Benton Smith

Benton Smith covers sports and news for The Mirror. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina but bleeds Crimson and Blue for the Jayhawks.

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De Soto resident Grizzle receives Gatorade award for 2008 season
By Benton Smith
June 26, 2008

A state champion twice over, Roxi Grizzle is so adept at throwing the javelin you almost expect one of her heaves to keep on flying through the spring sky and explode into the nearby stadium lights like the baseball hit by character Roy Hobbs in the 1984 film “The Natural.”

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