COLUMBIA - Lyle Pfaff can't muster the strength to shoot a basketball overhand anymore. That's what 77 years of life will do. Pfaff's hands are swollen from arthritis, making it difficult for him to handle the ball. That's what 70 years of working on the farm, milking cows, will do. So Pfaff adapts, shooting underhand and almost never dribbling the ball. Pfaff is more than happy to make those adjustments. That's what a love of sports will do.
Age no deterrent for Show-Me State Games veterans
Saturday, July 25, 2009 | 6:52 p.m. CDT;
updated 9:35 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 28, 2009
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