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Nevada's Emree Cameron scored another top-3 finish on the American Junior Golf Association summer circuit this week at the Creekmoor Golf Club in Raymore. The incoming Nevada High School freshman, who was one of the youngest in the field of 24 female golfers, shot a 54-hole score of 223 (7-over-par) at the UHY Kansas City Junior Open — highlighted by a five-birdie second-round — to finish three strokes behind McKenzie Mages of Marietta, Ga., in second place and eight back of champion Julia Misemer of Overland Park, Kan.. ...

Same town. Same scores. Different results. That was how things played out for Nevada golfers Emree Cameron and Owen Swearingen this week at the Missouri Golf Association’s 2021 Junior Amateur Championship on the Posse course of the Paradise Pointe Golf Complex in Smithville...

Nevada’s Owen Swearingen shot a 9-over-par 81, tying two other players for 43rd out of a field of 55, at the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifying tournament Thursday in Omaha. On the par-72 Champions Run course, Swearingen, who will be a senior at Nevada High School in the fall, sank two birdies (both on par-5 holes) and scored par on eight holes, tallying a 40 (+4) on the front nine and a 41 (+5) on the back nine. He tied Gage Gallo of Roanoke, Texas, and Andrew Whittaker of Elkhorn, Neb...

Nevada High School's Owen Swearingen was named one of the three finalists for boys golf at the 2021 Southwest Missouri Sports Awards. Competing against the likes of Bolivar's Aiden Asby, Nixa's Chandler Burch and Johnathan Miller, Joplin's Fielding Campbell and Hobbs Campbell, Glendale's Adam Floyd and Lucas Ogden, Logan-Rogersville's Kanon Gipson, Springfield Catholic's John Griesemer, Hillcrest's Luke Morris, and Mt. ...

Shaun Gray found the green — though not the million-dollar kind — to win the 2021 Jeff Post Memorial Hole-in-One Contest Sunday afternoon on the Frank E. Peters Golf Course. Gray, the head coach of the Nevada High School boys basketball team, was one of three finalists, along with Todd Klingaman and Blake Hertzberg, who advanced past the semifinal round on the modified 153-year hole no. ...

Whether you have shot six aces or none in your golf career, the 2021 Jeff Post Memorial Hole-in-One Contest is ready for area players to give their best shot. After a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event, organized by the Nevada Griffons and supported by more than 40 sponsors, is back for its second year and offering a top prize of $1 million to anyone who hits a hole-in-one at the finals on Sunday...

Nevada's Owen Swearingen scored a pair of birdies and a tie for 41st place out of a field of 52 at the American Junior Golf Association's Hale Irwin tournament this week on the Walnut Creek Golf Preserve in Westminster, Colo. Fresh off his second-place finish in the MSHSAA Class 3 state championship, the incoming Nevada High School senior shot a combined 54-hole score of 239 (+23), highlighted by a birdie on the second hole he played (the par-4 no. ...

The Missouri Sports Hall of Fame named Nevada High School senior swimmer Ben Hines, junior golfer Owen Swearingen, and junior tennis player Evan Rea as finalists for this year’s Sports Commission Awards. At a ceremony to take place between 6-8:15 p.m. Tuesday, June 22, at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds, the multiple-time MSHSAA Class 1 state champion Hines — who will swim for the University of Alabama starting in the fall — Swearingen — who placed second at the Class 3 state golf tournament this past spring — and Rea — who qualified for the Class 1 state tennis championship — will be in the running along with five other athletes in their respective sports for the awards, which honor the top high schoolers in southwest Missouri athletics...

Incoming Nevada High School freshman Emree Cameron shot a 1-over-par 73 to lead all 24 girls golfers in the qualifying round of the American Junior Golf Association's Westrock Coffee Junior Championship Thursday on the Arlington Course of the Hot Springs Country Club in Arkansas...

