Following a timeout from Central Oklahoma, Northwest’s offense trotted back onto Mel Tjeerdsma Field at Bearcat Stadium with two seconds remaining in the first half and the ball on the Bronchos’ 44-yard line. Read more

It takes a lot of work to keep grass football fields looking good. Following the games, grass is visibly trampled, run over and torn through to dirt throughout the field. After Week 5, Maryville’s field maintenance crew will likely spend most of their time in the end zones. Read more

After a disappointing exit in the Excelsior Springs Tournament last week — losing on penalty kicks — the Maryville boys soccer team responded with a big conference win against Savannah Sept. 20. Read more

With more than 700 attendees at Northwest volleyball’s home opener in the Carl and Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse Sept. 17, the Bearcats were swept by then-No. 12 Central Missouri before bouncing back with a win against Missouri Western Sept. 18. Read more

There the Bearcats were, with possession of the ball and 20 seconds left in regulation of a 1-1 tie with Missouri Western Sept. 19 at the Bearcat Pitch. Read more

It had been 43 regular season home games since Maryville football’s 2010 loss to Savannah in Week 7 in the ‘Hound Pound. All 43 of those games were a win for the Spoofhounds until their Week 4 loss this season against St. Pius X. Read more

Rich Wright has donned that fiery red hat for the better part of the last decade. Since 2011, the Northwest football coach has worn it for 123 games. Read more

WARRENSBURG, Mo. — There stood Mike Hohensee, directly on the easternmost sideline at Audrey J. Walton Stadium, just moments prior to Northwest football’s eventual 47-7 win against Central Missouri Saturday afternoon Read more

Northwest junior quarterback Braden Wright is expected to miss four to six weeks after undergoing an emergency surgery to repair midgut volvulus — twisting of the intestine — Wright told The Missourian prior to the Bearcats’ 47-7 win against Central Missouri Sept. 18. Read more

During the course of a football game, there are a multitude of plays that take place, but when the ball hit the ground to signal the end of a play with 33 seconds left in Maryville football’s Week 5 matchup with St. Pius X, it signified much more than just moving onto the next down. Read more

The Northwest golf team bounced back from a high-scoring first round with a 13-shot improvement to finish tied for 11th out of 16 teams in the 22nd annual Northeastern State University Women’s Golf Classic Sept. 13-14 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.  Read more

Maryville volleyball won two of its last four matches, as the team has spent much of the early parts of the season on the road. Read more

After competing on the road for the first two weeks of the season, Northwest volleyball will kick off the regular season in the irregular, impromptu venue of the Carl and Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse. Read more

The Maryville boys soccer team participated in the Excelsior Springs Tournament Sept. 9-11, marking the Spoofhounds’ second tournament in as many weeks. In their first, the Barstow Tournament, they went 1-0-1 before their final game was canceled due to rain. Read more

After earning the first win of the 2021 season, the Maryville football team will make its home debut against MEC foe St. Pius X, the conference’s reigning champion. Read more

Welcome into another edition of Walk The Talk, a weekly mailbag column where all of your questions regarding Northwest Athletics get answered. Football is in full swing, and the questions that were asked this week show it. With that being said, let’s hop straight into it. Read more

Northwest football was less than 72 hours out from a Week 1 win against Fort Hays when the Bearcats found out Lincoln, their Week 2 opponent, had to cancel due to COVID-19 protocols. Read more

Four and zero. Four and zero would have been the best possible option, and that’s what the Northwest soccer team was hoping to improve its record to during the second weekend of matches. However, the Bearcats were left with the exact opposite. Read more

CHILLICOTHE, Mo. — The four meetings prior to Friday evening's between Maryville and Chillicothe were nothing like the latest edition of the matchup. Read more

The Northwest volleyball team started its season with a trip to Tampa, Florida, where the Bearcats took care of business at the Courtyard by Marriott Volleyball Classic. Read more

Northwest football coach Rich Wright was in the middle of breaking down the Bearcats’ Week 2 opponent when he started to get the news that he didn’t have to. Read more

There sat Davonte' Green, on a makeshift wooden bench on the outskirts of a mostly-cleared-out construction site in the basement at Lamkin Activity Center Sept. 6. Read more

