FORT SMITH — Ron Rippy had a roster of stud players in the late 1990s and early 2000s at Ozark. Shooting guards, unselfish post-players. There were role players, too.
But everyone knew when the game was on the line, Sarah Pfeifer was going to get the ball.
“She was a player that went the realm of the normal high school player,” the former Ozark coach said. “She was phenomenal. She was absolutely a DI player from the eighth-grade level. We knew she was going somewhere to play.
“But when she got to high school, she relied on her other players (teammates), rather than taking her skills one-on-one.