Stories from Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Just when the Sheldon High School baseball team looked like it had its pitching problems solved Monday afternoon at Lakeland — or at least enough offense to overcome them — the walks did the Panthers in. Despite a 4-0 head start to open the game, Sheldon awarded too many Lakeland batters a base on balls and let the Vikings not only regain the lead but extend it beyond reach. The end result: a 16-4 loss that dropped the Panthers’ record to 0-3 on the season...

The scores may not show it, but the Nevada High School boys tennis team was in nearly every match of its dual at Smith-Cotton Tuesday afternoon. Unfortunately for every Tiger but junior no. 1 singles player Evan Rea, they just seemed to end up on the wrong side of every deuce...

Ecclesia? Puh-leezia. The Cottey College softball team crushed the Royals of Ecclesia College Monday afternoon in Springdale, Ark., no-hitting them for an 18-0 victory in the opener before cruising to a 20-3 victory in the nightcap. The Comets (22-6) had already whooped up on Ecclesia in early March, beating the Royals 16-1 and 20-0 at Vanek Family Memorial Field. At least in those games Cottey allowed a hit...

With a final score like 10-4, combined with the fact that starting pitcher Case Sanderson struck out 12 batters and didn’t allow a hit through five innings, it might seem like the Nevada High School baseball team avenged its only loss of the season Tuesday afternoon at Monett in a wire-to-wire fashion...