Stories from Thursday, February 27, 2014

By Greg Kepler Special to the Daily Mail In their final home game of the season, the 6 and 16 Nevada Tigers looked to win in front of the home crowd on Tuesday night. A large crowd watched as the seniors took on a tall team from Sedalia Smith-Cotton...

SPRINGFIELD -- The Nevada Lady Tigers varsity basketball team's offense never really got going and the Springfield Kickapoo Lady Chiefs took advantage, defeating head coach Brent Bartlett's squad by a final score of 48-30 Monday night, at Kickapoo High School, as the Lady Tigers started the final week of the 2013-14 regular-season schedule...

HUME -- There were no upsets Monday night in the Class 1, District 7 basketball tournament at Hume High School. Drexel's boys defeated Hume, 68-38, the Montrose Blue Jays defeated Ballard, 52-41, the Drexel Lady Bobcats rolled to a 66-7 win over Ballard's Lady Bulldogs and the Montrose Lady Jays downed Miami-Amoret, 45-21. ...

GIRARD, Kan. -- Current and former Nevada High School athletes took part in the 21st annual Girard (Kan.) Trojan Strength/Speed Meet, taking third place out of the 15 teams that were in attendance. In the 124 pounds and under division, Brandon Kammerling finished third in the 20-yard dash and second in the vertical jump events, while Colton McDowell won the power clean in the 125- to 141-pound division. ...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor HUME -- As any high school basketball team would, the Bronaugh Lady Wildcats entered the Class 1 District 7 Tournament, at Hume High School, with high hopes. As the Lady Wildcats found themselves pitted against the host Lady Hornets, head coach Sean Crane's squad took one step toward realizing those hopes, taking a 61-34 victory Tuesday...

ST. PETERS, Mo. -- The Nevada Lady Tigers swim team and senior Grace Reichard entered the 2014 Missouri State High School Activities Association Girls' Swimming and Diving Championships with high hopes. Though Reichard had made the state qualification cut in six events, she chose to simply focus on three of those events -- the 100-yard freestyle, 100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard freestyle relay. ...

Despite not having a national Player of the Week since Lacy (Leonard) Warren was a member of the Cottey College Comets basketball team in the 2006-07 season, head coach Dave Ketterman has now seen two of his players earn that honor in the same season...

David Hample will serve as interim Chief Executive Officer after Judy Feuquay's departure as CEO Feb. 28, according to the NRMC Board of Trustees. Hample, who has broad experience in managing non-profit hospitals, has been with Quorum Health Resources, Inc. ...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Regional Medical Center appointed David Hample, of Montrose, Colo., interim CEO starting this week at the board of directors meeting Tuesday. Hample served as CEO at Montrose Memorial Hospital in Montrose, Colo., since 2009 and as CEO at Jackson Hospital in Marianna, Fla., between 2005 and 2009...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Daily Mail will reduce its publication frequency to four times a week, beginning with the first week of March. We will no longer print and deliver a Thursday edition. Just as individual customers of the postal service have seen the cost of postage to mail their letters and packages increase, so too have we seen the impact of the cost hike on the daily mailing of our newspaper...

Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County Clerk Tammi Beach saw 10 candidates on the first day of county candidate filing for this August's primary election. Filing began at 8 a.m. Tuesday and will continue to run through 5 p.m. on March 25. Four candidates have enlisted to vie for the circuit clerk position currently held by Vickie Erwin. Lisa Miller (Democrat), Carrie Poe (Democrat), Deb Anderson (Democrat) and Moria Randall (Republican) all filed for the position...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor HUME -- The Bronaugh Lady Wildcats basketball team entered the semifinals of the Class 1, District 7 girls' basketball tournament knowing Wednesday night's contest would present a tough challenge, as head coach Sean Crane's squad found itself pitted against the second-seeded Lady Blue Jays of Montrose High School...

WILLARD, Mo. -- Sheldon advanced to the boys' Class 1, District 5 tournament championship at Willard High School, squeezing by Dadeville in the semifinals Wednesday night, with a 47-43 victory. The Panthers are due to meet Fair Play, a 74-61 surprise winner over Walnut Grove, for the title and the right to advance to the next round in the state playoffs. ...

By Nicole Garner Nevada Daily Mail Hunters and anglers should prepare to renew permits for the start of the 2014 hunting and fishing seasons. The Missouri Department of Conservation has announced that all 2013 hunting and fishing permits will expire on March 1. Many permits for small game, general fishing, trout fishing and combination hunting and fishing permits are among those that must be renewed annually...

FORT SCOTT -- The Fort Scott Community College volleyball team will be hosting the first annual Fort Scott Color Jam 5K, on May 24, at 9 a.m. The race will start and finish at Fort Scott Community College, and is open to all interested participants...