“What a wonderful finish to a great year,” said Coach Daniel Bayless, “in fact, this was a record year for our performance at the state level. Bayless has recorded every All-State athlete Bolivar has ever had in Track and Field since MSHSAA started the state competition back in the 1930s. “This year, 2024, tied with 2011 for achieving the most All-State honors. Both years we earned All-State in five events, but in 2011 Bolivar was a Class 3 school. Now we are competing at the class 4 level with bigger schools. Like I said, a record-breaking year.” more

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) invites the public to get hooked on fishing through its Free Fishing Days on June 8 and 9. During Free Fishing Days, anyone may fish in the Show-Me State without having to buy a fishing permit, trout permit, or trout park daily tag. Free Fishing Days is an annual MDC event that takes place statewide during the Saturday and Sunday following the first Monday in June. more

Saturday, May 25, saw four of the best Class 1 tennis programs in Missouri square off for the state championship. more

Southwest Baptist Track and Field team will send seven to the NCAA Division II Outdoor National Track and Field Championships later this month. Six female and one male Bearcat qualified from marks made earlier in the season. The Championship will take place on May 23 through 25 in Emporia, Kansas. more

The Lady Liberators closed their 2024 season on the pitch last week in a double overtime loss to Clinton in the semifinal round. more

Saturday, May 18, was a perfect day for the Kenny Coffey Memorial Golf Tournament at the Bolivar City Golf Club. The tournament was organized by friends and family of the late Kenny Coffey with the proceeds going to St. Judes Children’s Hospital. “We had a wonderful turn out for the tournament,” said Tom Wilson one of the organizers of the event, “and was excited to raise $6100 to be sent to St. Judes. We all want to give a big thank you to all the sponsors that went above and beyond helping make this such a success!” more

Fish without having to buy a fishing permit, trout permit, or trout park daily tag. more

Life Church Bolivar will host a car show, Sunday, June 16. The church is located at 110 W. Jackson Street, Bolivar. more

Bolivar tennis competed in the individual state tennis tournament at Cooper tennis complex in Springfield May 17-18. more

Bolivar boys tennis has established themselves to be a force to be reckoned with moving to its fourth final four in four years. more

The Lady Liberators closed out the regular season last week with three solid wins as they head into districts this week. Following a 3-0 win at Hillcrest Monday night, May 6, Bolivar hosted Camdenton Tuesday, May 7 for the final home match of the season. With a large home crowd in attendance to celebrate senior night and the retirement of longtime coaches Steve Fast and Jeff Edge, the Lady Liberators went on to beat Camdenton 3-1 for the seniors’ first win against the Lady Lakers in their four year career at BHS. more

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Hillcrest Falcons flew into town to take on the Bolivar Liberators on Tuesday, May 7, on Senior Night. more

The Liberator Golf team wrapped up their season on Monday at Briarbrook Country Club in Carl Junction, facing tough conditions due to heavy rainfall the previous night. more

The Southwest Baptist Bearcats competed in the GLVC Championship this past weekend, with the women finishing in second place and the men finishing in fouth place. Each team had significant improvement from the year prior, with the women earning their most points in GLVC history. The Bearcats owned the track portion of the Championship with the women winning gold in six out of the 12 track events. The whole team also swept the GLVC Track Athlete of the Year award, winning it on both the women's and men’s side. more

Monday, May 6, saw the Bolivar boys tennis team face Harrisonville for the district tennis championship. more

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After a disappointing loss on the road to Logan Rogersville Monday night, April 29, the Lady Liberators recovered with a solid win at home against School of the Osage on Tuesday, April 30. more

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SBU athletics department announced Issac Scroggins and Kallyn Stumbo as this years’ Rex Brown award winners as announced at the 2nd annual Purple Carpet Premiere. more

Coaches often work to build a team that feels like family. For six soccer Lady Liberators, it is family. Three sets of sisters currently suit up for Bolivar and at times this season, they’ve comprised over half of the 11 positions on the field. With girls representing all four grade levels at BHS, junior Ellen Garber, freshman Sophia Garber, senior Ese Jones, junior Julia Jones, senior Ellie Thomas, and sophomore Josie Thomas are soaking up this one season all six get to share. more

Bolivar soccer returned to their home pitch Tuesday, April 23 to host conference opponent Glendale in a 2-4 match, dropping only their third loss on the season. more

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Southwest Baptist University hosted a 19-team class 4-5 boys and girls high school track meet on Monday, April 22. more

When the soccer Lady Liberators last met the Lady Bulldogs in Rolla during the 2023 season, they were on the receiving end of a 1-9 loss. Playing host to this conference opponent last Tuesday, April 16, Bolivar was looking for some redemption. In their fifth game in as many days, the Lady Liberators battled fatigue in addition to their on-field challengers. Bolivar fought to stay competitive in the first half keeping Rolla out of the goal but was unable to control possession and convert shots themselves. more