High School Sports

Hunter Mason is a prototype All-American kid. The soon-to-be Nevada High School senior is a 4.0 student in the classroom and a multi-sport standout. Mason’s hard work has culminated with a verbal commitment to play football for the Division I Western Illinois Leathernecks of the Missouri Valley Conference. Mason, who was on the WIU campus in Macomb, Illinois over the weekend, met with head coach Charlie Fisher...

After more than a year away, Jenny Allard is returning to her true passion — teaching and coaching. Allard, who taught science and coached girls varsity and junior varsity basketball at Nevada High School from 2004 to 2015, is returning to the classroom and sidelines for the upcoming school year with Northeast Vernon County...

Veteran basketball coach Jenny Allard has been named as the Northeast Vernon County boys and girls head basketball coach, as well as the school’s physical education teacher. Allard confirmed she was hired by NEVC when reached by phone Thursday evening...

Selections for the Golden Valley Vernon County Conference 2017 ALL-GVVC baseball team were recently released, with a half-dozen local players making the squad. Vernon County players making the team, were: Bronaugh senior Kolton Earnest; Northeast Vernon County’s Jackson Coleman and Jaxson Prough; and the Sheldon trio of Kaleb Martin, Jason Leavell and Zavery Lamb...

Nevada High School standout student-athlete, Clay Gayman, was recently named Joplin Globe’s Male Basketball Athlete of the Year. Gayman, a 6-foot-5 junior forward, helped lead the Nevada Tigers to 18 consecutive victories, culminating with an appearance in the Missouri Class 4 District 12 championship game, where Nevada fell to Grandview...

Recently graduated Nevada High School star golfer, Patrick Ferry, received the 2017 Joplin Globe Male Golf Athlete of the Year award. As a key component of the Nevada High juggernaut golf team, Ferry capped his prep career in May with an individual runner-up finish at the Class 3 State Golf Tournament at Sedalia Country Club, while helping to lead the Tigers to a second consecutive third place finish...

The Nevada Tigers youth football camp is on tap for June 27-29. The Tuesday through Thursday camp, held at the practice field located adjacent to Logan Field, runs from 5:30 - 7 p.m. Camp participants will be led by the Nevada High School and middle school coaching staffs, including Nevada head varsity football coach, Wes Beachler...

The Nevada High School golf team, who finished third at the Missouri Class three state golf tournament for a second consecutive season, was honored at the team’s recent postseason awards banquet. Senior John Quitno garnered the “Lowest Stroke Average” award for the 2017 season. Quitno’s 37.7 strokes per nine holes was tops...

A trio of recently graduated Nevada High School standout student-athletes led their team to victory at Saturday’s annual Lions All-Star Twin Classic in Neosho. Representing NHS, were 2017 graduates, and varsity starters: point guard Matthew Sommer, shooting guard Myles McNeley and forward Patrick Ferry...

Nevada Middle School is set to hold its summer football camp June 12-14 at Logan Field. The three sessions will go from 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Camp participants will be led by the NMS coaching staff, as well as Nevada High head coach Wes Beachler and his varsity staff. Those interested in attending the camp must be entering seventh or eighth grade for the upcoming school year. Participants will receive a camp T-shirt and Powerade...

Nevada Middle School is set to hold its summer football camp June 12-14 at Logan Field. The three sessions will go from 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Camp participants will be led by the NMS coaching staff, as well as Nevada High head coach Wes Beachler and his varsity staff. Those interested in attending the camp must be entering seventh or eighth grade for the upcoming school year. Participants will receive a camp T-shirt and Powerade...

During their recent postseason awards banquet, a dozen Nevada Tiger baseball players received varsity letters. The Nevada High School student-athletes receiving their varsity letters, were: Tyler Ketterman, fourth-year letterman; Myles McNeley, third-year letterman; Branden Harder, third-year letterman; Payton Bright, second-year letterman; Braeden Hinton, second-year letterman; Logan Armstrong, second-year letterman; Jarrett Owen, second-year letterman; Robert Hoskins, first-year letterman; Trent Ellis, first-year letterman; Peyton Denney, first-year letterman; Will Johnson, first-year letterman; and Dalton Gayman, first-year letterman.. ...

