Cottey Comets

The Cottey College volleyball team has developed quite a reputation in the Continental Athletic Conference for its defense. Senior middle hitter Emily Killion — who had 48 digs and six blocks in three matches last week — became the third Comet this season to be selected CAC Defender of the Week...

The Cottey College volleyball team rebounded from a 3-0 loss to Oklahoma Wesleyan with a 3-2 victory over Manhattan Christian Saturday afternoon inside the Hinkhouse Center. The Comets suffered a sweep in their opening match (13-25, 13-25, 20-25) despite eight kills and three blocks from Briannah Quick and 10 digs from Staley Stallaby...

The 2021 Cottey College golf season is off to a record start. Though the Comets placed third out of four teams this past Monday and Tuesday at the season-opening Missouri Valley College Fall Invitational on the links of Indian Foothills in Marshall, their overall score of 705 (+129) set a new school record for lowest 36-hole event total. Cottey also earned the school’s record-best single-day 18-hole team total on Tuesday when the Comets shot a 342 (+54)...

The Cottey College volleyball team spent its Saturday afternoon battling Haskell Indian Nations University and Sterling College inside the Hinkhouse Center. The Comets earned a 3-1 victory over Haskell (25-21, 16-25, 25-23, 25-17) before falling to the Warriors 3-1 (26-24, 15-25, 16-25, 25-27)...

The Cottey College esports team was one of 128 squads from all over North America to open National Association of Collegiate Esports tournament qualifier play this month — with the Comets drawing some of the toughest competition of the bunch, including an NCAA Div. I opponent...

Just seven days after Cottey College senior outside hitter Lily Miller was named Continental Athletic Conference Volleyball Defender of the Week, another Comet earned the same honor. Freshman setter Staley Stallaby racked up 54 digs in five matches for Cottey (an average of 3.18 per set)...

Senior leadership comes in many forms. For the Cottey College volleyball team, having one senior as a setter and the other three at the net means the Comets are always a threat to win every point. But as useful as that is, there’s also valuable experience to be shared between points...

The Cottey College volleyball team pulled off a perfect Saturday in Columbia — and the Continental Athletic Conference took notice. After the Comets picked up a pair of sweeps over Stephens College (25-21, 25-23, 25-17) and Iowa Wesleyan (25-22, 25-18, 30-28), the CAC honored senior Lily Miller with its Defender of the Week award...

Naturally, the best strategy at any cross country meet is to play the long game. For Nevada High School head coach Ryan Watts, the same goes for the entire season. “It’s a gamble, but it’s one you’ve got to count on working,” said Watts, who had two top-five finishers in the high school portions of the Cottey College Invitational Friday afternoon around the Frank E. ...

The Cottey College cross country team is off and running. And winning. The Comets cruised past the competition in their season-opener Saturday at the second annual NCCAA Falcon Classic 4K in DeSoto, Kan. — earning a team victory thanks to individual finishes in the top-four spots...

The Cottey College volleyball team earned a sweep to begin the William Penn Labor Day Tournament on Saturday, but that would be the highlight of the team's weekend trip to Oskaloosa, Iowa. After topping Iowa Wesleyan 25-18, 25-20, 26-24, the Comets failed to win another set — losing to Avila 25-22, 25-8, 25-17; Mount Mary 25-17, 25-19, 25-11; and Waldorf 25-9, 25-23, 25-18...

Baptist Bible College made things interesting in the third set, but it was not nearly enough to spoil the home opener for Cottey College volleyball Tuesday night inside the Hinkhouse Center. The Comets fed off the energy of the student section and cheering family members in attendance to sweep the Patriots 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-20)...

The Cottey College volleyball team opened its season in the Little Apple this past weekend, winning one of four matches. The Comets got things started Friday at the Thunder Invitational in Manhattan, Kan., with a 3-0 sweep (25-11, 25-15, 25-13) of the Tigers of Central Christian College...

