75 years of MSSU Sports

Memorial Day travelers bemoan high gas prices

Norm Hayward and his wife, Claudia, have a couple of things going for them as they continue their increasingly expensive motor home trip around parts of the United States. For starters, the Phoenix, Ariz., couple are saving on hotel costs.

75 years of MSSU Sports

MIAA tourney in Kansas City is now accepted
One day at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, former Missouri Southern men’s athletics director Jim Frazier noticed some people exchanging money for basketball tickets.

March 6, 2013
Turner made community service part of program
NCAA Division II puts an emphasis on community service.

March 2, 2013
Underdog Lions advance to 1982 NAIA women's basketball final
Apparently the NAIA women’s basketball tournament committee didn’t expect Missouri Southern to make the 1982 national tournament.

February 26, 2013
Young gym: Lions saved best for last
The old adage “saving the best for last” certainly applies to Missouri Southern men’s basketball at Robert Ellis Young Gymnasium.

February 24, 2013
Feeder system aids early years of MSSU softball
Missouri Southern’s softball program debuted in the spring of 1975.

February 20, 2013
Mutt Burger featured at MSSU baseball games
Never mind national tournament runner-up finishes in 1978 and 1991, and forget about three conference championships — two in the MIAA, one in the CSIC.

February 16, 2013
Baseball had odd beginning at MSSU
Missouri Southern’s baseball program has recorded more than 1,100 victories during the last 42 seasons.

February 13, 2013
Vavra was present for infancy of MSSU women's athletics
First at Joplin Memorial High School and then at Missouri Southern, Patty Vavra participated in the early years of girls athletics.

February 9, 2013
Plaster pledges provide 'driving force' for Lion fundraising
Almost two years ago — Feb. 18, 2011, the Robert W. Plaster Foundation pledged two seven-figure gifts to the Missouri Southern Foundation.

February 6, 2013
1999-2000 Lion team talented, tough
Entering the 1999-2000 basketball season, Missouri Southern guard Eddin Santiago had a little inside information.

February 2, 2013
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