SHNH travels to Worth County for initial outing
Mound City storms Platte Valley
McGinness takes over as head coach for young Rocket volleyball team
By Jacki Wood The West Nodaway volleyball team will work to continue building the program during the 2016 season. “Last year, we had nine freshmen so we were young and had to concentrate on building the foundation,” Head Coach Jennifer McGinness said. “We didn’t lose any team members due to graduation and I feel like
SHNH Spartans return entire team for 2016
By Jacki Wood In just its second year as a co-op, the South Holt/Nodaway-Holt Spartans are primed to make a deep postseason run in 2016. “We have everyone back from last year’s team so I think that we should be pretty competitive in all our games,” fifth-year head coach and offensive coordinator, Josh Petersen, said.
Longhorn cross country team aims to make another run at state
By Jacki Wood To say the Platte Valley cross country team had a good year in 2015 might be an understatement. Incredible? That’s probably more like it. In just its first season as a sport for the Jefferson and South Nodaway co-op, the Longhorns placed 2nd at districts and 10th at the state meet. “For
Returning players prepare to lead Platte Valley softball on another postseason run
By Jacki Wood The Platte Valley softball team will compete in the new 275 Conference this year and the Eagles are working to take their winning ways from the PVC to the 275. “We had success last year but there is always room for improvement,” Head Coach Shelly Deen said. “Lots of returning players and
Longhorn football to focus on improving defense
By Jacki Wood With a new coach and a new offense last year, the Platte Valley football team will continue to build upon what they learned from Head Coach Dan Collins. “Team goals are to improve on last year’s record, build some team confidence and help younger players gain experience,” Collins said. The Longhorns went
North-West Nodaway cross country co-op builds program
By Jacki Wood The North-West Nodaway co-op cross country team continues to expand its program which started at West Nodaway a few years ago. This year, the team is under the direction of former Rocket runner, Colton Blay, who was an assistant coach last fall. “I want to show the kids the success you can
New head coach to lead Muskets into new conference
By Jacki Wood The 2016 North-West Nodaway football co-op will be under the direction of a new coaching staff as the Muskets work to improve upon last season’s 4-7 record. Terry Clark, who spent 12 years coaching at Peru State College in Peru, NE, makes the move to high school eight-man football as the Muskets
