Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Lamar native to run minor league baseball team


Lamar native Matt Kentner has been named interim general manager of the minor league St. Joseph Blacksnakes. He will be in charge of all baseball operations. Formerly, he had been assistant general manager/ticket sales for the club. St. Joseph is in the Class AA American Association.
Kentner is a graduate of Missouri State University with a degree in entertainment management, according to the Blacksnakes website. He is attending the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.
He was an intern last year with the Springfield Cardinals minor league baseball team.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

How exciting.....Congrats to him!

Anonymous said...

Lamar Native? Did he graduate here Randy?

Randy said...

I'm not sure. I don't remember him, but I do remember a couple of Kentners who attended Lamar High School in the 1990s.

Anonymous said...

I'm pretty sure that he graduated from Lamar along with his two sisters. Their mom also teaches here.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, he graduated from Lamar.

Anonymous said...

Great kid!!!
He played basketball like it was a football game!!!