Stories from Friday, October 23, 2020

With one game left before district action, Pierce City made the most of Friday's football exercise, pounding out a 53-0 win over Pleasant Hope at Don Keebaugh Stadium. Game statistics would be misleading, as the Eagles executed only six plays in the first quarter, about two-and-a-half minutes on the clock, yet tallied up a 28-0 lead. ...

A total team effort was the way Monett Coach Derrek Uhl explained the Cubs’ 27-6 win over Seneca on Friday. The win ended a four-game skid for the Cubs, as the pitfalls that had haunted the team this season disappeared with a herculean effort. The Indians helped Monett in the first quarter. After completing its first pass of the game for a 42-yard game, Seneca missed on its next five attempts, with the ball being dropped each time by open receivers...

Mary R. (Holmes) Rodgers, 73, of Monett, Mo., passed from this life on Friday morning, October 23, 2020, in the comfort of her home with her loving family at her side. Mary was born on April 6, 1947, in Scranton, Penn., daughter of the late Jesse J. Holmes and Nora V. (Webb) Holmes...