Stories from Thursday, January 26, 2017

A 43-36 victory Wednesday night over fourth-seeded Warrensburg in the semifinals of the El Dorado Springs Junior Varsity Basketball Tournament, advanced No. 1 seed Nevada into the championship game. Tip off for the title tilt with the third-seeded Fort Scott Tigers is slated for tonight at 7 sharp. A victory over Fort Scott secures back-to-back El Do JV tournament championships for Nevada. Last season No. 4 seed Nevada knocked off No. 2 seed Fort Scott 49-32 in the championship game

The Nevada Lady Tigers earned its fifth victory of the season with a 50-37 defeat of El Dorado Springs at the 39th Annual Clinton Basketball Tournament on Wednesday night. With the Wednesday night victory over fifth-seeded El Do, No. 8 seed Nevada (5-12) advances to the consolation finals (fifth-place game) where they are slated to matchup with the seventh-seeded Sherwood Lady Marksmen. Tip off for the contest is set for 6 p.m...

In a wild game that featured multiple ejections the visiting North Central Missouri College Lady Pirates downed the Cottey Comets 61-58. Despite the loss it was one of Cottey's best efforts of the season as North Central entered Wednesday night's Region 16 matchup at Hinkhouse Center on a six-game winning streak. The road victory improves the Lady Pirates to 14-5 overall