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In the first battle of the valleys on the baseball field, Platte Valley defeated Nodaway Valley 14-4 on March 28 at Guilford.

The Northwest Missouri State University men’s basketball team made NCAA Division II history by becoming the first program to produce three consecutive national championships with a 67-58 victory over the Augusta University Jaguars at the Ford Center in Evansville, IN. The Bearcats, 34-5 overall, captured their fourth championship in five years, 2017, 2019, 2021 and

By Morgan Guyer North Nodaway baseball fell to 0-2 on the season after a 14-4 loss against Osborn-Stewartsville on March 28. The Mustangs got behind early after a 3-0 first inning for the WildCards, but North Nodaway bounced back with two runs of their own in the bottom half. The teams went back and forth,

March Madness will crown a champion this week.  Four teams (Duke-5, Connecticut & North Carolina-4 each, and Kentucky-3) have won a total of 16 titles in the past 33 years.  Once again, as in previous college basketball maps the eastern half of the country is dominating the sport. Baylor added themselves to the map in

The 2022 NCAA Div. I Women’s Basketball March Madness has played their first and second round games. This proportional symbol map displays the teams that have amassed the highest AP Top 25 Poll finishes over the past five years. The largest symbols include Connecticut, Baylor, Louisville, South Carolina and Stanford. Baylor is the only of

  By Morgan Guyer The Platte Valley baseball team started its season March 21 on a high note by defeating the North Platte Panthers, 13-12. After a slow start, Platte Valley used an 11-run 3rd inning to help break the game open. Sophomore Lane Acklin helped start things off with a single, as Platte Valley

March Madness continues tonight with the Sweet 16. This proportional symbol map displays the NCAA Div. I Basketball teams that have amassed the highest AP Top 25 Rankings over the past five years. The largest symbols include Gonzaga, Kansas, Duke, Villanova & Baylor.  These programs (with the exception of Gonzaga) tend to lie within the

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Platte Valley won its second straight Missouri Class 1 State Championship with a 63-50 win over Delta on March 12 at Missouri State University in Springfield. Team members include: front, Claire Galbraith, Stephanie Turpin, Jaclyn Pappert and Samantha Terry; middle, Madelyn Swinford, Andrea Riley, Tejay Freemyer, Maleeha Bliley, Kayley Hauber, Mackenzie Swinford and Tiana Wiedemann;

The Platte Valley girls basketball team defeated Mercer, 39-33, in the Class 1 Quarterfinals on March 5 at Missouri Western to advance to the state semifinals which will be played at Missouri State University in Springfield. Platte Valley (27-1) faces Leeton (24-2) in the semifinals at 4 pm, Friday, March 11 at Hammons Student Center.