The Polk County grind will continue to a state championship game.
Bolivar (29-4) defeated Parkway Central 63-41 Thursday evening at Mizzou Arena in Columbia in the Class 4 playoff semifinals. The win puts Bolivar in a boys basketball state championship game for the first time since 1960.
The Liberators are using the phrase “Polk County grind” throughout the playoffs as a motivational mantra. Senior Conley Garrison, who scored 22 points and hauled in 11 rebounds in Thursday’s win, explained the thought behind the phrase.
“It’s just doing the stuff when you don’t want to do it, doing it anyway, doing the best you can,” Garrison said.