The Poplar Bluff Mules picked up their first win of the season Tuesday, 6-3 at Charleston. After taking two doubles matches, Poplar Bluff got an 8-5 win by Olivia Kirkman in the No. 2 singles match while Emma Sutton won 8-2 at No. 3. Elizabeth Ledbetter was an 8-0 winner while Kaitlyn Booker won her match 8-1...

POPLAR BLUFF — A day after giving up three touchdowns, the Poplar Bluff softball team was locked in a pitcher’s duel Tuesday with Jackson. The Mules rallied with two outs in the sixth to pull even but couldn’t get out of a two-on, no-out jam in the seventh as Jackson won 2-1 at Bobby Strenfel Field...

BROSELEY, Mo. — Kelly improved its winning streak to five games after applying consistent small-ball pressure on Twin Rivers. The Hawks finished with 10 hits and scored 11 runs in the final three innings to win 13-3 in Broseley. “That’s our bread and butter,” Kelly coach Melanie Heuring said. “If something isn’t going our way or we’re not hitting, sometimes bunting the ball helps us see it a little better. It helps us get on, manufacture some runs and gets our momentum going a little bit.”...

POPLAR BLUFF — Things went from ugly to down right ghastly for the Poplar Bluff softball team Monday. Already trailing by eight runs, the Mules couldn’t get the first two outs of the fifth inning before Farmington hit a pair of grand slams. The Knights sent 17 batters to the plate, with 12 coming around to score in the inning, to beat the Mules 21-3 at Bobby Strenfel Field...

POPLAR BLUFF — Neither team could hold onto the football early Friday night but Poplar Bluff held on in the second half to earn a homecoming victory. Six different players scored for the Mules, who overcame three early fumbles and beat Sikeston 47-22 at Mules Stadium...