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B.D. Owens, the eighth president of Northwest, visits campus Sept. 27 to commemorate the 20-year anniversary of the Administration Building fire and unveil the Sue Wright Owens collection.

Former University president visits Northwest for Admin fire commemoration SAMANTHA COLLISON Campus News Editor | @SammieCollison

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hen B.D. Owens arrived on campus in 1977, the University was on probation with the accreditation board, funding was lacking, and the winter prior, the high rises nearly froze because the heating system couldn’t keep up under extreme temperatures.

A few years into his presidency, the most historic building on campus was nearly destroyed in a fire.

Within eight years, B.D. Owens oversaw the construction of two new buildings, rebuilt the University’s reputation with the state legislature and accreditation board and

established some of the most wellknown pieces of Northwest’s campus and culture University President John Jasinski hosted a Celebration of B.D. and Sue Owens as part of Family Weekend Sept. 27 on the third floor of B.D. Owens Library to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Administration Building fire and commemorate all of his contributions to Northwest.

B.D. Owens, the eighth president of Northwest, graduated from Northwest in 1959, according to the Northwest presidential archive, and is the only president who is also an alumnus. He served as an air force pilot before coming to Northwest.

He said student life at Northwest looked much different during his time, with 1,200 to 1,500 students, many of which were veterans and their families.

“There was a lot of student activity,” B.D. Owens said. “People were doing things all the time and studying hard. It was an era, I guess, because of so many veterans coming back and being on campus. That probably had some impact on the level of study that was going on.”

B.D. Owens said he and Sue Wright Owens met on campus, but it took some time before they started dating.

“I always had an idea that if I

asked a girl for a date three times and I got turned down three times, that was it,” B.D. Owens said. “So the third time I asked her for a date … I said how about a cup of coffee at King’s, so we went out for a cup of coffee and the rest is history.”

Sue Wright Owens read a selection of her poems during the latter half of the event, including one which compared the joy of their youth with the continued joy in retirement.

“I knew one day we’d both turn gray, inevitability does have its way,” Sue Wright Owens said. “We had great fun at 21, and now retire when day is done. We’re thankful we can think and do; we’ll look back with envy at 82.”

After serving as president at the University of Tampa from 1971 to 1977, B.D. Owens had renewed his contract and wasn’t planning on leaving, but when the offer came for the president’s position at Northwest, the thought kept eating away at him.

“We had no intention of coming back here, but there was the old water torture thing starting — drip, drip, drip,” B.D. Owens said. “The thing that kept coming up on the good side was that Northwest has done a lot for us, both of us, and we felt that Maryville would be a better place to raise two boys.”

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Ladies event helps fund Pocket Park

KEJI AKINMOLADUN News Reporter | @OluwatoyinKeji

The Downtown Maryville Improvement Organization hosted its fourth annual Glitz and Glam ladies-only fundraising event to fund the Pocket Park.

The Pocket Park is a project Downtown Maryville Improvement Organization is working on with the Maryville Public Arts Committee,and will be located at Third and Main Street expected to be completed spring 2020.

Women from the community dressed in cheetah print clothing as they attended the “walk on the wild side” themed event at Mozingo Lake Conference Center Sept.

27. The annual fundraising event raises money for a different project each year. This year the event raised over $20,000.

The cost was $75 per person or $800 for a table of eight women. Both options included the allin auction paddle, which allowed women to have access to all the items that were auctioned off.

Upon their arrival, Maryville Mayor Rachael Martin gave them an auction paddle with the corresponding number, which Martin said she anticipates the Glitz and Glam fundraiser doing every year.

“This is one of my very favorite events that Maryville has every year, and it’s because everyone

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Around 160 women attended the fourth annual Glitz and Glam fundraising event at the Mozingo Lake Conference Center Sept. 27.

just comes out and has a great time and all of our businesses show up for the cause,” Martin said. “For Downtown Organization, this is their biggest fundraiser of the year,

so this is critical to their ongoing success and specifically to the plans for the Pocket Park.”

Senior Graphic Designer Ashlee Hendrix helps plan the event every

year and said this year there was a slight change.

“In the years past, you would pay for your ticket and you could buy the all-in auction paddle,” Hendrix said. “We wanted to have everybody participate in the auction.”

Hendrix said last year, tickets were $50 and the auction paddle was an additional $50.

The auction items were donated by sponsors. Bank Midwest, Nodaway Valley Bank, Brown Shoe and other companies in Maryville helped sponsor the event.

Bank Midwest Assistant Banking Manager Suzanne Vonbehren said Bank Midwest was pleased to be one of the sponsors for this event.

“We’ve sponsored it for several years in different capacities,” Vonbehren said. “We are very community-minded and really believe in the community and giving back.

We look for lots of different ways to do that, this is one way.”

President of Downtown Improvement Organization Stephanie Campbell said since the event reaches capacity every year, the organization may expand its seating.

“It grows every year; we have a cap on it, and it sells out consistently every year, and it keeps growing, so we’re pretty pleased with that,” Campbell said. “We had 160 available this year, and we were there.

Next year, we’ll probably grow it a little bit more, maybe closer to 200.”

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Northwest reaches third highest enrollment, second highest freshmen retention in 114-year history SAMANTHA COLLISON Campus News Editor | @SammieCollison

Northwest reached its third-highest enrollment in University history this year, with the second highest retention rate after a peak of 78% last year. ​Total enrollment this fall is 7,104, an 11% jump from 2017 when the Missouri Academy of Science and Technology closed.

N ​ orthwest Provost Jamie Hooyman said the University has taken an intentional approach with its strategic planning to not only recruit students but to retain them and help them succeed. ​“Some of these factors that are setting trends not just for right now but are setting trends for five years from now, the universities that are smart are going to start planning,�

Hooyman said. “I would say one of the best things that the University did was we started planning early.�

One of the biggest recruitment challenges facing universities, according to an Inside Higher Ed article, is a plateau in the number of high school graduates nationwide. ​According to the article, from 1995 to 2012, the number of high school graduates was steadily rising, but in the years since, that number has leveled out.

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education’s 2016 report indicated that the stagnation is expected to continue for at least the next five years. ​According to the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development, total enrollment of same-year Missouri public high school graduates in Missouri public institutions decreased by 0.4 percent, from 22,160 in 2017 to 22,067 in 2018. ​Missouri Western University’s

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enrollment has increased steadily since 2015, rising from 5,321 in 2017 to 5,707 in 2018. ​Truman State University’s enrollment is down from 6,200 in 2015 to 5,853 in 2018. ​Director of Academic Success and Retention Allison Hoffmann said during a challenging time in higher education, the University’s focus on retention and recruitment are campus-wide efforts, and the recruitment team collaborates with every department on campus. ​“We try to think about scholarships for students that can both help students come to Northwest and be able to retain them as well,� Hoffmann said. “We’re looking at ‘Do our scholarships align to keep students here? Are the rates to renew for students? Can they meet those?’� ​D irector of Institutional Re-

search Egon Heidendal said around three years ago, the University reevaluated its thresholds for renewing scholarships, which has helped students to afford to stay at Northwest. ​Hooyman said in staying competitive, scholarships are part of an overall strategy to keep costs down, of which the laptop and textbook programs are also a key part.

On top of all of that, she said ensuring academic programs are of quality and competitive is a high priority in attracting and retaining students. ​“ We are evaluating and looking at our programs all the time,�

Hooyman said. “To make sure that we’re relevant with society and what the student needs to be successful and that we have rigor in our courses so that we’re always putting a program out there that is going to best prepare that student for the life that’s coming.� ​Hoffmann said in the last three years, the implementation of the first-year professional advising model, the secondary faculty advising model have been major factors in increasing retention. ​“It’s allowed (students) to have two people to go to or to contact, and having a first-year adviser who’s in their office or avail-

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able 40 hours a week ‌ that has been a really positive thing,� Hoffmann said. ​O nline enrollment increased 101.4% in 2018 and increased another 24% this year, with 1,230 students enrolled in online-only programs.

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tle break and then continue, and they do not see that as an interruption,� Heidendal said. “It’s a different type of learner at the graduate level.� ​Enrollment of underrepresented students on campus has dropped from 24% of students in 2015 to 12% now, which includes international students, who have dropped from 11.8% of students in 2015 to 6% now. ​ H eidendal said nationally there have been fewer visas issued to international students, which has negativePROVOST ly impacted international enrollment at ty’s new strategic plan is focusing all universities. more attention on online students.

The number of international “​ What we do know is not all stu- students who apply has remained dents, even though we’d like all stu- the same. dents to have that on-campus expeHe said domestically, underreprience, it doesn’t work for all stu- resented student enrollment has redents,â€? Hooyman said. “We took a mained relatively the same in the hard look at what we were doing last five years. and how we can protect what we’re ​Regardless of factors outside of doing well on ground ‌ but then Northwest’s control, Hoffmann said how do we meet those other stuthe University is always striving to dent needs that are not being met by the traditional on-ground delivery.â€? do better, and there are programs in ​Heidendal said the majority of place focused on improving retenonline enrollment is in graduate tion of underrepresented students.

