Sports

By Cody Thorn St. Joseph News-Press The branches of the Mel Tjeerdsma coaching tree stretch far and wide. Former assistant coaches serving as head coaches include Central Missouri’s Jim Svoboda, Missouri Southern’s Bart Tatum, Angelo State’s Will Wagner and Northern Colorado’s Earnest Collins Jr. This season, Tjeerdsma went head-to-head against former assistant coaches Svoboda and

By Bryce Mereness St. Joseph News-Press The Missouri Western women came back early from Christmas break with an opportunity to shake off the rust before conference play starts back up on Sunday. After trailing for nearly four minutes in the first half, the Griffons never looked back en route to a 65-57 victory over Newman