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Locker Room talk with David Hawks (6/2/23)Editor’s note: Locker Room Talk: Coaches Edition, is a piece where every week the Nevada Daily Mail will interview a high school coach and ask them a series of questions. This week's guest is Nevada High School Athletic Director David Hawks...
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Lady Tigers dominate in district title game, 11-1 (10/16/21)So much for the nerves. The top-seeded Nevada High School softball team, two days after surviving some early jitters in its Class 4 District 7 semifinal win over host Harrisonville, obliterated no. 2 seed Warrensburg in the championship game Friday afternoon, 11-1...
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Nevada football drops close one to Mac County (10/16/21)Friday night’s gridiron battle at Logan Field between Nevada High School and McDonald County seemed like one of those football games that came down to a couple of key plays. According to NHS head coach Wes Beachler, it was even closer than that. The difference in this one might have been one or two blocks...
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NHS swimmers earn first medals of the season at Carthage Invite (10/16/21)Karter Evans earned four medals and the Nevada High School boys swim team finished fourth out of eight schools Thursday at the Carthage Invitational. Evans, a junior, placed second in the 50-yard freestyle (25.77 seconds) and third in the 100-yard free (57.28) — and was part of the two relay teams along with Chosen Reichard, Colby Bourassa, and Jeremiah Hoss finished which took third (2:13 in the 200-yard medley, 1:55 in the 200-yard free)...
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NHS advances to face Warrensburg in district softball championship (10/15/21)HARRISONVILLE — With so many underclassmen on the roster, it’s understandable that players on the Nevada High School softball team were admittedly nervous heading into their Class 4 District 7 semifinal game against host Harrisonville on Wednesday. And when the Wildcats’ leadoff batter blasted a home run over the center field fence, one might assume the jitters were quickly replaced by panic...
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Lady Tigers win a set but lose conf. crown to Lamar (10/15/21)LAMAR — In an atmosphere that felt more like the state championship than a Big 8 West title match, the Nevada High School volleyball team lost to rival Lamar 3-1 on the road Thursday night. The win secured a regular-season conference championship for the home team, which improved to 23-4 overall and 6-0 in Big 8 West play. But the visiting Lady Tigers (12-15-1, 5-1) certainly made Lamar earn it...
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Cameron crowned district champ, Lady Tigers qualify team (10/13/21)For the Nevada High School girls golf team, the Class 2 District 3 tournament Monday at Cassville Golf Club had all the ingredients for a good drama. The wind was blowing about 30 miles per hour. There were multiple rulings (some not in the Lady Tigers' favor) that had to be sorted out. And the team had no idea if it had qualified for state until its final golfer returned to the clubhouse...
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NHS spikers sink East Newton on Dig Pink Night (10/13/21)There may have been more pink involved than when she first envisioned it, but Nevada High School head volleyball coach Kori Dodson saw out of her team Tuesday night inside Wynn Gymnasium precisely what she was looking for before the season started. “From the very beginning, I remember saying we have so many hitters, so many options, we can really take it to them. ...
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Morris leads Nevada XC in Anderson (10/13/21)The Nevada High School cross country teams collected three top-10 finishes — two for the Lady Tigers, one for the boys' squad — at the McDonald County Meet at the Rock 2021 Saturday in Anderson. Junior Avery Morris took fifth place in the girls' 5K run with a time of 22 minutes, 26 seconds...
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Tigers JV football overcomes turnovers to sneak past Patriots, 34-31 (10/13/21)The Nevada High School junior varsity football team was able to overcome some turnovers to beat East Newton 34-31 Monday evening at Logan Field. The Tigers got the scoring started in the first quarter when freshman quarterback Gabe Smith connected with sophomore tailback Tucker Duncan on a 20-yard touchdown pass...
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Tigers pummel Patriots, win by 40 (10/9/21)Thanks to a running clock that was triggered in the third quarter, the Nevada High School football team made quick work of East Newton with a 46-6 win Friday night in Granby. In a game that lasted just over two hours and saw substitutions on the field for most of the fourth quarter, the Tigers (6-1 overall, 4-1 in Big 8 West play) seized control from the start when junior defensive end Case Sanderson returned an interception 50 yards to the house on the fourth play from scrimmage...
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NHS doubles team eliminated from Class 1 Sectional 6 (10/9/21)Nevada High School doubles partners Halley Elkinton and Laura Kimmell lost their opening-round match at the Class 1 Sectional 6 tennis tournament Friday afternoon in Joplin. Willow Springs' McKiley Cox and Madisyn Perkins topped Elkinton and Kimmell 6-1, 6-0...
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Evans beats the heat to lead Nevada swimmers in Joplin (10/9/21)With water temperatures reaching 90 degrees, the Nevada High School boys swimming team sweated out one of its best overall performances of the season Thursday in the Missouri Southern State University pool at the Joplin Indoor. Despite also swimming in a 25-meter pool (as opposed to the team's usual 25-yarders), junior Karter Evans led the way for the Tigers, winning first place in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 1 minute, 4.62 seconds...