N ​ ot addressed in previous years programs, and there is not a sigbut included in the census news renificant difference in retention and success between graduate students lease this year is first-generation students, who make up 46% of this on campus and online. ​“ Research shows that at the year’s freshman class. ​“That tells me that we’re doing graduate level, those students are far more likely to stop out for one something well, they feel comfortsemester to just take a small lit- able coming here,� Hooyman said.

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Northwest family admires success

SAMANTHA COLLISON Campus News Editor | @SammieCollison

The Northwest Alumni Association presented seven awards to alumni, faculty and staff at the Alumni Awards Banquet Sept. 27 in the J.W. Jones Student Union Ballroom.

University President John Jasinski said grit, resilience and perseverance unified the seven honorees, and he said they exemplify the idea that Bearcats perform.

He said the Alumni Association has given around 190 awards since its first awards banquet in 1970.

Dean of the School of Education Tim Wall, the master of ceremonies, said throughout the evening, themes he saw recurring in each recipient included perseverance, the value of family and gratitude for living their dreams.

Randell Moore, the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award, teared up as he thanked his 91-year-old mother, who was present at the banquet, for inspiring him to go to college.

“When knowledge is combined with inspiration, lives are changed, as was mine here at Northwest,” Moore said. “I would like to thank my mother for giving me that forceful and insistent shove out the door and off to college in the fall of 1968.”

Moore, an economist, graduated from Northwest in 1975 and has spent the last 32 years as ex-

ecutive editor of Blue Chip Economic Indicators and Blue Chip Financial Forecasts.

Distinguished Faculty Emeritus Award recipient Richard Fulton said he also owed his success to his family, especially his wife.

“There isn’t much to say except to thank my wife and my family,” Fulton said. “My wife has been, for over 50 years, the bedrock of my life as well as the love of my life.”

Fulton worked at Northwest from 1973 to 2013 and served as the chair of the political science department for several of his last years at the University.

Director of Student Academic Success and Retention and Northwest alumna — classes of 2001 and 2003 — Allison Hoffmann received the Turret Service Award, which recognizes graduates or former students who have made significant contributions to bettering Northwest and its community.

Hoffmann said her family has a strong place in the community, but she was determined to be the one Maryville High School alumna who did not go to Northwest.

However, she said she heeded the advice of her grandparents and father, who received the Turret award 15 years ago, and found a family and a support system at Northwest.

“I remember being a student and having such wonderful faculty to help and make a difference

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Northwest alumnus Rodney Edge, graduate of the class of 1984, was presented the Public Service Award Sept. 27 during the Alumni Awards Banquet. Edge is the CEO of Material Solutions LLC, based in Maryland.

in my life, and some of those I’ve been honored to be my colleagues now,” Hoffmann said.

“I think I have some good friends who are over/under on

whether I’m going to cry here in a little bit or not.”

Hoffmann said she was grateful that Northwest brought her and her husband, Assistant Vice Presi-

dent of Student Affairs Kori Hoff-

good in spite of the weather, with four planes and enough visitors to still raise money at the day’s events.

Though visitors could no longer pay for a short ride in a plane as advertised, they were able to participate in a flight simulator, where people could receive crash-course on flying.

Michael Rogers, an associate professor teaching in the computer science and information systems at Northwest is a pilot and member of the airport. He said it was not a good day for the public to go on flights.

“On days like today, we can get a lot of turbulence, which in a small plane can be frightening,” Rogers said. “We have a lot of resources to help us determine whether it will be safe or not, such as an app that shows specific storm cells and upto-the-minute forecasting.”

The NWMRA covers an area of 171 acres and has a 4,600 foot paved runway. The airport terminal building is available for use by both pilots and the general public, and it is where the Young Eagles complete

coursework prior to their first flight.

Phil Poynter, a Young Eagles coordinator, said he has been around planes most of his life. He said the event, and the program itself, is aimed at getting younger generations interested and to share the same passion for it he has.

“My father was a pilot back in the late ‘40s and taught radio in the military,” Poynter said in an interview with KQ2. “We do this all in an effort to promote flying with the youth. They are our future.”

Ed Esminger, vice-president of the airport board for the NWMRA, said any youth organization can contact the airport about a free plane ride.

“It’s a lot of fun to get a kid that’s never been in an airplane before and give them a chance to fly and look out the window,” Esminger said.

“It’s just amazing. I can remember my first airplane ride when I was 11 years old, and hopefully these kids will be able to remember their first airplane ride too.”

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Youth flight program instills passion for aviation KENDRICK CALFEE Community News Editor | @KoalaCalfee

Despite gray, overcast skies and heavy rain, a small crowd gathered for the annual Maryville Fly-In at the Northwest Missouri Regional Airport Sept. 29.

The yearly fundraising event included a barbeque lunch for purchase, a motorcycle show, a raffle and a flight simulator. Serving as the main attraction, a few small aircrafts from other regional airports flew in when the sky began to clear up in the afternoon.

The day was organized in support of the Young Eagles program, which provides children ages eight to 17 the opportunity to learn to fly small planes.

Through the program, Young Eagles learn basic operation of a plane through classroom and hands-on experience at the NWMRA. Upon completion of the course, they receive a “Sporty’s Pilot Code,” an access code to a site containing test questions and training modules that help further their aviation education.

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Northwest Missouri Regional Airport hosted the annual Maryville Fly-In Sept. 29, supporting the Young Eagles, a youth flight program in the area.

Young Eagles instructor Doug Medsker said the program allows the older generation of pilots to instill a love for flying in the youth.

“We take them on their first flight, about a 20 minute experience with one of the instructors, where they get to take the controls and

know what it’s like to be up there,” Medsker said. “You always remember that first flight.”

The event lasted from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., but planes scheduled to arrive earlier in the day had to delay or cancel flight plans to the airport.

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POLICE BLOTTERS for the week of Oct. 3

NEWS JUMPS

Northwest Missouri State University Police Department Sept. 21 There was a closed investigation for a liquor law violation at Sycamore Apartments.

Sept. 27 There was a closed investigation for a liquor law violation at Perrin Hall.

There was a closed investigation for a liquor law violation at Hudson Hall.

Sept. 28 There was a closed investigation for a liquor law violation at Dieterich Hall.

There was a closed investigation for a liquor law violation on North Grand Avenue.

There was a closed investigation for a liquor law violation at Lot 44.

Sept. 29 There was a closed investigation for six liquor law violations at Hudson Hall.

There was a closed investigation for a liquor law violation at Roberta Hall.

Sept. 30 There is an open investigation for stealing at Bearcat Stadium.

Maryville Department of Public Safety Sept. 18 A summons was issued to Desmond S. Fessler, 18, for under 19 in a bar and failure to maintain right half of roadway on the 500 block of West 4th Street.

A summons was issued to Trey M. Hoeper, 18, of Raymore, Missouri, for under 19 in a bar and possession of a fake I.D on the 500 block of West 4th Street.

A summons was issued to Cory E. Harvey, 22, for allowing a person under 19 in a bar on the 300 block of North Market Street.

Sept. 22 There is an ongoing investigation for stealing at Mozingo Recreational Park.

Sept. 25 Cash was recovered on the 1100 block of South Main Street.

A summons was issued to Khloe A. Niesen, 19, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, for minor in possession on the 500 block of North Buchanan Street.

A summons was issued to Margaret M. Sneed, 19, of Malvern, Iowa, for minor in possession on the 500 block of North Buchanan Street.

Sept. 26 There is an ongoing investigation for larceny on the 1500 block of East South Avenue.

A lost/stolen wallet was reported on the 1200 block of South Main Street.

There is an ongoing investigation for larceny on the 200 block of East 3rd Street.

A summons was issued to Katherine R. Powers, 20, of Creston, Iowa, for minor in possession on the 300 block of North Market Street.

A summons was issued to Clint J. Brummett, 22, for failure to comply and obstructing an investigation.

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Third Street from Dewey to Vine is closed until necessary repairs can be made by Public Works and Water Maintenance crews. A 12-inch water line leak damaged the subsurface and structure of the road.

Busy road still closed after water leak

KENDRICK CALFEE Community News Editor | @KoalaCalfee

East Third Street in Maryville is closed from Vine to Dewey as the city begins to make repairs from a water line break that destroyed the popular stretch of road.

Third Street near the Maryville Public Safety Building and Eugene Field Elementary is temporarily closed after a water line ruptured and damaged the sub-surface of the road. Repairs should take two weeks, but inclement weather has delayed action by Public Works.

City Manager Greg McDanel

posted on social media about the issue Sept. 24, where he thanked the public for patience on the slow-moving process.

“E. Third St. Has been closed for several weeks due to 12” waterline leak,” McDanel said on Twitter. “Volume & pressure created significant damage and voids under this brick base street. Staff to begin repairs estimated at $120k next week.”

Public Works Director C.E. Goodall explained specific damages the street incurred. He said the crew aims to fix the problem before the colder months of the year

prevent proper treatment.

“The subsurface of Third Street is brick and sand,” Goodall said.

“When the line broke, it washed out the sand, which is how you get that ripple effect in the road.”

According to Goodall, Public Works will tear out the entire section of road from Vine to Dewey and place a new slate of 6-inch asphalt over the brick sublay. They will replace the washed-out sand that created the large void in the subsurface.

