Jared Porter

CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Carthage Tigers were tasked with filling a Luke Gall-sized void on Saturday as they opened play in the district playoffs.

The Carthage football team will be seeking its ninth district title in program history on Friday night when it plays host to Republic in the Class 5 District 6 championship

Webb City soccer player Alex Flores and Webb City cross country runner Abi Street have been named the Globe’s prep athletes of the week for the week ending on Nov.

CARTHAGE, Mo. — Carthage looked like a football team that was eager to get over its two-year district championship slump.

The Missouri Southern football team capped its season with a 37-20 loss to Washburn on Saturday afternoon inside Fred G. Hughes Stadium in Joplin.

SENECA, Mo. — If last year’s Seneca football team laid the blueprint, then this year’s team has officially bettered it.

And then there were four.

CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Carthage football team saw its accolade-filled season come to a close in a 35-13 loss to Francis Howell in a Class 5 state semifinal game at

Jared is a Madison based stand-up by way of South Carolina and Mississippi. He has opened for Shane Torres, Phil Hanley, Jeremy Piven, and others at comedy clubs throughout the Midwest, and has been a finalist in Madison’s Funniest Comic competition. His comedy and general worldview is informed by being a southern redneck learning how to fit-in in the Midwest. Talking about his unique life perspective that spans the deep south to cheesehead country, Jared’s observational comedy picks on everything around him, including himself.

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