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Junior linebacker Brody Buck (50) celebrates with corner J’Ravien Anderson (4) after Northwest’s defense forced a safety against Fort Hays State Nov. 9 to take a 19-17 lead over the Tigers.

Football rallies past Fort Hays

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They were down three scores, their season on life support. Then, the Bearcats came back in Hays, Kansas.

Before he could walk in front of a crowd of 6,100 people towards the left hash at Lewis Field Stadium in Hays, Kansas, Nov. 9, preparing for the biggest kick of his career, Parker Sampson had to calm down.

Northwest sat tied with Fort Hays State at 33-33 in double overtime. A Fort Hays fumble recovered by senior defensive end Mike

Elhke on the Tigers’ final possession insured Northwest’s junior placekicker an opportunity to win his team the game. He knew that.

Coach Rich Wright knew that. Sophomore quarterback Braden Wright knew that. Every person in the stadium knew that.

“I was just hopeful,” Braden Wright said.

“I was just waiting.”

So as the offense played conservatively and took care of the ball for three downs near the 25-yard line closest to the north endzone of Lewis Field, Sampson had a conversation with his coach and a conversation with himself.

“Just calm down, trust your instincts and don’t try and do too much,” Sampson said.

“Before I kick, I think ‘smooth.’ I always think ‘smooth’ because when you try and over kick, that’s when you shank it or miss-hit it, so that’s just thinking: ‘Parker, be smooth. Be smooth.’”

“When he was standing on the sideline on third down, I walked up to him and I just

said, ‘They’ve got a timeout. They’re gonna use it, OK? So just relax and dry run your first one,” Rich Wright said. “You try and get people prepared for the moment.”

Sampson, of course, stepped into the spotlight at the climax of a game defined by climatic moments. The game and Northwest’s postseason aspirations rode on the hope the kicker’s right foot offered. With the stakes as high as they’ve been in his collegiate career, Sampson converted a 38-yard field goal to give Northwest (9-1) a 36-33 double-overtime victory over Fort Hays (7-3).

Before the kick had even crossed through the uprights, Sampson turned and began a 70-yard celebratory sprint toward the south endzone, a roster full of players and coaches trailing him closely, trying to catch and embrace the kicker who kept their season alive.

“Just a whirlwind of emotion,” Sampson said. “I didn’t know what else to think; I just

started running. Just to stay alive in the playoffs, because this is the big game, to keep moving forward — it means a lot.”

The moment came at the tail end of a dramatic, back-and-forth contest. The Bearcats, who lost to Fort Hays in 2017 and 2018, both times with shares of the MIAA on the line, found themselves in a familiar situation when they trailed the Tigers early.

Northwest allowed the Tigers to score three times before the Bearcats had reached the red zone. On the heels of Fort Hays’ third score, a 20-yard touchdown pass from senior running back Harley Hazlett to sophomore wideout Manny Ramsey, the Bearcats stared at a 17-0 deficit and sat in the passenger’s seat of the game that looked like it would derail their season.

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State official talks higher ed funds SAMANTHA COLLISON Campis News Editor | @SammieCollison

At the tail-end of his legislative off-season travel, Missouri’s Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe visited College Republicans to answer questions about higher education funding and his goals leading up to the 2020 election.

Around 15 students, University President John Jasinski, State Rep. Allen Andrews and a few candidates running for local offices braved the below-zero windchill to meet Kehoe the evening of Nov. 11 in the Charles Johnson Theater at the Olive Deluce Fine Arts Building.

Kehoe briefly spoke on his history in state government and his role as lieutenant governor, but he spent most of the evening answering questions from attendees.

Senior Debrielle Patee-Merril asked Kehoe about the tension between the high number of universities in Missouri and the shrinking financial support from the state.

Kehoe said although some legislators have proposed merging some universities to reduce the number of institutions, he does not support that because each campus is unique in offerings and culture.

He said former Gov. Eric Greitens dramatically reduced funding to higher education, but Kehoe said current Gov. Mike Parson is more supportive of funding higher edu-

cation in an “appropriate manner.”

“I think those institutions should be accountable,” Kehoe said. “We have a measurement system our higher education institutions all use. So I think as long as they’re producing and we’re not just pouring money into a bottomless pit, then that’s fine.”

College Republicans President junior Jasper Logan said he has reached out to as many Missouri legislators and state officials as he can, and Kehoe was the first he heard back from.

“I was hoping everyone would learn a little bit about what he’s doing in state government and the role of the lieutenant governor,” Logan said.

Kehoe said he accepted the invitation because he tries to take any chance he can get to talk to young people, especially new voters.

“No matter what side of the aisle they’re on, I think it’s a good opportunity,” Kehoe said. “I hope to learn about things that old people like me think are wrong and right. Especially the millennial generation … they have a different outlook.”

Kehoe said he is optimistic about the younger generation because they have a greater grasp of new technologies, which can be put to work, especially in agriculture. He said with the growing global population, the midwest will have to adapt to produce enough food to feed it.

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Closing its doors for the chilly winter months, Kool Kats in Maryville will return to a seasonal business, seeing the winter as an opportunity to make improvements for the spring and summer when the small business profits the most.

Kool Kats owner Leslie Ackman announced on the business’s Facebook page that she and the co-owner, Dave Ackman, decided to make the switch from a yearround business back to a seasonal business Nov. 5.

The Kool Kats building will be closed Nov. 16.

The trailer they allow people to rent out for events will be available all winter.

The post included a thank you to customers for supporting the local business and announced a reopen date of April 2020, taking a little more than four months off to prepare for the influx of customers when the weather warms up.

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Conservationists protect local deer herds DEREK CAMPBELL News Reporter | @dscampbell98

Northwest Missouri Conservationists have been on the lookout for chronic wasting disease, which has touched Missouri’s deer population.

Although the disease is not as prevalent in Missouri as other states, it is deadly and can linger even after affected animals have died.

Chronic wasting disease is a prion disease that affects cervidae of the deer family, like elk, reindeer, sika deer and moose. It has been located in 24 states across the U.S. It can take over a year before an infected animal develops the symptoms, which include dramatic weight loss (wasting), stumbling, listlessness and other neurologic symptoms. CWD is fatal to all animals that are infected.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the disease is believed to be transmitted between animals through body fluids like feces, saliva, blood or urine, either through direct contact or indirectly through environmental contamination of soil, food or water.

Assistant professor Jay McGhee said it’s much more prevalent in herds.

“The likely of transmission is going to be much greater when deer are congregated together, McGhee said.

“Any kind of food plots that draw deer in are much more likely to allow for infection or transmission.”

Experts say CWD prions can remain in the environment for a long time, so other animals can contract CWD from the environment even after an infected deer or elk has died.

Conservation Agent Nate Carr said the goal right now is to minimize the disease’s effects in the core areas where conservationists know it has affected deer.

There have been no cases of CWD found in north-

west Missouri to date. It is still rare, even in areas that it is known to occur in Missouri.

President of the Wildlife Society Taylor Jones said hunters are an integral part of conservation.

“It’s really going to be the hunters that are the eyes and ears for the conservation department on cases of CWD being found because they can’t be everywhere at the same time,” Jones.

Hunters must consider many factors when determining whether or not to eat meat from deer harvested from known areas with CWD, including the level of risk they are willing to accept.

“During the opening weekend of gun season which will be Nov. 16 and 17, if you are hunting in that CWD zone, you are required to take all the deer you shoot to a sampling station for those two days,” Carr said.

According to the CDC, hunters of wild deer from areas with reported CWD should check state wildlife and public health guidance to see whether testing animals is recommended or required in a given state or region. In areas where CWD is known to be present, the CDC recommends that hunters strongly consider having those animals tested before eating the meat.

The conservation department has placed some regulation changes that may affect hunting strategies. One of them has been removing their antler point restriction, to allow people to harvest deer. Another restriction placed on the hunters is the placing of any kind of mineral or salt and grain in the offseason, which is restricted year round.

Carr said the conservation department’s goal is to minimize that deer-to-deer contact as much as possible, which could then affect people’s hunting strategies.

“It is still a rare disease in Missouri, so there is no cause to reduce hunting activity out of fear for the disease,” McGhee.

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Law enforcement combat meth increase in county

At least two of those have been busted and seized in the past year by law enforcement in counties neighboring Nodaway, one incident from Holt County and one in Buchanan County.

Director of the Maryville Department Public Safety Keith Wood said local law enforcement, as well as state-wide enforcement have acknowledged the rising issue and are continuing to take steps toward getting those drugs out of the Maryville community.

“We continuously do a fair amount of street-level enforcement activities,” Wood said. “Most of those involve the attempt to purchase, through drug buys, a considerable amount of meth off of the streets here.”

Wood said Public Safety works frequently with the Nodaway County Sheriff’s Department and the Buchanan County Drug Strike Force in efforts to assist in the process of getting drugs out of the hands of addicts and abusers.

“We have a few officers that are pretty aggressive in the intelligence gathering process,” Wood said.

“They are always conscious of their surroundings and paying attention to obvious and unobvious things that could point them towards possession of methamphetamines.”

But while local law enforcement seem to be cracking down on the top-tier issue of meth and severe drug use, the spread and influence of it only seems to grow larger statewide.

Though the number of meth labs in Missouri have reportedly gone down in recent years, the number of imported substances from other countries, namely Mexico and others farther south of the border, has seen a staggering spike.

Sergeant Shawn Collie said most of what the BCDSF sees now is imported.

“I would say 99.9% of what we’re seeing now is imported,” Collie told the Columbia Missourian in 2018.

However, even without as much local production in the area, meth is still one of the most prevalent drugs in northwest Missouri, with Nodaway County prosecution seeing just as many meth possession charges in 2019 as there have been marijuana possession charges.

Rice noted that per the 2019 filing charge summary, more than half of all crimes in the county also involve drug use, possession or intent to manufacture those controlled substances.

