Top 50 Hot Dog Eaters, 2025 What better activity for the dog days of summer than a hot dog eating contest. It is now considered a professional sport. Major League Eating (MLE) is the world body that oversees all professional eating contests. MLE holds approximately 70 events annually, including the Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July
The Maryville Sharks Swim Team hosted Savannah on June 25 for their final home meet of the season. The team came away with the victory, scoring 716.5 points. Additional photos are available on Page 12 of this week’s NNL.
A new era of Northwest Missouri State University football begins this fall, and fans began tracking down season tickets July 1. Head coach John McMenamin will begin his first season as the Bearcat head coach and the home slate will include five games. The home opener is set for September 13 in a non-conference matchup
College World Series Players, 2025 The College World Series was held in Omaha recently. The map displays the rosters of the eight teams that made the CWS this year. A total of 315 players. A small sample for a map of this type. However, it does resemble the players map for college baseball as well
The Nodaway Valley Thunder youth wrestling coaching staff of Dallas Barrett, Ryan Kinsella and Trey Gaudet held their first camp from June 23-25 in Burlington Jct.
Members of the Northwest Missouri State Football coaching staff and players put on an individual camp on June 22 at Bearcat Stadium. Campers received testing, individual instruction for all positions, including specialists and competed for all positions. Another individual camp will take place on July 27.
The Maryville Sharks Swim Team held their second to last home meet of the season on June 18 against Clarinda, Shenandoah and Hamburg. Maryville came away with the team victory, scoring 826 points. The team will have their last home meet on June 25 against Savannah.
College World Series Team Champions, 1980-2024 Since 1950, The College World Series (CWS) has been held in Omaha. This year’s championship was scheduled to run from June 13-23. Mapping the Champions from the past four decades indicates, the further south a team is located, the greater their chances of winning the series. LSU leads the
The Maryville Sharks Swim Team welcomed nine teams to their home invite on June 14, and came away with the team victory, scoring 518 points.
Several golfers from Maryville travelled to Fairview Golf Club in St. Joseph June 16 for the fourth event of the Northwest Missouri Junior Tour.
