High School Sports

Nevada swimmers host end of season banquet (03/08/14)
The Nevada Lady Tigers swim team celebrated the just-completed season with an awards banquet Wednesday night. Senior Grace Reichard was recognized as the Lady Tigers' Most Valuable Swimmer, while the Lady Tigers choice award -- an award that's given based on a vote of the swimmers -- was presented to senior Maddi Gordon. Abby Landoll received the Guts Award and Aly Lunkenheimer was honored as the Lady Tigers' Newcomer of the Year...

District basketball tournament schedule amended (03/04/14)
CARL JUNCTION -- Due to the winter storm that moved through the region over the weekend, Carl Junction High School officials were forced to make some changes to the schedules for the Class 4, District 12 boys' and girls basketball tournaments, which were to start Monday, at Carl Junction High School...

El Dorado Christian boys third in conference tourney (03/04/14)
BELTON, Mo. -- Head coach Travis Cole and his El Dorado Christian varsity boys' basketball team brought home the third-place trophy from the MOKAN Conference boys' basketball tournament, Feb. 6-8. The Buffalos began the tournament Thursday, by dominating Christian Learning Center in a 70-27 victory. Player of the Game Elijah Buttorff led the offensive effort for the Buffalos with his season-high 27 points and also finished the night with eight rebounds and five steals...

El Dorado Christian girls earn awards (03/04/14)

Feezell signs with Central Methodist University (03/01/14)

Sheldon boys drop district championship (03/01/14)
WILLARD, Mo. -- The Sheldon Panthers basketball team entered Friday night's championship game in the Class 1, District 5 Tournament as the only Class 1 team in Vernon County still alive in postseason play. The Panthers entered Friday's contest against the fifth-seeded Fair Play Hornets in the role of favorite, by seeding. Head coach Tyler Judd said before the tournament started, however, that all of the top six seeds in this year's tournament had the potential to beat anyone...

Nevada girls fall at Clinton (03/01/14)
CLINTON, Mo. -- The Clinton Lady Cardinals survived a late rush by the Nevada Lady Tigers to conclude the regular season with a 61-55 victory Thursday night, at Clinton High School. The Lady Cardinals led, 14-9, after the contest's first 8 minutes and extended that advantage to 30-23, at the half. The Lady Cardinals went on to record a 12-9 edge in third to take a 43-32 lead into the contest's final 8 minutes, before Nevada scored 23 points in the final frame...

Tigers defeat Webb City (03/01/14)
WEBB CITY -- The Nevada Tigers basketball team concluded its regular-season schedule Thursday night, with a victory at Webb City, 35-29, spoiling the Cardinals' Senior Night festivities, at Webb City High School. Both teams struggled with cold shooting and turnovers, but Tigers head coach John McNeley said it may not have been pretty, but it was still a win. Nevada led, 12-8, at halftime, only to see the Cardinals take a one-point advantage into the fourth quarter, up 20-19...

Bronaugh Wildcats fall in district tournament play (03/01/14)
By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor HUME-- For the second consecutive year, the Bronaugh Wildcats boys' basketball team found itself headed to the Class 1, District 7 Tournament semifinals, pitted against the Bulldogs of Appleton City High School Thursday night...

Sheldon boys advance to district championship (02/27/14)
WILLARD, Mo. -- Sheldon advanced to the boys' Class 1, District 5 tournament championship at Willard High School, squeezing by Dadeville in the semifinals Wednesday night, with a 47-43 victory. The Panthers are due to meet Fair Play, a 74-61 surprise winner over Walnut Grove, for the title and the right to advance to the next round in the state playoffs. ...

Bronaugh girls fall in district play, 37-32 (02/27/14)
By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor HUME -- The Bronaugh Lady Wildcats basketball team entered the semifinals of the Class 1, District 7 girls' basketball tournament knowing Wednesday night's contest would present a tough challenge, as head coach Sean Crane's squad found itself pitted against the second-seeded Lady Blue Jays of Montrose High School...

Reichard takes seventh at state (02/27/14)
ST. PETERS, Mo. -- The Nevada Lady Tigers swim team and senior Grace Reichard entered the 2014 Missouri State High School Activities Association Girls' Swimming and Diving Championships with high hopes. Though Reichard had made the state qualification cut in six events, she chose to simply focus on three of those events -- the 100-yard freestyle, 100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard freestyle relay. ...

Bronaugh girls advance to district semifinals (02/27/14)
By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor HUME -- As any high school basketball team would, the Bronaugh Lady Wildcats entered the Class 1 District 7 Tournament, at Hume High School, with high hopes. As the Lady Wildcats found themselves pitted against the host Lady Hornets, head coach Sean Crane's squad took one step toward realizing those hopes, taking a 61-34 victory Tuesday...

