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First, Duerrisms is out for the week:

http://www.connecttristates.com/spor...5#.TxmXOph5aGg

Can't disagree with any of Duerr's girls observations, but I did find a few things interesting...

Duerr rightly put three of the top ten from QND's roster, and one could easily argue that Shannon Foley could be in the top 20 (Why? Read Duerr's comments on Randi Lee).

Having said that, the third and fourth best girls teams in the ...

Illinois fired head football coach Ron Zook Sunday. According to published reports, Zook will receive a $2.6 million buyout.

Kansas said adios Sunday to Turner Gill after going 5-19 and 1-16 in the Big 12 in two seasons. A few weeks ago, Ole Miss canned Houston Nutt but allowed him to finish the season. The personable Nutt did well with Ed Orgeron's recruits - then the ship sank.

Both Gill and Nutt will be paid $6 million not to coach. In KU's case, the Kansas City ...

Most Valuable Player: Cooper Bankus, Milan. Coach of the Year: John Dabney, Milan.

First-Team Offense

Quarterback: Brett Thomas, Putnam County.
Running Backs: Cooper Bankus, Milan; Dakota Schmitter, Schuyler County.
Wide Receivers: Tad Anderson, Schuyler County; Harley Stone, Scotland County.
Tight End: Codi Fordyce, Milan.
Linemen: Zack Doak, Milan; Jon Harder, Knox County; Wade Kemp, North Shelby; Alex Oder, Milan; Dakota Valentine, Putnam County.
...

January 29 at Mizzou Arena in Columbia. Proceeds benefit the Show-Me State Games.

Certainly has a northeast and central Missouri flavor.

10 a.m.
Southern Boone vs. Blair Oaks

11:40 a.m.
Marion County (girls) vs. Harrisburg (girls)

1:20 p.m.
La Plata vs. Meadville

3 p.m.
Fatima vs. Helias

4:40 p.m.
Schuyler County vs. Wellington-Napoleon

6:20 p.m.
Macon ...

Ascending those mountains in a beat-up Camaro, after a lengthy journey east on Interstate 70 from Missouri was a task. Especially toting a small U-Haul.

But an exciting new job opportunity awaited, and the kid kept pushing the limits of the automobile.

Onward and upward.

Use of the first-person singular seems prevalent on this Website. Your humble narrator tries to avoid such, particularly on straight news reports.

But the Penn State child-molestation ...