Nevada High School junior Owen Swearingen matched his opening-round score of 76 (+4) in the second round of the MSHSAA Class 3 state golf tournament Tuesday at the Crown Pointe Golf Club in Farmington — and was rewarded for his steady play with second place...

An eagle on the par-4 no. 13 helped the First National Bank-sponsored team of Jim Nichols, Mike Cragin, and Larry McCord win this year's Nevada Regional Medical Center Foundation's Caring with Pride Golf Classic Friday afternoon on the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course...

Nevada High School head golf coach Brian Leonard is in charge of running this year’s MSHSAA Class 3 boys golf tournament, so he had to man the clubhouse during first-round action Monday at the Crown Pointe Golf Club in Farmington. Fortunately, it did not take long for him to hear an update on how NHS junior Owen Swearingen was performing out on the links...

Nevada High School junior Owen Swearingen will be among the first groups to tee off at the MSHSAA Class 3 golf tournament Monday in Farmington. The Class 3 District 3 champion will share an 8:09 a.m. tee time on hole no. 1 of the Crown Pointe Golf Club with Bishop LeBlond's Patrick Johnston and Kirksville's John Boyer...

SPRINGFIELD — The weather conditions at the Class 3 District 3 boys golf tournament Monday on the Bill & Payne Stewart Golf Course may have been less than ideal, but for Nevada High School junior Owen Swearingen, the final result could not have been any better...

Before Thursday’s dual against Stockton, it had been at least 20 years since the Nevada High School boys golf team hosted a match at the Nevada Country Club. If the results from the team’s nine-hole round were any indication, the Tigers might be hoping it becomes a new annual tradition to play there...

One week away from the Class 3 District 3 tournament, Nevada High School continues to play its best golf of the season. After winning their first Big 8 Conference crown Tuesday in Carthage, the Tigers traveled to the Butler Country Club Thursday and recorded their lowest collective nine-hole score, 159, to beat the Bears by 30 strokes...

CARTHAGE — Thanks to a big 89, the Big 8 belongs to Nevada High School. Having a pair of 88s and the conference-best round of 70 doesn’t hurt, either. “I don’t know how to explain it. Just a shocker. I’m very excited, but still kind of speechless right now,” said longtime NHS head golf coach Brian Leonard, whose team combined for a score of 335 to win its first-ever Big 8 Conference championship Tuesday at the Carthage Golf Course. “I’m very, very pleased to take this trophy home.”...

There is no quit in Nevada High School golfer Owen Swearingen. And now, after his latest performance on the links, there’s no Quitno ahead of Swearingen in the school record book. At the Sonic Invitational Monday on the par-71 Carthage Golf Course, the talented junior became the first golfer in NHS history to shoot under 70 in an 18-hole round — sinking five birdies, including on three par-5s during a four-hole stretch in the middle of his back nine, en route to a dazzling 3-under-par 68 that shattered Nevada’s previous record score by two strokes (John Quitno shot an even-par 70 at the 2016 district tournament in Warrensburg and also owns three of the school’s four 1-under-par scores; Patrick Ferry owns the other).. ...

Any golfer who’s had to wait at the tee box for 15 minutes while the group in front of them finishes a hole can sympathize with the Nevada High School boys golf team. The Tigers traveled to the Old Kinderhook Golf Course on Wednesday to compete in the loaded Camdenton Laker Invitational, where there were so many competitors they had to play in two groups of four on every hole. ...

JOPLIN — When the final scores of the Horton Smith Invitational were posted on the side of the clubhouse at Schifferdecker Golf Course Monday, Owen Swearingen’s 5-over-par 76 did not have an exclamation point after it. No matter. The Nevada High School junior punctuated his tournament-winning round all by himself...

Augusta National isn’t the only golf course hosting stiff competition this week. Nevada was one of 11 high schools that met at Twin Hills Country Club Thursday to take part in the Joplin Invitational, where junior Owen Swearingen notched his third top-3 finish of the season...

