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Colbert competes in State Invitational (5/22/23)Kim Colbert competed in the MSHSAA Class 1 State Invitational this past Friday and Saturday in Jefferson City, Mo., and competed against some of the best in the state of Missouri. On Friday, Colbert finished sixth in the Long Jump event, with a new school record of 4.96 meters. ...
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Tiger Track and Field compete in miserable conditions (5/4/23)By Kaleb Vestal Daily Mail Sports Editor The Nevada Tiger Track and Field team hosted their annual home meet Thursday afternoon, after being postponed from late March due to weather. The weather must have kept a calendar, because it was for sure back in the area Thursday afternoon during the meet. But surprisingly, Head Coach Ryan Watts says that this weather can prepare and better the Tigers for the postseason, if the weather isn’t up to par...
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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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Sheldon's Garren repeats as Wheaton Invite XC champ (10/9/21)Sheldon High School senior Madison Garren shaved six seconds off her first-place time at last year's Wheaton Invitational cross country meet with a time of 23 minutes, 7 seconds in the 2021 event on Thursday — which was also good enough for first overall...
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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 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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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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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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Garren starts strong, finishes faster at Stockton Invite (9/22/21)Sheldon High School senior cross country runner Madison Garren finished the Stockton Invitational in 24 minutes flat on Tuesday — good enough for a 12th-place medal. Head coach Mike Galimberto stated that Garren started off with great pace and was in 10th place after the first mile. ...
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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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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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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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Comets fly through Falcon Classic (9/8/21)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...
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Garren gets eighth at Griffon Invite (9/8/21)Sheldon High School senior Madison Garren, a returning state medalist in Class 1 and the only runner representing her school this season, earned a top-10 finish in her 2021 cross country debut at the Missouri Western State University Griffon Invitational in St. Joseph on Saturday...
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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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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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Garren pulling double duty for Sheldon v-ball, XC (8/28/21)Only one Sheldon High School athlete has medaled in cross country in program history. Now a senior, Madison Garren should also be the first one to do it twice. She might as well play some volleyball while she’s at it. “Let’s run it back to Columbia!” stated SHS cross country coach Mike Galimberto of his lone runner this fall. ...
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Donut Dash a smash for Nevada High School XC (6/25/21)This summer, the Nevada High School cross country team is training like no other. Unless, of course, Homer Simpson ever gets into long-distance running. On Wednesday evening at Larry Testman Track, NHS XC head coach Ryan Watts hosted the inaugural Donut Dash, a unique event in which runners had to complete four laps (one mile), but not before scarfing down a doughnut at the start of each one. ...
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Hart out-hops all high-jumpers at state (5/29/21)The only problem with competing in three different field events at state track is, you may not have much time to prepare for the other two if you win the first one. For Nevada High School junior Lilly Hart, it was a good problem to have. “Unfortunately, winning the high jump kind of sunk the rest of her day. ...
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Nevada T&F honors athletes in lead-up to state (5/28/21)Athletes, parents, and coaches of the Nevada High School track and field team met Wednesday afternoon at Radio Springs Park for dinner and awards to commemorate the 2021 season — which will wrap up Friday at the MSHSAA Class 1 championship in Jefferson City...
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Sheldon's Colbert competes at Class 1 track championship (5/26/21)Sheldon High School’s Kim Colbert got her first experience of state track Saturday in Jefferson City. After placing second at the Class 1 Sectional 5 meet in Sarcoxie the week before, the sophomore speedster was one of 16 qualifiers for the MSHSAA Class 1 girls 300-meter hurdle race, an event for which she repeatedly set the new school record during the season — most recently at sectionals with a time of 50.50 seconds...
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NHS track and field sends eight to state (5/25/21)CAMDENTON — For Nevada High School’s Lilly Hart, this year's state track and field meet in Jefferson City turned out to be just a hop, skip, and jump away. The junior leaper placed third in each of her three field events at the Class 4 Sectional 3 meet Saturday at Bob Shore Stadium — the high jump, triple jump, and long jump — qualifying her to join seven of her teammates at the MSHSAA Class 4 Championship Friday in the capital...
