Sports
Mountain biking in West Plains?
Yes!
West Plains has been home to a team since 2020.
Troy Witte, a coach since the beginning, said, “It’s been a long five years but I feel like we are gaining traction. This is a youth development program. This is NOT just a bike race thing...
Liberty's football season came to an end with a loss to the Class 2 number one-ranked Fair Grove Eagles. Fair Grove's explosive offense and opportunistic defense capitalized on Liberty turnovers to pull away for a 42-14 victory.
The game started with Liberty receiving the opening kick. A...
Caleb Kentner, a junior at West Plains, qualified for the State Diving Championship with a score of 279.45 at the Class 1 District 1 diving competition on November 9. Kentner’s score is a new West Plains school record and surpassed the score of 272.35 set by Toby Keith in 2023.
This is the...
The Zizzers squeaked by with a 34-27 victory over a pesky Logan-Rogersville team in the District 6 semifinal game last Friday night, November 8.
“We could never put ‘em away,” said Zizzer head coach Joel Wyatt.
The Zizzers jumped to a 13-0 lead in the first quarter on two touchdown...
Area teams have announced their post season honors for the 2024 volleyball season.
All-District Team
Class 2 District 9: First Team-Sophia Dotson, Cabool; Jayne Thompson, Cabool; Loren Bojko, Fordland; Korie Lind, Mtn. View-Liberty; Bryleigh Wallace, Mtn. View-Liberty; Kaylie Wagner, Mtn...
The Liberty Eagles used a burst of 36 second half points to take down the visiting Houston Tigers Friday night.
It was a rematch of the epic last second thriller just two weeks ago. In that game, Liberty broke a 0-0 tie on the last play of regulation to win in exhilarating fashion. Much...
It was a muddy mess, but both of the Zizzer Cross Country teams kept up the winning tradition last Saturday at the State Championship meet in Columbia, Mo.
The Zizzer boys brought home the State Championship trophy for the first time since 2008. This win is the 14th State title for the boys...
It is time to start using the word “dynasty” to refer to Zizzer cross country.
Around West Plains, we hardly talk about how great our cross country team is. It is just known -- a given. The candy-striped shorts, the athletes running in packs all over the streets, and the legacy of...
It was a history-making year for the 2024 Zizzer volleyball team.
With a 27-win record, a top seed in districts, and a trip to the District Championship, it was a volleyball season to be remembered for West Plains.
The Zizzers lost, 0-3, last Tuesday, October 29, in the championship...
The Springfield Catholic Fighting Irish had a rough start to their season, going 0-6 and getting outscored 217-36 in that stretch. But, with 17 seniors, Catholic eventually got things figured out. Midway through the season, the Irish switched from the spread to a flexbone offense. That switch...