Dorial Green Beckham

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The recruitment of Dorial Green-Beckham is over, but not the second-guessing.  The Hillcrest High School senior all-everything wide receiver inked his letter of intent with the University of Missouri before a packed gymnasium on Wednesday morning.  Mizzou had always been a top option for the country's top high school recruit, but not the only one. "It was the place for me to just stay home and have all these people come...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A Springfield sign company has the chant down like the rest of Tiger country, M-I-Z D-G-B! Lamar advertising in Springfield put up this billboard at Glenstone and Independence congratulating Springfield Hillcrest High School's Dorial Green-Beckham and his decision to attend Mizzou.  The company did it to honor the country's top high school football recruit and Missouri for winning the recruiting battle to keep him in-state....

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The connection of quarterback Matt Futtrell and receiver Dorial Green-Beckham proved too much for an Ozark Conference rival. Green-Beckham caught 12 passes for 217 yards and two touchdowns to lead Hillcrest to a 31-21 win against the Camdenton Lakers.  Hillcrest improves to 3-1 on the season.  Camdenton falls to 1-3. Green-Beckham has 43 receptions for 735 yards and seven touchdowns in the first four games of the 2011...

SPRINGFIELD Mo. - Dorial Green-Beckham saved his best for last regular-season home game. The senior broke the national high school career record for receiving yards on senior night at Hillcrest High School (9-1) helping the Hornets to a 35-7 district victory over the Republic Tigers (4-6).  Both schools advanced to next week's Class 4 playoffs. He surpassed Abram Booty's 5,867 yard mark after an 81-yard touchdown pass in the first half.  Booty had held the record since 1996.  Dorial Green Beckham added to that record, which is now more than 6,100 yards.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Will Dorial Green-Beckham "Call those Hogs?"  Or perhaps chant M-I-Z-Z-O-U?"  Or will the "Eyes of Texas" be wide open on signing day? Green-Beckham's decision is anybody's guess.  The country's top high school football recruit has narrowed his list down to only a select few schools, after four years of endless letters, phone calls, and visits from the country's top college football head coaches.   So who knows his decision, or even if he has made his decision.  Hillcrest High School administrators say they have no idea.  Nor, would they even think about spilling his news.  Even the cake baker has been left out of the secret.

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Securing the country's top player will make any college football recruiting class shine. Mizzou inked 18 commitments Wednesday in the Class of 2012, including everybody's top receiver Dorial Green-Beckham.  The class will be the first to play in the Southeastern Conference next season.  Springfield Hillcrest High School's Dorial Green-Beckham's signature stole the national headlines.  The 6'6", 220-pound receiver is...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Dorial Green-Beckham is already the "big man on campus," literally. The 6-foot-6, 220-pound freshman wide receiver for the Missouri Tigers is earning the respect of his teammates after a month of workouts. "He's been working hard all summer," said Missouri Head Coach Gary Pinkel.  "Some of the players that come by my office, they talk about Dorial, they talk about what a great kid he is. " Green-Beckham finished his career at Springfield's Hillcrest High School as one of the country's most decorated athletes ever.  He broke the national high school football receiving yards record in 2011, ending with 6,536 yards.  In his senior season, Green-Beckham caught 119 passes for 2,233 yards and 24 touchdowns.  Last season, he led the Hornets to the Class Four quarterfinals, the best finish in school history.  Add to his stellar stat sheet three-straight all-state Class Four basketball teams.  And a state basketball championship his sophomore season.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The country's top recruit will kick off ESPN's all-day 2012 high school football signing day coverage. Dorial Green-Beckham is scheduled to announce his much-awaited college decision on Feb, 1 before a national television audience on ESPN-U.  That announcement likely will come shortly after 9:00 a.m. during an assembly at Hillcrest High School. Signing day for the 6'6", 220-pound all-American wide receiver will end a long recruiting process.  Many schools have come and gone over Green-Beckham's record-breaking career.  Arkansas, Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma have all made a final push for him in the weeks before signing day.  Green-Beckham visited Arkansas last week.  Reports say he will visit Missouri this week.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The Springfield Hillcrest Hornets showed they are the class of the city. Dorial Green-Beckham caught two touchdowns in the Hornets 35-8 blowout victory over the Glendale Falcons Thursday night.  Hillcrest improves to 4-1 on the season.  Glendale dropped its first game this season. Green-Beckham caught 10 passes for 129 yards.  Through five games, the top-rated receiver in the country has hauled in 53 passes for 864 yards and nine touchdowns.  The senior standout topped 5,000 yards for his career, adding to his state high school record.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Officials from Missouri and Illinois announced Thursday the Braggin' Rights game will continue for six more years through the 2016 season. Many consider the Mizzou-Illini game as one of the best in all of college basketball. While at the press conferece, Mike Alden talked to KY3's Joe Hickman about the recent incident regarding Dorial Green-Beckham.  The freshman from Springfield-Hillcrest was arrested and charged with allegedly possessing marijuana.  "(The University)

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Mizzou freshman wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham faces a one game suspension after he was arrested on suspicion of marijuana possession in Columbia on Wednesday night, along with two teammates. Green-Beckham and freshman teammates Torey Boozer and Levi Copelin were arrested on suspicion of possessing 35 grams or less of marijauna after a campus policeman spotted a Lincoln Navigator in a parking lot at Memorial Stadium just before midnight and smelled an odor of marijuana.