All the repairs are estimated at a total cost of $120,000, per the city’s statements on social media.

The line break comes near cold

winter months, which last year damaged Maryville’s roads significantly due to constant freezing and thawing.

The city’s roads had an allocated $50,000 for repairs in last years budget, which went toward patching potholes and cracks as well as replacing stretches of asphalt and pavement.

Eric Lance, water and sewer maintenance superintendent, discovered the water line break on Third Street. Goodall and public works will work with water and sewer maintenance to amend the problem and access plans going forward.

B.D. OWENS

CONTINUED FROM A1 In the winter before B.D. Owens came back to Northwest, the high rises nearly froze because the heating system wasn’t strong enough to combat the harsh cold.

B.D. Owens said he felt the University needed an alternate power source, since fuel couldn’t make it to campus if the rivers froze. He said the committee considered oil and coal from more local sources but decided to take a chance on woodburning.

“The technology for woodburning was not there, but we decided we could make it work,” B.D. Owens said. “And there was a federal bill at that time where taxation was very advantageous for people who invested in things like that.”

The Power Plant, which was renamed in honor of John C. Redden Jr. in June, converted fully from coal burning to woodburning in 1981, according to the Northwest website.

During an already challenging time, faulty wiring caused a fire July 24, 1979 in the Administration Building, which was nearing the end of major renovations.

“It was particularly difficult because not only did we have the disaster of that, we were starting to recover because we’d lost a lot of enrollment during the time when accreditation was under question,” B.D. Owens said.

He said there were people around the state who suggested merging Northwest with Missouri Western University and turning Northwest’s campus into a minimum security prison.

“I wasn’t about to buy into that idea,” B.D. Owens said. “So we had to fight that battle at the same

COFFEY

CONTINUED FROM A1 Coffey said the biggest lesson he learned from Harris, who mentored Coffey, was how to treat employees well and create a supportive work environment.

“He was very good with us; family always came first,” Coffey said.

“If we had an issue that demanded time with family, there was no question to ask; it was always important to him.”

Coffey graduated from Northwest in 1982. After working as the news and sports director at KNIM Radio in Maryville for almost 16 years, he came back to Northwest in 1999 as news and sports director for KXCV-KRNW. He served as the news and sports director, trained

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Northwest First Lady Denise Jasinski embraces former First Lady Sue Wright Owens after her poetry reading at the Celebration of B.D. and Sue Owens Sept. 27.

time we were trying to recover from this.”

According to a display at the event, in the year following the fire, Northwest secured state funding to rebuild the Administration Building.

Funding also contributed to building the Ron Houston Center for the Performing Arts to replace the auditorium within the Administration Building that had burned, convert Wells Library into Wells Hall and build B.D. Owens library, which opened in 1983.

B.D. Owens said seeing Northwest’s growth in the time since his presidency has exceeded his expectations.

“To see the fundraising and friendraising that’s going on now … it’s really so gratifying,” B.D. Owens said. “Northwest is ahead

of its time and staying ahead of its time and doing the job it should be doing, which is teaching.”

After Jasinski’s interview with B.D. Owens, Sue Wright Owens introduced her collection in the library. The Sue Wright Owens collection contains a selection of her poetry books and artwork.

Sue Wright Owens read a selection of her poems, which focus on themes of life, nature and aging.

Since retiring from teaching music, Sue Wright Owens said she has written more than 600 poems and painted more than 500 watercolors.

“She’s always supported my career, and I’m happy to support her career with writing,” B.D. Owens said. “She’s so prodigious; she writes everything down.”

In addition to reading from her

children’s book “The Wild Animal Alphabet” and her latest book “Birds,” both of which she illustrated herself, she read a selection of poems from her three volumes about aging.

Northwest’s First Lady Denise Jasinski said Sue Wright Owens, as well as former First Lady Virginia Foster, mentored her throughout her time at Northwest.

“You know, it’s nice to have somebody that’s gone through this before, because we were raising our kids when we first moved here … so it’s nice to have somebody to talk to about how to maneuver raising your children on campus,” Denise Jasinski said. “They both took me by the hand and said honey, you just be true to your soul, and you will do just fine.”

student staff and hosted play-byplays of Northwest football and basketball games as “The Voice of the Bearcats.”

Coffey, an Albany, Missouri, native said although he has experience in out-of-state work, he always comes back to Maryville because he said it’s a great place to live.

“Maryville’s a good community and the University has been a large part of my life,” Coffey said. “Even when I’ve worked commercial radio, still broadcasting Northwest football and basketball games and of course the University plays a big role in the community, so it’s been a big part of my life since I came here as a student in ‘78.”

The Bearcat Radio Network has expanded to six stations in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa under Coffey’s lead, and he coordi-

nates news partnerships with other radio stations in the region.

Coffey said the most challenging period of time at the station was in early 2018 when state funding to the University significantly dropped and budgets all over campus got tighter. Beyond that, he said he couldn’t think of any specific challenges because they are outshined by student successes.

In a Northwest news release, Northwest’s Executive Director of Marketing and Communication Brandon Stanley said Coffey has a passion for coaching students in the field and preparing students for success after graduation.

“His relationships with community leaders will assist the station and University moving forward, and his experience with underwriting, the Bearcat Radio Network and

FCC regulations and requirements are crucial toward the station’s sustained success,” Stanley said in the news release.

Coffey said he enjoys broadcasting play-by-plays for a football team with six national championship wins, but working with students to prepare them for life after graduation and seeing their success is his favorite part of his job.

“I would hope (students learn) time management skills,” Coffey said. “Juggling work at KXCV and schoolwork – if you know how time management works, it’s going to make you successful in whatever field you go in.”

Coffey said he hopes his legacy at Northwest is that he treated people well and that he brought listeners joy with his football and basketball programs.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Support exists on campus An article published in The Northwest Missourian Sept. 5 titled “‘I felt zero support’ – Mental Health Policy Concerns Students,” compressively exposed my struggle with mental illness during 2018 for students to understand the available mental health resources/policies on campus.

Although the article did a great job in expressing the agonizing part of finding the right care for students, it did not publish the more positive side of my experience.

It almost villainized several campus resources, when my experience was a lot different. There is already so much stigma associated with seeking help for mental health, and I do not want to contribute to that stigma with an incomplete story.

I wish the article hadn’t talked about my suicide attempt back in fall of 2018; it was unpleasant to publicly revisit some of the most difficult times I’ve had as a student.

But regardless of how ruthless the process felt, I did not have to navigate it alone.

There were people from campus that went above and beyond to make a difference, and I’m here to put them on their well-deserved spotlight.

I would like to start by thanking all the UPD officers who never ignored my calls and helped me with the same willingness and compassion throughout this endless process, no matter how many times they had to show up to my door.

I am so grateful for Wellness Services’ staff who exceed my expectations and defined what compassionate care means to me. Counselor Kristen Pelts never rushed through our session even when we went quarter past our scheduled hour.

Dr. Wilmas frequently came to the hospital to check up on me, even when I was hospitalized an hour away from campus.

Linda Guess and Judy Frueh argued with stubborn airlines employees to get me a refund on a nonrefundable plane ticket to Nepal when I couldn’t fly back home due to hospitalization. They also immensely helped me navigate the intimidating health care systems and insurance policies.

B.K. Taylor, the wellness outreach director, always held space and hope for me as a mentor and a friend, and he was my rock throughout my journey.

I will forever be grateful to several ResLife pro-staff members, like Brittany Stegeman, Mike Miller, Scott Shields and others, whose genuine compassion and care made me feel heard and understood. I would not be here today without Complex Director Paul Bennett and UPD who had to address the unpleasant situation of my attempt to not be alive.

It is little to big things like these that prove they are in their posi-

tions because they genuinely care about student’s well-being. I can only imagine how much they do on a daily basis for students like myself, yet they go unrecognized.

I’m honored to have worked with several of these individuals, and I look forward to all the great things they plan to make the process for student’s well being ever better for future students.

I am alive and thriving, thanks to you.

- Pooja Poudyal If you are having thoughts of suicide, call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255.

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Saturdays are for games not garbage Saturday home football games in Maryville always lead to the same two outcomes: an exciting Saturday afternoon followed by a Sunday featuring a trash-ridden campus.

It’s no secret. Taking a walk around after a home football game, it’s impossible to miss the garbage littered across the grass and parking lots near the stadium.

Downtown Maryville is no different. While walking around downtown, trash can be seen blowing across the streets like tumbleweeds out of a western movie.

A few Sunday mornings ago, Sept. 15, was different. Members of Northwest fraternity Delta Sigma Phi took time out of their morning to cleanup the grass tailgating lot outside of the stadium. Because of their work the Sunday morning was met with a clean, beautiful campus unlike other Sundays after home football games.

Northwest students should strive to do what Delta Sigma Phi did — taking care of our campus by cleaning up trash at events.

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With Homecoming right around the corner, students should keep this in mind, especially during the Homecoming parade Oct. 26.

The parade consists of numerous organizations at Northwest and the Homecoming royalty making their way down Fourth Street towards Main Street, where the parade will end. Leading the parade will be the Bearcat Marching Band providing cheerful music in their shining new uniforms to get everyone in the Homecoming spirit.

