The Griffon News

St. Joseph’s semi-professional football team, the St. Joseph Ravens, played in their home opener against the Junction City Tigers. The Ravens lost 21 to 42.
The Tigers took off in the first quarter scoring two touchdowns and the Ravens fought back hard but they couldn’t stop the magic that was happening for the Tigers.
The Ravens had [...]

The long road has came to an end for the athletic director search committee.  President Scanlon announced David Williams as Western’s new AD on March 7.  Scanlon offered  Western’s sixth AD position in history to Williams on Thursday morning and he accepted the position later that day. 
Williams will start May 1 at the latest and [...]

The Missouri Western Women’s golf team was struggling to find someone to fill their roster up to four players. Head Coach Cathy Habermehl was desperate for anyone who could strike a ball or stroke a putt.
That desperation led her to select a Music Education major with no competitive golfing experience in high school or college.
People [...]

Still relatively new to the scene, the Missouri Western Griffons soccer team will enter into its fourth year of existence this fall. The Griffons reached a new plateau in 2007 by winning four games; that set a new single season record. Adding depth to their roster, the soccer team welcomes the addition of five new [...]

Many citizens of Saint Joseph woke up Thursday to read the shocking news that as most people slept comfortably snug in their beds, there had been a shooting on the campus grounds. Before knowing much more, instinct was to think that it had finally happened. Fear whispered that the outbreak of students violently lashing out [...]

Snapping a seven game losing streak and entering into a three-way tie for the last two MIAA post-season tournament spots, the Griffons out hustled the Truman State Bulldogs, 93-78, at the MWSU Fieldhouse.
The Griffons, (10-13 overall and 5-10 in the MIAA) fired on all cylinders as they dominated most of the game leading by as [...]

The struggles continued for the Missouri Western 9-16 (4-13) men’s basketball team as they lost 73-68 to the Truman State Bulldogs 5-19 (4-11). The Griffons lost for the ninth time in the last ten games.
The Griffons jumped out to an early 23-9 lead. The Griffons had a balanced attack early on as many players contributed. [...]