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ATHLETE SPOTLIGHT‼️

Shoutout to Landen Stanphill as he lays the groundwork for a STRONG, HEALTHY, and REWARDING senior season with the Pierce City Eagles!

Landen is the definition of an athlete committed to the process. Competing for the Eagles in football, basketball, and track & field, he finished his junior year knowing there was another level he wanted to reach—and he made the decision to chase it relentlessly.

This summer has been about one thing: excellence.

While many athletes are enjoying their offseason, Landen has doubled down on his goals. He's stacking quality team strength sessions, sport-specific workouts, additional gym work on his own time, and dedicated sprint training on the track. Every week he continues to invest overtime into becoming the athlete he knows he can be.

What stands out most isn't the talent—it's the consistency. The willingness to show up. The commitment to doing the extra work when nobody is watching.

With aspirations of competing at a championship and all-state level, Landen understands that success isn't built overnight. It's earned through countless reps, disciplined habits, and a daily commitment to improvement.

The work is showing. The progress is real. And this is only the beginning.

Keep attacking the process, Landen! Stack the days and let the results speak for themselves! The best is yet to come.

WEEK 3 DONE‼️Aurora Mighty Mite Football starting the summer STRONG! Laying the FOUNDATION on movement efficiently, stability, and power production needed to be the BEST on the field this fall! GREAT WORK BOYS! See you next week!!! 🏈💪🏼🏆

ATTENTION ATHLETES‼️ Let's do some great work together this summer! Monett YMCA, Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Clinic sessions by grade group.

What to expect: Age-appropriate instruction and development opportunity in both field and court speed, agility, quickness, and power production. We'll measure vertical and broad jumps throughout the 6 weeks to track progress. The athlete will have 2 workout opportunities per week and, additionally, a 2-day at-home workout to do on their own. 6 weeks, 12 workouts, 100% focused on YOU getting better.

Space limited, get signed up today! I hope to see you there!

Monett Area YMCA
Tuesday and Thursday, July 7th-August 15th

1st-2nd Grade, 5:30-6:15pm
3rd-6th Grade, 6:30-7:30pm
7th-12th Grade, 7:45-9:00pm

To get registered, go to https://www.orymca.org/locations/monett-area-ymca/ and click on Current Programs.

WORLD-CLASS volleyball instruction, right here at home! Take a sec and check out that instructor line-up!

You won't want to miss this opportunity! Get registered in the link below and see you there! 🏐💪🏼

ALL-STATE EXCELLENCE‼️A well-deserved congratulations to these two AMAZING athletes, freshman Theo Smith and junior Peyton Brandt of Monett HS for a STRONG and RESILIENT performance at the Missouri Class 4 State Track and Field Championship last weekend in Jefferson City, MO.

Peyton Brandt, 8th Place🏅High Jump, All-State🏆

Theo Smith, 8th Place🏅4x400m Relay, All-State🏆, 9th Place🏅300mH

Theo and Peyton! I'm so happy for you in your accomplishments! Through the downpours and delays, you stayed focused on the goal, to be your best. Keep smiling, you earned!! 💜💪🏼🏆

Not every championship moment is captured in a single photo.

A couple weeks ago, Pierce City Lady Eagle standout, Emma Hunt, was featured in Ozarks Sports Zone’s “Photo of the Week” from the Class 2 Missouri State Track & Field Championships in Jefferson City. It was a picture of Emma doing what she always does — running with a huge smile on her face — and a community showed up in a big way as she overwhelmingly won the vote. 💚💪🏼

What that picture didn’t show were the countless hours she invested behind the scenes. The extra miles that nobody counted. The commitment when nobody was watching.

Bigger than her smile, is her heart. Her heart speaks for itself.

1600m
🏆Conference Champion
🏆District Champion
🏆Sectional Champion
🏆Missouri Class 2 All-State — 7th Place

3200m
🏆District Champion
🏆Sectional Champion
🏆Missouri Class 2 All-State — 6th Place

More gold medals than not throughout the spring season, and a young lady who represented her community with class, toughness, humility, and joy every single time she stepped onto the track.

That smile in the state meet photo wasn’t staged. That’s who she is. Awesomeness built long before the camera arrives.

Congratulations on an incredible season, young lady. Your work ethic, attitude, and perseverance are exactly what young athletes should aspire to become. Prayers for the next chapter ahead as you continue your academic and athletic career at John Brown University Cross Country and Track & Field this fall.

Keep smiling, make it fun. ALWAYS. 💚💪🏼🏆

DEVELOPMENT OVER DISLOYALTY‼️ Over the last couple weeks, I’ve watched athletes I’ve worked with compete on the biggest stages that their high school careers can offer.

State track and field. State softball. Championship environments. Pressure moments. Big-time performances.

And while I’m incredibly proud of those athletes and the work they’ve put in, I’ve also been reminded of something that continues to frustrate me deeply about youth and high school sports culture.

We still have too many coaches, programs, and administrators who treat outside development like a threat instead of an asset.

Read that again.

If an athlete wants to get faster, stronger, more explosive, improve mobility, learn corrective exercise and recovery, understand and implement smart nutrition, study movement, reduce injury risk, or simply work harder outside of practice. WHY would that ever be discouraged?

No math teacher gets angry because a student hired a tutor. No English teacher tells a kid to stop reading outside of class. If they do, they shouldn't be educating our kids.

So why, in athletics, do we sometimes shame athletes for wanting more development? Why is youth athletics operating from a mindset of control instead of growth? Ego, and it's gross.

A school sport coach is more than a practice organizer. A coach is an educator. A mentor. A steward of development. And development is NOT just sport reps.

Development is sleep. Nutrition. Movement quality. Recovery. Strength training. Mental resilience. Confidence. Understanding male and female athlete differences. Individualizing training instead of painting entire teams with one brush and hoping everyone magically adapts the same way.

Our young athletes deserve better than survival-mode coaching. They deserve full-spectrum development. They deserve our best.

Over the last five years, I’ve worked with athletes all the way through the future collegiate level, and one thing has become crystal clear:

The athletes who grow the most are the ones surrounded by coaches and adults willing to collaborate instead of compete.

This should never be about ego. It should never be about ownership. And it definitely should never be about protecting territory. It should be about the athlete. Always. If you are a coach and disagree, that's ok. But stop coaching. You aren't fit.

To our athletes:
Keep chasing growth.
Keep asking questions.
Keep seeking knowledge.
Keep doing the extra work when nobody’s watching.

To the coaches and administrators willing to evolve, learn, and truly support long-term athletic development and growth, thank you. Too few of you around.

Our kids need more of that. Not less.

STATE-BOUND‼️ Shout-out to my man Theo Smith of Monett HS, CRUSHING an individual PR and ticket punched to the Class 4 State Championship next week in two events!

Class 4 Sectional
3rd Place🥉300mH (PR)
1st Place🥇4x400 (1971 School Record)

Winning the days in-between! Nicely done young man!!! 💜💪🏼🔥🏆

🥉Freshman Theo Smith runs a huge PR 40.01 in the 300m hurdles and is going to STATE! We are so proud of you, Theo! 👏🏻👏🏻

Peyton Brandt of Monett HS doing what she does best, chasing excellence! Big congrats to you, young lady!

Class 4 Sectional, 1st Place🥇High Jump (PR)