Rising Nevada High School sprinter Devin McHugh blazed to a gold medal finish in the 400-Meter Dash at the high-profile Kansas Relays on Saturday in Lawrence. McHugh, an Allen County (Kan.) Community College track signee, cruised to a first-place finish in Friday’s 400-Meter Dash prelims. McHugh then returned to Rock Chalk Park on Saturday, and put forth one of the all-time great performances in the history of the NHS track-and-field program, clocking a 49.01 en route to the KU Relay gold...

Wes Beachler is set to hold his annual youth football camp May 13-15 at the practice field adjacent to Logan Field. The three sessions run from 3:10-5 p.m. Camp participants will be led by the Nevada High School and middle school coaching staffs. The camp is open to all students entering third through sixth grades for the upcoming school year. Participants will receive a camp T-shirt and Powerade...

If instant replay were utilized in high school baseball, it very likely would have changed the outcome of the Nevada Tigers’ 8-7 Big 8 Conference loss to the visiting East Newton Patriots Thursday evening at Lyons Stadium. The loss drops the beleaguered Tigers to 1-13 overall, and 1-2 in the Big 8 West division, while East Newton moves to 10-5 overall...

Defensive woes and walks heavily contributed to the Nevada Tigers’ 8-1 Big 8 Conference cross-division road-loss to the Reeds Spring Wolves. Tuesday’s defeat moves Nevada to 1-11 overall, and 1-2 in Big 8 Conference-play. Nevada starting pitcher Dalton Gayman and relief pitcher Peyton Denney were victimized by th the Tigers’ five-error day, as well as their own control issues, as the pair issues a combined 13 walks...

A 6-3 non-conference victory over Carthage Wednesday at the Nevada H.S. tennis courts, improved the Nevada Tigers to 9-1 overall. “Our Marathon week continued with the win over Carthage,” said Nevada head coach, Clayton Wheeler. “(And) we were short (a varsity player) tonight.”...

A seesaw extra-inning affair culminated with the Nevada Tigers falling to the Bolivar Liberators, 14-11, Monday evening at Lyons Stadium. The non-conference home loss moves Nevada baseball to 1-11 overall. Trailing 8-6 in the bottom of the sixth, sophomore Elijah Nadurata’s two-out bases-clearing blast to deep left handed the Tigers a 9-8 advantage. Nadurata would later come around to score on an infield throwing error, putting Nevada on top, 10-8...

Nevada High School’s track-and-field team notched a strong showing at the 30th annual Jock’s Nitch/PSU Gorilla Relays — Friday at Prentice Gudgen Track on the campus of Pittsburg State University. Standout performances for Nevada included, senior Devin McHugh’s first-place finish in the 400-meter dash, junior Calli Beshore’s third and fourth-place finishes in the 1600 and 3200-meter runs, and freshman Claire Pritchett’s sixth-place showing in the Shot Put...

The Hume Lady Hornet softball team is a force to be reckoned with. Hume (11-0) is fresh off a 17-0 blowout victory of arch-rival Rich Hill, April 9 in Hume. The Lady Hornets then followed up with a doubleheader sweep of Ballard on Thursday, winning by scores of 11-0 and 17-1...

MONETT — The Nevada Tigers were unable to carry over the momentum from their lone victory of the season this past Tuesday, falling to the Monett Cubs, 14-4, in a five-inning run-rule Thursday. The Big 8 Conference West division loss moves Nevada to 1-10 overall (1-1 Big 8 West)...

The storybook start to Owen Swearingen’s prep golf career continued Monday morning, as Nevada High’s star freshman captured the Joplin Golf Foundation (JGF) Horton Smith Invitational individual crown. Swearingen has already established himself as one of the premier prep golfers in the state of Missouri, with two victories, and a runner-up finish through the first four events of the season...

Grant Miller’s dominant pitching performance was just what the doctor ordered for the Nevada Tiger baseball team. Miller, a junior, yielded just one run over seven sparkling innings of work, as Nevada defeated the visiting Seneca Indians, 3-1. Tuesday evening’s triumph at Lyons Stadium snapped the Tigers’ nine-game losing skid, moving Nevada to 1-9 overall, and 1-0 in Big 8 Conference West division-play...

