Stories from Monday, June 3, 2013

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor The Nevada Red Sox AA American Legion baseball team is gearing up to start its new season. Head coach Jerrod Alexander will enter the summer of 2013 with a 15-man roster that features a total of 12 names that should be familiar to fans of Nevada High School and Nevada Middle School athletics. ...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor After having their first scheduled game rained out, the Nevada Griffons and head coach Ryan Mansfield were forced to jump right into league play with very little time to warm up and get ready over the weekend. The Griffons were originally scheduled to enter the season with a non-league game against the Midwest Nationals, but Mother Nature had other plans. ...

The Nevada Neptunes finished second in the Tri-State Invitational over the weekend at Webb City. Webb City ran away with the team title with 605 points and the Neptunes were second with 294. The Carthage Aquatic Team finished third with 261.5 points, the CSRC Stingrays finished fourth with 180 and Lamar's Tiger Sharks were fifth in the 12-team field with 161.5...

The Timber Rush seven-plus-mile Adventure Race and the three-mile Family Adventure Run are scheduled for this Saturday. The courses involve numerous natural and man-made obstacles in the terrain of rolling hills,timber, rocks, creek bottoms, and lots of mud, just north of El Dorado Springs. For more information, visit www.timberrushoutdoors.com/events.html, call 1-877-417-9363...

A Senior and Super Senior two-man scramble, hosted by the Senior Men's Golf Association,, is Thursday, June 13, at the Frank E. Peters Golf Course, in Nevada. The shotgun start is set for 9 a.m. Seniors ages 50-64 and super seniors 65 and up will compete in a skins game for door prizes, longest drive, closest to pin and longest putt contests...

The City of Nevada Parks and Recreation Department announced Monday that an adult, coed slow-pitch summer softball league will soon be forming. Games will be played on weekday evenings and team fees are $225 for the season. The first organizational meeting is scheduled for June 12...