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Tyke Yates

William Harrison “Tyke” Yates was born in Auxvasse, Missouri, and graduated from Auxvasse High School and later, Westminster College. Tyke Yates taught and coached golf and basketball at Webster Groves High School from 1941 through 1966. During his 20-year coaching career, Yates’ basketball teams amassed a 351-151 record and qualified five times for the state… Read more »

Ted Young

He was a junior guard who keyed Marionville High School’s 1982 state basketball title, later hit the buzzer-beater as Drury University sent a future NBA star home from the NAIA Tournament and – after ditching a road construction job – coached his high school alma mater to five Final Fours. What a basketball life it’s… Read more »

Bill Zoll

Growing up in southeast Missouri, volleyball was hardly a part of Bill Zoll’s vocabulary. Zoll had a causal relationship with the sport at Fisk High School, participating in the sport mostly during PE classes. He played volleyball during intramurals as an undergraduate at Southeast Missouri State University. But that was pretty much it. While coaching… Read more »