Addison Kirkman has been a fixture on the sideline at Poplar Bluff football games the last few seasons, serving as a team manager. So after the senior was named homecoming queen Friday night, there she was in a full-length dress wearing her tiara while handing out water bottles during a timeout...

Looking for a Week 5 opponent to fill out the schedule, Poplar Bluff football coach David Sievers was looking for a good test for his team. “We had a couple of other opportunities and I just thought we didn’t need an over-by-halftime game in the middle of the seaosn,” Sievers recalled. “That’s why I was excited we got these guys on the schedule...

Cooper Callis (Jackson HS) matched a Southwest Baptist school record with six touchdown passes in a 62-41 loss to Findlay on Saturday. Callis was 30 for 40 passing for 450 yards and no interceptions. He found Jordan Kent (Jackson HS) eight times for 89 yards and two touchdowns. Callis completed passes to eight different receivers with Kent third on the team in total yards. Cameron Cox (Cape Central HS) also had a tackle for the Bearcats...

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...