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NFL All-Pro Players, 2020-2024 As the NFL prepares for the Conference Championship games this weekend, the 2024 AP (Associated Press) NFL All-Pro Team was recently announced.  This week’s map looks at the last five years of All-Pro players (194 total) based on where they went to high school.  The ‘Best of the Best’ hailed, in

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Elks District Hoop Shoot sees 5 county youth compete

The Maryville Elks Lodge #760 had five youth represent the lodge at the Elks District Hoop Shoot at Cameron, January 19. They were: second place, 12-13 girls, Blakely Bogart, King City; second place, 8-9 girls, Jaylie Stiens, Nodaway Holt; second place, 11-12 boys, Ridge Hornbuckle, St. Gregory; first place, 10-11 Girls, Harlyn Skoglund, South Nodaway.

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FBS Football National Champions, 1998-2024. “The 2025 CFP (College Football Playoff) championship game to determine the 2024 season champion was played Monday, January 20th between Notre Dame and Ohio State.  This week’s proportional symbol map displays the National Champions since the various poll ranking ‘mythical’ champions were replaced with a Bowl Championship Series from 1998-2013 and

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Stanberry tournament tips off

The Platte Valley Boys and Girls Basketball teams got wins in their first games in the Stanberry Invitational on January 13. The girls defeated Stanberry 46-27, while the boys won in overtime against North Nodaway, 47-43.

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Geography with Goudge

FBS All-Conference Football Players, 2024. “As the 2024 college football season is winding down, we now have the All-Conference Players per capita map.  Just under seven percent, or 1,085 of the  14,898 FBS players made an All-Conference team.  The top category or region extending from Texas to Virginia, known as the ‘Pigskin Cult’, contains 48%

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Maryville’s Mosaic Medical Center partners with Northwest to provide athletic training services

Mosaic Medical Center – Maryville and Northwest Missouri State University announces a new partnership that will provide certified athletic trainers to support Bearcat athletics. All athletic trainers for the school’s teams are being provided by Mosaic, increasing the number from two Mosaic-provided athletic trainers to all seven being provided by Mosaic. Previously, Northwest was using

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Nodaway Valley sweeps Northeast Nodaway 

The Nodaway Valley Thunder Boys and Girls Basketball Teams continue to roll on January 7 in Ravenwood against the Bluejays, with the girls winning 64-32, and the boys 81-32. The girls are currently 12-1 on the season, while the boys are 10-3.

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Bearcat Men’s Basketball Hometowns, 2024-25. Now that the college football season is winding down, we can devote more attention to college basketball. Northwest Missouri Men’s Basketball is currently fieldling a 3-8 record. This map displays the hometowns of the fifteen players on the Bearcat men’s basketball roster.  This team has four from Kansas, three from

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Geography with Goudge

Women’s Volleyball Champions, NCAA Div. I (1981-2023). The 2024 NCAA Women’s Volleyball National Championship will be held this weekend in Louisville, KY. Among the final four teams are Louisville, Nebraska, Penn State and Pittsburgh.  Over the course of 43 years (1981-2023) only twelve different teams have been crowned champions.  During the first 20 years (1981-2000)

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