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Nevada High School Track and Field at Class 4 Sectional 3 Meet (May 22, 2021) (5/24/21)The Nevada High School track and field team competed in the Class 4 Sectional 3 meet Saturday at Bob Shore Stadium in Camdenton. The Tigers and Lady Tigers qualified for state in seven events — including all three jumping competitions for junior Lilly Hart — though they had athletes in action throughout the day. Here are some photos capturing the big moments.
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Sheldon sending one qualifier to Class 1 state track (5/19/21)Old news: Kim Colbert once again broke her own school record in the 300-meter hurdles. New news: she's going to state because of it. The Sheldon High School sophomore qualified for the MSHSAA Class 1 track and field state championship this weekend in Jefferson City with a second-place time of 50.50 seconds in her specialty event (for which she set and re-set a new school-best mark repeatedly this season) at the Class 1 Sectional 5 meet Saturday in Sarcoxie...
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Hart of champions: NHS girls win district track (5/18/21)CARL JUNCTION — After trying but failing to win the Big 8 Conference championship, the Nevada High School girls track and field team switched up its strategy for the Class 4 District 6 meet Saturday at Bulldog Stadium. Instead of trying to win every event — and in turn the team standings — the Lady Tigers just tried to earn as many top-four finishes as possible, in order to qualify as many athletes for sectionals as they can...
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Nevada High School Track and Field at Class 4 District 6 Meet (May 15, 2021) (5/18/21)The Nevada High School track and field showed up ready to run (and jump and throw and vault) at the Class 4 District 6 meet Saturday at Bulldog Stadium in Carl Junction — highlighted by the Lady Tigers winning their first district crown since 1994 and qualifying for sectionals in 16 different events. Here are some photos capturing all the action.
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Sheldon track sends two to sectionals (5/12/21)The Sheldon High School track and field team qualified for sectionals two athletes in five events Saturday at the Class 1 District 5 meet in Bolivar. Junior Madison Garren placed second and set a new personal record in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 13 minutes, 41 seconds — and also took second in the 1,600 (6:13) and fourth in the 400 (1:07, a new school record)...
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NHS track and field wins eight medals at Big 8 Conference meet (5/7/21)Drew Beachler won gold in the long jump, and the Lady Tigers finished runner-up as a team, to highlight Nevada High School’s day at the Big 8 Conference track and field meet Wednesday in Monett. Nevada left with medals in eight events total, led by sophomore long-jumper Beachler, whose leap of 6.53 meters (or 21 feet, 5 inches) earned him a first-place medal and first-team all-conference honors...
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Nevada Middle School Track and Field at Big 8 Conference meet (May 1, 2021) (5/4/21)The Nevada Middle School track and field team wrapped up its 2021 season at the Big 8 Conference meet Saturday, May 1, inside Thomas M. O'Sullivan Stadium in Lamar — with the eighth-grade girls taking home first place as a team. Here are some photos documenting the action.
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NMS eighth-grade girls run away with Big 8 gold (5/4/21)LAMAR — The Nevada Middle School eighth-grade girls capped off their impressive track and field season with a first-place team finish at the Big 8 Conference meet Saturday inside Thomas M. O’Sullivan Stadium. With competitors in nearly every event, the Lady Tigers were led by gold medal-winning performances from Averi Dawn in the 1,600-meter run (6 minutes, 23 seconds); Peyton Eaton, Alison Olson, Caylee Holcomb, and Ella Heathman in the 4x100-meter relay (55.99 seconds); and Eaton, Olson, Holcomb, and Hailey Hearting in the 4x200 (1:57).. ...
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Lady Tigers make off with Mountaineer Relays title (5/1/21)At this point in the high school track and field season, if Nevada High School is competing in a meet, by the end of it the Lady Tigers are never further than a stone’s throw away from the winner’s podium. Nor a javelin’s. Or a discus’s. The NHS throwers led the way to another first-place team finish Thursday at the Mountaineer Relays in Mt. ...
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NMS track and field tackles two meets in two days (4/30/21)Eighth-graders Hailey Hearting and Peyton Eaton won first-place medals at both of Nevada Middle School’s track and field meets this week. At El Dorado Springs on Monday, Hearting won the eighth-grade girls high jump, and Eaton edged out her teammate to take home gold in the eighth-grade girls triple jump. Hearting finished second in that event...
