Junior pitcher Brandon Simmons and senior catcher Tony Loeffler earn south central region honors by the American Baseball Coaches Assocation team released Friday. Simmons was named to the second team while Loeffler earned Rawling South Central “Gold Glove” honors. For Simmons this marked the second time he has been named to an all-Region team in [...]
The Big 12 and Southeastern Conferences have announced a five-year agreement for their football champions to meet in a postseason bowl game following the 2014 season. The champions of the two conferences will be in the matchup unless one or both are selected to play in the new four-team model to determine the national championship. [...]
Missouri Western women’s basketball coach Rob Edmisson has announced the signing of five student athletes to the National Letter of Intent for the 2012-2013 season. The Griffons welcome junior college transfers Tiffanie Abrams of Detroit, Mich. (Connors State College), JaQuitta Dever of Tulsa, Okla. (Seminole State College), sisters Sharniece Lewis of Warrensburg, Mo. (Highland CC) [...]
Four Northwest Missouri State track and field athletes have been selected to the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association (USTFCCCA) All-South Central Region teams for the 2012 season. On the men’s side Ryan Darling was honored in the 1500-meter run as he ran the second best time in program history 3:51.08, [...]
Missouri back-up quarterback Corbin Berkstresser has been arrested after reportedly leaving the scene of an early-morning car accident. Columbia police say Berkstresser hit a parked car in an off-campus neighborhood early Tuesday but failed to stop. He was arrested several hours later and released on bail after posting a $4,500 bond. No injuries were reported. [...]
Northwest Missouri State women’s basketball has signed high school senior Hannah Branch to play for the Bearcats next season head coach Mark Kellogg announced Monday. Branch was a four-year starter for Tulsa HOAH, a homeschool program, in which she led her team to 92 wins and three top five finishes at the National Homeschool Basketball [...]
Despite getting 12 hits and stranding nine batters the Missouri Western baseball team could only manage two runs falling 3-2 in an elimination game against Fort Hays State. Western had five players with two or more hits as fall to 34-17 on the season. Just like the first two games of the tournament the Griffons [...]
Michael Schulze, Nate Ramler, and Grant Fink each blasted home runs for No. 2 seed Missouri Western as the Griffons defeated No. 4 seed Washburn, 12-8, Friday afternoon in a wild game four of the MIAA Centennial Baseball Championship at CommunityAmerica Ballpark. Missouri Western (34-15) moves on to face top-seeded Central Missouri in the winners’ [...]
University of Missouri Head Men’s Basketball Coach Frank Haith announced today that he has added Ryan Miller to his staff as assistant coach. Miller joins the Mizzou coaching staff after serving the last five years as an assistant coach at New Mexico, where the Lobos went 126-46 overall – marking the school’s most successful five-year [...]
The 2012 schedule is once again complete for the Griffon Football team as Director of Athletics Kurt McGuffin announced Thursday that the Griffons will host William Jewell in Spratt Stadium on Saturday, September 8th at 6 PM. The open date became available when Central State of Ohio pulled out of the game contract. “It was [...]