Stories from Saturday, May 1, 2021

In a battle between two 15-win teams, El Dorado Springs escaped with no. 16 thanks to a 6-5 victory over Nevada High School Friday afternoon on its home baseball diamond. After some defensive miscues by the Tigers (15-3) allowed the Bulldogs (16-3) to score three unearned runs, NHS still had a chance in the top of the seventh inning with the tying run on third base — but was unable to score it...

Nevada High School's Evan Rea came back from an 0-4 deficit to win seven straight games and beat Jacob Zimmerman 8-5 in no. 1 singles Friday at a dual hosted by Logan-Rogersville. Rea improved to 11-1 on the season and, along with Andrew La Near, also picked up win no. 7 in no. 1 doubles with an 8-4 come-from-behind victory over Zimmerman and Lucas Wilhoit...

At this point in the high school track and field season, if Nevada High School is competing in a meet, by the end of it the Lady Tigers are never further than a stone’s throw away from the winner’s podium. Nor a javelin’s. Or a discus’s. The NHS throwers led the way to another first-place team finish Thursday at the Mountaineer Relays in Mt. ...

BRONAUGH — Despite batting leadoff for the Bronaugh High School baseball team, junior Gavin Cox had only two plate appearances in the Wildcats’ 17-1 defeat to Lockwood in four innings Friday afternoon. One was all he needed, though, to hit his second home run of the season and save his team from suffering its fourth shutout on the year...

One week away from the Class 3 District 3 tournament, Nevada High School continues to play its best golf of the season. After winning their first Big 8 Conference crown Tuesday in Carthage, the Tigers traveled to the Butler Country Club Thursday and recorded their lowest collective nine-hole score, 159, to beat the Bears by 30 strokes...