Stories from Wednesday, July 19, 2017

The Nevada Griffons are a virtual lock to make the MINK League playoffs. With less than a week remaining in the season, however, they’re failing to finish out strong. The latest setback came Monday in Joplin, as Nevada blew a 4-0 lead en route to an 11-10 loss to the last-place Outlaws. The loss drops the Griffons to 18-19 in MINK League-play (18-22 overall). Meanwhile, the Outlaws, who have the worst record in all of the MINK League, improve to 11-25 in league-play and 12-26 overall...

Hunter Mason is a prototype All-American kid. The soon-to-be Nevada High School senior is a 4.0 student in the classroom and a multi-sport standout. Mason’s hard work has culminated with a verbal commitment to play football for the Division I Western Illinois Leathernecks of the Missouri Valley Conference. Mason, who was on the WIU campus in Macomb, Illinois over the weekend, met with head coach Charlie Fisher...