In 2009 Newtown-Harris broke through and capped a 4 year era of success with a run to the Missouri Show-Me Showdown Class 1 Basketball Final.  Stymied in the quarterfinals two straight years, the Newtown-Harris team continued to develop their skills and chemistry and kept focused on their ultimate goal to play for a state championship.  Coach Tim Cool, with 574 Missouri High School Wins and current coach of the Chillicothe Hornets Boys Basketball Team, joins us.  Two key players, Kameron Cool and Tyler Busick, longtime educators in the Trenton R-IX School System, remember that year and all the things involved in that run to the final.  Hear about gyms that were never "closed", brothers and cousins challenging one another and a season that sparked the imagination of local fans.  Thanks to KTTN-FM and Tom Johnson for audio clips provided for this episode!!

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Intro/Outro, Touch Down by Matt Welch, Music Courtesy of Melodie Music, www.melod.ie

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Show-Me Sports Legacies takes a story approach to learning about high school, junior college, D2 & D1 college sports and our beloved professional franchises in Kansas City and St. Louis. We talk to people who have made their mark as coaches, players, scouts and business people after coming from small towns or little known communities or neighborhoods. We talk to people who are seeking to establish their reputation and break into sports career success. With a fan's perspective we look at how to encourage and support people who have that sporting dream.

Greg Stahl went from an outstanding high school and college wrestler to successful coach and administrator to Missouri State High School Activities Association Assistant Executive Director in his career long passion for creating opportunities for kids.  Each step was fueled by a desire to help students find their niche and feel part of their high school community.  From his experience as a state medalist wrestler for Hall of Fame Coach Ron Hurst to his love for vocal music and band activities at Trenton High School, Trenton, Missouri, Greg pursued his dreams and learned there are no shortcuts on the road to success.  At MSHAA for 13 years, Greg is the primary advocate who promoted and helped create the fastest growing sport in Missouri, Girls' Wrestling beginning in 2018!  Hear his stories about the role of education and sports in his life and his continued passion for creating great experiences for students who participate in high school sports and activities.  

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Intro/Outro, Touch Down by Matt Welch, Music Courtesy of Melodie Music, www.melod.ie

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Show-Me Sports Legacies takes a story approach to learning about high school, junior college, D2 & D1 college sports and our beloved professional franchises in Kansas City and St. Louis. We talk to people who have made their mark as coaches, players, scouts and business people after coming from small towns or little known communities or neighborhoods. We talk to people who are seeking to establish their reputation and break into sports career success. With a fan's perspective we look at how to encourage and support people who have that sporting dream.

From a program restart in 1990, Trenton Lady Bulldogs Golf, quickly rose to the top of Missouri programs with a 1997 State All-Class Championship.  They maintained a standard of excellence, placing within the top 10 in state tournaments 15 times in 20 years.  Competing against the largest high schools in the state plus the top private school programs, they took their love of golf and one another to a place no one imagined for the small North Missouri town of 6000 people.  This episode celebrates that with a rousing recap including Coach Ann Constant, Rachel Slonecker Sides and other key team members  including Sarah Slonecker Harris, Amy Hurst McCullough, Jill Hurst Groebl, Lesley McKay Arnold, & Taylor Cox Ormsby.  Hear about huge family support, youth golf, shopping and eating side trips and a Hoosier-like triumph on the links.  

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Intro/Outro, Touch Down by Matt Welch, Music Courtesy of Melodie Music, www.melod.ie

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Show-Me Sports Legacies takes a story approach to learning about high school, junior college, D2 & D1 college sports and our beloved professional franchises in Kansas City and St. Louis. We talk to people who have made their mark as coaches, players, scouts and business people after coming from small towns or little known communities or neighborhoods. We talk to people who are seeking to establish their reputation and break into sports career success. With a fan's perspective we look at how to encourage and support people who have that sporting dream.

Does work on the farm and small town upbringing prepare people for success in sports and life? Allen Berry and Brad Tolson, longtime local farmers and sports officials, coaches and fans tell some stories about growing up on the farm developing work ethic, teamwork, communication and problem solving skills (mixed in with some mischief!).  Clips from previous podcasts with Dr. Andy Peterson (Director of Athletics at NWMSU), Mark Curp (Former World Record Holder in the Half-Marathon), Sierra Michaelis (Star basketball player at Mercer High then University of Missouri Tigers) and others illustrate the relationship of farm and small town life to sports success.  Get ready for an episode with tractors, buckets and Daisy Dukes!!

