Stories from Wednesday, January 9, 2013

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail "This win says a great deal about our kids because we exhibited some mental toughness." A number of questions still remained head into Monday night's contest against the St. Mary's Colgan Panthers, but head coach John McNeley's Nevada Tigers basketball team put those questions to rest emphatically with a 65-53 victory...

Nevada Daily Mail APPLETON CITY, Mo. -- The Sheldon Panthers and Lady Panthers basketball teams were both in action at the Appleton City Tournament Monday night. Under head coach Tyler Judd, the Panthers opened pool play against the Knights of Northeast Vernon County High School. Sheldon cruised through that contest, taking the victory by a final score of 55-20 behind 17 points from Taylor Belew to improve to 9-2 on the season...

Nevada Daily Mail SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Nevada High School's girls' swim team finished 11th in a strong field at the Ozarks Invitational Saturday at Springfield Hillcrest High School. Glendale High School won the event with 424 points, followed by Blue Springs with 340, Kickapoo at 301, Nixa at 225, Winnetonka at 159, Central and Carthage at 137, Ozark at 109, Lamar at 95, Poplar Bluff at 72, Nevada at 65, Joplin at 59, Logan-Rogersville at 58, Hillcrest at 55, Blue Springs South at 37, Parkview at 14 and Summit at 11.. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada High School junior varsity girls' basketball team got back into action Monday night for the first time since before the holiday break and ultimately came up short on a night full of struggles for Nevada. Coach Jenny Allard's squad stayed in the contest the majority of the way, but ultimately couldn't maintain Bolivar's pace. Despite being in a close battle at the half, Bolivar pulled away as the minutes wore on and picked up the victory by a final score of 43-31...

Nevada Daily Mail DREXEL, Mo. -- The Hume High School boys' basketball team got back into action for the first time since returning from the holiday break and came home with far less than favorable results. Head coach David Brooks' squad never really got much going in the contest and ultimately fell by a final score of 90-14. Riley Patterson led the offensive effort for the Hornets with six points...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Middle School eighth grade boys' basketball teams hosted Webb City Monday night. Nevada lost the A game by a final score of 37-28 as Tyler Ketterman led the offensive effort with 10 points. Patrick Ferry stole the show on the defensive end of the floor when he added a team-high seven rebounds and three blocked shots...

Vernon County commissioners continued their deliberations on the 2013 budget Tuesday, hearing Road and Bridge Foreman Lynn Seaver and other department heads proffer wish lists for a plan that commissioners said will not be much bigger than the $3.6 million general fund budget that ran through Dec. 31...

Vernon County Sheriff Jason Mosher told the Vernon County Commission Friday that he thinks he has found a way to have 24/7 law enforcement coverage in the county, increase the security at the courthouse and at the same time cut down on the comp time racked up by his deputies...

Bushwhacker Museum Coordinator Will Tollerton doesn't just study and display history, he acts it out. A member of the Independence-based Holmes Brigade, Tollerton plays the part of a northern soldier in Civil War re-enactments, most recently with 80 - plus soldiers wearing Union Blue, running pell-mell and firing black powder muskets at the site of the Dec. 7, 1862, Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark...

"I think you helped a lot tonight. These are things we need to discuss," Nevada Mayor Brian Leonard told Rick Kuhl, Williams, Spurgeon, Kuhl & Freshnock Architects Inc., after his presentation on the possible use of a city building in the 300 block of West Cherry for part of a new fire station...

Nevada Daily Mail APPLETON CITY, Mo. -- The Lady Panthers of Sheldon High School got their second win of the season Tuesday night when they defeated the Lady Hornets of Hume by a final score of 44-26 in the Appleton City Tournament. The Lady Panthers never trailed, opening up a 12-7 lead after the opening quarter that only got bigger as the minutes wore on. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada High School junior varsity boys' basketball team got back into action Tuesday night at Wynn Gymnasium, hoping to erase the rotten taste left in their mouths by a 56-34 defeat at the hands of Carthage last Thursday night, but that was not to be as head coach Neil Barnes' squad suffered its second defeat in as many games to the Panthers of St. Mary's Colgan High School...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada High School freshman boys' basketball team got back into action Tuesday night in front of a sparse crowd at Wynn Gymnasium. Head coach Kyle Talley's Tigers came into the night hoping to rebound from a 54-27 defeat at the hands of Monett in their last outing, but that was not to be, however, as Colgan used an early offensive firestorm to pick up the victory by a final score of 51-37. ...

Nevada Daily Mail A slow start was mitigated somewhat for the Wildcats of Bronaugh High School, but they weren't able to make up enough ground in the Golden City basketball tournament Tuesday night, falling to Walnut Grove by a final score of 66-59...

Nevada Daily Mail GOLDEN CITY, Mo. -- The Lady Wildcats of Bronaugh suffered a 77-24 setback to Dadeville Monday night at the Golden City Tournament. A rocky first quarter in which Bronaugh fell behind, 31-2, was the difference. By halftime, the margin had grown to 50-8 and after three quarters, it was 73-16...