Sports

Maryville Sharks Swim Team competes at Nebraska City  

The Sharks continued their impressive season at the Nebraska City Invite on June 25. In the girls 9-10 100-meter medley relay, the team of Rebecca Thrower, Gabby Schieber, Kyra Schultz and Malexa Aley finished in second. In the mixed 9-10 100-meter medley relay, Creed Wonderly, Roman Gardner and Brewer Honan finished in third. In the

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Geography with Goudge

NCAA Div. I College Baseball All-Americans, 2022 This map displays the 2022 1st & 2nd Team College Baseball (NCAA, Div. I) All-Americans based on where they went to high school. Twenty-three states and one province were represented among the 55 players that comprised the ‘Best of the Best’. California leads with 11 All-Americans, followed by Florida 6,

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Geography with Goudge

This week’s map looks at the NCAA Div. I Men’s college golf team champions over the past 50 years.  23 different schools have won team titles since 1972. Oklahoma State leads with ten championships, followed by Houston with four.  Florida, Stanford, Texas and Wake Forest have won three titles each. The Texas Longhorns won the

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Maryville Sharks Swim Team hosts three-team home meet

The Sharks had a successful outing against East Atchison and Red Oak (IA) on June 8. In the 8-and-under girls and boys 100-meter medley relay, the team of Hadlee Mayfield, Kylah Gardner, Molly Simmerman and Austyn Quinlin took first. The 9-10 girls and boys 100-meter medley relay team of Roman Gardner, Dwight Randall, Brewer Honan

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Geography with Goudge

NCAA Baseball Team Champs, 1980-2021 Since 1950, the College World Series (CWS) has been held in Omaha with the exception of the 2020 cancellation due to Covid. This year’s CWS is scheduled to run from June 17-27th. Mapping the Champions from the past 40 years indicates, the further south a team is located, the greater

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Maryville youth golfers compete in junior tournament.

Mozingo Lake Golf Course hosted the Missouri Golf Association Junior Tournament June 6-7. Ages 12-18 played on the Sechrest 18, a par 72 course, while 8-12 year olds played on the Watson 9, a nine-hole par 35 course designed by former PGA golfer and Missouri native Tom Watson. In the 10-11 boys group, Colin Hoffmann

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Attached is this week’s map, NCAA Softball Teams Champs, 1982-2021.

The 2022 NCAA Div. I Women’s Softball College World Series (WCWS) is being played this week (June 2-10)  in Oklahoma City.  This proportional symbol map displays the 13 teams that have won championships over the past 40 years.  Four of those teams are in the 2022 WCWS.  UCLA leads with thirteen team titles, followed by

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Maryville’s season ends on a last minute goal by Pleasant Hill

By Morgan Guyer It seemed certain that Maryville and Pleasant Hill were heading toward overtime in the state quarterfinal match-up on May 28. That was before the Chicks scored with just under four minutes left to end the Spoofhounds postseason aspirations. It’s the second time in as many years that Maryville has seen their season

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Lions District Basketball has familiar faces

  The annual Lions District 26-M4 All-Star Basketball Tournament for graduating seniors will take place Friday, June 3 and Saturday, June 4 at the Ketchem Community Center, North Central Missouri College, Trenton. The players from Nodaway County are Jaclyn Pappert and Stephanie Turpin, both Jefferson graduates; Auston Pride and Zachary Pride, Northeast Nodaway graduates. Coaches

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