Stories from Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Normally having just two seniors and a pair of sophomores pitching might suggest a young softball team. Poplar Bluff's roster does feature 15 underclassmen with just two juniors and seniors Alyson Griffin and Kaitlyn Slaughter. But sophomores Shelby Sievers, Adrienne Stucker, Calli Gerber and Jordynn Caldwell all have varsity at-bats under their belt...

There are nine Lady Dawgs competing for two starting spots in the Van Buren outfield right now. "We've got runners we've never had. We've never had bench players. We've never had more than one pitcher," coach Terry Pennington said. "We've never had girls who could come off the bench and thump it. We've never had the speed that we've got on the bench and we've got all those things."...