Students at Jefferson school have been learning computer programing including coding this year. Charlea Lewis, computer instructor, teaches students with hands-on computer coding lessons. In past years, during the National Computer Science and Hour of Code week in December, she let students experiment with coding lessons on code.org, a website with activities geared toward students.

Members of the St. Joseph American Red Cross of Northwest Missouri presented the Pillowcase Buddy program to Nodaway-Holt students in this fall. The program is tailored to students in grades 3-6. It began after Hurricane Katrina when first responders noticed college students carrying their possessions out of their homes in pillowcases. Disney partnered with the

By Jacki Wood The Jefferson boys basketball team will reload and make another postseason run after losing a strong senior class last year. Head Coach Tim Jermain, now in his 17th year at Jefferson and 27th overall, said he’s looking forward to watching his team grow. “This year’s team has a lot of inexperience,” he

By Jacki Wood After another deep postseason run last year, which ended at sectionals with a loss to Mound City, the Jefferson girls basketball team returns mostly intact. The Eagles lost two seniors to graduation, Jessie Henry, leading scorer and rebounder, and Vanessa Holtman. “We will need some players to step up to make up

By Jacki Wood If you’re looking for exciting, fast, high-energy basketball, you’ll want to watch the Maryville boys this year. That’s what Head Coach Matt Stoecklein is expecting from his players, many of whom went directly from the state championship football game to basketball practice the next day. Stoecklein has several top-returning players this year

By Jacki Wood The Maryville girls basketball team hopes to build on last year’s season under Head Coach Quentin Albrecht, now in his second year at MHS. “Last year was a year of growth, learning a new system and learning to work together for a common goal,” Albrecht said. “We plan on continuing to improve

By Jacki Wood Senior state qualifier Matt Twaddle will lead the Maryville wrestling team this year as the Spoofhounds make the move to Class 2. Twaddle has qualified for state the past three seasons and looks to compete once again alongside other returning lettermen Treyton Paris, Brenden Ware, Jarrett Partridge, Jackson Sanders, Jacob Search and

By Jacki Wood After going 3-21 in 2015-16, the Northeast Nodaway boys basketball team hopes to build on what Head Coach Vance Proffitt began implementing in his first year with the team last season. “I am excited to see this team build off of the chemistry we started last year and see these guys get

By Jacki Wood With the loss of four strong seniors from last year’s 16-9 Northeast Nodaway girls basketball team, the Bluejays are approaching this season much differently. “We will need to approach this season in a whole new way,” Joyce Stiens said, now in her second year as head coach. The four graduates were Dallis

By Jacki Wood The Nodaway-Holt boys team returns the majority of its players from last year’s rotation and second-year Head Coach Kevin Dodson said he hopes they won’t miss a beat. “The success we had last year was capitalizing on our athletic ability as a team. We will continue to build on this and make