As if the Briarbrook County Club course wasn't challenging enough, the Nevada High School boys golf team had to account for wind gusts between 15-30 miles per hour Monday at the Bird Dog Invitational. The Tigers were one of 11 teams in competition, finishing ninth overall with a score of 399 — but saw junior Owen Swearingen tie for third overall with an 8-over-par 80...

It wasn’t on his home course, but in the season opener this week Nevada High School junior Owen Swearingen made Frank E. Peters Municipal look like a miniature golf course that he designed for his own back yard. His 1-under par performance, which was good enough to win by three strokes a triangular against Butler and El Dorado Springs, was just the kind of start longtime NHS golf coach Brian Leonard was looking for to tee off the 2021 season...

From the first hole at his first meet of the season Thursday afternoon at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course, Nevada High School junior Owen Swearingen set a tone that, if sustained through the rest of the season, will surely find him back at the state tournament...

The area high school spring sports season had to hit the snooze button on starting for at least another day, as more rain on Thursday forced multiple postponements of the day's slate of events. The Stockton Invitational, at which the Bronaugh and Sheldon track and field teams were scheduled to compete, was postponed until March 30 due to inclement weather...

The start of the spring sports season for some area high schools will have to wait at least one more day. The Sheldon High School baseball team was set to throw out the first pitch of its new season at home against Dadeville Tuesday afternoon, but the game was briefly penciled in to be played at Dadeville before inclement weather there forced it to be postponed altogether. A make-up date may be scheduled at a later time...

For the first time in 33 years, the Nevada High School golf team has medaled at the Missouri State Golf Championship. With a team score of 325 after Monday's first-round of the Missouri Class 3 State tournament at Rivercut Golf Course in Springfield, Nevada found itself in third-place, two strokes ahead of Priory High School and three up on Sullivan...

The Nevada Tigers golf team held its annual end of season banquet Thursday evening, at the home of head coach Brian Leonard. After grilled hamburgers and hotdogs, Leonard reviewed the season and informed the group about the Tigers setting two records for Nevada High School this season. ...

FREMONT HILLS, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers golf team finished seventh in the Class 3 state tournament Tuesday, at Fremont Hills Country Club. Pembroke Hill won the state team championship with a two-day score of 637, with Logan-Rogersville and Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School tied for second at 640. Cape Girardeau Notre Dame was fourth with a 649 followed by West Plains (652), Hannibal (663), Nevada (667) and Priory (674)...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor FREMONT HILLS, Mo. -- For the first time in 14 years, the entire Nevada Tigers varsity golf team found itself still in action Monday, when the time came to begin the 2014 MSHSAA Class 3 Boys' State Golf Championships...

SMITHVILLE, Mo. -- Weather forced the delay of the Class 3, Sectional 4 Tournament, at Paradise Pointe Golf Complex Monday and even though moving it back a day did turn out to be what tournament officials needed to do, the weather was still a factor when the Nevada Tigers golf team took to the course in search of the first Sectional Championship in head coach Brian Leonard's career...

Thanks to a day that was characterized by widespread rainfall and the threat of severe weather, several sporting events involving teams from Nevada High School were called off Monday. First on the list was the Class 3, Sectional 4 golf tournament, which was scheduled to be played at the Paradise Pointe Golf Complex, in Smithville, Mo. ...

SMITHVILLE, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers golf team is scheduled to compete in the Class 3, Sectional 4 Tournament Monday, on the course at Paradise Pointe Golf Complex. The tee times for the tournament were announced Thursday. All five of Nevada's golfers are scheduled to open the tournament on the course's front nine holes...

PLEASANT HILL, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers golf team traveled to Country Creek Golf Club Thursday, to compete against the Pleasant Hill Roosters, in an effort to complete a perfect regular season. Head coach Brian Leonard's squad did just that, improving to 4-0 in matches for the regular season with a 19-stroke win over the Roosters...

