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In a flurry of turnovers, penalties, questionable coaching decisions and all around bad play, the Griffons watched their storybook season turn into a nightmare in their final game.
This slip up by the Griffons not only costs them a home playoff game, but maybe the playoffs all-together. The Mineral Water Bowl may even be in doubt [...]

The Griffons are playoff ready as they closed out a close game, against a good team, in the fourth quarter. The defense made key plays in critical situations and the offense scored at least 30 points for the eighth time this season. i> 
 With post-season play hanging in the balance, Missouri Western (8-2 overall, 6-2 conference) [...]

 
The Griffons made it four straight wins and kept themselves in playoff contention with an impressive conference win over the Missouri Southern Lions (5-4) at Spratt Stadium Saturday afternoon.
Against a stingy, top-ranked Missouri Southern defense, Missouri Western’s offense remained solid with a 30-point performance.  The Griffons’ improving defense did allow 20 first downs and nearly [...]

 
With her young team playing well, Coach Mastin found many positives in a Wednesday night loss to the No. 6 ranked Truman State Bulldogs.
The Griffons (9-18 overall) lost three straight games to Truman (25-4 overall), but managed to keep all three close.  Games one and two ended 30-23 in favor of Truman, and the third [...]

In a world full a superstar athletes who love to talk about how many highlights they have, one Griffon athlete simply lets her 1,000 highlights do all the talking for her.
Alyssa Berg, a senior at Western, recently became  the 13th Griffon in 32 years of Missouri Western volleyball to record 1,000 career kills.
She has become [...]

Missouri Western athletic teams have been up and down throughout the years, it looks as if football success might be here to stay
As much pride as I have in the athletic programs at this wonderful university, I have recently caught myself wondering if the “M” in MWSU may actually stand for “M”ediocre, or “M”iddle-of the [...]

There was the smell of grilling charcoal lingering in the air, opposing fans walked quickly to avoid the constant hazing, and inside the packed stadium was a spine-chilling buzz. 
Once, every other year, the campus of Missouri Western State University comes to life as the Bearcats of Northwest Missouri travel down to compete in a heated [...]