In 1929, the Grand River Six was born and the long storied history of the Grand River Conference (GRC) began. The original six, Albany, Stanberry, Grant City, Bethany, Maysville and King City, began playing football and basketball in 1930. Along the way membership changed until a 16 team megaconference of small schools enticed Jeremy Benson to start covering all of it. What began as a small hobby, blossomed into grandriverconference.com, GRC Facebook, Twitter and Instagram comprehensive social media coverage of North Missouri sports. If you want a score or background story or deep statistical dive into the Grand River Conference season, grandriverconference.com and associated accounts have the latest and most accurate information. Recently the conference was aligned into two conferences (GRC and GRC West) but he still covers it all. Join us for the story of the conference, it's many GOATS of the GRC (who are found in Hall of Fames from Missouri to the College Football and NFL HOFs). Jeremy's passion for the GRC and it's teams comes through in this fun conversation!

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Intro/Outro, Touch Down by Matt Welch, Music Courtesy of Melodie Music, www.melod.ie

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Show-Me Sports Legacies takes a story approach to learning about high school, junior college, D2 & D1 college sports and our beloved professional franchises in Kansas City and St. Louis. We talk to people who have made their mark as coaches, players, scouts and business people after coming from small towns or little known communities or neighborhoods. We talk to people who are seeking to establish their reputation and break into sports career success. With a fan's perspective we look at how to encourage and support people who have that sporting dream.

A lively panel and lots of audio clips from podcasts past! Chad Boyd, fresh off winning the 2025 KTTN Fearless Forecasters football competition in his 15th year on that broadcast and Brian Upton, All-Time Winningest Girls Basketball Coach at Trenton High School (Missouri) step into the studio prepped and ready to share highs and lows in sports in 2025. The panel chooses favorite episode clips from Tucker Franklin, Tom Johnson, Greg Stahl and Gallatin Golf: Title Town with Brice Garnett and Chad Sullenger! Some surprise appearances from a star basketball coach and friend of the program plus Kris springs a quiz on Jeff at the end! Fun talk and great stories...

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Intro/Outro, Touch Down by Matt Welch, Music Courtesy of Melodie Music, www.melod.ie Thanks again to KTTN-FM for Tom Johnson broadcast clips!

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Show-Me Sports Legacies takes a story approach to learning about high school, junior college, D2 & D1 college sports and our beloved professional franchises in Kansas City and St. Louis. We talk to people who have made their mark as coaches, players, scouts and business people after coming from small towns or little known communities or neighborhoods. We talk to people who are seeking to establish their reputation and break into sports career success. With a fan's perspective we look at how to encourage and support people who have that sporting dream.

A lively review of the creation of the North Central Missouri College Foundation Holiday Hoops Classic. Since 2005, 266 teams from 3 states have participated in the annual event in Trenton, MIssouri. Highlighted by David and Goliath matchups where small schools challenged quality teams from much larger schools and non-traditional matchups of teams from different conferences. Committee members Brent Wyant and Mitch Dougan join Kris and I for some stories about starting the event, years where it was the largest classic in Missouri and some of the great games and matchups over the 20 year history (one including North Mercer and Penney High School that sold out the arena!) It's not just about everything happening on the court; we talk hospitality rooms, t-shirts and brownies in this mouth watering episode!

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Intro/Outro, Touch Down by Matt Welch, Music Courtesy of Melodie Music, www.melod.ie

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Show-Me Sports Legacies takes a story approach to learning about high school, junior college, D2 & D1 college sports and our beloved professional franchises in Kansas City and St. Louis. We talk to people who have made their mark as coaches, players, scouts and business people after coming from small towns or little known communities or neighborhoods. We talk to people who are seeking to establish their reputation and break into sports career success. With a fan's perspective we look at how to encourage and support people who have that sporting dream.

In 2009 Newtown-Harris broke through and capped a 4 year era of success with a run to the Missouri Show-Me Showdown Class 1 Basketball Final. Stymied in the quarterfinals two straight years, the Newtown-Harris team continued to develop their skills and chemistry and kept focused on their ultimate goal to play for a state championship. Coach Tim Cool, with 574 Missouri High School Wins and current coach of the Chillicothe Hornets Boys Basketball Team, joins us. Two key players, Kameron Cool and Tyler Busick, longtime educators in the Trenton R-IX School System, remember that year and all the things involved in that run to the final. Hear about gyms that were never "closed", brothers and cousins challenging one another and a season that sparked the imagination of local fans. Thanks to KTTN-FM and Tom Johnson for audio clips provided for this episode!!

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Intro/Outro, Touch Down by Matt Welch, Music Courtesy of Melodie Music, www.melod.ie

*** Text us your ideas and feedback on topics, guests and anything else for the good of the cause!

Show-Me Sports Legacies takes a story approach to learning about high school, junior college, D2 & D1 college sports and our beloved professional franchises in Kansas City and St. Louis. We talk to people who have made their mark as coaches, players, scouts and business people after coming from small towns or little known communities or neighborhoods. We talk to people who are seeking to establish their reputation and break into sports career success. With a fan's perspective we look at how to encourage and support people who have that sporting dream.

