I hate these boards, but I will at least fix this story. In spring of 2009, the day districts were announced, many of the AD's got together and scrambled to fill schedules. We had week 7 open after the conference schedules had been set. We already agreed to play Lawson week 1. If schools had open dates, they would write them down on a white board for everyone to see. My AD called and said some schools had other weeks but not 7. The first school to call us was Saint Thomas. We said we would think about it. At some point Odessa and Harrisonville were open. We asked to play and both declined. The Webb city AD called me, not us calling them. I told him if it was not week 7 we would do it. It was at that time I told them Aquinas had the same week. They agreed to play each other. Savannah and us agreed to move our game to week 7, which would have opened up more opportunities for us. I cannot remember if that was when we could schedule Odessa or Harrisonville or when we still had seven open instead of 3. Either way, both declined to play us. After a couple of days and a ton of phone calls, we agreed to play McCluer out of St. Louis for a home and home. I know for a fact both of the coaching staffs at Lamar and maryville respect one another and talk and having each visited the other program for ideas. Both do things the right way. Good luck to both.
Coach Holt