The Nevada Lady Tigers’ basketball camp for seventh and eighth-graders is slated for Monday, June 5 through June 7 at Wynn Gymnasium located inside Nevada High School. The three-day camp will be conducted by Lady Tigers’ head varsity basketball coach Brent Bartlett, along with his staff and current players...

Representing Nevada High School at the Missouri Class 4 State track-and-field meet Saturday in Jefferson City, student-athletes Calli Beshore and Kayden Ast capped Nevada’s track-and-field season on a high-note. Competing in the 1600-meter run, freshman Beshore finished in 13th-place with a time of 5:32. Ast, a sophomore, placed 14th in the long jump, recording a jump of 20-feet, three and 3/4 inches...

Nevada High School standout student-athlete Jacob Johnson was awarded a $2,000 scholarship from the MFA Foundation. Johnson received the scholarship May 19 at Nevada High’s Senior Night awards ceremony. According to a press release from MFA, the scholarship is “one of approximately 340 presented this year by MFA Incorporated, MFA Oil Company, and their affiliates. The release also states the scholarship was sponsored by Producers MFA Agri Service...

The Nevada Lady Tigers’ basketball camp for seventh and eighth-graders is slated for Monday, June 5 through June 7 at Wynn Gymnasium located inside Nevada High School. The three-day camp will be conducted by Lady Tigers’ head varsity basketball coach Brent Bartlett, along with his staff and current players...

A number of Nevada High School baseball players received accolades for the recently concluded 2017 campaign. Those NHS student-athletes, were: Braeden Hinton, Jr., First-Team All District, All-West Central Conference; Tyler Ketterman, Sr., First-Team All-District, All-West Central Conference; Branden Harder, Jr., Second-Team All-District, All-West Central Conference; Jarrett Owen, Jr., Second-Team All-District, All-West Central Conference; and Logan Armstrong, Jr., All-West Central Conference Honorable Mention.. ...

The Nevada Tigers’ baseball team held its annual postseason awards banquet Thursday evening at Nevada High School. Nevada’s varsity, junior varsity and freshman teams were honored. Head coach Danny Penn discussed the season that was, including his favorite memories and other season highlights...

The Bronaugh Lady Wildcats 4-x-200 meter relay team placed 12th at the Missouri Class 1 State track-and-field meet held Saturday in Jefferson City. The team, comprised of seniors Mandy Murphy and Katey Rider and sophomores Mattie Earnest and Katie Norman, also qualified in the 4-x-100 meter relay, placing 14th...

Vernon County student-athletes helped comprise the recently released Golden Valley Vernon County Conference All-Conference team. Vernon County student-athletes making the team, were: Koltin Earnest, Sr., Bronaugh; Kaleb Martin, Sr., Sheldon; Zavery Lamb, Jr., Sheldon; and Jason Leavell, So., Sheldon...

Not many high school baseball teams have gone winless during the regular season, only to rebound and win their district tournament. The Ballard Bulldogs are now members of this exclusive club, having compiled an 0-6 record during a rain-shortened regular-season before running the table in the recent Class 1 District 8 tournament to earn a trip to the Class 1 state tournament...

Nevada High School entered Saturday’s Class 4 sectional meet in Eldon having qualified in five events. Two Nevada High School student-athletes –– freshman Calli Beshore and sophomore Kayden Ast emerged with the prerequisite top four finish needed to qualify for this weekend’s Class 4 state track-and-field meet in Jefferson City...

