Rob Tate has been with the Daily American Republic in Poplar Bluff, Mo. since August 2008 and is currently the assistant sports editor. Rob was born and raised in Clawson, Mich., just 14 miles north of Detroit and is an avid Tigers, Lions, Pistons, Red Wings and University of Michigan fan. He has also adopted the Rams and Mizzou to his favorites since moving to Missouri. He is a 2008 graduate of Oakland (Mich.) University where he received his bachelor of arts in journalism. Rob and his wife Sara live in Poplar Bluff.

2014 Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Update (Bernie Wins)

Posted Wednesday, December 31, 2014, at 9:30 AM

Here is an updated Bloomfield Christmas Tournament Bracket:

http://www.semoball.com/bracket/1753/

Here is a scoring leaderboard (x-All-Tournament Selection):

PLAYER SCHOOL GAMES PLAYED TOTAL POINTS AVERAGE

Zach Griffin Van Buren 2 51 25.5

x-Noah Vandiver Bloomfield 4 93 23.3

x-Zack Tucker Puxico 4 87 21.8

x-Caleb Ellenburg Bernie 4 83 20.8

x-Seth Luttrull Puxico 4 82 20.5

Josh Thornton Richland 2 37 18.5

x-Jason Jarrell Dexter 3 53 17.7

Brandon Evans East Prairie 4 68 17.0

Marcus Grayson Richland 2 32 16.0

Contrell Johnson South Pemiscot 3 46 15.3

Seth Bays East Prairie 4 60 15.0

x-Cortez Dobbins Malden 4 60 15.0

x-Seth Snider Twin Rivers 4 53 13.3

x-Indaqual Presberry Hayti 4 52 13.0

Graesen Meystedt Saxony Lutheran 3 39 13.0

Jacob Pedigo Dexter 3 38 12.7

Lucas Moe Doniphan 3 38 12.7

Brad Eddens Doniphan 3 38 12.7

x-Matt Vernon Bernie 4 49 12.3

Shamaudre Barber Malden 4 49 12.3

Andrew Mittelstadt Twin Rivers 4 49 12.3

Glen Jackson South Pemiscot 3 36 12.0

x-Tyler Battles Bloomfield 4 47 11.8

Devan Riddick Hayti 4 47 11.8

Brandon Sparks Bernie 4 46 11.5

Shaeen Perkins Malden 4 45 11.3

x-Andre Oliver Kennett 4 44 11.0

Elwood Voss Saxony Lutheran 3 33 11.0

x-Rantrell Caruthers Kennett 4 43 10.8

Chris Siler Puxico 4 43 10.8

Derrick Priggel Portageville 2 21 10.5

William MacIntyre South Pemiscot 3 31 10.3

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Jason Jarrell had 21 for Dexter. Not sure how many Pollack had but think that's the error.

-- Posted by All sports fan on Fri, Dec 26, 2014, at 11:34 PM
You're right, All sports fan. I followed the wrong line in the official scorebook. Been a long day.

It is now corrected. Thank you for pointing it out.

-- Rob

-- Posted by bjrosener on Fri, Dec 26, 2014, at 11:41 PM
Make sure you get johnnie's point total correct. That's important. haha

-- Posted by jwhitlock on Sat, Dec 27, 2014, at 9:27 AM
Awesome, thanks for updating the brackets with scores!, No more searching through all the various forums for scores

-- Posted by hookshot62 on Sat, Dec 27, 2014, at 10:26 AM
What a night of basketball. The Bloomfield win over Malden had the whole gym on their feet.

-- Posted by Hightops on Sun, Dec 28, 2014, at 1:02 AM
What about rebounds and assists? Couldn't we get a better picture of a well rounded player and teammate with those numbers as well? Some of these kids are on here by default. Their team's offense is designed to have these big men score.

-- Posted by PI91 on Tue, Dec 30, 2014, at 9:45 AM
Two players from Puxico in the top 5, nice.

-- Posted by SCAAfan on Tue, Dec 30, 2014, at 10:08 AM
I'd love to see a rebound/assist total also if possible.

-- Posted by SCAAfan on Tue, Dec 30, 2014, at 10:10 AM
A lot of coaches track those stats off the film. Additional stats like rebounds/assists/steals aren't immediately available, especially in a big tournament like this. We are only provided with copies of the stat book.

-- Posted by bjrosener on Tue, Dec 30, 2014, at 10:21 AM
Puxico will improve with their first year coach. The talent is there. 5 coaches in 5 years?

-- Posted by ball guy on Tue, Dec 30, 2014, at 10:47 AM
Yeah, but these big 2 are seniors, so is their main pg who just returned from injury.

-- Posted by SCAAfan on Tue, Dec 30, 2014, at 1:16 PM
Freshman guards King and Woods are also very talented.

-- Posted by ball guy on Tue, Dec 30, 2014, at 1:28 PM
Puxico loose 3 good players after this year but the two freshmen are really good and improving with every game they play. Hopefully this new coach can hang around.

-- Posted by bobmar2013 on Tue, Dec 30, 2014, at 1:53 PM
Hope so because you can't build a program without stability, especially the coach.

-- Posted by ball guy on Tue, Dec 30, 2014, at 2:02 PM
With the two freshman, if they can keep the coach they are going to be really good in the future. Woods plays very hard and is fun to watch. He really could be a star in the making down in Puxico

-- Posted by Semofanatic on Wed, Dec 31, 2014, at 12:50 AM
Rob..check ur scoring for east prairies Brandon Evans. U didnt add the fourth game of his. As an ep fan I know he scored 20, 18, 16, and 14. So he averaged around 17 points for the four games. IMO should have got some recognition!

-- Posted by basketball365 on Wed, Dec 31, 2014, at 8:26 AM
It's corrected, basketball365. Thank you for pointing it out.

-- Rob

-- Posted by bjrosener on Wed, Dec 31, 2014, at 9:30 AM
Thanks Rob for keeping us updated. And congrats to all the teams. It was a very entertaining tournament.

-- Posted by Hightops on Wed, Dec 31, 2014, at 12:58 PM
When was the last time two players from the same team avg.20+ and play all four games? (Tucker and Luttrell)

-- Posted by ball guy on Thu, Jan 1, 2015, at 12:40 AM
And tucker didn't play the 2nd half of their 4th game or he would have easily been the top overall scorer. And the 2 Puxico freshmen may become great players, but there's a lot of time left to see. As this chart shows they'll lose 40 average points a game, and they'll also lose their best ball handler in Pratt. When the 2 freshmen played together in game 4 they recorded 7 turnovers in just a few minutes. I realize they're freshmen, but they have a lot to learn. They can be good eventually, but it's not a sure thing.

-- Posted by SCAAfan on Thu, Jan 1, 2015, at 11:55 AM
I'm sure that if you are willing to sit through about 30 games over four days and track assists, steals and rebounds without missing a single play, the sports writers would be MORE than happy to let you do that.

It's hard enough to keep game notes, play-by-play and shoot photos at the same time without having to worry about assists, steals and rebounds.

- Former sports writer

-- Posted by Harpua on Thu, Jan 15, 2015, at 1:03 AM

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