Cottey College’s first athletic event of the 2021-2022 school year took place Thursday evening, but not on any court, field, or track. Instead, it was in the school’s esports arena on the bottom floor of the Hinkhouse Center, where the Comets took on Coffeyville Community College in a best two-out-of-three online match of the computer game Valorant...

The Association of Independent Institutions has a new name — and a few more teams. The athletic conference, which Cottey College basketball, cross country, golf, softball, and volleyball have called home since joining the NAIA in 2018, unveiled a rebranding campaign this summer that includes membership of 19 schools and a fresh identity...

Cottey College received a warm welcome to the rebranded Continental Athletic Conference by being named the host site of this fall's postseason volleyball tournament. The four-team competition will take place Nov. 12-13 inside the Hinkhouse Center, starting with a round-robin tournament on day one to determine seeding for day two's semifinal and championship matches. The CAC tournament champion and runner-up will both earn automatic bids to the NAIA national tourney...

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics named Cottey College one of its 59 recipients of the Champions of Character Five-Star Award at the Gold-Star level. Student-athletes at eligible institutions earned points throughout the 2020-2021 academic year by having exceptional grade-point averages and few (if any) ejections during competition...

Back in February, when Dr. Maryann Mitts was introduced as the new athletic director and head basketball coach at Cottey College, she called the opportunity a dream come true. On Monday, after making a few introductions of her own — for her first three department hires: a new assistant hoops coach, a new esports head coach, and a new flag football head coach and sports information director — Mitts indicated she has yet to be pinched awake from her reverie...

The Cottey College athletic department on Monday introduced the three newest faces who will be roaming its sidelines this upcoming school year. At a press conference inside the Rogers Fine Arts Building, Dr. Maryann Mitts — in her first season as athletic director and head basketball coach at Cottey — said in her opening remarks to a room of media members and college staff that the most important work she’s undertaken in her first few months in Nevada has been hiring new coaches...

The Cottey College softball team continues to rack in awards after wrapping the most successful season in program history. The National Fastpitch Coaches Association on Monday revealed its 37 NAIA All-Americans, including on the second team Cottey sophomore infielder Aryana Palencia...

The Cottey College basketball team added four more players for next season, including one who will pull double duty as a member of the Comets volleyball squad. Dylan Cantu, out of Robert Vela High School in Edinburg, Tex., was the first of the four to sign her national letter of intent, agreeing to play both basketball and volleyball at Cottey...

Fresh off its first trip to the NAIA National Tournament in program history, the Cottey College softball team saw six players — all sophomores — named to the 2021 Association of Independent Institutions’ all-conference team. Honorees included pitcher Lacey Cruz, catcher Lauren Johnson, infielder Caitlyn Morgan, infielder Aryana Palencia, outfielder Karina Ramirez, and at-large selection Alyssa Montoya...

Coastal Georgia dealt Cottey College its second loss of the double-elimination opening round in the NAIA softball national tournament Tuesday in Waleska, Ga. After falling to Oregon Tech the previous day, the Comets' season ended with a 5-1 loss to the Mariners...

The Cottey College softball team knew going into its first-ever NAIA national tournament that it would face pitching of a caliber it had not seen all season — or maybe ever. But the Comets could not have been expecting to strike out 15 times and muster only two hits in a 4-0 loss Monday in Waleska, Ga., at the hands of Oregon Tech...

The Cottey College softball team's first opponent in its first-ever NAIA National Tournament appearance will be Oregon Tech. The Comets (17-11) landed the no. 4 seed in the Waleska Bracket, where they will face no. 1 seed Oregon Tech (42-8), a team making its seventh appearance in the tournament...

The Cottey College softball team is still going to the NAIA national tournament, but the Comets won't be there as conference champions. That honor, for the fourth season in a row, belongs to Georgia Gwinnett College after the Grizzlies beat Cottey twice in the final round of the Association of Independent Institutions' conference tourney Saturday in Lawrenceville, Ga...

