WEBB CITY — The boys Class 5 District 12 championship between Nevada High School and Webb City was up for grabs Friday night with two-and-a-half minutes to go. The two teams, each of whom had beaten the other once during the regular season, were tied 44-44 late in the rubber match inside the Cardinal Dome — this time with the season on the line...

The Cottey College and Ecclesia College softball teams entered Friday's doubleheader at Vanek Family Memorial Field with contrasting records — and left with them, too. The Comets improved to 10-0 with a 16-1, 20-0 sweep over the Royals, who fell to 0-10...

The Nevada Tigers are sending two young men and one young woman to the MSHSAA Class es 1 and 2 State Wrestling Championships next week at Cable Dahmer Arena in Independence. This year’s state series has been quite different due to COVID-19. In the past, at least on the boys side, wrestlers would compete in one of four super districts where the top four finishers from each weight class would then move on to the state tournament held on a Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, usually the week of Valentine’s Day, at Mizzou Arena in Columbia. ...

Although the results of the Cottey College golf team's first tournament of the spring season were not what the Comets were hoping for, the experience of playing at one of the most famous resorts in the country sure made the trip worth it. At least, that was the takeaway of head coach Eric Cameron, whose squad shot an 826 (+250) to finish eighth out of eight teams in the Pinehurst Invitational earlier this week...

Wynn Gymnasium saw its largest and loudest crowd of the high school basketball season Tuesday night when the Nevada and Harrisonville boys squared off in their Class 5 District 12 opener. After the Tigers took care of the Wildcats 58-41, NHS head coach Shaun Gray was hoping that same energy will travel to Webb City for the district championship on Friday...

At 8-0, the Cottey College softball team is off to its best start in program history and has head coach Mark Skapin recalling the team’s historic 18-game win streaks of recent seasons’ past. But as much as he’s looking backward, Skapin also has his sights set on the future...

For the first time since 2017, the Nevada High School girls basketball team will not be adding a “district champion” plaque to the wall inside Wynn Gymnasium. Webb City denied the Lady Tigers a chance to four-peat with a 59-48 road victory in the opening round (and semifinals) of the Class 5, District 12 tournament Monday night...

The Nevada Tiger Wrestling MSHSAA Class 2 Sectional 3 qualifiers traveled to Seneca on Saturday to compete in the sectional tournament. Due to COVID-19 protocols, only the top three places would qualify for the state tournament this year. Nevada had seven wrestlers qualify for this tournament: Kynndrick Brooks at 106 pounds, Braylin Brooks at 113, Mokey Dawn at 126, Ethan Dighero at 132, Jace Lee at 170, Logan Smith at 220, and Skylur Mashek at 285...

The Bronaugh High School boys and girls basketball teams ended their seasons by beating Northeast Vernon County via nearly identical scores at home on Saturday. The games, which were postponed until after district play, tipped off with a 52-39 win by the Lady Wildcats...

The Nevada High School girls basketball team lost its final game of the regular season Friday night inside Wynn Gymnasium, and afterward head coach Blake Howarth admitted it was a heartbreaker. One he hopes his Lady Tigers feel for one more day. Then, completely forget about it...

The Logan-Rogersville High School boys basketball team informed Nevada on Friday afternoon, just hours before the two teams were scheduled to face off in their regular season finale, that it would not be making the trip. The cancellation (which included a junior varsity game) deprived Tigers hoops fans of what was expected to be a highly competitive showdown against an 18-5 Wildcats team that many believe to be one of the best in all of Class 5 — let alone the Big 8 Conference...

The Cottey College softball team went three weeks without playing a game before facing Bellevue University and Langston University on Friday. Fortunately for the Comets, they still remembered how to win. Sophomore pitcher Lacy Cruz struck out 15 Bruins in the team’s 3-2 win in the opener before the offense came alive in an 11-1 rout over the Lady Lions in the nightcap — improving the Comets’ record to 4-0...