A number of Vernon County student-athletes were recently recognized with All-Golden Valley Vernon County Conference accolades. Area athletes making the All-GVVC spring softball team, were: Mahalia Swink, Fr., Sheldon; Makinsey Conner, So., NEVC; Kiley Gerster, Jr., NEVC; Karlee Metcalf, Jr., Hume; Hannah Gorda, So., Hume; Kaiyah Kaiser, Jr., Hume; Mattie Earnest, So., Bronaugh; Paige Wait, So., Bronaugh; Katie Norman, So., Bronaugh; Camryn East, Ballard; Jailyn Wheeler, Ballard; Amanda Teagarden, Ballard; Savana Allen, Ballard; Kirstyn Eckhoff, Montrose; Jaidyn Steinbach, Montrose; and Jayme Snodgrass, Montrose.. ...

Nevada High School volleyball standout Kaitlynn Johnmeyer will be taking her talents to Graceland University, as the senior student-athlete signed a national letter-of-intent May 8 at the NHS Media Center. Graceland University, located in Lamoni, Iowa, is affiliated with the Heart of America Conference and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The Heart of America Conference is comprised of 14 teams, with campuses located in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska...

The Nevada Tigers’ youth basketball camp for grades third through sixth is slated for May 22-26 at Nevada High School’s Wynn Gymnasium. The week-long camp will run from 12-1:45 p.m. for third and fourth-graders and 2-3:45 for fifth and sixth-graders. (Note: This camp is for students entering grades third through sixth for the 2017-18 school year)...

The Nevada Lady Tigers’ basketball camp for seventh and eighth-graders is slated for Monday, June 5 through June 7 at Wynn Gymnasium located inside Nevada High School. The three-day camp will be conducted by Lady Tigers’ head varsity basketball coach Brent Bartlett, along with his staff and current players...

Nevada High School junior Braeden Hinton and freshman Calli Beshore were honored with the 2016-17 Kelly Bradham Memorial Award Thursday afternoon at the NHS Media Center. In addition, Levi Cox was the recipient of the Nevada Special Athlete of the Year Award...

Things didn’t go as planned for fifth-year Nevada Tigers’ head baseball coach Danny Penn and his squad in the Class 4 District 12 semifinals Monday night in Joplin, as the second seeded Tigers were defeated 8-5 by third-deeded Carl Junction. “We were tight once the game started,” noted Penn, adding that Nevada looked sharp during its pregame infield and outfield warmups...

Patrick Ferry saved his best for last. Dealing with 25 to 30 mile per hour winds Tuesday at Sedalia Country Club, the 6-foot-4 Nevada High School senior blazed his path to a Missouri Class 3 State Tournament runner-up finish, while also lifting the Tigers to a third-place team finish on high school golf’s biggest stage...

The Bronaugh Lady Wildcats’ secured a pair of second place finishes in the 4-x-100 and 4-x-200 meter relay events at Saturday’s Class 1 sectional meet in Camdenton. The second place finishes qualified the Lady ’Cats relay team for the Missouri Class 1 State meet in Jefferson City. Prelims are slated for this Friday, followed by the finals on Saturday...

The Nevada Tigers’ golf team is one of eight schools remaining at the Class 3 State Golf Tournament. Not only that, but Nevada is within striking distance after Monday’s 18-hole opening round at Sedalia Country Club. The Tigers are sitting pretty with a team-score of 307, trailing St. ...

Nevada High School track-and-field athletes were in top form at Saturday’s Class 4 District 6 meet in Carl Junction –– as Nevada qualified for a grand total of five events for the upcoming sectional meet. NHS athletes qualifying for the sectional meet, were: Freshman Calli Beshore, who swept to first place finishes in the girls 1600 and 3200-meter run. ...

The Bronaugh Wildcats saw its season come to a close in Saturday’s opening round of the Class 1 District 8 baseball tournament, falling to Ballard 8-4. Bronaugh concludes its 2017 campaign 0-9 overall. Both teams put a pair of first inning runs on the scoreboard. The Wildcats then took a 4-2 lead after scoring a run apiece in the third and fourth innings...

