Juwan's Decision Buckhorn Juwan Morgan Chooses Indiana, Achieving Life-Long Dream of Playing D-I Ball Hotel Five Day Forecast, 2 Identified
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SEPTEMBER 12, 2014 FRIDAY Get local news updates at WaynesvilleDailyGuide.com Volume 54, 75¢ Number 251 Charges filed this week - Part 2 Page 2 9/11 Display at WHS ONLINE NOW »» Community talks about the future of FLW ... Missouri enacts 72-hour abortion waiting period ... Tigers volleyball moves through Osage with ease TODAY’S WAYNESVILLE BUCKHORN WEATHER Man found dead in Juwan's Decision Buckhorn Juwan Morgan chooses Indiana, achieving life-long dream of playing D-I ball hotel Five Day Forecast, 2 identified THE DAILY Staff Reports SMILE [email protected] Authorities have re- leased the name of the man found dead in the Buckhorn area this week. Leonard Collins, 37, of St. Robert was found dead on Monday in a hotel room at Fort Wood Inn, accord- ing to Pulaski County Sheriff Ron Long. Kylon Bales, a Pulaski County Sheriff's Newburg and WCC Deputies were called to grad, is smiling the Buckhorn-area hotel approximately 1:20 p.m. after giving career Monday after hotel staff advice to new stu- discovered the deceased. dents at Way- The sheriff 's depart- nesville Career ment, along with the Pu- Center. laski County coroner, are currently investigating the incident. Additional de- Today’s Smile is tails will be released as the sponsored by the investigation progresses. DAILY GUIDE Long said that authori- Juwan Morgan, a 6-foot-8 forward for Waynesville High School, announced Wednesday he will play ties will be releasing more To Sponsor TODAY’S basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers. PHOTO BY DEREK DUEKER information on this case SMILE contact Tammy later this week. at 336-3711 Derek Dueker Since Morgan announced his monster he his on the court now. Waynesville Daily Guide final few schools and Indiana was in that circle, the 6-foot-8 Brotherly Love JEFFERSON INSIDE Juwan Morgan remembers forward has received a lot of sup- Amidst all the nods to previous CITY TODAY when he was in third grade, port from their fans. coaches, teachers and friends watching college basketball play- Between them and the rest of was one mention that stood out. ers on TV. the country vying for his verbal He thanked his brother for Nixon frees Despite his young age, he real- on social media, Morgan's Twit- being his largest inspiration. ized his dream of playing Divi- ter following has grown leaps Normally, that would be sort of $143M for sion I college basketball. and bounds and is now sitting at cliché, but not in this case. “At the time I was short and over 1,800 followers. In 2005 his brother, De'Ante education chunky so I knew I had to stretch Morgan said over one night he Fields, was in a horrific car acci- out,” Morgan said Wednesday in racked up one thousand. dent in which he was traveling an after veto front of a crowd watching him Waynesville coach Chris Pilz estimated 70 mph when the car accomplish that dream and com- said he has been impressed with went off the road and rolled. mit to Indiana, a basketball team Morgan's poise throughout the Juwan was 8-years-old. session draped in success. whole process. “It was one that I shouldn't Gardening to The Hoosiers have been to the “Success is harder to handle have survived,” Fields said. “But I (AP) — Missouri Gov. NCAA Tournament 37 times, than failure,” Pilz said. “And I did.” Jay Nixon freed $143 mil- Distraction: winning the whole thing five think he's handled the spotlight Morgan said he always looked lion of previously frozen times. really well.” up to his brother and if his education funding Thurs- Propagating They haven't won the tourna- So it was no surprise that be- brother could walk today, he day, after lawmakers sus- ment since 1987, but the fore he announced his decision would play basketball at a high tained many of his vetoes plants PAGE 4 Hoosiers are hoping Morgan can he paid homage to those who level. of business tax breaks that help be a piece of the solution to took the “short and chunky” kid Nixon had denounced as that problem. and chiseled him into the tall See MORGAN, 8 potential budget-busters. 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Contact [email protected] Hopes for a state championship still loom for Morgan Unfinished Business He didn't care how long it MORGAN Morgan said it is his took.” Continued from Page 1 mission to repay the com- Pilz could attest, Darren munity for their support. said, that he and Juwan “My next step is to go would be waiting outside “I didn't know Juwan win a state ring,” Morgan the school for the gym to was even looking up to said. open at 5-5:30 a.m. to go me,” Fields said. “I was Actually, he hasn't ever looking up to him. I got through a list of drills. stopped working on that He thought, if he was to happiness through his final goal. It started after success. Even though he's reach D-I level, it would the Tigers lost to Hick- take everything he has my little brother, I looked man 46-45 in sectionals in up to him like he was my got. March. “Playing up with older brother because he “Juwan probably got was so much taller than MOKAN really opened 500 threes up this morn- me.” my eyes that there was ton ing and several other of While his younger of people out there that is his teammates, they know brother was addressing who they are, they're just better than me,” Morgan him while leaning on the there all the time,” Pilz said. “I don't like people podium in front of a huge said. being better than me so crowd, all gathered to That type of work ethic that made me put the hear him reveal the secret began when he was play- work in to get to the spot of where he would attend ing on Fort Leonard where they are and even- college, Fields couldn't Wood after his family had tually pass them.” help but tear up. Now that he's with Indi- “It's a blessing to watch moved to the area in ana, that won't change.