Austin Forkner from Richards, Mo., had a bumpy ride in his Motocross career in the past year. Forkner has had several injuries and surgeries since last December, trying to get him back on track. “This year has been kind of a rough year,” stated Forkner. ...

Nevada High School is looking forward to the new band season come August, as they will show off their new show this fall at band competitions across the state. Michael Fox, the band director for Crimson Sounds, shares some of the new things that will happen this year. ...

With the 2022-2023 fall sports around the corner, the Bronaugh R-VII school district decided it was time for the gym floor to have the a new coat of floor finish before the wear and tear of fall sports comes through. The company redoing the floor finish for the Wildcats is Henry Kraft,that averages about three to six gyms a year...

After a successful football season last year, the Nevada Tigers are ready to kick off a summer camp for high schoolers as well as the youth. With a 9-3 season last year, Head Coach for the Tigers Football program Wes Beachler is as excited as ever to get the new season underway...

When you lose four straight baseball games to teams you have beaten in the past, a burning passion starts to get fueled up to win again. That was the case for the Nevada Griffons, who had a tough Fourth of July weekend last week, who lost to the Joplin Outlaws and the Jefferson City Renegades by a large margin. ...

The now 10-18 Nevada Griffons went 1-2 this past Saturday, Sunday, and Monday after facing the Chillicothe Mudcats on July, 3rd, and the Joplin Outlaws July, 4th and 5th. While playing against Chillicothe Saturday evening at the Mudcats home stadium, Nevada won that with a final score of 6-4. ...

In their fifth match up of the year, the Nevada Griffons beat the Joplin Outlaws for the fourth time in the 2022 MINK League season, with the final score being 10-9. “The bats certainly came through tonight when we needed them,” said Head Coach for the Nevada Griffons Mike Albin. “Pitching tonight was also stellar in this ball game. This is a great momentum for us, especially in the long haul.”...

After nearly three hours worth of rain/lightning delays in Lebanon, Tenn., at the Nashville Superspeedway, Chase Elliott in his #9 Chevy Camaro for Hendrick Motorsports in the NASCAR Cup Series interrupted Joe Gibbs Racing’s dominant race at the Music City, and won himself the famous Gibson Guitar trophy. ...

While the Griffons are known to bring college players all around the world to play baseball at Lyons stadium, it is sure neat to see local people come back to their hometown and play some ball. That can be said by two former teammates from the Nevada Tiger baseball program, and now teammates for the Nevada Griffons, Grant Miller and Elijah Nadurata...

By Kaleb Vestal kvestal@nevadadailymail.com The Nevada Tiger baseball honored their players for the 2022 spring season with an awards ceremony Wednesday evening. Case Sanderson won Most Valuable Player, Cade Beshore won Offensive Player of the Year, and Eli Cheaney won Defensive Player of the Year. ...

Even though the Nevada Griffons season hasn’t been going as planned, they still care enough about the community to host a baseball camp for the younger baseball stars of the future in Nevada. “The biggest thing is getting the kids to do these camps and to make sure they are having fun,” said Head Coach for the Nevada Griffons Mike Albin. “It also gives the college kids who play for us to give back to the community and the game.”...

After a tough loss Wednesday night to the Des Moines Peak Prospects with the final score being 8-5, Nevada wanted nothing more than to send the Iowa team with their tails tucked between their legs leaving Missouri. Unfortunately for the Griffons, that wasn’t going to be the case. With #1 Collin Lacey on the rubber for Des Moines and #33 Steffan Fak on top of the mound for the Griffons, here is what happened Thursday night on a hot and humid day at the ballpark...

The 3-6 Nevada Griffons had hoped for a better start to the 2022 MINK League season, but they had the opportunity to score a win to a team they beat at home just one week ago. They were especially ready to get a win after four straight losses in five days against the St Josesph Mustangs, the Clarinda A’s, and the Sedalia Bombers. ...

