RIVERTON, Kan. — With Allison Swank dominating the net down the stretch, Pomona-West Franklin upended Riverton 3-1 (25-18, 23-25, 25-15, 25-18) on Tuesday night in a Class 3A state quarterfinal game in the Rams' gymnasium.

VERONA, Mo. — The Thomas Jefferson volleyball team claimed a 3-0 win over Exeter to advance to the semifinals of the Class 1 District 8 tournament at Verona High School.

Dear Athletic Support: My daughter plays volleyball at a high school in Arkansas. This school is known as a football powerhouse around the state, but this year the boys aren’t doing so great. They’ve only won half their games while my daughter’s volleyball team is undefeated!

GALENA, Kan. — A youthful yet poised Riverton team added another bullet point to its season resume on Saturday by downing Frontenac 2-0 (25-20, 25-23) in the championship of the Kansas 3A sub-state volleyball tournament at Galena High School.

Despite seeing the St. Louis Cardinals reach the postseason for the second straight year and post its 13th straight winning season that dates back to 2008, 2020 has been a difficult year to be a Cardinals fan.

Joplin High School journeys to Rockhurst on Friday night for a first-round game in the MSHSAA Class 6 District 3 playoffs.

PLATTE CITY, Mo. — The ball hung in the air and drifted in the stiff wind but didn’t look threatening.

WEBB CITY, Mo. — Almost everyone was caught off guard when Webb City began the game by recovering its onside kickoff.

There’s a Webb City connection in both dugouts today with the Cardinals and Platte County clash in a Class 3 softball semifinal game.

Carl Junction’s football team has spent this week strictly looking ahead to tonight’s regular-season finale.

Riverton and St. Mary’s Colgan decide the Class 2A District 1 championship tonight at 7 at Hutchinson Field in Pittsburg.

WASHBURN, Mo. — The Thomas Jefferson volleyball team went the distance to down Southwest (Washburn) 3-2 (20-25, 25-18, 25-22, 15-25, 15-6) on Thursday night at Southwest High School.

The Neosho football team looks to close out the regular season on a high note tonight when it plays host to Central Ozark Conference foe Joplin at 7 at Bob Anderson Stadium.

Week 9 looked like a stepping stone of things to come for the Joplin football team that’s put itself in position to potentially host a playoff game.

One of the stranger Central Ozark Conference football campaigns in recent history has come down to this.

There's not much danger in Webb City overlooking Willard in tonight's regular-season football finale.

Riverton is looking to add to its volleyball season resume on Saturday in the Class 3A sub-state tournament at Galena.

Since Joplin's three middle schools combined into one athletic program three years ago, Joplin's performances at the seventh- and eighth-grade levels has improved.

WEBB CITY, Mo. — Webb City cruised to the team championship in the Central Ozark Conference boys swimming meet on Tuesday night at the Cardinals' Buck Miner Swim Center.

During the summer the possibility of just starting a high school football season was in doubt, thanks to COVID-19.

It's a rematch from the regular season as Webb City entertains Bolivar today in a quarterfinal game of the Class 4 softball state tournament.

Pittsburg State University has approved alcohol sales for the Oct. 31 football game against the University of Nebraska at Kearney, the university announced today.

The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) announced the boys soccer championship games will be played at the Lake Country Soccer/Cooper Family Sports Complex in Springfield on Wednesday.

NIXA, Mo. — Joplin High School's girls cross country team made some history on Tuesday afternoon.

Missouri Southern's 1972 NAIA Division II national championship football team was inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame on Tuesday at the Football Sports Enthusiasts Luncheon inside the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds E*Plex East Wing in Springfield.

NEW BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Six area golfers wrapped up the first round of the Class 2 girls state tournament Monday at the par-72 Meadow Lake Acres Country Club.

Twin Hills Golf and Country Club in Joplin is part of the new-look MSHSAA Girls Golf State Championships that will be played today and Tuesday.

Dear Athletic Support: My son has been begging for his “Pop” to come to one of his high school football games. Up to this point, I’ve told him that it’s out of the question. My reasoning is simple: My father is 84 years old and has all sorts of underlying health problems. The last thing he n…

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Eden Fisher of Nevada rallied to win third-place honors on Saturday in the Class 1 singles of the MSHSAA State Tennis Championships at the Cooper Complex.

The Neosho boys soccer team has been on a historic run over the last three seasons and that culminated into arguably its best season in school history last fall.

At its best this season, Joplin has shown it has the ingredients to be a special team, and a team that could really make some noise come playoff time in two weeks.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Eden Fisher of Nevada reached the singles semifinals of the MSHSAA Class 1 State Tennis Tournament on Friday at Cooper Complex.

NIXA, Mo. — Nixa rebounded from its first loss of the season in a big way on Friday night.

WILLARD, Mo. — Neosho mounted a second-half comeback and came oh so close to securing its first victory of the season.