The longtime manager of the Capahas baseball program – a man who coached the team for 50 seasons – may have said it best. “I just hope people recognize it for what it is,” Jess Bolen said. “It’s not my team. It’s Cape’s team.” Indeed, Capahas baseball, a semi-pro amateur team for college players… Read more »
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St. Louis Football Cardinals
When the National Football League’s Chicago Cardinals moved to St. Louis in 1960, they shared the same name and the same stadium (Sportsman’s Park) with the well-established baseball Cardinals. The football squad was soon simply called “The Big Red”. The team was competitive for much of the 1960’s with such stars as Jim Hart, Larry Wilson,… Read more »
2008 & 2009 State Champions – Cassville High School Football
In southwest Missouri, in Barry County community called Cassville, the locals will be talking about the 2008 and 2009 local football teams for years. To hear them tell the story, it’s worth the drive. Out of Joplin, head east on I-44 and then drop south on Highway 37 at the Sarcoxie exit. Out of Springfield,… Read more »
Central High School Girls Basketball 1984 State Championship Team
Trina Osborne Williams remembers the team’s loyal supporters, who turned out even on the road. Others point to the 19-point comeback in the state semifinals as showing the team’s heart. And nobody will never forget hoisting the state championship trophy around midnight in Columbia. After all, the 1984 Central High School Lady Bulldogs became the… Read more »
1984 Central Missouri State University Mules and Jennies Basketball
The 1983-84 SMCU Jennies roster included: Head Coach Jorja Hoehn; Assistants Ginny Sutton, Leanna Bordner, Kathy Hagerstrom, Jonathon Pye; Players Jackie Harris, Alesia Prince, Fawna Harrison, Shara Sherman, Karen Reese, Tammy Noah, Rosie Jones, Carla Eades, Sheri Hartenberger, Faith Zimmerman, Pat Staszak; Managers Carol Burnham, Janet Wolf, Michelle Calder. NCAA Division II National Champions –… Read more »
Charleston High School
Sixteen miles due east of Sikeston sits the tiny town of Charleston, just a stone’s throw from the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Charleston is like dozens of towns up and down both rivers. Small, quaint, tight knit. But unlike most of those towns, Charleston is a powerhouse in boys basketball. The Charleston… Read more »
Chillicothe High School Football Program
Just off a northern stretch of Highway 65 in Missouri, past the store fronts lining the main drag, you’ll find one of the state’s tradition-rich football programs. Over at the stadium, see the large C sitting on the hill? It overlooks what’s now an impressive turf field of a multi-million dollar facility. And, just beyond… Read more »
Christian Brothers College High School Soccer Program
For the most storied sports programs across the country, there is one common thread beyond the wins and state championships. In essence, walk off the bus and on to the field with the name of your school emblazoned on that jersey most times, it seems, they’ve won the game before the coin flip. Which may… Read more »
1991-1993 Era Clinton High School Girls Cross Country
In the summer of 1993, several girls cross country runners from Clinton High School made it a point to meet up daily and hit the pavement. Well, that wouldn’t be quite accurate. Not only did they hit the pavement, but they all but wore a groove on city streets and the local park. Partly, the… Read more »
Clinton High School Wrestling Era 1990-1994
In sports, some success stories seem to be authored by a Hollywood script writer. In Clinton in the 1980s, efforts to turn the high school wrestling program into something special took blood, sweat and tears. Especially sweat, in a place with no frills. The wrestling room? It was in a large room that doubled as… Read more »
Columbia College Volleyball Program
From 1998 to 2001, the Cougar Volleyball team amassed an overall record of 167 wins and only 2 losses. They participated in four straight NAIA National Volleyball Championship matches, winning three National Titles. During that time, they set an NAIA record by winning 102 consecutive matches dating from August 28, 1998 until September 22, 2000.… Read more »
1984-1989 Era Crystal City High School Girls Track & Field
To say the Crystal City High School girls track & field teams from 1984-89 were pretty good is a vast understatement. They were simply dominant, winning six consecutive Class 2 state championships, the longest such streak for a girls track & field program in the state. With legendary head coach and fellow Class of 2023… Read more »
Diamond High School Volleyball Program
As Diamond High School chased a 1983 state volleyball championship, then-senior hitter Whitney Beckett Weakley remembers thinking, “We weren’t going to let anybody deny us.” As then-sophomore setter Beth Greer put it, “We thought we were going to go up there and meet some powerhouse and get destroyed. And we ended up being the powerhouse.”… Read more »
Dixon High School Baseball Era 1976-1978
In mid-Missouri, north of I-44 and along a two-laner called Highway 28 that winds past the majestic bluffs of the Gasconade River and the scenic overlooks of the Ozarks’ valleys, there was once a great run in baseball. In fact, one of the best box-office draws in the area were the Dixon High School baseball… Read more »
1996 Drexel High School Girls Basketball State Champions
In March of 1995, their season having been detoured away from the state championship game, two of Drexel High School’s girls basketball players essentially made a pact. There in the hotel, while going over the scouting report for a third-place game, expectations were already being raised for next winter. BryAnn Cook Middleton and Stephany Dawson… Read more »
1978-79 Drury College Panthers Basketball
The 1978-79 Drury College basketball team started the season 4-1, before posting an impressive win over the defending NCAA-II Champions, Cheyney State of Pennsylvania, 70-67 in the first annual Southwest Missouri Basketball Classic. That win started a 19 game winning streak and the Panthers finished the regular season with a 25-2 record. The team finished… Read more »