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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: October 2010
Chiefs Report
page 4
Cautiously celebrate the Chiefs start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
7 Questions with Bobby Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Can the Chiefs catch lightning in a bottle in 2010? . . . . . . .7
Pitts: Chiefs receiver to Sergeant at Arms . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
What makes Arrowhead so special . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Big 12 Report
page 15
Experts: When season ends, who will be best in area? . .15
Missouri ranked, but how good are the Tigers? . . . . . . . . .16
Young making his mark on Jayhawks’ defensive line . . . .18
Carson Coffman knows it’s not about him . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
High School Report
+ Sports Extra
page 11
Hedrick tackling new career as Army infantryman . . . . . . .11
U.S. Army High School Coach of the Week winners . . . . .12
Blue Valley tradition continues with new coach . . . . . . . . .14
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OCTOBER
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Royce
Boehm
Lee’s Summit West
Fred
Bouchard
Staley
Chip
Sherman
SMi East
Jeff
Meyers
Olathe East page 12
Sports
Entertainment
Report
page 20
Picking fooball winners at Harrah’s NKC
Mavericks Hockey
Report
page 30
Mavericks’ Captain
Carlyle “The Grim Sleeper: Lewis
Event Calendar page 24 | Golf page 26 | Bill Grigsby Honored page 4
Wizards page 28 | Health & Fitness page 22
Running & Cycling page 24 | NCAA Women’s Volleyball page 25
KC Sports TV & Radio show: Good Sports page 29
CHIEFS
REPORT
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Contributing Writers
Charles Redfield, Brad Ziegler, Alan Eskew,
David Garfield, Bill Grigsby, Alan Hoskins, Rob Haworth,
John Landsberg, Jim Potoski, David Smale, Art Still,
Steve Wilson, James Peuster, Marc Bowman,
Dr. Karan Baucom, Dave Borchardt, Dr. Lynn McIntosh
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Cautiously celebrate
the Chiefs’ start
By ALAN ESKEW, Editor
This could not be the same Kansas City
Chiefs that won four games last season,
two in 2008 and four in 2007.
That would be 10 victories in three years.
No, these are not the same Chiefs. These
Chiefs take a 3-0 record into October. Last
year, the Chiefs were 0-5 before winning
Oct. 18 and lost seven of their first eight.
“I think it’s expected,” Chiefs cornerback
Brandon Flowers said of the Chiefs’ start.
“A lot of people are trying to compare our
team to last year. We’re winning games.
We’re 3-and-0 as opposed to 0-and-3 last
year. We’ve got a totally different team.
We’re just trying to prove week in and
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Bill Grigsby honored
The Chiefs and KCFX honored longtime fan favorite and broadcaster
Bill Grigsby during the September 26 game vs. the San
Francisco 49ers.
Bill Grigsby retired in 2010 after a 62-year career in broadcasting.
There are few individuals in the history of sports broadcasting
who can rival the remarkable and memorable career of Kansas
City’s own. The Chiefs honored him in a pre-game ceremony and
replayed some of his most memorable play-by-play calls during
the game on September 26th.
Grigsby became a part of the Chiefs broadcast scene in 1963
after he and his broadcast partner, Merle Harmon, defected from the Kansas City A’s to join
Lamar Hunt’s upstart American Football League team. He owns the distinction of calling the
play-by-play for both Super Bowl I and Super Bowl IV.
As versatile as he was enthusiastic, Grigsby broadcast games in both the AFL and the NFL,
in addition working in Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League. He has been
honored with the Regional Media Hall of Fame Award from the Department of Communication
at Missouri Southern State University. He has also earned spots in the Missouri Sports Hall of
Fame and in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Hall of Fame.
Bill Grigsby has been writing for Kansas City Sports & Fitness Magazine for many years and
continues to be a regular contributor to the monthly magazine. The staff and management of
Kansas City Sports & Fitness congratulate Bill on this wonderful honor.
Photos by Scott Thomas

CELEBRATE| FROM PAGE 4
week out that we’re not the same team at all. I’m not
surprised at all.”
After winning the first two weeks with defense, the
Chiefs exploded for 31 points against the San Francisco
49ers, who came into Arrowhead Stadium a 2 ½ point
favorite. The Chiefs have allowed 38 points in the first
three games and limited San Francisco to three points until
they scored a meaningless touchdown on the final play.
Remember 2008 when the Chiefs did not like to get the
opposing quarterback’s uniform dirty? That was the year
they sacked the quarterback 10 times in 16 games, a NFL
season-record record for fewest sacks.
They have logged eight sacks in the first three games,
including getting to 49ers quarterback Alex Smith three
times and harassing him several more times. Tamba Hali
recorded three sacks.
quarterback Matt Cassel said. “As I’ve said before and as
coach (Todd) Haley continues to tell us, ‘Hey, we’re not
satisfied at 3-0 and there’s a long season left to go.’ We’re
not going to be happy. We’re just going to keep working.”
The significance of this start puts the Chiefs in a good
position to be in playoff contention going into December.
Sure, they have rough road October games at Indianapolis
and Houston, but the schedule gets much easier after that.
They could go 7-6 in their final 13 games and wind up
with a 10-6 record, which could win the AFC West.
“Each week gets more important,” defensive end Shaun
Smith said. “Now it’s going to get bigger and bigger and
bigger each week.”
The Chiefs may no longer be flying under the radar after
dismantling the 49ers. Future opponents will know the
Chiefs are for real, no longer a crème puff.
“If they do or they don’t, we’re still going to prepare
like they do,” linebacker Derrick Johnson said. “That’s all
we can ask for and get better each week.”
Haley is confident, but cautious.
“We haven’t done anything yet,” Haley said. “We have a
long way to go. I think that one of the pitfalls in this business
is thinking that you’ve accomplished something…if
you get feeling like you’ve accomplished much; generally
the trap door’s about ready to open and you’re going to
make a long fall into some ugly waters. That’s something
I believe. It’s the way I’ve always believed. It’s the way
I coach, that’s the way I was raised and taught.”
It is alright to celebrate and enjoy the Chiefs’ start, but
beware of speed bumps and detours ahead.
“That’s huge,” Flowers said. “You cover your guy for
two or three seconds and all of a sudden you hear the
crowd yell. You turn around and the quarterback is on the
ground. That’s definitely a plus. We don’t have to cover as
long in the secondary, making our job easier.”
Getting a consistent pass rush is essential to the success
of the defense.
“It’s real important,” defensive end Glenn Dorsey said.
“We need to get him off his spot, get him moving, kind of
panicking a little bit, maybe he doesn’t see that guy running
down the field, maybe he throws it out of bounds or
something. So it’s real important when you get pressure
on him.”
The Chiefs are 3-0 for only the seventh time in franchise
history and for the first time since 2003 when they won
their first nine and finished 13-3. Other 3-0 Chiefs’ starts
were 1962, 1965, 1994, 1995 and 1996.
Since 2000, the Chiefs are only the ninth NFL team
to start 3-0 after losing their first three games the
previous year.
“There’s a lot of guys in this locker room that went
through that tough year (2009) and the adversity,” Chiefs
KANSAS CITY SPORTS & FITNESS OCTOBER 2010 5

7 Questions with Bobby Bell
Linebacker Bobby Bell was the first Kansas City Chiefs
player inducted to the National Football Hall of Fame
in 1983.
Bell played for the Chiefs fro 1963-74. Bell, who went
to the University of Minnesota, makes his home in the
Kansas City area.
“Behind the Stats” radio show on SportsRadioKC.com
with Matt Fulks and co-hosts Dave Stewart and Steve
Renko recently posed “Seven Questions” to Bell.
1. My hero growing up was...?
Bobby Bell: Oh, man, I had several growing up. It’s
really tough to pick just one.
2. If not for football, I would’ve been a...?
BB: A baseball player. It was actually my No. 1 sport.
I pitched, played first base, second base, shortstop, and was
a good home run hitter. People don’t realize this, but I play
in the Hall of Fame fund-raising baseball game every year
in Scottsdale, Ariz., with guys like Fergie Jenkins, Harmon
Killebrew, Gaylord Perry. When I first went down there
about 15 years ago, they were shocked that a football
player was there.
3. My greatest day in football was...?
BB: Winning Super Bowl IV. That’s the top of the pyramid.
Besides that, the going into the Hall of Fame when
I started out playing six-man football in South Carolina.
4. My favorite golf course in the world is...?
BB: Doral in Florida. I play it every year.
5. My favorite vacation spot is...?
BB: Tahiti
6. My favorite movie or TV show of all-time is...?
BB: The original “Rocky.”
7. The one person in history I’d love to meet is...?
BB: Wow, you got me there because I’ve had the opportunity
to meet so many. Bob Hope, for instance, was a good
friend of mine. I’ve met Johnny Carson, Bill Cosby, and
the Rat Pack. But, even though I couldn’t meet him now,
the one person I wish I could’ve met would be John
Wayne.
For more information about
“Behind the Stats,” go to
www.SportsRadioKC.com.
“Seven Questions” appears
monthly in Kansas City Sports
& Fitness. You can contact the
show at BtS@SportsRadioKC.com.
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Can the Chiefs catch lightning in a bottle in 2010?
The Kansas City Chiefs
are going to have a great
season. Believe it.
The excitement that has been long-gone
at Arrowhead Stadium for years will
come back. Kansas Citians will be
proud to say the Chiefs are “our” team.
Why? Because this town deserves it. It’s
as simple as that.
We have endured season after long season
of the KC Royals. If the team was a
horse we would have had to mercifully put
it down for its own good years ago.
But as far as the Chiefs go this season, it
is time for the team and the town to move
up from the outhouse to the penthouse.
Yes, I realize the team has finished in
last place in its division every season since
2007. In fact, last year the season could not
end soon enough as we finished an awful
4-12.
However, this year will be different.
Sure, Sports Illustrated’s Peter King predicts
we will be last in our Division at
6-10. What does he know?
Who cares what the experts say? 2010 is
when we capture
lightning in
a bottle. There
are signs things
are a-changing.
It has been a
long time since
Arrowhead
Stadium hit 116
decibels and my
Audiologist
friend Dr. Kevin
Ruggles recommended
fans use
ear protection.
However, another
friend and
long-time season
ticket holder,
George
Young, told me
the Monday
Night opening
victory over
San Diego reminded him off those deafening
games. It is time for Arrowhead to once
again live up to
SI’s one-time
ranking as the
“Toughest Place
to Play” in the
NFL.
Todd Haley
has a year under
his belt as a head
coach and seems
to have calmed
down. Even the
camera operators
have come to the
sad (for them)
realization that
he will not drop
curse words on
every play, and
his TV time has
diminished.
Haley was
smart enough to
bring in superb
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coaches like Romeo
Crennel and Charlie
Weiss as defensive and
offensive coordinators.
Top draftee Eric Berry,
although burned early,
veteran running back
Thomas Jones and
Jamaal Charles are
potential stars.
When you toss in a
relatively easy schedule
John
Landsberg
Contributing
Writer
and a league that would be perfectly happy
if every team finished 8-8, there is
absolutely no reason for the Chiefs not to
make the playoffs this season. A few
breaks and we are there.
But the ultimate reason I genuinely
believe the team will make the playoffs
this year is this city deserves it. We have
suffered long enough.
Oh, and don’t forget to bring ear protection
to Arrowhead. You’ll need it.
John Landsberg can be reached at
jlandsberg@bottomlinecom.com.
KANSAS CITY SPORTS & FITNESS OCTOBER 2010 7