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Bronaugh Junior High track crosses season finish line at Eldo (4/30/21)The Bronaugh Junior High track and field team wrapped up its season Monday in El Dorado Springs, with several athletes taking home medals. Seventh-grader Wynsdae Connelly won gold in three events, including the girls discus, 100-meter hurdles, and as part of the 4x100-meter relay team along with Jada Brundridge, Ariana Solis, and Sabryna Smith. Connelly also placed second in the 100-meter dash, while Brundridge took silver in the 200...
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Cottey track breaks records at Tabor (4/27/21)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...
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Collins's javelin launch helps lift Lady Tigers at Lamar Invite (4/24/21)Jerica’s javelin jetted. That tongue-twister effectively describes the record-breaking performance of one Nevada High School track and field athlete Thursday at the Lamar Invitational. Junior Jerica Collins won the girls javelin event — and helped the Lady Tigers walk away meet champions — with a throw of 35.53 meters (or 116.57 feet). It was six meters longer than her previous best and the furthest any girl in program history has thrown a spear...
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Mba, Olson lead NMS at Redbird Relays (4/23/21)The Nevada Middle School track and field team returned home from the Redbird Relays in Webb City on Thursday with eight first-place medals — including two each in the possession of seventh-grader Uche Mba and eighth-grader Alison Olson. Mba won both the seventh-grade boys 400-meter event and the long jump...
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NHS girls make a splash at rainy Joplin Invitational (4/20/21)Despite the cancellations of most area high school games on Friday due to rain, the Joplin Invitational went on as scheduled. It turned out to be a fortuitous decision for the Nevada High School girls track and field team — which walked away from the event in soggy socks and shoes but with a second-place medal...
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Eighth-grade girls win back-to-back for NMS track (4/17/21)If this week’s middle school results were any indication, the future of the Nevada High School track and field team is in good hands. Or is it feet? Either way, the Nevada Middle School eighth-grade girls put on a show — first by winning the Mt. Vernon Middle School Invitational on Monday, then defending their home track at the Nevada Middle School Invite on Thursday...
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Colbert reports another record for Sheldon track (4/17/21)Sheldon High School’s Kim Colbert continued her record-breaking ways this week at the El Dorado Springs Invitational. For the third time this season, Colbert set a new school record in the 300-meter hurdles — crossing the finish in 55.01 seconds, good enough for second place at the meet...
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Sheldon hurdler Colbert breaks multiple school records (4/10/21)Sheldon High School's Kim Colbert seems to set a new record every time she steps on the track. At the Stockton Invitational on Tuesday, Colbert broke the school record in the 100-meter hurdles for the third time this season — and finished in second place — before setting school's best mark in the 300-meter hurdles for the second time (she finished third in that event)...
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NHS track tunes up at Lamar, NMS off to record-breaking start (4/9/21)With the high-profile Jock’s Nitch/PSU Gorilla Relays coming up later in the week, the Nevada High School track and field team sent only a select number of athletes to compete in a quadrangular at Lamar on Monday. Those who did participate made it a worthwhile trip, though, highlighted by six Tigers and Lady Tigers who posted first-place performances...
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New faces, units of measurement for Nevada track and field (4/3/21)About one month before the 2021 track and field season began, the Missouri State High School Activities Association dropped a bomb on its coaches and athletes. A bomb that, technically, hailed all the way from Europe. While time on the track this year will continue to be counted in seconds and minutes, distances in the field events will no longer be officially measured in imperial units of inches and feet. Instead, everyone will switch to the metric system...
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Lady Tigers have a field day at Nevada Invite (3/27/21)After the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out its season last year, the Nevada High School track and field team made the most of its return to Larry Testman Track Friday afternoon for the Nevada Invitational — highlighted by a first-place performance by the varsity and junior varsity girls...
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Rain wipes out Thursday's sports (3/26/21)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...
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Spring season openers postponed due to rain (3/24/21)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...
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Comets open track season in Wichita (2/10/21)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...
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Lady 'Cats cruise to third-place finish at Golden City Invitational (1/29/17)The Bronaugh Lady Wildcats easily dispatched Dadeville in the third-place game of the Golden City Invitational girls' basketball tournament. The decisive 60-31 victory was two weeks in the making as the game had previously been rescheduled due to inclement weather. ...
