Education thumb|Brashear Lady Tigers players celebrate their first Missouri Class 1A basketball championship, March 2003. The team would repeat as state champs in 2004. Like many small rural towns, Adair County R-2 school is often the focus of community activity. The first school building was established in Brashear in 1857. By 1917 three years of high school credit could be obtained, and by 1922 Brashear was an accredited four-year high school. In 1925 the first Brashear High School was destroyed by fire, but quickly rebuilt. By January 1965 all surrounding rural schools had been consolidated into the current R-2 District. Not long after the destruction of the first high school, a northern Missouri legend was born: the annual Brashear Basketball Tournament. The year 1918 saw the birth of organized school basketball at Brashear, and by 1927 the first tournament was held. Through good times and bad the tournament has persevered to become one of the oldest in Missouri. The Brashear Lady Tigers won back-to-back Missouri Class 1A state basketball titles in 2003 and 2004. On June 3, 2010 the Brashear Tigers baseball team competed in the Missouri Class 1A baseball championship game, taking second place. Brashear is a charter member of the Tri-County Conference in athletics, academics, and music.
Education thumb|Brashear Lady Tigers players celebrate their first Missouri Class 1A basketball championship March 2003 The team would repeat as state champs in 2004 Like many small rural towns Adair County R-2 school is often the focus of community activity The first school building was established in Brashear in 1857 By 1917 three years of high school credit could be obtained and by 1922 Brashear was an accredited four-year high school In 1925 the first Brashear High School was destroyed by fire but quickly rebuilt By January 1965 all surrounding rural schools had been consolidated into the current R-2 District Not long after the destruction of the first high school a northern Missouri legend was born the annual Brashear Basketball Tournament The year 1918 saw the birth of organized school basketball at Brashear and by 1927 the first tournament was held Through good times and bad the tournament has persevered to become one of the oldest in Missouri The Brashear Lady Tigers won back-to-back Missouri Class 1A state basketball titles in 2003 and 2004 On June 3 2010 the Brashear Tigers baseball team competed in the Missouri Class 1A baseball championship game taking second place Brashear is a charter member of the Tri-County Conference in athletics academics and music