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NHS softball goes 1-1 in Carthage Invite pool play (10/9/21)The Nevada High School softball team dropped its opening game of the 22nd annual Carthage Invitational on Friday, but was able to bounce back in game no. 2 to enter Silver Bracket play on Saturday. Ozark topped the Lady Tigers 6-4 thanks to some stellar pitching and timely wind gusts...
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Barrett birdies on senior night, Cameron breaks record to lead Lady Tigers (10/8/21)Nevada High School freshman Emree Cameron found her putting stroke at just the right time, and NHS senior Libby Barrett picked the perfect day to shoot her first birdie, as the Lady Tigers made the most of their final meet of the regular season Thursday afternoon at Frank E. Peters Golf Course...
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Nevada softball crushes C.J. on Strike Out Cancer Night (10/8/21)Alternate uniforms are usually reserved for college and professional sports teams, but on Wednesday afternoon at Bushwhacker Field the Nevada High School softball team got its chance to show off some new threads. Instead of their usual crimson and gray, the Lady Tigers wore all-white tops and pants with pink socks and pink writing on their shirts honoring the game’s fund-raising special occasion: Strike Out Cancer Night...
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Lady Tigers youth basketball camp tips off next Saturday (10/8/21)Nevada High School head girls basketball coach Blake Howarth will be hosting an upcoming fall youth basketball camp for interested players in grades 2-6. At a cost of $25 per player, the camp will run from 1-3 p.m. each of the following Saturdays inside Wynn Gymnasium: Oct. 16, Oct. 23, Oct. 30, and Nov. 6...
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NHS medals two, places second at Big 8 golf tourney (10/6/21)CARTHAGE — When the Nevada High School girls golfers returned to the Carthage Golf Course clubhouse after finishing their rounds at the Big 8 Conference tournament on Tuesday, there were not many happy faces. After the Lady Tigers found out two of them had earned all-conference medals and they placed second as a team, they were all smiles...
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Lady Tigers shut out Aurora on senior night (10/6/21)Tuesday afternoon at Bushwhacker Field was a long time coming for Nevada High School senior softball player Jerica Collins. After three years on the junior varsity team, then seeing limited action through the first two dozen varsity games this season, Collins finally got to start at second base for the Lady Tigers on senior night...
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Nevada softball hosting Strike Out Cancer Night (10/6/21)Along with Nevada Regional Medical Center and support from Heartland Behavioral Health Services, the Nevada High School softball team, will host a Strike Out Cancer Night at its varsity game against Carl Junction Wednesday afternoon at Bushwhacker Field...
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NHS volleyball sweeps Monett (10/6/21)The Nevada High School volleyball team left Monett Tuesday evening with a clean sweep. The Lady Tigers varsity squad held off the Lady Cubs' comeback bid in the third set for a 25-16, 25-11, 25-22 victory. Emma Leisure recorded 17 digs and four aces, Kyrsten Owen added 18 assists, and Trinity Gayman had eight kills and four blocks...
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Tigers JV football comes back to beat Seneca (10/6/21)The Nevada High School junior varsity football team overcame a six-point halftime deficit to beat Seneca on the road Monday, 34-26. Quarterback Gabe Smith put the Tigers on the board with a 48-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Longobardi in the first quarter (Tucker Duncan ran in the two-point conversion)...
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Nevada cooks at Chile Pepper XC Festival (10/5/21)The Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival in Fayetteville, Ark., is one of the largest long-distance running events in the country — and on Saturday the Nevada High School team made the most of the trip. Junior Allie Rains finished 11th overall in the girls 5K open, crossing the finish in 21 minutes, 0.5 seconds — just missing out on a top-10 medal by less than a second...
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NHS freshmen spikers score two wins in Cassville (10/5/21)The Nevada High School freshmen volleyball team travelled to Cassville on Saturday for a tournament — and came home with a pair of wins. The Lady Tigers opened pool play with a 25-13, 25-21, 24-26 win over Neosho, before falling to Republic 12-25, 13-25, 10-25...
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2021 Nevada High School Homecoming Football Game (October 1, 2021) (10/2/21)The Nevada High School football team defeated Seneca 52-35 to cap off homecoming night Friday at Logan Field. Here are some photos capturing all the action.
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Steadman's 5 TDs pace Tigers in homecoming win (10/2/21)One’s first experience at a Nevada High School homecoming football game is always special. Avious Steadman’s was five times better. The junior wingback, who moved to town from Fort Scott before the school year, scored four rushing touchdowns and caught another to lead the Tigers to a 52-35 homecoming victory against Seneca Friday night at Logan Field — not that he needed any extra motivation...
