Kennett Athletics Golf Scramble raises over $26,000

KENNETT – After the dust settled at the Kennett Country Club last Friday, the eighth annual Kennett Athletics 4-Person Scramble raised over $26,000 to go towards facility and equipment upgrades for each athletic team in the Kennett School District.

“It just seems like people have a good time at this thing,” Kennett High School athletic director Jim Vaughan said. “They can enjoy themselves, and at the same time understand how important the proceeds from this tournament are. It’s just such a beneficial event all the way around.”

More importantly, enough money was raised to fund several projects throughout the district, benefiting multiple athletic programs along the way.

In past years, the tournament has funded projects like tennis court spectator stands, multiple scoreboards, batting machines and cages, equipment sheds, volleyball net systems and a spike machine, repairs to the shot put and discus areas and new hurdles for the track and field team, signage for locker rooms and the football field house, and much more.

“It’s the biggest we’ve ever had,” Vaughan said. “We’ve had 24 teams before, but we got to 25 this year, and we had over $18,000 in sponsorships alone. That support is phenomenal, and it’s almost overwhelming.”

With 25 total teams, seven holes were stacked and the course was full, but Vaughan explained that once things got going, “it was impressively smooth.”

A golfer participates in the Kennett Athletics 4-Person Scramble on Friday, June 16.Christian Johnson, Delta Dunklin Democrat

Other events like the yearly 50/50 drawing, a silent auction and a number of games such as a double your money hole and a long drive competition raised more money, and gave others the opportunity to walk away with a prize regardless of their golf game.

Next, Vaughan will reach out to each head coach to solicit their ideas and their needs, and funds will be distributed based on each program’s needs. Each year, he hopes to gear the funds toward improvements that benefit multiple programs, rather than providing new gear for an individual team.

“Kennett athletics is super appreciative of how this has grown, the support that we continue gain from it, and the projects that we’re able to do,” he said. “It’s hugely beneficial for us, because this golf tournament has given us the ability to do projects that we would not have otherwise been able to budget for.”

Vaughan would also like to thank all of the tournament’s sponsors on behalf of all Kennett athletics.

Major sponsors of the event included Acrisure, Baker Implement, C & S Cleaning Supplies, Central States Bus, FCC Behavioral Health, Ford, Gamble-Bedwell Printing LLC, Glen Sain Chevrolet & GMC, Jostens, Kennett Trust Bank, L. Cobb Constuction LLC, M2 Outdoors, OPAA Food Management, Quality Roofing, Sides Construction, Skeeter Kell, Southern Bank, Todd & Atwill, Veregy (CTS Group), and Wallstreet Group.

Silent Auction donors were AutoZone, Barton’s, O’Reilley’s, Burke’s True Value, Wal-Mart, Novatech, Quality Roofing, Legacy Equipment, Bloom Bella, Andy’s Creations, Rick and Lynn Campbell, KHS Football, KHS Golf, KHS Softball, KHS Volleyball, KHS Baseball, KHS Volleyball, KHS Tennis, The Spot Doggie Daycare Resort, Tractor Supply, KHS Principal Chad Pritchett, KHS Schools Dr. Richie Leeker, FORD Servco, and Kennett Schools Summer Food Program.

Gift package donors included Skeeter Kell, Bradley’s Distributing, Subway, Taco Bell, FCC Behavioral Health, and Harp’s.

There were also 89 hole sponsors this year:

3DH; 4 Evergreen; Ace Glass; American Elite Real Estate; Baker Farm & Hardware; Baker-Welman-Brown Insurance; Bayird; Bootheel Outdoors; BSN; Built by Bob; Bulte Company; Burcham Dental Arts; Capstone; Catfish Wharf; Century 21; Cornerstone Pharmacy; Crow, Reynolds, Shetley, McVey, & Scherer, LLP Attorneys at Law; D & V Rentals; Dalton, Mowrer & Chidister, LLP Attorneys at Law; Darren Robertson, Attorney at Law; Delta Insurance; Dille and Pollard Architects; Don's Glass Shop; Dubs Clothing; Duncan Sheet Metal; ESS Equipment; Farm Bureau Insurance - Dustin Pritchett, Agent; Farm Credit - Southeast Missouri – Kennett; Farmer's Insurance - Jeff Essary, Agent; First State Community Bank; FM Bank; FTJ / MEUHP; Gentry's Gym; Giorgio's; Grecian Steak House; Harris Pharmacy; Jarrod and Kristy Green; Jewell Aviation; Jim Rainey in Memory of Johnny James; Jonathan and Wanda Payne; Judge Mark Preyer; Ken Johnson - Shelter Insurance; Kennett Bowling Lanes; Larry Carol; LBV Photography by Kelly Creed; Legacy Hospice; LJ Hart & Company; Mackie Moo Ray's; MACO Development Company; McCormick Law Office; McPherson Medical & Diagnostic; Midwest Drywall; Midwest Panting; Nathan, Jessica, Allie, & Bryce Baker; New Image Consignment & Boutique; Nucor-Yamato; Okeena Termite and Pest Control; Pelts, McMullan, Edgington, & Morgan, Attorneys at Law; Phoenix Photography; Pierce Farms; Pollack Broadcasting Company; Pyramid Roofing; Raspberry Farms; Reflections Mental Health Care - Tiffany Leeker; Rouse Vision Care; Sarah Jo Morgan, CPA; SEMO Drug Pharmacy; SEMO Health Network; Semo Technologies; Senath State Bank; Sharp Disposal; Sheild Solutions; Shelter Insurance - Mark Wallace, Agent; Sonic; Speed Logistics LLC; State Farm Insurance - Greg Wilson, Agent; Stokley Law Firm; Studio 119; T.R. Baker Agency, Inc. Insurance/Real Estate; Terminix; The Spot Doggie Daycare Resort LLC; The Trendy Indian; Tom's Tuckpointing; Ultimate Fitness; Unico Bank; Walsworth; Wilcoxson's Furniture; WW Recycling.