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The Lady Bears went down to Mammoth Spring Arkansas ready to do battle at the Battle of the Border Tournament. The Lady Bears were the no. six seed, and in the first round, faced the three seed Highland Lady Rebels. The Lady Rebels would prove to be too much for the Lady Bears. Chloe Jones did...
Area youngsters in grades two through eight are invited to participate in Grizzly Basketball Camp Dec. 27-28 at the West Plains Civic Center.
The camp is being hosted by Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP) Grizzly Basketball Head Coach Jared Phay, Assistant Coaches Braxton Williams...
The Lady Bears started off the season with a home contest against the Class 5 number one team in the state, the West Plains Lady Zizzers. The Lady Zizzers would be too much for the Lady Bears, who fell by a score of 79-37.
Game two was a different story. The Lady Bulldogs of Gainesville invaded...
In a small town, the joys of a successful high school football season come with some downfalls, one of which is a significant loss of practice time to prepare for upcoming winter sports. Liberty High School faced this challenge head on. Liberty football players ended their season in the Missouri...
Numerous players from the SCA were recently announced for the SCA Football First Team, Second Team and Honorable Mention. Back of the Year was awarded to Drew Ripko, Lineman of the Year was Hunter Means and Coach of the Year was Brock Kenaga.
First Team - Offense: Logan Walls, Cabool; Casey...
It was late in the game on Saturday before the Liberty Eagles football team got going. The result was a state quarterfinal loss at Seneca. They were outscored 14-0 at half, and down by 21-0 mid-way through the third quarter before they found some offense. In the end, it was too much to overcome,...
Several Liberty Lady Eagles received post season honors. Kenzie Daniels, Bre Daniels and Lyla Cornman made First Team All-District and First Team SCA All-Conference. Kaylie Wagner and Korie Lind made Second Team All-District, and Second Team SCA All-Conference. Honorable Mention in both All-...
In week 6 of the regular season, Liberty played their toughest opponent to date, Mountain Grove. The Panthers led that game 13-7 at the half. From there, Liberty reeled off 20 unanswered points for the victory. In the second half of that game, Liberty's traditional pass-oriented offense gave way...
After earning the top seed and a first-round bye in Class 2 District 3, the Eagles took on the Strafford Indians at the Nest Friday night.
It took just one play for Liberty to get on the board. Drew Ripko caught the opening kickoff at his own 21 and out-ran the Indian coverage team for the...
The Willow Springs Bears fought the Houston Tigers Friday night in Willow's first and last district game of the season, losing 43 to 6.
Willow won the coin toss and elected to receive the football, catching it on the 30. A fumble on the offensive play cost them a few yards, but Ryan Friga was...