Stories from Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Terry Wayne Wehmeyer, 68, Nevada, Mo., passed away Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013, at the VA Hospital in Kansas City, following a short illness. He was born Nov. 22, 1945, in Nevada, to Samuel Vernon Wehmeyer and Bettie Elizabeth Garfield Wehmeyer. Terry as we knew him lived around the Nevada area all his life. ...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor SHELDON -- The season opener is always a game that brings with it lots of questions, even for the most seasoned veteran coaches. Such was certainly the case for Sheldon Panthers head coach Tyler Judd as his squad entered its season opener at home against the Blue Jays of Montrose Tuesday night...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor Throughout the past few seasons, the Sheldon Lady Panthers basketball team has taken more than its fair share of lumps and head coach Jason Irwin entered Tuesday night's home opener knowing this season would likely be no exception...

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. -- Play began in the Harrisonville Junior Varsity Basketball Tournament Monday night, at Harrisonville High School. The host Wildcats defeated the Nevada Tigers JV basketball team by a final score of 42-23 to open the tournament. The Tigers were scheduled to return to Harrisonville Tuesday for a 6:30 game against the loser of Monday night's game between Columbia Hickman and Knob Noster, but those results were not available at press time...

Nevada JV girls fall at Harrisonville

The Nevada Tigers freshman boys' basketball team saw its first action of the season Monday night, taking on the Tigers of Carthage, at Nevada Middle School. Head coach Shaun Gray's freshman Tigers opened up a 28-14 lead at halftime and ultimately held on to take the victory by a final score of 56-46. Matt Sommer led Nevada with 25 points -- including 19 in the first half -- and Patrick Ferry added 17 of his own, 13 of which came in the second half...

The Nevada Middle School girls' basketball teams swept Joplin North Monday, in Joplin. Head coach Danny Penn's eighth-grade squads earned the sweep with a 28-11 victory in the A game, and prevailed in the B game, as well, by a final score of 24-15. Head coach Gail Wilson's seventh graders also won twice, dominating the A game on their way to a 42-2 victory and put on nearly as dominant a performance in the B game, taking the victory by a final score of 30-8...

A weather forecast that includes a strong likelihood of snow in southwest Missouri this week has forced officials at both Carl Junction High School and Carthage High School to make some changes to the basketball tournaments each school is hosting. The semifinals in the winner's bracket of Carl Junction Classic girls' tournament were originally scheduled to be played Thursday, but Nevada High School athletic director John McNeley announced via email Tuesday afternoon that those games will now be played on Wednesday. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Fastball is scheduled to perform at the Eagles Lodge, in Nevada, for a one-time concert Jan. 25. "The performance cost will be less than one-fourth of what is usually expected as a special arrangement for Nevada," promoter Doug Harper said. "This concert would not normally take place in a town of our size."...

Nevada Daily Mail After a long summer, full of rain and floods, it paid off in the end for area pecan growers. Stephon Krohn, a worker at Wilson Pecans, said that pecan crops are "fantastic," this year. With this year's harvest, described as a bumper crop, they have been using five harvesters and a cleaning plant run by four people...

Nevada Daily Mail "They didn't answer anything," an unhappy John McKinley could be heard muttering after Nevada Mayor Seth Barrett ended public discussion of a special ordinance increasing fees at the Frank E. Peters Municipal Golf Course and the council voted 5-0 to give final approval to the proposed fee increases during Tuesday night's council meeting...