Tigers third in strength/speed competition (02/27/14)
GIRARD, Kan. -- Current and former Nevada High School athletes took part in the 21st annual Girard (Kan.) Trojan Strength/Speed Meet, taking third place out of the 15 teams that were in attendance. In the 124 pounds and under division, Brandon Kammerling finished third in the 20-yard dash and second in the vertical jump events, while Colton McDowell won the power clean in the 125- to 141-pound division. ...

Class 1, District 7 Tournament begins at Hume (02/27/14)
HUME -- There were no upsets Monday night in the Class 1, District 7 basketball tournament at Hume High School. Drexel's boys defeated Hume, 68-38, the Montrose Blue Jays defeated Ballard, 52-41, the Drexel Lady Bobcats rolled to a 66-7 win over Ballard's Lady Bulldogs and the Montrose Lady Jays downed Miami-Amoret, 45-21. ...

Nevada girls' basketball falls to Kickapoo (02/27/14)
SPRINGFIELD -- The Nevada Lady Tigers varsity basketball team's offense never really got going and the Springfield Kickapoo Lady Chiefs took advantage, defeating head coach Brent Bartlett's squad by a final score of 48-30 Monday night, at Kickapoo High School, as the Lady Tigers started the final week of the 2013-14 regular-season schedule...

Nevada boys lose final home game 63-58 (02/27/14)
By Greg Kepler Special to the Daily Mail In their final home game of the season, the 6 and 16 Nevada Tigers looked to win in front of the home crowd on Tuesday night. A large crowd watched as the seniors took on a tall team from Sedalia Smith-Cotton...

Bronaugh boys, girls sweep Hume on the road (02/25/14)
HUME -- Martell Moore's buzzer-beater lifted the Bronaugh Lady Wildcats to a 53-51 victory at Hume Friday night, sparking the visitors to a sweep of the Golden Valley/Vernon County Conference doubleheader on Parent/Senior Night at Hume High School. The Wildcats completed the sweep with a 58-33 win in the second game...

Sheldon basketball splits district openers (02/25/14)
WILLARD, Mo. --Three Sheldon Panthers teamed up to score 60 points Saturday in a 78-50 victory over Halfway in the first round of the Class 1, District 5 basketball tournament at Willard High School. Reed Worsley led the offensive effort for the Panthers with 26 points, Micah Swanson and Zack Enochs contributed 17 apiece. Corey Baney added eight, while Trenton Heckadon had six and Tristan Hart rounded out the scoring for the Panthers with five...

Nevada boys' basketball falls to Lebanon, 65-47 (02/25/14)
BOLIVAR, Mo. -- Three weeks after the original date, Lebanon's Yellowjackets defeated the Nevada Tigers, 65-47, Saturday, in the delayed third-place game of the Clinton Boys' Basketball Tournament, at Southwest Baptist University. Lebanon's balanced offense included 12 points apiece from Jack Ehrhardt and Caius Gillen, while Nevada's top scorers were Brandon Barker with 13, Easton Mitchell with 12 and Matthew Sommer with 11. ...

Dayton Miller takes second at state (02/25/14)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- The 2014 Missouri State High School Activities Association Class 2 State Wrestling Championships began Thursday morning, with 224 hopefuls taking to the mats at Mizzou Arena, in search of a state championship. Among those hopefuls were three Nevada Tigers grapplers -- Dayton Miller, Daxtyn Hiestand and Scott Swink...

Feezell to sign with Central Methodist (02/22/14)
Nevada High School athletic director and head boys' basketball coach John McNeley announced Thursday that yet another name was added to the list of players who are planning to continue their athletic endeavors at the college level. Throughout her high school career, Nikiya Feezell has been a standout in multiple sports, most recently joining the Lady Tigers tennis team and enjoying immediate success, as well as playing a major role in the successes of the Lady Tigers basketball team. ...

Keegan Bell signs with Benedictine College (02/22/14)
By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor Keegan Bell has spent the majority of his high school career playing multiple sports for the Tigers, making a name for himself most recently as the point guard for head coach John McNeley's Tigers basketball team, playing an integral role in the Tigers' success on the court...

Nevada boys win Courtwarming game (02/22/14)
By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor As the Nevada Tigers basketball team made its return to Wynn Gymnasium Friday night, everyone knew it was going to be a special night as the Tigers were hosting the El Dorado Springs Bulldogs for Courtwarming Night. On top of the coronation of 2014 Courtwarming Queen Nikiya Feezell, the Tigers also played host to the induction of former Nevada High School multi-sport star Bill Jones into the school's Wall of Fame...

Bell to sign with Benedictine (02/21/14)
Nevada High School athletic director and head boys' basketball coach John McNeley announced last week that the list of Nevada High School seniors to sign with college athletics programs is scheduled to grow by one name Friday. Throughout his career at Nevada, Keegan Bell has been a multi-sport star, most recently asserting himself as a leader, both on and off the court, for the Tigers basketball team. ...

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