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Intro/Outro, Touch_Down by Matt Welch, Music Courtesy of Melodie Music, www.melod.ie

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Show-Me Sports Legacies takes a story approach to learning about high school, junior college, D2 & D1 college sports and our beloved professional franchises in Kansas City and St. Louis. We talk to people who have made their mark as coaches, players, scouts and business people after coming from small towns or little known communities or neighborhoods. We talk to people who are seeking to establish their reputation and break into sports career success. With a fan's perspective we look at how to encourage and support people who have that sporting dream.

KTTN's Fearless Forecasters show has been on the air since 1969.  It is Missouri's longest running radio program dedicated to forecasting college football and one of the oldest in the nation.  The term Fearless Forecasters is common now, but as of the program's launch in 1969 there was only a Fearless Forecaster Newspaper Columnist in North Carolina that predates that term (by just one year, 1968!) in the world of college sports!  Originally broadcast on KTTN-AM, it now airs on Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. on KTTN-FM 92.3 during the football season.  Our panel including several forecasters from different eras of the show and it's longtime moderator, John Anthony.  Hear Dr. John Holcomb, Allan Quilty, Chad Boyd and Mark Ferguson talk about college football & give some history of the panelists which originally included legendary local football and basketball coaches such as C.F. Russell and Bill Ausmus.  A highlight of the show occurs midway when we unveil the first public airing of the infamous and legendary underground prank episode starring former bank sponsor Jim Cox...you will laugh out loud and remind yourself how much fun college football can be when you listen to the Fearless Forecasters!

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Show-Me Sports Legacies takes a story approach to learning about high school, junior college, D2 & D1 college sports and our beloved professional franchises in Kansas City and St. Louis. We talk to people who have made their mark as coaches, players, scouts and business people after coming from small towns or little known communities or neighborhoods. We talk to people who are seeking to establish their reputation and break into sports career success. With a fan's perspective we look at how to encourage and support people who have that sporting dream.

Mark Curp's story began in Polo, Missouri, (Population: 539 in 1980!).  A track athlete without a track, Mark ran to a 2 mile run State Championship, then became a 7 time NCAA DII All-American and 2 time NCAA DI All-American at the University of Central Missouri (then Central Mo State University) in the 10,000 meters.  He was just getting started!  He turned professional in 1983 and ran to glory in 1985 with three major event wins including the Philadelphia Distance Run.  In that race he broke the World Record for the Half-Marathon, a record he held for over 5 years (and held the American record for the event for 21 years!)  In 1987 and 1988 he was named Road Racer of the Year by Runner's World Magazine.  Running well into his 30s, Mark was an icon in the Kansas City running community and is the greatest distance runner in the history of Missouri sports.  Brent Martin, News Director of KFEQ/Eagle Radio in St. Joseph, MO, joins us for this lively interview and conversation on Mark's great races in his career and his motivation to keep pushing the pace!  

Intro/Outro, Touch_Down by Matt Welch, Music Courtesy of Melodie Music, www.melod.ie

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Show-Me Sports Legacies takes a story approach to learning about high school, junior college, D2 & D1 college sports and our beloved professional franchises in Kansas City and St. Louis. We talk to people who have made their mark as coaches, players, scouts and business people after coming from small towns or little known communities or neighborhoods. We talk to people who are seeking to establish their reputation and break into sports career success. With a fan's perspective we look at how to encourage and support people who have that sporting dream.

Greg Groggel had an Olympic Dream that blossomed into a career as an Emmy winning Film Producer.  Currently VP Unscripted/Skydance Sports, Greg has won 5 Emmys, most recently as Producer for the Netflix hit "The Redeem Team". In this episode he shares how the story of the 2008 Olympic U.S. Men's Basketball Team winning a Gold Medal in Beijing came together!  Greg tells us stories of his passionate pursuit of the Olympics including a 1996 family cross country trip to the Atlanta Olympics, a summer volunteer job driving athletes at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece for ESPN, and a year long Thomas J. Watson research fellowship traveling to six Olympic sites around the world.  All these experiences led to opportunities with NBC and the Olympic Channel and later his work as a Film Producer, now with Skydance Sports.   Add in his connection to Trenton, Missouri with his mother's family (the Hoffmans) and her role in expanding his world through encouragement and support of his Olympic dreams and you have a compelling and fast paced episode!