The Cottey College softball team earned an automatic bid to this year's NAIA National Tournament — and will have two chances on Saturday to win its first A.I.I. conference tournament — after beating Edward Waters College 2-0 Thursday and top-seeded Georgia Gwinnett College 6-3 Friday in Lawrenceville, Ga...

Cottey College senior Rachel Hancock was in the top-5 after the first round of play at the Association of Independent Institutions conference golf tournament Monday in Victoria, Texas. She ultimately had to settle for a top-10 finish, though, after finishing round two on Tuesday with a combined score of 172 (+15) — good enough for ninth place...

The Cottey College volleyball team's season may be over, but the Comets are still netting awards after their first trip to the NAIA National Tournament. This week, the American Volleyball Coaches Association named three players on Cottey's squad to its North Central All-Region Team...

The Cottey College softball team will be the no. 2 seed out of four teams in the 2021 Association of Independent Institutions Championship beginning Thursday, May 6, in Lawrenceville, Ga. Nationally-ranked Georgia Gwinnett earned the top seed and home-field advantage thanks to a 26-win season against a tougher schedule of opponents than the Comets — who are 24-6 but had three of the country’s top-10 teams cancel on them in the month of April to squeeze in more conference contests...

The Cottey College track and field team set multiple new school records Saturday at the Tabor College Invitational. Kiana Garcia, Karina Gchachu, Martina Ramirez, and Ella Page broke Cottey's previous best mark in 4x800-meter relay with a time of 10 minutes, 40 seconds — while Olivia Pruitt set a new Comets record in the 400...

The Association of Independent Institutions named Cottey College sophomore slugger Lauren Johnson its Hitter of the Week for her impressive performances at the plate against Ecclesia and Sterling — both of whom the Comets swept. Johnson improved her season batting average to .398 thanks to a 10-for-12 tear, including three doubles and a home run, against the Royals and Warriors. She also scored eight runs and drove in another six...

The Central Methodist University volleyball team welcomed Cottey College to its first-ever NAIA National Championship tournament with a 25-14, 25-5, 25-12 sweep in the opening round Saturday in Fayette. The Eagles will open pool play against Eastern Oregon and Bethel starting next Tuesday in Sioux City, Iowa...

The Cottey College softball team managed to avoid any distraction on senior night Saturday with a pair of run-rule victories, 8-0 and 10-2, over Sterling College. The sweep improved the Comets' record to 24-6 on the season. They will travel to Oklahoma City University on Friday for another doubleheader...

Although it did not result in any top-50 finishes, the Cottey College golf team put together its best performance in program history at the highly competitive Susie Maxwell Berning Classic earlier this week on the Lincoln Park Golf Course in Oklahoma City...

Winning the Association of Independent Institutions conference tournament didn’t just book the Cottey College volleyball team its first-ever trip to the NAIA National Championship. It also garnered the Comets the conference’s top postseason awards. This week, junior outside hitter Lily Miller was named the 2020-21 A.I.I. Player of the Year, and Marla Kannady Foreman was selected as the league’s Coach of the Year...

Ecclesia? Puh-leezia. The Cottey College softball team crushed the Royals of Ecclesia College Monday afternoon in Springdale, Ark., no-hitting them for an 18-0 victory in the opener before cruising to a 20-3 victory in the nightcap. The Comets (22-6) had already whooped up on Ecclesia in early March, beating the Royals 16-1 and 20-0 at Vanek Family Memorial Field. At least in those games Cottey allowed a hit...

After an unexpected hiatus for the final two weeks of March, the Cottey College volleyball team has refused to lose so far in April. So much so that the Comets will be heading to their first-ever NAIA National Championship this weekend. Following a tune-up sweep over Kansas Christian College inside the Hinkhouse Center last Monday, Cottey shocked conference foes Crowley's Ridge and Lincoln Christian with a 4-0 performance in the Association of Independent Institutions' tournament over the weekend in Lincoln, Ill.. ...

