Stories from Wednesday, December 3, 2014

By Michelle Workman Nevada Daily Mail Each year, students at Nevada Middle School come up with ideas for service projects and then vote on which one they will complete to help their community. This year, the students decided to broaden the reach of the service project and help Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City with their Butterfly Cart program...

Nevada Daily Mail Mary Harms, 1405 W. Wight St., told the city council that she saw in the newspaper that water and sewer rates were on the agenda for Tuesday's meeting and that made it seem to be a good time to come to the council with a problem her daughter has with sewers...

Nevada's Middle School eighth-grade girls swept Joplin North Monday night, with the A team prevailing 31-4 and the B team slipping past 10-6. Nevada built a 17-2 lead at the first break and extended that to 21-2 at the half. Both teams scored four points in the third stanza before the Tigers closed out the game with six more in the final frame...

Nevada Daily Mail FORT SCOTT ---- After trouncing the Fort Scott Tigers 38-2 Tuesday night to pick up their 10th win of the season, the Nevada Middle School seventh-grade girls "A" basketball squad has now outscored opponents 97-2 over the past two games...

The Nevada High boys varsity basketball team was defeated by Monett, 70-66 in the opening round of the Carthage Tournament Tuesday night. "A lack of rebounding doomed us down the stretch," Nevada head coach Shaun Gray said. "Monett got second and third shots each possession, leading to scores or trips to the free throw line."...

Nevada's girls opened the Carl Junction basketball tournament with a 66-14 victory over the Carl Junction junior varsity Monday night. The Tigers (1-1), playing as the No. 1 seed, got the eighth-seeded JV to open the bracket. They will play Carthage, a 45-39 winner over Seneca in Monday's other game. That contest will be Thursday at 6 p.m...

Nevada Daily Mail Aside from some missed layups, the Nevada Lady Tigers "C" basketball team looked sharp in their season debut, defeating the Carthage Tigers 39-17 Monday night at Wynn Gym. "I was very pleased with the effort and performance tonight," Seventh-year Nevada head coach Clayton Wheeler said. "We have a very young team, with a lot of freshmen."...