Stories from Friday, September 4, 2020

Pierce City Coach Brad Hocker is fond of saying that his job is to coach up his football players. After a Week 1 set back to Lockwood, the Eagle players listened well and responded with a dominating 41-0 victory over Diamond to claim their first win of the season...

It was a one step forward and two steps backward Friday night for the Monett football team in a 22-7 loss to Aurora. Nowhere was that motto typified better than the start of the second half. Leading 6-0 to start the third quarter, the Houn’ Dawgs (2-0) took the ball. Facing a third-and-10 on their own 40, the Cubs stopped Aurora, but a facemask penalty extended the drive...