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The opioid and crisis of severe drug use reaches far and wide, and can make its way into even the smallest, closest knit communities. The same deteriorating ailment goes for drugs that people don’t talk about.

Missouri, formerly regarded by the Drug Enforcement Agency as the meth lab capital of the U.S., is once again facing rising numbers in meth-related arrests, as well as a rise in usage and distribution.

The small town of Maryville, tucked in the northwestern part of the state in Nodaway County, is no exception to the rise of severe drug-related offences.

In Nodaway County, meth is a daunting storm law enforcement is trying to wait out, taking small steps each day to clean up the debris and manage outcomes in a way to prevent future storms from happening.

In Nodaway County alone, there have been 33 prosecuted methamphetamine-related charges in 2019 as of Nov. 6. The majority of cases prosecuted deal with possession and distribution of meth and related paraphernalia, while others dealt with the intent to use and or manufacture meth.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 7,500 people died in the U.S. by overdose of stimulants like meth in 2016 alone, and though Nodaway County has seen no such case this year, prosecutors in the county say the possibility for one is still there.

“While some people may say that drugs are nonviolent and therefore not important, I would turn around and say, in my opinion, drugs are the most important cases that we do,” Nodaway County Prosecuting Attorney Robert Rice said. “It is the bait that attracts all sorts of criminal behavior.”

According to the 2019 Nodaway County filing charge summary, the county has dealt with 625 total criminal cases this year as of Nov. 6, and of those, 363 have been prosecuted with the involvement of drugs.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to 50 meth-lab-related cases in 2018, one falling in Holt County, which borders the southwest corner of Nodaway County and is a 44-minute drive from Maryville to the former lab site.

Analyzed DEA data of lab busts and seizures in Missouri predicts 27.6 meth labs per 100,000 residents in the state.

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Faculty endure immigration issues MADELINE MAPES Chief Reporter | @MadelineDMapes

Some international faculty have experienced problems with the immigration process and have come together with Northwest’s administration to look for solutions.

Multiple international faculty members gathered to discuss the problems that they have had with the immigration process. The problems these faculty members have faced are different with each individual’s case.

After seeing so many problems with the immigration process, these faculty have reached out to the University’s administration to find solutions to make the process easier for future international faculty.

The faculty that came forward

with their concerns about the immigration problems are stuck in the process of obtaining the proper immigration status or are being delayed from coming back to the U.S. There is one faculty member who is seeing delays in his arrival back to the U.S. Associate professor and Faculty Senate President Jenny Rytting said associate professor Nigel Hoilett left for an emergency trip to Jamaica to renew a visa.

While there, he had some delays in the immigration process in order for him to come back to the U.S. The specific reason for his delay is unknown.

Rytting presented difficulties that not only Hoilett had, but also other international faculty to the Board of Regents Oct. 23.

In one case involving an international faculty member, their immigration paperwork was finished, but the rest of the family did not have paperwork finished.

“And so, family members are in a bind, right, and don’t have the right kind of visa,” Rytting said.

Rytting said associate professor José Palacios Perez’s paperwork is being redone due to complications with the immigration process. This will be the fourth time in the past six years he has been at Northwest.

Palacios mentioned that his first two immigration processes were not filed with the immigration authorities because of some mistakes made by the University.

The first three to four years of his process, nothing happened and resulted in the University having to

redo Palacios’s paperwork.

Palacios attended a focus group Nov. 4 that included other international faculty members and administration members. Palacios said many of the international faculty’s concerns were brought to the administration’s attention, but no real solutions or plans of action were discussed.

Palacios said international faculty can not apply for residency by themselves. He said the University has to apply for residency for them, which can be problematic for the international faculty and their families.

“It’s important to talk about the human aspect, not only the legal aspect that’s affecting people,” Palacios said.

Palacios said some of the interna-

tional faculty were hiring their own lawyers to help handle some of the problems that they have been having with the immigration process.

These international faculty have to pay for these lawyers out of their own pockets and even with a lawyer, the faculty have to wait on the University to gather their paperwork before any further steps can be taken.

Director of Human Resources Krista Barcus said the administration looks forward to partnering with the international faculty.

“The Immigration Process Focus Group went very well. We look forward to improving processes to better serve our employees who go through the immigration process,” Barcus said after the focus group.

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Located at 222 East Third Street sits the new Maryville Public Safety building under construction. The project is expected to be completed in its entirety by August 2020.

Public safety now one step closer to new building KENDRICK CALFEE Community News Editor | @KoalaCalfee

Preparing for a cold, snowy winter, contractors of the new Maryville Public Safety building are working toward having an enclosed building to continue construction on by the time more severe weather hits.

EL Crawford Construction began erecting the steel frame of what will become the new MPS building in October, and as of Nov. 13, the outlook for an enclosed structure by the winter months seems promising.

The new building, located at First and North Vine streets, will

feature 132,270 pounds of steel from Nucor LMP Steel. The entire project is on track with original planning and is expected to be completed and ready for full occupancy operation by August 2020.

City Manager Greg McDanel said the coming weeks will be busy for the construction crew in order to meet necessary goals.

“As of now there are no weather delays,” McDanel said. “The contractors have been really good about looking ahead and planning for this type of thing.”

The push for a new public safety building came when the police and fire departments addressed issues with the current building and

presented the issues to the council and city leaders.

Director of Public Safety Keith Wood said a recurring problem for law enforcement is how small and how close everything is and the lack of space for proper investigations.

“The new building will feature more open space and be more of what you would expect for a dispatch center,” Wood said. “This will also enhance investigations and help officers get the resources they need.”

McDanel also touched on the issue of space at the 222 E Third St. location, saying a more open floor plan and overall larger area indoors in the new building will help pro-

vide more space for an improved evidence room.

“There are a lot of issues with the current building,” McDanel said. “Right now it doesn’t meet the standard for law enforcement.”

McDanel said the fire division will have more space to house trucks and equipment and will be located in a more central location for dispatch at the new building.

The formal process of obtaining a new building for MPS began in 2013 when law enforcement and the city council met with architects to draft plans and access needs that the old building did not meet.

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Wood said the final plan fit the vision of local law enforcement, and he said he is eager to see the finished product.

“It took some work to get done, but boy is it playing out,” Wood said.

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for the week of Nov. 14 Northwest Missouri State University Police Department Nov. 5 There was a closed investigation for property damage at the Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts.

Nov. 6 A summons was issued to Kaleb Popplewell, 21, for trespassing at Franken Hall.

Nov. 7 There is an open investigation for stealing at the Station.

Maryville Department of Public Safety Oct. 11 There is an ongoing investigation for trespassing on the 1200 block of East Second Street.

Oct. 27 There is an ongoing investigation for property damage on the 500 block of West Fifth Street.

Oct. 30 A summons was issued to Gena R. Cockrell, 21, for wanted on warrant and failure to appear on the 400 block of North Market Street.

There is an ongoing investigation for fraud on the 900 block of East Thompson Street.

Oct. 31 A summons was issued to Mackenzie R. Kytasaari, 19, for minor in possession on the 600 block of North Main Street.

A summons was issued to Brooke E. Simonton, 22, for supplying alcohol to a minor on the 600 block of North Main Street.

A summons was issued to Meg A. Rieschick, 20, and Carson J. Schwarz, 19, for minor in possession on the 300 block of North Vine Street.

Nov. 1 A summons was issued to Trystan L. Lyle, 21, for disorderly conduct on the 300 block of North Market Street.

A summons was issued to Anhca Balaji, 24, for driving while intoxicated and no headlights after dark on the 100 block of East Third Street.

Nov. 2 A summons was issued to Tate S. Snodgrass, 20, for minor in possession and an equipment violation on the 300 block of South Walnut Street.

Nov. 3 A summons was issued to Chase A. Larson, 18, for minor in possession and an equipment violation on the 500 block of West Seventh Street.

Nov. 6 There is an ongoing investigation for stealing by deceit on the 600 block of North Main Street.

Nov. 8 A summons was issued to Sharayaha R. King, 23, for no valid driver’s license on the 900 block of South Main Street.

Nov. 11 There is an ongoing investigation for larceny on the 600 block of South Main Street.

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Northwest junior Zoie Hayward participates in the pull-up competition at Northwest’s Veterans Day event Nov. 11 in the Carl and Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse. Hayward attended the event with Northwest women’s basketball teammates.

Community salutes veterans through fitness in fieldhouse KENDRICK CALFEE Community News Editor | @KoalaCalfee

The Maryville and Northwest community gathered to honor veterans with activities that reflected service member’s sacrifice and dedication to making the U.S. safe.

The University celebrated Veteran’s Day by hosting an interactive event from 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Nov. 11 in the Carl and Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse.

People waited in line at pushup and pull-up stations and at a weighted backpack station called the “ruck march”, which gave people the opportunity to walk laps with a heavy backpack in honor of a service member.

The event also featured a heavy water jug carrying station, a night-vision goggle demonstration and military face painting.

Kurtis Griffin, a veteran of the U.S. Army, brought his grandsons to the event. Griffin said he wanted to bring them to show the importance of remembering the military. “(My grandsons) really enjoyed the backpacking,” Griffin said.

“They were able to get experience on what veterans and military do and meet some active members.”

Griffin, a Northwest alumnus, took a photo with his grandsons in front of a Bearcat football display including uniforms the team wore to honor the military Nov. 2.

More children came to the event including classes from Horace Mann Elementary and St. Gregory Catholic school.

Students from Maryville High School and Maryville Middle School, who had the day off from school for the national holiday, also came to show support.

Jill Brown, director of partnerships and placement at Northwest, helped organize the event with the help of University Wellness Services, Northwest Athletics and the Show-Me Gold program.

Brown said the event’s attendance was more than sufficient despite a snowy morning with bad roads.

