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2016 Class- Diamond Nine

Categories: Special Award- Diamond 9
Year Inducted: 2016
Sports: Baseball Softball
Teams: Bolivar High School Drury University Glendale High School Hillcrest High School Kansas City Royals Missouri State University Nixa High School Ozark High School Strafford High School Willard High School William Jewell College

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CLASS OF 2016

Marin Whorton Cooney (Ozark)

Sophia Alexander Denning (Strafford/Drury)

Bob Detherage (Hillcrest/Royals)

Bill Helfrecht (Glendale/Missouri State)

Brent Maggard (Sparta/Crowder/Southern Arkansas)

Kristen Marshall (Glendale/William Jewell)

Troy McMain (Willard)

Christian Overstreet (Nixa/Missouri State)

Tom Wilson (Bolivar/Detroit Tigers)

Related Articles

April 20, 2016

Diamond 9: Ozark’s Marin (Whorton) Cooney

April 18, 2016

Diamond 9: Nixa-MSU standout Christian Overstreet

May 13, 2016

Diamond 9: Hillcrest’s Bob Detherage once struck out 32 in a Legion championship

April 27, 2016

Diamond 9: Sparta’s record-breaking Brent Maggard

April 26, 2016

Diamond 9: Bolivar pitching standout Tom Wilson

April 22, 2016

Diamond 9: Strafford’s Sophia Alexander Denning

April 19, 2016

Diamond 9: Glendale, William Jewell standout Kristen Marshall

March 29, 2016

Hall announces third annual Diamond 9 for May 18

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