Stories from Tuesday, November 6, 2018

DUBUQUE, Iowa — Double-digit road-losses to Clarke University and Graceland University at the Holiday Inn Express Tip Off Classic dropped the Cottey Comet basketball team to 0-3 on the young season. The Comets were throttled by Clarke (Iowa), 91-38 on Friday, and defeated by Graceland (Iowa), 77-62 Saturday...

Margaret Ann Caviness, 75, Nevada, Mo., died on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin following a lengthy illness. Margaret was born Jan. 2, 1943, in Estherville, Iowa, to Clyde Arthur and Alice Marie (DeWall) Longman. She married John B. “Jack” Caviness on Aug. 30, 1964, in Lakefield, Minn., and he preceded her in death...

Eleven-year-old Nevada native Emree Cameron concluded the U.S. Kids Golf Kansas City Fall Tour with a bang. Cameron, a Nevada Middle School sixth-grader, won the tour championship en route to “Player of the Year” accolades. A five-time U.S. Kids Golf Player of the Year, and four-time U.S. ...

The Nevada Middle School seventh and eighth-grade basketball teams rolled to a pair of victories over Butler on Monday night. The Nevada eight-grade team came out on top, 33-26, while the seventh-grade Lady Tigers thrashed the visiting Lady Bears, 41-2...

Nevada High School junior Calli Beshore collected a 66th-place finish at the Missouri Class 3 State Cross Country Championships, held Nov. 3 in Jefferson City. An official time of 22:01 in the girls 5K, 3.1 mile run capped an ultra-successful season for Beshore. Taking home the gold medal, was Living Word Christian Academy’s Mercedes Schrour (19:36)...