The Cottey College volleyball team went unbeaten in pool play at the three-team Association of Independent Institutions conference tournament Friday in Lincoln, Ill. — but the Comets will still be the No. 2 seed on Saturday and have to play No. 3 Crowley's Ridge for a chance to battle No. 1 Lincoln Christian in the championship match...

A weeks-long wait for Cottey College volleyball to resume its spring season was over in about an hour Monday afternoon inside the Hinkhouse Center, as the Comets cruised past Kansas Christian College 25-10, 25-14, and 25-14. The match marked the program's first since March 13, after which COVID-19 protocols called for postponements against Baker University, College of the Ozarks, Crowley's Ridge College, Lincoln Christian University, and Missouri Valley College...

The Cottey College softball team squared off against Crowley's Ridge College for the first time in program history on Saturday. Hopefully the Comets didn't beat up on the Pioneers so hard they don't get another invitation to play. Cottey swept Crowley's Ridge 9-0 and 5-1 to improve to 20-6 on the season — highlighted by a return to form in the opener by sophomore ace Lacey Cruz...

Cottey College sophomore Alyssa Montoya had a busy week in the circle and was rewarded for her impressive performances with the Association of Independent Institutions' Pitcher of the Week honors. Montoya struck out 12 batters and allowed just one run over 17 innings of work — which earned her wins over Avila University, Bacone College, and Crowley's Ridge College...

Despite being without multiple starters for much of March, the Cottey College softball team has refused to lose. At least, the Comets have refused to lose enough games to knock them out of first place in the Association of Independent Institutions conference...

After a 12-0 win over Bacone College in game one of a doubleheader Thursday afternoon at Vanek Family Memorial Field, the Cottey College softball team looked poised for an easy sweep. True to their name, though, the Warriors put up a valiant fight in the nightcap...

The Cottey College softball team salvaged a split against Avila University in dramatic fashion Tuesday afternoon at Vanek Family Memorial Field. After dropping the opener 5-2 and trailing by one in the bottom of the seventh of the nightcap, Aryana Palencia — who hit a two-run homer earlier in the game — led off with a double, only to tie the game on a Kristen Hurst double. Alyssa Montoya then walked it off with a game-winning single to score Hurst...

The Cottey College cross country team wrapped up its season Saturday at the Association of Independent Institutions Championship in Cave City, Ark. In a loaded field of 37 runners (nine of whom hailed from William Woods alone), sophomore Karina Gchachu had the top finish for the Comets — crossing the finish line in 22 minutes, 39 seconds, which was good enough for 16th overall...

The Cottey College softball team split with No. 14-ranked Central Baptist College on the road Friday, taking game one 9-8 (the school's first win over a ranked opponent in any sport since joining the NAIA) before falling in the nightcap 6-4. Lauren Johnson led the way in the opener with a 3-for-4 effort at the plate and three runs, while Kristen Hurst helped her own cause in the circle with a grand slam. Lacey Cruz also threw 5 1/3 innings, striking out seven...

An increase in COVID-19 cases on the Cottey College campus has caused multiple members of the volleyball team to go into quarantine, per the school's protocols. As a result, the team's remaining games in March have all been postponed in order for the Comets to be able to resume competition prior to the conference tournament in April...

Cottey College made history Sunday in Salina, Kan., when the flag football team played in its inaugural doubleheader against Kansas Wesleyan and Midland University. The Comets are also hoping they got the program's worst-ever losses out of the way, as well...

The new head basketball coach at Cottey College added the first new players to her roster this past week. Maryann Mitts, who was announced as the school's new hoops coach and athletic director in February, made her own announcement this time around — revealing three recruits who have signed letters of intent to join the Comets basketball team next season...

Cottey College senior golfer Rachel Hancock followed up her first-place performance in last year's Missouri Valley College Spring Invitational with a fifth-place effort in this year's event, shooting a 10-over-par 82 on day one Monday and an 83 on day two Tuesday for an overall score of 165...