Cottey Comet golfers Rachel Hancock, Ashlee Collins, and Kim Scott competed in their third event of the season, hitting the links for the William Woods Spring Invitational (April 1-2), held at Tanglewood Golf Course in Fulton, Missouri. Hancock finished with the top score of the three, carding a (36-hole) 27-over-par, 171. Hancock fired an opening-round 85, and a final-round 86. Hancock’s two-day tally placed her in a tie for 19 at the 47-player event...

Nevada High School’s golf team made quick work of the competition at the Cassville Invitational Wednesday, winning the 12-school event by 36 strokes. Nevada’s final team total, 336, left Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School, with a distant second-place finish (372)...

The Nevada Tigers were denied their first victory of the season, falling to the Monett Cubs, 11-1, at the Bill O’Dell baseball Tournament — Thursday in Carthage. The five-inning, run-rule loss, moves Nevada to 0-8 on the season. The Tigers led 1-0 at the conclusion of the first, but the Cubs replied with a three-run second. Monett then tacked on five in the fourth, and three in the fifth, en route to the 10-run victory...

The scorching-hot Cottey Comet softball team upped its win streak to 10 games with a pair of doubleheader sweeps this week. Cottey opened the week in Lawrence, Kansas, coasting to a pair of victories over Haskell Indian Nations. They then knocked off Stephens College with a double-dip sweep Tuesday in Columbia...

Nevada High School’s flawless start to the tennis season continued Thursday, as the Tigers rolled to a 9-0 home victory over Big 8 Conference foe Aurora Houn’ Dawgs. “All the guys played great tonight,” said Nevada head coach, Clayton Wheeler. “We showed up and performed the way we expected to.”...

It was a special night for the Nevada Tiger high school basketball team at the their recent postseason awards banquet. NHS varsity head coach Shaun Gray spoke glowingly of his squad, as the Tigers concluded the 2018-19 season with an 18-8 overall record...

The Nevada High School golf team’s scorching-hot start to the season continued Monday morning, as the Tigers collected a runner-up finish at the 19-team Bird Dog Invitational. The event was held at Briarbrook Country Club in Carl Junction, site of the Missouri Class 3 sectional state-qualifying tournament (May 6)...

CARTHAGE ­ — In opening-round action Monday at the Bill O’Dell Tournament, the Nevada Tigers were upended by the Carl Junction Bulldogs, 12-5. The loss marked the second time in four days the Tigers have been toppled by Carl Junction. Nevada returned to the diamond Tuesday for day two of the tournament and were edged by the Mount Vernon Mountaineers, 8-7, dropping them to 0-7 overall...

The Nevada Tiger track-and-field team was on its way to a solid showing at Thursday’s Carthage Invitational, when area thunderstorms brought the meet to an abrupt halt midway through. “We were disappointed, as we really wanted to see more of our athletes compete against the ‘who’s who’ of big schools in Southwest Missouri,” said Nevada head coach Ryan Watts...

Cottey Comet sophomore Rachel Hancock had a history-making outing on the links, collecting the program's first-ever first-place finish. Hancock finished atop the field of 38 competitors (March 25-26) at the Missouri Valley College (MVC) Spring Invitational, at Indian Foothills Golf Course in Marshall, Missouri. ...

Carl Junction Bulldogs starting pitcher Jeremiah Kennedy was electric on the mound Thursday evening at Lyons Stadium. His seven-inning, one-hit, 14 strikeout complete-game shutout lifted the Bulldogs to a 3-0 victory over the Nevada Tigers. The non-conference loss drops Nevada to 0-5 overall, while Carl Junction improves to 2-3 on the season...

The Hume Lady Hornet softball team has served notice that they’re for real. Hume’s impressive start to the season continued with a pair of non-conference road victories over Jasper and Lockwood. The victories improved the red-hot Lady Hornets to 4-0 overall...

The Nevada Tiger golf team has continued its impressive start to the season, after notching a first-place finish at Tuesday’s Seneca H.S. hosted tri-match. Nevada senior Bronson Smith had a marvelous outing at Joplin’s Eagle Creek Golf Course, firing the events low-individual score, a 9-hole 5-over-par 41...