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Northwest Communication Manager Mark Hornickel and his daughter Phoebe, 11, wear weighted vests and walk a lap in honor of a veteran as a part of the “Ruck Pack March” at Northwest’s Veterans Day commemoration Nov. 11 in the Carl and Cheryl Hughes Fieldhouse.

“Those in the Show-Me Gold program brought military vehicles, some gear they use, a Humvee and a military ambulance,” Brown said.

“People are getting to see a lot of different aspects of the service.”

The event was inspired from a veterans’ coffee gathering, where those attending chose to promote a more interactive event on campus to allow for fun while honoring service members.

“It was a great idea,” Brown said. “So many people were immediately on board.”

The Bearcat women’s basketball team, the Bearcat Steppers and President John Jasinski all attended to show their support for veterans.

One individual, Director of the Foster Fitness Center Robert Veasey, was so motivated at the event,

he walked the “ruck march” for almost the entire duration, putting in more than 20 miles on the track with a weighted vest. He was joined for a few miles by Northwest junior Kyla Andersen who walked alongside Veasey close to when the event reached its halfway mark.

“They make a lot more sacrifices than what I am doing right now,” Veasey said. “This is just one way I can honor that.”

Andersen said the ruck march gave her a way to honor a veteran while making herself better.

“These backpacks are a little heavy but it’s nothing compared to the sacrifices the military makes every single day,” Andersen said.

“Anything we can do, in any small way, we are going to do it.”

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Kehoe said supporting the Missouri economy is one of his biggest goals, especially with the Buy Missouri campaign, which encourages consumers to buy products produced in the state.

He said while it helps the economy to have so many higher education institutions in the state, it’s also important to keep those graduates in the state.

“I feel it’s vital we need to do what Lt. Gov. Kehoe was saying and create an environment to retain these people who are the future of the workforce,” Logan said. “We need to keep our state strong. Right now, we’ve got more jobs than we do people, so we need to keep people here.”

Merril said she met Kehoe when he was a state senator and came to the event to connect with him again.

“I know a lot of people don’t, but I have full faith in our Missouri leadership,” Merril said. “It’s really heartening to see that they truly, genuinely do care and seeing a lot of their values align with my own.”

Dave Ackman said the switch is largely sales dependant and related the decision to how Dairy Queen in Maryville used to close in the cold months.

“We lost a significant amount of money when we stayed open November 2018 through February 2019,” Dave Ackman said. “Sales dropped 70% in just four weeks, and we are just not prepared to take that kind of hit this year.”

Ackman said Kool Kats is making the most of the change by planning building improvements, adding new menu items and investing heavily into the spring and summer.

“Since minimum wage is going up, we will be preparing for that adjustment as well,” Dave Ackman said. “We will have to think about the number of employees and what we want to serve.”

Kool Kats has been around for more than 25 years; the two previous owners before the Ackmans bought it 10 years ago. For the first three years of owning it, the Ackmans did not sell anything but planned out how to execute sales and conduct the business.

The Ackmans bought the building Kool Kats now resides in on South Main Street seven years ago, but at

the time, they leased it out to Simply Siam, a Thai restaurant in Maryville.

Kool Kats moved into the building when the lease was up in 2018 and began serving food and drinks along with traditional cold treats like shaved ice and ice cream. Dave Ackman said the food turned out to be a big hit with local customers and will continue when the business reopens after winter.

Dave Ackman said customers can expect to see some new menu items in April 2020, the staple being smoothies, and possibly more food options.

Local fans of the business, though sad to see its doors close for the winter, are largely supportive and understanding of the decision.

Junior Laura Mott said she likes Kool Kats because of their deals like half price shakes and shaved ice.

“It’s perfect after a long day,” Mott said. “I am an avid sweet-lover, so I would certainly eat shaved ice in the winter.”

Dave Ackman said though there are probably people who may enjoy a cold treat on a cold day; he said Kool Kats wants to be a go-to place for people to cool off when it’s warm and enjoy a good meal.

“Our short hibernation won’t last long,” Dave Ackman said.

“We will be back with even more to offer.”

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In the face of the second-largest deficit Northwest has faced this season, the offense responded.

Braden Wright engineered a 4-play, 75-yard drive in the immediate aftermath of Ramsey’s touchdown. The quarterback found junior wideout Imoni Donadelle for a 42-yard touchdown on Northwest’s next drive. Sampson drilled a 41-yarder the drive after that.

The Bearcats wiped away the 17-0 deficit with 17 unanswered points of their own. And, of course, they weren’t done.

“I just told the kids how proud I was of their resilience,” Rich Wright said. “It’s just been kind of a hallmark of what we’ve done all season long. And, obviously, things didn’t start out well for us, and the fact that we’re down 17-0 and our offense punches a play in, and then everything shifted.”

Northwest etched another 2 points onto the scoreboard before the first half ended by way of a safety from senior defensive tackle Spencer Phillips. Against all odds, the Bearcats carried a 1917 lead off the turf of Lewis Field and into the visitor’s locker room at halftime.

At the start of the third quarter, Fort Hays engineered a field goal drive to retake the lead over Northwest, taking a 20-19 advantage. Northwest, again, responded.

Braden Wright and company put together a 9-play, 75-yard touchdown drive, capped off by a 9-yard score from the sophomore quarterback’s right arm to senior running back Justin Rankin.

On Rankin’s touchdown, the Bearcats took a 26-20 lead, their largest of the night, with 8:24 left in the third quarter. For the rest of regulation, they watched the lead tick away.

“You know, honestly, if we don’t win this game, we’re not going to the playoffs,” Rich Wright said.

“It was as simple as that. We talked about it all week.”

In the wake of a gruesome injury to senior defensive back Chama Pierre that saw the cornerback carted off the field, and later to an area hospital, Northwest’s defense was left stunned. The crowd in Hays was left silent. The game, in the fourth quarter of a dramatic contest, was still. Tigers’ kicker Dante Brown booted a field goal to pull the team within three of Northwest.

After holding the Tigers scoreless for much of the third quarter, Northwest’s defense had buckled once again in the fourth. The unit bent to the will of Fort Hays’ touted offense but refused to break.

“It’s the ability of our kids to stay in the moment,” Rich Wright said. “They didn’t panic. … If you lose momentum — momentum’s a funny thing — and once you lose it, it’s pretty hard to get it back.”

After Northwest’s offense fell short on a third-and-3 with a chance to extend a late-game drive and perhaps seal the game, Fort Hays took over with 1:05 left on the clock.

The Tigers were 81 yards from the endzone with one timeout. They trailed by three. Northwest needed a stop to end the game in regulation.

A stop wouldn’t come.

Fort Hays quarterback Chance Fuller engineered a 42-yard drive to set Brown up for a 56-yard field goal with five seconds left. Brown converted, sending the game into overtime, where Northwest’s offense scored a gritty touchdown, its defense forced a game-changing fumble, and its kicker delivered a season-altering field goal.

“Those are the games you come to college to play,” Braden Wright said. “You don’t come to beat people by 60. You come to play in competitive games with a class-A opponent, a great opponent year-in and year-out. That’s what it’s all about.”

Northwest, of course, will square off with another conference power against No. 10 Central Missouri (10-0) in Week 11. Rich Wright said everything the Bearcats hope to accomplish remains on the table, there for the taking.

They’ll have a chance to serve Central its first loss of the season, and because of their comeback win in Hays, they’ll have a chance to claim a share of the MIAA. Because of Sampson’s overtime kick, it’s there for the taking.

“This is — this is the biggest (kick of my career),” Sampson said.

“To win a game, keep moving forward, keep alive in the playoffs — it’s probably the best one, for sure.”

OPINION

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YOUR VIEW:

Do you shop at local businesses, and if so, where and why?

NATHAN ENGLISH Columnist @ThananEnglish

The holiday season is in full swing, and that means a few things.

For starters, that one relative is going to say some slightly racist and uncomfortable things at family gatherings, some kid will get underwear instead of video games, and people will be comparing their Thanksgiving meals, Christmas selfies and crazy family members on social media again.

Social media can be a great tool, but oftentimes, it is a weapon that only inflicts harm on oneself and others. With the risk of sounding like an old man yelling at a cloud, I am going to ask you to stop trying so hard on social media.

Almost everyone has social media, with nearly 77 % of Americans having at least one social media account, according to Statista.

That is, of course, excluding that one “cool” person everyone knows who doesn’t use social media and also doesn’t watch TV because they are trying so hard to be better than everyone else. Excluding the “cool guy,” everyone tries way too hard to appear to be something they aren’t.

Perfect pictures and perfect captions are the norm, and people use that to compare themselves.

The flaw is seeing people’s social media as how they actually live their lives, which is just not true. Most people that are on social media are selective about what and when they post, carefully cultivating the perfect image for themselves. Those that aren’t selective are people that immediately end up unfriended and unfollowed because I am driven insane by the sheer lunacy of them posting “Walmart Trip!!!” once a week.

Social media is a cesspool of comparison, and it always seems like we are on the losing end.

Someone on the timeline is always having a better day, eating a better meal or has a better job.

It leaves us feeling empty and craving something that those people don’t even possess. Social media is doing the same thing as TV: setting up unhealthy expectations for everyday life that leave us sad.

The characters in “Friends” barely work, constantly make dumb choices, live in perfect New York apartments and have fun all day.

Obviously, that is unrealistic, and social media has the same effect, except it’s people we know living better lives than us, making it all the more hard to deal with.

Social media users, myself included, spend so much time trying to get the best caption, photo or funniest tweet that we are inevitably disappointed when the reaction isn’t what we hope. Finding validation through online platforms leads to emptiness and sadness because the response is never as much as we want. And when it does, it only brings temporary satisfaction.

Asking someone to completely quit social media is unrealistic with today’s society. Social media is woven into the very fabric of our lives from work to school to relationships with family members. However, one should absolutely worry about what they post in regards to future employment, but not in regards to making one feel better about themselves.

