CLASS OF 2022 Dr. Bob Arnce — Carl Junction High School/William Jewell College Joey Ballard — Missouri Southern State University Jared Beshore — Lamar High School/Missouri State University Brock Christopher — Kearney High School/University of Missouri Nathan Dunn — Marshfield High School/Missouri State University/Southwest Baptist University Dr. Jared Emery — Mountain Grove High School/Missouri State… Read more »
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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 2016
CLASS of 2016 Chuck Banta (Springfield Parkview/Mizzou) Ben Nichols (Springfield Glendale/Colorado/Atlanta Falcons/ Denver Broncos/Rhein Fire), Lee Coleman (Springfield Hillcrest/Missouri State/Evangel) Isaac Sooter (Sarcoxie/Evangel) Darrin Newbold (Aurora/Missouri State/New York Jets/Oklahoma Outlaws) Anthony Frazier (Springfield Greenwood/Mizzou) Robert Clardy (Marshfield/Southwest Baptist) Wes Kemp (St. Louis De Smet/Mizzou) Lance Crayton (Springfield Catholic/Missouri State) Steve Mayfield (Aurora) Landon Zerkel (Webb City/Missouri… Read more »
Elite 11- Class of 2017
CLASS OF 2017 Shannon Crouch (Seneca High School/Pittsburg State University) Mitch Espy (Marshfield High School/Missouri State) Mikael Cooper-Falls (Hillcrest High School/Missouri State) Jacob Hamon (Branson High School/Evangel University) Fred Harle (Raytown High School/Missouri State) Ryan Howerton (Lebanon High School/Lindenwood University/Mizzou) Shem Johnson (Parkview High School/Benedictine College/Indoor Football League) Eric Ramsey (Warsaw High School/Missouri Western University)… 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 »
Melody Howard
During her prep career at Marshfield High School, Melody Howard led her team to 3 consecutive State Championships, 1988-’90. She was named the state Player of the Year as a senior. Howard joined the SMSU Lady Bears Basketball program in 1989 and led them to national prominence as the All-time Leading Scorer with 1,944 points… Read more »
Shelly Jones
Jones accumulated more than 300 wins as a head coach, including at Parkview High School (134-37) in Springfield and then at Marshfield High School. At Parkview, she led the Lady Vikings to runner-up finishes in the Ozark Conference and Class 4 district play for three consecutive years. Sixteen players earned college scholarships. At Marshfield, she… Read more »
Marshfield Lady Jays Basketball Program
Thumb through the Marshfield High School yearbook of 1975 and eventually you’ll land on a four-page section devoted to the inaugural Lady Jays basketball team. Splashed with old black-and-white photos, the opening pages also feature headlines reading “Girls Shine In First Season” and “Show Potential for the Future.” Amazingly, it was prophetic. Just outside the… Read more »
1988, 1989, 1990 Marshfield High School Lady Jays Basketball
The term “dynasty” is often used to describe great teams who win a series of national or world championships. It is rarely associated with teams at the collegiate or high school sports levels. From 1988 through 1990, though, the Marshfield High School Lady Jays Basketball teams were just that…a true dynasty. Under the direction of… Read more »
Jacky Payne
This may be the epitome of Jacky Payne as a high school basketball coach: In 1985, in his first meeting with the Marshfield Blue Jays, he pointed to the empty walls and flat said they would one day hoist their own banners. “They probably thought I was crazy,” Payne said, explaining Marshfield hadn’t won much… Read more »
Brent Thomas
In the summers in Marshfield, about 25 minutes east of Springfield, Brent Thomas and his brother, Craig, would ride their bikes to the fairgrounds and offer to be fill-ins for summer league baseball teams. “We also organized our own baseball league with teams from the east side, west side and south side of Marshfield,” Brent… Read more »