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El Dorado Christian girls' relay team breaks record (6/4/14)
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El Dorado Christian track season ends (6/4/14)KANSAS CITY -- The El Dorado Christian boys' and girls' track teams ended the 2014 track season with two first-place team trophies. Both teams brought home gold from the Inter-School Athletic and Academic Competition Track Finals, May 8 and 9. Many track records were broken and multiple medals were won in the meet...
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El Dorado Christian competes at Nationals (6/3/14)Nevada Daily Mail SPRINGFIELD -- Fifteen El Dorado Christian athletes competed in the 13th annual National Christian Home School Track Championships on May 9 and 10, at JKF Stadium. Nearly 900 athletes from across the nation competed. Athletes age 12 and younger competed in five events and a triathlon. ...
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Nevada High School track earns state qualifications (5/27/14)One Nevada Lady Tiger and two Nevada Tigers have qualified for this weekend's MSHSAA Class 3 State Track and Field Championships, in Jefferson City. Sophomore Reagan Bradley finished fourth in the 200-meter dash last Saturday, in the Sectional meet, at Eldon. Her time -- 27.2 seconds -- was her best in the event this season...
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Nevada High School track awards announced (5/24/14)
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Christanne, Ben Middleton earn High Point Awards (5/24/14)
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ECS high school track fares well at state (5/22/14)The El Dorado Christian High School girls' and boys' track teams traveled to Joplin, Mo., May 2 and 3, to compete in the Missouri Christian School Athletic Association's State Track finals. The ECS girls' team repeated its 2013 performance, bringing home the first-place trophy, while the boys' team finished third in the team standings. Multiple personal and school records were broken by athletes on both teams...
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El Dorado Christian hosts MOKAN track meet (5/19/14)EL DORADO SPRINGS -- The El Dorado Christian High School boys' and girls' track team hosted the annual MOKAN Conference meet May 5. The Buffalos won the first-place team trophy, while Ben Middleton and his sister, Christanne Middleton, both won the MOKAN High Points Awards and ECS had nine members of its track team awarded MOKAN All-Conference medals...
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Class 3, District 6 Results (5/19/14)Justin Marley-110-meter Hurdles-District Champion: 15.74 (PR) Justin Marley--300-meter Hurdles-District Champion: 41.90 Brooklynn Vincent--Discus-District Champion: 109-9 Reagan Bradley--100-meter Dash-Second place: 13.19 Reagan Bradley--200-meter Dash-Second place: 26.84 (PR)...
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Nevada track fares well at district meet (5/19/14)CARL JUNCTION -- Carl Junction and Bolivar won the team titles Saturday in the Class 3, District 6 track and field meet, at Carl Junction High School. The Bulldogs finished atop the boys' team standings with 147 points, Reeds Spring was a distant second with 71.5 and the Nevada Tigers were third with 59 in the 16-school field. Bolivar's Lady Liberators won the girls' team title with 109 points, Springfield Catholic was second with 90 and the Nevada Lady Tigers finished fifth with 71...
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Middle school track competes at Tri-County meet (5/16/14)NEOSHO, Mo. -- The Nevada Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade boys' and girls' track teams completed the 2014 season Wednesday, competing in the Tri-County Conference meet, at Neosho Middle School. The seventh-grade girls and eighth-grade boys turned in the best team performances for Nevada on the day, as they each came home third, overall. Nevada's eighth-grade girls and seventh-grade boys each finished fifth in the team standings...
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Nevada sports postponed (5/12/14)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. ...
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Nevada sports postponed (5/9/14)With the threat of widespread rain across the area, the Nevada R-5 School District was forced to make some changes to its athletic schedules Thursday. The first of those changes was at Nevada High School. The Tigers tennis team was scheduled to host Clinton, but that match was called off due to wet conditions on the courts at Nevada High School and the threat of more rain...
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Special Olympics competes at Carl Junction (5/3/14)CARL JUNCTION -- Special Olympic athletes from Nevada and the surrounding schools went to Carl Junction High School on April 25, for a track meet and brought home many medals. Several of Nevada's athletes brought home gold, silver and bronze medals in their divisions. Competitions were in relay races, 100-meter dash, long jump, wheelchair races, softball throw and javelin throw, and more...
