Stories from Saturday, May 22, 2021

The Golden Valley Vernon County Conference may have only had two softball teams participate this year, but that did not stop its coaches from honoring the players on those squads deserving of all-conference recognition. Coaches from Northeast Vernon County and Hume High School selected the following players to their all-GVVCC team:...

Retired Nevada R-5 Athletic Director and teacher Kevin McKinley presented this year's spring athletic awards on Friday, highlighted by senior Logan Applegate earning this year's Roger Kennedy Award — given annually to a male athlete who embodies unselfishness, sportsmanship, and love and respect of his fellow athletes, coaches, teachers, and youngsters...

SPRINGFIELD — If Nevada High School junior Evan Rea had any expectations going into his first trip to the state singles tennis tournament on Friday, they were violated almost immediately — and only compounded from there. First, it rained. That meant, instead of playing outside on any of the seemingly countless pristine courts of the Cooper Tennis Complex, the MSHSAA Class 1 tournament was moved indoors, where Rea had never played a match before...

Fencing has been a recent recurring topic of discussion at Nevada City Council meetings. Several community members have expressed displeasure with the current fencing ordinance, including Beth Gregory, who spoke to the Nevada City Council on Tuesday...