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Kimmell, Elkinton take district doubles (10/2/21)Nevada High School's no. 1 doubles team is now no. 1 in districts. Senior Laura Kimmell and junior Halley Elkinton beat host Thomas Jefferson's no. 1 duo plus two pairs from Lamar to win the Class 1 District 12 doubles tournament Friday in Joplin. After taking care of Lamar's no. ...
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Nevada swimmers out-dueled at Webb City duals (10/2/21)The Nevada High School boys swim team dropped its four head-to-head match-ups at duals Thursday in Webb City. Karter Evans had the best individual performance for the Tigers, finishing fifth in the 100-yard freestyle (58.05 seconds). The relay teams picked up a pair of fourth-place finishes, with Evans, Chosen Reichard, Colby Bourassa and Daylan Harth in the 200-yard medley relay (2:14), and Reichard, Harth, Jayden Thankamani, and Jeremiah Hoss in the 400-yard freestyle (5:05)...
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Lady Tigers stave off Seneca in five-set squeaker (10/1/21)Friday came very close to being a sick day for the Nevada High School volleyball team. After the Lady Tigers cruised to a two-set lead against visiting Seneca Thursday night inside Wynn Gymnasium, they let their guard down and allowed the Lady Indians to win the next two sets and force a fifth — which Nevada eked out by two points for the thrilling, nail-biting, and nearly stomach-turning victory...
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Mac County hands Nevada first home loss of softball season (10/1/21)Nevada High School head softball coach Danny Penn got the pitching duel he was looking for when his squad hosted the no. 4-ranked team in Class 4 Wednesday afternoon at Bushwhacker Field. It was just not against the opposing ace he expected. Nor did it result in the outcome he was hoping for...
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Heathman homers, Nevada notches 13 runs in rout (9/29/21)After striking out 16 times at Carthage the previous day, it took the Nevada High School softball team all of 1 2/3 innings to adjust to Smith-Cotton’s pitcher Tuesday at Bushwhacker Field. After that, the Lady Tigers could not stop scoring runs. “I think just adjusting from good, fast velocity last night to slower velocity today took us a little bit of time,” said NHS head coach Danny Penn, whose team clobbered the visiting team from Sedalia 13-0 in five innings. ...
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Lady Tigers open Big 8 v-ball with sweep (9/29/21)Tuesday may have marked the Nevada High School volleyball team’s 19th match — but it also ushered in a new season. And so far, the Lady Tigers are undefeated. “This was our first conference game, and it’s a new season now. That’s the way we’ve got to look at it. ...
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NHS golf blasts Butler (9/29/21)The Nevada High School girls golf team was so confident in its performance against Butler Tuesday afternoon at Frank E. Peters Golf Course, the Lady Tigers all left before the final results were announced. Needless to say, they’ll be happy to hear at practice on Wednesday how they did...
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NHS XC medals three at Lamar; Sheldon's Garren finishes 16th (9/29/21)The Nevada High School cross country team returned home from the Lamar Invitational on Tuesday with three medals — while Sheldon's lone runner earned one, as well. Nevada teammates Allie Rains (21 minutes, 56 seconds) and Avery Morris (22:08) finished 10th and 11th, respectively, with Averi Dawn clocking in at 23:44 for 24th...
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Nevada JV football rebounds from first loss (9/29/21)The Nevada High School junior varsity football team put last week's loss behind it with a 46-34 win over Monett Monday at Logan Field. Sophomore running back Tucker Duncan got the scoring started in the first quarter with an 8-yard touchdown trot (two-point conversion was no good)...
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Rains medals at Rim Rock, Lady Tigers take 11th (9/28/21)The Nevada High School cross country teams on Saturday laced up their running shoes and competed at one of the largest annual high school cross country meets in Kansas. Junior Allie Rains brought home the lone medal for NHS from the Rim Rock Farm Classic, hosted by the University of Kansas on a hilly course in Lawrence, with her 22nd-place finish in the girls' Blue 5K with a time of 21 minutes, 18.2 seconds...
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Volleyball roundup: NHS wins one in CJ tourney (9/28/21)The Nevada High School volleyball team got an advanced look at their home opponent for Tuesday at the Dr. Jeffrey Knutzen Carl Junction Classic on Saturday. The Lady Tigers went 1-3 at the tournament, with their lone win (25-9, 27-25) coming against McDonald County — which NHS will host tonight inside Wynn Gymnasium...
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Nevada's bats go cold against Carthage (9/28/21)Nevada High School got off to a good start in its softball game at Carthage on Monday, but the Lady Tigers were unable to get much going on offense after the first inning — eventually losing the contest 6-1. Senior Bailey Ast went 3-for-4 at the plate and scored the team's lone run on a passed ball in the top of the first frame...
