Stories from Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Up until about six months ago, Kirk Chronister's closet was filled mostly with maroon and white polos. It had been that way for the last 40 years -- ever since he started the girls basketball program at Poplar Bluff back in 1976. But in May of this year, Chronister traded in the only colors he had ever known as a coach for new ones when he signed on to coach the Doniphan girls basketball team...

It's this feeling of déjà vu. You've seen this movie before ... and recently. Five district championships in a row is what the Dexter Lady Bearcats have won. In eight years under head coach Chad Allen, they've won their district seven times and made three trips to the final four...