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Pretty sure that Torrie Ricker is the coach of VB that just resigned. She was there a couple years.
 
Pretty sure that Torrie Ricker is the coach of VB that just resigned. She was there a couple years.
Could be, it said she was at PH when they went to the Final 4. I'm quite sure I can't remember what years that was. I have no idea, haven't been to Van Buren the last couple of years. So who is the new coach?
 
Why did two Strafford incoming Frosh transfer out? One to Marshfield and one to Ash Grove? The Marshfield transfer is rumored to be a D1 talent. Any truth?
 
I believe one of them was an assistant coaches daughter that left. Not 100% on that....but I think.
 
This very likely doesn’t mean anything but the Strafford MSHSAA site doesn’t list any coaches at all for Strafford. Pretty sure that info used to be on there.

The two assistants were (are?) Nancy Ward, previously the head coach at Richland before coming to Strafford a couple of yrs ago, and CJ August. I think Ward is the mother of the really good player coming up.

I'm gonna guess that if anyone leaves, it's because not many want to be around a head coach/daughter situation. In almost (there have been exceptions) every single case I've seen, the son or daughter of the coach is obviously favored.
 
Nothing is going to be on MSHSAA right now as they are kind of in an interim period between years. Schools will be updating their coaches on there around the time of fall sports starting in August.
 
I figure if the coaches are still the same they show up on the MSHSAA site, and a quick glance shows that to be true.

But there are also some schools with the same head coach at least who do not list them, so I think you are right. I didn't figure Larsen was going anywhere and that's why I said it "very likely" doesn't mean anything.
 
I did confirm from a very reliable source that the former assistant Ward and her daughter left Strafford and went to Marshfield. And also confirmed that the other girl is indeed going to Ash Grove.
 
Marshfield is going to be real good. Ash Grove seems like an odd choice of a place to transfer.
 
Is the Strafford run ending?
It definitely is not in as good of shape as it was, but if Larsen stays his daughters are good enough to keep them relevant. Now if they all leave then things maybe finished for now
 
Nixa took 8 days to replace Perryman with Talbert.

Fair Grove is now on day 19 since their coaching search began.
 
Maybe the Superintendent doesn’t want to really find a coach so they will have to let him coach the team. Fair Grove starts school 3 weeks from today.
 
Maybe the Superintendent doesn’t want to really find a coach so they will have to let him coach the team. Fair Grove starts school 3 weeks from today.
That’ll be a nightmare if that happens.

It’s probably pretty unprecedented that a defending state championship team (or really any team) doesn’t know who their coach will be three weeks before school starts
 
Spoke one day too soon...

Fair Grove hires Gary Greene as the new head coach, he comes over from Mansfield, had already retired from that job earlier this yr

Leon Neal, the old Evangel coach, is the hire at Mansfield
 
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Should be interesting. I dont see Greene as being a guy that is going to deal well with a meddling Sup
 
Gary Greene will probably win that state title that has alluded him then tell the meddling sup to stick the job where the sun don’t shine
 
Mike Bell is not your normal superintendent. He was a very successful high school girls coach (crane, halfway, fair grove) prior to switching to football/admin. He knows the game. I'd like to hear both sides of this story before condemning a man that has been at the same school in various roles for over 2 decades.
 
No doubt he has had quite the career himself. And this is not some guy that has no understanding of things. But from what I can gather it seems that having a kid on the team has really changed him. It is an easy thing to let happen. I mean they won the state championship and it seems he was still not happy. But as always there are always more than one side to things.
 
Let’s not forget that Fair Grove may have to go through Strafford and possibly a Skyline team that returns a good core of players to even win districts.
 
Strafford best players are still there. Jones and Larson are both as good as it gets in swmo.
The Marshfield transfer won't graduate from Marshfield as her parents will get sideways with coaches...again.. and move....again.
 
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That skyline team may be the best of the bunch. Don't overlook them. Going to be fun to see who can survive in that group
 
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