Stories from Friday, April 23, 2021

The Nevada High School boys basketball team held its end-of-season banquet Wednesday evening to reflect on one of the best seasons in program history — and to reward its players for their hard work. All-State senior Logan Applegate took home Most Valuable Player, Offensive Player of the Year, and the Patrick Quest Award...

The Nevada Middle School track and field team returned home from the Redbird Relays in Webb City on Thursday with eight first-place medals — including two each in the possession of seventh-grader Uche Mba and eighth-grader Alison Olson. Mba won both the seventh-grade boys 400-meter event and the long jump...

After every baseball game, win or lose, the Nevada High School coaches take their players into the outfield to discuss what they liked, what they didn’t like, and all the notable moments that occurred throughout the contest. Thursday’s 8-6 win over Marshfield surely gave the coaching staff plenty of material — in all three categories — to hash out in the left-field grass of Lyons Stadium...