With an electric student-section cheering on, the Nevada Middle School seventh and eighth-grade volleyball teams throttled the visiting Seneca Indians — sweeping a trio of matches Tuesday night at Nevada Middle School. Nevada's eighth-grade A-team dispatched the guests in two sets (25-22, 25-18), while the Lady Tiger eighth-grade B-team breezed to victory — 25-8, 25-11. Nevada's seventh-grade A-team, meanwhile, kicked off the festivities, prevailing in a three-set thriller — 25-12, 23-25, 25-15...

The Nevada Lady Tiger junior varsity volleyball team won five of six matches en route to a third-place finish at the Aurora JV Tournament on Saturday. Nevada and two other schools finished with five victories, but the Lady Tigers were forced to settle for a third-place finish by virtue of multiple complex tiebreakers.

Nevada Lady Tiger netters Hallie Short and Eden Fisher scored first-place hardware at Friday's Warrensburg High School doubles tournament. Competing at No. 1 doubles Short and Fisher coasted to an 8-2 opening-round victory over Higgesville's Jordyn Howard and Lorelai Buford. ...

The Sheldon Lady Panther volleyball team rolled to an impressive GVVC Conference victory Thursday, knocking off visiting Ballard  — 25-23, 25-21. "(We) came together as a team, and I absolutely love to see them play and have fun doing it," said Sheldon head coach Emily Godsey. ...

Nevada Middle School's seventh and eighth-grade Tiger football teams turned in superb season-opening performances, throttling the Monett Cubs in a pair of road matchups Thursday. The eighth-grade Tigers manhandled Monett en route to a 44-14 triumph, while the seventh-grade Tigers blanked the Cubs 14-0...

Featuring multiple top-flight running backs, the Seneca Indians powerful ground attack paved the way to a 39-18 Big 8 Conference victory over the Nevada Tigers Friday night at Logan Field. The Big 8 West division loss moves Nevada to 0-3 overall (0-1 Big 8 West)...

The Nevada Lady Tiger volleyball team soared to its fourth consecutive victory to open the season, knocking off Bolivar in a three-set non-conference road match Thursday. Nevada was nipped in the first set (23-25), but replied with strong second-set victory (25-16), and then edged out Bolivar in the decisive third-set, 25-21...

Junior hurler Abby Harder's superb performance in the circle, combined with dynamite defensive-play propelled the Nevada Lady Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the Seneca Lady Indians on Thursday. The non-conference road triumph moves Nevada to 6-4 overall and 2-1 in the Big 8 Conference...

A valiant effort fell short for the Nevada Lady Tiger softball team as a late-inning lead slipped away and they fell, 8-4, to the visiting Bolivar Lady Liberators Tuesday at Bushwhacker Field. The non-conference loss moves Nevada to 5-4 overall. Bolivar opened the season on a five-game win streak, but entered Tuesday's contest on a three-game losing skid...

Emree Cameron, at the top of her game, will look to ride a recent wave of momentum all the way to famed Augusta National Golf Club. Cameron, a Nevada Middle School seventh-grader, competes tomorrow at the Drive, Chip, and Putt Regional Finals just outside of Denver. ...

An inability to prevent the big play again proved costly for the Nevada Tigers as they fell, 43-22, to the No. 4 ranked Mount Vernon Mountaineers Friday night in Mount Vernon. Nevada was held to a three-and-out on the game's opening series, then quickly yielded two big plays netting 47 yards, setting up the Mountaineers deep in Nevada territory...

Youth division Top 5: Mallory Crews/Brian Henderson, Madison Meek/Brian Henderson, Madison Meek/Mallory Crews, Mallory Crews/Teresa Klumpp, Madison Meek/Kenny Maffie. Open division Top 5: Michael Johns/Brian Henderson, Roger Hines/ Teresa Klumpp, Brian Henderson/Roger Hines, Diana Adell/Brian Henderson, Jonathan Westhoff/Brian Henderson...

