Liberator basketball may not have the best record in Class 5 District 10, but the wins on its schedule should put it among the district’s top teams.

It took less than a minute for Bolivar High School Drayton Huchteman to win the 220-pound overall title at the Monett Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 9.

Lady Liberator basketball struggled at December’s Pink & White Tournament in Springfield. 

Liberator basketball may have struggled early in last month’s Blue & Gold Tournament, but Bolivar’s boys’ team rallied to claim sixth place in the prestigious Springfield tournament’s gold bracket. 

Bolivar High School boys’ wrestling recently finished a spate of recent matches to close out the year.

Polk County sports fans found a wide range of coverage in the pages of the Bolivar Herald-Free Press and online at BolivarMoNews.com in 2020. 

Bolivar High School boys basketball will compete starting Monday, Dec. 28, in the Blue & Gold Tournament in Springfield.

Bolivar High School girls’ basketball will compete in the Pink & White Lady Basketball Classic, starting on Monday, Dec. 28.

Southwest Baptist University women’s basketball is still searching for its first win of the 2020-21 season. 

Bolivar High School girls wrestling took on the 2020-21 season on Saturday, Dec. 12, competing in the Belton Lady Pirate Invitational.

In February 1993, legendary Bolivar High School football coach Doug Potts phoned Todd Schrader at his home in Anamosa, Iowa. 

Before a tough loss to a tougher team, Bolivar High School girls’ basketball opened the month on a 3-0 run. 

After struggling against one of the top teams in the state, Liberator basketball hit its stride with a 2-1 run.

Lady Liberator swim opened its 2020-21 campaign at the Springfield All-Relays Meet on Thursday, Dec. 3. 

Bolivar High School wrestling went 5-0 at its home tournament Saturday, Dec. 5, besting a spate of challengers, including Marshfield, Osage, Waynesville, Camdenton and Springfield Central.

Bolivar High School girls basketball stands 1-1 on the season after a pair of opening games. 

Bolivar High School boys basketball kicked its 2020-21 campaign off on a high note Wednesday, Dec. 2, winning 55-41 over Branson at the Willard Basketball Classic. 

If the 2020-21 Bolivar High School basketball season is a puzzle on coach Robby Hoegh’s coffee table, he knows it’s going to form a beautiful image — even if he’s not sure where all of his pieces will fit.