Shane Kearbey placed on paid administrative leave

According to Poplar Bluff high school Superintendent Chris Hon, Mules head football coach Shane Kearbey is on paid administrative leave.

Hon tells us there is a personnel investigation and review underway related to an incident between coach Kearbey and a student, which took place Tuesday at school, but Hon did not give specifics.

Kearbey took over the mules program three years ago and has been with the district since 1998. He also serves as the physical education teacher and an assistant track coach.

Dave Seivers will coach the football team for the final regular season game this Thursday against Seckman .

The Mules are 1-8 this season.

Heartland News made contact earlier (Wednesday) with coach Kearbey but he declined comment.

For what it's worth...

Since Wednesday night I have been asked over and over which team I think will win tonights Class 4 Sectional game Poplar Bluff or Sikeston.

As I have written and said many times...I love stats! So, based on the numbers (points scored and points allowed) this is what might happen.

Based on offensive scoring averages the final will be:
Poplar Bluff_34

Sikeston_40

Based on points allowed averages the final will be:
Poplar Bluff_6
Sikeston_19

I will stick with the numbers which suggest Sikeston will win... I like the Bulldogs 24-14.
Would I be surprised if the Mules win? Not really. Poplar Bluff's backfield duo of Zach Ferguson and Eljie Johnson (if not contained like the last meeting) are potential game breakers.

You can see the game webcast on www.KFVS12 beginning tonight at 7:00 pm.