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“I guess I don’t really know any of the local businesses in Maryville.

I’ve always just gone back home and shopped local.”

- Carrington Kass | Junior Elementary Education major CHRIS YOUNG | NW MISSOURIAN

OUR VIEW:

Shopping local helps the community, brings unique opportunities Kool Kats announced Nov. 5 on Facebook the company is returning to a seasonal business model, cutting off access to their shaved ice for the coming cold months.

This frosty development is likely because of two reasons. First, getting cold, shaved ice in the middle of winter is the last thing someone should be doing when trying to stay warm. Second, local businesses like Kool Kats needs more support to be successful.

Kool Kats owner Dave Ackman said in an interview with Northwest Missourian Community News Editor Kendrick Calfee that this decision is in part due to a 70% sales drop within four weeks of the start of the winter months.

There’s a plethora of reasons to get off of your couch, go out and shop local and not solely shop online or at large, chain companies, so buckle up.

Hands down the best aspect about local businesses is that they provide a significantly more enjoyable shopping experience for customers. Local businesses provide unique, interesting goods and services chain companies can’t compare to.

Take The Broken Mug. It’s not everyday you run into a coffee shop that also offers haircuts. You’re not going to be able to get a haircut at Starbucks, and even if you could, they’d probably call it Starcuts, which sounds like the worst place to get a haircut.

Shopping local also results in actual meaningful interactions. Employees at chain companies have no incentive to provide an enjoyable shopping experience, and even

if it’s a part of the company’s motto, we all know they’re not paid enough to care.

On the other hand, local business employees do whatever they can to ensure the customer is happy. This is due to the company’s true need for local support and the fact that local companies want to invest in the community.

Local businesses are often owned by locals or people who enjoy the community.

As a result, they genuinely want to make the community a better place for everyone living there. These companies provide great programs for the community, connection and networking opportunities for students, and tend to operate far more ethically than larger companies.

Not to mention, supporting local shops is going to make new local companies coming to Maryville far more likely. It doesn’t take an economist to realize why that’s a good thing: we might have a new business in town that’s not a fourth Casey’s. We know, mind-blowing.

Next time you need a haircut, check out The Broken Mug. If you’re hungry for a yummy dinner but don’t want to get off the couch, Happy Garden delivers. Later this season while you’re out shopping for fun Christmas presents, check out the Student Body and Minnie Lane.

It’s never too late to start shopping local, so ditch Amazon and one-click buy — it’ll be better for your impulse shopping problem and provide so much more.

“I tend to do a bit of both, I think, because I enjoy the convenience of bigger stores. I think we all do. But I also really like supporting smaller businesses even if that’s an etsy shop, or there’s a lot of small businesses in Maryville I’ve noticed comparatively to bigger places.”

- Maegan Foster | Junior Elementary Education major

“I just don’t shop a lot. But when I do shop, especially in Maryville, my favorite places are those small family businesses like Happy Garden and Ali’s Bakery because they seek to know you. Ali’s Bakery is one of my favorite places to go in Maryville because he’s so genuine and he takes time to get to know you. And you don’t get that kind of experience in, like, Kansas City if you’re going to a Krispy Kreme.”

- Timothy Reddekopp | Senior Business, double major

Science says men cheating is inherent ZION CHAMBLE Columnist @ChambleZion

Ashley Madison is a dating app dedicated to married people seeking out affairs. Of the 60 million users on the app, 50 million of them are men.

As startling as this statistic is, it’s only the tip of the iceberg of the promiscuous lifestyles that some married men lead.

But the fact of the matter is it isn’t their fault they want to cheat on their spouse. That’s right ladies, they don’t want to cheat on you — they are inclined to by their animal instincts.

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men will get bored with the same partner after sex and will be more interested in newer partners as an instinct to reproduce as much as possible.

This was famously tested by scientists in 1974 during the “rat experiment.” During the observation of sexual behavior of rats, it was discovered that males will lose interest in recent mates in pursuit of novel and newer partners.

Replicated in roosters, deer and humans, the experiment proves that men are victims of their own evolution, and wives everywhere need to remember that the next time their husband comes home happier than usual.

Plus, men have evolved over millennia to be able to cheat more efficiently. Being able to create over 100,000 sperm cells every minute is vital in the ancient idea of men

needing to spread their DNA as far as possible.

Men’s animal instincts also give reason to why the Institute of Family Studies reports that 25% of married men age 30 and older admit to having an affair. For reference, only 6% of married women age 30 and older admit to having an affair.

Some men may be susceptible to cheating without even knowing, as race and even religious preference affect infidelity.

If you are a hispanic man who attends religious services regularly and identifies as a republican, you are statistically less likely to cheat on your spouse. On the other side of the spectrum, if you are a black man who does not go to religious services and identifies as a democrat, you are most likely to cheat on your spouse.

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So if you are worried about cheating on your spouse, pick up a Bible and slap a President Trump sticker on your car bumper.

Men shouldn’t be scrutinized for doing what comes naturally to them. Cheating is as human as smiling, and we as a society need to take the taboo out of the act.

No, not all married men should leave their spouses and go buckwild, but we should approach cheating from a different perspective. Roleplay and “re-meeting” your spouse are fantastic ways to trick a man’s animal instincts into thinking the old is the new.

Although the emotional turmoil may be severe for your spouse, men will always act on their animal instincts, and there is nothing you can do to stop the inevitable.

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By MetroCreative

HOROSCOPE

A slippery slope to winter

By MetroCreative

ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, you may have to make your own opportunities rather than waiting for some to fall in your lap. Only then can you prove to others what you’re worth.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 It may take some extra motivation for you to get moving on a project at home, Libra.

But once the momentum takes hold, it will be smooth sailing for several days.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Few things rustle your feathers, Taurus. But when your ire is up, take a step back to collect yourself. Use the latter half of the week to get things back in order.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Many times it is not what you say but what you do not say that has the most impact, Scorpio. Consider your words carefully before speaking up.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 It may take a few steps in the wrong direction to realize you need to change course, Gemini. But smooth sailing will soon prevail. Stay the course.

Managing a household can be just as important as keeping your professional life running smoothly, Sagittarius. Give yourself a pat on the back if you’re accomplishing both.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, with many new changes happening in your life, you may be wishing for the familiarity of things you once had.

Revisit photo albums or talk to old friends for nostalgia.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, when you take a stand, others are sure to take notice at what you have to say. You have the kind of magnetism and presence to garner the attention and support of others.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 A change of scenery may do you some good in the days ahead, Aquarius. See if you can fit in an extended weekend to clear your mind.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Work-related stress may not go away entirely, but you can find a way to reduce it, Virgo. Indulge in a long lunch with coworkers or take a much-needed day off to clear your mind.

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CHRIS YOUNG | NW MISSOURIAN

A vacation may be just what the doctor ordered, Capricorn.

Begin researching destinations now and figure out the best way to finance a trip to get away and soak up the sun.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, put some thought into the fun activities you can do with others. Organize a night out on the town with friends.

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Reported sexual transmitted disease cases in the United States AJ BRADBURY | NW MISSOURIAN

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ANGEL TRINH A&E Reporter | @acuteanglewrite

The number of sexually transmitted disease cases across the nation is at an unprecedented high.

Nearly half of the 20 million new STD diagnoses made each year are among ages 15-24.

Chlamydia is the most reported STD, with more than 1.7 million new cases reported to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention in 2018, a 3% increase from the year before. In 2015, there were 1.5 million new cases of chlamydia, the highest number of annual cases for any condition — not just STDs — reported to the CDC. There were more than 580,000 new cases of gonorrhea, the highest number since 1991, and more than 115,000 cases of syphilis in 2018. These three STDs are the most commonly reported STDs in the United States.

115,000 Reported cases of syphilis in 2018

A report from the World Health Organization June 6 found that more than 1 million new cases of curable STDs are reported every day.

Elizabeth Torrone, an epidemiologist with the CDC, said 2018 was the fifth consecutive year the CDC saw an increase in STDs, according to WebMD. In 2014, there were 1.4 million diagnoses of chlamydia, 350,062 of gonorrhea and 63,454 of syphilis. The number of STD cases is an underestimation because many often have no symptoms, so people aren’t aware they are infected.

Director of the Division of STD Prevention at the CDC Gail Bolan said the sustained increase is worrisome because the CDC hasn’t seen anything like it in 20 years, according to an NBC news article.

According to Priority STD Testing, the CDC estimates that half of the people who are sexually active will contract an STD by age 25.

The CDC recommends that people get tested for STDs at least yearly.

The Source Medical Clinic in Maryville offers confidential medical and sexual health services, such as STD testing and treatment,

Top three STDs clapback with the highest number of diagnoses in age of hookup culture, increased awareness for free. Executive Director Gwen Knowles said the clinic has seen a definite rise in positive tests.

The Source Medical Clinic website says 47,000 new STDs were reported in Missouri in 2018 and 12,890 people living in Missouri have HIV. She said one reason there are more positive tests is that more people are getting tested and are more aware and educated of the risk.

“They are more proactive about their sexual health,” Knowles said.

“The college culture is a little more conducive to multiple partners and having more sex, so people 18-24 have the burden of the highest number of STDs.” Assistant Director of Wellness Services - Clinic Services Judy Frueh said a good way students can prevent getting an STD is limiting and knowing their partners. She said anybody who has more than four sexual partners in a lifetime has a greater risk of contracting an STD. “I think it’s one of those things where we don’t think about it until after the fact. Or we all feel that way that ‘It’s not going to happen to us,’” Frueh said.

Young women up to age 24 accounted for 44% of chlamydia cases reported in 2018. The CDC estimates more than 20,000 women become infertile each year due to undiagnosed STDs. Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis are all curable when detected.