Last week, the Cottey Comets basketball team hosted a summer basketball camp for future basketball players in the Nevada area. Dr. Maryann Mitts, who is the Comets Head Coach along with being the Athletic Director for Cottey College, was running the show and teaching some young stars on what to do...

Fred Lundien, who has been the Bronaugh R-7 Physical Education coach since the fall of 2019, as well as a coach for several sports for the Bronaugh Wildcats, announced earlier this year that he will be leaving the Vernon County area to take on a role as a coach for the Humansville Tigers. Even though it has been a short timespan with Coach Lundien, he has brought a lot of great things to the Bronaugh area in his time sporting the green and white colors. Here is the story of Coach Lundien...

Editor's Note: The Nevada Daily Mail reached out to NHS Track & Field Coach Ryan Watts with questions and below are his answers. How did you get your start in coaching? And why track and field? What is your story? I started coaching in 2007 as an assistant to my dad who was the head Cross Country and Track Coach at the time. ...

Out of all of the sports that the Nevada Tigers compete in, none have the mental and physical challenge as baseball does. A sport that the Tigers have been very successful in the past, it is only fitting to have the program run by one of the best players to play baseball for Nevada. Yesterday, Nevada Daily Mail had a chance to have an interview with the one and only, Danny Penn...

If you by chance missed the three crown jewel races that happened all day this past Sunday, you missed one of the greatest weekends in all forms of motorsports. From 8 a.m. Sunday morning to 11:30 p.m. Sunday night, Formula One, IndyCar, and NASCAR, all showed millions watching on TV what great racing these series' can produce. ...

The Nevada Griffons has only a handful more days until heir opening day on June 1st next Wednesday evening starting at 7 p.m. when they play against the Sedalia Bombers from Sedalia, Mo. But with a new season, comes a new coach with new plans. Here is the new Head Coach for the Nevada Griffons, Mike Albin, with his backstory and plans for the future...

After a bitter loss in the MSHSAA Class 4 District 12 Championship game last Thursday evening in Harrisonville, Mo., Nevada’s season came to an end with the final record being 17-7 on the year, and losing five starting seniors in the process. But they will have the majority of their team back for the spring season of 2023, and one of those that will try to get Nevada in the title hunt is No. 28 Case Sanderson...

The Nevada High School track and field team had a great showing at the MSHSAA Class 4 Sectional 4 track meet held at Warrensburg High School in Warrensburg, Mo., this past Saturday. In the Boys 200 Meter Dash, junior Avious Steadman, landed in eighth place with a time of 23.59 seconds. ...

Evan Rea represented the Nevada Tigers boys tennis team one final time before graduating with the Class of 2022 the very next day. On Friday, Rea went out for day one of the State Tournament held in Springfield, Mo., but unfortunately lost his first match to Thomas Griese from St. Louis 0-6 in the first round, and 0-6 in the second...

Senior Owen Swearingen for the Nevada Tigers, who was competing in the MSHSAA State Class 3 Golf Championship Tournament at the Sedalia Country Club in Sedalia, Mo., finished in a tie for third place Wednesday afternoon. Swearingen finished only one stroke away from capturing the first place spot. ...

The Nevada High School honored Brice Budd and Emree Cameron with the Kelly Bradham newcomer of the year award Wednesday afternoon. This award is given out to a girl and a boy student athlete who has done an outstanding job in their respective sport for their first time on the varsity level. Budd has been playing baseball this year and has been playing on the variety level, as well as Cameron who has been a star in the girls golf program...

A game that the Tigers were not supposed to win on paper, they made reality on Tuesday night in Harrisonville, Mo. The 16-6 Nevada Tigers beat the 21-1 Pleasant Hill Roosters that left the Roosters scoreless with a score of 5-0. “This was the type of performance that we've been waiting for all season that we know that our guys have been capable of,” said Head Coach for the Nevada Tiger Baseball team Danny Penn talking to Mike Harbit of KNEM KNMO communication. ...