Just like any other parade, this one consists of the participants bringing candy and miscellaneous swag to toss out to the Maryville and Northwest community spectators. With this, inevitably comes trash and waste being left on the ground, whether it’s in the street, on sidewalks or speckled throughout the grass.

As members of this community, students should take some time after the parade to help ensure any and all trash is properly taken care of.

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that candy wrapper blowing away off into the road — it’ll help keep our community clean and inviting.

All it takes is a few extra minutes after a tailgate party to clean up your trash or to quickly check under your seat in the stadium to see if you dropped anything.

Keeping the campus looking sharp is just one of the several benefits to taking care of trash after campus events. If students manage their trash at events, it also helps free up the time of Northwest faculty members tasked with cleaning up after events. By taking care of our trash, they’re able to dedicate their time to cleaning and maintaining other parts of campus.

It also drastically helps the environment. While it may not seem like much, every little step towards taking care of the environment matters, and picking up garbage is no exception.

Enjoy the Homecoming festivities and parade, Bearcats. And after eating that piece of candy you get from the parade, make sure to get the wrapper to a trash can.

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Society needs youth to step up NATHAN ENGLISH Columnist @ThananEnglish

A 16-year-old from Sweden.

Thousands of protestors. Countless celebrity endorsements.

The Climate Strike movement has swelled to an international news story that is putting youth activism in a spotlight that it hasn’t seen since Vietnam. In order for politics to change and our world to grow and improve, the younger generations need to take a large role in issues.

Greta Thunberg, the 16-yearold from Sweden, has become the face of the Climate Strike movement. Thunberg has become an international celebrity and has done everything from speaking at the U.N. to staring death lasers into the back of President Donald Trump’s head in what will assuredly become one of the most popular memes of 2019. Thunberg is one of many that have stepped up and spoken out about an issue that will largely affect young people rather than older generations.

Climate Strike has been attacked by the same language that has been used to dissuade athletes from speaking out on political issues: “Shut up and do whatever it is you do,” instead of being involved in the debate. This is a fundamental flaw in logic and not how democracy works.

The overwhelming majority of Americans are not full-time politicians and have other obligations outside of politics such as getting an education or a nine-to-five job.

Democracy is participation by the people. This includes not just those that are “adults” with full-time jobs, but everyone — even those who do not seek to be informed and involved so they can lead when it is their time.

It wasn’t that long ago that a national walkout over gun violence and school shootings were at the forefront of American and global politics. Political issues don’t just affect those above the age of 30 and people old enough to run for office — they affect the lives of all around them and can affect future generations for much longer.

The fiasco that was the Mark Zuckerberg hearings illustrated one thing clearly: many of our politicians are woefully inept when it comes to understanding technology. Sen. Orrin Hatch famously not understanding that ad revenue is a common practice in the 21st century illustrates the danger of having aging lawmakers with little understanding of something as major as social media in 2019.

The Climate Strike movement is an example of young people making a push. National media attention, lawmakers weighing in on the debate and getting to speak in front of the U.N. — all of this happened because young people decided to step up and lead.

Organizing and participating in movements like these forces others to pay attention and hear what the movement has to say whether they agree or not.

Thunberg should not need to step up and lead, but she did because she felt strongly about an issue that would largely affect her and those close to her age. Politics are a chaotic and messy process that never ends and requires participation from all.

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 A hectic few weeks find you looking forward to some time off, Aries. You may have to finish some complicated tasks first to free up moments for relaxation.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 It is sometimes good to look at the world through rose-colored glasses, Libra. However, do not let this cloud reality to the point that you do not see the truth.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, this week, feelings that have been simmering just under the surface come to light. Clear the air and you’ll discover everything was just miscommunication.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 You are so busy with various activities that it is impossible to be bored for the next several days, Scorpio. You may be able to eke out a little time to recharge if you delegate.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 There’s more going on with friends than meets the eye, Gemini. Do not rush to think something negative is going on. Keep an open mind and you could be surprised.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Temporary responsibilities at work have you feeling a tad overwhelmed, Cancer. This project was put in your hands, so you will have to see it through to the end.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Talk things through with a close friend before you swing into action, Leo. Sometimes it is better to have a springboard for ideas to see if things are truly feasible.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, miscommunication can be a tough hurdle to clear. Make a greater effort to communicate effectively in the coming days and weeks.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, you may be having doubts about just where the future will bring you. But you don’t have to be looking too far ahead for the time being.

Focus on the here and now.

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Sagittarius, new friends come into your life this week. It’s an exciting opportunity to get to know new faces. You can benefit from expanding your social network.

Avoid a knee-jerk reaction to a stressful situation, Capricorn.

You may find that not all stress is bad; some can spur you to accomplish things you never imagined.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Make family your top priority this week, Pisces. Everything else can take a back seat for the time being. There will be time to get everything done.

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SPEAKING WITHOUT

Senior Lillian Flannery signs “take in the view,” the lyrics to “For Forever” from the Broadway musical “Dear Evan Hansen” during the 2018 Homecoming Variety Show.

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ome people “talk with their hands.” They make hand gestures to demonstrate their point as they speak. Others actually use their hands to speak.

The creation of sign language can be traced back to the 16th century when Spanish monk Pedro Ponce de León first laid the ground work. He used the gestures used at his monastery to communicate with the deaf members of his community. This laid the cornerstones for modern-day sign language.

During the Renaissance, Spanish monks began using sign language to communicate with the impaired of hearing. Native Americans used hand signals to trade and communicate with other tribes.

Bendictine monks used their hands to speak during their silent periods throughout the day.

Northwest once offered an American Sign Language course, but the program was discontinued in 2016 due to a lack of mass interest. However, students still find a way to use their hands to speak.

Senior Lillian Flannery is a mainly self-taught student of sign language.

During the Homecoming Variety Show in 2018, Flannery performed the song “For Forever” from the Broadway musical “Dear Evan Hansen” with sign language.

She will perform another song at the upcoming Homecoming Variety Show.

“I learned a lot of it over winter break,” Flannery said, her fingers spelling out the title of the song from muscle memory. “I mainly taught myself, with some help from some friends at Job’s Daughters.”

Through Job’s Daughters International, a girls leadership program sponsored by the FreeMasons, Flannery learned the impacts nonverbal communication can have.

The organization partners with Hearing Improvement Kids Endowment, which is a nonprofit organization that helps deaf and hard of hearing children get money for hearing aids.

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They help raise funds and awareness. Helping HIKE is a Flannery family tradition since her sister was also part of Job’s Daughters.

However, nonverbal communication isn’t limited to only someone’s hands and sign language. The entire body is used to communicate.

In the 1950s, Albert Mehrabian, one of the first to research body language, stated roughly 60% to 65% of communication is nonverbal in a regular conversation. It’s displayed in a smile, a raised middle finger or an inability to look someone in the eye.

According to Leonard Mlodinow at Psychology Today, the key to reaping the benefits of knowing nonverbal communication starts at an early age.

“One of the major factors in social success, even at an early age, is a child’s sense of nonverbal cues,” Mlodinow said.

There are seven types, or codes, of nonverbal communication: kinesics (gestures), haptics (touch), proxemics (space), physical appearance (presentation), vocalics (pitch), chronemics (timing) and artifacts (objects).

Kinesics is the most well-known code when discussing nonverbal communication since it is arguably the easiest to identify.

Amy Cuddy gave a TEDtalk in 2012 about the importance of using body language to evoke a self confidence and the art of “power posing.”

“I’m a social psychologist,” Cuddy said. “I study prejudice, and I teach at a competitive business school, so it was inevitable that I would become interested in power dynamics.”

Cuddy became interested in nonverbal communication when observing her classrooms for participation.

“I became especially interested in nonverbal expressions of power and dominance,” Cuddy said.

“What are nonverbal expressions of power and dominance? ... They are about expanding. So you make yourself big, you stretch out, you take up space, you’re basically opening up. It’s about opening up.”

The idea of “power posing,” or striking a strong, superhero-esque stance, is that if a person gets in this stance for a couple of minutes, they will manipulate their mind into feeling more powerful and increase the chance they will take a risk or open up.

In an experiment done by Cuddy and her associate Dana Carney at the University of Berkley, they found that those who held the power pose for two minutes also increased their testosterone.

and a need to tell a story. They also used the nonverbal code of vocalics by adding “soundtracks” to manipulate the audience into feeling a certain way.

However, body language isn’t something learned.

A 2008 study of Olympic athletes and Paralympic athletes found that even Paralympic athletes who have been blind since birth displayed the same body language when they won an event as their able-bodied counterparts.

Body language has also played a part in the government. FBI agents are trained to study nonverbal cues to figure out if anyone is a threat.

Joe “Spycatcher” Navarro spent more than 20 years at the FBI, studying and refining an ability to read nonverbal cues and body movements.

In the book “What Every Body is Saying” by Navarro and Marvin Karlins, he referred to it as “reading people.”

He got his start when he moved to the U.S. “When I was eight years old, I came to America as an exile from Cuba,” Navarro said in the book.

“Unable to speak English at first, I did what thousands of other immigrants coming to this country have done. I quickly learned that to fit in with my new classmates at school, I needed to be aware of — and sensitive to — the ‘other’ language around me, the language of nonverbal. I found that was a language I could translate and understand immediately.”