The Maryville softball team is still dealing with the struggles of COVID-19, as the Spoofhounds took a 9-6 loss in seven innings in their first conference matchup against Cameron Sept. 7. Read more

Maryville football is in full swing with the first two weeks behind the ‘Hounds and conference play about to begin. Read more

Northwest soccer has started its regular season, and the Bearcats got off on the right foot, earning a win in each of their first two games. Read more

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. — The game started the same way as usual for the Maryville football team: Fans showed up prepared to cheer, and the players ran out of the locker room hyped up and ready to play. However, the game ended with a result that the Spoofhounds have not experienced since 2005. Read more

HAYS, Kan. — Standing in the locker room before the Bearcats took the field, Rich Wright didn’t have an everlasting pregame speech for his team. Read more

In walked Northwest football coach Rich Wright, directly through the northernmost door to a reporter-filled room on the east side of Maryville’s Pizza Ranch for the Northwest Athletics Media Luncheon Aug. 31. Read more

Northwest soccer has played its last exhibition game on the schedule, which means the regular season is right around the corner. Read more

Welcome back to Walk The Talk, the weekly mailbag column where you submit questions about your favorite — or maybe least favorite, I suppose — Northwest sports program. If you’re reading for the first time, then welcome. It’s the first game week for Northwest football since December 2019, so… Read more

ST. JOSEPH, Mo.— Maryville volleyball, the defending MSHSAA Class 3 state champion, stumbled out of the gate with a 3-1 loss to open the 2021 season against MEC foe Benton. Read more

Week 1 is now a thing of the past for Maryville football, and up next for the ’Hounds is a trip to play Harrisonville. Read more

Maryville boys soccer got off to a hot start to the 2021 season with a win over Cameron, Aug. 30 at the Bearcat Pitch on Northwest’s campus. Read more

LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — To start the 2021 season, Maryville football met Blair Oaks for the sixth matchup in five years between the two programs, and the Spoofhounds were hoping to snap their four-game losing streak against the Falcons,  Read more

Northwest soccer has already played in one scrimmage, and now the Bearcats are looking ahead to their second preseason scrimmage. Read more

Despite a loss in the make-or-break set of the MIAA Tournament this spring, Northwest volleyball is ready to get back on the road to redemption. Read more

Welcome to Walk The Talk, a weekly mailbag column where I answer any questions you might have regarding Northwest Athletics. After a year mostly filled with questions about whether a sport was going to play or not, we’ve got light at the end of the tunnel. Northwest football kicks off its se… Read more

After enduring a long offseason, Maryville volleyball will begin its MSHSAA Class 3 title defense Aug. 30 against the Benton Cardinals in St. Joseph. Read more

No team wants to face defeat, especially with a championship trophy on the line. Read more

School is back in session, meaning Northwest soccer is back in action. Read more

Like any high school team, Maryville volleyball lost last years’ seniors to graduation. What they didn’t expect, however, was losing two of the three coaches from the roster that brought home the program’s first state championship.. Read more

Last season, the Maryville football team made it to the MSHSAA Class 3 State Championship before Blair Oaks won 62-40 Dec. 5 in Jefferson City, Missouri. Read more

The Northwest softball team is starting the 2021-22 school year with a new head coach for the first time since Ryan Anderson was hired in 2007, as Naomi Tellez was named the 10th  head coach in program history June 2. Read more

After sitting empty since Northwest football’s last home game Nov. 30, 2019, Bearcat Stadium will operate at full capacity for the Bearcats’ 2021 home debut Sept. 9 against Lincoln. Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In August 2020, four days after the MIAA announced the cancellation of all fall sports due to COVID-19, Northwest football defensive tackle Zach Howard took to The Northwest Missourian to pen a message to Bearcat fans.  Read more

Northwest men’s basketball senior forward Ryan Hawkins entered his name into the NCAA Transfer Portal Monday morning, first reported by Hoop Scoop Media with Hawkins later confirming to The Missourian. Read more

The Northwest softball team lost three of four games on a late-season road trip to Fort Hays State and Nebraska-Kearney. Read more

Welcome to this week’s Walk The Talk, the weekly mailbag column in which I — your self-proclaimed favorite Northwest sports reporter — answer any and all questions you might have about Northwest Athletics. This week’s edition is a little different, as we’re shying away from specific breakdow… Read more