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

By Jacki Wood With just six girls playing this year, Nodaway-Holt Head Coach Josh Petersen said all of them will have to be impact players. “It’s kind of a unique situation that we are in,” Petersen said. “But these are the girls that want to play and I appreciate everything they are doing.” Scrimmaging has

By Jacki Wood Two senior guards will lead the North Nodaway boys basketball team and help the Mustangs continue the success they saw in last year’s 17-10 team. “I expect our guard play will continue to be our strength,” Head Coach Jake Shipman said, now in his third year at North Nodaway. Senior shooting guard

By Jacki Wood The North Nodaway girls basketball team has grown alongside its head coach, Sami Jackson, and her assistant and twin, Lindsi, over the last couple of years. And now the Mustangs look to continue that growth and find even more success. “This group has been with me since I started and they are

By Jacki Wood Some roles will change, but the South Nodaway boys basketball team should remain very competitive following last year’s 16-9 season. Sixth-year Head Coach Dustin Skoglund said the team returns the core of the varsity rotation. “(I’m excited) to see the players step into some new roles and pick up where we left

By Jacki Wood An experienced, talented group of juniors and seniors, a hungry, talented group of freshmen and sophomores, and Head Coach Aaron Murphy has a South Nodaway girls team that could do big things this season. “I’m excited to see how much we grow as the season moves along,” Murphy said, now in his

By Jacki Wood The West Nodaway boys basketball team will have a new head coach again this year. In his first year of coaching, Tad Shotten takes over a young but talented Rocket team that went 12-13 overall and 2-5 in the 275 Conference. “I am excited to see how the team grows and improves

By Jacki Wood The West Nodaway girls basketball team will be under the direction of first-year Head Coach Taylor Dameron, last year’s assistant to the Rockets who went 2-23 overall and 0-7 in the 275 Conference. “We have a lot returning, but also a lot of unknown,” Dameron said. “(I’m) excited to see what we’ll