With the McPherson Tournament rained out this past weekend, the Cottey College softball team booked a trip Friday to York, Neb., where the Comets were instead greeted by 20 mile-per-hour winds. The results were an 8-7 extra-innings loss to Hastings College and a 14-5 victory over Midland University...

Rain or shine, the Cottey College cross country team is ready for its postseason. The Comets wrapped up their regular season at the Columbia College Spring Fling Friday at muddy Gans Creek Park in Columbia, which received two inches of rain in the days leading up to the firing of the starting pistol...

The Cottey College volleyball team went 1-2 in the Lincoln Christian University Invitational this past weekend, but it was a big one in the win column — the team's first of the spring season. In between a 3-2 loss to the hosting Red Lions on Friday night and a 3-0 shutout at the hands of College of the Ozarks Saturday afternoon, the Comets topped Crowley's Ridge College 3-1 Saturday morning to move their record in NAIA play to 1-4...

The Cottey College volleyball team looked poised to capture its first win of the spring season after going up 25-21, 26-24 on the road at Stephens College on Tuesday — but the Stars had other plans. Stephens College came back 25-22, 25-23, and 15-11 to send Cottey back home with an 0-2 record...

The Association of Independent Institutions gave its softball pitcher and hitter of the week awards to two members of the Cottey College team after the Comets improved to 12-2 on the season. Sophomore Lacey Cruz is now 5-0 in the circle following wins over Hannibal-LaGrange University and Culver-Stockton, which helped earn her second A.I.I. Pitcher of the Week honor of the year. In 17 innings of work, Cruz struck out 24 batters and allowed just one run...

The Cottey College cross country team kicked off its spring season with a second-place finish in the Lyon College Invitational Saturday in Cave City, Ark. Sophomore Ella Page crossed the finish line of the women's 5K in 21 minutes, 8.9 seconds — good enough for fifth overall...

After getting off to the best start in program history, the Cottey College softball team found out over the weekend — courtesy of the Culver-Stockton College Lady Wildcats — that you can't win 'em all. But at least you still have Lacey Cruz. The sophomore pitcher continued her dominant start to the season with a pair of shutout victories over Culver-Stockton, first with a 6-0 win on Saturday, then an 8-0 W on Sunday...

The Cottey College volleyball team hit the court on Saturday for the first time since late October of last year. The Comets traveled to William Baptist to kick off their spring season against the Lady Eagles and Henderson State's junior varsity squad...

The Cottey College and Ecclesia College softball teams entered Friday's doubleheader at Vanek Family Memorial Field with contrasting records — and left with them, too. The Comets improved to 10-0 with a 16-1, 20-0 sweep over the Royals, who fell to 0-10...

Although the results of the Cottey College golf team's first tournament of the spring season were not what the Comets were hoping for, the experience of playing at one of the most famous resorts in the country sure made the trip worth it. At least, that was the takeaway of head coach Eric Cameron, whose squad shot an 826 (+250) to finish eighth out of eight teams in the Pinehurst Invitational earlier this week...

At 8-0, the Cottey College softball team is off to its best start in program history and has head coach Mark Skapin recalling the team’s historic 18-game win streaks of recent seasons’ past. But as much as he’s looking backward, Skapin also has his sights set on the future...

The Cottey College softball team went three weeks without playing a game before facing Bellevue University and Langston University on Friday. Fortunately for the Comets, they still remembered how to win. Sophomore pitcher Lacy Cruz struck out 15 Bruins in the team’s 3-2 win in the opener before the offense came alive in an 11-1 rout over the Lady Lions in the nightcap — improving the Comets’ record to 4-0...

Cottey College's Lacey Cruz has another award to add to her proverbial trophy case — assuming there's still room. After pitching the softball program's first-ever perfect game in a season-opening shutout against the University of Saint Mary on Feb. 5, the sophomore hurler was named the Association of Independent Institutions' Softball Pitcher of the Week...