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Nevada teams up to win its first Lady Tiger Invite (9/25/21)Brian Leonard could not help himself. When presenting the first-place plaque to his Nevada High School girls golf team after the Lady Tiger Invitational Friday afternoon at Frank E. Peters Golf Course, the long-time head coach let everyone in attendance know how much it meant to him to win the event for the first time since he created it 17 years ago...
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Tigers maul Cubs, 54-14 (9/25/21)The Nevada High School football team got back to its high-scoring winning ways Friday night at Monett, with six different Tigers scoring touchdowns in a 54-14 thumping of the Cubs. After getting shut out in the first half last week against Lamar, Nevada (4-1) could only be held out of the end zone for a quarter in week 5. ...
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William Jewell College inducts NHS Athletic Wall of Famer (9/25/21)Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hillary Adams Anwander had an entire year to write her speech after William Jewell College named her one of the newest inductees into its athletic hall of fame. Too bad she found out only minutes before the ceremony that she was expected to give one...
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Defense, doubles lift NHS over Marshfield (9/24/21)Nevada High School sophomore center fielder Kara Phillips was not expecting many softballs to be hit to her against Marshfield Thursday afternoon at Bushwhacker Field. Then the first two batters of the game hit pop flies right at her. And the final two did the same...
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Nevada volleyball gets much-needed sweep of Smith-Cotton (9/24/21)Following a 3-2 road loss to Clinton on Wednesday, one in which the Nevada High School volleyball team surrendered a two-set lead, a straight-sets domination of Smith-Cotton Thursday evening inside Wynn Gymnasium was just what the doctor ordered. In fact, after all the close matches they have been on the losing side of this season, the Lady Tigers were aching for a victory like that (25-11, 25-20, 25-12) for much longer than just a day...
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Lady Tigers run away with XC crown in Iola (9/24/21)When it Rains for the Nevada High School cross country team, it pours. At least, that’s how things went Tuesday at the Iola Invitational in Kansas, where Allie Rains ran a first-place time of 21 minutes, 4 seconds, fellow junior Avery Morris took second in 21:35, and freshman Averi Dawn added a top-10 finish with her eighth-place run of 23:32 — all of which helped the Lady Tigers blow away the competition for a 15-point team victory...
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Baldwin scores singles win on senior night (9/24/21)Carl Junction spoiled Nevada High School's senior night with an 8-1 victory Wednesday on the NHS tennis courts. The Lady Tigers' lone win came in no. 4 singles courtesy of senior Abbi Baldwin, who utilized an effective lob shot to earn the final four points of the match and escape 8-4...
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Doubles no trouble for NHS against Reeds Spring (9/22/21)The weather was not the only thing that decided to switch it up on Tuesday. The Nevada High School girls tennis team shuffled up its doubles pairings for a home tilt against Reeds Spring, and amidst the area’s cooler temperatures and windy conditions each new duo won its match to help lead the Lady Tigers to a 5-4 victory...
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Lady Tigers mash Monett in four innings (9/22/21)The Nevada High School softball team put away Monett in four innings on the road Tuesday, 15-0. After scoring two runs in the opening frame, one more in the second, and a couple more in the third (thanks in part to a two-out RBI double by Skyler Burns), the Lady Tigers adjusted to the slow-throwing Monett pitcher with a 10-run fourth inning in which Claire Pritchett had two doubles alone. Hope Hearting added a two-run double down the right-field line in that inning, as well...
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Lady Tigers all shoot top-20 scores in Carthage (9/21/21)Each of the five players on Nevada High School's girls golf team finished in the top-20 — two of whom placed in the top-five, including one who shot a new personal record and another who won the individual championship — Tuesday at the eCarthage.com Invitational...
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NHS v-ball wins two at William Chrisman tourney (9/21/21)The Nevada High School volleyball team got back on the winning track at a tournament hosted by William Chrisman on Saturday — beating Center 25-1, 25-7 and Junction City 25-19, 25-17. The Lady Tigers (3-8-1) also split with Belton 25-19, 22-25 and lost to Odessa 22-25, 17-25 and the host Bears 19-25, 19-25...
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Nevada XC competes in loaded Southern Stampede (9/21/21)The Nevada High School cross country team went green at the Southern Stampede Saturday on the Missouri Southern course in Joplin. At the event, which featured college races in addition to those for high schoolers, the Tigers and Lady Tigers ran in the most competitive of two 5K races (green over gold) — with Allie Rains logging the best finish for the teams, 73rd overall in the girls' competition (21 minutes, 18.45 seconds)...
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Tigers JV finds end zone twice in second half at Lamar (9/21/21)The Nevada High School junior varsity football team suffered its first loss of the season Monday afternoon at Lamar. The crimson and gray Tigers responded well after getting shut out in the first half, but ultimately fell 32-12. Running back Blake Cox ran in a 55-yard touchdown in the third quarter, before teammate and fellow junior Tayvin Moore punched in a two-yard TD in the fourth...