Using the power of translating the minute physical changes of a suspect, Navarro has put away ice pick murderers and captured spies.

Though most college students won’t use body language to take down an international spy, they do use it to their advantage in everyday conversation. Flannery noted the

importance of being able to communicate without words in music.

“I don’t need to use words to indicate what the pitch should be in the song,” Flannery said, holding her palms up like she was serving a platter. “I can instruct someone to be louder or softer, to hold out a note or to cut off without saying a word.”

In a study done by Brock Berry, Jonathan Bodenhamer and James J. O’Brien Jr., they found a strong connection that nonverbal dialogue benefits not just students but also teachers.

“Nonverbal communication is a two-way process that is generated and interpreted by both instructor and student,” Berry said. “The benefits for an instructor to develop a strong sensitivity and ability to interpret student nonverbal communication should be self-evident.”

When teachers hone in on their skills to read body language, they can reach students on a different level.

In his thesis, Xiaoling Yang from Nanchang Normal University in NanChang, Jiangxi, China, said even just subtle uses of body language can help students learn a different language.

“If a teacher can be just right in using body language in classroom teaching — it’s every look, every smile — every action will have a strong psychological effect on students,” Yang said. “At this time, silence is the best words. Therefore, the body language takes an important place that oral language can’t replace.”

Yang broke it down into four ways body language helps teachers teach English: enhance the educational influence, arouse the atmosphere of the classroom, inspire students’ imaginations and grasp the students’ moods.

Students are not always aware of how they speak with their body since using nonverbal communication has been part of their lives since childhood.

However, they are aware of the message they send.

“Using body language is really important as we move through life,” Flannery said. “We can help convey what we want more clearly.”

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I needed to be aware of — and sensitive to — the ‘other’ language around me, the language of nonverbal.

I found that was a language I could translate and understand immediately.”

-JOE “SPYCATCHER” NAVARRO “From their baseline when they come in, high-power people experience about a 20% increase, and low-power people experience about a 10% decrease,” Cuddy said.

Body language has played a strong role in human development.

Used to display emotions, body language helps convey messages which can be difficult to say in spoken word and add to a performance.

Until 1927, movies were nothing but conveying a message through nonverbal communication.

From exaggerated facial expressions to over-the-top gestures, actors like Charlie Chaplin used no words to display comedy, tragedy

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Sophomore Caitlyn Poore sports a bright red lifejacket as she paddles on Colden Pond. Partnering with MOERA, Northwest Campus Recreation hosted the canoe and kayak event which allowed students to take a break from their busy day, listen to music and hang out with friends.

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Students were given a rare opportunity to kayak and canoe on Colden Pond Sept. 27.

Campus Recreation and Mozingo Outdoor Education Recreation Area joined together to bring four canoes and seven kayaks to campus, where students were able to paddle around Colden Pond for the first time since the restructuring of Campus Recreation.

All students had to do was sign a waiver, grab a lifejacket and make the decision of which water transportation they wanted to use.

Associate Director of Outdoor Services Chase Hall recommended canoes for beginners because it

provided more stability on the water and the likelihood of it tipping was slim to none.

Hall has been director for about four months and has been active in these sports since he was in college.

“This is a great program,” Hall said. “This is just advertisement for what we (at MOERA) do every day.”

Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs and Campus Recreation Greg Hansen said he plans to make this an annual event as it’s a great way to raise awareness for MOERA. “One of my initial goals (as vice president of Campus Recreation) was connect various elements in campus recreation,” Hansen said.

“One of those was MOERA, and

sometimes we struggle or we find it difficult to get people out to MOERA, so this was one way we could bring awareness.”

Hansen said the event had a successful turnout and was more than they had expected to participate. It garnered more than 125 students and even led them to remain on campus longer than the 3 p.m. end time they originally set. They officially stopped taking waivers at 3:30 p.m.

Senior Dominique Pearson said she happened to see the signs as she was walking by. Pearson had some time to spare and said she needed to relax after her bio/psych test.

“It was actually really fun,” Pearson said. “Although it’s in Colden Pond and the water fountain is a lit-

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tle annoying, it was kind of relaxing.”

Pearson said kayaking brought back memories of summer camp from when she was about 10 years old. For her, she said it was kind of like riding a bike, once she learned it, she didn’t forget it even 14 years later.

Even though she wasn’t new to kayaking, Pearson said that for beginners, Colden Pond was the best spot to learn at since it’s smaller and not that deep. So if someone did flip a kayak, it wouldn’t be that bad.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if somebody does (flip) it on accident,” Pearson said. “At least it’s not too deep.”

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Your Bearcat wants you to delete SoundCloud A lot of people grew up with the words, “You can be anything,” ringing in their ears. Usually people will realize the truth, but for the amateur rapper community, they obviously still believe this little fib.

For those of you who are blessed enough to never encounter these abominations of people, I will put it in simpler terms. Imagine you walk

by a trash can that’s on fire, and then it starts singing stolen lyrics to you in a crappy auto-tuned voice.

I swear to the man in the sky, if I get another Snapchat with a link to some amateur rapper, I will drop everything, call the police and have them arrested for assault on my ears.

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I mean honestly, if I was shown a picture of an amateur rapper and a pile of cow poo and told to tell the difference, I would struggle. These rappers are seriously that bad.

I know the criticism of such a prestigious and illustrious community of up-and-coming rappers may seem unwarranted, but someone has to put the word out on these guys.

These rappers like to tout how a lack of options or a family death turned them to rap. Uh no, your decision to make music was not from desire or inspiration, it came from your low IQ and inability to see that there is no chance of you ever being famous from your whack verses.

So delete your SoundCloud account and stay away from a microphone for the rest of your life.

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When students first arrive on campus, they are often in need of some direction. The 29th Annual Freshman/Transfer Showcase, “Directions,” provided that to any freshman or transfer student eager to get their foot in the door at Theatre Northwest Sept. 26-29.

“For many of our newest performers and technicians, their participation in this show might just give them a necessary, but gentle ‘push’ in their own personal ‘right directions,’ one that will lead them to be successful theatre professionals,” director and fine and performing arts professor Joe Kreizinger said in the show’s program.

Just because this is the performers’ first show at Northwest, it doesn’t mean they are inexperienced. Many, like freshman actor Elizabeth Palmer, used the show simply as a first opportunity to return to the familiarity of the stage since high school.

“I liked jumping straight back into it, because when I’m not doing theater-related things, it’s kind of weird at this point because I’ve just been in so many,” Palmer said.

The freshmen and transfer students, including freshman theater performance major Lydia Baum, demonstrated a passion and drive for theater through their committed portrayals. Baum said her goal is to be “as true as possible to the character and experience” in every role, including this first role at Northwest.

“I’m a theater performance major, so I want to perform, basically, for the rest of my life,” Baum said.

“So when I found out their theater department was so strong, I was really excited to participate.”

The audience’s laughter, sighs and one audible “what the f---” revealed their immersion into the vivid scenes created by the writers’ visions and the actors’ dedicated performances.

The show consisted of nine individual scenes, each written by upperclassmen students in fine and performing arts professor Theophil Ross’ spring 2019 play writing course. It was only the third time the showcase utilized student-written plays in its nearly 30-year history.

Kreizinger said it was an easy decision to feature the student’s work, but a difficult decision to determine which plays would be used.

“I saw how challenging and rich they were and felt it would provide an excellent experience for not just those involved in the freshman/transfer show but for the playwrights themselves,” Kreizinger said. “The plays I chose were from a larger set of plays and monologues written by that play writing class. One of the first difficult steps for me as director was to decide which of the excellent plays to use.”

These students got to see their creation come to life, and some actors got to work alongside their playwrights, a rare treat for the actors and writers. With the pleasure of interacting with playwrights, also came added pressure.

“It kind of made me a little nervous, because I was like, ‘OK, hopefully I can portray this character the way the writer was thinking,’” Palmer said. “It’s completely different having them actually sitting there watching it — a lot more pressure.”

The scenes, consisting of four monologues and five dialogues, were entwined by the shared focus on the character’s choice or change of direction in their lives. Scenes depicted everything from comical wedding toasts and failed attempts at matchmaking to heart-wrenching tales of past relationship trauma and overcoming the loss of a loved one.

Subtle elements, such as interlude music and small set details, brought the pieces together. Over the course of the show, a small pillar moved around the eight points of a large compass painted on the center of the stage. With each scene, a single prop related the scene was placed on top of the short pillar, such as a brick, bottle of champagne or vinyl record.

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Northwest has powered its way through two lopsided victories in the last two weeks, earning the win over Central Oklahoma after cruising to a 66-34 win over Missouri Southern in Joplin Sept. 21.

In its last two matchups, the team has averaged 62.5 points per contest while allowing 44 points in both games combined.

The Bearcats haven’t trailed since the third quarter of their matchup with Washburn.

Still, Northwest will proceed with caution to Emporia. The season’s first four weeks don’t mean all that much to Wright.