Pitts from Chiefs receiver to Senate Sergeant-at-Arms
Frank Pitts was a speedy receiver for the
Kansas City Chiefs from 1965-71,
including the two Super Bowl teams.
The Chiefs picked Pitts in the fourth round
of the 1965 American Football League
draft out of Southern University in Baton
Rouge, La.
That draft, the Chiefs chose two other
receivers with speed, Otis Taylor and
Gloster Richardson. Coincidentally, the
Chiefs first pick in that draft was former
Kansas star Gale Sayers, who decided to
play for the NFL’s Chicago Bears.
Today, Pitts is a sergeant-at-arms in the
Louisiana Senate. He joined Matt Fulks
and Dave Stewart on “Behind the Stats”
on SportsRadioKC.com to talk about his
memories of playing for the Chiefs.
Behind the Stats: When you think about
your time with the Chiefs, what first pops
into your head?
Frank Pitts: The very beginning, when
I first got there as a rookie. I was working
hard to earn the right to be on team. While
doing that, I was put on waivers and did
not know it. At the end of practice, I got
called in and they told me that I was on
waivers for 24 hours. Unless someone
picked me up, I’d have to renegotiate the
contract or join the practice squad. I did get
contacted by the San Diego Chargers.
I flew out there, but the Chiefs intercepted
me in Los Angeles and turned me around
to come back to Kansas City. That’s deep
in mind. We worked it out, though.
BtS: A lot of people remember you
running the end around.
FP: They didn’t start running that play
until they started timing us in the 40.
(Coach Hank Stram) got excited about how
quick I was in a short distance, so he came
up with the reverse. First he had me spread
out coming from the flanker spot. Then he
designed it differently and he innovated
with the lineman to protect me from the
other side. The next year, when we lost the
wide receivers, he tried the tight-I nasty
split formation and I could get around really
quick. That’s
what brought it
to inception.
We mastered it
in the 1967
season when
we went to the
first Super
Bowl. Once
Hank realized
what could
happen whenever
he called
that play, he
had big fun
with it.
BtS: You
mentioned the first Super Bowl. Talk about
that experience.
FP: The flavor between the American
Football League and the National Football
League, more or less, was generated in the
AFL, so we were growing in popularity.
Of course we played the Packers in Los
Angeles in that first game. I’ll never forget
running by Green Bay coach Vince
Lombardi, and I stopped, started shaking
his hand and said, “I’ve seen you on TV so
much and I’m out here in Los Angeles, and
it’s so great to meet you.” He said, “It’s
great to have you out here. Now get back
to the other side!” When we got ready to
kick off, Elijah Pitts was playing for Green
Bay. I made the tackle on him during the
kick off. When I got him, I was hugging
him and falling to the ground and I said,
“This is your namesake making a tackle.”
He just said, “Fine, now get up.” That was
a big highlight for me. That was my second
year as a pro.
BtS: Was there a big difference between
Super Bowls I and IV?
FP: Not really a big difference. More
diversity between the two games. At that
time, things were new. In the first one,
everything was new, even to the Packers.
It was so new
that anything
and everything
was an
excitement.
It was favoring
both of us.
In Super Bowl
IV, we still
had that shadow
following
us, even
though the
Jets beat
Baltimore in
Miami the
year before.
We didn’t
gain any ground with our way of thinking.
We felt we needed to prove that we were
bigger and better.
BtS: It had to be cool, though, playing
near your backyard of Southern.
FP: I’m from Atlanta, so I had a bunch
buddies hanging out in my room with me.
When we got out there the next day, it was
raining, but it didn’t matter to us. I was
plum excited. Adding to it, my college
band from Southern University played at
halftime. I was trying to show off for the
college-type atmosphere and show everyone
that we could whoop the National
Football League. I got a chance with the
reverse. We hadn’t run it in two years.
Well, Hank called it and I did a pretty good
job with it. We were determined to let
everybody know we were going to take
care of business. I was the second leading
ground gainer of the game with 36 yards.
It was all good.
Behind the Stats can be heard each day
on SportsRadioKC.com, 10 a.m. to noon.
Matt Fulks is joined
by Dave Stewart on
Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays, and Steve
Renko on Tuesdays
and Thursdays. You can email the show at
bts@sportsradiokc.com.
KANSAS CITY SPORTS & FITNESS OCTOBER 2010 9

