Sports

On February 22, Platte Valley beat Mound City at the District boys game. The final score was 74 – 65 with Platte Valley advancing to the championship game on Friday, February 24 at Jefferson High.

XFL Players, 2023 Just when you thought, Kansas City winning the Super Bowl, was the end of the football season.  February 18, marks the beginning of the XFL season. This week’s map looks at the rosters of the eight teams that make up the league.   Arlington, DC, Houston, Orlando, San Antonio, Seattle, St. Louis and

By Morgan Guyer Northwest Missouri State has over 150 student organizations on campus, and they have just recently added another: Club Women’s Basketball. The club is in their early stages of getting started, but has already received much interest from females around campus. Club President Amaira Peterson saw how successful the Club Men’s Basketball team

  By Morgan Guyer The Maryville Spoofhounds girls basketball team defeated Cameron 60 – 34 on February 13 in Maryville as the team recognized two important players. Both Seniors Rylee Vierthaler and Anastyn Pettlon have enjoyed successful careers as Maryville athletes, especially on the basketball court. Both have scored over 1,000 points in their time

The girls came away with a 46 – 35 win, while the boys won 65 – 53 on February 10 in Graham.

Super Bowl Champions, 1967-2022. This weekend’s Super Bowl marks the 57th game since starting in 1967.  21 different teams have at least one Super Bowl victory.  Pittsburgh and New England, with six trophies each, lead all teams, followed by Dallas and San Francisco with five each, Green Bay & New York Giants each have four.  This

  By Morgan Guyer The Platte Valley girls and boys basketball teams took both games over Nodaway Valley February 7 in Conception Jct., and in turn both teams won the 275 Conference. The girls team took the opening game of the night, 58 – 40. The Thunder started the game well, taking a 16 –

                        Platte Valley basketball hosted DeKalb February 3, with the girls coming away with a 60-12 win, and the boys winning 77-27.

ESPN Top 300 Football Recruits, 2023 February 1st was National Signing Day. Few events garner as much media attention in the life of a young person (high school senior) than Signing Day.  This small sample, of the top 300 high school football recruits according to ESPN, highlights the ‘Pigskin Cult’.  This region from Texas to Georgia

Maryville Senior Cooper Loe opted to stay in Maryville and continue his education and football career at Northwest Missouri State after signing with friends and family at Maryville High School on February 1.