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By ALISON HODGSON/Missourian  ¦   Green belt Larry Barker from Kirksville practices outside the Rock Bridge gym before his turn in the tae kwon do competition. Last year he took part as a white belt.

By ALISON HODGSON/Missourian  ¦   Lane Bates, 5, gets help from his dad, Jody, after competing in the 4-5 year old division of Taekwon-Do. Bates is competing for the Kumite Dragons, and said "I can't win without my mohawk." This is his second year competing in the Show-Me State Games.

By MEGHAN KRANE Missourian  ¦   Todd Hohenstreet gets serious about a putt in the disc golf tournament Saturday at the course at Albert-Oakland Park.

By MEGHAN KRANE Missourian  ¦   Todd Hohenstreet, left, finishes the 16th hole in Saturday’s disc golf tournament before moving on to the next tee with friend Stuart Howeser. Hohenstreet said he took up disc golf after playing ultimate in college.

By MEGHAN KRANE Missourian  ¦   Cole McCutchan, 12, removes his arrows after warming up for the target archery competition Saturday at Stephens Lake Park.

By MEGHAN KRANE/Missourian  ¦   Matt McCowan of Auxvasse takes his place on the line and prepares to take his shot in Saturday’s target archery competition.

By SALLY MORROW/Missourian  ¦   Katelyn Sterchi serves against Britni Norfolk in the championship match of the junior division singles tournament Saturday at the Green Tennis Center.

By SALLY MORROW/Missourian  ¦   Britni Norfolk, left, and Katelyn Sterchi, 15, get ready for their match during the juniors round of Tennis at the Show-Me State Games, Saturday, July 28, 2007.

By SALLY MORROW Missourian  ¦   Katelyn Sterchi, left, and Britni Norfolk walk onto the court to play the championship match of junior singles competition.

By Photo courtesy of Marci Mitchell  ¦   The impact from hit-and-run collision left an imprint of the other car’s license plate on the front of Marci Mitchell’s car.

By JENNIFER WHITNEY/Missourian  ¦   Thursday, July 26, 2007--On one of the final evenings before closing for restoration, the Missouri Theatre was packed with an estimated 250 guests plus forty symphony musicians and their staff for the Ala Carte event, a Missouri Symphony performance followed by a feast of dishes from all over the world prepared by Symphony musicians and volunteers.

By MEGHAN KRANE  ¦   Jomoke Sanusi introduces members of Egbe Omo Oduduwa in front of the friends and family who gathered in the American Legion Hall on Saturday evening to celebrate their southern Nigerian heritage. From left are Fela Amos, Olawale Ibitoye and Moyosola Ibitoye.

By KAREN MITCHELL/Missourian  ¦   Coach Kyle Hawkins talks with some members of the lacrosse club team during a timeout in a game against Illinois in April 2006 at MU. Hawkins came out as a gay man just before the start of the 2006-07 season.

By JIM BUZINSKI/Outsports.com  ¦   In 1975, former San Francisco 49ers running back David Kopay became the first athlete in a professional team sport to announce his homosexuality.

By Courtesy of Cyd Zeigler  ¦   Cyd Zeigler co-founded outsports.com, the Web site where Kyle Hawkins first posted about being a gay coach of the Missouri men’s club lacrosse team.

By Courtesy of Oregon State Sports Information Department  ¦   Kirk Walker became the first openly gay male coach of a Division I program when he came out to his team in September 2005.

School: Oregon State

Position: Softball coach

By Courtesy of Oregon State Sports Information Department  ¦   Oregon State softball coach Kirk Walker screams from the dugout to his team on the field. He says his players and OSU administration have been supportive since he came out.

By Courtesy of Oregon State Sports Information Department  ¦   Oregon State softball coach Kirk Walker giving instructions during a game. He adopted a child with his partner, Randy Baltimore.

By Courtesy of Dave Lohse  ¦   Dave Lohse said the first openly gay male coach of a prominent men’s team will surface somewhere in the Northeast or on the West Coast.

School: University of North Carolina

Position: Athletic communications director