After 52 years of practicing optometry in St. Joseph, Doc now has a little more time to practice his passion, sporting clays. In 1990, Harold taught himself how to shoot sporting clays, regarded as the most difficult shooting sport in the world. Since that time, his shooting accomplishments are many. In 1992, he served as… Read more »
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Team: Team USA
2018 Class – Diamond Nine
CLASS OF 2018 Clint Anderson (Willard High School, Crowder College & Charleston Southern University baseball) Nolan Fogle (Plato High School baseball & USSSA/ASA/NSA softball) Tina Ruble Helm (Lebanon High School & Southwest Baptist University softball) Jamie Holmes (Republic High School, Crowder College & Columbia College softball) Greg Lindstrom (Glendale High School & University of Missouri baseball),… Read more »
Emily Scott Githens
Little kids often have big dreams. Many grow up wanting to be teachers, or professional athletes, or be just like mom and dad. Emily Scott Githens? She knew early on that she wanted to be an Olympic athlete, a bold goal if ever there was one for a girl from Springfield. A world champion as… Read more »
Dr. Bernard Griesemer
He grew up on a family farm near Billings in southwest Missouri, eventually headed off to St. Louis University to become a doctor and found his way back close to home, in Springfield. For Dr. Bernard Griesemer, the field of sports medicine grabbed him by the stethoscope in 1980. That’s when Dr. Lee Vensel left… Read more »
Kip Janvrin
Influenced by his dad, who was a teacher, coach and athletic director, Kip Janvrin’s quest to positively impact the lives of young athletes as a coach hit a roadblock in his early 20s. You see, as a decathlete, he also had eyes on the Olympics. So you can imagine how the real world was grabbing… Read more »
Allen Treadwell
Some folks are just unfair talents. Destined for greatness in their field. Successful from the start. Among them is Allen Treadwell, who at age 10 begged to shoot in a sporting clays event on his dad’s team. “I beat all the guys I was shooting with,” Treadwell said with a smile. “So it was pretty… Read more »
Ray Wageman
He was the perfect example of two sayings in life, that age is only a number and that it’s never too late to start a hobby. In fact, as Ray Wageman once told the Springfield newspaper that he once worked for, “I got started playing tennis when I was 57. Then I got to running… Read more »
Linda Wells
She grew up on a dirt road outside of Pacific, a rural community just west of St. Louis, and played just about every sport imaginable. So when Linda Wells was about to enter high school, a neighbor walked over to the house and asked her dad if she might be interested in playing in the… Read more »
Tammy Williams
Tammy Williams was a bit confused when she first arrived in Evanston, Ill., from Missouri, and visited the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago for the first time. “My college roommate, Jessica Rigas, always laughs that I didn’t understand why they would ever have cows in the zoo in Chicago,” Williams said. Hailing from tiny Osceola,… Read more »