Stories from Monday, January 28, 2013

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada High School's girls' swim team competed in the Springfield Invitational, hosted by Glendale High School Saturday. Notre Dame de Sion won the event with 340 team points, with Glendale second at 326 and Lafayette third at 319.5...

One individual title and two second-place finishes led the Nevada Tigers wrestling team to a sixth-place finish over the weekend in the 50th annual Seneca Invitational wrestling tournament. Seneca won the team title with 390 points and Blair Oaks was second with 330. Bentonville, Ark., placed third, while McDonald County took fourth, Jefferson City finished fifth and Nevada was sixth...

The Cottey College Comets basketball team edged the Hesston College Lady Larks, 56-53, in overtime Friday night at Hesston, Kan. Hesston held a 35-23 lead at halftime, but the Comets battled back and eventually tied the game at 50 when the regulation clock expired. The Comets went on to win the overtime session, 6-3, to seal the victory...

By Connie Chia Special to the Daily Mail Northeast Vernon County's basketball girls celebrated Homecoming Friday night with a 49-14 victory over visiting Calhoun, giving them a split of games during the week. Earlier, NEVC had come up just shy against Halfway, 49-37...

By Connie Chia Special to the Daily Mail A furious fourth-quarter rally by Northeast Vernon County came up just shy in a 70-66 setback to visiting Calhoun Friday night. The Knights fired in 25 points in the final 8 minutes of the contest, sparked by Jacob Maus, who drilled three 3-pointers and had 11 points in the frame. Drue Hoagland contributed six in that time...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail "We were excited to play the No. 1, undefeated Class 4 team in the state," Nevada Lady Tigers head coach Brent Bartlett said after losing to the Republic Tigers, 59-34, in the championship game of the Lady Tiger Classic tournament Saturday...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail "I don't deserve to hold it." Many people would strongly disagree that after a performance like the one the Nevada Tigers varsity basketball team put forth Saturday to win the 88th annual Clinton Basketball Tournament that the head coach doesn't deserve to be the one to hold the trophy, but while posing for a team photo in front of parents and fans, that's exactly what Tigers head coach John McNeley believed...