The Cottey Comet volleyball team collected its first victories of the season last weekend in Manhattan (Kan.) at the Thunder Invitation Tournament. Cottey (3-3) first edged Central Christian College of Kansas in a five-set thriller, then dropped their second match of the day, falling to host Manhattan Christian College in four...

After a convincing season-opening victory on Tuesday, the Nevada Lady Tiger softball team returned to the diamond Thursday — falling to Reeds Spring, 6-2. The Big 8 Conference road loss moves the Lady Tigers to 1-1 in conference-play. Reeds Spring struck first, pushing across three in the first. After tacking on a run in the fourth, and two more in the sixth, Mount Vernon led 6-0...

The Sheldon Lady Panther volleyball team registered their first victory of the season, dispatching archrival Bronaugh Lady Wildcats in straight sets Thursday. Sheldon (1-1) took the first set against host-Bronaugh 25-19, and then swept to victory with a dominant 25-13 second-set triumph...

Nevada High's Lady Tiger volleyball team secured a season-opening two-set victory over host Mount Vernon Thursday night. Nevada (1-0, 1-0, Big 8) edged Mount Vernon by identical 25-23 scores in both sets. Stat leaders for the Lady Tigers included Lindey Smith, 12 assists; Lani Coonrod, 10 digs and two aces; Stacy Pennington, nine digs, five kills; and Julia Cassidy with a half-dozen kills...

When it rains it pours. At least that seems to be the case for the Nevada Tiger football team. Entering last week's season-opener with what Tiger head coach Wes Beachler termed "a short deck," the personnel news appears even bleaker entering tonight's Big 8 Conference road match-up with state-ranked Mount Vernon...

Upon graduating from Nevada High School in 2014 Cole Sanderson was off to Coffeyville (Kan.) Community College on a baseball scholarship, then to the University of Central Oklahoma. Now he’s back at his alma matter as a member of the NHS football coaching staff...

It was a grand start to a new era of Nevada Lady Tiger softball on Tuesday, as first-year NHS head coach Danny Penn and company dispatched visiting Cassville, 13-3. Nevada (1-0, 1-0 Big 8) struck first, plating three runs in the first, and tacked on two in the second. Nevada then led 6-0 after scratching across a run in the third...

A promising start to the Nevada Tigers' football opener was short-lived Friday night, as the visiting Reeds Spring Wolves scored nine unanswered touchdowns en route to a 61-6 victory. Nevada (0-1) struck first, courtesy of Colin Witte's 45-yard touchdown romp at 9:15 of the first quarter for a 6-0 lead, with the extra point going awry. ...

The Sheldon Lady Panthers opened their season at Thursday's Jasper High School volleyball jamboree. Sheldon squared off with a trio of schools, playing two sets against each. The Lady Panthers dropped their first match of the evening to Thomas Jefferson (6-15, 9-15)...

The Nevada Lady Tiger volleyball team kicked off its season with a strong showing at Tuesday's Carthage High School volleyball Jamboree. With each match slated for only two sets, the Lady Tigers opened the festivities with a convincing straight-set (15-12, 15-10) victory over Joplin. In their second matchup, Nevada split with host Carthage (13-15, 15-10). The Lady Tigers then wrapped the night against the Aurora Lady Houns', falling to the perennial powerhouse in two sets (12-15, 9-15)...

In their first live action of the season, the Nevada Lady Tiger softball team squared of with Big 8 Conference foes East Newton and McDonald County in a pair of four inning exhibition contests in Anderson on Tuesday. Nevada was upended by East Newton in the opener, 6-4, and then dropped their contest to jamboree-host McDonald County, 3-0...

Former Nevada High School gridder Brett Pettibon brings a wealth of knowledge to the Nevada Middle School coaching staff. The 37-year-old Pettibon is a 2001 grad of Nevada High School, a first-team All-Conference selection at wide receiver his senior campaign. He then took his talents to the collegiate level, earning a track scholarship to Pittsburg State University...