When I visit other stadiums for NFL
venues, I compare Arrowhead to all
of them. Many may not realize it,
but our facility provides the fans with one
of the best atmospheres available across
the country.
Sure, every stadium has its special features,
gimmicks and little idiosyncrasies,
but there is one big reason why our fans
are often considered the loudest, most loyal
and most unified around. My reason may
just shock you.
I believe the way our stadium is laid out
actually enhances the atmosphere generated
every Sunday (or Monday Night when
we get lucky). Although it contradicts my
opinion about Kauffman Stadium and how
it is important for baseball fans to hang
out before and after, not having food places
near the stadium (within a short walking
distance) around created out tailgating
experience of Arrowhead. Add the fact
that we are the BBQ capital only solidifies
our experience.
Sure all other stadiums have their tailgaters,
but nowhere near the percentage of
KC Chiefs fans. Lambeau Field in Green
What makes Arrowhead so special?
Bay is close. Kansas City’s parking
layout forced fans to tailgate and that is
a good thing.
I love how territorial we are as well.
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decades and many have a large flag flying
to bring in their lost comrades. Just driving
close to the stadium provides us with the
aroma of ribs,
wings, steaks
and, of course,
hot dogs
sizzling on
the grill.
The smoke
bellows up in the
air, only to add
to the ambiance
of tailgating.
Fans playing
catch with a
football or
Frisbee in their
favorite player’s
uniform just
adds to the sea
of red. The unification
of 60,000
fans before the
game is a
prelude to their vital part of being the
12th man when the battle begins.
Of course, a few libations play a part as
well. Sure we boo a Denver fans who still
strolls in with their old No. jersey. But we
know their fate and we watch as they enter
Arrowhead like prisoners entering the
Roman Coliseums.
For those who don’t get to visit other
stadiums, we often look for better ideas,
gimmicks or trademarks of other places.
Tampa has its big ship, Cleveland has its
dog pound, Oakland has creatures with
spikes. They all have them. But we do it
route and on cue. We know when to cheer
and when to boo. We know when to get
loud on third down and how to assist the
referees any way possible. Sure we voice
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our opinion about play
calling, but we do it as if
we were trained to be
professional fans. That
is why we are just as
loud outdoors as an
indoor arena.
I can say this with 100
percent certainty and not
from a biased angle. We
are the best fans in the
world and we have the
James
Peuster
Contributing
Writer
designers of Arrowhead to thank. We have
become a byproduct of what many called a
big mistake, putting a stadium in the middle
of nowhere with nothing around. Sure
we complain about the parking, but I know
some who still pay it even though they are
not going to the game. Plus, there is a big
mess left behind. Some hang around and
fire up the grills again and do it all over
again, as if they don’t want to leave.
I compare the overall experience to a
family reunion that you have eight times a
year. Sure, new members come and old
ones leave. We meet on those eight
Sundays and share victory or the heartbreak
of defeat, but we still go. One small
difference is we want to be there. We are
longing for it to occur a couple more times
after the regular season is over.
The Kansas City Chiefs are truly blessed
with a great fan-base that has stayed loyal
even through the dark years. Maybe this is
another reason for our pre-game rituals. We
can share in the hope and try to unify the
attendees to rock the walls of Arrowhead
and share in the defeat after the final tick
of the clock.
I do know victory only makes that trek
back to your parking spot a lot sweeter—
the high fives, the hugs and yes, one more
libation!
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Hedrick tackling new career as Army infantryman
For Brenden Hedrick, college
football is no longer
enough of a thrill.
H
edrick, a former Olathe East linebacker,
has enlisted in the Army to
become an Airborne soldier.
In February, Hedrick begins a three-year
hitch when he leaves for Fort Benning,
Georgia, beginning 14 weeks of basic
training which will be followed by 18 days
of Airborne training. The opportunity to be
a soldier is a dream come true for Hedrick.
“I’ve always wanted to be in the Army,
ever since I was a little kid,” Hedrick said.
“A lot of guys grow out of it. I never did.”
His mother Tobi Holmes agreed.
“Ever since he was a little boy Brenden
has wanted to join the Army,” Tobi said.
“He was always playing with soldiers. His
favorite movies were Army movies.”
Hedrick followed his parents’ wishes
and went to college instead of joining the
Army out of high school.
“He tried school, for us, for a couple of
years,” Holmes said. “He came to us at the
beginning of the summer and said ‘I’ve
done this for you, now I want to do what
I want to do. We didn’t know that (he still
wanted to be a soldier) until just recently.
We were very excited about him playing
football and watching him gear up and go
out there.
“He said ‘I don’t want to waste another
dime’ (on college). He worked very hard
(at football), but he probably knew he wasn’t
going any farther and he was spinning
his wheels. He’s so happy now.”
Hedrick played linebacker at Highland
Community College for two years before
enlisting last summer. He is a few credits
shy of a Criminal Justice degree which
he hopes to complete while he’s in
the service.
“I didn’t want to join out of high school,
for my parents,” Hedrick said. “But at that
moment (last summer), I felt my football
career was just about done. It was my 16th
season of football. I had played from
kindergarten on and I felt football was
over for me. I still love the game, but I just
didn’t have the drive for that grind anymore.
With spring ball and the practices it
can be pretty grueling in college.”
Although he has lost the drive for football,
Hedrick still wants a career where he
can make use of his athletic abilities. And
he wanted a challenge.
“Private Hedrick wanted both something
a little different and more challenging,”
said Hedrick’s recruiter, Sergeant Adam
Brown. “Brenden came to us the first week
of July. He was athletic and interested in
adventure and excitement. He said he
always enjoyed sports
and was looking for
something that would
cater to his outgoing and
athletic nature, which
college wasn’t offering.
“He wanted something
more challenging
than college. He was
dead set on infantry,
with it being the most
challenging thing in the
Army. He wanted the
challenge and adventure.
He was bored with
college and wanted a
challenge.”
Said Hedrick, “They offered me the job
I wanted to do. It was an exciting job, to be
an infantryman. And I get to jump out of
airplanes.”
Hedrick jumped at the chance.
“I’ll get to travel the world,” Hedrick
said. “I know there’s more of a likelihood
that I’ll be sent someplace like Afghanistan
but that’s what I signed on for. I don’t like
boring jobs. I’ve had them in the past.
(Infantry) is really the only one I wanted.
I didn’t really look at other jobs. And if
I went infantry they told me I could get
Airborne, too. That’s what I wanted so
I took it.”
While Hedrick had fond memories of his
playing days, he was no longer enjoying
the gridiron excitement
as he did in high school
when he was a threeyear
letterman for a
strong Olathe East
Hawks squad.
“In my sophomore
year we played in the
state championship,”
Hedrick said of a previously-undefeated
2005
team which lost the
championship game to
Hutchinson. “That was
exciting. In my senior
year we played for the
Sunflower League
championship at Shawnee Mission
Northwest. We were 7-1 and they were
undefeated. It was a hard game, but we
ended up beating them on their field on
Senior Night. All the fans rushed the field.
It was amazing.
“That’s pretty much missing now. (The
Army) will be a little bit different, but it’s
still an adrenaline pump.”
A friend and teammate of Hedrick’s,
Brent Hannan, inspired Hedrick to follow
him into the service.
“He’s stationed in Germany right now,”
Hedrick said. “He’s also in the infantry. He’s
the one who got me thinking about it again.”
As Hannan did for
him, Hedrick has also
inspired others to
follow him.
“He’s been a great
help in our recruiting
effort by speaking with
his other friends,”
Sergeant Brown said.
“He’s also gotten in a
referral who has been
registered, someone
he went to high
school with.”
That would be Herrick’s best friend
Corey Leach.
Marc
Bowman
Contributing
Writer
“He thought me joining (the service)
was awesome,” said Hedrick, who also
wrestled for the same Olathe East squad as
Leach. “We’ve been best friends since the
eighth grade. He was really excited for me.
Two weeks before I enlisted he asked me
to take him to the recruiting station.
Corey’s the exact same as me. He wrestled
in college and kind of got burnt out with
the whole college thing. We want to get our
careers started.”
Hedrick’s mother wasn’t surprised that
he inspired Leach to join.
“He’s always been extremely responsible,”
Holmes said. “It didn’t surprise me.
He’s an amazing kid. He was the most
tenacious child. He never gives up, ever.
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U.S. Army, KC Sports honor High School Coaches of Week
The United States Army has teamed up with Kansas City Sports and Fitness Magazine to present a
Coach of the Week Award to a metro high school area coach and his team for outstanding achievements
on the football field. Over the past month we have presented a trophy to each of the honorees
from the first four weeks of the season.
Royce Boehm
Lee’s Summit West Titans – August 27
Our first recipient of the U.S. Army Coach of the Week Award was Royce Boehm from
Lee’s Summit West High School. The Missouri Class 5 Titans opened up the season by
defeating Class 6 power Raymore-Peculiar for the first time in school history by a score
of 21-13.
“What a tough, tough opponent they are,” Boehm said.
The victory was led by an outstanding defensive effort.
“Our defensive coordinators, Vinnie Careswell and Joe Oswald, did a great job
scheming for that game,” Boehm said. “(Ray-Pec’s) Cameron Coffman is a true Division
1 quarterback. We were able to keep his numbers down.”
The job done by the Titans defense looks even more impressive a month into the season.
Ray-Pec averaged more 45 points in each of their next three games and Coffman
threatened the state record with 536 passing yards the very next week after the difficult
outing against Lee’s Summit West.
“We really feel good about our defense right now,” Boehm said. “The speed is the one
thing that’s back for us there. And any coach will tell you, defenses win championships.”
The Titans currently stand at 4-1, with their only loss coming to another top Class 6
team in Blue Springs South, and is one of three area teams ranked in the top five of the
statewide Class 5 rankings.
Fred Bouchard
Staley Falcons – September 3
The second Coach of the Week also earned the honor by leading his Class 5 team to
an upset of a highly regarded Class 6 team. Fred Bouchard and the Staley Falcons went
to Blue Springs and defeated the Wildcats 27-16, a shocking result for many.
“Probably surprised a lot of people on that,” Bouchard said. “That was a big win for
our program.”
Bouchard was happy to be honored as Coach of the Week, but was quick to deflect
the credit.
“That is one of those ultimate team awards,” he said. “I think every coach is half
embarrassed at getting those because the players are the ones making that happen.
We (coaches) don’t make any plays.”
Bouchard also thanked the Army for presenting the award and for their service to the
country.
“I think everyone needs to appreciate their sacrifices,” he said. “When our students
commit to (the armed forces), we make a big deal at Staley and we recognize them on
senior night like they’re scholarship winners. I want our players to always respect the
work they do.”
While the win over Blue Springs was a big moment for a program in just its third year
of existence, the Falcons coach pointed out there are a lot of games left.
“Our work is just beginning this season,” Bouchard said. “We don’t want that to be the
pinnacle. If we want to accomplish some goals at the end of the year, we’ll have to continue
to get better.”
U.S. Army
High School
Football
Coach of
the Week
selections
and
interviews by:
Nick
McCabe
Contributing
Writer
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Jeff Meyers
Olathe East Hawks – September 17
Chip Sherman
Shawnee Mission East Lancers – September 10
Shawnee Mission East moved to 2-0 with a 35-16 win over Lawrence and earned
Lancers head man Chip Sherman Coach of the Week honors.
“To beat a program like that is awesome,” said Sherman. “They’ve got a tremendous
tradition and we’re just trying to get our feet wet here and get better and better.”
Sherman, the long-time head coach at Platte County where his teams won three state
championships in his 20 seasons, is in his second year with Shawnee Mission East.
“I love it here,” Sherman said. “The kids here are great and the community is
unbelievably supportive of the kids and the school. It’s just a great place to be.”
The Lancers won again the next week to move to 3-0 for what Sherman believed was
the first time in the school’s 50-plus year history.
“We’re just trying to get this thing turned around and going the right direction,” he
said. “The kids have done all the right things and they’ve acted the right way. Now we’ve
just got to continue to get better.”
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Olathe East shook up the Sunflower League by shutting out defending state
champion Olathe North 25-0, ending the Eagle’s 15-game winning streak.
“I can’t say enough about the kids and how they did,” said Coach of the Week Jeff
Meyers. “We played well in all 3 phases of the game. I was very happy with how they
performed throughout the game.”
Hawks running back Brandon Willingham, who ran for 188 yards and three touchdowns,
said the team had something to prove to their coach after Meyers gave a speech
downplaying the ramifications of a loss.
“As a team we were like ‘what?!’” Willingham said. “‘Cause we’re used to hearing
coach saying ‘we got this’ and ‘we’re gonna win’. So we had a team meeting and said
‘we just gotta show coach Meyers we can do this.’”
Meyers did not think his team was doomed to a loss, but he did think it was going to
take a special effort to win.
“I thought we were going to have to play at our very best to be able to beat Olathe
North,” he said. “Our kids played beyond what my expectations were. But they came
out and just played super and that’s a credit to them and to my assistant coaches on
the way they prepared the kids.”
Meyers is in the position of keeping his team grounded while also acknowledging the
sky is the limit.
“When you have a quality win like that,” Meyers said, “you can tell the kids if we keep
on improving at the rate that we are, we are going to be a team to be reckoned with
come playoff time.”
U.S. Army and KC Sports & Fitness team up
and honor High School Football Coaches
Our thanks to
Absolute Awards,
the official provider
of the Coach of the Week trophy.
For awards and trophies, stop at Absolute Awards,
8240 W. 151st Street, call 913-685-0944, or visit
www.absoluteawards.com.
To submit a nomination for the
U.S. Army High School Football
Coach of the Week, e-mail
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Nominations must be received
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previous week’s games.
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Blue Valley tradition continues with new coach
By CHARLES REDFIELD, Contributing Writer
lue Valley High School has had an outstanding
tradition in football since the
1991 team captured the Class 5A state
championship.
The coach of that team was Steve
Rampy, who is the offensive coordinator at
Pittsburg State. The quarterback of that
team was Brian Schottenheimer, the offensive
coordinator for the New York Jets.
Rampy built the tradition of football
excellence at the school in his 25 years at
the school, posting a 175-84 record.
The Tigers won 5A state championships
in 1991, 1998, 2003 and 2006. They were
second at state in 1992, 1995 and 1997.
One lineman on that first state title team in
1991 was Eric Driskell.
Driskell had been on Rampy’s staff since
1996 and assumes the head coaching reins
this year.
The Tigers have gotten off to an excellent
start with a 3-0 record, scoring 161
points and just allowing 15.
Driskell has not changed much. The
Tigers are still a wide-open offensive team
with a strong defense. The staff is pretty
much the same as in 2009. Rampy called
the offensive plays from the press box.
Members of the Blue Valley Tigers include (left to right) Kirk Harris, PJ Debey, Ian Allen and
Hayden Murray.
Driskell is calling the plays from the sideline
with long-time assistant Paul Brown
his eyes in the press box.
The 2010 team has 32 seniors with
captains Ian Allen, 6-3, 208-pound linebacker,
P.J.Debey, 6-2, 206, wide receiver,
Kirk Harris, 6-5, 286, offensive tackle,
and Hayden Murray, 6-2, 211, linebacker.
Debey and Harris are three-year starters,
while Allen and Murray are two-year
starters.
Harris plays some defensive tackle
and Murray is the short yardage quarterback.
He has one rush for four yards and
a touchdown.
In the first two games, Debey had four
catches for 103 yards and three touchdowns,
while Allen has 27 tackles with
three for loss and has one caused fumble
and Murray has 20 tackles, one for loss and
two sacks.
“All four have a tremendous dedication
to our program and are tremendous leaders,”
Driskell said. “All four are guys
you can count on and all four are good
students.”
What changes have the captains seen
with the new head coach?
“There is no difference,” Harris said.
“It’s the same team, same attitude. He is
still getting after us like coach Rampy.”
Said Debey, “There is no difference. We
have a huge group of seniors who have
played football for four years. It has been a
smooth transition to the new coach.”
“Not really a lot of difference,” Allen
said. “It is just a different coaching personality.
We still have the same goals.”
They say tradition never graduates,
but what part does tradition play with a
football team?
“It gives us as a team confidence that we
can do well,” Murray said. “We know the
work that has to be done.”
Said Harris, “We want to keep up the
tradition alive because we are bringing
something back to the community.”
Allen said, “We want to keep our
tradition up. We have to come to practice
everyday to get better and not take any
steps backward.”
Said Debey, “Our tradition means we
can not sneak up on anyone.”
Debey is part of the tradition. When he
was a sophomore he was involved in one
of the stranger ending of a state playoff
game. On the last play of the game against
Blue Valley Northwest, the Tigers completed
a pass to the one-yard line only to see
the ball fumbled into the end zone.
“I recovered it about six-inches from the
line (back line of the end zone),” DeBey
said.
The touchdown gave the Tigers the
come-from-behind victory over the
Huskies.
The Tigers will be looking for their
third consecutive trip to the state playoffs,
but it won’t be easy.
Blue Valley has been to state in 6A the
past two seasons, but moves to 5A this
year. The Tigers are in a tough district with
Gardner-Edgerton, Pittsburg and St.
Thomas Aquinas. The top two teams in
district play advance to the state playoffs.
The district playoffs are the final three
games in the regular season.
Harris has already committed to play
football at Indiana. Allen has been getting
interest from Kansas, Missouri, Purdue,
Illinois and Wyoming. He has not made
any commitment yet.
Murray is hopeful to continue playing
after high school.
“Playing college football has always
been a dream of mine,” he said
Debey is trying to decide whether he
wants to play college football or just go
as a student.
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HEDRICK| FROM PAGE 11
When he was little and he had a bike with
training wheels, he wanted to take the
training wheels off so he could ride his
bike like the big kids. I told him ‘no’. But a
half hour later he had them all off, on his
own. Then he went out and rode it without
the training wheels. If he fell down he got
right back up. Brenden never gives up.”
While his mother will miss him, she is
glad he waited until he had tried college
before enlisting.
“He waited until he became a man and
that makes me happy that he’s making
those decisions as a man,” Holmes said.
“That way we know a lot of thought went
into it. And he’ll have another year to grow
(before he leaves for basic training). He’s
20 and he’ll be 21 in April. He’ll be gone
on his birthday and that’s the hardest part.
“He’s always been a sweet, wonderful
kid. I know he’ll change a lot more when
he goes away (to the service). But I hope
it’s a good change. I love the way he is
now. He’s perfect the way he is now.”