“I want to see: Are we a onetrick pony or are we going to be a good football team?” Wright said. “And I want to see that hunger and that burn starting (Tuesday) in practice, and then going through the week, and then carrying that over into the football game. It’s not about what the score

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Trailing 23-19, Foster called a timeout to try and regroup her team’s composure. That pause in the action was not enough for the ‘Hounds as they were unable to complete the comeback, leaving Lafayette with a 25-21 win in

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is, it’s not about — it’s about playing well. It’s about playing to our Bearcat standard.”

In the aftermath of the matchup with Central Oklahoma, a game sophomore linebacker Sam Phillips said Northwest had “circled on (its) calendar,” the Bearcats are at somewhat of a crossroads. Last week’s matchup with the Bronchos and next week’s Oct. 12 matchup with Pittsburg State (4-0) are generally bigger games than Northwest’s task at hand in Emporia.

Phillips is unsure if it’s easier to mentally prepare for a game against a competitive rival than it is a matchup with a team like the Hornets.

“I think it could be (easier to get up for Central Oklahoma) because, like I said, we lost last year and that’s obviously not a great feeling, and so you kind of want to avenge that,” Phillips said. “But at the same time, you want to treat every opponent kind of the same. You want to give every opponent your best shot.”

Wright hopes nothing is different. As a coach who has preached consistency to his team for sev-

eral weeks, he expects to see the Bearcats show the trait this week in practice.

“Football, unlike a lot of other sports — these guys train 365 days and they’re guaranteed 11 games,” Wright said. “If you’re not up to play a football game, then that’s something wrong with you.”

On the surface, Northwest’s upcoming matchup with the Hornets is just another stop in the regular season gantlet that defines the MIAA. When compared to other contests, the one with Emporia seems somewhat insignificant. Wright has been adamant that it isn’t.

Wright said he’s harped on every detail to his team and has brought minute elements into increased focus. In one meeting over the weekend, Wright said he stressed to the team’s seniors the reality of the season, that there are only 12 guaranteed padded practices left in their careers. He said if the seniors want to extend their playing days into the postseason, they have to earn it.

Wright is trying to create a sense of urgency among the Bearcats, he said, one he hopes is on display

set two.

In the third set, the Spoofhounds were able to flip the script and momentum of the match itself. Junior middle hitter Serena Sundell and senior middle hitter Brooke Katen were able to take over with aggressive attacks towards a fatigued Lafayette team. ​Maryville went on to play their most complete set to that point of the game, taking a 17-11 lead over the Irish. The ‘Hounds would cling to their lead and eventually take the set 25-19. As both teams headed into the fourth set, Foster and Lafayette’s coach Callie Smith went to their benches for some fresh legs

in the game.

“A part of me wanted to keep our starters fresh, but I also wanted to give some of the younger players some good looks, and I think they did a great job of the role they were put in,” Foster said.

Foster added how important it was for the younger players to get playing time for when they’re needed in the future.

In the fourth set, freshmen Rylee Vierthaler and Kennedy Kurz found plenty of playing time. The Spoofhounds stuck with the Irish despite the youth that they presented on the court. The set was a back and forth affair with each team not willing to

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Sophomore linebacker Sam Phillips (43) had five tackles and two sacks in Northwest’s 59-10 over Central Oklahoma Sept. 28.

Oct. 5 in Emporia.

“Right now, we control our own destiny,” Wright said. “I told them on Monday in practice: ‘The win

at UCO means nothing if you go down and lay an egg at Emporia State. In the MIAA, you better show up every week.’”

give an inch, the largest lead of the set was three points.

At 22-19, the Hounds took a timeout to try and regroup themselves. The pause sparked the Spoofhounds into collecting five of the next seven points, which tied the set at 24. The Irish fought their way to the final two points of the set to win 26-24.

In the fifth and final set, the Spoofhounds looked to be in solid position to win the match, as they got up 6-2 early on. As the action played on, Lafayette found a way to chip away at the deficit and eventually come away with a 16-14 win.

Junior libero Klarysa Stolte said

the team was frustrated because they wanted revenge and knew Lafayette would come out playing its best game. Maryville moved to 8-2 on the season after the loss. They Spoofhounds will look to get back into the winning column when they play host to the Savannah Savages Oct. 3. “(Lafayette) is pretty good at being on at all times. Sometimes, whenever you fight and fight it just comes down to who has the better skill,” Stolte said. “Although we still think we have the better skill, it just didn’t end up for us in the end because we shut down.”

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said. “I won’t have to worry about doing homework, and we’ll be able to be comfortable since we’re in our own gym.”

With the fourth-ranked Lopers from Nebraska-Kearney (130) coming to town, it’s hard to not be excited and look ahead to this matchup. When mentioning what the game plan is, Woerth was straight forward.

“We don’t know,” Woerth said.

“Come to the game and we’ll show you.”

Lewis, on the other hand, is mentally preparing to do what it takes to come out on top.

“They’re a good team and well-disciplined, but so are we,” Lewis said. “We’ll go out there and execute the coach’s game plan and we’ll do great.

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“I think we kind of realized that’s not who we are,” Lewis said.

“We’re better than that, and we know we don’t make errors like we did in that game. We just need to do what we do and be us.”

Sophomore middle hitter Bethany Elkins was able to keep the Bearcats ahead with 15 kills. For Elkins, this marked the fifth straight match she reached double figures in kills. Freshman outside hitter Jaden Ferguson came off a career-high kill performance with 19 kills and added three blocks.

“We know Ferguson is a talented player, and I think sometimes as a freshman you don’t want to put a lot on their plate,” Woerth said.

“She showed us throughout the entire match she was ready and wanted more on her plate. She ended up becoming one of our go-to players in certain rotations. Being able to have a freshman play at that level is fun.”

Northwest then traveled to Joplin, Missouri, Sept. 28 to face Missouri Southern. The Bearcats were able to stay ahead and won in three straight sets by scores of 25-17, 2518 and 25-20. The women had a lot of offensive success from juniors Lewis, Hallie Sidney and Maddy Ahrens. Lewis hit .522 with 13 kills. Sidney tallied 11 kills and a service ace. Ahrens contributed 37 assists and an ace.

Although the Bearcats struggled early against Pittsburg State the day before, Lewis saw the team come together earlier in the match, which helped them sweep the Lions.

“I thought everything just worked well together. We were serving well, we were passing well, and if we pass well, then Maddy Ahrens is phenomenal at placing the ball for different hitters,” Lewis said. “Back row was talking to front row about where to go, everything was just clicking together.”

Those two victories now place Northwest at second in the MIAA with an overall 11-1 record and a perfect 4-0 conference record. Woerth doesn’t seem to let the undefeated MIAA record get the best of their ego, reiterating the message that stuck with Lewis.

“It’s a good start, but it’s not where you start, it’s where you finish,” Woerth said. “We know we’re going to have some challenges ahead, and based on the confidence that we have so far, I’m really proud of what we’ve done. Now how can we use that confidence to move forward, especially with facing more tough MIAA opponents.”

Northwest begins its five-game home stretch with two games Oct. 4-5. They will face Fort Hays State Oct. 4, then face No. 4 Nebraska-Kearney Oct. 5. Having a fivegame home stretch is crucial for players “It’s nice because it’s easier to travel for families, and not missing school is a big thing,” Lewis

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With a plague of injuries and bad weather, Northwest cross country is gearing up to run against the hardest competition it’s faced thus far in the season at the Chile Pepper Festival Oct. 5.

Ahead of the Griffon Open Sept.

28, the Bearcats were treating the meet as more of a “workout,” coach Nick Gibson said. The ‘Cats were using the week as a building block due to an abundance of injuries and illness on the team. Because of the ailments, along with the influence of mother nature, Gibson called off the ‘Cats from the meet, giving them the week off.

“We had some kids dealing with some sickness,” Gibson said. “I’m not risking somebody getting hurt ahead of (Chile Pepper) — that’s actually very important. … We knew that we had certain stuff that we were going to try to do in that race, but we weren’t exactly putting all of our effort and all of our mindset completely into it.”

The Chile Pepper Festival will give both the men’s and women’s teams a good look at some of the best competition, featuring some of not only the best teams from the MIAA, but Division I teams as well.

The meet should serve as an indicator of how far the teams have come to this point in the season, Gibson said.

“It’s going to be a really good race for really good competition,” Gibson said. “All of the kids have raced here before, and they enjoy the meet as a whole. They know that this

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Juniors Augustine Lisoreng, Mike Lagat and sophomore Jake Norris debrief with coach Brandon Masters after racing in the Missouri Southern Stampede in Joplin, Missouri, Sept. 21. The cross country team sat this week out in terms of racing to recover from illness and injury.

is a fast course. … They’re excited to go run on a fast, dry course and hopefully run a good time.”

Before heading to Fayetteville, Arkansas, for Chile Pepper, the men’s team was pegged as the No. 3 team in the USTFCCCA’s Central Region rankings. That mark sets a new program-best for in-season rankings and the highest that the men have been ranked since 2017

Road trip yields mixed results for women’s soccer JD WESSEL Sports Reporter | @JDWessel123

Northwest soccer found its first road win of the season Sept. 27, earning a 3-1 win over Missouri Southern propelled by freshman Teagan Blackburn’s hat trick.

Blackburn is one of the young freshman talents the Bearcats have seen make an impact this season for them. Other freshman players such as forward Kaitlyn Case and midfielder Kaylie Rock have also been key contributors for the ‘Cats.