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Women are estimated to become infertile each year due to undiagnosed STDs A 2015 survey taken by people aged 15-24 showed that only 12% of them had been tested for STDs in the previous year. This age group accounted for 53% of gonorrhea cases and 65% of chlamydia cas-

es, according to Inside Higher Ed. Frueh said she hasn’t necessarily seen an increase in STDs on campus, but she noticed that more people are getting tested in recent years than they have in the past. The most common STDs at Northwest are chlamydia and gonorrhea. She said a large influx of people tend to get tested halfway through each semester.

“There’s a lot more awareness that people come in to get tested and screened than they used to,” Frueh said. “I think that’s a good thing that they come in. … I think there’s still people that are scared, but they still come in, so I think the stigma is not as prevalent as it used to be.”

STDs are also known as sexually transmitted infections. The term “disease” suggests an easily identifiable medical condition while most STDs show mild or no symptoms, according to the American Sexual Health Association. There is not a consensus on which term to use in the medical and public health community.

Frueh refers to them as STIs. “It’s not really a disease,” Frueh said. “Most of the time it can clear just like any other infection, such as a sinus infection.”

Junior Megan Heil said she thinks dating apps help quicken the rate at which STDs spread, especially in college towns. She used Tinder, which launched in 2012, for eight months before she met her boyfriend. She said she noticed that most people using it were only doing so to find people to have sex with.

“I doubt (getting an STD) is something people worry about,” Heil said. “Even if they got one, there’s a good chance they wouldn’t be able to get in touch with whomever gave it to them since there are ways to unmatch so quickly.”

Knowles, on the other hand, said she doesn’t think dating apps necessarily play a role in the rise of STDs. She is more concerned about whether or not people are safe when they meet strangers from the apps.

“We worry more about people getting assaulted because they’re

meeting people they don’t know,” Knowles said. “We’ve had multiple people reporting assault. … What someone thinks is fun and consensual isn’t always the same for the other person, and that leads to problems.”

There is no data proving that dating apps contribute to the increase in STDs although some experts believe they do, according to Insider. Implantable birth control methods and new STD treatments may also play roles in the increase.

According to an article by the Atlantic, dating apps have changed the way people meet their potential partners, but not what they’re looking for: companionship and/or sexual satisfaction. Heil said she thinks dating apps were designed for people to meet and get to know others in a safe setting.

“People want everything from friends to hookups to serious relationships and everything in between on the apps. Sometimes you wouldn’t know what they wanted until you match with them,” Heil said. “I think each dating app has its own dynamic and purpose. … Tinder seems to be mainly for hookups and Bumble seems good for friends.”

Heil said people should meet their Tinder dates in public spaces to stay safe since it’s hard to know someone’s intentions through a short bio and a couple photos. Heil said she wasn’t surprised to see people using dating apps to meet people to have sex with.

“I think (the hookup culture on college campuses) is normal, honestly. You’ve got hundreds of 1820 somethings living together, most of them on their own for the first time,” Heil said. “As long as they are both consenting and safe about it, I think it’s okay. But it needs to be a personal choice. No one should feel pressured into sex, because contrary to popular belief, not everyone is doing it.”

Meeting strangers is dangerous because the person may not be who they say they are and could be a sexual predator. These situations get riskier when alcohol is involved.

“Studies also indicate you are

much more likely to use substances with sexual encounters when you’re not as emotionally involved with somebody,” Frueh said. “Take someone with you, not just as a designated driver, but to keep an eye on you, keep an eye on your drink and the decisions you’re making so you don’t get into a compromising situation.”

While she thinks dating apps increase the rate of spreading STDs, Heil said she thinks people are more aware about the risk of STDs in general because of social media and access to the internet.

“I even think it’s easier to detect because when you’ve got a concern you can just Google it instead of going to the doctors,” Heil said.

Getting tested for STDs may seem taboo, but Frueh said students shouldn’t be afraid to get tested.

Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis tests cost $20 at Wellness Services.

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Cost of STD test at Wellness Center “It’s confidential, and I think almost everybody that gets checked are glad they did, even if the results are positive, because we can help them get through that process and treat it,” Frueh said.

Confidentiality has been a guarantee with all STD tests and screenings due to a rule added to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in 2002, according to “Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health.” It protects personal privacy, which is especially important for minors who don’t want their parents, or others, to know.

Health professionals recognize that minors wouldn’t seek health care if it wasn’t confidential, and that could have negative effects for them and society, according to the same journal.

Knowles said people should follow the CDC guidelines and get screened for STDs every year; it should be as normal as getting any other kind of check up.

“I just think sexual health is really important, and you have to be the best advocate for yourself and your sexual health,” Knowles said.

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Your Bearcat wants you to own up

W ​ hen things don’t work out, it’s easy enough to point fingers and blame someone else. Maybe your boss does schedule you too much, or the weekend was just too busy.

Nine times out of 10, your problem was caused by something you did or didn’t do. So just own up to it. ​You’ll never know when you’re going to have car troubles, but if you keep pushing off the repairs, it’s bound to happen anyway. Sure, if you drive the car enough, something will need replacing, but if you ignore the shaking or squeaking, it’ll come to bite you in the butt.

You’ve made it this far in your life. You know that being an adult requires responsibility. So take care of minor tasks to avoid bigger inconveniences. ​W hen it comes to having too much time or too little, it’s up to you in how you use it. Life is hard, I’ll admit that, and it is nice to indulge in self-care and take a break.

But if you are using it as an excuse to not do important assignments, it’s a really dumb move of you.

You’re here at Northwest to study and excel in your field of choice. If you don’t take advantage of this place, you might end up stunted in your career and wasting more money than you earn. ​I love you, Bearcat, but if you keep moaning on about how stuff is going wrong for you, I won’t give my sympathy. I know you are capable of being great, and so does everyone else in your life. So please just “take the L” and then take care of the stuff you need to. It’s not worth your pride to keep pushing this off.

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Artist blackbear performs at the annual fall concert sponsored by Northwest’s Student Activities Council Nov. 9 at Bearcat Arena.

Blackbear boosts beats, attendance

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​People were seen sleeping outside of Lamkin Activity Center, one person slept in the Walmart Inc. parking lot and another drove nearly seven hours to be at the concert. A line stretched nearly passed Colden Pond before doors were finally open. ​The Student Activities Council fall concert with blackbear as the headliner and OBB as the opener took place Nov. 9 in Lamkin. The doors opened at 7 p.m. and the concert lasted until10 p.m. The concert sold 1,320 tickets. ​A place normally reserved for athletics was a haven for a kind of entertainment not often found in Maryville. A light display, large speakers, a big screen and a rapper helped transform a venue normally reserved for the cheers of fans to a different kind of party. ​The arena was filled with chanting and screaming and people pushing their way towards the stage through the crowds, even before OBB entered the stage to raucous cheers. OBB often name-dropped the artist and asked those in attendance if they were “ready for blackbear.” The group was focused on

setting the energy for the crowd before the headliner made his appearance. OBB elected to play some of its own hits while also covering songs like Shawn Mendes’s “Lost in Japan.” ​B ehind the scenes, OBB was polite, cordial and willing to do anything to help, the SAC Concert Co-directors, juniors Bri Bales and Aleka Apodaca said. ​“ (OBB) wanted to be as involved as possible in helping us get all the things together and like helping blackbear if he needed anything,” Apodaca said. ​OBB moved their soundcheck around, let Blackbear borrow equipment and even wanted to know more about Bales and Apodaca and their plans after college. “​ We were just really grateful for how well (OBB) did,” Bales said. ​Between OBB and blackbear, the crowd was getting hype to music played through the loudspeakers, specifically “Truth Hurts” by Lizzo, which elicited an explosion of excitement from the crowd as soon as the opening piano exploded from the speakers.

B ​ lackbear came on stage around 9 p.m. to thunderous applause before beginning his set. He switched from older favorites from his earlier

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album “Deadroses” and newer hits from the recently dropped “ANONYMOUS.” Blackbear’s most popular songs “do re mi” and “hot girl bummer” created the most memorable moments of the night. The crowd reaction went from excited to a near frenzy, especially during both choruses. ​“(blackbear) did a good job of getting the students more hype,” Sophia Anderson, a junior who attended the concert, said. ​T he concert was a tonal shift from those seen in previous years Anderson said. A veteran of both the Bazzi concert last year and the Chase Rice concert the previous year, Anderson enjoyed the change of pace blackbear brought. ​A nderson said she was more partial to the Chase Rice concert because of her love for country music, but that blackbear added a new level of excitement to the concert than what she had seen from Bazzi last year. Blackbear, who had a different vibe than Bazzi, made the concert more fun as opposed to chill, Anderson said. ​E nergy was the name of the game for blackbear at the concert.

He was constantly trying to get the crowd involved and thanking them for “being so lit.” Blackbear rarely

stood in one spot during his performance, electing to hop around the stage and ad-lib during his songs to get the crowd more involved.

He even at one point put his middle finger in the air and prompted all those in attendance to scream expletives because it was “fun” to curse at school, he said.

Bales and Apodaca were pleased with blackbear’s energy throughout the show despite blackbear reportedly not feeling 100%.

“I think his energy was really good,” Apodaca said. “I think he had the right attitude. He was sick and he still put on a really good show for us.”

Blackbear had just come off of an international tour in the United Kingdom and Ireland and had only gotten back to the United States around a week before the concert in Maryville.

The concert sold over 200 more tickets than the 1,100 tickets for Bazzi. Apodaca credited this to the nearly 200 tickets sold the night of the concert. This concert also sold many more concessions than last year despite them only being available to purchase via Bearcat Card, Apodaca said. Overall, Bales and Apodaca said they thought the concert was a success.

