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Nevada High School track team hosts All Comers Meet (05/21/13)
Nevada football to hold summer activities, camps (05/21/13)
The Nevada Tigers football camps are June 24-27, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., and July 22-25, from 8 to 10:30 a.m. A youth camp for players entering grades 3-8 is July 29-31, from 6 to 7:15 p.m. All activities are at Logan Field. High school camp cost is $60. Each camper will receive a T-shirt, sweatshirt, shorts, and game socks...
All-District baseball team announced (05/21/13)
Missouri Class 1, District 7 baseball tournament chairman and Sheldon High School principal Jason Irwin has announced the 2013 All-District team. This year's team includes two representatives from Hume, Sheldon and Northeast Vernon County high schools. Sheldon juniors Reed Worsley and Zach Enochs joined Bronaugh senior Josh Willis and junior Chance Wait, Northeast Vernon County sophomores Mitchell Longstreth and Taylor Highfill and Hume senior Zack Smith to make up the majority of the squad...
Special Olympics Missouri State Summer Games schedule (05/21/13)
Special Olympics announces Summer Games (05/21/13)
The Special Olympics Missouri State Summer Games will bring more than 2,500 athletes and coaches from across the state to Columbia. This state-level event takes place May 30-June 2, on the campuses of two colleges, as well as at a local high school and a Columbia bowling alley...
Sheldon track athletes compete at state (05/20/13)
Nevada track and field fares well at Sectional (05/20/13)
OZARK -- Nevada Tigers and Lady Tigers track and field athletes won two championships Saturday in the Class 3, Sectional 3 meet at Ozark High School. Senior Morgan Hold won the pole vault with a new school record of 15 feet, 6 inches, shattering the mark he tied just three weeks ago. at Girard, Kan. Hold's previous mark of 14-3 matched the record held by Tyler Werner and Hold's pole vaulting coach, Eric Fast...
Nevada track hosts end of season awards banquet (05/18/13)
Nevada Griffons prepare for new season, to start May 30 (05/18/13)
Nevada Griffons volunteers are preparing for a 2013 regular-season schedule that starts May 30, with a game against the Midwest Nationals. The Griffons -- with head coach Ryan Mansfield back for a sixth season -- are scheduled to start MINK League play at St. Joseph, on June 1, before hosting the Mustangs in a fan appreciation game June 2. After three games at Chillicothe, June 4-6 and a game at Ozark, June 8, the Griffons are to host Omaha in a Church Day doubleheader June 9...
Dam fishing attracts anglers across Missouri (05/18/13)
Carl Roberts is a retired angler from Iowa who now lives near Warsaw. At most any time of the year, he can be found below the dam at Truman Lake, where he catches a lot of crappie, white bass, walleye and several species of rough fish. Roberts said moving to Missouri is the best thing he ever did. "I only wish I had moved years ago," he said...
Nevada A's take second at Iola (05/16/13)
Nevada High School to host golf academy (05/16/13)
Nevada High School head golf coach Brian Leonard announced Thursday his plans to host the eighth annual Nevada High School Golf Academy in June. The academy is for all boys and girls who have completed the first through eighth grades. Academy participants will be provided with instruction on the basic skills needed to introduce them to the game of golf. ...
Nevada track team fares well at districts (05/16/13)
CARL JUNCTION -- Nevada's boys were second overall in the 16-team Class 3, District 6 track meet with 80 points. The girls' team finished sixth with 50 points. The top four finishers advanced to the Sectional meet next week, at Ozark. For the first time, it will be a double Sectional with both Class 3 and Class 4 divisions. Field events will begin at 11 a.m., while running events start at noon...
Fishing heats up on area lakes and ponds (05/10/13)
When the three-week turkey season concluded on April 15, hunters like Jack Martin, Springfield, turned into anglers. "Fishing goes on all year, but the turkey season only last three weeks in the spring. So now, I am ready to do some serious fishing," he said...
Nevada baseball falls in regular-season finale, 6-5 (05/10/13)
WARSAW -- The Nevada Tigers baseball team completed its regular-season schedule Thursday with a 6-5 loss to the Wildcats of Warsaw High School. Alex Payne, Andrew Heathman, Lucas Denman and Brett Norton led the Tigers offense with two hits apiece and Denman, Norton and Easton Mitchell drove in runs for Nevada. Denman pitched the first 5 2/3 innings, allowing six earned runs on 10 hits with one strikeout and two walks...
Warner wins Kelly Bradham Award (05/10/13)
McKinley resigns as Nevada athletic director (05/08/13)
By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor Nevada High School athletic director Kevin McKinley announced last week that he will be resigning his position as athletic director and returning to NHS strictly as a teacher, starting in the 2013-14 school year...
Brooks bags first turkey (05/08/13)
Nevada Tigers baseball falls in tournament play (05/08/13)
FORSYTH -- The Indians of Strafford High School limited the Nevada Tigers to five hits and posted a 4-1 victory Tuesday evening in the semifinals of the 16th annual Forsyth Baseball Tournament. "Offensively, we had trouble making adjustments against their pitcher," Tigers head coach Danny Penn said. We were getting jammed a lot and were slow to adjust. It's a frustrating loss because I know we're capable of playing much better...
Nevada track and field fares well in home meet (05/08/13)
The Nevada Tigers and Lady Tigers track and field athletes hosted athletes from Mount Vernon and McDonald County Tuesday, at the Testman Track, at Nevada High School. Nevada senior Ashley Shumaker won the high jump with a 5-foot, 4-inch effort and the long jump at 15-8 3/8 for the Lady Tigers, while Brooklyn Vincent won the discus with a distance of 105-4. ...
Run Amuck 5K race winners announced (05/08/13)
Brandt signs with North Central Missouri College (05/07/13)
Nevada Tigers baseball wins tourney opener (05/07/13)
HOLLISTER, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers baseball team scored 13 runs on 11 hits Monday and defeated Hollister, 13-3, in six innings the opening game of the 16th annual Forsyth Tournament, at Hollister High School. Taylor Manes led the Tigers offense with three hits in three at-bats, including two doubles, two walks and one stolen base. Grant Wolfe and Brett Norton added two hits apiece...
Run Amuck costume contest winners announced (05/07/13)
Levi Palmer qualifies for state golf tournament (05/07/13)
By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- Though the rains held off for the day, course conditions were still far from ideal for the Class 3, Sectional 4 boy's golf tournament Tuesday, at Hidden Pines Country Club. The tournament was originally scheduled for Monday, but was postponed one day due to wet conditions and though the cours had improved enough by Tuesday to be playable, everyone involved still had their share of issues to battle. ...