Basketball
« Previous EntriesNews-Leader athletes of the year
Friday, June 27th, 2008Earlier this week the News-Leader announced their male and female athletes of the year. Matt Jordan of Ozark on the boys side. And Waynesville’s Katie Pritchard on the girls. Both excellent choices and good articles on both. Ozark fans will sorely miss Jordan after the huge role he played in [...]
Lions District 26-E All-Star Basketball Classic
Thursday, June 12th, 2008Almost let these games slip by. They were played last Saturday at the Leggett & Platt Center and resulted in one of the best all-star games we’ve seen.
The girls contest looked like it would be a laugher from the outset as the South ran out to a 12-2 lead. But the North rallied to get [...]
Vashon titles removed
Wednesday, June 11th, 2008MSHSAA handed down their final ruling in regards to the Vashon basketball teams rules violations. And the Wolverines have been stripped of 5 district titles, 1 state runner-up finish, and 3 state titles.
As a result, Kickapoo has gained the 2006 class 5 state championship. The Chiefs finished runner up after a 58-55 title game [...]
Morrisville looking for coach
Friday, June 6th, 2008We now know the fate of Melody Stewart, and the Lady Panthers will be looking for a new leader. Stewart announced Tuesday that she has accepted a job at Bixby, OK. Bixby is a 5A school and of course Stewart is a native of Oklahoma. A great opportunity for Stewart for sure. [...]
Missouri Basketball All-Star Games
Thursday, June 5th, 2008The MBCA Missouri Basketball All-Star Games were played last Friday at Bible Baptist College in Springfield. The contingent of local players were led by Dominique Long of Waynesville who took MVP honors in the class 4 & 5 boys game. Long scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead his White team to a [...]
Gary Stanfield new Republic coach
Monday, May 19th, 2008Both the News-Leader and Republic Monitor have reported that the Republic school board will be voting tonight to hire former Weaubleau, Willow Springs, Hillcrest, and Drury coach Gary Stanfield to head the Republic basketball team. Stanfield resigned from Drury in 2004 and has been out of coaching since. He will be replacing Denny McHenry who [...]
Basketball coaches update
Thursday, May 8th, 2008Here’s the latest list of basketball coaching vacancies & hirings. Let me know if you see any that are missing.
BOYS BASKETBALL COACHING VACANCIES
SCHOOL
OUT
IN
Bolivar
Chuck Blair
Robbie Hoegh
Carl Junction
Lance Robbins
McAuley
Mike Scott
Chuck Williams
Crocker
Steve Scholfield
Greenfield
Bob Coffey
Hollister
Scott Wenger
Lance Robbins
Iberia
Matt Pugh
Steve Scholfield
Licking
Rob Labell
Greg Williams
Morrisville
David Francka
Jeremy Nicholson
Reeds Spring
Mike Baker
Dan Jones
Rolla
Kent Thomas
Sarcoxie
Phil Lewis
Skyline
Brandon Shelby
Jacky Payne
Spokane
David Sherer
Larry Brown
Stoutland
Jacky Payne
Webb City
Eric Johnson
David Sherer
GIRLS BASKETBALL COACHING [...]
Latest coaching news
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008Had a couple of announcements today regarding coaching vacancies. Joplin has hired Ben Glasgow as it’s new head womens basketball coach to replace Erin Jones. Glasgow was most recently an assistant at Northern Oklahoma College and his past experience includes 6 years at Rogersville.
Staying in Joplin, Chuck WIlliams, who recently was hired as an [...]
More coaching openings
Thursday, May 1st, 2008Reports are tonight that 2 prominent coaching positions have come open. Don Knock of Kickapoo told his players that he is resigning & returning to Iowa after only 1 year. And at Republic, head boys basketball coach Denny McHenry is resigning to take anassistant boys basketball and softball coaching position at Rogersville. Another full basketball [...]
Lions Club All-Star Classic rosters
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008First, for anyone who may be confused, this is the Springfield Lions Club game that pits the Springfield players against the area players. Not the Joplin Lions Club District 26-E game. Understand? Good. Let’s move on.
For those of you who have been waiting for Casey Garrison to appear on an all-star roster, wait no more. [...]