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1990 Billings High School State Championship Baseball Team

It was a memorable spring of 1990 for Billings High School, its baseball team and those who called the Christian County community home. The Wildcats enjoyed an unblemished start to their baseball season and stood on the brink of a historic accomplishment heading into the Class 1 state tournament finale at Simmons Field in Columbia.… Read more »

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)

Howard Quigley

Talk about having a destiny to coach. As a teen, Howard Quigley kept books on ways to play baseball, football and basketball – and you could find his nose buried in them just before the start of every season. Eventually, as a baseball player at Missouri State University, Quigley realized the obvious, that the game… Read more »