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Jim Pendergrass begins his 13th season as the Head Coach of the Kickapoo Lady Chiefs with an overall coaching record of 310-98. He guided the Kickapoo Lady Chiefs to the 2016 Class 5 State Championship with a 63-53 win over Kirkwood.

2022 Missouri Class 5 Runner- Up 28-4

2021 Missouri Class 5 Third Place 29-3

2018 Missouri Class 5 State Runner- Up 28-4

2016 Missouri Class 5 State Champions 29-3 overall record

2016 Max Preps/ National Guard Tour of Champions

2016 Missouri Class 5 Coach of the Year

2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 2021, 2022 Ozark Conference Championship

2010, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 2021, 2022 District Champions

2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 2021, 2022 District Coach of the Year

2015, 2018, 2019 Court Talk Coach of the Year

2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022Ozark Conference Coach of the Year

2021 Springfield Newsleader Coach of the Year

2010 Class 5 3^rd place 25-6 overall record

2003 Class 5 State Champions and national ranking of 13.

2001 Crane High School District Champions

Leslie Hanchey is a 2005 graduate of Kickapoo High School and a 2010 graduate of Missouri State University. She played for Hall of Fame Coach Stephanie Phillips, accumulating an incredible four year record of 112-7. She was a member of the two State Championship teams in 2003 and 2005. Coach Hanchey played college basketball at Southwest Baptist University from 2005-2007. Coach Hanchey’s degree is in Physical Education and graduated with her Masters in Educational Administration from William Woods University in the spring of 2014. She also has coached basketball at Cherokee Middle School along with track at Cherokee and Carver Middle School. This is her 15th season as an Assistant Coach for the Lady Chiefs and her 7th as Associate Head Coach.

Kayla Daniels is beginning her 5th season at Kickapoo High School. She is a 2011 graduate of Fair Grove High School where she played basketball, volleyball, and track. She was a First-Team Academic and Athletic All-State basketball and volleyball player and received All-Ozark basketball honors her senior year. Kepler continued her basketball career at College of the Ozarks where she competed in two national championship title games in 2012 and 2014. Over her four years at College of the Ozarks, she received Scholar and Athletic MACA First-Team All-Conference, MCAC Player of the Week, NAIA Division Two National Tournament Hustle Player of the Year, and earned NAIA First-Team All-American and Academic All-American her senior season. Concluding her time at College of the Ozarks, she became the All-Time assist leader with 469. Her degree is in Physical Education with a Coaching minor and currently pursuing her Master's Degree in Educational Administration.

Jayce Swofford is a 2015 graduate and native of Ava, Missouri. She attended Northeastern Oklahoma earning her Associate Degree in 2018. While at NEO she played Softball where her team competed in the College World Series placing 10th in the country. In 2021, she completed her Bachelors Degree at Columbia Southern University in Psychology. She currently works as a substitute teacher. Her hobbies include spending time with her family and remodeling homes.