MSHSAA All Access Podcast

100 Years in the Making – The Centennial Celebration 🎉

Join us for a special episode of the MSHSAA All-Access Podcast as we celebrate a truly historic milestone — 100 years of legacy, community, and impact.

In this centennial celebration episode, we talk with Patrick Dell as he discusses the daunting task of arranging a special rendition of our National Anthem to commemorate this historical moment.

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Our last episode of the 2025 Spring Championship season will highlight the Girls Soccer Championships. Listen as we share all the results for this years event and introduce the newest MSHSAA staff member who will take charge of Girls Soccer for Missouri!

Next up to bat in the 2025 Spring Wrap-Up Series: we're swinging for a homer as we cover the '25 Baseball Championships! Weather was certainly a factor throughout April and May, but that didn't stop the participating teams from celebrating moments they won’t forget. Listen in as we go through each class and share all the results from this historic event!

In its second year as a MSHSAA interscholastic sport, the Boys Volleyball Championships welcomed four new teams competing for the title at their new home — the Show-Me Center in Cape Girardeau! This year's competition was fierce, with every dig, serve, and spike leaving it all on the court. Tune in as we go over the results and highlights!

There was plenty of action on the diamond during the 2025 Spring Softball Championships! This year’s event saw many changes—from a different venue to schedule revisions due to a massive amount of rainfall that hit the Springfield area leading up to and during the championships. But this year’s teams didn’t let that curveball deter them from giving it their all, battling adversity every step of the way. Tune in to see how each team finished and what we have to look forward to in the upcoming softball championships!

Over the course of two weekends, almost 4,000 competitors showed up and gave everything they had at the 2025 Track & Field Championships! We witnessed fierce competition as athletes set new records—some even challenging national marks. With each throw, jump, dive, and sprint, an unforgettable championship was made. Tune in as we celebrate new records and team finishes in this action-packed episode!

Next up in our wrap up series of the 2025 Spring Championships, we take a swing at reviewing all the results from this years event highlighting all the individual champions along with team results! This year we re-wrote the record book with several players reaching personal accolades and setting multiple records! Join us in celebrating these amazing athletes!

We are covering all of the results from our Spring championships and to start us off is the Boys Tennis Championships. Singles & Doubles action started us off this spring as the following week saw some tough Teams competition. Listen as we review all the winners and special accolades that was achieved at this years battle on the courts!

It's the final championship preview of the season! In this episode, we highlight the upcoming Girls Soccer Championships as we return to Worldwide Technology Soccer Park in Fenton to catch all the action from 16 teams across four classes battling it out on the pitch! Listen for all the details and more!!

We are nearing the end of our spring championship season and as we approach June we get to talk about the next championship coming up - Baseball!

Once again we will be at Ozark Mountain Sports Complex in Ozark as we start our week off with Class 1 and 2 competition and move through the classes as the week progresses.

Join us in celebrating our next event with this episode!

In this podcast episode we celebrate our youngest MSHSAA sport championship - Boys Volleyball! Although young under the MSHSAA activities, boys volleyball has a rich and impressive history and we are pleased to see the growth of the sport. As we prepare for the 2nd ever MSHSAA championship we will highlight the new home for the championships and share all the details in this episode!

We have a few changes this year for the Spring Softball Championships! We'll talk about those changes along with some exciting things happening at Killian Softball Complex that has caused this years event to relocate. Find out where the championships will be held and more in this episode!

Celebrating our final spring activity championship we are focusing on the 2025 Scholar Bowl Championships and shining a light on this special activity and the results of this years championship event! We had lots of returning teams and saw several new teams this year - find out who made it, how they finished and then get the coaches POV behind how this activity enriches everyone that gets involved!

Ready....Set....Go!! We are running through our previews of spring championships at lightning fast speed and on deck is our Track and Field Championships held at Jefferson City High School. This event has plenty of action at every twist and turn as athletes from around the state push their limits, reach personal bests and compete for a team trophy. We'll share all the details and more in this episode!

We are swinging right into our next championship preview episode - highlighting the 2025 Boys Golf Championships! Find out what locations will be hosting this years championships and any changes or special notes on our next upcoming event!

We are talking about our largest participated activity during this review episode of the 2025 MSHSAA State Music Festival. Thousands of students from around our fine state descended upon Columbia for three days of harmonious excitement and celebration. Be sure to listen as we go over all the details and special moments from this years festival!

Starting off our Spring Sport Championship season is the 2025 Boys Individual Tennis Championships followed by Team competition the following week. We'll talk about the changes that were made this year to the schedule and other details about this upcoming championship in this episode!

It was a historical year for the MSHSAA Speech & Debate Championships with the first year of an additional class of competition and a record number of participating schools and students! We'll review all the winners and special moments in this episode as we continue to march through our spring activity season!

It's time to bring the drama as we highlight our first activity championship in this wrap-up episode - the Theatre Championships! Listen as we go over all the results and take a look at some of the historical moments being made in the first year of this stand-alone event!

