Nearly 150 athletes from southwest Missouri high schools – along with 26 teams, including in marching band, cheerleading and dance – soon will be honored in the Elliott Lodging Sports Commission Awards presented by Blevins Asphalt.
Set for Monday at the University Plaza Convention Center, the event is a celebration of the past school year. The latest finalists were announced Tuesday, including all categories for spring sports in addition to Girls Team of the Year, Boys Team of the Year, Girls Athlete of the Year and Boys Athlete of the Year.
Doors will open at 5:45 p.m., with the ceremony to begin at 7 p.m. Tables of eight are $350, while an individual advance ticket is $30, or $40 at the door. A ticket includes the buffet dinner. To order tickets or congratulatory ads, please call 417-889-3100. The event is put on by the Springfield Sports Commission and the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.
Overall, there are 30 categories, and each finalist will be introduced on stage, with a video to play before a winner of the category is announced. Additionally, the Skyline High School boys basketball team will be recognized with the Inspiration Award, while the Springfield-Greene County Park Board will be bestowed the Sports Commission Award. All finalists can be found at www.mosportshalloffame.com.
“It was a great year for a number of athletes and teams,” said Lance Kettering, Director of the Springfield Sports Commission. “We have had seven years of recognizing high school athletes, and we’re proud to continue this recognition program.”
The Sports Commission Awards were determined by a selection committee, which narrowed each category to five athletes, or six in some cases if two athletes were from the same school.
In addition to the Teams of the Year and Athletes of the Year, the categories cover football, volleyball, baseball and softball as well as sports offered to both boys and girls: basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field as well as wrestling. The night also features finalists for the Marching Band, Dance and Cheerleading Teams of the Year, respectively, as well as the Bass Fishing Tandem of the Year.
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Finalists for Sports Commission Awards
Inspiration Award
Skyline High School Boys Basketball Team
Sports Commission Award
Springfield-Greene County Park Board
FALL SPORTS
Girls Tennis: Erin Jarvis, Springfield Catholic High School, Mattie Leigh Miles, Logan-Rogersville High School, Lyndsey Hood & Kassidy Anderson, Mount Vernon High School, Kaitlyn Snyder, Republic High School, Evelyn VanDenBerg & Madeleine Fulk of Springfield Central High School, Claire Griesemer & Ashley Andrews, Springfield Catholic High School.
Girls Golf: Elizabeth Freeman, Ozark High School; Wriley Hiebert, Glendale High School; Kayla Pfitzner, Springfield Catholic High School; Jenna Teeter, Carl Junction High School; Brooke Wagner, Logan-Rogersville High School; Reagan Zibilski, Springfield Catholic High School
Girls Cross Country: Anna Bandy, Bolivar High School, Alexis Barber, Ozark High School; Brocklyn Barber, Ozark High School; Kaylee Hatley, West Plains High School; Ally Montez, Carl Junction High School; Mia Harris, West Plains High School
Boys Swimming & Diving: Andrew Atwood, Logan-Rogersville High School; Alex Crawford, Joplin High School; Gabriel Austin, Kickapoo High School; Sam Beatty, Glendale High School; Cole Earl, Glendale High School; Ben Hines, Nevada High School
Boys Soccer: Hunter Daniels, Nixa High School; Jaxon Riddle, Kickapoo High School; Nick Rushing, Ozark High School; Mitch Stephens, Glendale High School; Jason Puente, Monett High School
Boys Cross Country: Brady Bauder, Kickapoo High School; Keifer Dooley, Branson High School; Kolin Overstreet, Lamar High School; Caleb Pyle, Bolivar High School; Clayton Whitehead, Carthage High School
Softball: Katie Brooks, Bolivar High School; Izzy Erickson, Reeds Spring High School; Kylie Helm, McDonald County High School; Julia Higgins, Republic High School; Nya Morgan, Ozark High School; Kaitlyn Ragsdale, Republic High School
Volleyball: Birdie Hendrickson, Logan-Rogersville High School; Madison Hicks, Crane High School; Tayte Kozlowski, Kickapoo High School; Julia McCown, Ozark High School, Ashton Wildermuth, Willard High School.
