Recent Stories
- Dorrel spreads gridiron gospel
- Tuesday, June 24, 2008
- One country at a time, Northwest Missouri State University offensive coordinator Adam Dorrel is helping to bring American football around the world.
Dorrel is among six American football coaches — three each from the collegiate and high school ranks — to lead clinics through July 11 to further strengthen the sport beyond the United States.
- St. Joseph prepares to host Tour of Missouri
- Tuesday, June 10, 2008
- It’s no more than a few inches wide, but that fresh strip of white paint on the street just south of Civic Center Park could have a broad significance to St. Joseph in September.
Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder was in St. Joseph on Tuesday afternoon to help unveil the starting line and the official “host city” sign that will adorn St. Joseph, which is the starting location for this year’s Tour of Missouri, a world-class bicycle race.
- Maryville native learning ups and down of pro golf
- Tuesday, June 3, 2008
- Heartbreak of two different kinds punctuated the past two weeks of Matt VanCleave’s golfing life.
- Brad’s Bad Luck: Misses Open by 1 shot
- Monday, June 2, 2008
- AUGUSTA, Mo. — Despite living in nearby St. Louis and playing the nearby Boone Valley Golf Club many times before, Bob Goss had never broken par on those championship links.
Unfortunately for St. Joseph amateur Brad Nurski, Goss obliterated par Monday. Goss fired a 5-under-par 66 in the afternoon round on Monday to overtake Nurski by one stroke in U.S. Open Sectional Qualifying and earn the right to compete in the major June 9-15 at Torrey Pines in San Diego.
- Nurski, Garnett eying berth in U.S. Open
- Friday, May 30, 2008
- Brad Nurski entered last week’s local qualifying for the U.S. Open primarily to get familiar with the course at The Golf Club at Creekmore in Raymore, Mo. He wanted some experience on the site of the first qualifying stage for the Missouri Amateur later this summer.
Turns out he doesn’t need that experience.
- Northwest basketball announces 2 signings
- Wednesday, May 28, 2008
- MARYVILLE, Mo. — With six seniors graduating from his 2007-08 NCAA Tournament team — and huge questions surrounding the availability of another player — Northwest Missouri State basketball coach Steve Tappmeyer has plenty of holes to fill before he unveils his 2008-09 version of the Bearcats.
At least with the announcement of two more commitments Wednesday, he’s more than halfway finished with the job.
- Bearcat volleyball looks ahead
- Tuesday, May 20, 2008
- With all seven starters and all but one player returning from the 2007 campaign, Anna Tool and the Northwest Missouri State volleyball team are ready to take their show on the road.
The Bearcats will play in the state of New York for the first time in program history when they compete in a Sept. 12 and 13 tournament at Dowling College. The host Golden Lions were 39-8 last season. Northwest will also play Bentley and Adelphi in that tournament.
Northwest begins its season Aug. 29 and 30 with four matches at a tournament at new MIAA member Nebraska-Omaha. The Bearcats won’t face the host Mavericks in that event. Instead, they will host Nebraska-Omaha on Nov. 5.
- Bearcat tennis open play at nationals today
- Tuesday, May 13, 2008
- With three Missouri teams in the Round of 16 in the NCAA Division II Women’s Tennis Championships, Northwest Missouri State’s Bearcats and coach Mark Rosewell will have a few familiar faces around in Houston.
Northwest, Drury and Southwest Baptist are all still alive and kicking at the NCAA’s Sports Festival.
But for any head-to-head matchups to occur, Rosewell’s team will have to advance farther than it has in school history.
- Northwest basketball player arrested
- Tuesday, May 13, 2008
- Northwest Missouri State guard Lance Sullivan has been indefinitely suspended from the basketball team following his Friday arrest on a charge of distributing a controlled substance to a minor. Sullivan, a 21-year-old junior from Columbus, Ohio, was arrested at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, according to the Nodaway County Sheriff’s Department, where he was held until posting a $15,000 bond on Tuesday.
- Northwest women make tennis nationals
- Friday, May 9, 2008
- MARYVILLE, Mo. — As Jordan Lipira continued to battle Emporia State’s Amanda Morris at No. 3 singles, a crowd of teammates began to gather on the adjacent court to watch the Northwest Missouri State junior. Even Lisa Pendrak stole a few glances despite being in the second set of her No. 6 singles match on the next court over.
With a hard overhand smash, Lipira gave her teammates what they were looking for. The winner gave Lipira a hard-fought 2-6, 6-3 6-3 win, and helped Northwest tp a 5-2 team victory over the Hornets and assured them all of a trip to the NCAA Division II national tournament in Houston.
“I enjoy it,” Lipira said of the attention. “I don’t usually get too nervous when I play.”