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Nevada's first loss comes in Silver Tiger Game (9/18/21)The explosive plays on offense that defined the Nevada High School football team in its first three games of the season were still there in week four against Lamar Friday night at Logan Field. It’s just that they did not come until the second half. The crimson and gray Tigers by that point trailed by three touchdowns, and for the rest of the game struggled to keep the visiting red and black Tigers from finding the end zone — ultimately resulting in a 48-22 Silver Tiger Game defeat...
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Lady Tigers drop home-opening heartbreaker (9/17/21)The Nevada High School volleyball team dropped to 1-5 following a five-set loss in its home opener Thursday against Pleasant Hill — but that record can be deceiving. The Lady Tigers have played some stiff competition to start the season and learned something new with every loss...
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NHS preparing for Silver Tiger Game like any other week (9/17/21)Diehard Nevada High School football fans might be upset when they first hear it, but the 2021 Tigers are preparing for Friday night’s clash with Lamar like it’s any other game. When those same fans find out why, though, they should feel even better about their favorite team’s chances...
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Nevada netters win four against Mt. Vernon (9/17/21)The Nevada High School girls tennis team’s busy week continued Thursday with a home match against Mt. Vernon. Fittingly, the Lady Tigers earned four wins in their fourth event in four days. Hallie Elkinton won her no. 2 singles match 8-6, Abbi Baldwin won no. 4 singles 8-1, and Kourtnee Vestal won no. 5 singles 8-4...
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NHS golf misses out on Lady Eagle Invite crown by one stroke (9/17/21)Every stroke counts. The Nevada High School girls golf team learned that all-important lesson at the Lady Eagle Invitational Wednesday at the Schifferdecker Golf Course — where the Lady Tigers' combined score of 395 (+111) came up one stroke short of tying Carthage for the team best...
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Nevada softball shuts out unbeaten Sherwood (9/17/21)The Nevada High School softball team played its third state-ranked team of the week Thursday at Sherwood, and left with a 2-0 victory. Kirstin Buck shut out the Lady Marskmen (who were 9-0 and ranked no. 1 in Class 2 entering the contest) in 6 1/3 innings in the circle...
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Evans leads Tigers swimmers at Monett Indoor (9/17/21)The Nevada High School boys swimming team has begun increasing the intensity of its practices in order to be prepared for an end-of-season run — but that did not stop the Tigers from putting on a solid performance at an indoor meet at Monett on Tuesday...
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NHS XC second behind Rains's win at Bolivar (9/15/21)Nevada High School junior cross country runner Allie Rains won the Bolivar Invitational Tuesday with a time of 22 minutes, 26 seconds — and helped lead the Lady Tigers to second place as a team. Teammates Avery Morris finished fourth (23:11), Maddy Majors took 12th (25:09), Averi Dawn was 21st (27:10), Ashley Mather came in 25th (28:48), and Mary-Kate Russell scored 28th (29:30)...
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Ast's walk-off walk wins it for NHS (9/14/21)Before Bailey Ast stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning of a tie game against Holden Monday afternoon at Bushwhacker Field, Nevada High School head softball coach Danny Penn had one piece of advice for the senior...
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Lady Tigers nab first win at Neosho (9/14/21)Nevada High School served up its first victory of the volleyball season Monday at Neosho, with the varsity, junior varsity, and freshmen squads combining to pull off the road sweep. The Lady Tigers on varsity topped Neosho in four sets — 25-20, 25-10, 30-32, 25-11 — to improve to 1-4 on the season...
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NHS netters lose home opener to Lamar, 6-3 (9/14/21)The Nevada High School girls tennis team saw some early leads evaporate in a 6-3 home-opening loss to Lamar Monday afternoon on the NHS courts. The match came a few days after Nevada travelled to Warrensburg for a double-elimination doubles tournament, where Alissa Stutesman and Kourtnee Vestal had the best finish for the Lady Tigers (fourth place). Laura Kimmell and Kallie Erwin also finished fifth...
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Nevada's swimmers cut times in Springfield (9/14/21)The Nevada High School boys swimming team shaved precious seconds off its times in a few events at the Ozark Invitational Saturday in Springfield. Junior Karter Evans left with a pair of seventh-place finishes, clocking in at 25.12 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle (a -0.31 difference from his seed time) and 56.67 seconds in the 100-yard freestyle (-1.40 better than his seed time)...
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Nevada JV football foils Cassville, 28-24 (9/14/21)Like its fellow varsity squad, the Nevada High School junior varsity football team remained unbeaten with a win over Cassville in week three. The Tigers hosted the Wildcats at Logan Field on Monday, where a resilient rushing attack propelled Nevada (3-0) to a 28-24 victory...
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Page picks up silver, Rains runs third at Cottey College Invite (9/11/21)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. ...
