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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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2022 NCAA Div. I Softball Regionals dominated ESPN coverage this past week.  Super Regionals (Sweet Sixteen) will be played this weekend. The Pac-12 accounts for five of the remaining teams, followed by the ACC, Big 12 and SEC with three teams each. This proportional symbol map displays the teams that have the highest ‘Top 25’

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Geography with Goudge

This week’s map is a proportional symbol map displaying current NCAA Div. I Collegiate Baseball Rankings.  Tennessee, Oregon State, Virginia Tech, Stanford and Texas Tech lead the way.  Seventeen of the twenty-five teams are located in the Deep South.  Southeastern dominance along with PAC-12 teams correlate with traditional baseball hotbeds.  This pattern is very similar

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Geography with Goudge

Beach volleyball is the 90th and newest NCAA sport.  The 6th National Championship was played last weekend in Gulf Shores, AL. The USC Trojans won their fourth title. The per capita production of NCAA women’s beach volleyball players is greatest in some non-coastal states. Arizona leads followed by Nebraska, Hawaii, Alabama and Colorado. There are 91 NCAA

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