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Men advance to nationals, women’s season ends early EAN KEPPNER Sports Reporter | @keppy_21

Prior to the Northwest cross country’s NCAA Division II Central Region Championship, coach Nick Gibson said his team wanted to compete with two of the top programs in the nation, No. 6 ranked Missouri Southern and No. 7 ranked Augustana, and earn a topthree finish in order to advance to the National Championship in Sacramento, California.

Junior Jhordan Ccope and the Northwest men’s cross country team accomplished all of the above Nov. 9 in Joplin, Missouri, while the women’s season came to an end.

Ccope led the Bearcats with a runner-up finish and broke the program record in the 10,000-meter race. Ccope finished with a time of 29 minutes, 38 seconds and 1 millisecond, 23.6 seconds behind the region’s champion, Missouri Southern’s Gidieon Kimutai. That mark made Ccope the first runner in Northwest history run that long of a course in less than 30 minutes.

The Bearcats finished runner-up with a score of 64, the eventual champion was Missouri Southern with a collective score of 52. The top three finish earned Northwest a spot in the National Championship in Sacramento Nov. 23.

Behind Ccope was junior Augostine Lisoreng and senior Karim Achengli. Lisoreng finished sixth individually with a time of 30:25.9, Achengli placed ninth with a time of 30:37.0. Lisoreng’s finish became the third-fastest finish in Northwest history. Collectively, the trio now holds the three fastest finishes in Northwest cross country history for a 10,000-meter race.

The men were rounded out by Mike Lagat, who placed 18th with a time of 31:20.6,and Jake Norris who finished 29th with a time of 31:45.3. Norris and Lagat posted good enough scores to earn Northwest the second place finish, 12 points ahead of No. 7 Augustana.

“It was really awesome to beat (Augustana),” Gibson said. “Au-

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CONTINUED FROM A12 Back then, the Bearcats (9-1) set out to accomplish two things, among others: they’re aiming to win a share of the MIAA Conference Championship and to make an appearance in the NCAA Division II Playoff. The to-do list is something coach Rich Wright has referenced throughout the season and increasingly so in recent weeks, and one he mentioned again at the Northwest Athletics’ media luncheon Nov. 12.

For Northwest, the next step comes Nov. 16. With a win over No. 9 Central Missouri (10-0) in Week 11, the No. 12 Bearcats would check both items off the list.

“All those things are in front of (us) if we win on Saturday,” Rich Wright said. “And to me, that’s the underlying motivation.”

The matchup, a home contest for Northwest, pits two of the highest-ranked teams in the conference and in the NCAA’s central region against one another. Central, of course, hasn’t lost. The Mules tout the highest-scoring offense in the country and possess the No. 2 ranking in Division II’s Super Region 3.

Northwest is ranked No. 6 in the region, rising from the No. 7 spot after a gutsy 36-33 overtime win against Fort Hays State Nov. 9 in Kansas. The top seven teams in the region make the postseason.

The top four secure a bye or a home playoff game. For Northwest, both possibilities remain on the table.

Northwest and Central have met 98 times in the all-time series, where the Bearcats have won 60 of the matchups. They’ve won 15 of the last 16 against the Mules, including a season-finale victory last year that gave Northwest a share of the MIAA crown. Still, the Bearcats, who Rich Wright championed as underdogs in their trip to Hays, Kansas, a week ago, will not be favored to win their Week 11 matchup with Central.

Northwest fell down by three scores to Fort Hays a week ago before clawing its way back. The defense buckled late in regulation of the overtime win. The effort, of course, was good enough in the matchup with the Tigers. It likely wouldn’t be against the Mules.

“Heck yeah, we’re the under-

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CONTINUED FROM A12 The game was close enough that it struck uncertainty into Curtin, the coach who’s typically the calmer of the two.

“On the sidelines, normally I sit and I’m rather calm, but I was just pacing back and forth. I was nervous,” Curtain said. “I was definitely disappointed because our girls deserved that win.”

Despite losing in the first round, Northwest soccer, Gordon believes, has started a culture for the years to come. The players and coaches believe that clinching a berth to the MIAA tournament will become the new expectation for the program.

“Getting into the tournament now, it’s going to be a norm for

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Junior Shayleigh James competes in the women’s 5,000-meter race Sept. 21 in the Missouri Southern Stampede. The Northwest women’s cross country season came to an end at the Central Region meet Nov. 9, where it placed 26th.

gustana has historically been one of the best teams in the region. Taking them down was a huge step for our program. For us to do that, it gives us some extra confidence going into the National meet.”

The women’s season came to an end at the same place the men earned their bid to Nationals. Caroline Ross scored a 38th place finish in the 6,000-meter race, earning a time of 22:42.39 to lead the Bearcats to a collective 26th place finish out of 32 teams.

The Bearcats tallied a score of 690, 28 points behind 25th place Bemidji State. Augustana won the Central Region on the women’s side with a score of 40 and the University of Mary earned runner-up.

“Caroline went out well, and she ran really well, and the other girls,

I think, went out harder than they expected,” Gibson said. “They fell back a little bit, but they still ran strong and ran well. It just wasn’t the end goal we were hoping for.”

On the women’s side, the Bearcats are hoping to return all runners next season. Junior Shayleigh James is deciding whether she will run next season or focus on her academic endeavors. James went into the Central Regional Championship knowing it could have been her last race.

“I just wanted to know I didn’t hold anything back, so that was my biggest thing,” James said. “Just be the best competitor I could be and pick off as many girls as I could throughout the race.”

dog,” Rich Wright said. “They’re undefeated. I watched a video of (the Mules) holding up a conference championship trophy last weekend, so, yeah, we’re the underdog. We’re just gonna show up and play ‘em.”

Central’s daunting offense is led by Brook Bolles, a sixth-year senior who redshirted in 2014 and was granted a medical redshirt last year after suffering a season-ending injury in Week 1. The All-American honorable mention is the younger brother of Blake and Brady Bolles, who quarterbacked Northwest to national championships in 2009 and 2015, respectively.

The Bolles family has a history of making history in Maryville.

Brook Bolles will have a chance to do the same, with a perfect regular season and sole possession of the MIAA on the line at

the individual matchup with Brook Bolles or any potential comparisons.

The game ahead of Northwest will determine the particulars of a postseason trip the team may or may not make. Braden Wright said he’s excited about the prospect of matching up with Bolles, but his focus remains on taking care of business at Bearcat Stadium.

“We’ve got to go out and finish the job,” Braden Wright said. “We haven’t won anything yet. We haven’t secured a spot in the playoffs yet. It’s all still there for the taking.

We just have to go do it.”

A week after facing an end-all situation in Hays, Rich Wright’s sense of urgency has been replaced by a looseness of sorts. The coach has earned 27 victories in his nearly three-year tenure, but perhaps none of them were as dire as last week’s overtime triumph over the Tigers.

A loss at Lewis Field Stadium would have derailed Northwest’s season and may have placed the third-year coach in a warming seat.

Instead, the performance in Hays gave the Bearcats a marquee win and a degree of confidence heading into a tough matchup.

“Judging from the buzz that’s in the complex this week,” Rich Wright said, “I would be surprised if we weren’t ready to play Saturday.”

A win over Central would reestablish Northwest as the top team in the conference, one of the top conferences in the country. It would give the Bearcats their 30th share of an MIAA championship in the program’s history. It would secure the team a playoff spot for the 16th season in a row.

It’s unclear what a loss would do. That outcome is likely dependent on how other playoff-caliber teams in the region perform in Week 11. Northwest, though, isn’t concerned with the potential ramifications of a hypothetical loss to a dominant conference rival. For once, the Bearcats aren’t acting as the team with everything at stake.

“Around here, we usually have a target on our back,” Rich Wright said. “We have nothing to lose and everything to gain. I mean, that’s the one thing I’ve learned after being here for 16 seasons, is that the 2019 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats don’t have anything yet.

We have nothing to protect. We have to show up and win a football game.”

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We haven’t won anything yet.

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“Brook is a good kid. I’m happy to see the success that he’s had coming off the injury that he did a year ago,” Rich Wright said. “And I’m a fan of their family. I’m a fan every game but one game a year.

We’re looking forward to the challenge of playing him because he’s a really good quarterback.”

Rich Wright said Northwest had already signed two quarterbacks in Brook Bolles’ recruiting class before 2014 and made no serious attempt to recruit the one-time heir-apparent in Northwest’s quarterback room. The coach was still Northwest’s defensive coordinator at the time. He’s not sure why the team didn’t make a run at Brook Bolles.

“That was on coach (Adam) Dorrell, not me,” Rich Wright joked. “I didn’t have much say-so in that one. So I’ll throw him under the bus on that, how about that?”

For Northwest, the Week 11 contest will pit the quarterback that could’ve been against the quarterback that is. Sophomore gunslinger Braden Wright isn’t focused on

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I’ve got news for those wondering: the road doesn’t get any easier from here on out for the Bearcats.

The path that could lead to Northwest missing the playoffs for the first time since 2003 will have its first fork in it at home, where the ’Cats have had substantially more success compared to when they have had to travel. Really, the playoffs started for the Bearcats in the matchup against Fort Hays.

The lone Week 7 loss to the Lopers could be a ghost that haunts them for the potential 10-month offseason. A win over Central Missouri could skyrocket the Bearcats in the Super Region 3 Standings, maybe.

If the Bearcats are able to tame the Mules (10-0) in Week 11, they’ll secure a spot in the postseason. If they lose, their season will hang in the balance of a committee that’s historically proven to be unpredictable.

The Bearcats sit as the No. 6 seed in their region; the top seven teams get in. It isn’t the quintessential situation for them, but it’s the situation they’re in. Really, one that they shouldn’t be in.

You can’t win them all, but you don’t have to lose the ones that you’re supposed to win. After surviving every scare to that point, ahead of playing a less than mediocre Lincoln and Northeastern State, Northwest put itself in nothing but a dangerous place.

