by Bill Pollock | Jun 10, 2011 | Sports Features
Just two weeks prior to the tornado ripping through Joplin, Missouri Southern State University just signed up with the Red Cross to use the school’s facilities as a shelter should disaster strike the area. Little did anyone know, including Athletic Director Jared...
by Bill Pollock | May 7, 2011 | Sports Features
Central Missouri and Northwest Missouri State were eliminated on day one of the MIAA softball tournament and Missouri Southern clings to the loser’s bracket. Meanwhile, top seeded Missouri Western finds itself in the winner’s bracket with Nebraska-Omaha...
by Bill Pollock | May 5, 2011 | Sports Features
Missouri Western, Emporia State and Nebraska Omaha each earned a share of the 2011 MIAA Regular Season Championship with 18-4 conference records and will be the top three seeds in the upcoming MIAA Softball Tournament. Missouri Western will be the No. 1 seed by virtue...
by Bill Pollock | Mar 4, 2011 | Sports Features
It wasn’t easy, but Missouri Southern ended the streak of three consecutive No. 1 seeds falling in the MIAA Men’s basketball Championship first round by defeating Southwest Baptist, 101-94. The Missouri Southern big three of MIAA Player of the Year Skyler...
by Bill Pollock | May 7, 2010 | Sports Features
A sacrifice fly in the bottom of the fifth inning by Emporia State’s David Albritton proved to be the winning run, as a solid starting effort from Hornet ace Ben Graham helped the second-seeded ESU Hornets get past fifth-seeded Missouri Southern, 4-3, in the...