Buoyed by staff and administrative support, Mark Twain’s Leake resigns to become college coach

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | July 29, 2022
Mark Twain football coach Austin Leake, left, leads his captains onto the field for the coin toss before a game last fall. | Submitted photo

CENTER, Mo. — Austin Leake understood the opportunity to chase his dream of coaching football at the college level came at a rather inopportune time. He wasn’t going to pursue it if anyone within his family, the Mark Twain coaching staff or the Mark Twain administration had serious reservations. The gentle nudge from their overriding…

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Leake gets first win as Mark Twain rolls past South Callaway

By J. Robert Gough, Publisher | August 28, 2021
Mark Twain's Landon Moss ran for 238 yards and three touchdowns in the Tigers' win over South Callaway.

CENTER, Mo. – It was his first win as a varsity head coach and he did it at his alma mater, but Austin Leake just wanted to talk about his guys. “All I did was stand on the sidelines and hold a piece of paper,” Leake said to his Mark Twain Tigers thrashed Eastern Missouri…

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