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Tigers cash in Cassville turnovers, stay unbeaten with 46-20 victory (9/11/21)This year’s Silver Tiger Game just got a whole lot more interesting. The Nevada High School football team took advantage of three fumble recoveries and an interception to defeat Cassville 46-20 on the road Friday night, while the defending Class 2 state champion Lamar Tigers buried McDonald County 31-7 — setting up a showdown between the heated Big 8 West rivals next week at Logan Field in which both teams will enter the game 3-0...
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Lady Tigers thwart Harrisonville in district dress rehearsal (9/10/21)All season long, Nevada High School head softball coach Danny Penn has been preaching to his players — half of whom are freshmen — the importance of quality at-bats, especially once the postseason rolls around. In a possible Class 4 District 7 preview against Harrisonville Wednesday afternoon at Bushwhacker Field, some of the more experienced Lady Tigers put into practice exactly what Penn has preached...
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Nevada golf wins, Cameron sets new state record at Seneca Invite (9/10/21)First, she shot the lowest round in program history. Now, she’s set a new state mark. At this rate, the Guinness Book of World Records might want to start paying attention to Emree Cameron. The Nevada High School freshman phenom is just two golf tournaments into her prep career, and already she has written her name into the history books — the latest record-breaking effort coming at the Seneca Invitational Thursday at Eagle Creek Golf Course...
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NHS volleyball nearly beats Bolivar (9/10/21)The Nevada High School volleyball team travelled to Fort Scott on Tuesday for a triangular with Anderson County and the hosting Lady Tigers. After losing to Anderson County in straight sets 26-24, 25-21, the crimson and gray took Fort Scott to three sets but ultimately fell 20-25, 25-21, 19-25...
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Nevada netters shut out in Springfield (9/10/21)The Nevada High School girls tennis team had no luck on the road against Class 3 foe Springfield Catholic Wednesday afternoon, losing 9-0. The No. 1 doubles team of Hallie Elkinton and Susannah Kimmell put up the best fight, but ultimately fell 8-4...
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NHS XC medals four at SWCCCA (9/8/21)Nevada High School's cross country teams got their first taste of action at the SWCCCA Richard Clark Invitational Saturday in Bolivar — highlighted by four runners emerging out of the loaded field with medals. Allie Rains had the best finish for NHS, taking ninth in Class 4 girls with a time of 21 minutes, 59 seconds. ...
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Nevada JV hammers Hollister (9/8/21)The Nevada High School junior varsity football team went to work on Labor Day, shutting out Hollister 33-0 at Logan Field. Junior Tayvin Moore punched in the earliest, logging a 40-yard touchdown run in the first quarter (freshman Elijah Bootle booted the extra point)...
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Rea finishes fifth at Western Arkansas Baller Junior Tennis Championships (9/8/21)Nevada High School senior Evan Rea has been preparing for the spring tennis season — and another trip to the state tournament — by playing in the UTSA Western Arkansas Baller Junior Championships this past weekend in Fort Smith. In the boys’ 18-and-under singles division, Rea lost to hometown kid Keven Praphan 6-0, 602 in the opening round. Praphan proceeded to win the whole thing without dropping more than two games to any opponent...
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NHS swimming improves technique in Carthage (9/8/21)Carthage High School's reputation for having a slower indoor pool proved true once again for the Nevada High School boys swimming team on Tuesday, but head coach Clayton Wheeler felt his squad had a good showing. "The boys all swam good races and have shown improvement technique-wise since the first meet," stated Wheeler, whose team earned top-10 finishes in two relays and two individual events for seventh overall out of eight teams...
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Lady Tigers softball shuts out C.J., Seneca in Joplin (9/8/21)The Nevada High School softball team closed out the Paige Neal/Christina Freeman Invitational Saturday in Joplin with a pair of shutout victories. After losing all three games on Friday, the Lady Tigers responded the next day with an 8-0 win over Carl Junction in six innings and a 10-0 stomping of Seneca in five innings...
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Tigers dominate Hollister in first road test (9/4/21)Fifty sure is nifty for the Nevada High School football team. A week after scoring 52 points in their season-opening win against Logan-Rogersville, the Tigers put up 54 more on the scoreboard at Hollister on Friday. Like in week one, the scoring for Nevada in its 54-28 victory over the Tigers was spread throughout the offense — with junior running backs Case Sanderson and Jordan Johnson cashing in their more than 100-yard performances on the ground with two touchdowns apiece, senior tight end Kartman Highley hauling in his third TD pass of the season from junior quarterback Cade Beshore, and wingbacks Avious Steadman and Brice Budd each running in scores. ...
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NHS softball held without a win on first day of Joplin Invitational (9/4/21)Three up, three down. That's how plenty of innings go in softball — but unfortunately for Nevada High School, that's how the team's entire Friday went at the Paige Neal/Christina Freeman Invitational in Joplin. "No doubt today was a tough day at the park," stated NHS head coach Danny Penn, whose squad lost 7-2 to Broken Arrow (Oklahoma), 13-6 to Park Hill South, and 11-2 to Carthage. ...
