High School Sports

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 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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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. ...

Nevada Tigers tennis upsets Harrisonville (05/07/13)
HARRISONVILLE, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers tennis team upset Harrisonville, 5-4, Monday, in the team portion of the Class 1, District 12 tournament. The Tigers entered the tournament with a record of 3-8. earning them the fifth seed out of five teams. That made head coach Clay Wheeler's squad an underdog in every match, right from the start, but that fact didn't seem to matter in the tournament opener as Colton Short,. ...

Sectional golf postponed (05/03/13)
WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- Three members of the Nevada High School boys' golf team were scheduled to head to Hidden Pines Country Club for the Class 3, Sectional 4 tournament on Monday, but due to wet conditions in the Warrensburg area, tournament officials have pushed the tournament back one day...

Nevada Tigers baseball earns top district seed (05/03/13)
Everything didn't quite go as expected when votes were tallied for the Class 4, District 12 baseball tournament seeds, but Nevada Tigers head baseball coach Danny Penn came out of the proceedings with a smile on his face. Contrary to what Penn entered this year's deliberations believing would happen, his squad earned the top seed for this year's tournament, which is scheduled to begin on May 11. ...

Forsyth varsity baseball tournament postponed (05/03/13)
The Nevada Tigers varsity baseball team was scheduled to get back in action Saturday, taking on Hollister in the Forsyth baseball tournament, but Mother Nature has, yet again, thrown a wrench in the works. Tournament officials announced Friday that the tournament has been postponed and will now begin on Monday. Head coach Danny Penn's Tigers will still open the tournament against Hollister, but that game will now be played at 4:30 p.m., Monday, at Hollister High School...

Nevada baseball defeats Sherwood at home (05/02/13)
By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor The Nevada High School baseball team made its final appearance of the season at Lyons Stadium Wednesday night, hoping to continue its winning ways. The Tigers came into the night having won their last four games, dating back to April 22, when they defeated the Carl Junction Bulldogs at home. The last time the Tigers lost was April 20, at Clinton...

Nevada High School officials prepare for conference entry (05/02/13)
KANSAS CITY -- Nevada High School athletic director Kevin McKinley met with officials from the other six members of the West Central Conference in preparation for Nevada's entry into the conference in the 2014-15 school year. McKinley and the athletic directors from Center, O'Hara, Clinton, Warrensburg, Smith-Cotton and St. ...

District tennis seeds announced (05/02/13)
Warrensburg has been seeded first for the Class 3, District tennis tournament, which is set to be played next week. Clinton is the second seed with Knob Noster third, Harrisonville fourth and Nevada fifth. The tournament opens Monday afternoon with a 4:30 p.m. dual between Nevada and Harrisonville, at Harrisonville...

Hold breaks NHS pole vault record at Girard (04/30/13)
By Eric Wade and Floyd Jernigan Nevada Daily Mail Morgan Hold broke the school record with a vault of 14 feet, 3 inches, as Nevada High School took seventh in the team results and the girls fifth in the 2013 Girard Optimist Track Meet Monday, in an effort that ultimately became the culmination of years of work...

Nevada golfers fare well at district tournament (04/30/13)
BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. -- Three Nevada High School golfers qualified for the next round of the postseason, advancing to the Sectional tournament Monday, at Hidden Pines Country Club, in Warrensburg. Freshman Levi Palmer (84), junior Keegan Bell (84) and sophomore Andrew Quitno (85) will advance to the Sectional, with tee times starting at 9:30 a.m...

McKinley resigns as Nevada High School AD (04/30/13)
By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor Nevada High School athletic director Kevin McKinley announced Tuesday morning 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...

Nevada baseball defeats Bolivar on Senior Night (04/30/13)
Nevada's baseball team built an 8-0 lead over Bolivar Monday afternoon and then held off a late surge by the visitors to take an 11-8 victory on Senior Night. "We started out hot, the bats were rolling," noted Tigers head coach Danny Penn. "But we lost focus in the middle innings. ...

Nevada All-Comers track and field meet postponed (04/26/13)
The annual All-Comers Track and Field Meet, sponsored by the Nevada High School track and field team, is an all-ages meet designed to give any and all who would like to participate the chance to do so and hopefully spark an interest in track in younger children...

Home