Stories from Wednesday, February 5, 2014

SENECA, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers wrestling team got back into tournament action Friday and Saturday, bringing home its strongest performance of the season in the 51st annual People's Bank of Seneca Tournament. An individual championship by Dayton Miller and second-place finishes by Scott Swink and Clay Regers led the Tigers to a third-place finish in the tournament. Blair Oaks edged Bentonville, Ark., 296 to 295.5, for the team title and Nevada was third with 282 points...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor SHELDON -- The Sheldon Panthers basketball team took to its home floor Monday night with a lot on the line. Not only was Monday's contest against a team that already owns a victory over the Panthers, but head coach Tommy Egan's Dadeville Bearcats are also the team with which Sheldon is battling the hardest to secure the second seed in the upcoming Class 1, District 5 tournament...

Nevada High School athletic director John McNeley officially announced the schedule for the 2014 Nevada Tigers football season Monday. In their first official season as members of the West Central Missouri Conference, the Tigers will play five games at Logan Field in the regular season and four away. The first of those five games is scheduled for the opening night of the season, when the Willard Tigers invade Logan Field, on Aug. 29...

The Cottey College Comets basketball team is 9-10 after posting an 82-56 victory over the Central Methodist junior varsity last Wednesday night, at the Hinkhouse Center, on the Cottey campus. The Comets' game Saturday afternoon, against North Arkansas College, was canceled due to inclement weather. Cottey athletic director and head basketball coach Dave Ketterman announced the cancellation Friday night...

CARTHAGE -- The Nevada Middle School eighth-grade boys' basketball A team improved its overall record to 6-2 on the season with a 49-37 victory on the road, over the Carthage Middle School Tigers Monday night. Zach Gardner finished the contest with 18 points to lead the offensive effort for head coach Lance Sargent's Tigers, while Braeden Hinton added 13 points and Hunter Mason had nine. ...

Basketball games Friday night and Saturday, in the tournaments at Clinton High School, were called off, due to the most recent winter storm to sweep across the region. Also canceled were the games in the 84th annual boys' and girls' basketball tournaments at Archie High School, Friday night and Saturday...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor SHELDON -- The Sheldon Lady Panthers basketball team made its return to Sheldon High School Monday night, hoping to get back on the winning track. The Dadeville Lady Bearcats had other ideas, however, ultimately proving early on, which was the better team...

The winter storm that moved into the area Tuesday prompted the cancellation of all of the Nevada High School athletic events that were scheduled for the day. On the day's list of cancellations was the Nevada Tigers wrestling team's only home triangular of the season, against Springfield Parkview and Carl Junction, the Lady Tigers swim team's competition at Springfield, the Tigers basketball tripleheader at Webb City and the Nevada Middle School's seventh- and eighth-grade boys basketball games against Seneca, on the home courts.. ...

BRONAUGH -- The Bronaugh High School boys' basketball team carved out its eighth win of the season with a 62-41 victory over visiting Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School Monday night. The Wildcats built a 14-8 advantage after the contest's first 8 minutes and continued to steadily add to that margin, outscoring their opponents, 14-11, in the second period to take a 28-19 halftime lead...

CARTHAGE -- The Nevada Middle School seventh-grade boys' basketball teams took to the road Monday night and came home from Carthage Middle School with a sweep. Head coach Robert Miner's A team opened the night with a strong performance in a 49-24 victory. Carter Swearingen led the offensive effort for Nevada in that contest with 18 points, while Matt Thompson added nine...

Herbert Duwain Barclay passed from this earth to be with his Lord on Feb. 3, 2013, at his home in rural Nevada. He was born on May 30, 1927, in Mose, N.D., to Jens Helmer Barclay and Anna Elizabeth Hanson He joined the United States Army in 1950 as part of the Second Armored Division, "Hell On Wheels." He was stationed in Germany and was discharged in 1952. ...

Sandra Lyn Pippin, 61, of Nevada, Mo., passed away Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, at the Nevada Regional Medical Center. She was born Sept. 18, 1952, in rural Benton County, Iowa, to Robert Lee and Mildred Evadyne (Moore) Schnedler. Sandra, along with her family, moved to the Nevada area to be near family early in her life. ...

Lisa Marie Ramberger Adams, 31, Nevada, Mo., passed away Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, in Nevada. Lisa, one of four children, was born Dec. 22, 1982, in Kokomo, Ind., to Chris Allen Ramberger and Sherry Ann Jackson. She was united in marriage to Anthony Kyle Adams on Dec. 29, 2006, in Stuttgart, Ark., and he survives of the home...

Nevada Daily Mail "Rich Hill" directed by Tracy Droz Tragos and Andrew Droz Palermo won the Sundance Film Festival's U.S. Grand Jury Prize for documentary, which recognizes a documentary as the best from the American independent film community. The film delves into the lives of three boys, Appachy, Harley and Andrew, who live in the rural town. The boys' families attended the premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Jan. 19...

Ellen Balk of Nevada won first place in the Chamilia "Your Story, Your Design" contest. The jewelry line company asked customers to share with them the inspiration behind their Chamilia jewelry designs. Chamilia lovers across the U.S. and Canada were asked to send a picture of their Chamilia jewelry, along with a short story about their design. They would then choose their favorite designs and stories to win Chamilia gift certificates...

Special to the Daily Mail Delbert Johnston enjoys conducting auctions in the Vernon County area, but his first love is his Haflinger horses. "The Haflinger is really gentle and easy to work with. They seem to want to please you." It's almost tempting to call this horse a pony, but according to Johnston, they weigh almost as much as a quarter horse. He has one mare that weighs 1,085 pounds and another weighing in at 1,065, one of which he rides on trail rides...

Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County Clerk Tammi Beach will not be running for re-election this year. Beach confirmed to the Daily Mail on Tuesday that she would not be on the 2014 ballot. Beach is currently in the last year of a four-year term as county clerk. Beach was first sworn into the position in January 2003 and has won re-election for the job for the following two elections...