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Nevada track fares well at Fort Scott meet (5/3/14)FORT SCOTT -- Pittsburg and Paola won the team titles Thursday, in a junior varsity track and field meet at Fort Scott High School. The Lady Purple Dragons topped the team standings with 123 points, 17 more than Fort Scott, with the Nevada Lady Tigers fifth at 50. Paola won the boys' title with 136 points, Pittsburg was second at 122, while Nevada finished sixth at 36...
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Middle school track competes in Joplin Relays (5/2/14)JOPLIN -- The Nevada Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade boys' and girls' track and field teams got back into action Tuesday, competing in the Joplin Relays meet. The meet featured a total of 10 schools, from Carl Junction, Joplin, Pittsburg, Kan., Neosho, Seneca, Webb City and McDonald County...
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Middle school track competes at El Dorado Springs (4/30/14)EL DORADO SPRINGS -- The Nevada Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade boys' and girls' track teams competed in the El Dorado Springs Relays meet Monday, and brought home a number of strong performances. Both the Nevada seventh- and eighth-grade boys' teams won the meet. ...
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Nevada High School track competes at Fort Scott (4/29/14)FORT SCOTT -- Paola High School swept the team championships in Friday's Fort Scott Invitational track and field meet. The Panthers won the boys' title with 156 points, 43 more than runner-up Pittsburg, Labette County finished third with 77 and the Nevada Tigers were fourth with 57. Paola won the girls title with 189 points, Pittsburg was a distant second with 110 and the Lady Tigers finished sixth with 40...
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NMS track competes at Lamar (4/26/14)LAMAR -- Carl Junction had its way with the field, taking all four team titles in the Lamar Middle School track meet Tuesday. Nevada Middle School's teams finished seventh in the seventh-grade girls' team order, fourth in the seventh-grade boys' and eighth- grade girls' standings and sixth in the eighth-grade boys' order. Individual results were not available...
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Area sporting events postponed (4/25/14)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...
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Nevada junior varsity track competes at home (4/23/14)The Nevada High School junior varsity boys' and girls' track teams hosted the annual Nevada Invitational meet Tuesday afternoon and brought home a number of strong performances. Nevada's girls won the team title, while El Dorado Christian was second, Carthage finished third and El Dorado Springs was forth. Carthage took the boys' meet, with Nevada second, El Dorado Springs third and El Dorado Christian fourth...
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El Dorado Christian track wins at Willard (4/22/14)
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ECS junior high track competes at Nevada (4/22/14)
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Nevada track fares well at Joplin meet (4/19/14)JOPLIN -- Both of the Nevada High School track and field teams finished seventh Thursday, in the Joplin Invitational. Two Lady Tigers won gold medals, Reagan Bradley in the 200-meter dash and Nikiya Feezell in the high jump. Bradley ran second in the 100-meter dash and teamed with Chloe Bartlett, Kelsey McCall and Carsten Warner for third-place finishes in both the 4x100- and 4x200-meter relays...
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Middle school track fares well at home (4/15/14)The Nevada Middle seventh- and eighth-grade track teams hosted the annual Nevada Invitational meet Thursday, at the Testman Track, and brought home a number of strong performances. Across all four teams, Nevada brought home a total of 52 top-six finishes. Nevada's seventh-grade girls brought home the majority of those, taking 15 top-six positions in 12 different events...
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Nevada track fares well at Lamar (4/11/14)LAMAR -- The Nevada High School track and field squad continued its season Thursday, bringing home a number of strong finishes. In the girls' meet, the 4x200-meter relay team of Kelsey McCall, Chloe Bartlett, Reagan Bradley and Megan hold took first with a time of 2 minutes, 0.58 seconds, while Nikiya Feezell was first in the high jump with a height of 5 feet even, and Hold won the long jump with a distance of 13-9 and the triple jump with a distance of 31-9 3/4. ...
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Middle school track fares well at Carthage meet (4/11/14)CARTHAGE -- The Nevada Middle School eighth-grade boys' track team finished second Tuesday, in the Carthage Tiger Invitational meet. Zach Gardner won the triple jump with a height of 37 feet even, placed second in the long jump at 17-10 and ran second in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.30 seconds. Ben Satterfield won the high jump with a height of 5-3 and the 400-meter relay team of Gardner, Shelby Trotter, Hunter Mason and Braxton Shadden took first place with a time of 50.20...
