Weekend anglers who know of Stacey King’s success certainly ooh and ahh. For others? Well, there may be some understandable envy. And, for both camps, their reactions are for the very same reason. After all, King certainly will never run out of fishing stories. “After college, I worked at Sears & Roebuck, and there were… Read more »
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Team: Parkview High School
Benny Lawson
He could have had a career as an accountant, handling the important work every year of doing other people’s taxes. Yet, deep down, Benny Lawson missed the game of football. In the mid-1950s, he had played on two conference championship teams at Seneca High School and so, after already having earned a bachelor’s degree, he… Read more »
Dr. Troy Major
It would be no surprise if fellow sporting clays shooters happened to spot his prowess, looked at his remarkable scorecard and assumed he had had been around since the first shotgun was forged from steel. However, the story goes that Dr. Troy Major, despite growing up hunting and fishing and enjoying all that the Ozarks… Read more »
Larry O’Reilly
Years ago, Larry O’Reilly sat with the great Stan Musial, the most iconic name in the St. Louis Cardinals’ rich history, and enjoyed the story that “Stan the Man” relayed that day. “I got to be friends with Stan, and he was so gracious and even pulled out his harmonica,” O’Reilly said, noting friend and… Read more »
Parkview’s Jolly Green Giants, 1964-1966
Before they would ever be nicknamed “The Jolly Green Giants” and long before they would ever tower over high school boys basketball in Missouri, the Parkview High School Vikings had to learn expectations. Players such Gail Fredrick will never forget the scene: New coach Bill Harding, who put aside running a Dairy Queen in the… Read more »
Cindy Shook
Whenever Cindy Shook drives by the Branson RecPlex – a 40-acre sports complex on the city’s north side – she cannot help but beam. It’s here were hundreds of youth baseball and softball teams from all across the country play in tournaments, and where locals use the basketball gyms and more. “It fills me with… Read more »