The Nevada Tigers were dealt a season ending defeat in the semifinals of the Class 4 District 12 baseball tournament in Joplin, as the second seeded Tigers fell to third-seeded Carl Junction, 8-5 Monday night. Hurting the Tigers was their inability to manufacture offense, as they stranded a dozen runners. Nevada (10-9) also committed six errors...

It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks for Nevada High School senior Jacob Hammontree. It started with the standout Nevada Tigers’ golfer finishing as co-champion at the West Central Conference Tournament, held April 27 in Nevada. Two days later Hammontree, also known as “Hammo” to his friends and teammates, was named Nevada High’s prom king. ...

The Nevada High School boys’ tennis season came to a close Friday at Grover Park Tennis Courts in Warrensburg, as the Tigers were unable to advance out of the Class 1 District 12 individual tournament. In singles matches, Nevada’s Tanner Gotschall was defeated in three sets by Bolivar’s Braden Rothdiener (6-2), 6-2, (6-3). ...

Nevada High School senior Matthew Sommer signed on the dotted line, as the high-octane Tigers’ point guard will now continue his basketball career at the collegiate-level with Missouri Baptist University. Missouri Baptist, located in Western St. Louis County, is a private evangelical Christian university. The school is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and is affiliated with the 12-team American Midwest Conference...

Nevada High School junior Braeden Hinton achieved something that hadn’t been done in 10 years by a Tigers’ pitcher: tossing a no-hitter. Hinton, who took the mound at 11 a.m. Saturday in Clinton, held the Cardinals hitless through seven innings as Nevada came away with a 10-1 West Central Conference victory...

The Nevada Tigers were derailed by the Pittsburg (Kan.) High School Purple Dragons 7-3 in a rain-shortened non-conference matchup Wednesday at Lyons Stadium. Nevada concludes its regular-season slate with a record of 10-8 overall, while finishing 5-5 in the West Central Conference...

The Nevada Tigers tennis team was in action Monday at the Class 1 District 12 team tournament, with its opening round match held at the Nevada tennis courts. The Tigers easily dispatched visiting Harrisonville, 5-1, as the first squad to five wins was the winner...

The Sheldon Panthers cruised to a 9-3 Golden Valley Vernon County Conference road victory over the Miami Eagles, Friday. The win improves Sheldon to 6-5 overall and 5-1 in GVVC-play. Sheldon trailed 2-1 at the conclusion of three innings, before plating three runs in the sixth followed by five in the top of the seventh to go on top 9-2. Miami was able to push a run across in the home-half of the seventh for the final six-run margin...

After its triumphant regional championship victory over St. Louis Community College on Sunday, the Cottey Comets softball team will look to keep its season alive at the NJCAA Division II District Championships, Thursday in Danville, Ill. The Comets (15-17) matchup with the Danville Area Community College Lady Jaguars –– Region 24 representatives...

Nevada High School senior Cameron Diaz recently showcased his skillset on the gridiron, representing Nevada Tigers’ football and the United States as a member of American Football Worldwide’s ELITE football team. Diaz, a standout cornerback for Nevada, helped AFW ELITE defeat Ireland’s National 20U team 53-6. ...

For the second consecutive season the Nevada High School golf team has qualified for the Class 3 State Tournament. Nevada’s performance at Monday’s Class 3 Sectional 4 Tournament held at Excelsior Springs Country Club was thoroughly convincing, as the Tigers throttled the competition, winning by 21 strokes with a team score of 317. ...

Nevada High School freshman Calli Beshore set new school records in the 1600 and 3200-meter runs at Friday’s West Central Conference meet in Warrensburg. Beshore, who was an All-Conference First-Team selection for placing first in the 1600-meter event with a time of 5:19.39, also earned second-team accolades for her second place finish in the 3200 (11:43.46) and 800-meter run (2:27.23)...