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Ferris State coach Tony Annese called for the
@NCAADII
to redo its regions after his defending national champions beat
@GorillasFB
by 3 on Saturday. Northwest lost to Grand Valley State by 5.
Your
@NWBearcatMBB
stat of the day:
@CoachMcCollum
's daughter Grace is 10 years old. Grace has never been alive during a time when Northwest Missouri State wasn't the reigning MIAA men's basketball champions.
High school football ... Cooper Loe scores the game-winning TD with 3 seconds left instead of running off the field celebrating, he hugged Truman Bodenhausen — who along with his teammates gave Maryville all they could handle.
In potentially the most obvious choice of all time, the
@NABC1927
has named
@NWBearcatMBB
coach
@CoachMcCollum
its
@NCAADII
National Coach of the Year. Ben is the first to thank his family after any of his awards, so here is a photo of the McCollum clan after Saturday's natty.
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Joe Barnes has had a pet project throughout his Northwest Missouri State football career and even during his days at Liberty High School. He has kept it very quiet, only talking about it with family and close friends, but now the Be…
“ESPN hit me up and asked me when I was going to announce it. And I was like, do I have to announce it? I never thought I had to announce it. I thought people knew I was coming back." ~
@NWBearcatMBB
point guard Trevor Hudgins (
@TrevorHudgins12
)
Unofficially tonight with 34 points
@serena_sundell
has eclipsed the career scoring record for
@MHSLadyHounds
with 1,124 points. The record was previously held by Jennifer McGary with 1,121 points.
Sundell is a junior.
"It is a great community for that and we felt very blessed to be here. I felt very blessed to even have the opportunity to have a job at such a young age and we will miss it dearly.” ~ Newly-hired
@DrakeUniversity
head coach Ben McCollum (
@CoachMcCollum
)
“He believes in us and that is a good thing. He is going to put the ball in the playmakers’ hands and then big-time players have to make the big-time plays in big-time games.”
~
@bearcatsports
senior RB
@25StillRunning
on co-offensive coordinator
@NWJOSBORN
“There is an emotional side of it (a transplant) as well. We were all organ donors and have been before this. If you can give a piece of yourself to help someone else carry on, it is the greatest gift you can give someone.” — Shelley Eaton
“I didn’t know if I wanted to do it in Manhattan or Maryville. So for the people in Maryville, that is how much I love y’all.” ~ Northwest point guard and NBA prospect Trevor Hudgins
.
@DowWow_1
and
@Diego_Nate
each threw down some big dunks tonight in dominating wins for
@SpoofhoundBball
and
@NWBearcatMBB
. Who do you think did it better? Retweet for Eli's alley-oop finish. 'Like' for Diego's fast-break jam.
"I turned to the guys on the bench & I said, 'I thought he was sick?' I didn't know he was bringing that out. ... That was the nail in the coffin. I haven't heard Bearcat Arena that loud in a long time." ~
@Luke_Waters24
on
@Diego_Nate
's dunk to seal
@NWBearcatMBB
's
@TheMIAA
title
“I knew he was a great athlete, but this really just brought it to real life. Just to see him up there with so many other great athletes, it is incredible and I am really proud of him.”
~
@serena_sundell
on her dad and new
@TheMIAA
HOFer Bob Sundell
One guy had both teams cheering at
@AugieFB
and
@NWBearcat_FB
's joint practice and it was
@Pkellogg5
's effort in the big man punt catch. Northwest's big guys got the win, but the 6'7, 345 pounder was the most outstanding catch. Full photo gallery coming soon. 1/2
@WittD2Football
The Dance continues for
@RyanHawkins8
. 72-69 OT win for
@BluejayMBB
over San Diego State. Hawk finished with 10 points and 8 rrebounds.
Hawkins is now 13-0 as a starter in the NCAA Tournament.
“Our senior class has done things that no one in the history of the MIAA has done and that probably no one will do again. ... I am glad and thankful that they allowed me the opportunity to coach them and be a part of their lives.”
~
@nwbball
@CoachMcCollum
“We want them to go win state in Class 2 & they want us to go win state in Class 3. It would be cool to say that we both won after the two games that we played against each other.”
~
@spoofhoundfb
RB
@DowWow_1
on the bond between his team &
@WeAreBlairOaks
“He has no idea what he is about to experience and how much fun he is going to have. ... It was too good of an experience for me to not want to share it.”
~
@WJC_mbb
@JGolightly12
on former
@SpoofhoundBball
teammate
@jzimmerman_10
signing with Jewell
Newest Denver Bronco
@KadenDavis23
: "I feel blessed, I’m grateful for the opportunity and I can’t wait to get to work. This has been a life-long dream of mine to play in the NFL and to be able to do it in Denver just makes it that much sweeter!"
.
@serena_sundell
started in her first game as a Kansas State Wildcat today. She played a team-high 27 minutes, had 8 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals and a team-high 5 assists. Kansas State beat Washburn 68-39.
Former
@NWBearcat_FB
QB Tom Kruse was honored as an inductee into the
@gkcfca
Hall of Fame tonight at halftime. Kruse won 3 Class 5 state championships at Ray-Pec
Austin Meyer (
@nw_ameyer
) has spent the last several years building up the
@nwbearcatwbb
program to the point of being an NCAA Tournament team.
Weeks ago, he told administration that he no desire to be the men’s basketball coach.
He will remain the women’s head coach.
Former
@NWBearcat_FB
star Sam Roberts is getting some run today with New England. Here’s his third tackle of the season, bringing down Deuce Vaughn for a short gain.
"They just welcomed me. I want to say it was similar to Maryville, but nothing really compares to Maryville. But the fans there are great. They are crazy. They are loud. It was a fun time.”
~
@FundLucentum
and former
@NWBearcatMBB
@Justin_Pitts20
Just a quick shout out to the Wing T master
@HoundsCoachH
. Going though my photos from yesterday and he kind of walked into this one, but he deserves the center stage anyway. His offense hung 39 points on a Savannah defense that was giving up just 15.2 a game previously.
“After I got the call, that is what I told coach. ‘Hey coach, I appreciate the opportunity, I’m coming to get a spot.'”
~
@NWBearcatFB
WR Shawn Bane Jr. (
@bane_goham13
) on signing with
#Falcons
Braden Wright, who was injured and brought to the locker room on his touchdown run with 12 seconds left, came back out on the field for the postgame huddle and comforted an emotional Mitch Goff.