John Earl Chase spent over forty years in public education coaching, primarily at Branson High School in basketball, football, track and baseball. He began his career in 1939 at Branson High School as an assitant basketball coach and head football coach where he introduced 6 man football to the school. In 1948, he re-entered coaching… Read more »
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2021 Class – Diamond Nine
CLASS of 2021 Mannie DeCastro (Carl Junction High School/Pittsburg State University) Judy Straatmann Hadsall (Washington High School/East Central College/Springfield Slow-Pitch) Gage Jacobs (Bolivar High School/Drury University) Catlin Evans Jones (Pleasant Hope High School/Southwest Baptist University) Alan Mahaffey (Kickapoo High School/Three Rivers Community College/University of Arkansas/Minnesota Twins) Justin McMillin (Hillcrest High School/Missouri State University) Willy Morgan… Read more »
2017 Diamond Nine
CLASS OF 2017 Doug Bennett (Hillcrest High School/University of Arkansas/Los Angeles Dodgers) Dan Bishop (Springfield Central High School/Baltimore Orioles/New York Yankees) Jack Funderburk (Southwest Baptist University) Chelsea King Goodin (Strafford High School/Drury University) Kellie Becher Kessler (Missouri State University) Danny Powers (Carl Junction High School/University of Central Missouri/Minnesota Twins) Kyle Rapinchuk (Branson High School/College of… Read more »
Elite 11- Class of 2021
CLASS of 2021 Brock Baker — Bolivar High School/Western Kentucky University Blaise Bauer — Monett High School/Pittsburg State University Joe Close — Parkview High School/University of Missouri Lance Johnston — Branson High School/Northwest Missouri State University Marcus Klund — Scott City & Cape Central High Schools/Lindenwood University Drew Newhart — Cameron High School/Missouri Western State… Read more »
Elite 11- Class of 2018
CLASS OF 2018 Dr. Travis Brawner (Branson High School/Missouri State University) Kegan Coleman (Lee’s Summit North High School/University of Central Missouri) Dr. Kenny Downing (Aurora High School/University of Missouri/Canadian Football League) Dr. Preston Estes (Marionville High School/Missouri State) Derek Jensen (Lebanon High School/Missouri State) Roy Kaderly (Marshfield High School/Mizzou/Missouri State) David McNeel (Greenfield High School/Mizzou/Canadian Football League)… Read more »
Elite 11- Class of 2019
CLASS OF 2019 Dr. Tony Berry (Stockton High School/Southwest Baptist University) Lanny Curnes (Reeds Spring High School/University of Central Missouri) Dre Dokes (Kickapoo High School/Northern Iowa/CFL’s Saskatchewan Roughriders) Tyler Evans (Strafford High School/University of Oklahoma) Chris Hanna (Springfield Catholic High School/Pittsburg State University) Beau Jackson (Branson High School/Missouri State University/Evangel University) Phil Johnson (Kickapoo High… Read more »
Filbert Five – Class of 2019
CLASS OF 2019 Women’s Team Jill Esely Durnin (Savannah High School/William Jewell College) Dr. Tammy Erwin (Walnut Grove High School/Southwest Baptist University/College of the Ozarks) Carrie Long Green (Skyline High School/Southwest Baptist University) Brittany Percival Lyon (Hartville High School/Missouri Science & Technology) Kelsey Williams (Eminence High School/Moberly Area Community College/Lincoln University, University of Central Missouri) Men’s… 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 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)
Steve Hancock
A product of Holden, Missouri, Steve began his coaching career in 1972 as the Junior High Football Coordinator for Harrisonville Public Schools, before joining the varsity staff in 1974. In his three campaigns on the varsity level, Harrisonville went a combined 26-3-1. Hancock then went on to become the head coach of the Stockton High… Read more »
Becky Lipasek
Talk about soldiering on and fighting the good fight. In the late fall of 1992, there coach Becky Lipasek was, leaving the lonely gym of El Dorado Springs High School with her volleyball program having won a combined 15 games in her first three seasons. Quit? No way. “I have a survivor’s mentality,” Lipasek said.… Read more »
Scott McCaulley
He broke into the Ozarks’ sports broadcasting scene of in the mid- to late 1980s, initially covering American Legion baseball and certainly taking mental notes from seasoned radio veterans. Yet Scott McCaulley soon realized that, if he wanted to truly chase his dream, he would have to venture outside of Springfield because all others were… Read more »
Dale Russell
Born and raised in Branson, Missouri, Dale Russell was a standout athlete for the Branson Pirate basketball team that went a perfect 41 and 0 en route to the 1955 Class B State Championship. At only 6’2″, Russell played center for the Pirates. His height, however, was not a handicap as he was named the… Read more »
2022 Class – Wynn Awards
CLASS of 2022 Neely Burkhart — Joplin High School/Missouri Southern State University) Teri Steer Cantwell — Olympic shot putter and former University of Missouri track & field assistant coach Julie O’Dell Griffith — Logan-Rogersville High School/Evangel University Chelsea Dirks-Ham — Missouri State University Amanda Hoenes — Branson High School/United States Marines Corps/Colorado State University Kim… Read more »
2020 Class – Wynn Awards
CLASS OF 2020 Sandy Rippee-Hammers (Hillcrest High School/Drury University) Amy Russell McNew (Branson High School/Missouri State University) Cindy Russell Rear (Branson High School/College of the Ozarks) Tina Keller Montez (Carl Junction High School/Missouri Southern State University) Kelly Richardson (Willard High School/Evangel University) Virginia MacKenzie Sparks (Festus High School/Jefferson College/Southwest Baptist University)