Sports

Hounds overcome lineup changes in post-season win over Hornets

Recent alterations to Maryville football’s lineup didn’t look to change things too much for the Spoofhounds who dominated Chillicothe for the second time this season in their 38-7 win on November 2. The district semifinal win puts Maryville in the Class 3 District 8 championship where they will host Savannah on November 9 at 7

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Geography with Goudge

There was a major shake-up in the AP Top 25 FBS College Football Rankings this past weekend as 11 teams lost. This week’s proportional symbol map displays the AP top-ranked team, Alabama with the largest football and #25, Texas A&M with the smallest football. The pattern of southern dominance is apparent with the Southeastern Conference

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Spartan passing game too much for Muskets in regular season finale

All eight of South Holt/Nodaway-Holt’s touchdowns were from passes as the Spartans’ passing game dismantled the North-West Nodaway Muskets on October 19 in Oregon. The 54-6 win that ended the game midway through the third quarter allowed the Spartans to move to 4-5 while the Muskets finish the regular season 0-8. Spartan quarterback Andrew Quinlin

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Geography with Goudge

This football player position production map, based on 713 tight ends, is more balanced throughout the nation with a top value of 2.29. 23 states have a per-capita value over the national norm of 1.00. The heartland (Midwest) is more pronounced along with the South that dominated overall player production. Five states failed to produce

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Geography with Goudge

The Kansas City Chiefs are off to one of the best starts in the 59-year history of the franchise. This week, the Chiefs 53 active roster players are mapped, based on where they went to high school. Players represent 22 states along with Canada. The pattern is similar to previous NFL player maps, where southern

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Nodaway-Holt volleyball falls in three sets to SJ Christian

The Nodaway-Holt Trojan volleyball team started out with a strong performance against the St. Joseph Christian Lions October 2 at Graham, but stumbled in the final two sets for the Lions to come away with the win. “Our hits were well timed and we had several great plays in that first set, and we just

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Maryville topples Benton at home

Maryville football’s Eli Dowis breaks past Benton’s defense on his way to a 53-yard touchdown run in the first quarter as the Spoofhounds go on to win 58-8. Dowis finished with 138 rushing yards and three touchdowns in the September 28 game at MHS.

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Geography with Goudge

The Bearcat Volleyball team is off to a 14-4 start this season. They are tied for second in conference play, 6-1, with their only loss coming in a close match to #4 ranked Nebraska-Kearney. The per capita production of Division II volleyball players is greatest in the Midwest, with Nebraska leading all states. Hawaii and

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Spoofhound Golf advances to sectionals

The Maryville High School Girls Golf team will advance to sectional competition after the team’s second place district finish on September 30. Team members are: Laurelle Wickersham, Kylee Dougan, Hadley Mundorf, Emily Long and Kaylin Byland. The team scored 428 behind Stanberry’s first place finish of 409. Wickersham shot an 89 for second place and

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