College Sports

Cottey inks sixth basketball recruit (05/01/08)
Cottey basketball added its sixth recruit for the 2008-09 season with the signing of Amanda Sanders, a 6-foot point guard from Bentonville High School in Bentonville, Ark. Sanders averaged 11.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game, with a career high of 26 against Cabot in the first round of the Arkansas state playoffs. She received three post-season awards in her senior year and was the Northwest Arkansas Fellowship of Christian Athletes Female Athlete of the Year...

Cottey basketball announces five commitments from Springfield (04/17/08)
Cottey College basketball announced the signing of five players for the 2008-'09 season Monday, all from Springfield, Mo. The new Comets are Kindal Huctt and Diamond Hurst from Hillcrest High School, Alex Noble from Kickapoo, Amanda Sheets from Central and Rachel Duckworth from Glendale...

Nevada native fairs well as North Carolina pitcher in game against Temple (04/09/08)
Nevada Daily Mail Former Nevada Tiger pitcher Luke Stahl earned his second victory of the spring, April 4, for the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. Stahl allowed three runs on six hits in the 9-5 victory over Temple University in Philadelphia...

Nevada Griffons announce tentative summer roster (04/09/08)
2008 Nevada Griffon's roster Player Pos. Year College B/T Height Weight Michael Ratigan P soph Wash. St. R/R 6'3" 200 Sam Pirtle P soph Drury R/R 6'1" 175 Sean Amerson P soph BYU R/R 6'3" 200 Justin Aragon P Fresh K-State R/R 6'0" 190 Nick Phillips P soph C. Mo. St. R/R 5'11" 180 Alex Kent P soph C. Mo. St. R/R 6'1" 175 Patrick Lemmond P junior Ouchita R/R 6'5" 210 Tyler Lansangan P fresh Coffeyville R/R 5'8" 160 Jeff Quihuis-Bell P soph Chandler G. R/R 6'2" 200 Harrison Waters P soph Drury L/L 6'1" 195 Mike Robinson P soph S. Dakota St L/L 6'0" 190 Thomas Rooke P fresh K-State L/L 6'0" 185 Danny Potje P soph C. Mo. St. L/L 6'4" 175 Brett Carroll P soph Oral Roberts L/L 6'1" 215 Tim Freshour P junior Shippensburg L/L 5'10" 180 Matt LaGree C soph Hutchinson CCR/R 6'0" 195 Mark Wyatt C junior Sam Houston R/R 6'0" 200 Robbie Robinson C RS fresh Fullerton JC R/R 6'0" 195 Ryan Peterson 1B/DH fresh Wash. St L/L 6'3" 215 J.C. Leach 1B/3B/LF junior BYU R/R 6'1" 235 Logan Meisler 2B soph Bowling GreenR/R 5'10" 170 Andrew Thigpen 2B/SS fresh Missouri R/R 5'11" 185 Tommy Fitzgerald SS junior Bradley S/R 6'1" 170 Ryan Shay 2B/SS/3B junior Bowling GreenR/R 6'1" 175 Jesse Ayaa 3B/2B junior S. Dakota St. R/R 6'2" 200 Trevor Geist 3B/1B soph Fort Scott CC R/R 6'4" 220 Dan Ward RF/3B/1B soph Hendrix R/R 6'1" 195 Johnny Roberts RF/1B junior Oral Roberts L/L 6'1" 230 Brian Bello CF RS fresh Chandler G. R/R 6'1" 200 Casey Robrahn CF junior Grand Valley R/R 6'1" 175 Rex Meyr LF/CF/2B fresh Missouri R/R 5'11" 180 Tyler Reddick LF/CF/RF junior Shippensburg L/L 5'11" 175 John Wagle 2B/LF junior Augustana L/R 5'9" 170

Fort Scott Community College recruits new softball player (03/29/08)
Uniontown senior Diana Ayers signed a letter of intent Friday morning to play softball next season at Fort Scott Community College. Front row from left: Terry Ayers, Diana Ayers and Sherry Ayers. Back row; UHS Head Coach Alan Shinn and Julia Ayers.

Nevada graduate looks to have good year at new Division I baseball home (03/29/08)
Herald-Tribune The path to success isn't always straight; such was the case for Nevada High School graduate Luke Stahl's journey to Division 1 NCAA baseball. Stahl was an all-conference pitcher and first baseman as a senior at Nevada High School. Despite his impressive numbers, he didn't receive any attention from area colleges or universities. ...

Dangerous from the line (03/29/08)
While most of the country is focused on the NCAA men's and women's division I tournaments, Nevada holds a nationally recognized collegiate basketball player of its own.

