COLUMBIA - Bolivar captured hearts in Polk County.
The Liberators came up one game short of winning the state of Missouri. Bolivar fell 44-32 to Vashon Saturday afternoon at Mizzou Arena in Columbia in the boys basketball Class 4 state championship game. Bolivar made its first boys basketball state final appearance since 1960.
Daniel “Peanut” Farris led Vashon with 16 points.
Bolivar finishes the season 28-5, but coach Robby Hoegh isn’t interested in counting losses.
“You only lose a game when they take a person’s heart. No one has taken these guys’ heart. They are all heart and I couldn’t be prouder to be their coach,” Hoegh said.