Stories from Thursday, November 27, 2014

Nevada Daily Mail The Northeast Vernon County Knights were dealt a season-opening setback Monday night at home, as they were defeated by the Weaubleau Tigers 77-37. First year head coach Joel McDuffey said his players need to time to adjust to a new system...

Cottey's Comets suffered their second loss of the year Tuesday, falling to host Allen County 91-84. Allen County built a 41-29 halftime lead, and although the visitors outscored the Red Devils in the second half, Cottey couldn't make up the difference...

Nevada Daily Mail Facing a West Central Conference foe to open the season, the Nevada Lady Tigers basketball squad fell to the St. Pius X Warriors 45-30 Tuesday on the road, in a game marred by turnovers. "We had 18 turnovers in the first half that pretty much kept us out of our offense," Nevada head coach Brent Bartlett said. "They sped us up and we didn't make the great pass when we should have...

Nevada Middle School's eighth-grade girls' basketball team narrowly lost to Carthage 13-12, coming up just shy. It was a close game throughout, with the visitors holding a 6-5 lead at the half, adding a point to that for a 9-7 edge after three. Hailey Jackson led Nevada with seven points. Emily Johnson added three and Laiken Cussimanio two...

The Nevada Middle School seventh-grade girls squad rolled to a 56-7 road victory Tuesday night against Neosho Middle School. Nevada head coach Danny Penn said he was happy that his team continues to make strides with the full court press. "We did a good job defensively, starting with our full-court press," he said. "Calli Beshore and Payge Dahmer both got some easy layups off steals."...