...MAHSAA will wonder why they didn't do it long ago

RIP Prince.

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/21/prince-death-investigation-latest-news.html

Legendary musician Prince has died at 57.

The artist's publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure, said in a statement that he died at his Paisley Park home Thursday morning in Chanhassen, Minnesota.

Earlier reports had indicated that the music icon, full name Prince Rogers Nelson, was sick with the flu earlier this month and was even rushed to a hospital after his plane made an emergency landing

***UPDATED 4-13-16*** (ALL info is based mostly on hearsay..totally unoffical). Updated info ITT is much appreciated:

OPEN (New HC in parenthesis if filled):

Blue Springs South- John Oyler, Alum and Assistant moves up to HC

Bolivar
http://www.ozarkssportszone.com/Bolivar-football-coach-Lance-Roweton-steps-down-fo/22614984

Cameron- DC from Palmyra???

Cape Central- Arlen Pixley (former HC at New Madrid and Ass't at Kennett

Cardinal Ritter- (Brandon Gregory from Howell North), LINK: http://www.stltoday.com/sports/high...cle_79a61a7e-c603-11e5-a447-3b289a0a779a.html

Carrollton Reis Wright - (HC from Sherwood)

Dexte-r Kevin Goltra

DeSmet- (Robert Steeples, young alum who played at Mizzou, Memphis, and in the NFL

DeSoto-

East Newton- (Jamie LaSalle from Marionville)

Excelsior Springs- Mark Faubion

Forsyth- stays with Coach Anderson

Ft. Osage-

Francis Howell North- (alum Bret Bevill, asst from Ft.Zumwalt East)

Gallitan- Patrick Treeze

Grandview

Francis Howell- :Corey Snyder (HC from Westminster)

Lindbergh (Nathan Norman from Cape Central) LINK: http://www.stltoday.com/sports/high...cle_a358f952-d04b-11e5-8bef-0327c42bc4f8.html

Lee's Summit West- (Vinny Carreswell)

Lutheran South- Jameson Allen (HC at U-City)

Marionville-

McCluer North- previous asst Joe Brown, link: http://www.stltoday.com/sports/high...cle_ff332d8c-e71c-11e5-b4b1-5340a82abcbe.html

MsDonald County-

Mountain Grove- Rich Adkins (HC from Jasper)

New Madrid Co. Central- Tyler Fullhart

Pattonsburg - Coach Sullivan???

Princeton - (Tom Hotmer) link: http://www.kttn.com/princeton-hires-hotmer-as-new-football-coach/

Rolla- John Franks

Santa Fe-

Savannah- Jim Wolfe (former HC at Cuba)

Seckman- Doug Baker (HC from DeSoto)

Senneca- Ryan McFarland (HC from Riverton, KS)

Staley - Fomrer asst Phil Lite takes over

Stewartsville- Coach White???

St. Joe Central- Phil Pitts (former Helias HC and staff memeber at Mizzou)

St. Mary's (StL)- Corey Bethany (OC from CBC)

Warrensburg - FB asst and Head Baseball Coach Tom Scarbrough takes over

Washington- Derek Heflin

Westminster- Ass't Chris Pederson takes over

Windsor (Windsor MO, not Imperial)- Jake Vencill (DC from Crestridge)

Winnetonka- filled from within?

Here's raising a glass, my friend!

I had some of my 8mm film from the early 80s made into DVD's so I could enjoy all the success of all my programs at all levels. There is one game that still gets me to this day, how do you teach a hard headed 17 year old to go for the Ball, and not the man when you develop a great defense like the 6-2 stack monster and man up on the outside? How do you convince him it could be the difference between a win and a loss, he goes for the ball- he gets a pick 6, he goes for the man and its PI and helps lose a critical game................

What running play does your offense "hang it's hat on"?

Is there any one play that defines what your team is and what you're about?

Why did you come to the conclusion that this play is what you're about?

Who was hired at Clever? Forsyth? What conference will these football programs join? Mid Lakes? or COC small?

Years ago at a small school I was coaching at In Pennsylvania, after a HUGE game that we lost because of an arrogant selfish young man that didnt listen to his coaching, he challenged my authority in front of the team, so I cut him immediately. He responded by throwing trash in my yard that night, on my yard, my wife and daughter.
Is there anything I should have done different.

Washington High School is accepting applications for its Head Football Coaching position. Individuals may apply through the School District of Washington application portal http://www.applitrack.com/washington/onlineapp/default.aspx or contact Activities Director Bill Deckelman at bill.deckelman@washington.k12.mo.us

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/high...cle_985ad8bc-dca9-11e5-8f01-3f9b6b80d0c6.html

Koch leaves to take pharmaceutical sales job.

Nm

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Kearney wins in one of the most epic games in history!!! 17-14 final. Congrats Coach Jones and the Kearney Bulldogs!!

