Sports
The Liberty Lady Eagles will kick off their 2022 season in Licking on Monday, August 29. The first two home games of the season will be played that week on Tuesday, August 30 against Poplar Bluff and Thursday, September 1 against West Plains.
Head Coach Shari Tune will enter into her 11th year...
Church League - Monday, August 15
There were 12 players with three teams of four. The top two places were paid.
First place with a score of 30 was Justin Duddridge, Gibby, Kaye Tipton, and Barb Tate. Second place with a score of 31 was Bryce Duddridge, Devin Osborn, Paul Davis, and Glenn...
Church League - August 8
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Cat and Dog - August 9
Bryce Duddridge and Linda Benyo with a score of 32; Kyle Wake and Michele Meyers with a score of 32; Wendy Willard and Gibby with a score of 37; Barb Tate and Buster Graves with a score of 38. Payne Hole was #5. Ben Knight...
The 2021 season for the Liberty football team was one with many ups and downs. The Eagles struggled with injuries all season long and had to rely on some young guns to mature quickly on the gridiron. Toward the end of the regular season, they put things together and reeled off several nice wins...
The Liberty High School volleyball team welcomes new assistant coach Brandi Blankenship to the program. Blankenship is stepping in after assistant coach Erica Spittler took over the volleyball program at Cabool High School.
Blankenship is a West Plains native and graduated from West Plains High...
The Willow Springs Elementary School cafeteria was brimful of Bear's fans Saturday for the second annual fundraising dinner and auction. This year's fare was pulled pork for the adults and hotdogs for kids. The football players resumed their role as the evening's waiters, doling out plates and...
The Willow Springs Ozarks Family YMCA will be holding flat football signups for first and second grade athletes.
The season will run September 10 through October 15 and be held on Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at the Willow Springs High School pracitce field, located by the high school...
As of Monday, August 1, a new face joined Grizzly Athletics at Missouri State University-West Plains (MSU-WP). Rusty Laverentz began his duties as full-time athletic director. He brings more than 20 years of higher education experience to the position.
Laverentz's hiring is pending approval by...
Several golfers from the area recently competed in the Wedgewood Annual Cat and Dog Tournament held July 30 and July 31.
The Championship winners were Derrick Shelton of Houston and Jody Jarrett of Cabool. Randy Emery of Mountain Grove and Jody Jarrett finished second; Roger and Deena Tune of...
Hopes are high for the boys of fall as a new face steps up to coach the Willow Springs Bears. Coach Travis Payne plans to train for success and has high expectations for his players.
''We are going to set the bar high for this season and win,'' Coach Payne said.
Coming off a dismal season of...