One word comes to mind when Bolivar High School boys tennis coach Nathan Rothdiener is asked about his team — perseverance. 

Bearcat football is back in Bolivar. 

There was no shortage of tears — both happy and sad — after the final point was scored in Saturday’s Missouri State High School Activities Association Class 1 tennis team state championship. 

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Bolivar High School seniors Lexi Berry and Megan Roberts are friends and tennis doubles partners who won the school’s first doubles state championship last weekend. 

Lady Libs qualify for state

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Bolivar High School girls tennis coach Nathan Rothdiener believes good players are built in the offseason. 

Bolivar High School girls tennis returns several of its brightest stars this year. 

Southwest Baptist University track and field claimed six individual first-place finishes  at the Great Lakes Valley Conference championship meet Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 29 through March 1.

SBU women’s tennis picked up its second win of the year, taking a 4-1 victory over Southern Arkansas University on Saturday, Feb. 22. 

Southwest Baptist University’s STUNT team opened its 2020 season with a 3-2 finish at a tournament in Oklahoma City last Saturday through Sunday, Feb. 8-9.

Berry, Roberts 1-1 at state

Lady Liberators tennis doubles tandem Lexi Berry and Megan Roberts are district champions, following a 6-2, 6-1 win over a team from Osage at the Class 1 District 9 tournament Friday, Oct. 11.