Stories from Saturday, January 26, 2019

Nine Nevada High School Lady Tiger volleyball players have been named to the Missouri Class 3 Academic All-State Team, the school recently announced. Those players, were: seniors Sydney Ernsbarger, Adrian Bond, Laiken Cussimanio, Hailey Jackson, and juniors Lindley Ferry, Stacy Pennington, Lani Coonrod, Teagan Charles, and Julia Cassidy...

In Thursday night prep hoops action, the Bronaugh Lady Wildcats dismantled the visiting Miami Eagles, 72-16. The GVVC conference victory improves Bronaugh to 10-8 overall, and 3-1 in GVVC-play. Bronaugh was scorching hot from the opening tip, and remained that way for pretty much the duration of the game. The Lady ’Cats led 22-5 at the conclusion of the opening frame, with their advantage swelling to 38 at the break (46-8)...

An extended 27-6 second half run lifted the Nevada Tigers to a convincing 76-58 victory over Carthage Friday night at Wynn Gym. The non-conference home win upped the Tigers to 13-5 overall, and was their ninth consecutive victory. Nevada trailed for virtually the entire first half, and despite Carthage’s eight 3-pointers were down only 35-31 at the break...