Stories from Monday, October 8, 2012

Daphne M. Wayne passed away peacefully after a long and courageous battle with cancer at the age of 78. She was reunited with her husband Daniel on Aug. 11, 2012. Daphne was born in Norwich, England, to Reginald and Lilian Keymer on Aug. 12, 1933. She has lived in the United States since 1972...

Kyle Sellars and Sara Chrisenbery of Rich Hill, Mo., are proud to announce the birth of their son, Kael Weston Sellars. Kael was born at 5:06 p.m., Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce, and measured 20 inches...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail Fifty athletes from 18 schools gathered at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course Monday morning for the Class 1, Sectional 2 girls' golf tournament. Things didn't go as planned for anyone involved as Mother Nature yet again threw a wrench in the works, but tournament officials, including Nevada Lady Tigers head golf coach Brian Leonard soldiered on and the tournament was eventually completed. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada Middle School's cross country runners competed over the weekend in the Tri-County Conference meets. All competitors ran the same, 1.5-mile distance. Eighth grader John Quitno earned Nevada's only medal with a 13-place finish in 10 minutes, 2 seconds, while eighth grader Virginia Haverstic finished 26th and seventh graders Trenton Ellis and Luke Sudcamp finished 17th and 23rd, respectively...

Nevada Daily Mail Seven Nevada Lady Tigers earned places on the Class 3, District 13 All-District softball team. Named to the first team were senior second baseman Mackenzie Pritchett, senior pitcher Christian Novak and freshman first baseman Carsten Warner, while senior outfielders Ashley Shumaker and Victoria Culbertson, sophomore shortstop Cheyenne Brewer and freshman third baseman Madeline Culbertson all earned second-team spots. ...

Nevada Daily Mail WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- Members of the Nevada Lady Tigers tennis team competed in the Class 3, District 12 tournament Saturday. The best showing of the day for the Lady Tigers came in the No. 1 doubles bracket. Jessica DeCocq and Lauren Baker defeated opponents from Warrensburg and Knob Noster in the first and second rounds before suffering a loss to Harrisonville in the semifinals and finishing fourth after a second loss to the Harrisonville team...

Nevada Daily Mail The Cottey Comet volleyball team split a pair of matches over the weekend in the gym at the Hinkhouse Center. The Comets defeated Baptist Bible College Friday night in three sets, 25-13, 25-13 and 25-16 on Dig Pink Night for breast cancer awareness. Hannah Wilson led the Comets with three aces, while Skyler Ford recorded a team-high 10 kills and five blocks. Kymee Bair and Alexis Self each recorded five digs and Self led the Comets with 20 assists...