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Nevada swimmers soak up first chance to improve times (9/4/21)The Nevada High School boys swim team dipped its toes into the pool for the first meet of the season at the Labor Day Preview Thursday at the Foster Natatorium in Springfield. Though the Tigers' 25 points placed them 11th out of 14 teams (Glendale and its 386 points swam away with first place, followed by Webb City's 191.5 and Carthage's 146), NHS head coach Clayton Wheeler indicated he was pleased with the times his swimmers clocked — especially in the 200-yard freestyle relay...
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Cameron sets school record in NHS golf debut (9/3/21)Here's how good Springfield Catholic High School is at golf: Nevada freshman Emree Cameron shot a program-record 1-over-par 72 in the team's season-opening tournament at the Bill & Payne Stewart Golf Course on Wednesday — and it was still only good enough for fourth place behind three Lady Irish...
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NHS netters give Thomas Jefferson a run for its money in early-season districts preview (9/3/21)Though they lost 6-3, the Nevada High School Lady Tigers impressed first-year head coach Katie Alexander with their effort on the tennis court at Thomas Jefferson Independent on Thursday. The question is: can they play the Lady Cavaliers just as tough — if not tougher — come early October at the Class 1 District 12 tournament?...
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Nevada softball steamrolls Reeds Spring (9/3/21)The Nevada High School softball team took advantage of Reeds Spring's pitching woes with a 28-0 thrashing in three innings on the road Thursday. The Lady Tigers (4-3) scored half their runs in the first inning alone, finishing the game with more walks and hit batsmen than hits...
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Mt. Vernon volleyball sweeps Lady Tigers in opener (9/3/21)The Nevada High School volleyball team went down in straight sets (25-17, 25-18, 26-24) to open its season Thursday night at Mt. Vernon. Setter Jade Feller contributed 30 assists, while fellow senior and libero Grace Barnes racked up 17 digs. Sophomore Delaney Hope led the way at the net with 12 kills and seven blocks...
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Nevada softball wallops Cassville in home opener (9/1/21)The results of an impromptu singing competition Tuesday afternoon between the Nevada and Cassville high school softball teams are still up in the air — but there was no doubt who won the game that took place afterward. The Lady Tigers, who along with the Lady Wildcats and a few courageous fans in attendance took it upon themselves to sing the National Anthem before first pitch when the P.A. ...
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Lady Tigers tennis wins at Monett; NEVC v-ball comes back to beat Lakeland (9/1/21)The Nevada High School girls tennis team won its season opener 7-2 at Monett on Tuesday — led by wins by Hallie Elkinton in no. 2 singles (8-5), Susannah Kimmell in no. 3 singles (8-1), Alissa Stutesman in no. 4 singles (8-1), Abbi Baldwin in no. 5 singles (8-3), Kourtney Vestal in no. 6 singles (8-1), Baldwin and Laura Kimmell in no. 2 doubles (8-0), and Stutesman and Vestal in no. 3 doubles (8-2)...
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NHS JV football fends off Logan-Rogersville, 34-20 (9/1/21)The Nevada High School junior varsity football team on Monday picked up where the varsity squad left off last week, beating Logan-Rogersville by two touchdowns for a season-opening 34-20 victory on the road. “We are very proud of the attitude and effort that our kids played with tonight,” stated NHS JV head coach Jerrod Alexander, whose team was able to hold on for the win after scoring on the opening drive and exchanging touchdowns with the Wildcats throughout the contest. ...
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Lady Tigers take sixth in Morrisville, lose in seventh at Webb City (8/31/21)It’s one thing to take a four-run lead on Webb City. It’s another thing to finish the job. The Nevada High School softball team found that out the hard way Monday afternoon at Barnes Field, where the Lady Cardinals, in their first game since finishing runner-up at the MSHSAA Class 4 state championship last fall, clawed their way back from an early deficit against the Lady Tigers — courtesy of an RBI ground-out and three-run homer by junior Kirstin Buck — to win their home opener 5-4 on a walk-off single.. ...
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Inspired Tigers overcome early miscues, trounce Wildcats (8/28/21)Emotions were running high before Nevada High School’s first football game of the season Friday night at Logan Field. That was nothing compared to afterward. “It feels awesome. Knowing he’s right beside us all the time, it feels great,” senior lineman Lukas Higgins said following Nevada’s 52-31 victory over Logan-Rogersville, a win the Tigers dedicated to their late linebackers coach Will Downing...