Greg Stahl went from an outstanding high school and college wrestler to successful coach and administrator to Missouri State High School Activities Association Assistant Executive Director in his career long passion for creating opportunities for kids. Each step was fueled by a desire to help students find their niche and feel part of their high school community. From his experience as a state medalist wrestler for Hall of Fame Coach Ron Hurst to his love for vocal music and band activities at Trenton High School, Trenton, Missouri, Greg pursued his dreams and learned there are no shortcuts on the road to success. At MSHAA for 13 years, Greg is the primary advocate who promoted and helped create the fastest growing sport in Missouri, Girls' Wrestling beginning in 2018! Hear his stories about the role of education and sports in his life and his continued passion for creating great experiences for students who participate in high school sports and activities.

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Intro/Outro, Touch Down by Matt Welch, Music Courtesy of Melodie Music, www.melod.ie

*** Text us your ideas and feedback on topics, guests and anything else for the good of the cause!

Show-Me Sports Legacies takes a story approach to learning about high school, junior college, D2 & D1 college sports and our beloved professional franchises in Kansas City and St. Louis. We talk to people who have made their mark as coaches, players, scouts and business people after coming from small towns or little known communities or neighborhoods. We talk to people who are seeking to establish their reputation and break into sports career success. With a fan's perspective we look at how to encourage and support people who have that sporting dream.

From a program restart in 1990, Trenton Lady Bulldogs Golf, quickly rose to the top of Missouri programs with a 1997 State All-Class Championship. They maintained a standard of excellence, placing within the top 10 in state tournaments 15 times in 20 years. Competing against the largest high schools in the state plus the top private school programs, they took their love of golf and one another to a place no one imagined for the small North Missouri town of 6000 people. This episode celebrates that with a rousing recap including Coach Ann Constant, Rachel Slonecker Sides and other key team members including Sarah Slonecker Harris, Amy Hurst McCullough, Jill Hurst Groebl, Lesley McKay Arnold, & Taylor Cox Ormsby. Hear about huge family support, youth golf, shopping and eating side trips and a Hoosier-like triumph on the links.

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Intro/Outro, Touch Down by Matt Welch, Music Courtesy of Melodie Music, www.melod.ie

*** Text us your ideas and feedback on topics, guests and anything else for the good of the cause!

Show-Me Sports Legacies takes a story approach to learning about high school, junior college, D2 & D1 college sports and our beloved professional franchises in Kansas City and St. Louis. We talk to people who have made their mark as coaches, players, scouts and business people after coming from small towns or little known communities or neighborhoods. We talk to people who are seeking to establish their reputation and break into sports career success. With a fan's perspective we look at how to encourage and support people who have that sporting dream.

Does work on the farm and small town upbringing prepare people for success in sports and life? Allen Berry and Brad Tolson, longtime local farmers and sports officials, coaches and fans tell some stories about growing up on the farm developing work ethic, teamwork, communication and problem solving skills (mixed in with some mischief!). Clips from previous podcasts with Dr. Andy Peterson (Director of Athletics at NWMSU), Mark Curp (Former World Record Holder in the Half-Marathon), Sierra Michaelis (Star basketball player at Mercer High then University of Missouri Tigers) and others illustrate the relationship of farm and small town life to sports success. Get ready for an episode with tractors, buckets and Daisy Dukes!!

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Intro/Outro, Touch_Down by Matt Welch, Music Courtesy of Melodie Music, www.melod.ie

*** Text us your ideas and feedback on topics, guests and anything else for the good of the cause!

Show-Me Sports Legacies takes a story approach to learning about high school, junior college, D2 & D1 college sports and our beloved professional franchises in Kansas City and St. Louis. We talk to people who have made their mark as coaches, players, scouts and business people after coming from small towns or little known communities or neighborhoods. We talk to people who are seeking to establish their reputation and break into sports career success. With a fan's perspective we look at how to encourage and support people who have that sporting dream.

KTTN's Fearless Forecasters show has been on the air since 1969. It is Missouri's longest running radio program dedicated to forecasting college football and one of the oldest in the nation. The term Fearless Forecasters is common now, but as of the program's launch in 1969 there was only a Fearless Forecaster Newspaper Columnist in North Carolina that predates that term (by just one year, 1968!) in the world of college sports! Originally broadcast on KTTN-AM, it now airs on Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. on KTTN-FM 92.3 during the football season. Our panel including several forecasters from different eras of the show and it's longtime moderator, John Anthony. Hear Dr. John Holcomb, Allan Quilty, Chad Boyd and Mark Ferguson talk about college football & give some history of the panelists which originally included legendary local football and basketball coaches such as C.F. Russell and Bill Ausmus. A highlight of the show occurs midway when we unveil the first public airing of the infamous and legendary underground prank episode starring former bank sponsor Jim Cox...you will laugh out loud and remind yourself how much fun college football can be when you listen to the Fearless Forecasters!

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Show-Me Sports Legacies takes a story approach to learning about high school, junior college, D2 & D1 college sports and our beloved professional franchises in Kansas City and St. Louis. We talk to people who have made their mark as coaches, players, scouts and business people after coming from small towns or little known communities or neighborhoods. We talk to people who are seeking to establish their reputation and break into sports career success. With a fan's perspective we look at how to encourage and support people who have that sporting dream.