Thought about starting an entire new thread since this one was highjacked and has completely gone off the rails.
That said, since I will not be able to make it to Springfield this Wednesday for the induction ceremony of four of my former colleagues, decided to drive over to and visit Anvil Welch on Sunday. He said he looks forward to seeing everyone and getting phone numbers and mailing addresses from people so he can call and write people asking for help with his various records projects.
Which got me to thinking, if anyone here would like to mail him a congratulations letter/note or even share any sports historical record information from the schools you follow/cover/research, please send me a message and I will share his mailing address with you. He can no longer drive and his research is limited to what he can find on his computer at home and digging through old newspapers he has collected. So if anyone would want to share their sports research with Mr. Welch, it would be appreciated.
Yesterday I delivered to him updates on the Carl Junction football and basketball projects ... football has every score, date, opponent and location from 1920-present. Basketball has every score, date, opponent, location, tournament and box score from 1956-2004, missing box scores from 2004-present and the occasional missing game here and there (January 25, 1958 at Pierce City, 2018 COC conference game vs. Neosho).
Any correspondence with Mr. Welch would be deeply appreciated ...