Stories from Tuesday, December 17, 2013

CARL JUNCTION, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers freshman basketball team got back into action Tuesday, putting on their strongest performance of the season in a victory over the host Bulldogs of Carl Junction High School. "The boys played as hard and gave as much or more effort on the defensive end as I have seen all year," Tigers coach Shaun Gray said after the contest. "We ran the floor well at both ends, which allowed us easy basket opportunities."...

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers wrestling team got back into action Thursday, hoping to build upon the personal successes head coach Devin White saw from his squad in its home opener on Tuesday, taking on the second strong program in as many duals this week...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor SHELDON -- Northeast Vernon County High School senior Camille Buttorff is a player who has long been feared around the Golden Valley Vernon County Conference and one who Sheldon Lady Panthers head coach Jason Irwin called "the best player in the conference." Buttorff entered Friday night's contest at Sheldon High School with a chance to back up that praise and become the first Lady Knights player in roughly a decade to join the 1,000-point club...

The Bronaugh Wildcats basketball team got back into action at home Thursday night, taking on what has always been a high-powered Jasper Eagles offense. Though the Wildcats were able to stay in the game early, that high-powered offense ultimately proved to be simply too much to handle as Jasper took the victory by a final score of 62-49. ...

The recent snow and cold brought back memories of watching the snow fall and then, picking up my .22 rifle and heading out to hunt rabbits. Back then, rabbits were easy to find, especially after a snow. The number of rabbits and rabbit hunters in Missouri has been on the decline for the past several years, but there are still pockets where the number of cottontail rabbits is good enough to hunt. ...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor The Nevada Lady Tigers basketball team got its first chance of the season to play in Wynn Gymnasium Monday night, taking on the stiffest competition of the season, thus far, in the Republic Lady Tigers. "They're a very good team," Lady Tigers head coach Brent Bartlett said of the opposition after the contest. "They pass the ball well, shoot the ball well, put a lot of pressure on us."...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor SHELDON -- Though it was an uncharacteristically cold night from both the field and the free-throw line, the Sheldon Panthers had little trouble dispatching the Knights of Northeast Vernon County High School in the first action in more than a week for head coach Tyler Judd's squad...

PARSONS, Kan. -- The Lady Cardinals of Labette County Community College scored 69 points in the first half on their way to an 85-76 victory over the Cottey College Comets Friday night. The Lady Cardinals hit 12 of their 24 attempts from behind the 3-point line as they improved to 8-6 on the season. Brittany Odom and Holly Ullery teamed up for seven treys and 36 points -- Odom with 19 and Ullery with 17...

Clarence Cecil Leer Jr., 73, Milo, Mo., passed away on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, at his home in Milo, following a lengthy illness. He was born on Nov. 11, 1940, in Milo, to Clarence Cecil Leer Sr. and Pansy Calvene Clark Leer Veltri. He married Mary Lou McBride on March 3, 1962, in Miami, Okla., and she survives of Milo...

Kevin Keith Kenney, 41, of El Dorado Springs, Mo., died on Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, at Mercy Hospital, after an extended illness. Kevin was born in Webb City, Mo., on Jan. 10, 1972. He was the son of Everett and Jacklyn (Edwards) Kenney. He enjoyed his time working as an over the road truck driver, but held a variety of jobs through the years of his adult life. When Kevin was in good health he spent his time with friends, watching NASCAR and going to flea markets...

Leonard Lavern Baker, 85, of Moundville, Mo., passed away Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He was born Aug. 9, 1928, in Barton County, to Claude T. Baker and Thelma O. (Corlee) Baker. He married Patty Jean Wolfe on Sept. 3, 1948, in Colorado, and she survives of the home...

Nevada Parks and Recreation and the University of Missouri Extension are offering a free cooking class for teens after school. Beginning Jan. 15 at 3:45 p.m. a group of teens will assemble in the kitchen at the Franklin P. Norman Community Center for a hands-on, healthy cooking class. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The world has changed since Nevada's Public Safety building was built in the 1950s, and the city's fire department and police department have changed as well. "The fire station was built to house two 1930s fire engines," Nevada City Manager JD Kehrman said last week...

The members of the Nevada Police Department conducted the 3rd Annual "Shop with a Cop" Program Saturday, Dec. 14. "With overwhelming support from our community, we were able to positively impact 10 local children and their families this holiday season," said Chief Graham Burnley...

Nevada Daily Mail The Northeast Vernon County guest speaker program aims to put faces to careers for fourth graders through high school seniors. Started this year, two guest speakers, Joe Coy and Lisa Christie, have given insight into their respective careers at the high school and several more are scheduled for next year...

The Employee Relations Committee of Southwest Community Services announces the release of a glass Christmas ornament depicting the old Nevada State Hospital Center building with the original Kirkbride façade. Committee chair Linda Chesnut said the ornament resulted due to the popularity of the history book released in October...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor BRONAUGH -- The Bronaugh Lady Wildcats basketball team has started the season with a bit of inconsistency, unable to really get a streak going, in either direction. In the first five games of the year, the Lady Wildcats alternated wins and losses, ultimately resulting in a 3-2 record. ...