to PRO High heat, drop kicks, random observations and points that amuse are all part of the wide, wide world of sports at the community and national levels. SHAWN RONEY I’ve got soccer on the brain again, thanks in part to a recent assignment. In late May, I covered a soccer camp at Tiger Stadium in Excelsior Springs for our sister newspaper, The Excelsior Springs Standard. I interviewed Brett McKenzie, the Excelsior Springs varsity girls coach, who also has been Zac Ganzer’s assistant coach for the Excelsior Springs boys program. In addition, I interviewed two high school athletes – Brady Schoonover and Maddie Wenz. After conducting the interviews, I took some pictures of campers training and scrimmaging. A few of them were published June 27 in The Standard with some other summer training photos. Watching the campers kick the ball around prompted me to think about my own relationship with soccer – or “the beautiful game,” as it’s often called. It started in the mid-1970s, when…