K
When the Big 12 season ends who will be best in area?
ansas State is off to a good start in the
second year of coach Bill Snyder’s
“comeback.”
Missouri received a scare at home from
San Diego State, but managed to pull out a
victory at the end to stay unbeaten.
Kansas, under first-year coach Turner
Gill, knocked off ranked Georgia Tech at
Lawrence.
So which area
Big 12 team –
Kansas, Kansas
State or
Missouri – will
have the better
football season
and why? We went to our “experts” at
SportsRadioKC.com to find out.
David Boyce, writer for
SportsRadioKC.com (and KU grad):
Despite all the off-thefield
troubles that struck
Missouri this summer, the
Tigers are clearly the superior
team. They have more
talent than Kansas and
Kansas State.
The Wildcats have a very good coach in
Bill Snyder, who knows how to win games
in the Big 12 even when he has little to
work with, like last season.
Gary Pinkel, though, still doesn’t get
enough credit for putting Missouri in position
to win the Big 12 North on a yearly
basis. His critics always look at what he
hasn’t accomplished instead of focusing on
all the good things he’s done with the program
since he arrived.
In many ways, KU’s Turner Gill is like a
rookie head coach. Sure, he had some success
at Buffalo and was a very good quarterback
for Nebraska during the Big Eight
days. But the Big 12 is another animal that
he will be learning about all season long.
Plus, a new coach, no matter how much
experience he has, needs two or three years
to fully implement his schemes to players
he didn’t recruit. It hurts me to write this,
but the Jayhawks will be lucky to win two
Big 12 games.
K-State should eke out three, maybe
four conference victories just because of
Snyder.
The Tigers should win five Big 12
games, but they won’t challenge Nebraska
for the Big 12 North title. The Cornhuskers
just might win the Big 12 Championship
game and play for a national title.
And that folks, would be the ultimate
slap in the face to all Big 12 teams and
their fans as Nebraska defects for another
conference next year. Missouri is the only
team in the Big 12 North with the talent to
derail Nebraska. Kansas has no chance and
the Wildcats have only an outside shot
if they can control the contest with their
running game.
For MU fans living in Kansas City, you
will have bragging rights this season.
Please show class and take it easy on your
Jayhawk and Wildcat friends. They would
do the same, I’m sure, if the situation was
reversed.
Nick Bromberg, co-host “The Mizzou
Tiger Hour,” each Thursday, 9-10a, on
SportsRadioKC.com:
Missouri, and it’s not all
that close, either. The
Tigers may not be as close
to Nebraska as they think
they are, but Kansas is
going to be in a fight with
Colorado and Iowa State for the cellar in
the Big 12 North, and Kansas State is
going to go to the Daniel Thomas Well one
too many times and pay a heavy price.
Yes, Thomas is the best running back in
the conference and possibly the country,
but Kansas State’s only hope is to keep
giving him the ball 30 or more times a
game and for Thomas’ sake, that’s not a
good idea. A continued heavy workload
makes it only a matter of time when
Thomas breaks down. And without
Thomas, the Wildcats are going to be lost.
Missouri’s running game and deep passing
game need some work, but the defense
is forcing turnovers, something that it hadn’t
been able to do the last two years.
Missouri’s still a sleeper to win the Big 12
North, but that’s something that the other
two schools can’t say.
Chris Garrett, co-host of “The
Jayhawk Hour,” each Friday, 9-10a:
KU is completely out of
the picture. I’ll start with
that. You just never know
who’s going to show up.
They lose to North Dakota
State, beat No. 16 Georgia
Tech, and then lose to Southern Mississippi.
Kansas State has a great running attack
with Heisman hopeful Daniel Thomas and a
decent defense. However, Carson Coffman
has yet to establish himself as a solid Big 12
quarterback, throwing for only 54 yards and
122 yards, respectively, against FBS schools
UCLA and Iowa State.
As a KU fan, it pains me to say this but
Missouri will perform the best out of the
three area schools. They are very balanced
and have a proven quarterback in Blaine
Gabbert. With T.J. Moe catching passes
from Gabbert, and Aldon Smith giving the
opposition headaches on defense, Missouri
will have a great shot at winning the Big
12 North.
JD Higgason, co-host “The Wildcat
Power Hour,” each Wednesday, 9-10a:
Missouri has the best
chance to end the season
with more wins than
Kansas or Kansas State
because of Blaine Gabbert.
After struggling against
Troy, I fully expect Gabbert to settle in and
become more consistent going in to the Big
12 schedule.
Kansas State appears to have a more
lethal weapon on offense with Daniel
Thomas, but Bill Snyder and Carson
Coffman have not opened up the playbook
enough yet to lead me to believe that the
passing game will be as effective as it has
been in the past. If Coffman continues to do
a good job of managing the game, Kansas
State will be in every game they play this
year. In the end, though, Missouri’s experience
and depth will carry the Tigers far
enough to challenge the Nebraska
Cornhuskers for the Big 12 North title.
Kent Pulliam, writer for
SportsRadioKC.com (and author of
recent books on KU and K-State):
The easy answer is that
Kansas will have the worst
record of the three. Turner
Gill inherited a team that
had lost seven straight and
a host of offensive stars.
With two early-season losses, the
Jayhawks will have an uphill battle getting
to six wins.
Missouri and Kansas State seem pretty
evenly matched barring key injuries to
Blaine Gabbert or Daniel Thomas — the
stars of the respective teams. You get a
quick look at whether K-State keeps its
title hopes alive with its home game
against Nebraska on Oct. 7. The Wildcats
also have Texas in Manhattan. They go to
Missouri. The Tigers get Oklahoma at
home, but they go to Nebraska. My earlyseason
edge would be for Missouri to finish
ahead of K-State in the North with the
schools waging another battle for a berth in
the Insight or Holiday Bowl.
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Missouri ranked, but how good are the Tigers?
By ALAN ESKEW, Editor
his much we know about the Missouri football
team – that we don’t know a whole lot, but by
the end of October we should know plenty.
The Tigers entered October ranked No. 23 in the
USA Today poll and No. 28 in the Associated Press
poll. Whether they are worthy of those rankings will
soon be learned.
They finish the month hosting Oklahoma on Oct.
23 and then end the month Oct.30 at Nebraska. Not
that the two games before that are gimmes –
Colorado at home and at Texas A&M, which like
Missouri was unbeaten going into October.
Missouri had two routs – 50-6 against McNeese
State and 51-13 against Miami (Ohio) in its nonconference
schedule. The Tigers had to rally from a
halftime deficit to beat Illinois 20-13 its opener.
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The Tigers went 6-0 against Illinois in that other border
showdown with the game in St. Louis.
But the most telling score, the one that may have
exposed the Missouri blemishes, was a 27-24 victory over
San Diego State. Missouri needed a T.J. Moe 68-yard
touchdown catch, most of a run, in the final seconds to
prevent being upset at Columbia, Mo. The Tigers had
to overcome three turnovers, including two interceptions
in the final five minutes, a plethora of dropped
passes and a defense giving up touchdown runs of 75
and 93 yards against San Diego State. That will not cut
it in Big 12 play.
“San Diego State played very, very well, probably
good enough to win,” Missouri coach Gary Pinkel
said. “And in turn, I am very proud of our football
team. We had a lot of adversity out there. There are
guys in the locker room who never vent, and they
believed we had a chance.”When you win a game like
this, it is a test of character for the football team. A lot
of teams can’t handle that adversity; they can’t deal
with it. Teams find ways to win games. I told them also
when you don’t play well and you win a game, there are
lessons to learn.”Moe’s catch and run turned what
appeared to be a surefire stunning defeat into an amazing
triumph. Moe came to Missouri as a quarterback, but has
made the switch to big play wide receiver.
“I saw him make somebody miss and the way they were
playing it was a lot of coverage downs,” Pinkel said. “”It
takes one miss. We had big opportunities the first half. We
weren’t playing well. But, big time players make big time
plays in big time situations. Wow, it was huge.”
One would be amiss to point out Missouri misgivings
without calling attention that every Big 12 team has
revealed shortcomings in non-conference play. Nebraska
struggled to beat a winless South Dakota State team that is
not even in Division I in Lincoln and benched its quarterback.
UCLA clobbered Texas 34-12 in Austin.
Oklahoma had to hold off a mediocre Cincinnati team
to win. Kansas State needed a touchdown in the final
minute to defeat Central Florida, which won the possession
time with 37 minutes.
There appears to be no super power in the final year of
the Big 12 as we know it. Texas and Oklahoma probably
won’t be in the BCS title game. So the conference championship,
especially the North Division, is up for grabs.
Missouri could be a pretender or a contender. It could
even wind up as the North champion.
What the Tigers will need to be a contender or better is
more consistent play from quarterback Blaine Gabbert,
who puts up impressive numbers against lesser opponents
but struggles at other times against good teams.
“The quarterback, he’s not perfect, he’s not going to go
out and there and everything’s going to be perfect all the
time,” Pinkel said. “One thing that we talk to him about is,
even if you’re not playing your best, Brett Favre’s not
playing his best or Peyton Manning’s not playing his best,
what you want to get to is the point where your still doing
good quarterbacking.”
The Tigers were able to run the ball effectively against
Miami (Ohio), but then they should have against weaker
competition. The Tigers lack a feature running back with
Derrick Washington kicked off the team.
“Balance for us isn’t as much as a typical team, but
when we can run the football it helps our passing game
and vice versa,” Pinkel said. “All those backs are pretty
quick and can run pretty good.”
Photos courtesy MU Athletics

Young making his mark on Jayhawks’ defensive line
evin Young couldn’t help but be
reminded of Darren Sproles whenever
K he walked through the halls of Olathe
North High School.
After all, posters of Sproles
— the former Eagle football
standout, K-State legend, and
running back and
kickoff/punt returner for the
San Diego Chargers — were
tacked on the school’s doors
and his name dotted all over
the record lifting boards in
the weight room.
Young, a 2008 Olathe
North grad and red-shirt
freshman defensive end at
Kansas, said Sproles serves
as great motivation for pursuing
his dreams.
“People’s perception of
Kansas football is not so
great and what not,” Young
said. “But it’s definitely an
inspiration when you see somebody
make it out of Kansas football, out of
Olathe North, the same high school (I
attended) now playing in the NFL. It’s
definitely an inspiration that someday I can
make it as well.”
Young is first making the grade at KU,
where he’s the only freshman defensive
starter. After red-shirting last season and
earning the team’s Defensive Scout Player
of the Year, the 6-2, 260-pound Young
gained about 15 pounds and worked even
harder during the off-season to win the
starting job at defensive end.
“I feel like I’m blessed,” Young said.
“I definitely like the position I’m in right
now.”Young recorded eight tackles through
KU’s first four games, including three in a
victory over New Mexico State.”Knowing
your assignments and trying to make plays,
giving great effort all the time, not just
doing it sometimes when the coaches
aren’t looking,” Young said helped him
become a starter. “It’s still on film, so they
do see.”
Kansas coach Turner Gill has liked what
he’s seen from Young.
“(He’s) doing well,” Gill said. “I like his
strength. I like the way he’s understanding
what we’re asking him to do. The biggest
thing we’re asking him to do is to use his
hands better, from spring ball to preseason
and even today. He obviously still needs to
improve on that, but I think that’s one area
where he’s now getting himself a better
chance to be productive for us as a defensive
lineman.”
Young said his game is based on “pure
aggression and speed.”
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“I feel like playing in the trenches, you
got to be physical,” Young said. “You got a
300 and some pound lineman playing
against you, you got to be physical. There’s
Photo by Ed Graunke
no room to play soft. When it’s the third
and long situation, you got to bring that
speed off the edge. You got to have a fourman
rush with speed.”
That’s how his idol Julius Peppers plays
as a star defensive end for the Chicago
Bears. Young said he tries to emulate
Peppers’ game.
“I really like (his) style,” Young said.
“I really like how he brings speed off
the edge to go with his sacks. He’s a
good player.”
Young was highly recruited out of
Olathe North, where he posted 80 tackles
and 12 sacks his junior season while earning
all-league second-team honors. Young
was named all-state, all-league and all-city
his senior year, as Olathe North went 8-3
and advanced to the second round of the
state playoffs.
He originally committed to KU after his
junior season in July 2008, but switched
and committed to Nebraska in November
after taking a visit to Lincoln. Young, who
graduated high school a semester early, had
a change of heart again and committed
back to Kansas in January 2009 just before
enrolling at KU.
He said he changed his commitment to
NU in November “because of game-day
atmosphere, which is unbelievable in
Nebraska. That’s pretty much all they have
down in Nebraska is college football.”
But Young reevaluated his options and
decided KU was the best fit after all.
“I got to thinking and I really got caught
up in the hype instead of thinking where
I’m going to be most successful at, where I
wanted to be at most, instead of just worrying
about the game-day atmosphere,”
Young said.
Young attended most KU games since he
was in the sixth grade, cheering for former
Kansas greats like linebacker Nick Reid
and defensive end Charlton Keith.
“I’ve always been a Jayhawk fan.
I grew up a Jayhawk
fan,” Young said. “I’ve
always loved KU
sports.”
He’s glad his family is
close enough in Olathe
to see him play every
home game.
“We always have tickets
whenever they want
it,” Young said. “It’s definitely
nice to know that
your family and friends
David
Garfield
Contributing
Writer
are up there in the crowd supporting you.
He’s (father Jason) always been there. He’s
never really missed a game in my life.”
Young is happy that Gill is there for him
— both on and off the field.
“I love it,” Young said. “He’s a great
coach. A great guy, too. You can talk to
him off the field. What you see is what you
get. He’s a coach on the field, but he’s also
caring off the field, too. If you got a problem
you go talk to him. I really like playing
for coach Gill a lot.”
Young said his ultimate college goal is
“to win championships.” And then he
dreams of following in Sproles’ footsteps
and playing in the NFL.
“That would be nice,” he said.

