In early January 1990, the difficult news could have rattled an already talented Raytown South boys basketball team. There in the living room of coach Bud Lathrop, they learned that their star center who had committed to the Kansas Jayhawks, Chris Lindley, had a foot severed in a train accident and could no longer play.… Read more »
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“Red” Reagan
Born in Bismark, Missouri, John Lee Reagan coached baseball 36 years (1958–1993) at Murray State University, amassing a record of 776–508–11, including 11 Ohio Valley Conference championships. He is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference, Murray State, American Baseball Coaches Association, Missouri Athletic and Bismarck (Missouri) High School halls of fame. The baseball field at… Read more »
All American Red Heads
Decades before a push to add women’s sports in colleges and high schools – and long before Title IX would pave the way for so many – an idea born in the southwest Missouri community of Cassville actually may have set the eventual stage. There, in 1936, businessman C.M. “Ole” Olson started a barnstorming women’s… Read more »
1994 Republic High School Girls Basketball State Championship Team
Had a Hollywood producer cast them for a basketball movie, the opening scene probably would resembled an old western and high-noon showdown, complete with dead stares. And why not? As the curtain rose on the 1993-1994 basketball season, the Republic High School Lady Tigers were on a mission. After all, just months earlier, Republic’s Cinderella… Read more »
Ned Reynolds
In the movie classic “It’s A Wonderful Life,” Clarence, the guardian angel delivers two memorable lines, saying “Each man’s life touches so many other lives.” He goes on to say, “No man is a failure who has friends.” Perhaps those words best describe Edwin T. “Ned” Reynolds, the longtime sports director of Springfield-based KYTV. For… Read more »
Carl Ritter
Carl Ritter is the all-time leading scorer in Southeast Missouri State University basketball history with 1,916 points. A member of the Missouri Basketball Hall of Fame, Ritter was an All-American who had his number 32 retired in 1994. Ritter’s jersey number is the only retired number in Southeast Missouri State University men’s basketball history.
Bob Roberts
Now in his 26th year, Bob Roberts has notched an impressive 871 wins against only 486 losses, a .642 winning percentage. In 1998, while at Atlanta High School, his Lady Hornets captured the state title. Their record that season was a hard fought 31-0. That championship was on the heels of a third place finish… Read more »
Jack Roberts
Jack Roberts, a Drury standout in the sport of basketball, is the first Drury athlete to be inducted into the Drury Hall of Fame not only for his athletic success while at Drury, but also for his contributions to society after his graduation from Drury. Jack graduated from Drury on May 30, 1949 following a… Read more »
Harold Robertson
Harold Robertson was one of the greatest players in the history of the Lincoln University men’s basketball program. He led NCAA Division II in scoring with an MIAA record 34.5 points per game during the 1977-78 season. The MIAA’s Most Valuable Player and an Associated Press Little All-American First Team selection in 1977-78, Robertson led… Read more »
Lynnette Robinson
In August 1987, despite having never visited the Missouri State University campus, Lynnette Robinson pulled into Springfield with only a U-Haul and a dream. Truth is, others might have gasped and high-tailed it back home, given that her new boss, recently hired Lady Bears basketball coach Cheryl Burnett, needed an assistant coach to help carry… Read more »
Jack Rockwell
Jack Rockwell has had a career in sports medicine that has covered more than 45 years and is easily recognizied as one of the most respected in his field. Because of his injuries as an Army sergeant in World War II, he was inspired to earn a physical therapy degree from the University of Kansas,… Read more »
Harry Rogers
Harry Jerome Rogers (born December 31, 1950) is an American former basketball player. He attended Sumner High School in St. Louis, Missouri, then played college basketball for Saint Louis University, before turning professional and starting his career in the Netherlands. Rogers was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks in the fourth round of the 1973 NBA… Read more »
Dan Rolfes
For some basketball coaches, they knew at an early age that they wanted to lead teams eventually. For many, it simply comes together by happenstance. Which makes Dan Rolfes’ story so incredible. There he was in college, trying to figure out what he wanted to do in life, when the fifth-grade little sister of his… Read more »
Ron Jones
Ron Jones is a former Wayne State College Wildcat athlete, instructor, coach, and athletic director. A native of Farnhamville, Iowa, Jones came to Wayne State University as an athlete, competing for two years (1961-63) in basketball and baseball. During his senior season, he was MVP in both basketball and baseball at WSC. Jones averaged 18.2… Read more »
John Rooney
The start of John Rooney’s storied broadcasting career dates back to 1971, when he launched his career as a play-by-play sports announcer in Lexington, Mo. With some experience under his belt, he later secured a position with KFRU in Columbia. He then headed to Okmulgee, OK to do play-by-play for local high schools, while also… Read more »
Bill Ross
As an athlete at the University of Missouri, Ross excelled in both basketball and baseball. Following graduation, and after a successful tenure as a high school basketball coach, Bill became instrumental in the development and implementation of the Intercollegiate Athletics program at UMKC. In the development of the program, he began the men’s and women’s… Read more »