Jack Pierce didn’t pick up a golf club prior to his sophomore year, but he made the Poplar Bluff Mules varsity team that spring. He didn’t play much during his junior year and none after the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the season. Pierce decided last Halloween it was time to get serious about the game...

The Poplar Bluff Mules Booster Club awarded its first scholarship to a pair of recent graduates Tuesday while also honoring the program’s past. The Moss Family Athletic Scholarship was presented by Mike Moss to Joseph Hardimon and Sierra Sievers. “This is really, really special to us,” said Moss. “This is what we are talking about, giving back to your community.”...

Following years of coming back from injury after injury during high school, Logan Bell was in good shape this spring to throw the javelin for Missouri Southern State University. Mostly. “Especially because of my (previous) injuries, I probably picked the worst event to do,” Bell said recently. “I was kind of banged up towards the end of the season. Had a bunch of tendinitis in my Achilles and stuff like that...