Stories from Monday, November 18, 2019

A pair of Nevada High School relay teams dazzled at the Missouri Class 1 state championship meet on Thursday and Friday in St. Peters. Nevada High’s 200-yard Freestyle relay team notched a school record performance, blazing to a fifth-place overall finish. The NHS 200 medley relay team, meanwhile, placed ninth, collecting a first-place finish in the consolation finals...

Ben Hines is approaching legendary status in the prep swimming ranks. Hines, a Nevada High School junior and reigning Missouri Class 1 gold medalist in the 50 and 100-yard freestyles, struck double-gold for a second consecutive year in those events. He achieved the feat at Friday's Class 1 state swim meet, held at the Rec-Plex in St. Peters, located just outside of St. Louis...