It was just a two-set night for the West Nodaway Rockets, who lost 11-25 and 7-25 to the Rock Port Blue Jays September 26 at Burlington Jct. Rocket Faith Sanders sidesteps for a dig against Rock Port’s attacking front line. For more photos and the full sports story, see the printed Nodaway News Leader.
The Maryville ladies golf team won the district championship September 25. The team was tied with Tarkio until their fifth score, pulling them into the lead. Members pictured are Laurelle Wickersham, who placed tenth with 101, Rylie Mundorf, seventh with 98, Coach Brenda Ricks, Kylee Dougan, tenth with 101, Jessica Sheil, fourth with 96, and
Once again, the Bearcat football team is ranked #1 and looking forward to their Arrowhead showdown with Central Missouri. There is a similar pattern regarding state emphasis. The Midwest tends to dominate. The index of emphasis for each state is derived by dividing the number of Division II teams a state has by its population.
Mozingo Lake Recreational Park Head Golf Pro Kyle Easter won the Midwest Section of the PGA Youth Player Development Award this fall. There were 10 others nominated throughout the region which includes Missouri and Kansas, with Easter winning the prestigious award. This is only the second time that anyone north of Kansas City has ever
The lady Spoofhounds won the MEC Conference golf tournament that was held at Mozingo Lake Recreation Park on September 20 with a team score of 372. Teams from Smithville, Benton, Chillicothe, Savannah, Cameron, Lafayette and LeBlond attended. Maryville golfer Rylie Mundorf chips the ball across the water. For more photos and information, see the printed
Making headway in the middle of their season, the Nodaway-Holt Trojans pulled their fourth win in a week September 19 with a 2-0 win over the West Nodaway Rockets in Graham. Madalyn Walker’s serves early in the second set were huge as the Rockets doubled up on Nodaway-Holt early on. For more information and photos,
Nodaway-Holt royalty included seniors DJ Beaderstadt and Phoebe Gard. Beaderstadt is the son of Kristine Patterson while Gard’s mother is Bet Gard. The Spartans won 50-0 against the Dekalb Tigers. For more photos and information, see the printed Nodaway News Leader. Save
The North-West Nodaway Muskets were shut out in a 50-0 Homecoming loss by the Mound City Panthers that spanned a little over one half September 15 in Burlington Jct. The Homecoming king was Trace Hunt, son of Brian Hunt and Rachel Hunt, while the Homecoming queen was Hope Ogle, granddaughter of Bill and Nancy Ogle.
The Northeast softball team lost to Dekalb 8-4 on September 19. Bluejay Blair Stoll releases a powerful pitch, striking out her opponent. For more photos and information, see the printed Nodaway News Leader. Save
The Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly Division I-AA, player production map with 11,893 players indicates a strong regional concentration in the Southeast similar to last week’s NFL players map. However, the area of higher production extends up the Atlantic coast into Connecticut and New Jersey. Another area of high production is apparent in the Dakotas