Carson Coffman knows it’s not about him
f Carson Coffman ever becomes a super hero, I know
his nickname: Captain Deflecto. He’ll wear silver and
I purple tights with a purple cape and a silver shield. His
character will be
known for deflecting
everything that
comes at him.
He’s had good
practice the last
two years as the
Kansas State quarterback.
It really
started five years
ago when he committed
to Kansas
State out of
Raymore-Peculiar
High School.
There were
already three quarterbacks
on K-State’s roster in February 2006. Dylan
Meier and Allan Evridge were expected to battle for the
starting spot the next fall, with freshman Kevin Lopina
learning his way. Highly regarded recruit Josh Freeman,
one of Coffman’s best friends since grade school, had
committed to K-State as well and was the heir apparent.
Coffman? He said he was going to K-State to be the starting
quarterback.
People said he was crazy. He should go somewhere
where he could play. Maybe he could get a FCS or
Division II offer. Maybe a junior college would be the best
place for him to develop.
Pling. Coffman deflected the suggestions and headed to
his father’s alma mater to wait for his chance.
Things got easier when Lopina transferred right away
and Evridge transferred before fall camp started. But
Meier was named the starter when the season opened, and
Freeman took that spot early in the conference season.
Coffman, meanwhile, red-shirted.
The next year, Freeman was the established starter, a
spot he held for the next two seasons. In those two years,
Coffman, the back-up, was 28 of 46 for 304 passing yards
and one touchdown.
Freeman declared early for the NFL Draft after his junior
year and Coffman finally had his shot. With only transfer
Grant Gregory as his competition, Coffman was named
the starter in Bill Snyder’s first year back. Snyder’s
offense is complex and it takes a bright quarterback to
grasp it, and Coffman got the nod.
That nod lasted just four games, and in a cruel irony,
Gregory was named the starter in the fifth game—at
Arrowhead Stadium, about 30 miles from Coffman’s
hometown. Gregory started the rest of the year. People
said Coffman was done. He would never see the field
again.
Slap. Coffman deflected the criticism and kept working,
learning the system and preparing himself for another shot.
Heading into the 2010 season, the big debate was who
would start. Chatter was between the guy who looked like
a quarterback, 6-5, 233-pound Collin Klein, or the mobile
guy with the great running skills, Sammuel Lamur.
Coffman? He’d had his chance The only advantage he had
was some game experience, but that experience was not
good experience. Klein had played receiver as a freshman,
while Lamur had completed only 43 of 102 passes in two
years in junior college.
Doink. Coffman deflected the distractions and had a
strong training camp. He was named the starter in the
week leading up to the UCLA game.
“They all had their ups and downs,” Snyder said. “Each
had good days and some not quite as good. I cannot put it
on a scale for you. He (Coffman) was just more consistent,
and he has a little bit more comfort in the experience factor.
I do not think it was a difficult choice, but you have to
make the choice either way.”
Wow, what a ringing endorsement that was. It didn’t
matter, though, because all he would be asked to do is
hand the ball to Daniel Thomas,
the Wildcats pre-season all-America
candidate. And if he stumbled at all,
there were two other choices to step in
for him.
Thwack. He deflected those questions
and just did his job. He got a little testy
after the UCLA game when asked about
his job of managing the game. He had
passed for only 66 yards on 11-of-16
passing.
“You could say that (my job is just to
manage the game),” he said. “But I’d
like to make some plays as
David
Smale
Contributing
Writer
CONTINUED ON PAGE 28
KANSAS CITY SPORTS & FITNESS OCTOBER 2010 19

Idecided to enroll in the George Plimpton
participatory journalism school. No
more sitting on the sidelines for me. I
decided I was going to play with the “big
boys, the high rollers, the football experts”
at Harrah’s North Kansas City.
Plimpton, who died in 2003, wrote
“Paper Lion,” his experience as a “professional”
third-string quarterback with the
Detroit Lions in 1963. He lost 30 yards in a
scrimmage. The book was made into a
movie starring Alan Alda. Plimpton
sparred with former light heavyweight
champion Archie Moore and got his nose
bloodied. Plimpton tried out as a goal tender
for the Boston Bruins and suffered a
cut on his pinky when he tried to stop a
flying puck. He wrote “The Bogey Man,”
his failed attempt on the PGA tours.
So I decided to try a couple of the fun
events at Harrah’s North Kansas City. I
envisioned my picture on the wall with all
the other big winners as you enter the first
floor from the parking garage: Alan, won
$3,000, first-place in Slot Tournament.
I could not resist entering a Harrah’s Slot
Tournament. I had never played any of the
slots in the area where the tournament was
taking place. All I needed was one or two
hot slots for both rounds of the tournament
and I would at least be in the top 35 and
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Picking the football winners at Harrah’s NKC
places 16th through 35th would earn $100.
There were several sessions with entries
limited to 510 players. I got into the tournament
on the
stand-by list. It
made no difference.
I was
in. I was going
to win or at
least place in
the 35.
You are
assigned a slot,
so you don’t
get to pick one.
My first slot
number was
13. I thought
this must not
be a good sign.
It wasn’t. I
thought I was
doing well as a pounded the key with fervor.
I was up to 12,000 points -- rather
quickly, I thought. I peaked at the slot
machine to my right and he was already
closing in on 29,000 points.
I finished the five minutes with 52,000
points, about 35,000 points behind the guy
to my right.
Okay, this is just round one. I’ll make it
up in the second round. This fight is not
over. About 90 minutes later, I came back
for my second five-minute battle with the
slots. This
time I drew
No. 24. I figured
after a
poor firstround
that
first-place was
out, but I still
had my sights
set on breaking
into the
top 35.
That soon
turned out to
be unreasonable
expectations.
I finished
the second
round
with 49,000 points, less than unlucky
No. 13 brought me earlier. I barely made
it into six figures. Some players did that in
one round.
I went down to see what the minimum
was to get one into the top 35. It was
198,120. I was just barely halfway there.
Okay, so I failed at slots. Next, I tried
Harrah’s North Kansas City very popular
First Down Frenzy. After all I’m a sports
writer. I’ve attended Kansas City Chiefs
games since junior high. I’m a NFL
“expert.” There was absolutely no way
I could fail at this. WRONG!
You make your picks every Friday or
Saturday on every NFL game played on
Sunday or Monday night. You are allowed
one free pick every week, but can garner
up to five more picks by earning 250
points on the casino floor. I decided to max
out the first three weeks. With six picks per
week, I was sure I would make the top 10
weekly leader board every week. At least
one of the three weeks, I would be on top
of the board, pocketing my $2,000.
The first week there were 15 NFL games
on Harrah’s North Kansas City list. There
were also a plethora of games with the
Vegas line of 3 ½ points or less. My best
card had four defeats. I could not believe
it. That was the best I could do from my
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six selections.
When the weekly winners were posted
on Wednesday afternoon, there was one
person with a 14-1 card. The other nine
places went to those with two defeats.
Week Two was not better. Again my best
card had four losses, 12-4. Not nearly good
enough to make the top 10.
No sweat, I surmised. It takes a couple
of games to figure out who is good and
who is not in the NFL world of parity.
I would ace the third week. I studied the
Vegas odds. I read what the experts said,
the keys to the game; who is hurt and
may not play. I was armed with information
and statistics. This would be my
breakthrough week.
I, also, learned from the error of my
ways the first two weeks. Being a Dallas
Cowboys fan, I picked them across the
board the first two weeks. Naturally, they
lost both games. No more picking with my
heart. In week three, the Cowboys were
underdogs playing on the road against an
unbeaten Houston team that had already
whipped Peyton Manning and the
Indianapolis Colts. Sorry Dallas and Tony
Romo, no way you’re going to win this
one. Well, of course they did.
When Green Bay lost to Chicago on a
last-second field goal on Monday night,
my top card had five losses. Five – count
‘em. I had been humbled. I felt a little better
when rechecking the odds that Vegas
had miscalculated on nine of the 16 games.
But not that much better.
So when you walk into Harrah’s North
Kansas City this month, you won’t see my
picture on the wall of big winners. Maybe
next month.
My suggestion, go ahead and try your
luck on Harrah’s North Kansas City First
Down Frenzy. I may be down, but not out.
So I’ll keep trying. It is fun. You’ll find
yourself rooting for or against teams you
normally could care less about if it will get
on the top 10 board.
P.S. There is a limit to my participatory
journalism. Should publisher Steve Fisch
ask me to participate in an upcoming
Harrah’s North Kansas City mixed martial
art show or professional boxing card, I’ll
just say NO.
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THE HEALTH & FITNESS REPORT
If you are on Statins (cholesterol lowering agents) read this article
By KARAN Y. BAUCOM, MD, Contributing Writer
holesterol is a good steroid. Vitamin D AND all the
sex hormones, including testosterone, come from it.
C When you use statins to lower cholesterol levels you
lower your testosterone as well.
In addition, statin therapy
lowers or blocks the enzyme
that controls your muscles
(the heart is a muscle) by
blocking HMG-CoA reductase,
which use CoQ10 a
vitamin for muscle health.
So why are Statins used?
Drug companies promote the
positive effects while negating
the unfavorable effects.
The truth is exercise and
diet is the best way to control
lipids and fat issues.
America has become
engrossed with junk food
and preserved package
goods; in short, the easy way
to eat. Sedentary lifestyle
and junk food is easy. Hard
work pays off, but that’s not becoming the American
way of life.
Men have it made, really! Testosterone has many
positive attributes including:
1. Increased libido (sex drive).
2. Automatically lowers cholesterol.
3. Decreased Alzheimer’s risk.
4. Increased competitive edge and aggression.
5. Increased muscular density and tone while decreasing
body fat.
6. More energy and vitality.
The fact is as men age, their weight, well as their prostrate,
gets bigger. When testosterone is decreased as men
age they:
1. Get erectile dysfunction.
2. Fall asleep with the remote in their hands.
3. Have increased fat in the abdominal area that doesn’t
seem to go away.
4. Can’t get the muscle definition and mass despite exercises.
5. Hobbies once loved, soon find dust, as the golf clubs
they played with and the motorcycle they loved to ride
stay in the garage.
6. Start helping with the dishes.
Statins do affect erectile function. That type of side
effect is not advertised. Because statins are so widely used,
Viagra and other support for erectile issues are offered.
Sometimes in our efforts to lower cholesterol, we forget
literally the brain needs it for memory. The liver will make
cholesterol if there is not enough for in the body for use.
That is how important it is.
Look at it this way. If there were a murder and cholesterol
was accused, it would be circumstantial. Cholesterol
was at the scene but not the actual perpetrator of the crime.
22 OCTOBER 2010 KANSAS CITY SPORTS & FITNESS
Doctors who place their patients on cholesterol lowering
drugs are trying to reduce the risks of heart attacks or
strokes. The best prevention is NOT statins, but diet and
exercise.
Unfortunately, patients are willing to do the exercise and
diet after they suffer the stroke or heart attack.
Statistics show being on a
statin doesn’t mean you will
not have a heart attack.
People with normal cholesterol
levels still have heart
attacks. In fact, the doctor
who wrote a book on how
jogging and exercise can prevent
a heart attack died of a
heart attack while jogging.
So what is the answer?
How about this question?
Why eat bad fats and use
statins when:
1. Cholesterol is not the
bad guy.
2. LDL (low lipoprotein
lipids) clogs arteries and is
the real culprit.
3. Very low density
lipoproteins are even worse.
4. Low HDL (high lipoprotein lipids) the good cholesterol
is not increased by Statins.
5. LPA- a hereditary lipoprotein that can cause heart
attacks is actually increased with Statin use.
True, most statins will lower cholesterol (the good guy),
lower triglycerides, lower LDL. But statins DO NOT
affect HDL, will not increase it, and HDL is what protects
you from heart disease.
There is a B-vitamin, Niacin that lowers LDL, lowers
triglycerides, increases HDL and can be used. Not enough
money in that drug for big pharmacy to play that card. One
side effect called the Niacin-flush can be stopped with
baby aspirin use, prior to intake.
Statins are based on blocking an enzyme HMG-CoA
reductase. Red yeast rice has been used for years with this
same effect. Any product blocking the HMG-CoA reductase
enzyme must use CoQ10 with it to prevent fatigue,
muscle pain and possible heart problems.
Diet and exercise adjustments beat medicine any day.
A natural hormone that can automatically lower the
body’s tendency to increase cholesterol is replaced by a
synthetic product.
In summary, before you are place permanently on a
cholesterol lowering agent, the following should be
assessed:
1. What is the total free testosterone levels (for males)?
2. Have my lipoproteins been tested or measured to see
if my low density (LDL) out numbers my high density
(HDL) lipoproteins?
3. Do I already have erectile dysfunction? If so, am
I already at risk for a heart attack or stroke?
4. Am I sedentary and have a poor dietary lifestyle and
at risk?
5. Have I tried good programs to alter my life-style
before using cholesterol lowering products (statins)?
Consult the Baucom Institute for Longevity and Life
Enhancement and undergo the appropriate testing to begin
a program to prevent and alter the negative lifestyle.
If testosterone is tested and found to be low, then
objective cardiac and prostrate issues will be reviewed
before hormonal regimens are applied.
The “little blue pill” will not improve your mood. It certainly
won’t replace fat with lean muscle mass. It will not
improve your memory. It will not lower your cholesterol.
All treatments utilized at the Institute are bio-available
(identical) to what our own body uses. Organic in most
instances, NO synthetic products are used for hormone
replacements or for supplements.
See our website, BaucomInstitute.com for further
information.
The Baucom Institute for Longevity and Life
Enhancement is devoted to improving the quality of life as
we age. We cannot stop aging CONTINUED ON PAGE 23

