Sports

Platte Valley baseball finished second at state

By Morgan Guyer The Platte Valley Boys Baseball Team competed in the final four in Ozark on May 29-30, claiming a second place finish in Class 1 after falling to St. Elizabeth 3-13 in the title game. In the team’s first game at Sky Bacon Stadium in Ozark, they came away with an 8-0 victory

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College Softball World Series, 2023 The 2023 NCAA Div. I Women’s Softball College World Series (WCWS) is being played this week (June 1-9) in Oklahoma City.  This proportional symbol map displays the 13 teams that have won championships over the past 41 years.  Four of those teams are in the 2023 WCWS.  UCLA leads with

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College Baseball Top 25 Rankings, May 21, 2023. This week’s map is a proportional symbol map displaying current NCAA Div. I Collegiate Baseball Rankings.  Wake Forest, Florida, Stanford, Arkansas and LSU lead the way.  Eighteen of the twenty-five teams, are located in the Deep South.  Southeastern dominance along with PAC-12 teams correlate with traditional baseball

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Spoofhound tennis duo competes at state

Juniors Kason Teale and Jaxson Staples competed in doubles at the state tennis tournament in Springfield from May 18-20.  Sophomore Kristian Mendez also competed in singles. Teale and Staples pose with their sixth place medals.

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Platte Valley advances in sectionals

By Morgan Guyer The Platte Valley Boys Baseball Team took care of business against Gilman City on May 22 at Missouri Western, winning 5-1 in the first round of sectionals. For the majority of the season, Platte Valley has ridden the pitching talent of Seniors Wyatt Miller and Memphis Bliley. That didn’t change against Gilman

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Teams compete at Class 1 state track

Platte Valley, Northeast Nodaway, Nodaway Valley and North Nodaway had athletes at the Class 1 State Championship meet in Jefferson City from May 19-20. Full coverage and photos can be found on Page 18 of the NNL.

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Local track teams compete at sectionals

Nodaway Valley, Platte Valley, North Nodaway and Northeast Nodaway all had athletes compete at the Class 1 Sectional 4 meet May 13 in Plattsburg. Photos of all participants can be found on Pages 16-17 of the NNL.

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American Cornhole League, Ranked Singles – 2023 Cornhole or ‘bag toss’ is seen often these days on ESPN.  The per capita production of this year’s Top 1,000 ranked singles players of American Cornhole League (ACL) results in a spatial distribution that highlights the Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern states. Delaware leads, followed by Idaho, New Hampshire, Maryland,

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Platte Valley blanks Nodaway Valley in district semi

By Morgan Guyer The Nodaway Valley Thunder came into the second round district match-up against Platte Valley with an upset on their mind. Platte Valley had other ideas, coming away with a 10-0 win May 16 in Guilford. Platte Valley Junior Brandon McQueen and Nodaway Valley Sophomore Lane Larabee were the team’s starting pitchers of

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Spoofhounds send two golfers to state

Sophomore Jack Dinsdale and Junior Ethan Scott both got the opportunity to play in the state golf tournament from May 15-16 at Meadow Lake Acres Country Club in New Bloomfield. More photos can be found on Page 20.

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