Stories from Sunday, October 18, 2020

Nevada High School's Eden Fisher dazzled at the Missouri Class 1 (individual) tennis tournament Friday and Saturday at Cooper Sports Complex in Springfield. On Friday Fisher toppled Trenton High product Lexi Gott in the sectional-round — 7-5 6-4. Advancing to the quarterfinals on the same day, Fisher breezed to victory over Odessa's Kelly Cockrum — 6-4 6-0...

The Nevada Middle School seventh and eighth-grade football teams handled business Thursday evening, with a pair of road victories over the East Newton Patriots. Nevada's eighth-grade squad prevailed over the hosts, 28-20, improving to 2-2-1 overall. The Nevada seventh-grade griddders followed suit, rolling to a 22-12 win. The seventh-graders second consecutive victory ups their record to 2-3 overall. ...

 The Cottey Comet volleyball team absorbed a trio of losses Friday and Saturday in St. Louis.  In their first match, Friday, Cottey was bested by Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) University in four sets — 17-25, 21-25, 25-19, 13-25.  The Comets returned the following day for a pair of matches. ...