watched the draft, and he was up for it. The prudish nurse who          How was Pete such a successful coach for so long?  stayed together for a long time, and the great support we had from our administration,” he said. “It was just a good team ef-  they worked as hard as they could. We won some years when we probably shouldn’t have, and we lost some years that we should  were probably going to be loaded. “We got some great help from some volunteer coaches in our lower grades, too, and that made our job a lot easier. And of course, we had a lot of great kids and great parents.” And lest we forget ...


“What we were doing so well that a lot of other schools didn’t want to do, is that we were always working on the basic fun-  working on blocking and tackling and other fundamentals.” It’s what winners do. Obviously. And winning sure is fun. Then, with a sigh and a wry smile, Pete concluded our nearly four- hour conversation.


“It was a great thrill, it was challenging, and it was a heck of a lot of fun. If I had a chance to do it all over again,” he said, “I certainly would.” So would we.


Show-Me Sports /// 11


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