The countdown is on for the 19th Annual High School Holiday Hoops Basketball Showcase presented by the NCMC Foundation; the schedule will be announced soon. The 2023 edition of Holiday Hoops will tip off at the Ketcham Community Center on the North Central Missouri College campus in Trenton, with a total of 78 teams representing
The Maryville, Northeast Nodaway, Nodaway Valley, Platte Valley and North Nodaway Girls and Boys Basketball squads will be playing tournaments at the end of November and into early December. The Spoofhound girls and boys teams will travel to play in the 95th Annual Savannah Basketball Tournament. The boys will start against South Harrison at 5:30
Platte Valley Senior Maggie Collins has had a decorated basketball career, and will continue it at Northwest Missouri State University next year. Collins averaged 16 points and almost 10 rebounds per game throughout her career, and has been a part of two state championship teams in 2021 and 2022, as well as playing in the
This week’s map: NCAA Field Hockey Players, 2023 Field Hockey is a good example of a regional sport. This weekend the NCAA Div. I Field Hockey Final Four is being played in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. This player production map, based on where the 2,008 players attended high school, indicates a strong regional concentration in
By Morgan Guyer Both of these teams met to open the season in late August, where Platte Valley came away with the 38-34 win. It seemed destined that both teams would meet again later in the year, and that is exactly what happened, but with a different result. Worth County came away with a 56-20
Pro Pickleball Players, 2023 The PPA (Professional Pickleball Association) Tour is the traditional, bracket-style tour format that determines the best pickleball players in the world. This map displays the top ranked men’s (25) and women’s (17) players that live in the United States. Florida is the state with the most players (12) followed by Texas
By Morgan Guyer The Nodaway Valley Thunder Football Team fell to East Atchison 34-46 in Burlington Jct. on November 3. It was a perfect start to the game for the Thunder, as Freshman Tye Hoyt took back the opening kick off for a touchdown. East Atchison had answers however, scoring three touchdowns to take a
Nodaway Valley’s Riley Blay and Platte Valley’s Mya Wray both took home first at the Class 1 State Championship in Columbia on November 3, and the Platte Valley girls team finished 7th.
By Morgan Guyer Senior Goalkeeper Jaxson Staples stood in between the sticks a couple hours after Maryville and Cristo Rey, Kansas City, started the Class 1 District 8 Championship. The all-state keeper was brimming with confidence, and he had every reason to be, saving all three kicks he faced to help give Maryville the 4-1
NBA Player Origins, 2023-24 The NBA season is underway. This choropleth map is based on where the current NBA roster players attended high school. Two areas in the eastern half of the U.S. (Mid-Atlantic urban core and rural midwestern states) standout as leading per capita producers of players. California leads in total production with 55
