When Northwest junior guard Trevor Hudgins walked off the court with 7:19 remaining in No. 2 Northwest’s matchup with Rogers State, he high-fived his teammates on the way to his chair, and behind him he left a historic performance. Read more

BIG RAPIDS, Mich. — Rich Wright had just wrapped up his postgame routine of addressing the Northwest football team before making his way toward the other side of Top Taggart Field and through the seating concourses en route to the easternmost side of the stadium. Read more

When Northwest men’s basketball hosted MIAA foe Northeastern State Thursday night for the conference-opener, the RiverHawks were searching for their first win over the Bearcats in 21 years. Read more

The whistle blew, the players looked at their coaches and walked over to their respective benches. Read more

After a long, hard-fought three months, the 2021 Maryville boys soccer season has come to a close. The Spoofhounds used this fall to compile a record of 16-6-1 before being handed a title run-halting loss by eventual Class 1 champion Lutheran St. Charles. Read more

Northwest men’s basketball — roughly 10 months removed from winning the program’s 21st MIAA regular season title and roughly two months removed from being tabbed as the preseason favorite to win the MIAA by the league’s coaches and media — will start its conference schedule on the heels of p… Read more

As Northwest junior cross country runner Jacob Nkamasiai crossed the finish line at the NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships Nov. 20, he completed one of the dreams he came to Maryville with, which was to compete in nationals. Read more

The Northwest football program has been here before. Read more

After being one of the 36 student-athletes nominated for the Harlon Hill Trophy, Northwest football senior running back Al McKeller has been named one of the eight finalists for the award given to Division II’s most valuable player. Read more

Marc Gordon’s office, the impromptu home base for the Northwest soccer program, sits on the third floor of the Lamkin Activity Center. On the door is a 2021 Northwest soccer poster, and above it is a piece of yellow scratch paper. Read more

After being on the wrong side of a 21-point comeback in the season opener, the Northwest women’s basketball team rattled off four straight wins prior to starting its 2020-21 conference schedule. Read more

SEARCY, Ark. — As Braden Wright trotted onto the field with 2 minutes and 32 seconds left in the first half, he was hoping to put an end to the dry spell that plagued the Northwest football’s offense for nearly every moment prior to that one. Read more

There aren’t too many things that Northwest football coach Rich Wright enjoys more than football and Thanksgiving. That list gets even shorter when the two coincide. Read more

Roughly four hours prior to tipoff between Northwest men’s basketball and former MIAA foe Truman State, the second national rankings of the season were posted by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, a list that placed the Bearcats at third and the Bulldogs at second. Read more

After using this fall to compile a record of 26-5, and for the first time since 2010, Northwest volleyball has earned a bid to the Division II NCAA Tournament.  Read more

In the aftermath of a 50-21 win over Central Washington in the first round of the Division II playoffs Saturday afternoon, Northwest football coach Rich Wright and senior running back Al McKeller made their way toward a small room below the seating concourses on the westernmost side of Bearc… Read more

Maryville senior quarterback Connor Drake stood gazing at midfield. With tears in his eyes, he watched the handshake line take place on the uneven field at the ’Hound Pound, seemingly trying to soak in each and every memory he’s created on the grass that was his fall home for the past four years. Read more

EMPORIA, Kan. — On the field stood roughly 30 soccer players, moments after their 90-minute contest. Read more

Maryville boys soccer has used this fall to rewrite the program’s history, and the Spoofhounds plan to continue doing just that. Read more

The Northwest football team hadn’t done too much throughout the first two quarters of action during a matchup with Central Washington in the Division II quarterfinals Nov. 28, 2009. Read more

In a classroom on the second floor of the easternmost side of the Carl and Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse, 30 Northwest soccer players sat in their seats waiting for the announcement they’ve been anticipating since the end of their MIAA Tournament game against Emporia State Nov. 12. Read more

Saturday in the fall is typically a day designated to college football. This week won’t be any different, of course, but there will be an addition. The Maryville football team will play on the same day as the Northwest football team. Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When the Northwest men’s basketball took the court for a matchup with Arkansas-Monticello as part of the Central Region Challenge at Municipal Auditorium, the top-ranked team in Division II was trying to avenge its first loss of the season. Read more

After finishing the regular season with a 35-7 win over Emporia State to clinch the program’s 31st MIAA title, Northwest football was tabbed as the No. 3 seed in Super Region III, the NCAA announced during the Division II Selection Show Sunday afternoon. Read more

Stepping up to the free-throw line at the west basket of Bearcat Arena with 30 seconds left in the fourth quarter was Northwest guard Molly Hartnett. She, like the rest of Northwest women’s basketball, was trying to forget a season-opening loss from 24 hours prior, when the Bearcats were def… Read more