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Bronaugh track team competes at Archie meet (4/9/14)BRONAUGH -- After a strong showing in which three athletes earned individual top-eight finishes in a total of six events at the Nevada Invitational track meet, the Bronaugh High School track team returned to action at the Archie Invitational last week, bringing home four more strong individual finishes...
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Nevada Middle School track fares well at Webb City meet (4/9/14)WEBB CITY -- The Nevada Middle School seventh- and eighth-grade boys' and girls' track teams competed in the Red Bird Relays track meet Friday, bringing home a number of strong individual finishes. Webb City won the eighth-grade girls' meet with 121 points, while Carthage took the seventh-grade girls' top score at 117. Carl Junction's boys took the eighth-grade team title with 121 points and Nixa won the seventh-grade boys' meet with 116...
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Nevada Invitational track meet results (4/1/14)Women 100 Meter Dash Finals Women 200 Meter Dash Finals Women 400 Meter Run Finals Women 800 Meter Run Finals Women 1600 Meter Run Finals Women 3200 Meter Run Finals Women 100 Meter Hurdles Finals Women 300 Meter Hurdles Finals Women 4x100 Meter Relay...
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Nevada High School hosts annual track meet (4/1/14)The Nevada Tigers and Lady Tigers track and field squads opened their 2014 regular-season schedules Saturday, with the annual Nevada Invitational, at Nevada High School. The Lady Tigers took the team title with 159 total points, 48 more than second place Archie. Lamar finished third with 84 points, followed by College Heights with 45, Humansville with 39, Bronaugh with 22 and El Dorado Springs with 18...
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Feezell signs with Central Methodist University (3/1/14)
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Feezell to sign with Central Methodist (2/22/14)Nevada High School athletic director and head boys' basketball coach John McNeley announced Thursday that yet another name was added to the list of players who are planning to continue their athletic endeavors at the college level. Throughout her high school career, Nikiya Feezell has been a standout in multiple sports, most recently joining the Lady Tigers tennis team and enjoying immediate success, as well as playing a major role in the successes of the Lady Tigers basketball team. ...
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Wysong to join Mizzou Hall of Fame (1/21/14)Nevada High School graduate Ashley Wysong is one of four former Missouri Tigers and Lady Tigers athletes scheduled for induction into Mizzou Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame Feb. 15. Wysong -- who is now a physician in California -- was a four-time All-American in track, specializing in the middle distance races, while she was a four-time USA Track and Field Academic All-American. ...
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Cross country runs at Bolivar (10/22/13)BOLIVAR -- The Nevada Tigers and Lady Tigers cross country runners competed Saturday in the Humansville Invitational on the campus of Southwest Baptist University. Ben Sommer finished 20th with a time of 19 minutes, 5 seconds and Kieran Cain was 59th with a time of 22:01 in the varsity boys' 5,000-meter race, but neither Virginia Haverstic, nor Myrissa Dunfield finished the girls' varsity race. ...
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Nevada cross country runs at Bolivar meet (9/18/13)The Nevada Tigers and Lady Tigers cross country runners competed Tuesday at Bolivar. Ben Sommer finished 24th in the varsity boys' 5,000-meter race with a time of 18 minutes, 44 seconds and Kieran Cain was 99th at 23:02. Virginia Haverstic finished 39th in the girls' varsity race with a time of 25:14...
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Hold to sign with Missouri Southern State (6/6/13)Adding yet another notch to his cap, Nevada High School pole vaulter Morgan Hold has announced his plans to sign a letter of intent to continue his pole vaulting career at Missouri Southern State University. Hold was one of the biggest bright spots on head coach Robert Watts' Nevada High School track and field team this year. ...
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El Dorado Christian track team ends season with two first-place trophies (5/29/13)The El Dorado Christian School track teams traveled to Johnson County Community College on May 10, to compete in the 2013 ISAAC Track Meet. Daniel King led the boys' team with a total of five medals; gold in the 200- and 400-meter dash, gold in the 4x400-meter medley relay, silver in the 100-meter dash and bronze in the high jump. Senior Hans Miller won gold in the 1,600-meter run, gold in the 4x400-meter medley relay, silver in the high jump, and a bronze medal in the 100-meter dash...