Football: Will Boswell, Mount Vernon High School; Paxton Delaurent, Camdenton High School; Brayden Lidgard, West Plains High School; Tyson Riley, Springfield Catholic High School; Zach Westmoreland, Joplin High School
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WINTER SPORTS
Marching Band: Camdenton High School, Kickapoo High School, Nixa High School, Ozark High School, Willard High School
Girls Swimming: Ashley Baldwin, Glendale High School; Mary Bean, Liberal High School; Faith Guyer, Summit Prep Academy; Cabrini Johnson, Logan-Rogersville High School; Maggie Moore, Summit Prep Academy; Oliva Stoneman, Nixa High School
Girls Wrestling: Erin Bohmont, Branson High School; Gracie Lawhon, Willard High School; Quincy Glendenning, Lebanon High School; Lizzie Miller, Buffalo High School; Justice Seely, Waynesville High School; Jazzmine Seely, Waynesville High School
Boys Wrestling: Cayden Auch, Neosho High School; Braxton Barnes, Neosho High School; Karter Brink, Monett High School; Hayden Burks, Bolivar High School; Kale Schrader, Carthage High School; Floyd Miller, Buffalo High School; Jay Strausbaugh, Logan-Rogersville High School
Girls Basketball: Paiton Acord, Parkview High School; Alana Findley, Fair Grove High School; Hayley Frank, Strafford High School; Faith Gilkey, Walnut Grove High School; Priscilla Williams, Branson High School
Boys Basketball: Daniel Abreu, Willard High School; Jake Branham, Springfield Catholic High School; Anton Brookshire, Kickapoo High School; Aminu Mohammed, Greenwood Laboratory School; Luke Vandersnick, Logan-Rogersville High School
Dance Team: Branson High School, Carthage High School, Glendale High School, Kickapoo High School, Logan-Rogersville High School, Republic High School
Cheerleading: Marshfield High School, Ozark High School, Republic High School, Seneca High School, Spokane High School
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SPRING SPORTS
Boys Tennis: Asa Borup & Kaden Seward, Joplin High School; Garrett Lewis, Joplin High School; Payton LaFevers, Glendale High School; Luke Steiner, Springfield Catholic High School; Jarrett Teel, Forsyth High School; Matthew Zengel, Kickapoo High School
Boys Golf: Dawson Meek, Glendale High School; Connor Obert, Glendale High School; Cooper Hess, Lebanon High School; Gregory Mitchals, Willard High School; Presten Richardson, Miller High School; Walker Tynes, Springfield Catholic High School
Girls Field: Kennedy Aurentz, Kickapoo High School; Tassilyn Bolin, Willard High School; Kaesha George, Monett High School; Tayte Kozlowski, Kickapoo High School; Olivia Lyon, Ozark High School
Boys Field: Nate Baldwin, Sarcoxie High School; Gabriel Kurtz, Camdenton High School; Wallace Squibb; Springfield Catholic High School; Reagan Ulrich, Branson High School; Zach Westmoreland, Joplin High School
Girls Track: Alexis Barber, Ozark High School; Brocklyn Barber, Ozark High School; Natalie Basham, Camdenton High School; Brianna Utecht, Marshfield High School; Danielle Wilson, Greenwood Laboratory
Boys Track: Zachary Gebhard, Springfield Catholic High School; Lance Ward, Carl Junction High School; Clayton Whitehead, Carthage High School; Evan Smith, Chadwick High School; Zakary Taylor, Marian C. Early (Morrisville) High School
Girls Soccer: Jadyn Easley, Ozark High School; Kaitlin Knetzke, Springfield Catholic High School; Jalyn McClean, Kickapoo High School; Emma Miller, Glendale High School; Kourtney Tucker, Springfield Central High School; Lexie Rasmussen, Nixa High School
Baseball: Mason Auer, Kickapoo High School; Will Duff, Springfield Catholic High School; Garrett Rice, Willard High School; Gage Singer, Aurora High School; Ty Wilmsmeyer, Glendale High School
Bass Fishing: Bolivar High School — Caleb Welch and Nathan Young; Camdenton High School – Payton Sapp and Gage Erickson; Clever High School – Hunter Williams and Logan Clifford; Ozark High School – Emily Freeman and Ethan Middleton; Parkview High School – Caleb Haines and Devon Rathbun
Girls Team of the Year: Blue Eye High School Girls Track & Field Team; Bolivar High School Girls Cross Country Team; Lebanon High School Girls Wrestling; Logan-Rogersville High School Volleyball Team; Strafford High School Girls Basketball; Walnut Grove Girls Basketball Team
Boys Team of the Year: Greenwood High School Boys Basketball Team; Monett High School Wrestling; Neosho High School Wrestling Team; Seymour High School Baseball Team; Springfield Catholic High School Basketball Team.
Girls Athlete of the Year: Natalie Basham, Camdenton High School; Sadie Chisum, Hartville High School; Alana Findley, Fair Grove High School; Hayley Frank, Strafford High School; Tayte Kozlowski, Kickapoo High School
Boys Athlete of the Year: Trevor Christian, Lebanon High School; Blake Delacruz, Parkview High School; Tyson Riley, Springfield Catholic High School; Jay Strausbaugh, Logan-Rogersville High School; Zach Westmoreland, Joplin High School