Greyhounds begin conference play with sweep of Highland (03/08/08)
FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fort Scott Community College's baseball team started off conference play on the right foot with a sweep of Highland in a Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference-Eastern Division doubleheader at Lions Field Thursday. These games were originally set to be held at Highland but bad field conditions there prevented that. The teams then agreed to swap their home dates, with the April 10 doubleheader originally set for Fort Scott switched over to Highland's home field...

Cottey has big win Friday, closes season with loss Saturday (03/04/08)

Crowder announces Homecoming Royalty (02/27/08)
Nevada's Campus of Crowder College took part in homecoming activities this month, joining four other campuses. Students of Crowder nominated candidates for homecoming royalty and elections were held for the campus, which resulted in the naming of Homecoming King, John Charlton, Liberal and Queen, Lorina Lukenbill, Nevada. ...

Cottey takes out St. Louis in first round regional playoffs (02/26/08)
The Cottey College Comets beat the St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley Norsewomen 69-49 Saturday to win the first round of the Region XVI playoffs. The win gave Cottey a 16-7 record for the season and earned them the right to play Region XVI's number two ranked St. ...

Crowder schedule for final games of several athetic seasons (02/23/08)
Crowder College Lady Riders Basketball is back in full swing. Listed are the upcoming home games at Bob Sneller Gymnasium. Home games remaining are: For a complete schedule go to: http://www.crowder.edu/athletics/basketball/game_schedule.shtml The Roughrider Baseball team also has upcoming games. They have games at home as follows:...

Cottey signs with local talent (02/21/08)
Wednesday afternoon Nevada High School senior Lindsey Webb signed a letter of intent to play volleyball for the Cottey Comets this fall. Front row from left: Susan Webb, Lindsey Webb and Jack Webb. Back row from left: Jennifer Webb, Marla Kannady Forman, Cottey volleyball coach, Becky Lowrey, NHS assistant volleyball coach and Kevin McKinley, NHS athletic director...

Cottey prepares for first round of NJCAA Division II tournament (02/21/08)
Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey Comets, 15-4 for the season, will be hosting the winless St. Louis Community College-Florissant Magic this Saturday at 2 p.m. in Hinkhouse Gymnasium for the first round game of the NJCAA Division II, Region XVI tournament...

Comets fall Tuesday (02/14/08)
The Penn Valley Community College Lady Scouts soundly defeated the Cottey Comets 96-75 Tuesday night to sweep their two game series, dropping Cottey's record to 14-7 for the season Cottey lost at home to the Lady Scouts 59-64 in December. Four Cottey players scored in double figures, with Jessica Roberts leading the team with 21 points, including four treys, closely followed by Brittany Smith with 19 points and hitting 7-9 free throws, Liz Waggoner with 15 points and Melissa Hedges with 12 points. ...

Comets take home hard fought win (02/13/08)
"It was ugly, but it was a win," Cottey Comets head coach Dave Ketterman said after the Comets beat Forest Park Lady Highlanders 71-66 Saturday afternoon in their final regular season home game. The win on Saturday gave Cottey a 14-6 overall record and 5-3 against Region 16 teams while Forest Park is 6-30 overall and 2-7 in Region 16 play...

Jayhawk-Linn posts Thursday sweep (02/09/08)
MOUND CITY, Kan. -- Jayhawk-Linn finished its second regular season of high school wrestling by sweeping Lenexa St. James Academy and Erie here Thursday. The Jayhawks (5-7) defeated St. James 29-22 and Erie 39-12. In the St. James dual, Tyson Baker (18-14) scored a technical fall at 145 pounds. It was the only Jayhawk victory on the mat as the others, by David Troth (15-23) at 135, Briar Snyder (16-14) at 160, Alan Johnson (15-3) at 215 and Caleb Jackson (6-5) at 285, were via forfeit...

Comets lose nail-biter to Meramec Magic 67-75 (02/05/08)
The Cottey Comets lost to Region XVI opponent St. Louis Community College-Meramec Magic 67-75 in a game marked by four ties and three lead changes. The loss drops the Comets season record to 13-6 and 4-3 against Region XVI teams. Comets head coach Dave Ketterman said that they missed a lot of shots at the rim, that just did not go in...

Comets roll in easy win over Flo Valley (01/29/08)
The suspense was over early for the Cottey College Comets in Saturday's game against St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley as Cottey stormed to a 34-point halftime lead and an easy 79-45 victory. The Comets scored early and often in the first half, tallying the first ten points before Flo Valley could even get on the scoreboard. ...