Intro/Outro, Touch_Down by Matt Welch, Music Courtesy of Melodie Music, www.melod.ie

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Show-Me Sports Legacies takes a story approach to learning about high school, junior college, D2 & D1 college sports and our beloved professional franchises in Kansas City and St. Louis. We talk to people who have made their mark as coaches, players, scouts and business people after coming from small towns or little known communities or neighborhoods. We talk to people who are seeking to establish their reputation and break into sports career success. With a fan's perspective we look at how to encourage and support people who have that sporting dream.

Women's Sports are growing tremendously and different sports are jockeying for position as the next big thing following in the path of women's basketball, soccer and softball.  Just this week (July 16-20) the NFL and ESPN are presenting a national Flag Football tournament highlighting both men's and women's competition and Flag Football will be included in the 2028 Olympics!  North Central Missouri College in Trenton, MO is launching the first Junior College Women's Flag Football program in Missouri next spring and we talk with Athletic Director Nate Gamet and Head Coach Aulden Knight about the excitement of this sport and their dreams for flag football at NCMC.  Jeff and Kris talk downtown baseball (San Diego, one of Kris' many baseball stadium trips!) and the Kansas City Current and their leadership in women's sports expansion and excitement.  

Intro/Outro, Touch_Down by Matt Welch, Music Courtesy of Melodie Music, www.melod.ie

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Show-Me Sports Legacies takes a story approach to learning about high school, junior college, D2 & D1 college sports and our beloved professional franchises in Kansas City and St. Louis. We talk to people who have made their mark as coaches, players, scouts and business people after coming from small towns or little known communities or neighborhoods. We talk to people who are seeking to establish their reputation and break into sports career success. With a fan's perspective we look at how to encourage and support people who have that sporting dream.

A lively discussion of the joys and pitfalls of youth sports.  Coach Jeremy Esry, North Central Missouri College, Head Men's Basketball Coach, joins us to talk about his new Speed and Agility Club.  This program offered through Green Hills Recreation Association launches a broader discussion on skill development vs. games and the balance required to maintain youth enthusiasm and involvement.  Trenton R9 School District Superintendent Daniel Gott is in to recreate our first podcast panel as he brings perspective of an educator encouraging athletic involvement and a father of young kids exploring youth sports and finding their path.  We briefly revisit our very first podcast topic, (What drew you in to sports?) with some updated perspectives and talk of past year's episodes that struck that cord and reminded us of our love of sports.

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Show-Me Sports Legacies takes a story approach to learning about high school, junior college, D2 & D1 college sports and our beloved professional franchises in Kansas City and St. Louis. We talk to people who have made their mark as coaches, players, scouts and business people after coming from small towns or little known communities or neighborhoods. We talk to people who are seeking to establish their reputation and break into sports career success. With a fan's perspective we look at how to encourage and support people who have that sporting dream.

A lively profile of the storied history of Gallatin (Missouri) Golf; with 6 state titles in 20 years, Gallatin (Population: 1854) became the winningest program in Class 1 History.  Brice Garnett, current PGA Tour Professional with 2 PGA Tournament wins in a 10 year career and Chad Sullenger, member of 5 State Champion squads as a player and coach join us to tell the story of a bunch of golf loving kids who grew into champions!

Intro/Outro, Touch_Down by Matt Welch, Music Courtesy of Melodie Music, www.melod.ie

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Show-Me Sports Legacies takes a story approach to learning about high school, junior college, D2 & D1 college sports and our beloved professional franchises in Kansas City and St. Louis. We talk to people who have made their mark as coaches, players, scouts and business people after coming from small towns or little known communities or neighborhoods. We talk to people who are seeking to establish their reputation and break into sports career success. With a fan's perspective we look at how to encourage and support people who have that sporting dream.