Stories from Friday, September 10, 2021

The Nevada High School girls tennis team had no luck on the road against Class 3 foe Springfield Catholic Wednesday afternoon, losing 9-0. The No. 1 doubles team of Hallie Elkinton and Susannah Kimmell put up the best fight, but ultimately fell 8-4...

The Nevada High School volleyball team travelled to Fort Scott on Tuesday for a triangular with Anderson County and the hosting Lady Tigers. After losing to Anderson County in straight sets 26-24, 25-21, the crimson and gray took Fort Scott to three sets but ultimately fell 20-25, 25-21, 19-25...

WALKER — Three is better than five. That was the takeaway Thursday night after the Northeast Vernon County High School volleyball team defeated Thomas Jefferson Independent in straight sets (25-21, 25-11, 25-19) — the Lady Knights’ first match this season that did not go the distance to five...

First, she shot the lowest round in program history. Now, she’s set a new state mark. At this rate, the Guinness Book of World Records might want to start paying attention to Emree Cameron. The Nevada High School freshman phenom is just two golf tournaments into her prep career, and already she has written her name into the history books — the latest record-breaking effort coming at the Seneca Invitational Thursday at Eagle Creek Golf Course...

All season long, Nevada High School head softball coach Danny Penn has been preaching to his players — half of whom are freshmen — the importance of quality at-bats, especially once the postseason rolls around. In a possible Class 4 District 7 preview against Harrisonville Wednesday afternoon at Bushwhacker Field, some of the more experienced Lady Tigers put into practice exactly what Penn has preached...

The Sheldon R-8 Board of Education met in regular session Wednesday evening with all member present. The meeting opened with the perfunctory approval of the amended agenda, the consent agenda and the financial report. “Balance is holding steady,” Superintendent Jason Irwin said in discussion of the district’s finances...