In the early 1990s, after having coached boys high school basketball teams for almost decade, Lynn Long faced this reality: His three daughters soon would play on the hardwood in middle school and high school, so, if he continued on, Long likely would miss many of their moments and memories. After all, all the hours… Read more »
Former University of Missouri standout Doug Smith, longtime high school basketball coaches Terry Writer and Lynn Long, and the Kickapoo High School Girls Basketball Program soon will be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. The honorees headline the Hall of Fame’s annual Basketball Tipoff Luncheon presented by Mercy, set for 11 a.m. on… Read more »
The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame inducted 15 individuals, a high school wrestling program and its former coach as well as two national championship football teams on Sunday during the Enshrinement in Independence presented by Great Southern Bank. The Hall of Fame also bestowed the President’s Award on a longtime Kansas City resident. President &… Read more »
Two years after finishing 0-11 – and two years before winning the first of their program’s back-to-back national championships – the Northwest Missouri State football Bearcats could only shake their heads. But in a good way. In December 1996, the team they nearly beat in the playoffs went on to win it all. “We were… Read more »
When hired for her first volleyball coaching job, she wasn’t much older than her high school players and, while a 22-year-old coach might have seen it as a stepping stone to another school or as a way to transition to basketball, that wasn’t the case. Not for Lori Hanaway. In much the same way life finds you,… Read more »
He could easily rattle off the number of his coaching wins, the number of state tournament trips or even the big names on his teams. However, Willie Bowie prefers other statistics that speak to the kind of basketball coach he was at Paseo High School in Kansas City. “We had a ton of success, and… Read more »
The old practice room at Oak Grove High School probably sums up the Panthers wrestling program the best: It resembled an Army concrete bunker, wedge into a roughly 38 foot-by-38 foot area and no apologies. “You could build up heat and humidity in five minutes,” longtime assistant coach Clif Cromer remembered. “And it was funny… Read more »
The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame will soon host an Enshrinement in Independence presented by Great Southern Bank, with the Hall of Fame to honor 16 individuals, a high school wrestling program and two national championship football teams. President & Executive Director Jerald Andrews recently announced the Enshrinement in Independence class, which will be honored on Sunday,… Read more »
Former University of Missouri quarterback Brad Smith, two former coaches in Missouri State University’s Jesse Branch and Waynesville High School’s Rick Vernon – as well as a pair of state championship football teams in 1981 Greenwood Laboratory School and 1997 Springfield Catholic High School – are now part of even greater elite company. The Missouri… Read more »
Glenn Adams, the running back who would score the winning touchdowns in the state championship victory months later, still remembers two-a-day practices in August. How could he not? Before the Greenwood Laboratory School 1981 Football Team reached its destiny, it first had to journey through … a Springfield city park. “Coach (Paul) Mullins made us… Read more »
In the nearly suffocating heat of late summer 1997, on a concrete-like dirt surface subbing as a football practice field, the Springfield Catholic Fightin’ Irish began their march toward history. So the cuts, bumps and bruises inflicted from that field? Call them a badge of honor. After all, with a ton of talent still around… Read more »
He had chances to stay close to home and play college football at what you might consider mid-majors. But talk about timing. Just as Youngstown, Ohio All-State quarterback Brad Smith was pairing down his choices, a head coach from one of those interested schools got hired to lead the University of Missouri football program. “We… Read more »
An Ahead-sponsored team of Rod Hart, Rick Lehew, Perry Tate and John Velde won the St. Louis Celebrity Golf Classic presented by Hillyard, Inc., firing a 55 on Tuesday at The Legends in Eureka. Placing second, with a 65, was the Advertising Plus team featuring former NFL quarterback Tim Van Galder, Lee Cole, Brent Hess… Read more »
The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame will soon host an Enshrinement in Independence presented by Great Southern Bank, with the Hall of Fame to honor 16 individuals, a high school wrestling program and two national championship football teams. President & Executive Director Jerald Andrews on Wednesday announced the Enshrinement in Independence class, which will be honored… Read more »
Former University of Missouri quarterback Brad Smith, Missouri State University coach Jesse Branch, Waynesville High School coach Rick Vernon as well as two state championship high school football teams – 1981 Greenwood Laboratory and 1997 Springfield Catholic – will soon be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame. President & Executive Director Jerald Andrews… Read more »
OSAGE BEACH – An Advertising Plus team featuring former University of Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel won the 16th Stan Musial Hall of Fame Championship, firing a 55 and winning on a scorecard tiebreaker on Monday at The Club at Porto Cima. The 18-team event was a fundraiser for the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame,… Read more »
