He grew up playing in the 3&2 Baseball Club of Kansas City and eventually for Raytown South High School, often for the fun of it and never expecting to reach the big leagues. Fortunately, for Bob Dernier, baseball welcomes anyone of all shapes and sizes. So he pressed on as a thinly built leadoff guy… Read more »
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Kelly Donohoe
When he was hired to coach the Blue Springs High School football team, you figured he wanted to raise the bar. Little did anyone know that Kelly Donohoe wanted to raise it clear the top of the goal posts. “I told our kids, ‘Our goal is to play at the standard of Rockhurst (High School)… Read more »
Mary Phyl Dwight
There weren’t many opportunities for sports-minded young girls growing up in Missouri in the 1960s. So maybe it shouldn’t be a surprise to learn Mary Phyl Dwight couldn’t quite help herself once she arrived on Missouri State University’s campus in the fall of 1970. A graduate of Raytown South High School, Dwight grew up yearning… Read more »
Bud Lathrop
Bud Lathrop was born and raised in the Kansas City suburb of Raytown. He attended Raytown High School and excelled as a prep basketball player from 1950 to 1954. He then attended William Jewell College and earned a coaching/teaching degree in 1958. His coaching career began at Mound City High School, where he served as… Read more »
1990 Raytown South Boys Basketball Team
In early January 1990, the difficult news could have rattled an already talented Raytown South boys basketball team. There in the living room of coach Bud Lathrop, they learned that their star center who had committed to the Kansas Jayhawks, Chris Lindley, had a foot severed in a train accident and could no longer play.… Read more »