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Back in the Day, Part 3

February 20, 2012

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By Mike Phillips Contributing sportswriter This is Week 3 of my “Back in the Day” sports columns. This week I’m going to take you back to my high school days [...]

Back in the Day, Part 2

February 13, 2012

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By Mike Phillips Contributing sportswriter This is the second edition of my “Back in the Day,” sports columns. I got good responses to last week’s. Back during my days at [...]

‘Back in the Day’

February 10, 2012

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By Mike Phillips Contributing sportswriter This is the first in an installment of sports columns called “Back in the Day,” from my early days in sportswriting here in Sedalia. I [...]

Free throws vital to high school basketball success

December 22, 2011 Mike's Column
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By Mike Phillips Contributing sportswriter I love high school basketball. You just never know what is going to happen. I’ve been to the first 14 games of the W-K Holiday [...]

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Time to feed the elk

November 28, 2011 Mike's Column
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By Mike Phillips Contributing sportswriter I experienced something on Thanksgiving that I could never have imagined. I was invited over to Randy’s sisters’ – Diana McFall’s – home in Lee’s [...]

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Stewart makes NASCAR history

November 23, 2011 Mike's Column
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By Mike Phillips Contributing sportswriter For those of you who missed it, Sunday’s NASCAR race at Homestead Speedway in Miami was quite a race. I hate to admit, because I am [...]

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It’s just not the same without Joe

November 14, 2011 Mike's Column
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By Mike Phillips Contributing sportswriter I watched the Nebraska-Penn State football game Saturday. It just wasn’t the same without Joe Paterno coaching the Nittany Lions. I’ve thought about this a [...]

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