The final days of the winter sports regular season are supposed to be most stressful for the coaches and players — not athletic directors. That hasn't been the case this year, with another significant amount of snowfall in the middle of the week forcing more postponements and cancellations of area high school basketball games...

Sports at Cottey College aren't just back in action. They're off and running. After the softball team ended a more than 100-day hiatus on athletic competition with its season-opening sweep on Friday, the school's indoor track and field squad competed in the 2021 Bethel Thresher Invitational the next day in Wichita...

Cottey College’s first sporting event in more than 100 days could not have been any more perfect. Neither could the pitching of Lacey Cruz. The sophomore slinger struck out nine of the 15 batters she faced, giving up zero hits or walks in the process, en route to an 8-0 run-ruled, season-opening victory over the University of Saint Mary Friday afternoon on the Vanek Family Softball Field...

Dr. Maryann Mitts used to have two homes: one in Kansas City, where she attended high school and college and where her 94-year-old mother still lives today, and the other in Joplin, where she was the winningest coach in the history of Missouri Southern State University women's basketball...

Kicking off their golf season at Tuesday's Evangel University Fall Invitational, the Cottey Comets placed fourth at the five-team event. Held at Bill and Payne Stewart Golf Course, the event was originally slated as two-day, 36-hole competition. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, it was trimmed to a one-day, 18-hole event...

The Cottey College athletic department recently received some good news, having been awarded a $15,000 stipend from the National Football League (NFL) to help offset expenses related to its new flag football program. Cottey is one of only 15 collegiate institutions in the United States, and the only in Missouri, with a flag football program. Additionally, all of the schools are members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)...

Cottey College Esports program director Bovey Zhang welcomed the school's newest student-athlete into the fold, securing a commitment from Uruguay native Sara Graña. Graña is the program's third commit. Graña graduated in November 2019 from Liceo José Aldunate Ferreira in Castillos, Uruguay.Graña's sterling credentials include being selected as a Youth Ambassador through the U.S. ...

Collegiate flag football is coming to Nevada. The announcement was made Thursday afternoon at the Rogers Fine Arts Building on the Campus of Cottey College. School President Dr. Jann Weitzel, along with Athletic Director Stephanie Beason, unveiled the newest addition to the athletic department's lineup...

Rachel Hancock and Julia Scism are the latest Cottey Comet student-athletes to have earned prestigious accolades. Members of the Comet golf team, Hancock and Scism excelled during the fall campaign — but were unable to hit the links for the spring season due to the global pandemic...

Virginia native Bovey Zhang was recently hired to lead Cottey College's freshly minted eSports program. eSports is defined as competitive, organized video-gaming. The world of eSports involves competitors from various leagues squaring off against each other. While Zhang has yet to officially ink anyone to a scholarship, he says he hopes to have the program ramped up by this fall with a team that could range from six to 12 members...

Christian Novak looks to be a perfect fit for her new title as Cottey Comet assistant softball coach. Novak, Nevada High School’s all-time wins leader (66), led the Lady Tigers to the program’s lone state championship as a sophomore in 2010, compiling a 22-4 overall record and sub-1 earned run average. Two years later, Novak committed to NCAA Division 1 University of Memphis, where she spent five seasons on the diamond...

First-year Cottey Comets softball coach Mark Skapin earlier this week announced the most recent addition to his 2017 recruiting class ---- Lindsey Boord a senior at Staley High School. Staley is part of the North Kansas City 74 School District. With Skapin, as well as her parents present, Boord signed the letter-of-intent back on Nov. 9 at Staley...

Nevada Daily Mail Several athletes from each of the three athletics teams Cottey College fielded during last school year received awards at the school's annual awards ceremony, May 17. Individual awards for the Comets basketball, volleyball and softball teams were announced by volleyball coach Marla Kannady Foreman, while softball coach Shelli Stanley handed out the awards. ...

