The Three Rivers men’s basketball program has found a new assistant coach in Trey Rakes who will be on the bench with head coach Brian Bess this coming season. Rakes replaces Three Rivers alum Anthony Beane, who took an assistant coaching job at Lindenwood University...

Poplar Bluff’s offense set a team record for points in a season last year but the Mules graduated six starters, including their third-year quarterback who threw for 2,750 yards. Finding someone to take the snaps is the biggest question mark for David Sievers and his coaching staff heading into the seasons...

Michelle Massey said she never lost interest in coaching girls tennis after stepping down as Poplar Bluff’s coach. “That was always something I wanted to do, just family commitments got in the way,” said Massey, who returns to the coaching ranks for the first time since 2008...

Sammi Dowd had never picked up a golf club while sophomore Charly Godwin has been swinging one since the age of 7. They are among the first players of the Poplar Bluff girls golf team, which is returning after 38 years. Along with Brianna Hanner, the trio held their first practice Monday at Ozark Ridge Golf Course with coach Tyler Davis...

The NJCAA and ESPN have made a multi-year media rights deal that will have NJCAA Division I events streamed on ESPN+ and nationally televised championship games for football and men's and women's basketball. During the regular season, ESPN+ will be exclusively streaming 13 NJCAA football games, 25 men's basketball games, 25 women's basketball games, 20 baseball games and 20 softball games each year of the agreement, which starts this season. ...