There’s too much riding on the Week 11 matchup for it to go unaddressed. Aside from the elephant that will be in Bearcat Stadium regarding the playoffs, there’s an MIAA Championship on the line as well. A loss, despite missing out on the goals and aspirations that coach Rich Wright has preached

us,” Curtin said. “That’s what the seniors that are leaving are telling the younger girls; that’s what the younger girls are believing.”

The ’Cats are no longer in play and the coaching staff is now looking forward to preparing the 2020 recruiting class. With this building block, the coaches can now address new levels of coaching that they couldn’t before. The team has achieved the goal of returning to the MIAA stage, but Gordon has mixed emotions of this season and does not want them to be satisfied with where they ended the year.

“I don’t want to over-celebrate the moments of what was done,” Gordon said. “The MIAA is an extremely difficult conference to play in. I’m excited that we made a huge jump from last year, but still, there’s a long way to go.” all season long, would leave a lot of questions on the table for fans of the program.

What would have to change?

What would the Bearcats do to once again be prestigious? Who is responsible for the snapping of a playoff streak that’s 15 seasons long? Those would all be questions that people would reasonably want answers to.

There are people that haven’t watched Northwest miss the playoffs in their lifetime. There are people that remember what it was like to capture a National Championship trophy in 2009, in 2013, in 2015 and in 2016.

There are people that know what this team is capable of. There are people that know the potential of the offense. There are people that know what the historically good defense is capable of, aside from the injuries that have plagued the secondary all year.

It’s not illogical for someone to step back and realize that, with all things considered, the Bearcats shouldn’t be in this position.

It shouldn’t have to come down to the last week of the regular season to secure a playoff spot.

Defeating the Mules isn’t going to be an easy task. Northwest defensive back Chama Pierre, the Bearcats’ No. 1 corner, is out for the rest of the year with an injury.

Swiss army knife Mike Hohensee is possibly out with a cast on his hand.

The Bearcats could be out with a Nov. 16 loss in Bearcat Stadium.

So, congratulations Northwest football for the win over Fort Hays.

But it’s simple for the Bearcats, who control their own destiny. It’s time to sink or swim. So are they going to touch the bottom of the metaphorical ocean, or are they going to reach fresh air?

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Men sit on verge of MIAA record ANDREW WEGLEY Managing Editor | @andrewwegley

On the heels of a second-consecutive weekend at the St. Joseph Civic Arena, Northwest men’s basketball sits on the verge of history.

The Bearcats participated in the Hillyard Tipoff Classic Nov. 8-9 taking on Minnesota-Crookston and MSU Moorhead. The weekend, of course, resulted in another pair of victories for the No. 1 Bearcats (4-0), who fought through first-half struggles en route to a 60-52 win over Crookston Nov. 8 and coasted to a 92-71 win over Moorhead Nov. 9.

A win over Saint Mary would give Northwest its 43rd win in a row, breaking the program and conference record set at 42 consecutive wins in 1929-30.

The win over Crookston, for coach Ben McCollum, was ugly.

He said Northwest’s defense was exceptional but its offense fell flat. The win over Moorhead was cleaner, though McCollum said he thought the Bearcats let off the gas after taking a 20-point lead.

“You know, everybody thinks we’re good, and I don’t,” McCollum said. “That’s just my mentality.

I’m always trying to find things that we can work on and improve on.”

McCollum said he’s never really satisfied with his team and never really has been. He wasn’t after their 4-0 showing in St. Joseph the last two weekends. He wasn’t after a 6-point loss to Duke Oct. 26. Even while cutting down nets in Evansville, Indiana, in March, in the aftermath of Northwest’s second NCAA Division II National Championship in three seasons, McCollum said he never experienced the feeling of satisfaction one might have expected him to.

“No — there’s never a sense of arrival,” McCollum said. “It’s on to the next. On to the next season. It’s what you do. I think if you rest on too much of what you’ve accomplished, again, I think you become so result-focused.”

No sense of arrival should be scheduled for Northwest’s home-opening matchup against the University of Saint Mary (Kansas) Nov. 14, with the Bearcats on the verge of breaking the 90-year old record conference consecutive wins record. A win over Saint Mary would give Northwest its 43rd win in a row, breaking the program and conference record set at 42 consec-

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Sophomore guard Diego Bernard takes liftoff for a dunk in Northwest’s 60-52 win over Minnesota-Crookston Nov. 8 in the Hillyard Tip-Off Classic at the St. Joseph Civic Arena in St. Joseph, Missouri.

utive wins in 1929-30.

McCollum, of course, pays no mind to the records and accolades that have aligned with his coaching tenure, something he iterates and clarifies every time prompted. The records serve as a symbol of a well-executed process. The coach’s focus is on the latter.

“For us, to accomplish it — it’s exciting, it’s cool,” McCollum said.

“But, it’s more cool the way we went about doing it. And that’s more what we try to focus on, is that piece of it, but It does send a message that says, ‘That’s impressive, you know, wow, that’s a lot. And what are these guys doing that everybody else isn’t?”

The upcoming matchup with St. Mary and Northwest’s Nov. 21 contest with William Jewell represents an

early lull in the team’s scheduling. Both lower-Division II schools will receive a guaranteed sum of money just for showing up, depicting the challenges teams like Northwest face when scheduling out of conference opponents.

The games, though, will also provide an opportunity for Northwest to play in front of its home crowd at Bearcat Arena, where the

Wayne State by 18 a season ago, dropped the initial game of the season 61-57. The film from the loss, junior guard Jaelyn Haggard joked, was nothing worth watching.

“We talked about going into that fourth quarter against Wayne that we’d get close or get it tied, then we’d turn it over,” Northwest coach Austin Meyer said. “We always got to the point where we just weren’t getting over the hump.”

The hump that Meyer referenced was possibly that Northwest shot 40% from the field and 3-of-15 from three. Or it could have been the fact that the Bearcats, defensively, held Wayne State to shooting 37% from the field, but allowed the Wildcats to shoot 45% from three.

Less than 24 hours later after the loss, the Bearcats were taking the court against Crookston. For the first 39 minutes of the contest, Northwest found itself in the same position that it was in against Wayne State.

The Bearcats trailed 16-9 after the first quarter, 36-31 at the halftime break, 50-46 after three quarters and found a way to surmount the aforementioned hump to capture their first win of the season.

“Pulling that win out was huge for us,” Meyer said. “We obviously got down 14, but we didn’t quit. We battled back, didn’t feel like we came out ready to play, but we fought.”

The 66-64 victory highlighted senior Kendey Eaton’s second statfilled showing in as many games.

The guard capped off the night with two free throws with five seconds left that would secure a Northwest win. Eaton finished with 30 points and two assists. The most impressive part of her night was, perhaps, the two buckets that won the game.

“Anytime Kendey goes to the free-throw line, I’m pretty confident she’s gonna knock them down,” Haggard said. “She’s a great leader. …

Her being on the floor gives everybody an extra boost of confidence.”

Another week gives the program a new glimpse of evaluation. The Bearcats, Haggard said, learned that it isn’t always offense that wins games, it’s good people on the defensive side as well.

A confidence boost, Meyer said,

team has gone 109-9 since the start of the 2011-12 season, in a lowstakes environment ahead of the upcoming MIAA gantlet.

“It feels pretty good,” sophomore guard Trevor Hudgins said. “We’ve all been wanting to get it rolling, start playing at Bearcat (and) see if we can get some fans out to the Thursday game, but we’re just ready.”

The Bearcats haven’t matched up with Saint Mary since 2007 when they beat the Spires 93-32.

With the out of conference schedule ahead, McCollum hopes to have the opportunity to go deeper off his bench, something he said Northwest planned to do in its matchup with Crookston but never had the chance.

Through four games this season, Northwest has leaned mostly on a core of six players, in part due to a season-ending injury suffered by guard Kirk Finley in the Bearcats’ exhibition loss to Duke. Finley, a senior, tore his ACL on a non-contact play in the matchup, leaving the guard sidelined and Northwest’s coaching staff handcuffed.

The path forward, so far, has been to utilize a more traditional starting five than Northwest did last season, wheeling out a starting lineup that includes Hudgins, sophomore guard Diego Bernard, junior forward Ryan Hawkins and senior forwards Ryan Welty and Tyler Dougherty. Wes Dreamer, a true freshman forward out of Nebraska, has served as the sixth man for Northwest.

The core is small, of course, but it’s been effective. Hawkins has already set a new program-record for points in a single game with 44.

Bernard scored a career-high 24 points in the matchup with Moorhead, where Welty shot 4-of-5 from three and hung 17 points on the board. Hudgins is averaging more than 20 points per game and has shot 51% on the year.

And even in the matchup against Moorhead, where the team shot 55.6% from the field and led for the entirety, McCollum expected more.

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Women look to build on first win of season

JON WALKER Sports Editor | @ByJonWalker

Coming out of its first weekend of action, Northwest women’s basketball did something in the first two games that the Bearcats failed to do in the opening weekend last year: win.

Northwest started its regular season in Kearney, Nebraska, at the UNK Tournament that the Lopers hosted Nov. 8-9. The first game of the season was a rematch of the opening game from last year against Wayne State. The second was another rematch against Minnesota-Crookston.

The difference, for the most part, wasn’t noticeable in the first game Nov. 8. The Bearcats, who lost to

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As the regular season is nearing its closure, Northwest volleyball found itself finishing its last road stretch Nov. 8-9 against the Newman Jets in Wichita, Kansas, and the Central Oklahoma Bronchos in Edmond, Oklahoma.

The Bearcats were not scared when entering Fugate Stadium Nov. 8 to take on the struggling Jets (127). Northwest was clicking on all cylinders, and more importantly for the program, on the offensive side.

Northwest hit .379 for the match with 49 kills while siding out at 67%. The strong offensive play of Northwest allowed three ties and one lead change throughout the whole game.

Coach Amy Woerth praised the Bearcat offense for keeping Newman off balance.