THE HEALTH & FITNESS REPORT
A
How to treat stingers
ny athlete in a high contact sport such
as hockey and wrestling can sustain a
“stinger,” but it is most commonly
experienced by football players.
Linebackers and defensive backs are the
more vulnerable positions to be at risk of
this type of injury.
Stingers are also known as burners, hotshots
and zingers. This neck injury is most
commonly caused during a tackle in which
the athlete’s head is forced to the opposite
shoulder causing injury to the nerve supply
of the arm by overstretching them. It can
also be caused by the head being forced
toward the shoulder causing the nerves to
be pinched.
The nerves that give our arms and hands
feeling begin at the cervical spinal cord. As
these nerves leave the neck area, they form
the brachial plexus. The nerves run across
the shoulder and under the collar bone, or
clavicle, continuing in to the arms. These
nerves give the upper extremities the ability
to function.
The sudden pinch or stretch of these
nerves causes an
intense burning,
or electric, sensation
to radiate
down the arm and
into the fingers.
Often other
symptoms can be
noticed along
with the burning
sensation. These
are numbness, paresthesias or weakness in
the arms and hands.
This sensation usually is gone within
seconds or a very few minutes after it
begins. However, with a more significant
injury, the symptoms can last weeks. If the
sensation has affected both arms or one
arm and a leg from the initial impact, the
athlete could be suffering from a spinal
cord injury or other severe neck injury and
would need to be attended by a physician
immediately.
Typically, an athlete who suffers from a
stinger will be removed from play until
they are evaluated and the symptoms subside.
Ice may be applied to the neck and
shoulder area to help with discomfort
initially, but needs to be evaluated to insure
no other damage has been done.
If the symptoms linger
into days or weeks, some
additional remedies may
be advised such as moist
heat and soft tissue massage,
among others.
Once full range of
motion and full feeling
of the neck and of the
arm and hands has
returned, the athlete
will be cleared to return
to play.
Dr. Lynn
McIntosh, DC
Contributing
Writer
Stingers are common but preventable. As
always, prevention is key to protect the
athlete from long term or permanent damage
from injuries. Some suggestions for
preventing stingers are:
• Strengthening the neck, shoulder and
upper back muscles
• Wearing a cowboy collar, or other
appropriate neck roll
• Utilizing proper technique for tackling
or blocking
Multiple-stinger injuries can cause the
nerves to take
longer to heal
and can lead to
permanent nerve
damage. If an
athlete has suffered
from the
same injury more
than once, particularly
in the
same season,
physical therapy and further neurological
testing would be necessary. An athlete
should never ignore an injury or assume it
can heal on its own. Athlete’s always need
to report their injury and be fully evaluated
to insure they will be able to continue to
enjoy their sport for a long time to come.
Dr. Lynn McIntosh is a board certified
Chiropractor, licensed in both Kansas and
Missouri. In addition, she is also a
Certified Chiropractic Sports Physician,
working with athletes from multiple
disciplines on specific sports-related
problems and a Certified Acupuncturist.
She can be found on the internet at
KansasCityChiropractic.com.
USING STATINS?| FROM PAGE 22
or necessarily lengthen life, but we can
qualify and alter the way our patients’ age
to enhance the quality of life as they age.
This is our goal. Not all patients qualify for
our life enhancing program. Through the
use of advanced diagnostic criteria we
ascertain which clients qualify to participate
in the program and which clients
may need referral to other specialists to
first address areas of concern. For
more information contact the Baucom
Institute at 913-341-8605 or visit
www.BaucomInstitute.com.
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By BRAD ZIEGLER, Contributing Writer
here are many training guides for
endurance events. These guides go into
great detail about workouts, diet,
apparel and equipment, but leave you on
your own when it comes to the weekend of
the event.
Practically speaking, if you have followed
your training plan and have been
able to avoid injury, you are well on your
way to a successful race. But there are still
several things you can do to increase your
likelihood of success.
Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate. Begin to
increase your water intake several days
before the race and develop a race day
hydration plan. Check out how far apart
and where the aid-stations will be located
and plan how often you will need to consume
fluids or snacks. You should have
developed a hydration and nutrition routine
during your training and you need to stick
to it as you approach race weekend. Don’t
consume anything before or during the
race that you have not consumed during
training and make sure you continue
hydrating after the race is over so you can
recover more quickly.
24 OCTOBER 2010 KANSAS CITY SPORTS & FITNESS
Tips to help your race go smoothly
Pre-race eating. Eat well without gorging
yourself during the days leading up to
the race and
start your carbohydrate
loading well
in advance of
the pasta supper
the night
before.
During the
last few days
before the
race, the
majority of
your calories
should be from carbohydrates. Avoid
experimenting with foods you don’t ordinarily
eat and, if you are at an out of town
event, enjoy the local delicacies after the
race, not before. Introducing a new type of
food to your body prior to the race may
lead to an upset stomach and require
unwanted stops at the portable restrooms
during the marathon.
Arrive early and get a lay of the land.
It is more important to get a good night’s
sleep two nights before the event than it is
the night before the event, and that can be
hard if you are traveling a long distance to
the race site. Take an extra day off prior to
the race if you can so you are not harried
getting to the event and break
up a long drive by spending the
night on the road rather than
spending a long time in the car
just prior to the race.
Whether you are running a
half or full marathon, or participating
in a triathlon, it is also a
great benefit to know the course
in advance. Drive the course
before the race or take a cab
along the route and visualize
your race along different parts
of the course. Check out the aid
station locations, the transition areas, and
the hills, both up and down. Don’t psych
yourself out, just prepare yourself for the
challenges and opportunities that the
course provides.
Don’t try anything new. Try to get to
the race expo early, when it is less crowded
and you’re less likely to tire your legs
standing in line to pick up your goodie bag.
You’ll likely get some free samples in the
race goodie bag and you may be tempted
to buy some of the new products you see at
the expo. There is nothing wrong with buying
something new that catches your eye,
just don’t use them in the race. Don’t try
anything new - gels, sports drinks, socks -
on race day. Stick to what has worked for
you during your training.
Bring some friends or make new ones.
Invite a friend or family member to join
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you on race morning to help you get to the
starting area more easily and cheer you
along the way. Hearing positive words
from supporters will provide a lift for you
throughout the race. If you cannot bring a
friend along, or if you think you are going
to really need to be pumped up along the
way, consider printing your name on your
shirt and you will get an even greater lift
when total strangers cheer you on.
Get your gear in order. Lay out your
clothes and other race gear the night before
race day and keep your race morning as
stress free as you can as you do not want to
find yourself scrambling to find your timing
chip or bib pins early in the morning.
Even worse, you don’t want to be at the
starting line and realize you forgot your
timing chip, energy gel, or anything else
you may need. Make a list, check it twice,
and be ready to go!
Stay warm at the start. If race morning
looks like it might be chilly, you should
decide in advance what you’ll wear to stay
warm while waiting at the starting line. As
you run, you’ll shed outer layers and
unless you want to carry them with you the
rest of the way, you’ll have to discard them
on the course. In some races, volunteers
will pick up the dropped clothing items and
donate them to charity, in other cases, they
will just be gone when you go back to find
them after the race, so in either case it is a
good idea to pick up some inexpensive
sweats at a discount store or thrift shop and
CONTINUED ON PAGE 26
10/1-3 College Hockey Tournament, Centerpoint Medical Center Community Ice, Independence, MO
10/2 Royal Rib Run 5K, American Royal Complex, Kansas City, MO
Tour de BBQ Cycling event, P&L, Downtown KC
10/8-9 Championship Bull Riding, American Royal Complex, Kansas City, MO
10/9 Jared Coones Memorial Pumpkin 5K Run/Walk, Olathe, KS; Strides 4 Life 5/10K, Liberty, MO
Run for a Child 5K, Penguin Park, KC, MO; MARS 5K Run/Walk, Zimmerman Park, KC, MO
10/10 Cross Out Cancer Cyclocross, Shawnee Mission Park, Lenexa, KS
10/16 Waddell & Reed Kansas City Marathon/Relay/Half Marathon/5K, Pershing & Grand, KC, MO
Raytown Ed. Run for Excellence 5K, Raytown, MO; Rock Creek Trail Trot, Mission, KS
10/17 Fall Fell Trail Race 7 mi, Kill Creek Park, Olathe, KS
Fall Fling Fun Run & 5K, Legacy Park, Lee’s Summit, MO
Boulevard Cup Cyclocross, Wyandotte County Park, KC, KS; Northland Nightmare Bike Ride, Liberty, MO
10/22-23, 29-30 PRCA Pro Rodeo, American Royal Complex, KC, MO
10/22 Shocking Prices Youth Jersey Night at the Missouri Mavericks, Independence Events Center
10-22-31 Livestock Show, American Royal Complex, KC, MO
10/23 Harvest Moon 5K/10K, Tiffany Springs Parkway & 1-29, NKC, MO
10/23 KC Wizards vs. Earthquakes, Community America Ballpark, KC, KS
10/24 Run to STOP Underage Drinking 5K, Heritage Park, Olathe, KS; Trick or Trot, Norclay Center, NKC, MO
KC Track Club Fall Fun Run, English Landing Park, Parkville, MO; Halloween Trick or Treat 5K Run/Walk, PV, KS
10/24 & 26-29 Invitational Youth Rodeo, American Royal Complex, KC, MO
10/30 Graveyard Run 5K, Elmwood Cemetary, KC, MO
10/30 Family Fun Day, American Royal Complex, KC, MO
10/31 Blue Springs 50/50, Independence, MO
11/6 Shoal Creek Winderness Run 5mi Cross Country, LIberty, MO; Mahaffie Half Marathon/10K, Olathe, KS
Lung Hill Run 5K Run/Walk, Liberty Memorial, KC, MO; Cure of ARS 5K, Leawood, KS
12-16 & 18 NCAA Divisoon 1 Womens Volleyball Championships at Sprint Center, KC, MO
Missouri Mavericks Home Games, 7:05 PM, Independence Events Center: 10/15, 16, 22, 29, 30
If you have a sports event you’d like included in our calendar, send it to sfisch@kcsportspaper.com

