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Team: Parkview High School

Tom Adams

He was one of the best tennis players in Missouri State University history, plus grew the game as the tennis teaching pro at a local country club and, later in life, piloted Springfield’s professional tennis franchise for 14 years. For Tom Adams and tennis, however, it wasn’t exactly love at first sight. “My brother had… Read more »

Scott Bailes

A product of Parkview High School (Springfield) and (Southwest) Missouri State University, Scott Bailes played nine seasons in the Major Leagues as a member of the Cleveland Indians, California Angels and the Texas Rangers. In his 1986 rookie campaign with the Indians, Scott carded 10 wins and 7 saves. He also notched 60 strikeouts in… Read more »

Rhonda Blades Brown

It started early for Rhonda Blades Brown, as it so often does for the greats. Not content to sit on the sidelines and watch, Blades Brown played basketball with the boys in grade school during recess, pretending to be Magic Johnson. “I played on my first team when I was 10 years old at the… Read more »

Bobby L. Brown

Brown, a native of Stoutland, MO, began his coaching career at Richland High School in 1956, where he coached for three years and compiled an 80-17 record. Brown then spent four years at Bolivar, highlighted by a 30-4 record and state Class M Championship in 1960. In 1966, Brown became the head basketball coach for… Read more »

Emry Dilday

The call came in on a Thursday night of the 1964 high school football season, with the voice on the other end of the line asking if he could fill in the next night on an officiating crew. Having never worked a varsity high school football game, Emry Dilday agreed under understandable assumptions. “I figured… 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 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 »

Elite 11- Class of 2020

CLASS OF 2020 Wayne Burch (Stoutland High School/Southwest Baptist University/Camdenton High School) Matt Burgess (Parkview High School/University of Missouri) Mark DeLozier (Kickapoo High School/University of Tulsa) Michael Fox (Meridian (Miss.) High School/Missouri State University) Jason O’Neal (Fair Grove High School/Southwest Baptist University) Kellen Overstreet (Penney High School/University of Wyoming) Mark Smith (Webb City High School/University… 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 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 »

Joanie French

Every athlete has their favorite memory and, when Joanie French talks about hers, it’s almost too good to be true. In 1974, at age 17, there she was playing shortstop for Big Blue in the Women’s State fastpitch softball tournament against Foremost Dairy, known as Springfield’s best travel squad full of coaches and collegians. With… Read more »

Bruce Hollowell

Back in 1949, long before he beat a future 13-time PGA Tour winner and owner of a Master’s green jacket – and years before he himself would win the Kansas Amateur, Missouri Amateur and Missouri Senior Amateur – Bruce Hollowell found his calling. Or, more accurately, golf found him. You see, when his dad was… 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 »