Stories from Wednesday, September 22, 2021

The Northeast Vernon County High School baseball team is officially on the board. Now, the Knights are hoping to find the win column. NEVC scored its first run of the fall season last week against Exeter in a 16-1 defeat — only to double its run total the next day against Lakeland (the Knights lost that one 21-2)...

The Nevada Middle School volleyball team bounced back from a sweep at the hands of Webb City on Monday by winning three of four against East Newton on Tuesday. The Lady Tigers struggled against the Cardinals — with the eighth-grade A team falling 25-10, 25-7; the eighth-grade B team losing 25-8, 25-8; the seventh-grade A team going down 15-25, 19-25; and the seventh-grade B team dropping its match 25-10, 25-12...

Sheldon High School senior cross country runner Madison Garren finished the Stockton Invitational in 24 minutes flat on Tuesday — good enough for a 12th-place medal. Head coach Mike Galimberto stated that Garren started off with great pace and was in 10th place after the first mile. ...

The Nevada High School softball team put away Monett in four innings on the road Tuesday, 15-0. After scoring two runs in the opening frame, one more in the second, and a couple more in the third (thanks in part to a two-out RBI double by Skyler Burns), the Lady Tigers adjusted to the slow-throwing Monett pitcher with a 10-run fourth inning in which Claire Pritchett had two doubles alone. Hope Hearting added a two-run double down the right-field line in that inning, as well...

Just seven days after Cottey College senior outside hitter Lily Miller was named Continental Athletic Conference Volleyball Defender of the Week, another Comet earned the same honor. Freshman setter Staley Stallaby racked up 54 digs in five matches for Cottey (an average of 3.18 per set)...

The weather was not the only thing that decided to switch it up on Tuesday. The Nevada High School girls tennis team shuffled up its doubles pairings for a home tilt against Reeds Spring, and amidst the area’s cooler temperatures and windy conditions each new duo won its match to help lead the Lady Tigers to a 5-4 victory...

Glenna Rae Cartwright, 77, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Tuesday, Sept. 14, at Moore Few Care Center following a brief illness. Glenna was born to Glenn and Armenta (Downs) Whitaker on Jan. 23, 1944, in Nevada, Mo. Glenna attended Nevada High School. After high school, she was employed at the Nevada State Hospital. She then spent many years babysitting and caring for her grandchildren after school...

Evertt Lee Buckner, age 90, of Nevada, Mo., passed away at his home, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. He was born Jan. 25, 1931, in Deerfield, Mo., to George William and Addie Mae (Ellifrits). He graduated from Bronaugh High School in 1950 and served his county in the United States army from 1952 until 1954 as a Corporal...

John James Spencer, 70, Nevada, Mo., died on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Monday, Sept. 27, at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada. Memorials are suggested in his memory to the Wounded Warriors Project in care of Ferry Funeral Home...

William “Bill” Elmer Sailor, 84, Nevada, Mo., died on Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, in Nevada. Bill was born July 3, 1937, in Elk City, Kan., the son of Elmer and Dorothy (Raney) Sailor. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 25, at the Bible Baptist Church, in Nevada, with Pastor Jerry Pyle officiating. Interment will follow in Click Cemetery. Friends may call now and until the hour of service at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada...

APAC-Central, Inc. crews of Springfield, Mo., began paving the first of numerous streets around Nevada on Tuesday. APAC was the winning low bid for the 2021 City of Nevada street improvements and was approved for the job by city council vote at the council's May 4, 2021, meeting. ...