Mizzou Recruits

♦ Brandon Platts was named to the Iowa High School Baseball Association All-State Baseball Team. He is on the 2nd team, likely due to an injury that limited his playing time.

♦ Brandon Platts is mentioned in an interesting article at GlobeGazette.com (Fighting On: Estus Ready for pro MMA Debut) has a side bar about a Mason City, IA, trainer who counts among his clients MU recruit Brandon Platts.

To Laube, it’s no secret what it takes to become a premiere athlete.

“The biggest thing that separates D-I to D-III can be small things,” he said. “With talent, some people are born with more but that can be earned through work ethic. You have to have that besides God’s gifts. A lot has to do with preparation.”

Much of that preparation can be traced . . .