Despite what turned out to be far less than ideal weather for being on the course, the Nevada Tigers golf team hosted a match for the second time this season Monday, at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course, in Nevada. The Tigers took on Butler and El Dorado Springs in the match and despite turning in a combined team score that head coach Brian Leonard said was, "not an impressive score, number wise," won the match by 40 strokes over the second-place varsity team. ...

Thanks to multiple rounds of heavy rainfall and thunderstorms that moved through the region Wednesday night into Thursday, several area high school athletics events were postponed. In total, three area schools were affected by Thursday's cancellations. Nevada was hit hardest, as athletic director John McNeley was forced to call off two different events and move another...

The Nevada Tigers golf team made its first appearance at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course for the season Tuesday, taking on Carthage in a two-team, nine-hole match. The Tigers won the match with a 161, five strokes ahead of Carthage. Nevada's junior varsity squad finished at 199 and the Carthage JV only brought three players, not enough to count toward a team score...

CARTHAGE -- Despite far less than ideal playing conditions, the Nevada Tigers golf team finished eighth Monday, in the Sonic/Carthage Invitational tournament, on the Carthage Municipal Golf Course. Tigers head coach Brian Leonard said the day's first five holes were played in the rain...

NIXA, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers golf team finished third Thursday, in the 12-team Ozark High School Invitational Tournament on the Fremont Country Club course. Logan-Rogersville won the team title with a combined score of 319, seven fewer than runner-up Springfield Catholic. The Tigers were third at 335, Carthage finished fourth at 343 and Branson was fifth with a 348...

NEOSHO, Mo. -- Adding yet another feather in their caps during what has become a very successful season, the Nevada Tigers golf team went back out on the road Thursday, and came home with the first-place team trophy in the Neosho Kick-Off Tournament, with a final team score of 298...

JOPLIN -- After putting forth one of their best performances in recent memory in the season-opening tournament at Oak Grove, confidence has been very high for the Nevada Tigers golf team. That confidence got even higher Thursday, when the Tigers traveled to Twin Hills Country Club and won the Joplin Invitational tournament, which featured almost exclusively larger schools than Nevada...

MIAMI, Okla. -- The Nevada Tigers golf team finished third Monday, in the Miami Invitational on the Peoria Ridge Country Club course. Fort Gibson finished atop the team standings with a team score of 309 and Metro Christian was second at 324, six strokes fewer than Nevada's 330. Labette County (Kan.) finished fourth with a 336 and Hilldale rounded out the top five with a 344...

OAK GROVE, Mo. -- The Nevada High School boys' golf team didn't open the season in the best of conditions, but that didn't seem to matter much as all five of head coach Brian Leonard's varsity golfers finished in the top 11, individually, helping the Tigers take first place in the eight-team tournament...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- Former Nevada Tiger golfer Tyler Gast and his Missouri Western teammates finished 13th in the Husky Classic, hosted by St. Cloud State University. The Griffons were a dozen strokes better than Concordia-St. Paul, but trailed Manitoba by 12 strokes with a final score of 640. Bemidji State won the team title with a 592...

Two young Nevada golfers were part of the Joplin team Thursday in the Smith-Horton Juniors competition on the Bill and Payne Stewart Golf Course, in Springfield. The Springfield team defeated Joplin, 13.5-4.5. Patrick Ferry defeated Caleb Abalos, 5-3, in his singles match, but Johnny Quitno suffered a 3-1 loss to Dylan Bekemeier -- the 2012 Missouri Class 3 State Champion...

The Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course hosted the Senior Men's Two-Man Scramble on June 13. The 53-team tournament was divided into two age divisions and each division was divided into flights, with the top three teams in each flight earning awards. This year's tournament was sponsored by First National Bank; Metz Bank; Heritage State Bank; B.G. Wolfe, CPA; and Suthlerlands...

Nevada Country Club hosted the 43rd annual Four Ball Invitational golf tournament over the weekend. The 36-hole stroke play tournament was played in teams of two, with the lowest of the two scores being counted on each hole. After Saturday's action, teams were divided into flights and winners were determined after play on Sunday...

