By Dustin Henggeler Platte Valley sophomore Kaylin LaMaster had her hands in four of the five runs the Eagles collected in their 5-3 win over the North Harrison Shamrocks August 22 at Conception Jct. The early-season win was their regular season opener, moving the team to 2-3 after tournament play over the weekend. Platte Valley
By Dustin Henggeler The South Holt/Nodaway-Holt Spartans opened their season with a 56-6 loss in one half at the hands of the Worth County Tigers August 18 at Graham. The co-op basically hit the reset button on their program, returning only one starter from the season before. And the Tigers’ own roster of returning players
The football bowl subdivision (FBS) or the major college football season begins this weekend. The FBS consists of 128 teams with an average attendance of 41,992 per home game last season. Michigan led with 110,468 fans. The other teams averaging more than 100,000 fans were, in this order: Ohio State, Texas A&M, Alabama, LSU, Tennessee
By Jacki Wood When the North-West Nodaway Muskets take the field this season, they will look quite differently from last year’s team that went 2-7. With eight starters graduating – obviously a lot for eight-man football – and only one senior, the Muskets will have to grow up quickly. But first-year Head Coach Cody Marriott,
By Jacki Wood Maryville and football go together like peanut butter and jelly. Or Batman and Robin. Or Kansas City and barbecue. It’s that way from the Northwest Hounds youth team all the way up to the college ranks with the national champion Bearcats. Title Town, as some call it. And at Maryville High School,
Northwest Missouri State University and the Department of Athletics have announced changes to football gameday parking in 2017. These changes will take effect for all five home games to help accommodate fans visiting campus during the construction of the Carl and Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse. Please note the following options for 2017: Tailgate lots will open
Major college football or FBS will soon get underway. This week’s proportional-symbol map displays the coaches preseason top-ranked team, Alabama, with the largest football, and #25 Utah, with the smallest football. The pattern of southern dominance picks up where last year’s map left off with 13 of the top 25 teams. The SEC leads all
Peyton Morehouse, granddaughter of Olive Smith and Richard and Jessie Smith, Maryville, and Phyllis Morehouse, Hopkins, and her KC Peppers team took third recently in the 16A division of the 2017 Heartland World Series in Kansas City. Battling hot temps around 100 degrees, with heat indexes 110+ and being down a pitcher, Morehouse’s team was
With the Bearcats starting practice this week for the much-anticipated 2017 season, it’s time to turn our attention to Division II college football. This proportional-symbol map is based on team success over the past decade. One point is awarded for each round a team makes during the post-season playoffs. Six points are possible if a
Trojanette 14 and under The team members are, front: Braidy Hunt, Grant City; Emily Cassavaugh, Maryville; Riley McQueen, Stanberry; Ashton Willis, Maysville; back: Maddyx Kirkland, Kearney; Kendall Hux, Mound City; Madeline Smith and Sadie Smith, both of Maysville; Kiah Huitt, Lathrop; Baylee Knorr, Dekalb; Emma Bohannon, Graham. Overall record: 40-16. Top finishes: first, Battle of