Like all Nevada High School home basketball games, Thursday night’s boys contest against Springfield Catholic took place inside Wynn Gymnasium. But according to head coach Shaun Gray, it felt like he was coaching a pick-up game in the park. Fortunately for Gray, the Tigers were the ones afterward asking, “Who’s got next?”...

The basketball teams of Northeast Vernon County and Sheldon High School may not have a chance to win state this year, but they did get one more shot at beating each other. In a pair of games that had to be postponed until after district play, the Knights and Panthers — all four of whom were eliminated in the first rounds of the Class 1 District 7 tournaments earlier this week — squared off for bragging rights Thursday night in Sheldon...

HUME — The Hume Lady Hornets edged out Bronaugh's Lady Wildcats in round two of Class 1 District 7 postseason play Wednesday evening in Hume. The Lady Hornets posted a not-unbeatable 21-14 lead before the half. The Ladycats struck back in the third quarter 9-5 but faltered in the fourth with Hume logging 13 points to Bronaugh's seven for a final score of 39-30...

After two weeks without so much as a scrimmage, the Nevada High School girls basketball team played its third game in four days Tuesday at Bolivar. And even though the Lady Tigers lost 61-54 — dropping two of those three games to fall to 11-11 on the season — after the game, head coach Blake Howarth was as optimistic as ever...

Number four is now No. 4. Nevada High School senior guard Logan Applegate, who sports the number four on his basketball jersey, climbed up one spot on the school's all-time scoring list after his 36-point performance Monday night against McDonald County...

The Northeast Vernon County High School girls basketball team came closest to pulling off an upset in the first round of the Class 1 District 7 tournament Monday night at Rich Hill. Unfortunately for the Lady Knights, round two will be all chalk after the Lady Tigers were able to fend NEVC off in the second half and advance to play top-seeded McAuley Catholic with a 43-33 win...

Nevada High School’s Logan Applegate celebrated senior night from downtown Monday, sinking a career-high 10 3-pointers — including several from NBA range — to lead the Tigers in a 78-53 win over McDonald County. Applegate, who technically was inside Wynn Gymnasium all evening, missed only a couple of the seemingly countless long-range shots he put up against the Mustangs’ rather hopeless box-and-one defense. ...

It may not have been senior night for the Nevada High School girls basketball team against McDonald County Monday (the Lady Tigers celebrated that earlier this season), but Tylin Heathman, one of the team’s two upperclassmen, stepped up like it was her final home game anyway...

BRONAUGH — Bronaugh's Lady Wildcats crushed the Sheldon Lady Panthers 62-20 at home Monday evening advancing them to 14-7 for the season, and to round two, in Class 1 District 7 tournament. The Lady Cats took a commanding 17-9 lead in the first quarter and never looked back. The Lady Cats pulled away in the second quarter finishing 38-14 at the half.  Scoring slowed in the second half with Bronaugh outscoring Sheldon 13-6 in the third and 11-0 in the fourth...

The Sheldon High School boys basketball team kept the score low — and thus close — in its Class 1 District 7 opener Saturday at Hume. But in the end, the sixth-seeded Panthers missed too many shots and committed too many turnovers to keep the score close enough for an upset — falling 46-32 to the Hornets, who were the No. 3 seed...

The Northeast Vernon County High School boys basketball team saw its season end Saturday in the first round of the Class 1 District 7 tournament at McAuley Catholic. The Warriors cruised into the next round with a 62-40 win over the Knights. Sophomore Kylan Bachand led NEVC (4-11) with 18 points...

Nevada High School junior Laura Kimmell failed to advance beyond the preliminary round in the 1-meter diving event at the Missouri State High School Activities Association Class 1 Girls Swimming and Diving Championship Saturday in St. Peters. Kimmell qualified for state with the 24th best score on the season out of 24 entrants — and finished her first trip there with a prelim score of 124.30, good enough for 23rd overall...

The Nevada Lady Tiger wrestling team had two sectional qualifiers, Taylor Thompson and Claire Pritchett. Thompson, however was unable to wrestle due to an injury sustained in the district tournament. Pritchett, a returning state medalist, Nevada’s first female medalist, would have to battle through adversity to obtain her state ticket...