THE NCAA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL REPORT
K
Sprint Center to host
NCAA Women’s Volleyball
Championship
ansas City, long-known throughout the
country for its barbecue, jazz and
fountains, is spiking its way into the
national collegiate spotlight once again.
During the weekend of December 16-18,
the Sprint Center will host the 2010
NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball
Championship.
The Kansas City Sports Commission and
Foundation, along with the University of
Missouri – Kansas City, are partnering to
co-host the
event.
“We are excited
and honored
to bring this
prestigious
NCAA Championship
to
Kansas City,”
said Cindy
Smith, National
Events Director
for the Sports
Commission.
“This is just
another jewel in
the already
sparkling crown of Kansas City sports. The
championship will be a great way to keep
Kansas City on the map as a host city for
future outstanding college athletics.”
With strong regional teams that have the
potential to reach Kansas City for the
semifinals and championship, the event
should be a hot ticket with area high
school and club volleyball teams.
There is a concerted effort to spread the
word throughout area high schools to help
garner interest in not just the event but the
sport of volleyball as well.
“You will see the top women’s volleyball
players in the country here that weekend,”
said Jessica Dickson, Assistant
Athletic Director for External Relations at
UMKC. “This is one of the most exciting
collegiate events in the country, and
I believe the fans won’t be disappointed
when they leave the Sprint Center. We
are very lucky to be hosting an event of
this magnitude.”
In addition to the high-powered volleyball
going on inside the Sprint Center,
the Kansas City Power & Light District
will host fan-friendly events for the volleyball
enthusiasts traveling from around
the country.
There will be several events taking place
during the weekend in conjunction with the
volleyball championship.
• The American Volleyball Coaches
Association annual convention will be held
in Kansas City. The mission of the
American Volleyball Coaches Association
is to advance the sport of volleyball and its
coaches.
• The NCAA and AVCA, with support
from WIN for KC, will host a youth volleyball
clinic
on Saturday,
December 18,
for 8-13 year
olds.
• Heart of
America
Volleyball
(HOA) will
host a junior’s
volleyball
tournament
December
17-18.
“Fans and
those new to
the sport of
volleyball will find a variety of interesting
events available throughout the weekend,”
said Dickson. “For a college championship,
this is one of the more affordable events.”
There will also be volunteer opportunities
linked to the event. The Kansas City
Volleyball Local Organizing Committee is
looking for volunteers to serve as greeters,
staff information desks at the airport and
hotels and assist at a hospitality function.
Tickets for the volleyball championship
are on sale through Ticketmaster and the
Sprint Center box office. Ticket prices are
$65, $52 and $25. There are a limited number
of group tickets available (10 or more
in a group). Group ticket prices are $60 and
$20. Tickets can be ordered by calling the
Sprint Center Group Ticket Sales office at
(816) 949-7177.
Additional information on how to
order tickets and volunteer opportunities
can be found at the event Web site
www.2010kcvolleyball.com.
So, who will be “digging” their way to
Kansas City come December? We will
have to follow the remainder of the exciting
2010 NCAA Division I women’s volleyball
season to find out.
©Jamie Schwaberow/NCAA Photos
KANSAS CITY SPORTS & FITNESS OCTOBER 2010 25

T
THE GOLF REPORT
Move your head and improve you golf backswing
rying to perfect your golf backswing?
Surprisingly, one of the best things you
can do is forget what probably heard a
millions times... to keep your head still...
and, instead, purposely move your head a
little on the way back.
Surprisingly, the best golf backswing tip
is to move your head three to five inches as
you start the backswing.
It sounds counter intuitive and even feels
a bit unnatural. But think of a ballerina or
figure skater going into a spin. They
always move their head first to set up and
create a proper two-point axis. A proper
circular motion requires two axis points.
A top and a bottom. And when you set up
to execute a golf backswing your head
becomes the top axis and your legs and
feet become the bottom axis.
This means that on the way back your
head should be moving 3 - 5 inches to the
right in order to create your first axis to
swing around - the foundation of a good
golf backswing technique. Your head will
stay there as you come down and fall even
further back through impact. Then, after
the ball has been hit, your head will move
forward over top of the left leg to create a
second axis, and this second axis will
allow you to complete the circular rotation
in your golf back swing
allowing you to finish
your swing.
Your head should
float, not stay stationary.
Your head should
float like the top axis of
a spinning top. This
allows your golf backswing
be a circular
motion, though not a
perfect circle. It’s slight
egg-shaped oval. Which is why you will
never hit the ball with 100% accuracy each
and every time.
Only a one-legged golfer will naturally
keep their head still during a golf backswing.
The reason is if you only had one
leg you would only have two beginning
axis points...your head and one leg. So if
you moved your head, ever so slightly, you
would effectively eliminate the axis completely
and, ultimately, lose all the power
in your swing.
The challenge most golfers have when
learning this proper golf backswing technique
is feels uncomfortable. It just doesn’t
feel natural to move
your head back.
To get the proper
feeling, you must
feel like your head is
moving about 1 foot
to the right. If you
feel like your head is
moving 1 foot to the
right on the way
back, it will actually
only move a few
inches. One good tip is to try swinging regularly
towards a mirror.
As you watch your backswing, you can
clearly see if your head is moving back
3 - 5 inches. As your head moves back,
feel how your weight loads into the right
leg. This is the tell tale sign that you have
created your first axis in the golf backswing.
If you don’t have a loaded, powerful
feeling in your right leg, you will have
to move your head a little more as you
go back.
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Another technique you can use to practice
your backswing is to wear a hat. Then
as you start your swing, check to see if you
keep the brim or bill of the hat level to the
ground. If so, this means you ARE moving
your head. When you notice the brim of
your hat tilting to the left, you’ll know you
didn’t move your head and didn’t create
the first backswing axis.
As a final check just ask a friend to
watch your head to see if it moves back a
few inches or use a video camera to see for
yourself. If your head is too still then constantly
remind yourself to move it back or
have someone constantly remind you to
move your head.
As you move your head back, beware
that it may cause you to hit behind the ball
a little. This is a good sign at first. It’s
telling you that you are moving your head
back but you have too much weight on
your right foot at impact. To remedy hitting
behind the ball (fat shots), all you have to
do is feel a little more weight shift off of
your right foot through impact. If you do,
you will hit the ball perfectly and with
much more power than you are used to.
26 OCTOBER 2010 KANSAS CITY SPORTS & FITNESS
RACE DAY TIPS| FROM PAGE 24
throw in a garbage bag if they are forecasting
rain. Don’t forget gloves, because
you’ll lose a lot of body heat through your
fingers.
Take it easy at the start. You have been
training for a long time to get ready for the
event and the natural tendency is to be
revved up race morning by the crowd, the
music and the anticipation of the start. Do
your best to enjoy everything around you
without getting too excited and stick with
your plan to start the race slowly and
increase your pace throughout the race.
Find a pace group leader for the race and
take advantage of their assistance, even if it
is only for the early part of the race. This
will not only help to reduce the risk of
injury, it will allow you to better conserve
the energy you have been working to store
up so that it will get you to the finish line.
Recover slowly. After the race is over
and you are tempted to return to your normal
training routine, the usual rule is to
make sure that you at least take a break
equal to one day for each mile you’ve run in
your race. Unless you’ve put in a really
hard effort, it is possible that such a break
may be more than you need. Let your body
tell you when it’s ready to start serious running
again, and even then ramp up slowly,
letting your body repair and rebuild while
you develop a new training routine going
forward. You have worked hard to get ready
to compete in your event and you deserve to
take some time to enjoy it a little.

THE GOLF REPORT
S
Slice advice
licing is the golfer’s worst nightmare.
Admit it, playing golf with a slice
takes away the joy from the game, yet
some people keep on slicing for
years. The problem is not that
complicated, all it takes is
knowledge and the desire to fix
the problem. Otherwise you
will never experience golf to
the fullest.
When you have a better
understanding of a problem,
you are more likely to fix it, so
let’s start by explaining what a
slice actually is. A slice is a specific left-toright
type of trajectory of the golf ball for
right-handers, the opposite is true for lefties.
Whether you are a right-hander or
lefty, either way the slice will cause the
ball curve away from the target area.
The most basic principle that will help
you avoid the slice is to try to have the club
face squared to the swing path at the point
of impact. A slice is caused when the club
face is open (twisted in one direction) at
the point of impact. This can be caused by
an incorrect grip, wrong setup, poor body
action (swing), or a combination of all
those mistakes.
If you apply the right pressure and combine
it with perfect positioning of the hands
on the handle, you will produce shots that
fly longer and straighter. Another thing to
remember is to control your
own motion, don’t hack with
your club, swing it. Even a
slight over-swing will result in
a slice, so you have to be very
precise.
To achieve a consistent and
sharp golf swing, focus on balance
and rhythm. If you are
nervous and perform the
motion too fast, then you will
lose your balance resulting in poor ball
flight. Expert golfers usually say - “swing
easy and hit hard.” Having a right setup is
also an essential element. You must have
your weight equally balanced between your
left and right foot.
Remember, golf is a mental sport.
Ninety percent of golf depends on your
mindset. Your level of concentration makes
the difference.
Of course, there is no magical system.
You can’t turn from slicer to a pro in one
night. There are some good anti-slicing
techniques available online, but they alone
won’t help you.
Practice, practice, practice.
KANSAS CITY SPORTS & FITNESS OCTOBER 2010 27

THE WIZARDS REPORT
T
hings did not look good for the Kansas
City Wizards when they headed to
Columbus for a July 14 game against
the first-place Crew.
Kansas City had not
beaten Columbus in
more than three years,
and with the Wizards
sitting at 3-8-3, it
looked like if the
Wizards lost it might
put an end to the team’s
fading playoff hopes.
Looking back at that
game nearly three
months later, the
Columbus game will
instead be known as the
game that began the
Wizards run back into
playoff contention.
Rookie forward Teal
Bunbury scored an
early goal, his first as a
professional, and
Kansas City was able
to hold on for a huge
win. The Wizards were able to build on the
win at Columbus and go on a run of six
wins, three draws and only one loss over a
28 OCTOBER 2010 KANSAS CITY SPORTS & FITNESS
Wizards ready for October playoff run
Kei Kamara (aka “Special K”) has set a
new career-high in goals this season,
which has propelled the Wizards back
into the playoff race.
ten-game stretch, which culminated with a
historic 4-3 come-from-behind win against
the Houston Dynamo on September 22nd.
October has arrived,
and Kansas City finds
themselves within
striking distance of a
playoff position, only
five points behind
Colorado, which
Kansas City won the
season series against,
and six points behind
Seattle and San Jose
with five games
remaining. Three out
of these four teams are
likely to make the
playoffs, so the
Wizards need to find a
way to continue their
hot streak with crunch
time here.The Wizards
do control their own
playoff destiny. Of the
teams KC is chasing,
the Wizards have home
games against Seattle (October 9) and San
Jose (October 23), and head-to-head victories
against these two would boost Kansas
City’s playoff chances.Seattle looks to be
the easiest target. While the Sounders have
been playing well, the Wizards have played
one less game than Seattle entering
October, which means that Kansas City
will have the opportunity to make up
points once their rescheduled game Oct. 12
at Chicago is played. The Wizards cannot
say the same thing about San Jose, which
actually has played one less game than KC
entering October, or Colorado, which has
played the same number of games.With
COFFMAN| FROM PAGE 19
well. If we’re winning and I have to manage
the game, I’ll do it.”
After three games, his numbers won’t
blow you away. He’s 35-of-54 for 450
yards, with four touchdowns and one interception.
But the Wildcats are 3-0 with him
at the helm, and the only other person to
take a snap at quarterback is Klein, who
subbed for Coffman when he was cramping
up and throwing up against UCLA.
(Coffman scored on a seven-yard touchdown
run with 36 seconds left as Kansas
State beat Central Florida 17-13 in the
fourth game. Coffman, also, threw a
58-yard touchdown pass to Aubrey Quarles
in the fourth quarter. He also had a 73-yard
pas to Tramaine Thompson to set up a field
goal. Coffman completed 11 of 22 passes
for 189 yards.)
And his teammates have great respect
for him. “There are a lot of things that are
underrated about him,” said senior offensive
lineman Wade Weibert. “He has a
good arm and he can run the ball. We call
him Crazylegs because he gets out there
and runs. I think he did a great job of that
today. He ran the ball way more than I
thought he was going to. It just kind of
happened. The looks were there for Carson
and he took it. I know he’s prepared for it.
“He did a great job of making the right
decisions. We never questioned anything
he did. When we were down near the end
zone near the Iowa State band, it got very
loud. He did a good job raising his voice in
the huddle and deflecting the off-the-field
things that may make a play difficult.”
Pow. Coffman knocked down that praise
like a criticism.
“My receivers are awesome,” he said.
“The one pass I hooked up with Brodrick
(Smith) down the field (in the fourth quarter)
was a great play by him. The corner
got over the top. I just threw it right at him
and Brodrick is not going to be denied
when he wants the ball. And we know
Daniel is a special player. We’re going to
try to get him the ball as much as we can.
We know he’s the best player on our team.
five games in October,
the formula to make the
playoffs is this – the
Wizards need to earn 10-
12 points from their final
five games to have any
chance of getting in barring
an unlikely complete
collapse by one of
the teams Kansas City is
chasing. Three wins and
CONTINUED ON PAGE 31
Dave
Borchardt
Contributing
Writer
We’re going to try to ride his shoulders.
“Daniel is carrying most of the load right
now. I think the receivers and I are capable
of taking on more of that load. If we can do
that I think we’ll be pretty good. I felt like
I was in control (against Iowa State). I felt
comfortable giving checks at the line of
scrimmage. Our coaches have prepared us
very well for that during the week and in
fall camp. Except for that pick, I feel more
comfortable at the line of scrimmage. I’ve
been working toward this the whole time
I’ve been here.”
He’s completing 68 percent of his passes.
His lone interception came against
Iowa State, when the ball came out of his
hand “funny” and landed in the arms of
A.J. Klein, who returned it 69 yards for
the score.
But in a sign that Coffman is in control,
he led the Wildcats on an eight-play, 54-
yard drive to retake the lead. “After that,
I just felt relaxed,” he said. “I don’t know
why. I just felt like the worst was done,
I could get on with what we needed to do
to win. The offense did a great job and we
went down and scored.”
Then, with the Wildcats down 20-17
with 11:18 left in the game, Coffman led
an 83-yard drive to put the Cats ahead for
good. The big play on the drive was a
47-yard pass to Smith that just eluded the
reach of the cornerback. The ball couldn’t
have been thrown better.
The nine-play drive took 4:39 with eight
of the nine plays on the ground. He used
clock, made a big play when he had to, and
rode his workhorse to the lead.
“(Coffman) does a good job of managing
the game,” Weibert said. “If he feels the
tempo starting to go our way, he makes
sure we pick up the pace. He does a
good job of letting us know what we
need to do.”
If Coffman continues to improve and
grow in the offense, the Cats will be in a
bowl game for the first time since 2006.
Then the hype will ramp up for the smart,
athletic and versatile quarterback leading
the Wildcats. Better have that shield ready.