The Cottey College Comets softball team saw the 2014 season come to an end this week, with a pair of doubleheaders and two Region XVI Tournament games putting a cap on a winless campaign. On Tuesday, the Comets took on St. Louis Community College and dropped both of those games, 22-0 and 19-1. The results were similar when the Comets went back out on the road Wednesday, as head coach Shelli Stanley's squad lost to Allen County, 7-2 and 15-0...

East Central College swept a softball doubleheader from the Cottey College Comets Saturday, at Union, Mo., 16-2 and 17-2. In the opening game, the Comets found themselves in an early 4-0 hole and attempted a rally in the third inning, coming up with their only two runs of the contest. In the second game, East Central jumped out to a 16-0 lead before the Comets played their only two runs in the fourth inning...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor The Cottey College softball team has had more than its share of struggles this season and though the Comets took to Vanek Family Memorial Field Tuesday in an attempt to right the ship, those struggles continued as head coach Shelli Stanley's squad dropped a pair of games against the Lady Blue Devils of Kansas City, Kan., Community College...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor The Cottey College Comets softball team has spent the first month of the 2014 season struggling to get much of anything accomplished on the field. Those struggles continued Wednesday, as the Comets returned home to take on the Lady Cardinals of Mineral Area College...

INDEPENDENCE, Kan. -- The Independence Community College Lady Pirates swept a softball doubleheader from the Cottey Comets Sunday, by the final scores of 29-0 and 24-2. The first of the two contests was a lesson in futility for the Comets as Lady Pirates pitchers Taylor Eaves and Caitlin Caswell combined to shut out the Comets not only in runs, but hits, as well. The two combined for two walks and seven strikeouts in five scoreless innings...

By Greg Kepler Special to the Daily Mail Sunny skies and cool winds from left-center field greeted players and fans, as the Cottey College Comets hosted the softball team from Saint Louis Community College Saturday afternoon, at Vanek Family Memorial Field...

The Cottey College Comets softball team opened its spring schedule with a doubleheader Friday, against North Arkansas, on the diamond at Vanek Family Memorial Field. The Lady Pioneers won both games, taking the first by a final score of 12-0, in five innings, and completing the sweep with an 11-1 win in the second, in six innings...

The Cottey Comets softball team's scheduled games today, at North Arkansas College, Harrison, Ark., were called off due to rain in the Harrison area. The Comets are scheduled to host the Lady Pirates at 12 and 2 p.m., Thursday, at Vanek Family Field, on the Cottey campus. Coach Shelli Stanley's 2014 roster includes returnees Christine Nevins, Karla Dubon, Selena Gochenour and Rachel McPherson and seven freshman -- including former Bronaugh Lady Wildcat Susie Hartman...

Cottey College is pleased to announce the hiring of Austin Bunn as the coach of the new cross country program. He has already begun recruiting for the Comets' first season, next fall. "We are thrilled to have Austin take the reins of our newest athletic program," said Dave Ketterman, Cottey College head basketball coach and athletic director. ...

A number of Nevada High School sports teams, as well as the Cottey College Comets softball team, were scheduled to be in action Friday and Saturday, but thanks to rain that moved through the area Thursday night into Friday, those plans were once again forced to change...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor Nevada and the surrounding areas have taken yet another hit from the weather. A number of events were scheduled to take place Thursday involving Nevada High School, Cottey College, Hume High School and Northeast Vernon County High School teams, but none of those events ended up happening, thanks to heavy rains that moved through the area Wednesday night...

The Cottey College Comets softball team was scheduled to make its return to Vanek Family Memorial Field Tuesday, but yet again, Mother Nature had other plans. The Comets were scheduled to play North Arkansas Community College at home Tuesday afternoon, but those games were canceled due to rainy weather and wet field conditions. This is the sixth doubleheader the Comets have been forced to call off this spring...