, currently, there can not be many that are more productive offensively.
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C2D1BB: Bernie survives against South Pem in dramatic test (5/10/24)BERNIE – Good pitching can cover up holes on a baseball team, and Bernie found that out on Thursday in its MSHSAA Class 2 District 1 Tournament opener against visiting South Pemiscot.
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Young Bernie BB squad has 'exceeded expectations' with another strong spring (5/9/24)Veteran Bernie High School baseball coach Marcus Massey felt pretty good about his 2024 squad as it came into this spring after it won 15 of 20 games last fall. However, when you lose six regulars from a team that was one game shy of advancing to the MSHSAA Class 2 State Finals a year ago, “you just never know,” according to Massey.
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Bernie Mules trap Hornets (5/6/24)HOLCOMB, Mo. - Friday was a tough day for Hornets fans. The Bernie baseball Mules pulled into town and defeated the home team 8-0. Action really began in the top of the third inning. The Mules' Leighton Hicks singled and knocked in one run, Cody Massey walked and scored another, and finally Cane Hobgood showed bunt and laid down a beauty of a sacrifice for a safety squeeze and brought runners across the plate from second and third...
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Bernie SB tops NMCC in battle of teams having special springs (4/29/24)In its latest outing, the New Madrid County Central High School softball squad didn’t get the outcome it was hoping for, as Bernie put four runs across the plate in its final at-bat to earn a 9-7 win on Friday at New Madrid County Central. However, that one game – or how this week unfolds for the Eagles – can’t diminish how well this spring has gone for second-year coach Matt Hartman’s girls.