KC SPORTS MAGAZINE - ON THE RADIO AND TV
The amazing ride continues on Kansas
City’s airwaves.
A
little more than four years ago Steve
Fisch, the publisher of this publication,
got a media offer he couldn’t
refuse. Union Broadcasting had a Saturday
morning time slot open on KCTE Hot Talk
1510 AM (www.1510.com) and surmised
he had the content and chops to fill it.
The deal was closed with a handshake and
a smile and two encouraging words:
“Good Luck?!”
The Kansas City Sports & Fitness Radio
Show was born. Sixty-minutes every
weekend LIVE on 1510. The show’s first
time slot was 11:00 a.m. to Noon. No
panic. Gotta get guests and sponsors. Gotta
visit the studio and meet the producer.
Gotta choose opening-and-closing music
beds. Gotta get a Vanna, or more astutely, a
Robin to Steve’s Batman. Steve dug deep
into his bag on sidekick candidates and
plucked me from obscurity. I had sports
knowledge, a motor mouth and zingers on
demand. We were off and running. No
Harvard business plan – just a couple headsets
and a dream.
More than 200 broadcasts later – our
Gotham City sideshow has morphed into a
Catch “Good Sports”on radio and TV
multi-dimensional media conglom-eration.
Ted Turner admires our versatility.
Rupert Murdoch watches our metrics.
Jimmy Choo digs all our
platforms!
“Good Sports - The
Kansas City Sports &
Fitness Show” is now the
flagship. We’re still LIVE
every Saturday morning
from 8-9 a.m. touting to
the local athletes, events and businesses the
Big Boys eschew. These days the show is
videotaped for airing on SureWest Channel
7 HSTV (Hometown Shopping Television)
daily at 8:30 a.m., 4:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
Pretty sweet! But wait, there’s more. The
radio version also is replayed the following
Tuesdays from 6-7 p.m. on 1140/1160 AM
and 102.9 FM and on Thursdays from 2-3
p.m. on SportsRadioKC.com.
What a hoot?! We’ve planted our flag.
Our dedicated sponsors have come along
for the ride. Walt Bodine approves. Mike
“Cowboy” Kennedy gave us a big yeehaw!
The “little sports radio show that
could” has expanded its marketing muscle
exponentially and given voice to an underserved
business community at the neighborhood
level.
Kudos to Steve Fisch
for shaping this integrated
portfolio that includes
this magazine, the web
site (kcsportspaper.com)
and the requisite social
media touch points. He
also deserves extra credit
for adding Emmy-award
winning producer Pete
Barrett to our lineup and
utilizing his vast video
and editing skills.
It’s been a blast.
We’ve interviewed a
NASA astronaut after
meeting him at the U.S. Army All-
American Bowl and talked with several
local “Tall Timber” athletes who’ve gone
on to play Division I basketball or volleyball.
We’ve broken bread with Art Still,
Will Shields, Holly Starr, Lara Moritz, Kris
Ketz, John Holt and
Mark Alford. More
recently we’ve done
remote broadcasts from
the Hospital Hill Run,
WIN for KC’s Women’s
Triathlon, Powder Creek
Shooting Park and a volleyball
tournament at
Lee’s Summit West High
School. There’s more to
come. Steve keeps
investing in bigger and
better gizmos that’ll make our road
show easier.
Jim
Potoski
Contributing
Writer
Have you been listening or watching?
We need all the support you can muster.
I have long-time friends Elaine (Kelowna,
British Columbia), Diana (Madison, WI)
and Harry (Redondo Beach, CA) who listen
online. Guess that kinda makes our
chat-fest global! Works for me.
GOOD SPORTS, the Kansas City Sports &
Fitness Show can be seen daily at 8:30 AM,
4 PM and 8:30 PM on SureWest’s HSTV
Channel 7. The radio version of the show can
be heard Saturdays at 8 AM on 1510 AM,
Tuesdays at 6 PM on 1140/1160 AM and
102.9 FM and Thursdays at 2 PM on
SportsRadioKC.com.
KANSAS CITY SPORTS & FITNESS OCTOBER 2010 29

presents THE MAVERICKS HOCKEY REPORT
Photo by Scott Thomas
O
Missouri Mavericks’
Carlyle “The Grim Sleeper” Lewis
By BILL ALTHAUS, Contributing Writer
n January 9, 2009, a star was born at the
Independence Events Center...Not just a star –
an icon.
“I’m the last guy on earth who would ever think
about being called a star, or an icon,” said Missouri
Mavericks forward Carlyle Lewis, one of the most
popular players on the Central Hockey League team
that sold out 14 games last season and used a spectacular
late-season run to make the playoffs.
“None of what happened last year was planned. It
just happened – and I’m glad it did – but I never
expected it, any of it.”
On Jan. 9, the Arizona Sundogs visited the Events
Center and took a 5-1 lead before the hometown team
caught fire in the third period
Cedric Bernier, a veteran forward for the Sundogs,
made one of the biggest mistakes of his life when he
threw down his gloves and challenged Lewis.
Moments into the fight, Bernier was KO’d by the
Mavericks enforcer.
Lewis skated off the ice, sporting a cat-that-ate-thecanary
grin and placed his head in his hands in a
sleepy time pose, as the standing-room-only crowd of
5,760 went crazy.
“The players really started to gain some momentum
from the crowd,” Mavericks coach Scott Hillman said.
“It was all pretty crazy. I mean, the place just exploded.
That was one of the nights I thought to myself,
‘This really is a hockey town.’”
With just more than 12 minutes to go in the third
period, the miracles Mavs tied the score at 5-all. The
Sundogs came back and won a shootout, but the end
result wasn’t what fans remembered.
It was the Grim Sleeper’s KO punch against the
overmatched Bernier.
“The Grim Sleeper,” joked Lewis, “how about that
for a nickname? Jeff (Christian former team captain
and assistant coach) came up with it.
“I’ve played hockey for 12 years. I’ve played in
several leagues and I’ve played over in Europe, and
I never experienced anything like I experienced
last season.
“The fans, this team, the Events Center – all just
amazing, awesome, unbelievable. And in a few weeks,
we get to start all over again. I can’t wait, and neither
can all the other guys on the team.”
Lewis was one of the first players the Mavericks
signed from last year’s team. More than 125 fans
showed up at an 11 a.m. news conference at the Events
Center for the signing.
“When I was introduced, and saw all those fans,
I couldn’t believe it,” Lewis CONTINUED ON PAGE 31
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presents THE MAVERICKS HOCKEY REPORT
MAVERICKS| FROM PAGE 30
said. “It was pretty amazing. But nothing
these fans do surprise me now. They’re the
best fans in the league.”
Lewis has spent the past month in
Independence, and much of that time has
been spent making
personal
appearances on
behalf of the
team and cutting
commercials
that will be
aired on the big
screens at the
Events Center.
“Whenever
we have a player
appearance
and know
Carlyle is coming,
we know
it’s going to be
successful,”
said Mavericks
sponsor John
Olivarez, the
owner of
Shocking Prices in Independence.
“The fans love him. Everyone loves
Carlyle. He’s so tough out on the ice, and
he comes to our store and the nicest guy on
earth. I think he enjoys coming and meeting
the fans, I really do.”
Lewis believes meeting fans and becoming
a part of the community is as important
as standing up for a teammate on the ice.
“Our fans are so great,” Lewis said.
“After the fight with Bernier, and all the
Grim Sleeper stuff came out, the fans want
to get a picture with me in a fighting pose.
It’s pretty funny. I kind of get a kick
out of it.”
But nothing would please the 32-yearold
Lewis more than banding together with
his new teammates and presenting the fans
something they haven’t seen in Jackson
County in a long, long time – a championship
trophy.
“I hope I’m part of something special in
Independence,” Lewis said. “We want to
build a foundation that lasts a long, long
time. I want to be a part of this team, and
meet with our fans for years to come and to
give them a championship would be about
the only thing that could top all the good
things happened last season.
“When I came to the Mavericks I was
hoping it
would be like
this, and
because of our
fans, it’s
exceeded my
expectations.
We’d do anything
for them,
because they’d
do anything
for us.”
The
Missouri
Mavericks will
begin their
second season
in the Central
Hockey
League, Oct.
15, when they
play host to
the Odessa Jackalopes at the Independence
Events Center. Individual game tickets
and season tickets are on sale starting
at $10 per game. Call (816) 252-7825
for more information or visit
MissouriMavericks.com.
Parking is free at the Events Center.
The Captain and the Coach: Mavericks’ captain Carlyle
Lewis and Coach Scott Hillman during game action at the
Independence Events Center.
Photo by Scott Thomas
Bill Althaus is a sports writer/columnist
for The Examiner (www.examiner.net) in
Independence, Mo. He is the winner of the
Central Hockey League’s Media Service
Award for his coverage of the first-year
team. Althaus has been honored by the
Associated Press, United Press
International and the Missouri Press
Association. He can be reached at
Bill.althaus@examiner.net.
Don’t miss Shocking Prices Youth Jersey
Night on Friday October 22nd when the
Mavericks face the Wichita Thunder.
Opening face off is at 7:05 PM at the
Independence Events Center.
WIZARDS| FROM PAGE 28
a tie would give the Wizards a chance.
Anything more than that would tremendously
improve the team’s postseason
chances, but anything less than three wins
and Kansas City would almost definitely
not get in.The October schedule is difficult,
but not impossible, especially if the
Wizards can continue the hot streak the
team has been on since mid-July.
After the poor start, manager Peter
Vermes was able to rally the team,
shoring up the shoddy defense and
making the Wizards offensive attack much
more dangerous.
Dave Borchardt is the play-by-play voice
of the Kansas City Wizards. This month the
Wizards will host the Seattle Sounders.
October 9, and the San Jose Earthquakes,
October 23, at CommunityAmerica
Ballpark. Wizards single-game tickets, as
well as 2011 season tickets, can be purchased
by calling 888-4KC-GOAL or
online at www.kcwizards.com.
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