Stories from Saturday, September 25, 2021

The Nevada Middle School football teams went 1-1 at Monett on Thursday, with the seventh-grade squad losing 20-8 and the eighth-graders winning 26-14. NMS eighth-grade quarterback Kellen Braden scored a 65-yard touchdown run on the second play of that game, before Jett Snyder punched in a five-yard TD run on the Tigers' next possession. Braden added another TD run before halftime...

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hillary Adams Anwander had an entire year to write her speech after William Jewell College named her one of the newest inductees into its athletic hall of fame. Too bad she found out only minutes before the ceremony that she was expected to give one...

The Nevada High School football team got back to its high-scoring winning ways Friday night at Monett, with six different Tigers scoring touchdowns in a 54-14 thumping of the Cubs. After getting shut out in the first half last week against Lamar, Nevada (4-1) could only be held out of the end zone for a quarter in week 5. ...

Brian Leonard could not help himself. When presenting the first-place plaque to his Nevada High School girls golf team after the Lady Tiger Invitational Friday afternoon at Frank E. Peters Golf Course, the long-time head coach let everyone in attendance know how much it meant to him to win the event for the first time since he created it 17 years ago...

Justin Jonathan Goolsby, 32, Nevada, Mo., died on Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, in Nevada. Justin was born Oct. 3, 1988, in Kissimmee, Fla., to Richard L. and Dana R. (Carlson) Goolsby. Justin grew up in Kissimmee, Fla. He attended school in St. Cloud, Fla., and later graduated from Nevada High School in 2007. ...

John Earl Knox, 78, Nixa, Mo., died on Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, at Sun Terra Springs in Springfield, Mo. John was born Dec. 5, 1942, in Pineville, Mo., to Chester Oliver and Elnora Mildred (Lewis) Knox. A memorial service with military honors will be held at a later date...

Community Blood Center of the Ozarks (CBCO), the sole supplier of blood and plasma to patients at 44 area healthcare facilities, reports less than a one-day supply of most blood types. The turnout at many area blood drives is still being negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. On the hospital side, blood transfusions are taking place at levels not seen in several years. Blood drives around the CBCO service region serve a vital function in preserving the good health of our community...