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Hold takes second at state track meet (5/28/13)By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor JEFFERSON CITY -- The State Championships. It's where every athlete who competes in any track and field event hopes to be and to perform at his or her peak, in order to achieve the biggest goal of any athlete at the high school level -- a State Championship...
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Nevada track competes at state (5/24/13)JEFFERSON CITY -- The Nevada High School track and field team took two relay teams and three individual athletes to the MSHSAA Class 3 State Track and Field Championships Friday afternoon, on the campus of Lincoln University. Three of the five events that featured Nevada High School representatives had their preliminary rounds on Friday and things didn't go nearly as well as Nevada head coach Robert Watts might have hoped. ...
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Nevada track celebrates new school records (5/22/13)By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor In an instance that has become almost commonplace late this season, the Nevada High School track team and head coach Robert Watts gathered in the school's north lobby to change the record boards Wednesday afternoon, adding new marks in two different events...
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Nevada High School track team hosts All Comers Meet (5/21/13)
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Sheldon track athletes compete at state (5/20/13)
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Nevada track and field fares well at Sectional (5/20/13)OZARK -- Nevada Tigers and Lady Tigers track and field athletes won two championships Saturday in the Class 3, Sectional 3 meet at Ozark High School. Senior Morgan Hold won the pole vault with a new school record of 15 feet, 6 inches, shattering the mark he tied just three weeks ago. at Girard, Kan. Hold's previous mark of 14-3 matched the record held by Tyler Werner and Hold's pole vaulting coach, Eric Fast...
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Nevada track hosts end of season awards banquet (5/18/13)
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Nevada track team fares well at districts (5/16/13)CARL JUNCTION -- Nevada's boys were second overall in the 16-team Class 3, District 6 track meet with 80 points. The girls' team finished sixth with 50 points. The top four finishers advanced to the Sectional meet next week, at Ozark. For the first time, it will be a double Sectional with both Class 3 and Class 4 divisions. Field events will begin at 11 a.m., while running events start at noon...
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Nevada track and field fares well in home meet (5/8/13)The Nevada Tigers and Lady Tigers track and field athletes hosted athletes from Mount Vernon and McDonald County Tuesday, at the Testman Track, at Nevada High School. Nevada senior Ashley Shumaker won the high jump with a 5-foot, 4-inch effort and the long jump at 15-8 3/8 for the Lady Tigers, while Brooklyn Vincent won the discus with a distance of 105-4. ...
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Nevada Middle School track and field teams fare well at Tri-County meet (5/3/13)The Nevada Middle School track and field teams competed in the Tri-County track meet Thursday and came home with a number of strong performances. Nevada's eighth-grade girls' squad took second overall in the meet, with a total of three first-place finishes in individual events and relays. Nevada's only individual win came from Megan Hold in the 200-meter dash, but the Lady Tigers did win both the 400- and 800-meter relays...
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Nevada Middle School track and field competes at Joplin (5/2/13)JOPLIN -- The Nevada Middle School boys' and girls' track and field squads went out on the road last week and came home with a number of strong finishes. Nevada finished the meet with four individual first-place finishes and five second-place finishes. Those gold-medal performances came from Matt Sommer in the high jump, Hunter Mason in the 400-meter dash and Jayden Chei in the triple jump...
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Hold breaks NHS pole vault record at Girard (4/30/13)By Eric Wade and Floyd Jernigan Nevada Daily Mail Morgan Hold broke the school record with a vault of 14 feet, 3 inches, as Nevada High School took seventh in the team results and the girls fifth in the 2013 Girard Optimist Track Meet Monday, in an effort that ultimately became the culmination of years of work...
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Nevada Middle School track athletes break school records (4/26/13)EL DORADO SPRINGS -- The Nevada Middle School track and field team competed in the El Dorado Springs track meet Monday and came home with a number of strong finishes and a pair of school jumping records. Those records came in the seventh-grade boys' triple jump when Zach Gardner won the event with a distance of 36 feet, 6 1/2 inches and in the eighth-grade girls' long jump when Megan Hold won the event with a distance of 15-3. ...
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Area sports postponed (4/26/13)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...
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Nevada All-Comers track and field meet postponed (4/26/13)The annual All-Comers Track and Field Meet, sponsored by the Nevada High School track and field team, is an all-ages meet designed to give any and all who would like to participate the chance to do so and hopefully spark an interest in track in younger children...