College Sports

By Jacob Meikel Missouri Western football gets its chance to play in front of its home crowd this Saturday in a matchup with Missouri Southern. The Lions left a bad taste in the mouth of Griffons when they crushed their hopes of making the Division II playoffs last season by defeating Western 47-41 in double

By Calvin Silvers The Missouri Western State Griffons will kick off the 2024-25 football season Thursday in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, against former MIAA member, Northeastern State. The Griffons, much like the Riverhawks, had some movement on their roster, losing quarterback Armani Edden to graduation. That meant head coach Tyler Fenwick brought in transfers, brewing a healthy

By Jacob Meikel Former Missouri Western defensive end C.J. Ravenell made his pro debut for the Baltimore Ravens on Friday. The former Griffon impressed in the preseason opener for the Ravens, tallying two total tackles including one solo tackle, 0.5 sacks and a quarterback hit. Ravenell signed a contract with the Ravens as an undrafted

By Calvin Silvers Despite the college baseball season ending in April, you could hear the crack of a bat and some yelling from the field at Missouri Western, as the Griffons held their youth baseball camp this week. The camp began on Monday, with two age groups having their own slotted time to work on

By Calvin Silvers One of Missouri Western Athletics’ most storied programs has a new leader. On Wednesday, Director of Athletics Andy Carter announced the hiring of Nicole Thompson as the seventh head softball coach in program history. “We are excited to welcome Nicole and her family to the Griffon family,” Carter said in a press

By Calvin Silvers It was a busy but fun week on the Missouri Western campus, as the Griffons held their football youth camp for those interested in improving their skills and learning the game. The camp saw 95-plus participants, and in the eyes of the coaches, it was another successful year of teaching the youth.

By Jacob Meikel Former Missouri Western defensive end CJ Ravenell is having his NFL dream realized after he signed a contract with the Baltimore Ravens earlier this week. The former Griff signed as an undrafted free agent with the team after a successful rookie minicamp tryout. The odds may have been stacked against the California

By Jacob Meikel The MIAA Women’s Tennis Tournament Championship trophy will make its way back to St. Joseph for the first time ever. Facing top-seeded Nebraska Kearney on Sunday morning in Edmond, Oklahoma, Missouri Western women’s tennis didn’t let the big stage overwhelm them. The No. 2 seed Griffs took home first place over the

By Calvin Silvers The St. Joseph high school scene has had multiple golfers find success through college and beyond, and that’s no different for Jeffery Johnston, a current Missouri Western Griffon and Bishop LeBlond alum. With the 2024 MIAA Golf Championships being completed recently, Johnston now turns his attention to the 2024 NCAA Division II

By Jacob Meikel Missouri Western softball’s season will continue after grinding out a very competitive MIAA schedule. The Griffs ended the regular season on Saturday with a doubleheader sweep of Lincoln, securing the seven seed in the MIAA tournament in Oklahoma this week. Game one of the doubleheader in Jefferson City on Saturday turned out

By Jacob Meikel A new era of Missouri Western women’s basketball began on Monday as Ashton Feldhaus was introduced as the 10th head coach in program history. Monday’s introductory press conference saw a filled Hall of Fame room inside of Spratt Stadium, as Feldhaus felt the support of Western faithful, the current women’s basketball roster

By Jacob Meikel Missouri Western softball was shown why it’s tough to knock off the best team in the MIAA after the Hillcats of Rogers State outlast Western in both doubleheader games on Saturday. Both games one and two went the distance, and game one even stretched to extra innings as both aces on the

By Calvin Silvers On Thursday the MIAA Conference announced that eight former student-athletes, two former coaches and one former administrator will be inducted into the MIAA Hall of Fame, Class of 2024. Two of those former eight student-athletes played their collegiate careers at Missouri Western, and are representing the Griffons on a big stage. The

By Calvin Silvers The sun is shining, the weather isn’t freezing cold, and the days are becoming longer, which means spring is here. It also means it’s a special time of the year where college football spring practices will kick off, and that rings true for the Missouri Western Griffons. However, one athlete won’t be

By Calvin Silvers On Monday, Missouri Western State University announced the departure of women’s head basketball coach Candi Whitaker, as she’ll become the main woman in charge of the University of North Alabama women’s basketball program, an NCAA Division I institution in Florence, Alabama. The end of the Whitaker era in St. Joseph will begin

By Jacob Meikel The recent struggles continue for Missouri Western baseball after a series loss to Newman on Saturday. The 11-1 loss to Newman on Saturday made it 2-8 for Western in its last 10 games, a slump the Griffons haven’t seen all season long. Games one and two of the series Friday and Saturday

By Jacob Meikel The trip to Bethany, Oklahoma was short lived for Missouri Western women’s basketball, as it fell in the first round of the NCAA Division II Central Region Tournament on Friday. The No. 2 seed in Western got its shot in the Big Dance after missing out in 2023. Even though the Griffs

By Calvin Silvers Missouri Western athletics has been a pioneer in the MIAA when it comes to athletes, teams and coaches, and it’s once again paved a road of opportunity for student athletes in the conference. Griffon Lacrosse is the first of its kind, but with the sport gaining popularity in not only the Midwest