Sports

Geography with Goudge

World Series Rosters, 2022 The Major League Baseball World Series, going on between Houston and Philadelphia, will wrap up soon. This week’s map displays the hometowns of the 56 players on both rosters. California (8), the Dominican Republic (8) and Florida (7) alone, account for 41% of the players. Houston has 14 Latin American players

[ Read More ]

Maryville football eyes revenge in district match-up

By Morgan Guyer The Spoofhounds host St. Pius X in the semi-finals of the Class 3 District 8 Championship on November 4. Maryville will look to avenge their earlier-in-the-season loss to St. Pius X on September 16, when they fell in a close game, 27-34 in Kansas City. Even with the loss, the Spoofhounds out-gained

[ Read More ]

Platte Valley enters district play with high expectations

By Morgan Guyer Platte Valley Football will host South Holt in the quarterfinals of the 8-Man Class 1 District 4 Championship November 4 in Barnard. Platte Valley ended their season on a high, handing East Atchison their first loss of the season 30-16, and capturing their first ever 275-Conference title in Tarkio October 21. Platte

[ Read More ]

Maryville soccer captures second straight MEC title

By Morgan Guyer The Spoofhounds routed Lafayette 8-0 on October 20 at Bearcat Pitch to capture the MEC soccer title. The game started as many have this season for Maryville, with a goal from Kason Teale. The junior midfielder slotted home the opener just four minutes into the contest, and helped set the tone for

[ Read More ]

NBA Players, 2022-23

The NBA season is underway. This choropleth map is based on where the current 501 NBA roster players attended high school.  Two areas in the eastern half of the U.S. (Mid-Atlantic urban core and rural midwestern states) standout as leading per capita producers of players.  California leads in total production with 47 or almost 10%

[ Read More ]

Local teams run in Conference 275 Championship

The Platte Valley, North Nodaway and Nodaway Valley cross country teams all competed at the Conference 275 Championship in Maryville October 17. The Platte Valley girls team took home the team title. Freshman Mylie Holtman finished in 8th with a time of 23:42.6. Freshman Emalee Langford finished in 5th, with a time of 22:45.5. Senior

[ Read More ]

Maryville soccer continues to roll

By Morgan Guyer The Spoofhounds soccer team routed St. Pius X for a 7-0 win at Bearcat Pitch October 13. It would be an understatement to say that Maryville has been dominant in the MEC this season. The Spoofhounds are now 10-4 overall on the season. Throughout the conference season, Maryville has scored 43 goals,

[ Read More ]