A Senior and Super Senior two-man scramble, hosted by the Senior Men's Golf Association,, is Thursday, June 13, at the Frank E. Peters Golf Course, in Nevada. The shotgun start is set for 9 a.m. Seniors ages 50-64 and super seniors 65 and up will compete in a skins game for door prizes, longest drive, closest to pin and longest putt contests...

A Nevada golfer earned Player of the Year honors this spring. John Quitno won four out of five events this season and the Player of the Year award for golfers age12-14, on the Midwest Junior Golf Tour. He also won Saturday medalist honors in three of the five events on this spring's tour. Quitno won top honors in the Liberty Hills Country Club event, two strokes better than the runner-up, Parker Beal, Topeka, Kan. Nick Beardslee, Leawood, Kan., was third...

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. ...

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. ...

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...

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...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor The weather was nearly ideal, but the conditions at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course were far from it as the Nevada Tigers golf team took to its home course for the first time this season. The Tigers took to the course with everything from mud pits where the tee boxes should have been to flooded water hazards and greens that were so wet, they provided almost no roll on putts at times. ...

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...

CARTHAGE -- Nevada shot a 347 in the Sonic/Carthage High School Invitational golf tournament Monday at the Carthage Municipal Golf Course. Seventeen teams competed, with the Tigers finishing eighth. "The weather was the same as it has been the entire season this year," said Tigers head coach Brian Leonard. "Predictions were originally to be 70-80 degrees, but instead, it was overcast and 50-55 degrees. The wind was blowing about 15-20 mph, which made the air damp and chilly."...

MARSHFIELD, Mo. -- "All I can say about the tournament today is that I am very proud of the boys for their dedication and commitment to the great game of golf." The Nevada Tigers golf team competed in the Marshfield Tournament Thursday and by the time all was said and done, gave head coach Brian Leonard a lot about which he could be happy. "They fought through some very extreme conditions today to finish with some great scores," he said...

BOLIVAR, Mo. -- The Nevada Tiger golf team finished eighth in the Bolivar Invitational Monday with a team score of 363. "Not bad, considering we only had two 80s and the other two scores we had to use were close to or over 100," Leonard said The same storm that moved through Vernon County Sunday evening left the course wet and that eliminated any roll on the fairways, but head coach Brian Leonard said the greens were "quick and smooth."...

PLEASANT HILL, Mo. -- Pleasant Hill edged Nevada, 167-170, Thursday in a golf dual on the front side of the Quarry course at the Country Creek Golf Club. Taylor Livingston led the Roosters with a 1-over-par 37 -- one shot better than Nevada's Andrew Quitno. Nevada freshman Levi Palmer turned in what head coach Brian Leonard called, "a steady round of 40."...

CARL JUNCTION, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers golf team got back into action Monday, heading back out on the road to play in the Bird Dog Invitational tournament. The Eagles of Joplin won the team title at the Briarbrook Country Club course with a team score of 340 -- 16 strokes fewer than the 356 turned in by runner-up Carthage. Nevada finished sixth at 379, just three strokes out of the top five...

BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. -- "I can honestly say, that's the first time I've played golf when there was snow on the course." The Nevada Tigers golf team and head coach Brian Leonard were on equal ground when it came to the confusion caused by the fact that when they went to Adams Pointe Golf Course for the Oak Grove Tournament Thursday and found snow on the fairways, greens and "basically, the entire course."...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada High School boys' golf team is scheduled to get its season under way today at the Neosho tournament. The tournament was originally scheduled for Tuesday, but officials were forced to push it back a day due to wet course conditions. Head coach Brian Leonard's squad has been chomping at the bit to get the season started and will now finally get its chance, weather and course conditions permitting...