COLUMBIA, Mo. - On the road again. The Missouri Tigers (2-2, 0-2) will return to action Saturday in Orlando against the Central Florida Knights (2-1).  Kickoff is at 11:00 a.m. on Fox Sports Network. Missouri has already played the country's toughest schedule, including losses to top ten ranked schools Georgia and South Carolina.  This is Missouri's first meeting with Central Florida. News and Notes: Where's Florida?: This is Mizzou's first trip to the Sunshine State since 1988.   Missouri lost that game at Miami (Fla)

Coach: John Beckham, 5th season at Hillcrest 2011 Recap:   11-2, lost to eventual Class 4 state champion Webb City in quarterfinals Returning Starters:   3 on offense, 4 on defense Key Returning Players:   Jonah Hill (TE), C.J. Hubbard (DL), Juwan Johnson (WR), Sheldon Moellar (RB) So there was once this young man named Dorial Green-Beckham.  DGB has the Hillcrest Hornet fans would call him was a gifted athlete.  In his four-years at Hillcrest, he broke the national record for career receiving yards.  Now, he's at Mizzou catching passes for the Tigers and the Hornets need to regroup.

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Wearing his brand-new number 15 black, gold, gray and white jersey, Springfield's Dorial Green-Beckham looks the part at the Mizzou Tigers training camp. Tigers' camp opening with Dorial off the depth chart; something head coach Gary Pinkel says a freshman has to earn. Many Tiger fans packed Faurot Field hoping for an autograph from the nation's number-one recruit last spring. Dorial is taking the pressure and attention in stride.  He was seen joking with teammates and graciously signing autographs for fans.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Dorial Green-Beckham is already the "big man on campus," literally. The 6-foot-6, 220-pound freshman wide receiver for the Missouri Tigers is earning the respect of his teammates after a month of workouts. "He's been working hard all summer," said Missouri Head Coach Gary Pinkel.  "Some of the players that come by my office, they talk about Dorial, they talk about what a great kid he is. " Green-Beckham finished his career at Springfield's Hillcrest High School as one of the country's most decorated athletes ever.  He broke the national high school football receiving yards record in 2011, ending with 6,536 yards.  In his senior season, Green-Beckham caught 119 passes for 2,233 yards and 24 touchdowns.  Last season, he led the Hornets to the Class Four quarterfinals, the best finish in school history.  Add to his stellar stat sheet three-straight all-state Class Four basketball teams.  And a state basketball championship his sophomore season.

   The Springfield school board on Thursday approved the use of private funds to place artificial turf in the football stadiums at Glendale, Hillcrest, and Kickapoo, the only three public schools in the city without the synthetic surface.  Parkview's JFK Stadium, which is scheduled to have its field resurfaced, and Central's Harrison Stadium, which it shares with Drury, already have artificial turf.     Headed by district athletic director Mark Fisher, some $3.5 million has been raised for the project with the goal to raise about a half-million more.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Dorial Green-Beckham's trophy case is getting full. The Atlanta Touchdown Club awarded the Hillcrest High School senior its Bobby Dodd National High School Offensive Player of the Year award in Springfield Thursday.  The selection committee admitted Green-Beckham was a no-brainer. "There really was not anybody else," said Atlanta Touchdown Club President Dennis Caniglia. "He just jumped out as being the best of the best. " Green-Beckham joins a long list of high profile names to earn the honor since its inception in 1987.  That list includes Kansas City Chiefs safety Eric Berry and Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning.  Green-Beckham says he is honored to be mentioned in that class.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Springfield Hillcrest High School's Dorial Green-Beckham always said he chose the University of Missouri over the University of Arkansas because of his relationship with the coaches.  The high school football standout player's National Signing Day decision was re-addressed Thursday, weeks after the University of Arkansas fired Head Coach Bobby Petrino.  Arkansas fired Petrino April 10 after he lied about an inappropriate relationship...

COLUMBIA, Mo. and HOT SPRINGS, Ark. -- The Ozarks had five schools playing for state basketball titles Saturday night. In Columbia, the Republic Lady Tigers were the lone Missouri school to claim the trophy.  Republic pulled out a victory in the waining moments of it's game against Smithville, 53-51.  The school will celebrate the Class 4 Title win on Sunday at 1:30 inside the high school gym. For both boys teams playing in Columbia, Nixa...