Sports

Platte Valley Cross Country competed in the Tarkio Cross Country Invitational, September 13.  

The 141st edition of the United States Open Tennis Championships will conclude this weekend in Queens, New York. 80 American players started the two-week Grand Slam tournament in singles competition. This map displays the hometowns of the tennis players from the United States (36 Men and 44 Women) who participated.  Three states produce over half

The 2021 Platte Valley football team came to the season ready to play facing their ominous foe of Mound City. It had been nearly a decade since the opening game of the season-winning team was someone other than the Mound City Panthers.

The first-ever Nodaway Valley Thunder football team routed the Stewartsville Osborn Wildcats with a 60-14 score at Burlington Jct.  

The new athletic cooperative of Nodaway-Holt and West Nodaway presented a community tailgate at Skidmore Wildcat park, August 21. The Nodaway Valley Thunder attracted an estimated 500 people to welcome the teams. Head Coach Alan Calfee introduces the Nodaway Valley Thunder Football team. There are 34 athletes on the high school team.

Major college football (FBS) will soon be underway.  This week’s proportional symbol map displays the AP preseason top-ranked team (Alabama) with the largest football and #25 Arizona State with the smallest football.  The pattern displays many of the same teams that ended up on top last season are from the South. The SEC boasts three

“The Northwest Bearcats are preparing for the much anticipated 2021 season. The pandemic resulted in cancelling the 2020 NCAA Div. II Championship Football season. This proportional symbol map is based on team success over the past decade.  One point is awarded for each round a team makes during the post-season playoffs. Six points are possible

“The NFL Hall of Fame induction ceremonies (August 7th) marked the unofficial beginning of the 2021 football season.  Since it’s charter class was enshrined in 1963 there have been 353 members. This per capita map, based on where the Hall of Famers went to high school, indicates two regions of dominance (at least twice the

“The 2021 NBA Draft concluded last week with the selection of 60 players over two rounds.  The past five years (2017-2021) or 300 players were compiled to produce this per capita production map of drafted basketball players based on where they went to high school.  The eastern half of the country indicates an area of

During the 18 hole morning scramble event this week, Dorothy Wade experienced a hole-in-one on hole number six. Wade was using her 8-Hybrid to earn the ace! This was the fourth such accomplishment for Wade.