Nevada Daily Mail NEOSHO, Mo. -- For the second time already this season, the start of the Nevada Tigers golf schedule has been postponed. The Neosho tournament was originally scheduled to be played today at Neosho Municipal Golf Course, but due to the winter weather than moved through the area over the weekend, that tournament has been postponed. Tigers head coach Brian Leonard said the tournament pushed back one day and will be played tomorrow...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers golf team will have some tough shoes to fill and equally tough expectations to meet this year. In the 2012 season, head coach Brian Leonard's squad finished second in the Class 3, District 5 tournament. Joseph Ferry won the tournament with a 6-over-par 76 and the Tigers came within just two strokes of winning the team title...

Nevada Daily Mail Since it was called off due to possible weather delays and extreme temperatures, the Oak Grove Golf Tournament -- which was originally scheduled for today -- has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 28, head coach Brian Leonard said via email Wednesday...

Nevada Daily Mail In an effort to comply with Missouri State High School Activities Association rules, the Nevada Tigers golf squad has been forced to withdraw from a tournament at Oak Grove High School to open the season. The Tigers were originally scheduled to compete in the Oak Grove Tournament at Adams Pointe Golf Course on March 21, but head coach Brian Leonard told the Daily Mail in an email Wednesday morning that in order to comply with the MSHSAA 14-day practice requirement, he was forced to withdraw his squad from competition. ...

Seedings for the Class 1, District 5 basketball tournament were announced this week. On the boys' side, head coach Tyler Judd's Sheldon Panthers are the tournament's fifth seed behind No. 1 Fair Play , Everton , Dadeville and Walnut Grove. Golden City, Lockwood and Halfway round out the tournament...

Nevada Daily Mail A young Nevada golfer has been selected for competition next weekend in St. Louis. Eighth grader John Quitno was named by the Kansas City Golf Association to its four-player Mid-America Junior Cup team that is scheduled to play a St. Louis-area team on Oct. 20-21, at the Bellerive Country Club. Quitno won the Kansas City Junior Tour at the Lawrence Country Club in Lawrence, Kan., and his teammates will be Zac Dittmer, Tanner Owen and Nick Rehmer...

NEVADA. -- Players from both sides of the state line placed in a junior golf tournament held at the Frank E. Peters Golf Course Wednesday. Seventeen golfers participated in four age groups. Nevada golfers took the top three spots in the 8-and-9 year-old division. John Bloesser took first place followed by Owen Swearengen and Cody Larsen...

CARL JUNCTION, Mo. -- Nevada High School's Joseph Ferry won two matches but his Joplin team lost to Springfield, 13-5, in match play at Briarbrook Golf Course here Thursday. Ferry and partner Ben Starkey defeated Springfield's Baron Weaver and Jesse Assa 3 and 1 in doubles. In singles play, Ferry beat Weaver 3 and 1...

Nevada High School golf coach Brian Leonard will be holding the sixth annual NHS Golf Academy each Friday morning in June at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course. The Golf Academy is all boys and girls who have completed grades 1 through 8. Participants will be given instruction on the basic skills needed to introduce them to the game of golf. During the four sessions students will be taught the basics of putting, the full swing, chipping, pitching, golf etiquette and the rules of golf...

NEVADA -- Fourteen golfers from three schools took part in a tournament at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course here Thursday, with Nevada's golfers claiming five of the six best scores turned in. Alex Christiansen scored a 41 for the Tigers to take high honors while Joseph Ferry and Keegan Bell both shot 47s, tying with Jeremy Jones of El Dorado Springs Christian. ...

CLINTON, Mo. -- Alex Christiansen, a senior who signed to play at Missouri Valley College Friday afternoon, led Nevada's golfers with a 40 over nine holes here Thursday in a triangular with Clinton and Warsaw. Christiansen's score, second individually, and the 41 posted by junior Joseph Ferry helped lead the Tigers to a team score of 177, winning the meet by three strokes over Clinton. Warsaw finished a distant third with a 252...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Tiger golfers Joseph Ferry and Alex Christensen were still alive Tuesday in the Missouri Class 3 state tournament on the Island Ridge course at Republic. Westminster Christian's Kevin Bell, the 2008 Class 3 state champion, held Monday's best round with a 70. ...

