Growl Takes a Backward Look 1968 69 Hardin Pirates
The 1968 69 Hardin Pirates basketball team rosters list players on bottom second and third rows with coaches and assistants including Joe Long Roger Fisher Tom Stuart Lee Kehl Scott Smith John Buckner Jim Brixey Steve Craghead Carl Shulse Bob Bastian Gary Colley Mickey Maddox Larry Worstell Pat Sewell Ken Bailey Eric Johnson Tom Beauchamp Wayne Burson and top row assistants J R Houchins Eddie Fry John Sparks Donald Autenreith Byron Easterling Gary Boone Steve Gentry Ben Given Steve Collins John Edwards.
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Hardin Pirates
Joe Long
Roger Fisher
Tom Stuart
Lee Kehl
Scott Smith
John Buckner
Jim Brixey
Steve Craghead
Carl Shulse
Bob Bastian
Gary Colley
Mickey Maddox
Larry Worstell
Pat Sewell
Ken Bailey
Eric Johnson
Tom Beauchamp
Wayne Burson
Ronnie Cossey
David Adams
Randy Marshall
Steve Head
Dave Sutton
Randy Higbee
Mike Mathews
Mike Stubblefield
Greg Barbour
David Bell
J. R. Houchins
Eddie Fry
John Sparks
Donald Autenreith
Byron Easterling
Gary Boone
Steve Gentry
Ben Given
Steve Collins
John Edwards
Mexico Faces Call to Pass Junior High Bond Vote
Editorial urges Mexican voters to approve a school bond for a new junior high, arguing the current Hardin building is overcrowded and unsafe. It frames the issue as vital for students’ future and urges turnout to fund better facilities for generations.
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Mexico
Edward M. Morris
CTA
Hardin
Iowa
Students Attend Freedom Forum at Missouri Military Academy
Eleven students from MHS attended the eleventh annual Freedom Forum June 27 29 at Missouri Military Academy. The four day event, sponsored by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, Missouri Farm Bureau, and MMA, featured seven speakers including Dr William S Lowe and Col C R Stribling IT. Mexico delegates named Caryn Cline Jane Duthbert Mary Beth Gardner Jayne Hartell Devi Hightower Charley McIntosh Mari Reddick Mila Smithey Priscilla Singleton Terry Talley Heather Wagner.
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MHS
Missouri Military Academy
United States
Missouri Chamber of Commerce
Missouri Farm Bureau
William S. Lowe
Jesse Hauptman
Cleon Skousen
Clifton Ganus Jr
William Anderson
Nicholas Nyaradi
Col
C. R. Stribling
Mexico
Caryn Cline
Jane Duthbert
Mary Beth Gardner
Jayne Hartell
Devi Hightower
Charley McIntosh
Mari Reddick
Mila Smithey
Priscilla Singleton
Terry Talley
Heather Wagner
Hardin Pirates win after a 7-0 start and clutch TD
Five years earlier the 1968 Hardin Pirates beat Hannibal 14-7 in a Saturday game. Eleven players from that morning game also played in last night's Homecoming. David Sutton scored the winning TD, added the extra point, with Bob Bastian scoring the first TD and extra point. Bastian had 72 rushing yards and Sutton 103. Gary Boone led tacklers with eight. Mexico led in first downs 10-4. A 1969 Hardin Hi-Lite team photo shows 11 veterans from the squad. Tom Stuart is noted as a varsity manager.
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Hardin Pirates
Jeff City
Hannibal
Hannibal Pirates
Ledger Sports
Hardin
Pirates
David Sutton
Bob Bastian
Bastian
Sutton
Gary Boone
Mexico
Boone
Joe Long
Roger Fisher
John Buckner
Larry Worstell
Eric Johnson
David Adams
Randy Higbee
John Sparks
Ben Given
Tom Stuart
Mexico MHS Homecoming echoes in memory and ritual
Eleven years back, Mexico High School celebrated a Homecoming victory noted as MHS at Homecoming. The Ledger recalls a 25th Homecoming win against four losses and the Bulldog band marking the season's first win. No Class of '62 Homecoming dance due to gym renovations, keeping tradition alive by allowing the football team to select queen candidates.
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MHS
Mexico
the Ledger
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Jane Randolph
8Ili Lipsey
Grows Editorial
Freedom Forum
Ledger
Grow
Bob Ligon
Robin Johnson
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