Stories from Tuesday, November 12, 2019

A heavy dose of 3-point makes proved too much for the Cottey Comets to overcome on Saturday against the visiting College of St. Mary (Neb.) Flames. The Flames torched the Hinkhouse Center nets, knocking down 23 3-pointers en route to the decisive 89-52 victory. The Flames finished a sizzling 56 percent from long-range...

An exceptional season ended on a high-note for the Cottey Comet cross country team. In just their second season of competition at the NAIA level, the Comets jetted to a runner-up finish at the Association of Independent Institutions (A.I.I.) conference championship meet — hosted by Haskell Indian Nations University on Saturday, at Billy Mills Trail in Lawrence, Kansas...

Nevada High cross country duo Calli Beshore and Allie Rains punctuated their season Saturday at the Missouri Class 3 state cross country championship meet, at Gans Creek Cross Country Course in Columbia. Making her fourth consecutive appearance at the marquee prep event, Beshore capped her storied XC career with a 34th-place finish in the girls' 5-kilometer (3.1 mile) run. Beshore clocked an official time of 20:04, while freshman teammate Rains slotted into 74th, with a time of 20:49...

Clay Gayman and Braeden Hinton, 2018 Nevada High alums, are now excelling at the collegiate-level. Gayman, a 6-foot-6, 220 pound sophomore forward at NCAA Division I Abilene Christian University, poured in 21 points in ACU's near-upset of the Drexel University Dragons Sunday in downtown Philadelphia. ...

On Monday evening, Nevada JROTC in collaboration with the American Legion, VFW (Veterans of Foreign War), Nevada Elks, and the Vietnam Veterans of America, hosted a dinner and speaker for community veterans at the Nevada Elks Lodge. The speaker was Major Sean Quinlan, a veteran who served 26 years and 9 months in the United States Marine Corps...