Friday, Oct. 17, the Bolivar Liberators motored down to Carl Junction for an Ozark Mountain Conference matchup and a chance to move up in the district standings. more

Coach Nathan Rothdiener’s clipboard holds a dwindling stack of papers, each marked with just one big, black number. This week, the tennis Lady Liberators ripped number 22 from the top of the stack as they earned their 22nd win on the season along with their second consecutive State Final Four berth. The Lady Liberators have been tearing through the stack of numbers on Rothdiener’s clipboard and the postseason, racking up wins and titles in October. As the 2025 team tallies wins, the current athletes are also adding to some impressive streaks for the program including three straight Conference titles, six consecutive District titles, and back-to-back State berths. With a quarterfinal win over Odessa Monday, Oct. 20, the Lady Liberators punched their ticket to another Final Four and set their focus on the next number on the clipboard. more

The Hillcrest Hornets met the Liberators at SBU on senior recognition night. more

The Lady Liberators moved to 12-13 on the season as they shut down the Hillcrest Lady Falcons. more

​History was made at Silo Ridge on Thursday, Oct. 9, as the Bolivar High School girls golf team captured the first-ever team district championship in school history. This is a monumental moment for the Liberator golf program, as this is the first time a team has made the state tournament. more

In Polk County, enthusiasm and support for high school sports runs deep through generations of tradition and school pride. Local barber shops, cafes and parking lots find small town sports fans replaying last week’s games, questioning coaches and officials, assessing the area talent and reminiscing about their own glory days and longstanding rivalries. But under the Friday Night Lights in Pleasant Hope, three area schools are forgetting rivalries and forging a new brotherhood under one banner. more

Talk with MDC staff about hunting regulations, efforts to keep Missouri deer healthy, and deer management on private land. more

The Bolivar Golf Course was bustling with energy on Saturday, Sept. 6, as it hosted the highly competitive SWCCCA Cross Country meet. More than 2,000 runners from over 80 high schools and 60 middle school teams from across the region competed in a day filled with races. Bolivar’s Cross Country teams turned in strong performances across all divisions. more

Homecoming celebrated its 100th year at Bolivar with a week of activities and fun. more

Bolivar moved into the final week of regular season tennis action with wins on three straight days of play at home last week. The Lady Liberators earned the 6-3 win over Republic for Senior Night Monday, Sept 29 before recognizing the team and their seven seniors. more

In a Pink Out event to honor breast cancer survivors, the Lady Liberators met the Marion C. Early Lady Panthers on Monday, Sept. 29. more

Bolivar traveled to Marshfield to take on the Bluejays in an Ozarks Mountain Conference matchup, Friday, Sept. 26. more

The SBU soccer teams had a spectacular Sunday afternoon in Bolivar, sweeping the University of Illinois-Springfield Prairie Stars. Both teams earned three points to the conference standings with their victories 1-0 (women’s) and 2-1 (men). This is the first time both teams have won a conference doubleheader since 2019. more

Are you planning to hunt this fall but still need hunter-education? If so, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) offers two hunter-education options: an all-online format and a blended format. more

After two successful road trips, Bearcat football is excited to return in front of the roaring home crowd at Plaster Stadium. The first home game of the year had the stands packed, with the expectation being the same for this Saturday’s game against Missouri S&T at 6:00pm. more

The Parkview Vikings traveled to Bolivar for an Ozark Mountain Conference showdown on Friday, Sept. 19. They met a defense that was unrelenting. more

SBU football returned to action for the second week of the season as they took on the Roosevelt Lakers Saturday afternoon. The Bearcats held the lead throughout the majority of the game and came away with a 40-34 victory. This win gave head coach Paul Hansen his first win as a Bearcat and moves the team to 1-1 on the season. more

Area will be closed to other hunting activities for those two days. more

The tennis Lady Liberators continued their winning ways in a whirlwind week of team matches and individual tournaments, coming home with multiple medals and tournament titles. In four days on the court last week, Bolivar improved their team record with two wins on the road on back-to-back nights before turning to all day individual tournament action at the Springfield Invitational Tournament and the Warrensburg Doubles Tournament later in the week. more

Branson is the largest school in the Ozark Mountain Conference and the returning conference champion. more

After a commendable 1-1 start to the season, the SBU women’s volleyball team is ready to continue their momentum on their home court this weekend. This year, the women’s volleyball team puts forward hard work on and off the court — through practices, team bonding, and more. more

Bolivar soccer kicked off a new season with two days of tough competition in the Smith-Cotton Showcase. The Labor Day weekend tournament left the Liberators looking for the win column but counting the experience as a foundation for growth throughout the season. more

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Just eleven days into the 2025 tennis season, the Lady Liberators have already logged a dozen matches including an interstate tournament and two days of quad duals with two more full day tournaments set for this week. Coming off a Class 1 State runner-up finish last fall, Bolivar returns four of six starters while looking to fill the gap left by the graduation of Sofia Smashey and Stella Scowden. more

Bearcat Football crosses into strange territory as there is a new leader at the helm for the first time in over 10 years. The winningest coach in program history, Robert Clardy, stepped down from the head coaching role, opening the position up to a new up and comer across the Midwest. After consecutive highly successful seasons, Head Coach Paul Hansen steps up from NAIA to Division II, to lead the Bearcats. more