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COACH
LARRY FRIEND
INDUCTED INTO
THE KANSAS STATE HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME, 1/24,
2004 AT HAYS KS.
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On The Links Below For More About Coach.
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Cherokee, OK
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High School
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Cimarron, KS |
College
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Plainville, KS
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Dinner At Hays |
Comments from former Players
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State Senate Resolution |
Blue Jay Golf Outing |
Order Form
for DVD'S
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Former Coaches and
friends.
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Pictures
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PICTURED ABOVE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: JOEY FRIEND, JAY FRIEND, CARL
LEATHERWOOD, LARRY JANTZ, ROGER TIMKEN, COACH LARRY FRIEND, JIM COAST, SAM
WEHKAMP, RITCHIE JANTZ, LARRY ADDISON AND BRENT MAGOUIRK. THIS WAS
TAKEN AT THE INDUCTION CEREMONIES. Joey and Jay are Coach's sons and
the rest are former Cimarron Players that were present at the ceremony.
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Coach Friend is one of only five coaches in the
history of the Kansas State High School Activities Association to be
inducted into their Hall of fame. In his career he has touched many
young men and this page is put together so we can express our feelings to
Coach and so that others that may find this page can learn more about him.
If you are a former athlete or friend and would like to have your thoughts
put on this site, please
EMAIL ME and I will consider posting them. Thanks, Pete
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As this is a work in
progress please do not be afraid to correct or add any items that I may have
wrong or have left out. EMAIL ME
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Here is some personal history on
coach. He was born in the late thirties in S.W. Kansas and went to
High School at Burdett Kansas
where he excelled in all three sports, football, basketball and track.
He then went to Dodge City Junior College where he again starred in those
three sports. From there he went to Northwestern Oklahoma State
College in Alva where he played football and ran track. After his
college career ended he went to Cherokee, OK where he coached lady's
basketball for one season.
The next year he was the Junior High football coach in
Cimarron, KS. The next year
he became the High School football coach helping Cimarron achieve it's
first winning season in some years.
After six years at Cimarron Coach moved to Hayesville where he was the
assistant football coach and head track coach.
After a year at Campus High in Haysville as overall PE coordinator, coach took over the coaching
job at Plainville, KS where in his twenty year stint as head coach took
the Cardinals to two state championships along with many winning seasons.
He later coached four years at Stanton County High School in Johnson, KS
and now resides with his wife Joan in Syracuse, KS where Joan is an
administrator at the high school and Coach enjoys his retirement with
Golf, keeping in touch with friends, former coaches and players as well as
other activities.
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