Brian Rosener is the keeper of the Semoball Cup which is presented to the school with the most successful season. It is based on a formula that takes into account the combined winning percentage of all sports teams plus bonus points for advancement in postseason play for both teams and individuals. The bonus points are divided by the number of teams a school fields. Rosener has been the sports editor for the Daily American Republic in Poplar Bluff, Mo. since December 2001. He was born and raised in St. Louis, where he attended Lindbergh High School and Webster University. He is married to Jennifer, a Poplar Bluff native, has a son Jack and a dog named Satchel who stands in for his @semoballBrian photo.

PB HOF Class of 2007

Posted Saturday, April 28, 2007, at 9:21 AM

This story will run in Sunday's DAR:

LaRita Hawes, John David Pattillo and Steve Rowland will be inducted into the Poplar Bluff Sports Hall of Fame this fall.

The three were elected earlier this week by the Hall of Fame Directors and will be inducted on Thursday, Spet. 27.

Hawes was an All-American at Southeast Missouri State University and long jumped over 20 feet. She still holds the Poplar Bluff record in both the long and triple jumps.

Pattillo played two sports at Poplar Bluff and baseball in college before coaching basketball for 11 years. His teams won 223 games, six conference titles, six districts titles and two Class 5 state championships.

Rowland was a three-sport athlete at Poplar Bluff where he set the triple jump mark. He ran at the University of Mississippi where he was an Academic All-SEC and placed 10th in the NCAA National Decathlon Championships. He also qualified for the 1996 Olympic Trials.

The Poplar Bluff Sports Hall of Fame is located at the Poplar Bluff Museum on Main Street and is open each Sunday.

I'm off to the golf course for the first round of the Ozark Invitational. It's hard work but somebody's got to do it. Enjoy your Saturday.

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Who won the Ozark?

-- Posted by jmcniell on Mon, Apr 30, 2007, at 8:55 AM
I see it was John Kelly.

-- Posted by jmcniell on Mon, Apr 30, 2007, at 3:27 PM

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