By Eric Wade Herald-Tribune NEVADA -- "I had my, I'm not going to say doubts, because I knew they had it in them." It's easy to second guess and place doubts on the potential to achieve some of the highest goals set forth before a person, especially a high school athlete, but Nevada Tigers head golf coach Brian Leonard was able to look past those doubts and still held the highest confidence in two of his players in their quest for a bid in the Missouri Class 3 State Golf Championships. ...

The Missouri Western State University Griffons have officially acquired a new member to their men's golf team. Former Nevada High School varsity golfer Tyler Gast signed his letter of intent to continue his golf career with the Griffons Thursday. Gast was a four-time state qualifier as a member of the Tigers golf team and earned All-State honors both his junior and senior years. ...

EL DORADO, Kan. -- Although they are rivals, Fort Scott High's Cole Murrin and Chanute's Jeremy Gant won't be playing in the same foursome when the Kansas Class 4A State Golf Tournament is held at Prairie Trails Country Club Tuesday morning. Murrin will be in the third-from-last group of golfers that will tee off on No. ...

The Nevada Tigers golf team found themselves in action again in the Sonic Invitational tournament at Carthage High School Wednesday. The Tigers struggled a bit in the tournament as team, placing 11th of the 20 teams in attendance. The Tigers finished out the day with a final team score of 356, 44 strokes out of the top spot...

Junior Tyler Gast shot two straight rounds in the 70s Monday and Tuesday at Rivercut golf course in Springfield, Mo., to tie for tenth and receive all-state honors for the first time. Gast missed the top 15, all-state cut by two strokes his sophomore year but broke through Tuesday with a 77 to accompany his first-day 79 and joined an elite group of Class 3 golfers...

Team results: Nevada: 167 Neosho: 167 Webb City: 169 Individual results Nevada: Tyler Gast 38 Zach Braucher 40 David Cavener 46 Alex Christensen 47 Brandon Davis 43 Webb City: Andrew Maier 39 Adam Williams 43 Alex Kanakis 44 Kaleb Forkner 43 Chad Stockton 47...

Nevada Daily Mail SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Showing vast improvement in his second trip to the state golf tournament, Nevada sophomore Tyler Gast finished tied for 20th at Deer Lake Golf Course with a two-day total of 152 earlier this week. Gast, who also qualified for state as a freshman, was 10 strokes off the pace through Tuesday's final round. The two-day tournament covered 36 holes at the par 71 course...

By Joe Warren Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA, Mo. -- Zak Tucker left everyone in the dust. On a soggy day that saw the Southwest Conference team golf title decided by a single stroke, the Neosho sophomore made the individual event anticlimactic. Tucker shot a 3-under-par 69 at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course, playing from the blue tees and skunking a talented field...

Joe Warren/Daily Mail Nevada's David Cavener (left) and Sam Moore (right) play the third hole at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course Tuesday during a triangular with McDonald County and Neosho. The golfers only got to play four holes before rain and lightning canceled the event...

Nevada Daily Mail NEVADA -- The Nevada Tigers had their best nine-hole round in years as they singed the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course for a 148 in a dual with Lamar Tuesday. Nevada beat the visitors by 86 shots, as three players shot under 40, with Brandon Davis breaking par with a 1-under 35...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tiger junior varsity golf team beat El Dorado Springs and Girard, Kan., in a triangular at Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course. Nevada's nine-hole team score of 214 was 16 better than El Do and 18 lower than Girard. Raymond Griffin led all golfers with a 50, while teammate Steph Krohn shot 51...

Nevada Daily Mail LAMAR -- The Nevada Tigers took advantage of the par-35 Lamar Country Club course Monday, posting their best 9-hole total of the season in a triangular with Lamar and El Dorado Springs. The Tigers shot 158 as a team, 27 strokes better than El Dorado Springs and 44 shots below Lamar's 202...