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An early Fall (Classic)

The timing is lousy. But the game is huge, just the same. Not even Chuck Broyles is crazy about the earliest date ever for the Fall Classic at Arrowhead between ... Omon positioned well in Buffalo

Sure, NFL preseason games don't count for much once they tee it up for the regular season, but the Northwest Missouri State faithful can't help but bust a few buttons ... Western softball plans even-keel approach

Missouri Western might have dropped two straight on Saturday to bow out of the MIAA tournament ahead of its hopes, but the team remains upbeat and confident. Their national tournament ... Northwest's invisible asset

On a campus with All-Americans and All-Region performers, conference championships and national championship contenders, one player has stood out in my mind over the past two years. He doesn't wear ...
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Snake-bit Western women's team loses another player to injury

The latest chapter in the what-else-can-go-wrong season for the 2009-10 Griffons (7-15 overall, 5-10 MIAA) is unfolding Wednesday when Lauren Nolke goes into the MRI tube. Nolke, Missouri Western’s leading scorer at 8.9 points per game, made a cut near ... Read More
Griffon beats long odds to make it to Super Bowl

A Las Vegas Web site has Gijon Robinson's odds on scoring the last touchdown of Super Bowl XLIV at 20 to 1. That bet looks ...

Saturday's area college results

Saturday's area college results

Wednesday's College Results

Wednesday's College Results

Western football builds depth with recruiting class

Missouri Western finished as the second-ranked MIAA defense and next season returns its entire linebacking corps and starting secondary. But Griffons coach Jerry Partridge felt ...

Facebook fiasco leads to dismissal of Western player

Following Missouri Western’s blowout loss to Fort Hays State on Monday night at MWSU Fieldhouse, several members of the team exchanged hugs with Tierra Ford. ...

Western men stun No. 3 Fort Hays

Monday night’s 75-69 Missouri Western victory contained all the elements in coach Tom Smith’s nightmare scenario. A nearly flawless performance gave the Griffons a 10-point ...

Nolan sinks key buckets for Griffon men

He put on his Kobe Bryant shoes for this game but still expected to spend the night setting up Marcus Rhodes and Dominique Thuston. But ...

Saturday's college basketball results

Saturday's college bsketball results

Wednesday's College Results

Wednesday's College Results

Hornets deal blow to Western men's postseason ambitions

EMPORIA, Kan. — The NCAA Division II regional ranking committee placed the Missouri Western men eighth — in the South Central region — in 2010’s ...

Griffons keep taking games to the wire

They’re good at taking care of business, no matter how ugly it sometimes gets. The Missouri Western men (12-6 overall, 7-4 MIAA) got another close ...

Central grad shines for Western women

With the bad luck Missouri Western coach Lynn Plett endured this season— be it fractures, near-broken noses or a game with 14 missed layups — ...

Vice leads Western women to victory

Kayla Vice looked like she spent two hours in a steam room by the end of her night. She appeared spent, with sweat dripping off ...

Division II trims athletic schedules

Division II athletes will spend a bit more time away from the field next year. The “Life in the Balance” initiative passed at the NCAA’s ...

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