“Our serving and passing did a good job, especially our left side.

When it came to putting them in a deficit, our serving did a good job,” Woerth said. “We went short on them and kept them off balance.

I thought we found a flow and real-

ly went after it.”

As more teams are installing fast-paced offenses in the MIAA, the ability for the Bearcats to have quick and mobile players on the court feeds into their advantage. Since seeing more teams like this, Northwest felt comfortable from a defensive standpoint.

The ’Cats showed their defensive powers when limiting Newman to .089 hitting percentage and forcing the Jets into 17 errors. Newman also struggled to side out at 45%.

Northwest completed the sweep by set scores of 25-18, 25-16 and 25-19. Junior outside hitter Hallie Sidney had another clinic as she was the will power in Northwest’s offense with 17 kills and a .441 hitting percentage. Sidney also recorded her 15th double-double, which leads the team.

This performance from Sidney led to her fifth MIAA Hitter of the Week award. After the two games, Sidney averaged 4.71 kills and 3.86 digs while recording another double-double with 16 kills and 15 digs against Central Oklahoma.

“Hallie is a really confident

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is something that the Bearcats got from the first win of the season, one that is welcomed ahead of the team’s stretch of home games.

The sense of being in Bearcat Arena, Haggard said, provides a sense of comfort that the team doesn’t get on the road.

“The home-court advantage is going to be huge,” Haggard said. “I think we’re going to be able to be really comfortable and confident whenever we’re able to get on our floor.”

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The Bearcats huddle and cheer together after scoring a point in the sixth time they have played and won against Pittsburg State Oct. 26 in Bearcat Arena. Northwest volleyball will play Washburn Nov. 15 in Bearcat Arena.

player. She’s going to walk into a gym and believe she can do it,” Woerth said. “She has a memory that is 0.5 seconds. She really doesn’t think about what happens but more what needs to happen. She stays calm in a lot of challenges.”

After a sweep of the Jets, Northwest traveled to Edmond, Oklahoma, Nov. 9, looking to redeem themselves

from a disappointing sweep from the Bronchos earlier in the year.

Scouting from the Bronchos showed a weakness in the Bearcats lineup, which allowed for easy tips. Tips, typically a softer attack to better position the ball, proved to be the Bearcats’ kryptonite. The Bronchos were also able to utilize their dump downs effectively.

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Maryville football senior wideout Tate Oglesby runs past a Lawson defender in the Spoofhounds’ 47-0 district semifinal win over the Cardinals Nov. 8

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It comes down to this one game that you either win or lose.�

-MATT WEBB

between the Spoofhounds and another district championship.

The Spoofhounds, Webb said, have found a way to survive and advance throughout the first two rounds of the postseason. The field that includes 16 teams this week will narrow down to eight next week, a group Maryville is hoping to be a part of. “Our kids are chomping at the bit to play a district champi-

onship game,� Webb said. “Our focus is just hoping on beating a very good Lathrop team and surviving in the playoffs.�

For Lathrop, the Mules bring in an experienced senior class that consists of over 20 players. With the roster, Webb said, comes athleticism that the coach thinks poses a good matchup for Maryville’s defense. In the past two seasons, the program holds a lone loss in the

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Class 2 State Championship game a season ago via Blair Oaks, the same team that defeated Maryville 11 weeks ago. “ We k n o w w h a t ’s c o m i n g against Lathrop,â€? senior wideout and defensive back Tate Oglesby said. “We really just have to focus in this week; that’s a huge goal for us. ‌ This week’s big; we just have to execute and do what we can.â€?

The meeting of two powerhouse programs will be the first of the decade.

The Spoofhounds come into the game averaging 48.7 points per game from the offense, 7.3 per contest allowed on defense.

Lathrop comes into the game with an offense that averages 51.5 points per game, with it is a defense that allows 7.8 points per contest.

The Mules, Webb said, don’t know how to lose. The Spoofhounds ar-

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Two weeks prior to the start of the 2019 MSHSAA High School football season, former Maryville coach Chris Holt, who now coaches at Lathrop, sat and thought about how impressive the then-61 home game win streak was for the Spoofhounds.

Once the Spoofhounds were put into Class 2 for the first time since 2009, Holt realized there was a significant chance that he would play against the program he once led to a state title. A little more than three months later, those thoughts are becoming a reality. “I may have the chance to actually coach against (Maryville),� Holt said in August. “That’d be hard for me; I’m not gonna lie to you.�

Maryville football will be a week removed from, perhaps, its most convincing win of the season when the Spoofhounds will play for a district championship Nov. 15.

A 47-0 shutout, the third that the defense has pitched this season, played a crucial factor in the No. 1 seed Spoofhounds’ win over No. 5 Lawson. Lawson, Maryville coach Matt Webb said, is a good football team. The Spoofhounds, Webb added, are a good football team.

Lathrop, Webb said, is a juggernaut football team.

The stakes against the Cardinals were as high as they’ve been all season. When Maryville (9-1) plays host to the Mules (11-0) Nov. 15 with a district championship on the line, a 67 home game win streak on the line and the reputation of a full season on the line, the stakes will be even higher. “This game is our biggest so far because it’s the next one,� Webb said. “To win conference, you have to play every game like it’s a big game. Now our focus is to win a district championship, so, yeah — it’s a big game.�

The Spoofhounds have won nine consecutive contests since a Week 1 loss to Blair Oaks, one that’s proven to be insignificant to anything other than an attempt at an unblemished record. Maryville captured the top seed in its district, an MEC championship, and now nothing except the Mules stand in

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en’t accustomed to losing either.

When the matchup is said and done, one of the programs will have to be more familiar with something that they haven’t done much of: losing.

That team’s season will end Nov. 15 in Maryville. The other will, as Webb said, survive and advance. “It comes down to one game,�

Webb said. “You put your time and efforts into something for an entire offseason and it comes down to this one game that you either win or lose. The loser turns their pads in on the next week, so we’re excited about a district championship.�

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Senior tight end Marqus Andrews (15) and senior running back Justin Rankin (11) celebrate in the end zone after Rankin scored a touchdown of Northwest’s 36-33 overtime win against Fort Hays State in Hays, Kansas, Nov. 9. Rankin quietly scored for two touchdowns in the victory, rushing for 36 yards in the contest.

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Northwest football doesn’t have a conference title in hand, nor has the team clinched a playoff spot.

All the Bearcats really have is a matchup with Central Missouri Nov. 16 and a list of goals, one they made four months ago.

The Bearcats crafted the list before they survived a Week 1 scare at Missouri Western. They made it before they trailed the likes of Washburn, Emporia State and Lincoln early in contests.

It was before they scored statement wins over Pittsburg State, Central Oklahoma and Fort Hays State and before they would suffer a damaging loss in Kearney, Nebraska in Week 7.

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Senior defensive back Jerrell Green wags his finger after forcing an incomplete pass from Fort Hays State quarterback Chance Fuller in Northwest’s 36-33 double-overtime win in Hays, Kansas, Nov. 9.

Congratulations to Northwest football on its Nov. 9 win over Fort Hays State in double overtime to keep the Bearcats’ playoff hopes alive.

The win was pretty impressive, but it shouldn’t have come to the ’Cats scratching and clawing down the stretch to even have a chance at making the postseason.

Everything for Northwest was going great — until it wasn’t. Well, sort of.

Most programs across the country would consider 9-1 and in a position to fight for a playoff spot to be a pretty successful season.

For Northwest, Bearcat fans rambling on Facebook think that’s a pretty crappy one.

I mean, come on. They survive a Week 1 scare on the road to Missouri Western, dominate for three weeks before surviving another scare in Week 5 on the road against Emporia State, win in the battle of undefeated in Arrowhead Stadium against Pitt State, just to lose on the road to Nebraska-Kearney.

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Coming into its first MIAA tournament since 2012, Northwest soccer was ready to prove it was capable of contending for a conference championship. After a regular season plagued with hot-and-cold performances, the Bearcats final one came in their first, and only, round of the tournament.

Northwest (6-10-3) got out to an early 2-0 lead over Emporia State (134-2) Nov. 8, but the momentum quickly dissipated. Two goals from juniors Alex Mausbach and Taylor Wolfe gave the Bearcats the two-goal lead at the break. Much like the rest of the season, Gordon said, missed opportunities would hurt the Bearcats.

Allowing the Hornets to take

the game to overtime and score the eventual game-winning goal served as a moment that reflected a situation the Bearcats found themselves in throughout the season.

“The team went out, performed very well, had some early goals, but we had other opportunities and just didn’t put them away,” Gordon said. “It wasn’t about great saves; it was about misplacement and mishit balls by us in situations we haven’t put ourselves in.”

The team had more of an internal approach coming into its rematch instead of an adjustment based on their previous result against the Hornets, a 4-0 loss Oct. 6. The team, Gordon said, carried the mindset of trying to prove that they are capable of competing with stronger teams. Assistant coach Quaid Curtin said they went out and gave that mentality.

“It was that mentality that these girls know they can compete so they went out on the field and said, ‘Why not us?’” Curtin said.

The Bearcats were close, knocking at the door of the second round of the tournament, but close doesn’t win. It never has, and that didn’t change against Emporia. Their hopes of a tournament run were thwarted and seniors were left heartbroken as their first tournament appearance was over as quickly as it began.

“It was overtime; whoever scores first, that’s it,” Gordon said. “It was heartbreaking for the seniors because of their commitment. Seeing their commitment and their payoff to get into the postseason, it was disappointing. They were deserving to get that win, but Emporia was as well.”

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Junior forward Taylor Wolfe competes in the Bearcats’ 3-2 win over Rogers State Oct. 18 at the Bearcat Soccer Pitch. After clinching a spot in the MIAA tournament for the first time since 2012, the Bearcats fell in their first postseason game against Emporia State with a final score of 3-2.