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Tigers hope to honor late linebackers coach with another high-performance season (8/28/21)Every player. Every play. That is this year’s motto for the Nevada High School football team, and it means much more than the usual inspirational phrase that dons locker room walls, pep rally posters, and booster club t-shirts. That’s because those four words encompassed the philosophy of Will Downing, the retired Army colonel who was a dual-sport athlete at West Point and spent the last four years of his life coaching linebackers at NHS — before it was tragically cut short at the age of 49 on Monday, Aug. ...
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Nevada softball loaded with experience and young talent (8/28/21)After his team’s performance at its softball jamboree in Leeton, Nevada High School head coach Danny Penn said if the Lady Tigers are playing at the same level on October 1 as they are today, they won’t be doing things right. After (unofficially) shutting out both Leeton and Sherwood in those preseason scrimmages, that would mean Nevada will have not allowed a single run for the entire opening month of the season...
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All five Lady Tigers setting sights on state golf (8/28/21)Each golfer at Nevada High School has something different about her game she is focused on improving this fall. Senior Katie Pennington, for example, is looking for better consistency off the tee box. Sophomore Paige Hertzberg wants to work on her putting. Even freshman Emree Cameron, one of the top-ranked players in the state, has been shoring up her pitch game...
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Balance and blocking keys for Nevada volleyball (8/28/21)Nevada High School head volleyball coach Kori Dodson wanted her team to be more competitive this year, so from the first day of practice she and her coaching staff started instituting more drills. The goal, even during conditioning: to get the girls’ intensity up and keep it there — a strategy Dodson is confident will pay off after the first month of matches...
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NHS XC has high expectations to go with number of runners (8/28/21)When the 2021 fall sports season officially began on Monday, Aug. 9, only one team at Nevada High School was out practicing the second it was allowed to. “We had our first practice at midnight the first day, because we wanted to be the first team practicing,” said NHS head coach Ryan Watts, who had nearly 30 runners, mostly freshmen (including his son, Aiden), show up and join the team. “Getting that freshmen class in is a game-changer. That’s going to help us out a lot.”...
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Post-Ben Hines era begins for NHS boys swimming (8/28/21)Talk about a tough act to follow. Ben Hines, the most prolific swimmer in Nevada High School history, graduated in the spring and is now doing laps in the pool at the University of Alabama — leaving it up to a new generation of Tigers to try and match his four individual state championships...
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Alexander returns to NHS tennis as coach (8/28/21)What a difference a year makes. At this time in 2020, Katie Alexander was navigating the pandemic as a new mother. This fall, she’s coaching the Nevada High School girls tennis team. “When the job came open this year, it just felt right,” said Alexander, a 2011 graduate of NHS who played tennis for the school and even went to state. ...
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Lady Tigers net one set at Carthage jamboree (8/25/21)CARTHAGE — The results of the volleyball jamboree Tuesday at Carthage may be unofficial, but the takeaways from it are as real as they get. “It was a confidence-booster,” Nevada High School head coach Kori Dodson said of her team’s single set victory of the night, 25-17 over Aurora. ...
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Nevada shuts out both Leeton, Sherwood at softball jamboree (8/25/21)The Nevada High School softball team picked up a pair of shutout victories at its jamboree in Leeton Tuesday night, giving the Lady Tigers some early momentum heading into their season-opening tournament coming up this weekend. Though scores were unofficial, Nevada took care of the host Lady Bulldogs 4-0 in four innings, only to escape with a 1-0 win in four innings against Sherwood...
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Tigers hold their own at Carthage jamboree (8/21/21)CARTHAGE — For a football team that is not expected to throw the ball very much this season, Nevada High School sure slung the pigskin effectively in its debut Friday night at the Carthage jamboree. The Tigers found the end zone on just their second play against Carl Junction, when junior quarterback Cade Beshore connected with junior wideout Drew Beachler on a 25-yard touchdown pass...
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Nevada football prepares for jamboree (8/20/21)High school football jamborees are a lot like NFL preseason games. They offer the first opportunity of the season for fans to see their favorite teams in action. They allow players to hit someone other than their own teammate. And they scare the heck out of head coaches...
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Lady Tigers getting swings in before golf season (8/20/21)Three returning state qualifiers and two state hopefuls have been practicing at Frank E. Peters Golf Course these past two weeks to prepare for the 2021 Nevada High School girls golf season. While senior Katie Pennington, junior Riley Severance, and sophomore Paige Hertzberg will each be vying for their second trips to the MSHSAA state championship, senior Libby Barrett and freshman Emree Cameron also have their sights set on a successful season — the former to conclude her high school career and the latter to begin hers.. ...
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Nevada football, volleyball wrap first week of practice (8/14/21)Friday marked the final day of the first week of practice for Missouri State High School Activities Association fall sports teams, including the Nevada football and volleyball squads. While the Tigers got in some drills and conditioning work in the early-morning rain next to Logan Field, the Lady Tigers scrimmaged against each other and ran a few sprints of their own inside Wynn Gymnasium...