That trio has gotten extensive minutes and starts for the Bearcats and combined for seven goals, which has played a crucial part in putting Northwest at sixth in the MIAA in goals this season with a total of 14. The sixth-place setting is very much improved as opposed to finishing 12th, where the Bearcats ended a season ago.

Blackburn’s effort against the Lions was something that was bound to happen at any given moment, junior center back Madi McKeever said.

“In non-conference play, she kept finding herself in opportunities but couldn’t capitalize,” McKeever said. “At MoSo, (Blackburn) found a way to score, and it’s given her different confidence, and I think it’s going to continue to grow throughout the season.”

The three goals Blackburn netted in the game came rather late in

the first half of the match. One goal came in the 43rd minute, being the equalizer to a game that went into the half tied at one goal apiece. The second one came just minutes after from an assist from senior midfielder Izzy Romano in the 48th minute.

As the game went on, Blackburn was able to increase the Bearcats lead with another goal, and her final goal in the 71st minute with another assist, this time from junior forward Alex Mausbach. The ‘Cats have had quite a bit of success scoring this season when they pass the ball well. So far, 12 of the 14 goals scored from Northwest have been via an assist.

The late assisted goal from Northwest was able to help secure the win over the Lions marking its first road win since Oct. 14, 2018.

“We have a lot of players out of position this season, and I think for the most part we’ve done a great job at adjusting,” coach Marc Gordon said. “We have players who are starting to step up and make those plays that help us win games.”

McKeever is a player Gordon pointed out as one of the team leaders,able to step up. She has taken the role as center back this season, but was recruited to Northwest as a defensive holding player.

McKeever said she’s embraced the position change and she is willing to do whatever it takes for her team to win.

“As a team, we have more grit this year and we are finding

when they were ranked third in the preseason rankings.

Despite some collective early-season struggles, Gibson believes that this season serves as a step in the right direction for the women. Something that Gibson has already watched come to fruition with the men’s team in just more than a year of being the coach is that they’ve started to collectively buy-in to the program’s new

philosophies, which they’re hoping the women improve on.

“Whenever me and Brandon Masters got here with the guy’s team, they were in a similar place that the women are now,” Gibson said. “Right now, we have two really young girls in sophomores Keely Danielsen and Caroline Ross that are really solid for us. … We had Karim (Achengli) last year on the men’s side, just one guy,

so we’re off to a better start because we have two girls.”

The foundation will be built on with recruiting efforts and by working on the talent that the women’s team has now, Gibson said. Masters, who heads the track and field team, has watched from an outside perspective how much the team has improved overall throughout the short amount of time that both of the coaches have been at Northwest.

“I think the biggest part is that everybody is starting to buy into coach Gibson’s training,” Masters said. “They believe in themselves as a team as well. I think a mindset change from last year since me and Gibson were so new, they now understand who we are as a team at this point and what our expectations are.”

No matter what side, Gibson and Masters are expecting improved running times from both teams at the Chile Pepper Festival. Combined with every showing prior to this point in the season, the feat of improvement would serve the ‘Cats well towards obtaining their ultimate goal.

“We don’t normally see the teams that we’ll see before we get to the National meet,” Gibson said.

“It’s a really good opportunity to see them before then so that we can prepare better and go into championship season accordingly.”

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Northwest junior midfielder Manuela Gonzalez (9) and Central Missouri junior midfielder Madi Sanders (25) compete at the Bearcat Soccer Pitch on Sept. 20.

more ways to score this season,” McKeever said. “I think it’s the desire to want to finish that goal and be able to compete.”

McKeever came into this season questionable after tearing her ACL in the middle of October last season. Gordon said she’s done a great job of coming back stronger this season and believes she’s taken one of the biggest steps on the team.

“She’s done a phenomenal job of providing guidance to the rest of the

team on the field this season,” Gordon said. “Her decision and mindset and the work she’s done have been far from what we expected from her at this point in the season.”

McKeever has put in the most minutes out of anyone on the Bearcats this season and has been an anchor for the Bearcats defensively, Gordon said.

Northwest traveled to Warrensburg Sept. 29 to take on the No. 7 Central Missouri Jennies in an-

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other road game for the Bearcats.

Northwest again struggled to slow down the attack for the Jennies as the Bearcats gave up four goals in a losing effort.

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Coach’s connections, passion drive program MADDISYN GERHARDT Sports Reporter | @maddiegerhardt

For most high school teams, the bond between player and coach is formed once the athletes graduate eighth grade. For many of the players in recent years, that bond and connection with their coach was formed at a young age and has grown throughout the years.

As many of the players grew up to develop their soccer skills, or transition to other sports, this year marks the first year that coach Dale Reuter doesn’t have any high school players that he helped coach at a younger age for the competitive soccer team in northwest Missouri, the Twisters.

The transition from coaching the boys at a young age to eventu-

ally applying for the head coaching position at Maryville High School was an easy and familiar transition for Reuter.

“I’ve been around the Twisters organization and kind of kept my teeth in that and been coaching soccer for some time,” Reuter said. “When Stuart Collins resigned from the position, the school actually came to me and asked me if I would take over for the boys. They seemed like a good fit and I told them I would — and the rest is history.”

Despite Reuter showing his passion for soccer throughout his involvement in the sport, he has never actually played. Growing up, Reuter was involved in a variety of athletics. Baseball and football were his specialties.

Reuter’s talent in football eventually led him to play at the colle-

giate level, but his passion for soccer came later on as he saw the complexity and competitiveness involved in it.

“I like soccer and I like the idea of what you can do in soccer,” Reuter said. “There’s 11 players out there and every one of those 11 players is very important to it. It’s not like you have a backup quarterback or you put your worst fielder in right field. You really have to have solid ballplayers across the board to be successful.”

While much of Reuter’s knowledge of soccer comes from years of coaching in the game, opposed to playing it, he’s been all about the betterment of the students that play for him throughout the process.

Reuter not only uses soccer to make the boys better athletes but he uses his guidance and knowledge of

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persistence and communication to build the players into proper men.

“I’ve known Dale for as long as I can remember,” senior defensive back Jaxon Pettlon. “He’s always been there for me for when I need him. He’s always cared more about what we do outside of the game rather than what we’re doing in it, and I like that about him.”

Even though his coaching time at Maryville High School started in 2014, many of those in the community are grateful for his addition to the program.

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Maryville soccer coach Dale Reuter, who took over the program in 2014, encourages his players Sept. 30 at Donaldson Westside Park during their game against Lafayette.

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Softball focuses on rebuild, progress MADDISYN GERHARDT Sports Reporter | @maddigerhardt

With the 2019-20 season nearing the halfway point, Maryville softball (4-8) is looking back at the first half of the season to review both setbacks and progress.

While few in the Maryville community viewed this season as a state-winning year, the development in the program and lessons learned make this season a difficult but valuable one for both the players and coaching staff.

Though many of the girls have played softball at some point in their life, the ‘Hounds offense lacks getting key hits while on the defensive side they struggle to make the right decisions during a play. These are the skills the ‘Hounds are lacking in order for them to be continuously successful.

Certain aspects of the game are changing and hard to adapt to in such a competitive conference like the MEC, coach Chandra DeMott said. Movement pitches, rise balls, seasoned and challenging batters and an ever-growing and talented conference are a few of the bumps Maryville has gotten over this season. Being able to adapt to these issues, this year and for many seasons to come will build the program and bring prosperity.

“We, from the get-go, have been a fairly solid defensive team,” DeMott said. “We really struggled

offensively for something to go in our direction. We spent a couple of practices working solely on the short game and bunt situations.

We’ve been utilizing some of that, which worked for us (Sept. 30) against Lafayette.”

Along with wins racking up against teams like St. Pius and South Holt, the ‘Hounds have found their fair share of losses against other teams among the likes of Savannah and Stanberry. This same mentality has grown on the program and is now seen in both the players and coach.

“It’s been a bit of a cold start to our season, but it’s not something we’ve been overtly disappointed in.

Every loss we’ve had, with the exception of two, have been close ball games,” DeMott said. “We knew we were right there on the verge of what we needed to do, we just fell a little bit short of it every time.”

While certain parts of the game can be evaluated and changed by a coach or other player, the weather situation throughout the area as of late has caused issues for the team.

With the days swaying from extreme heat to tornado watches, the inconsistency has greatly affected the team and the player’s mental state.

As many of them were getting into the swing of the season and perfecting their throwing, batting or game day routines, the sudden change in weather has forced them to adapt.

“When we see a rainout with

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that first tournament in Stanberry, and a loss in three games right off the bat, that is kind of a quick three games to get our girls kind of in the flow,” DeMott said. “I think we’re struggling because we’re finding that rhythm so much later in the season … The weather definitely affects the mental aspect of this game at times.”

With DeMott and company hoping that the weather gets better, and the ‘Hounds coming off of a win against a traditionally tough Lafayette team, DeMott sees the next few weeks as promising for the Spoofhounds. With roughly half of the season left, Maryville proceeds with a positive mindset and a hopeful view for the future of this season and many seasons to come.

