Sports
Monday, August 26 - Church League
Steve Coatney, Barb Tate, Ron Brown and Jacq Coatney with a score of 29; Mike Coatney, Marc Prough, Paul Davis and Ian with a score of 34.
Tuesday August 27 - Cat and Dog League
Steve Coatney and Barb Tate with a score of 33; Mike Coatney and Linda Benyo...
Coming out of a 21-win season last year and replacing only two starters, the future is the rosiest shade of maroon for the Willow Springs Lady Bears. According to Head Coach Christina Collins, community support is at an all-time high as well.
The team’s fourth annual fundraising auction...
Ava Bears - Coach Merrifield welcomes back 15 starters who claimed last year's conference championship with a perfect 7-0 record. With All-State RB Hunter Adams leading the way, the Bears’ hard-nosed, downhill rushing attack will be tough to beat.
Liberty Eagles - With a 6-1 conference...
Celebrate the grand opening of West Plains R-VII School District Zizzer Ballpark on Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 4:15 p.m.
Be there for the West Plains Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremony, and the first softball game played at the park against Rogersville. There will be free commemorative...
And just like that, another season begins as the Willow Springs football Bears rolled into their season opener against the Lincoln Cardinals. Behind freshman quarterback, Caden Lee, the Bears had the look of a team trying to outrun the ghosts of seasons past. With a combination of carries by...
At times, the Liberty Eagles football team looked explosive against the Strafford Indians. Other times, they looked a tad inexperienced compared to the senior laden Indians. There is always a certain level of turnover from year to year with each team, but the positional experience of Strafford...
Speedy Bombers and sultry, late summer temperatures were the Zizzers’ undoing Friday night in Mountain Home.
The boys from Mountain Home were State Track Champions in class 5A Arkansas last May. It certainly showed. They outpaced the Zizzers in almost every aspect of the game.
The Bombers easily...
The West Plains High School Football team enters the inaugural year of the new Ozark Mountain Conference with fifteen returning starters and one of southwest Missouri’s best quarterbacks.
In a word, Head Coach Joel Wyatt describes this year’s team as, “Leadership. In my three years here,...
Monday, August 19 - Church League
Will and Christian Gunnerson, Marc Prough and Scott Williamson with a score of 29; Steve and Jacq Coatney, Brady Altermatt and Linda Benyo with a score of 32; Blayne Altermatt, Bo, Mike Coatney, Barb Tate and Ron Brown with a score of 34. Closet to Pin on...
If you drove past high school football practice this summer and did a double-take, don’t worry. You aren’t in a time warp. Coach Logan Schwalm, who coached the Bears from 2017-2020, is back at the helm, taking on the task of getting the team rejuvenated. The varsity Bears struggled in a winless...