Spring in Missouri can bring plenty of weather surprises. During one stormy morning, while sheltering in the new MSHSAA studio during a tornado alert, we recorded an impromptu episode with a few of our guests. This episode offers a behind-the-scenes look into the world of high school sports in Missouri and highlights how our officials continue to grow and network to enhance the experience for students.

We are highlighting our final activity championship event - the MSHSAA Scholar Bowl Championships! It's a battle of the brains during this unique event! Be sure to listen for all the details.

As we have moved through our governance series we have discussed the process for which the association by-laws and recommendations are determined, how those items are determined, and how they become part of the MSHSAA By-Laws. In this episode we go in depth over each topic that was recently voted upon by the membership. Find out what topics the membership currently have their sights on in this episode!

It’s time to talk about our next upcoming championship! In this episode, we’re highlighting our most highly attended event — the MSHSAA State Music Festival.

Thousands of students, representing the largest number of schools for any championship, will descend upon the University of Missouri campus to perform for a chance at the highest rating — a Gold Medal.

Check out all the details in this episode!

Following right after the Theatre Championships are the Speech & Debate Championships. This is the first year these championships have been separated. Listen for all the details and info on our next spring activity championship!

Bringing all the drama for our first spring activity championship we present the 2025 MSHSAA Theatre Championship Preview! This is the first year the Theatre Championships will have their own stand-alone event and we are thrilled to share all the excitement in this episode!

In this episode, we will review the coaches selected for the 2023-24 NFHS MSHSAA Sport Coach of the Year, specifically highlighting our Spring Sport Coaches. We are also pleased to announce the coaches recognized as Section and National Coaches of the Year. Congratulations to all the coaches who represent the state of Missouri as leaders in their field!

We are wrapping up our second weekend of Show-Me Showdown action in this episode going over the results from the Class 4, 5 & 6 Championships. Find out who the winners were and what special moments were made during the tournament.

In this episode we will go over the final results of the 2025 MSHSAA Show-Me Showdown Basketball Championships for Classes 1, 2 and 3. Find out how the games played out, who won, what historical moments were made and so much more!

Taking another look behind the scenes of our MSHSAA Music Festivals, we get the perspective of the Music Festival Manager and the role in facilitating the festivals. Joining us in this podcast are two seasoned managers with years of experience running the MSHSAA festivals - listen as we highlight this heavily participated event in the spring season of MSHSAA activities!

In this episode we sit down with two currently active MSHSAA Adjudicators and discuss their integral role in the aspect of music education in the schools of Missouri. We take a behind the scenes look at some of the rewards that can come from the experience the students live through as they seek feedback from these individuals along with how this also feeds back into the role many of these judges hold as educators. Listen as we celebrate the impact of music in our schools!

It was an exciting 4-days of action on the mats in the Mizzou Arena as athletes from around the state came to participate in the 95th Boys and 7th Girls Wrestling Championships. In this episode we will go over all the winners, highlights and special moments. Don't miss this episode as we also celebrate our four-time champions and those to keep an eye on for future tournaments!

Starting off our winter championship season is the 2025 Girls Swimming & Diving Championships! This event was held in February at the St. Peters Rec-Plex in St. Peters and in this episode we will go over our results and records, along with hearing from the voices of the athletes themselves as they share some words of advice to future championship athletes!

We packed up the equipment and went on location to the MSHSAA Wrestling Championships to capture the action and sit down with one of our current Board of Director members. In this episode we will talk with the Southeast area representative, Mr. Craig Gibbs. Learn what brought Craig to the MSHSAA Board of Directors and what he has learned as part of the governance process of the association.

It's march and that means one thing - its basketball season! We are excited to start our last two weeks of the winter championship season with Boys and Girls Basketball at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO! This podcast episode will highlight this spectacular event and give details for schedule, things to remember and more!

Spring is almost upon us and in this brief episode we will share a few reminders as we move through the rest of our winter season and preparing for the start of spring competitions.

Following up after the MSHSAA area meeting tour, we present the annual questionnaire to the MSHSAA membership. The primary goal of the questionnaire is to gather what is typically referred to as a 'soft-poll' to gauge how the membership would like to move forward regarding the issues discussed during the area meetings. This episode will explain that process a little more as we continue to move through the governance portion of our year.

In this podcast episode we share the names of the coaches that have been recognized by the Missouri State High School Association as the nominations from Missouri for the NFHS Coach of the Year recognition program. These individuals then have the opportunity to be recognized via a national section and then again nationally. We are thrilled to have these excellent coaches providing instruction and direction to the students of Missouri!

In preparation for our next championship we visit with Assistant Executive Director Daryl Bradley for this podcast episode as we preview the upcoming MSHSAA Boys and Girls Wrestling Championships! Listen as we go over all the details that go into putting together this massive event!

In this episode we are introducing our newest staff member to the MSHSAA office - Eric Kelly, Coordinator of Broadcast and Productions. Find out more about Eric, his background, and what brought him the the association. We also spend some time looking at what projects and goals Eric has as we 'take-over' our MSHSAA.TV championship productions!

Kicking off our winter championship season we will be highlighting the 50th MSHSAA Girls Swimming & Diving Championships! Once again we will be at the St. Peter's Rec-Plex for this spectacular event! In this episode you can find schedule details and more!