Northwest senior Al McKeller had just bulldozed through a group of Emporia State defenders for a 4-yard touchdown at the north end zone of Bearcat Stadium to give the Bearcats a commanding 35-0 lead over the Hornets with 13 minutes left in the fourth quarter. Read more

It wasn’t anything unusual for Maryville football’s run-heavy offensive attack. Read more

WARRENSBURG, Mo. — The breath, made visible by the 37-degree temperature, came out in a collective cloud over the field from the players. One set of players exhaled in excitement, the other in disappointment as the clock hit zero at Jennies Field. Read more

Rich Wright has held his fair share of trophies since arriving in Maryville to be the defensive line coach and special teams coordinator in 2004. Read more

After the team started 0-2 for the first time since 2005, some fans may have never expected they’d be playing for a championship, but that’s exactly where Maryville football is — the Class 2 District 7 title game. Read more

Just west of the Carl and Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse sits the near-120-foot-long patch of turf called Bearcat Pitch, and it serves as the site for Northwest soccer’s home games. Read more

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — In the aftermath of Northwest men’s basketball squaring off against Seattle Pacific Sunday evening in the second night of the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame Classic, Ben McCollum made his way through the Civic Arena to a makeshift press conference room on the south s… Read more

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Tuesday afternoon, just four days prior to Northwest men’s basketball opening its season with a regional rematch against Northern State, coach Ben McCollum knew his team was going to get exposed. Actually, he welcomed it, noting that it’d emphasize how his players can get better. Read more

The postseason is designed to eventually find the best of the best of any given sport. In the case of the Maryville football team, it left little speculation as to which team was the better of the two Friday evening. Read more

After one of the most successful regular seasons since the turn of the century, playoff time has come around for the Maryville boys soccer team. Following the regular-season finale against MEC foe Bishop LeBlond, the ‘Hounds kickstarted the Class 1 District 8 Tournament with a 9-1, mercy-rul… Read more

Northwest men’s basketball was 2 minutes and 7 seconds away from having last season’s title run put to an end in the Central Region Tournament championship game. Read more

Through the window, leaves float across the ground as the occasional car passes by on College Avenue below. It’s another cloudy, autumn day, and inside is an office on the third floor of Lamkin Activity Center — Marc Gordon’s office. Read more

The Northwest softball team recently wrapped up its first fall under the direction of new coach Naomi Tellez, with an emphasis on involvement in the Maryville community. Read more

In the aftermath of the first loss of the season, a 17-16 defeat courtesy of conference foe Washburn, Northwest football coach Rich Wright alerted his players the postseason didn’t start after the conclusion of the regular season in mid-November. Read more

As the temperature outside begins to lower, there are a few things it signifies: the end of fall, the potential for snow and the start of the holiday season. For Northwest women’s basketball, it signifies the beginning of a new season. Read more

After having a week off, Maryville football will get back to action against Trenton for its first postseason game this year. Read more

When No. 8 Northwest and No. 17 Nebraska-Kearney met for a Week 9 matchup Saturday afternoon in Bearcat Stadium, it was expected to be one of the best Division II football games of the season. Read more

Maryville volleyball’s state-championship defense ended after taking a loss to the Cameron Dragons in the Class 3 District 16 Championship Monday night. Read more

As the seconds winded down, the team looked straight in the face of its fifth straight loss to end the season. It may have been against the No. 5 team in the nation, but a loss is never easy, especially with four more preceding it. Read more

The 2011 Northwest soccer team still had 20 minutes left on the clock. The Bearcats were up 3-1, and Emporia State had scored seven minutes before. The team was in need of one final goal to put the game away. That’s when, in the 72nd minute, Anna Calgaard scored her second goal of the match … Read more

In early August, 61 high schoolers came together on a summer day for a singular purpose: to play football. Now, nine games are in the record books, and the 2021 regular season is a thing of the past. Read more

In the days leading up to Northwest football’s 2019 meeting with Nebraska-Kearney, then-third-year coach Rich Wright was preparing to face an option-based offense for the second time in as many weeks. Read more

Northwest football has been tabbed as the No. 5 seed of Super Region 3 in the first regional rankings of the season, released by the NCAA Monday afternoon. Read more

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — When the Northwest football team took the field Saturday afternoon for a matchup with MIAA foe Northeastern State, the No. 10 team in the country was hoping to avoid back-to-back losses for the first time since fall 2017. Read more

As the last group of people walked out, it was beginning to look less and less like the place it was moments ago. Not too long before, the lights were still on, and the gates were open, as the place echoed with cheers from the crowd. But a few brief moments after the roar of those cheers, th… Read more