Welcome to Somo-sports.com!
We’re a new local sports website that will strive to provide exceptional and experienced online sports coverage for Joplin and its surrounding communities.
Somo-sports.com is an independent media outlet, co-owned by Bobby Landis, Lucas Davis and Jason Peake, with a goal of recognizing and celebrating the successes of area teams and athletes by providing the best coverage possible.
You’re likely familiar with all three of us.
Bobby has a long connection to Joplin, and is the owner of the Fox Sports Joplin radio affiliate, where he and Kevin Welch are the voices of the Joplin Eagles and Missouri Southern Lions.
Experienced and trusted award-winning sports reporters, Jason and Lucas are no strangers to the local sports scene, covering prep and college sports in Southwest Missouri and Southeast Kansas for a combined 22 years.
Having previously worked for local newspapers, Jason and Lucas each possess a wealth of knowledge when it comes to Joplin area sports.
Now, we’re bringing their expertise and experience to you with a free-to-view sports website focused extensively on local athletics. That’s right, all articles and content will be free to read and share with zero paywall restrictions. We also have plans for a weekly podcast, which will also be free to listen to.
Joining Jason and Lucas on a part-time basis will be a number of talented photographers and experienced sports reporters who are also quite familiar with the area, ensuring Somo-sports.com readers the best possible coverage.
Our objective and hyperlocal sports coverage will revolve around high school and collegiate athletics, with prep coverage focusing on Joplin, Webb City, Carl Junction, Carthage, Neosho, College Heights Christian, Thomas Jefferson Independent and McAuley Catholic as well as several other schools in the region. Collegiately, Somo-sports.com plans to provide coverage for Missouri Southern State University, Pittsburg State University and Crowder College.
We’re confident you’ll come to love Somo-sports.com. Our website was professionally designed by BigPxl, an award-winning digital marketing firm in Springfield.
You, our readers, may be wondering why we are doing this?
Simply put, Jason, Lucas and Bobby, along with all of the contributors at Somo-sports.com, have a passion for local sports and a desire to give them the proper coverage they deserve. We know prep and collegiate athletics bring communities together and are a source of pride for the entire region. For years, we’ve witnessed firsthand how passionate and supportive fans in Southwest Missouri are when it comes to local sports.
With that in mind, Somo-sports.com simply wants to recognize our local teams and athletes in a positive and professional manner, rewarding them for all of their hard work.
We pledge to provide unbeatable, exclusive and comprehensive coverage of Joplin area sports like no one else can. And we’ll do it with integrity on a daily basis.
To accomplish our mission, we’ll need the support of local coaches, administrators, athletes, parents, grandparents and fans in order to provide you with the best possible coverage.
If you’re interested in advertising for our website or the podcast, contact Austin Cunningham at austin@micdup1013.com. Please follow our Twitter page: @SoMo_Sports. Coaches can submit scores and stats to results@somo-sports.com.
We are thrilled to get started, we’re ready to make an impact in the area and we hope you will join us on this new journey by visiting your soon-to-be favorite website regularly for our exclusive content.
–The Somo-sports.com staff