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http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/11/ezekiel-elliott-ohio-state-responds-to-criticism

BOYS BASKETBALL

Vacant

Couch:

Dadeville

Diamond

Excelsior Springs

Hallsville

Mack’s Creek

Marceline:

Park Hill

Pleasant Hope

Raytown South

Ritenour

Salem

Schuyler County

Scott County Central

Skyline

Southern Reynolds (Ellington)

Tipton

William Chrisman

Wright City


Hired

Bourbon: Roger Siwak

Bunker: Jarod Kelly

Cardinal Ritter: Randy Reed

Clayton: Blake Ahearn

Crane : Craig Campbell

Exeter: Matt Trip

Fordland: Terry Mitchell

Gainesville: Matt Powell

Herculaneum: Jason Jarvis

Hillcrest: Joel Brown

Houston: Robert James

Lesterville: Lee Richardson

Louisiana: Matt Smith

Knob Noster: Dustin Fox

Marion C. Early: Brett Rippee

Newburg: Logan Ray

Osborn: Jon Hall

Otterville: Jay Allen

Parkview: Landon Cornish

Ridgeway: Tim Harding

Rockwood Summit: Casey Korn

Seymour: Chris Hastings

Southern Reynolds: Jeremy Peterson

Spokane: Tom Colvin

St. Clair: Josh Gannon

St. Dominic: Russell Vincent

St. Pius (Festus): Eric Lawrence

Tuscumbia: Mark McLaughlin

Webb City: Jeff Guiot

Winston: Eric Lewis


Post openings/hirings or email mosportsstaff@yahoo.com

Pinkel to resign from Mizzou because he was backing his players. What a joke!!! Hard to be a Mizzou fan right now!!!

Could be a long season

Yes indeed, Becky Hammon is an asst coach with the San Antonio Spurs and Nancy Libermann appear to have an offer with the Sacramento Kings. We have men coaching Girls teams in Missouri high schools. We may have women head coaches in Missouri high schools @ the present. Can we name a women head coach @ the boy's level in Missouri?

I can not predict which major high school power in Missouri will be hiring a ' Lady basketball head coach ' but it's coming to a high school near you and soon. My sources say the odds on favorites would be the Rockwood's, Parkway's, Zumwalt's, the Howells, Hazelwood's, Troy, Washington, Hermann and may be Lindbergh.

Do we have other favorites to name a lady head coach to coach a high school boy's team? I almost forgot, Mexico ( Dogfather's team ) will be in the mix.

Osborn hired Jonathan Hall.

Vacant


Blair Oaks


Cuba


Diamond


East Newton:


Kirkwood


Liberal


North Platte


Smithville





Hired


Clinton: Bill Lowe


Francis Howell Central: Peter Eberhardt


Helias: Tim Rulo


Holt: Ethan Place


Jefferson R-7 (Festus)
Alex Rouggly


Mark Twain: Karl Asbury


Marshfield: Nate Thomas


Monett: Derek Uhl


Ozark: Chad Depee


Pleasant Hope:
Greg Smith


Waynesville: Brad Drehle


Willow Springs: Gabe Fris





Post post updated info, e-mail to mosportsstaff@yahoo.com
thx





This post was edited on 4/13 11:58 AM by MOsportsStaff

Long time mentor and successful head coach Farrell Shelton of Eureka High School will be the next head football coach at Kirkwood High School. Shelton replaces Matt Irvin who will be a principal at Lindbergh High School next year.

Shelton release

He needs football in his life.

Part of the story Link at the bottom.

Calling youth football "an abnormally dangerous/ultrahazardous activity," a Wisconsin woman sued the Pop Warner organization Thursday over the suicide of her son, which she claimed was due to dementia caused by brain injuries he suffered playing tackle football beginning at age 11.


Debra Pyka of Hixton is seeking $5 million plus punitive damages, saying in a suit filed in U.S. District Court in Madison (PDF) that her son, Joseph Chernach, was suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) - a form of dementia - when he hanged himself in his mother's shed in June 2012 at age 25.




The suit claims Chernach suffered concussions leading to the dementia while playing in a Wisconsin-Michigan Pop Warner league from 1997 to 2000.
The suit names Pop Warner Little Scholars and the Pop Warner Foundation of Langhorne, Pennsylvania, and Lexington Insurance Company of Boston as defendants. Pop Warner and Lexington didn't answer or return calls seeking comment.
The suit was filed only eight days after Boston University researchers reported that former NFL players who played tackle football before age 12 - like Chernach - showed greater declines in memory and cognitive function when compared to peers who entered the game in their teens.

"The bottom line is that the findings are not a surprise, because there have been studies in boxers and those who participate in mixed martial arts showing that those who started under age 15 had more brain atrophy," Dr. Robert Cantu, medical director of the Sports Legacy Institute near Boston and author of "Concussions and Our Kids,"told NBC News last week.
Pyka's suit makes the same connection, alleging that Chernach suffered specifically from dementia pugilistica, also known as "boxer's dementia" and "punch-drunk syndrome." It cites research it says shows that football and boxing involve similar impact forces on the human brain, saying, "The objective in both boxing and football is to the knock the opponent down."




Concussions and their long-term effects on football players have become one of the most controversial talking points surrounding the U.S.'s most popular sport. An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll last week found that 2 out of 5 U.S. parents would encourage their children to play a sport other than football specifically because of concerns about concussions.
Meanwhile, investigators in Ohio are looking into whether confusion from several concussions may have contributed to the suicide in November of Kosta Karageorge, a wrestler and walk-on football player at Ohio State University. The coroner ordered a special examination of Karageorge's brain because of his reported history of concussions.

'War Game': Mom Sues Pop Warner Football Over Son'