“Coming off a really solid year last year, it was going to be a bit of a growing pain in that we were replacing four seniors with freshmen,” DeMott said. “I think we were fairly realistic of where we were and where we needed to be and what we needed to work on.

My older girls have done a great job of talking up those young girls and help them fill those shoes like they needed to.”

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Maryville softball senior Jana Walker attempts to bunt in the Spoofhounds’ game against Chilicothe Sept. 24 at Maryville High School. Maryville came up short in the contest, losing to the Hornets 5-3.

’Hounds prep for Benton after blowout win JON WALKER Sports Editor | @ByJonWalker

Following a week where the defense pitched its first shutout since Week 4 of the 2018 season, Maryville football brings in a stout defense, a dynamic quarterback and the leadership of a focused coaching staff into its matchup against Benton Oct. 4.

A 61-0 dismantling of Cameron in Week 5 added another notch in the belt that is the Maryville winning streak, bringing the total to four straight.

Spoofhounds’ junior quarterback Ben Walker relayed the message that coach Matt Webb has preached thus far in the season, staying focused on doing what they have to do to win games.

“We really just focus on ourselves — penalties, executing plays, just doing our plays to the best that we can,” Walker said.

Walker has accounted for a heavy amount of the ‘Hounds’ production over the course of the streak. Four touchdowns on five completions against Cameron coupled with another seven scores passing in the four games prior leaves Webb to believe that Walker is adequately doing the job that he was meant to do.

Despite the dominance as of late, Walker’s production could see a dip in the matchup against the Cardinals. Depending on a game plan from the Spoofhounds, the emphasis of attack for most teams that Benton has played to this point in the season is running the ball, which Maryville could exploit. A lackluster run defense from Benton allowed 397 yards rushing to Savannah in Week 5.

The running back duo of se-

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Senior running back Aiden Cullin rushed for two touchdowns in Maryville football’s Week 5 win over Cameron Sept.

27. Cullin and junior running back Trey Houchin combined for 121 rushing yards and four touchdowns in the game.

nior Aiden Cullin and junior Trey Houchin added another rather impressive showing against the Dragons as well.

Through one half of football, combined, they were good for 121 yards rushing and four touchdowns on 11 carries. That marked the first time all season that both backs reached the end zone multiple times in a single game. A spark that the backfield could be primed for come the game against the Cardinals.

“Each week we look at what our opponent does,” Webb said. “We know their record. They’re 0-5 and they’re struggling, but they’ve got some very good players. … They’ll be ready for us, I promise.”

Winless, Benton brings in their offensive weapon: senior wide-

out Chol Ater. Ater serves as a dual-threat option for the Cardinals, having a fair share of carries in the backfield along with his regular receiving duties. The Cardinals’ star accounts for over 140 yards of total offense per contest thus far in the season, along with four receiving touchdowns and two rushing touchdowns to show for his efforts.

The Cardinals are going to give the ‘Hounds their best shot, as does every team, Webb said. But the area of emphasis for Maryville when facing teams has been the ability to start fast and build an early lead.

“A part of ‘The Process’ that we talk about is having great execution early,” Webb said. “That makes people have to play catchup. When you do that, it puts a lit-

tle bit of doubt into people’s minds, so we have big, explosive starts for a reason.”

The ‘Hounds, along with their current win streak of the season,

bring in an unblemished 9-0 record against the Cardinals since the turn of the decade. That includes a 58-8 win a season ago in the ‘Hound Pound. This year, the Spoofhounds take the 45-minute trek south as Benton plays host. Webb said that one of the things he’s looking forward to from his team is how they respond after back-to-back blowout wins, with the chance for another sitting right in front of them.

“The focus now is to, ‘Let’s have another one,’” Webb said. “It doesn’t matter what a team’s record is. It doesn’t matter that they’re 0-5. … The kids know that it’s all a part of the process.”

“The goal at this point in the season is to make sure that when we have the opportunity to win a conference championship at home; we just play our best,” Webb added.

“It’ll just be setting ourselves up for a playoff run, they know how to make playoff runs around here.”

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Northwest senior tight end Marqus Andrews (15) hurdles over Central Oklahoma sophomore defensive back Kolby Underwood (21) during his 18-yard run on Sept. 28.

STAYING HUNGRY Football looks to ‘push the envelope’ in rare road matchup with Emporia State

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or the first time since 2016, and just the fourth time this decade, Northwest football will travel nearly 200 miles to Emporia, Kansas, to take on Emporia State Oct. 5.

Historically, the matchup has been kind to the No. 7 Bearcats (40). They haven’t lost to the Hornets (2-2) since Oct. 1, 1994, a streak that includes 26 consecutive wins for Northwest in almost exactly 25 years. The Bearcats haven’t lost a game in Emporia since 1965. The 26-game streak is older than any player on Northwest’s roster. The road winning streak is older than coach Rich Wright.

Heading to Emporia this weekend, the Bearcats are riding the coattails of a historic win-streak, but it’s their play of late that seems to matter more to Wright. It, too, has been dy-

namic. Through four games this season, Northwest’s defense has shown improvement, its special teams unit has been dynamic, and its offense has been unflinching.

The result, of course, has been four wins for Northwest. The Bearcats possess the No. 3 scoring offense in the nation, averaging 52 points per game thus far. And after winning their first game by 10 points, the Bearcats have settled on both sides of the ball, increasing their average margin of victory to 26.25 points per contest on the heels of a 59-10 blowout win over Central Oklahoma Sept. 29.

After the lopsided victory over the Bronchos and as they march toward their Week 5 matchup with Emporia, the Bearcats should be confident. But Wright wouldn’t use that word, he said. His focus this week for Northwest is a search for consistency.

“For me, it’s great to play well

Northwest volleyball made its first-ever top-10 appearance in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25 Poll on Sept. 30. This ranking is due to the Bearcats’ five-game win streak, four victories over ranked opponents this season and an undefeated MIAA record.

This marks the 13th time that Northwest has been ranked in the AVCA top 25.

Junior (middle back) Morgan Lewis views the top-10 ranking as a cool title but doesn’t let the high ranking affect who they are as a team.

“It’s really cool, but it’s not where you start, it’s where you finish,” Lewis said. “We still have a while to go; we’re getting 1% better every day.”

Northwest embarked on a 241mile road trip Sept. 27-28 as the ‘Cats battled against the Pittsburg State Gorillas and the Missouri Southern Lions.

The Bearcats began the weekend Sept. 27 in Pittsburg, Kansas, against Pitt State. They won in four sets by scores of 15-25, 31-29, 2516 and 25-22.

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once,” Wright said. “One of the things I tell (the team) all the time is that you either get better or you get worse, but you don’t stay the same.

And so, we’ve got to push the envelope as we progress through the season because the challenges are only gonna get bigger.”

Through four games this season, the Bearcats have improved in the box score and via the eye test each week.

A shaky Week 1 showing in St. Joseph led to a 45-35 comeback win over Missouri Western Sept. 5. After trailing Washburn three times in Week 2, Northwest pulled away for a 38-17 victory at Bearcat Stadium Sept. 14.

Northwest found itself behind after the Gorillas took a commanding 25-15 win in the first set. Coach Amy Woerth believes Pittsburg State was more comfortable coming out of the gate.

“They play very well at home, and they’re comfortable,” Woerth said. “Their coach has created a nucleus that has done a pretty good job. I also don’t think we were playing our best, which didn’t help.”

After struggling through the first set, Northwest was able to return to their typical pattern of play.

The Bearcats produced 40 kills and had an average hitting percentage of .492 in the next two sets, leading to the narrow 25-22 victory in the final set of the night.

Lewis understood after dropping the first set that this wasn’t how Northwest plays volleyball, and the rest of the team also came to that realization.

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Maryville falls in five sets to conference rival JD WESSEL Sports Reporter | @JDWessel123

In an attempt to neutralize the season series against an infamous conference foe, Maryville volleyball failed to do so, losing to the Lafayette Fighting Irish 3-2 Sept. 30.

In a highly-anticipated match between two of the top teams in MSHSAA’s Class 3, the Irish were the ones to strike first in what was the first meeting between the two programs Sept. 19.

Much like the first time, Lafayette hit the ground running in the Sept. 30 matchup, taking an early advantage on the scoreboard.

Lafayette senior middle hitter Tarrin Deayon and sophomore outside hitter Khiani Jackson were able to start on top with a steady attack on the Spoofhounds. Lafayette took a quick 10-6 lead in the set.

As the set went on, the Spoofhounds were able to piece together a run of their own that eventual-

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ly knotted the match up at 16. The ‘Hounds were able to take the first set, but communication and mental mistakes have been an issue coach Miranda Foster has addressed over the past couple weeks.

“We need to be better at putting the ball on the court,” Foster said. “We missed too many serves in general, by doing that we aren’t giving ourselves an opportunity.”

Some mistakes hurt Maryville more than others throughout the night. Despite the ‘Hounds winning the first set, they found themselves in a battle at the net early in the second set. This was a battle that the Irish controlled because of the outside hitting duo of Jackson and junior Lauren Adams.

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Junior libero Klarysa Stolte digs a ball from the Lafayette Fighting Irish at Maryville High School on Sept. 30. The Spoofhounds lost to the Fighting Irish in a close five sets with a final score of 16-14.