Stories from Saturday, May 15, 2021

Nevada High School junior Owen Swearingen will be among the first groups to tee off at the MSHSAA Class 3 golf tournament Monday in Farmington. The Class 3 District 3 champion will share an 8:09 a.m. tee time on hole no. 1 of the Crown Pointe Golf Club with Bishop LeBlond's Patrick Johnston and Kirksville's John Boyer...

The Sheldon High School baseball team concluded its season Friday in Lockwood, suffering a 16-1 loss at the hands of McCauley Catholic in the opening round of the Class 1 District 6 tournament. The Panthers, who were the no. 6 seed in the bracket, finished their season 0-9...

An earlier start time to the Class 1 Sectional 6 boys individual tennis tournament Friday in Mt. Vernon had no effect on Nevada High School junior Evan Rea — unless you count the one game he lost in his second set. Other than that, the star singles player breezed by Mt. Vernon's Chase Strong in straight sets, 6-0 and 6-1, to advance to the Class 1 state tournament next week in Springfield...

LOCKWOOD — There is a science to coaching high school baseball. You have to find the right chemistry in your lineup. You’re always experimenting with the pitching rotation. And more often than not, the results never match your hypothesis. For Bronaugh skipper Fred Lundien, he felt like he was in the lab for the entire 2021 season, and though his Wildcats were bounced from the Class 1 District 6 tournament Friday, he knows, like any good scientist, that the solution — in this case, to turning his baseball team into a contender — is just waiting to be discovered.. ...