Stories from Wednesday, September 6, 2017

The Nevada Youth Football League kicked off its 2017 home slate on Saturday at Logan Field, with Nevada splitting four Southwest Missouri Youth Football Conference North Division matchups with the Neosho Gold. The Tigers sixth-grade team upended Neosho 20-8, while the Nevada fifth-grade squad was bested in a defensive battle, 6-0 in overtime. Meanwhile, Nevada’s fourth-grade team was derailed by the Gold 36-12, while the Tigers third-grade squad hammered Neosho, 34-8...

The Cottey Comets cross country team and first-year XC coach Anthony Skiles opened its season Saturday in Bolivar at the Southwest Baptist University Invitational. At the meet, Cottey squared off against eight Division II universities, with the Comets finishing ninth...

It was a good day on Friday for Cottey Comets volleyball, as Marla Kannady-Foreman’s squad earned its first victory of the season, sweeping Bible Baptist College on the road by scores of 25-11, 25-7 and 25-19. Kannady-Foreman said one of the biggest keys to victory was her squad’s hitting percentages. Cottey concluded the first match at 21 percent, the second at 22 percent and the third at 17 percent...

The Nevada Lady Tiger softball team endured a tough Labor Day defeat, falling to East Newton 7-6 in eight innings on Monday. The non-conference extra inning road loss, coupled with Tuesday’s 12-2 non-conference home loss to McDonald County, brings the Lady Tigers record to 7-4 overall...

Trailing by 26 points at halftime, the Nevada Tigers C-football team nearly erased the big deficit Tuesday night in Kansas City, eventually falling to the St. Pius X Warriors 34-28. Nevada coaches Jarrod Alexenader and Blake Howarth told the Tigers at halftime not to focus on the scoreboard and to just come out and play...

The Nevada Lady Tigers dynamite start to the season continued on Tuesday, with Nevada knocking off Fort Scott and Garnett-Anderson County at its home tri-match. The victories improved the defending Class 3 District 12 champions to 4-1 overall. The Lady Tigers kicked things off with a convincing two-set 25-21, 25-14 win over Garnett-Anderson. ...