Duane Goodrich made four straight appearances in the Kansas State Tournament from 1971 through 1974, including the last three in the championship class where he finished as high as 5th. He took a leave of absence from the game for the next 12 years to pursue other interests except for a brief appearance in 1979. But when Duane began throwing horseshoes again in 1987, he came back with a vengeance, appearing in eight out of nine Championship Classes from 1989 through 1997. Duane finished as high as second place in the Kansas State Tournament in 1992 and also finished third twice, in 1993 and 1994. He also represented Kansas by attending and appearing in several World Tournaments while throwing his 1¾ turn wobbly shoe. Duane served the Kansas State Horseshoe Pitchers Association as its Secretary-Treasurer from 1995 through 1999 and was Tournament Director of the State Tournament for those five years. He also served as Tournament Director for the Topeka Horseshoe Club at the tournaments held in Topeka for several years. Using his computer knowledge, Duane helped set up and maintain the website for the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association and helped put the tournament results for several World Tournaments on the web so those pitchers who could not attend could get the results as fast as possible. Duane developed a computer program to record the results of local tournaments, and created and maintains the website for the Kansas Horseshoe Pitchers Association. For his record of service to the Kansas State Horseshoe Pitchers Association as Secretary-Treasurer, his work on computers to promote the game, and his record in the Kansas State Tournament with 11 Championship Class appearances, Duane Goodrich was elected into the Kansas State Horseshoe Pitchers Hall of Fame in 2000 as a Player-Promoter. Following is a summary of Duane’s Kansas State Tournament records.
