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Filbert Five – Class of 2020

CLASS OF 2020 Stephanie Williams Burgess (Wheaton High School/Labette County Community College/Missouri Southern State University) Mikaela Burgess (Webb City High School/Pittsburg State University) Callie Carroll (Logan-Rogersville High School/Drury University/Missouri State University) Jordan Garrison-Garcia (Osceola High School/Creighton University) Heather Harman (Walnut Grove High School/Drury University) Jenny Anderson Sledge (Kickapoo High School/University of New Orleans) Men’s Team… Read more »

Filbert Five – Class of 2021

CLASS OF 2021 Women’s Team Kyndal Clark – Branson High School/Webb City High School/Drake University, Nebraska Kelsie Cleeton – Hillcrest High School/College of the Ozarks Hannah Cook – Ozark High School/University of Alabama Marla Douglass – Mountain Grove High School/Oklahoma State University/Missouri State University Katie Gariss Marsh — College Heights Christian High School/Missouri Southern State… Read more »

Filbert Five – Class of 2011

CLASS of 2011 The Lauries of Springfield The Howards of Marshfield The DeGraffenreids of Bolivar The Combs of Bradleyville The Andersons of Sedalia

Filbert Five – Class of 2017

CLASS OF 2017 Men’s Team Wesley Culver (Hartville High School/College of the Ozarks) David Coutchie (Seymour High School/Southwest Baptist University) Brad Gregory (Montgomery County High School/Drury University) Gary “Cat” Johnson (Joplin Memorial High School/Oral Roberts/New Jersey Nets) J.J. Tauai (Verona High School/Bradley University/Lithuania Basketball League/Baltic League). Women’s Team Katie Howard Clopton (Reeds Spring High School/College… Read more »

Filbert Five – Class of 2018

CLASS OF 2018 Women’s Team Melissa Grider (Marion C. Early High School/Marshfield High School/Missouri Southern State University) Jeni Hopkins (Greenwood Laboratory School/Pittsburg State University/Missouri State University) Jenni Lingor (Tahlequah, Okla. High School/Missouri State University) Addy Roller (Purdy High School/Wayne State University/Drury University) Suzanne Nyander Sutton (McDonald County High School/Missouri Southern) Men’s Team Mert Bancroft (Buffalo… Read more »

Filbert Five – Class of 2016

CLASS OF 2016 Women’s Team Kayli Combs Price (Branson/College of the Ozarks) Tag Morris (Blue Eye/Evangel) Bethany Creed (Ash Grove/Drury) Casey Garrison Powell (Bolivar/Missouri State) Kami Scrivner Eddington (Mount Vernon/Pittsburg State) Men’s Team Daniel Cutbirth (Hurley/Evangel) Tim Brown (Rogersville/Drury) Corey Stone (Reeds Spring/College of the Ozarks) Junior Roweton (Halfway/SBU/Drury) Tim West (Skyline/State Fair juco/Nebraska)

Filbert Five – Class of 2015

CLASS of 2015 Men’s Team Chris Harville (Rogersville/Missouri State) Steven Hill (Branson/Arkansas) Sam Singh (Ozark/Bradley) Mark Sparks (Neosho/Mizzou/Drury) Kevin Williams (Nevada/Mizzou) Women’s team Sara Bos Barnhart (Billings/Drury) Laura Granzow Buetow (Kickapoo/Denver/Canisius) Terianne Wolford Brown (Nixa/Mizzou) Alyson Young Hooten (Rogersville/Avila) Anita Rank Oplotnik (Lincoln/Missouri Southern)

Mark Fisher

The phone call came into Mark Fisher’s office in early 2003, and on the other end of the line was the longtime athletic director of Springfield Public Schools asking to go to lunch. At the time, Fisher was pretty content. He was 22 years into a successful high school basketball coaching career and, that year,… Read more »

Lowell “Cotton” Fitzsimmons

Cotton Fitzsimmons, a Missouri native, won 832 games in 21 seasons as a coach in the National Basketball Association, tying him with Phil Jackson for 10th on the career victory list in the 1990s. Fitzsimmons, whose career record was 832-775, was a two-time coach of the year and made 12 postseason appearances with four different… Read more »

Kris Flood

On a dairy farm outside of Clever in southwest Missouri, back in the late 1970s and 1980s, Kris Flood usually could be found shooting hoops in about the only enclosed facilities nearby. “We had a few places where we could go and play basketball, mainly in hay barns,” Flood said. “My uncle laid down a… Read more »

Kristin Folkl

A St. Louis native, Kristin Folkl was an All-State performer in basketball and volleyball at St. Joseph’s Academy and led those teams to four straight state titles in both sports. Upon graduation, she attended Stanford University. The All-American guided the Cardinal volleyball team to 3 NCAA Championships and the basketball squad to 2 Final Four… Read more »

William Fontleroy

He’ll be remembered forever for The Dunk. The one against in-state rival Mizzou. The one that rocket-propelled the Missouri State Bears to an incredible run to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament. However, William Fontleroy was more than just that one early season play. In fact, he was more than just happy to be… Read more »

Forsyth High School 1973 State Championship Basketball Team

There are high school teams that win a lot of games, and then there are teams that leave a mark that never fades. In Forsyth, the conversation always comes back to 1973. It was the year a small Taney County town watched its boys basketball team climb all the way to the top of Missouri,… Read more »