Stories from Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Sylvia Eileen Steele, 74, formerly of Nevada, Mo., died Monday, Feb. 9, 2015, at the Washington Regional Medical Center, in Fayetteville, Ark. A funeral service will be held at noon, Friday, Feb. 13, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada. Interment will follow in the Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kan...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada athletes walked away with four first place and one second place finish Saturday at a Special Olympics basketball tournament held at Nevada High School. Bonnie Franklin, the coordinator for Nevada's program and one of the coaches, said Saturday the tournament is held to help the athletes get ready for the Regional Tournament later this spring...

Saturday night's third annual father-daughter dance at the community center drew 601 participants, according to Dana Redburn, city of Nevada Parks and Recreation director. Dads, uncles, and grandfathers came with their daughters, granddaughters and nieces of all ages. ...

Dear Editor: In a Letter to the Editor Jan. 21, Walter Cochran comments, "Missouri voters defeated a Constitutional Amendment 3 this past November by nearly 70 percent of the voters." Each county's vote, in our area, was reported on this amendment. ...

Sheldon's boys' basketball team topped Fair Play 52-42 Thursday night, behind a defensive effort that held steady for three quarters, long enough for the Panthers to build a lead. Sheldon took a 13-12 edge at the first break, then managed a 9-3 edge in the second period for a 22-15 margin at halftime. After three quarters, the lead was 33-21 behind an 11-6 difference in that frame...

The Nevada junior varsity boys basketball team defeated the O'Hara Celtics 54-38 Friday evening in Kansas City. "They have a very good player who was killing us in the first half," Nevada head coach Kyle Talley said. "The kids decided at half that they were going to no longer allow him to do so. Myles (McNeley) was able to hit some three's off of set plays. And our bigs hurt them inside by being active and aggressive."...

KANSAS CITY ---- The Nevada Lady Tigers throttled the Kansas O' Hara Lady Celtics 71-47 in Friday night West Central Conference basketball matchup. With the victory, the Lady Tigers improve to 16-3 (6-2 WCC). Nevada trailed 13-12 after the first quarter, and then outscored O'Hara 18-13 in the second frame to grab a 30-26 halftime lead...

SEDALIA ---- The Nevada Tigers wrestling team participated in the West Central Conference Tournament, Saturday in Sedalia. For Nevada, Dayton Miller, Jacob Johnson, and Scott Rusmisel-Swink placed first in the their respective wight divisions. Results...

Nevada High School's swim team captured the conference title in its first year of membership in the West Central Conference. "This was our first experience with the conference," said the team's coach, Amyl Bishop. "Our girls knew that the competition for conference champions would be close between Warrensburg and Nevada. The girls definitely brought their A game!...

Nevada Daily Mail The Bronaugh Wildcats protected their home court during Friday's homecoming events when they swept the Northeast Vernon County Knights in all four basketball games before a full crowd. That final win before the conference tournament, which began Monday, gave the varsity Lady Wildcats the victory needed to clinch the Golden Valley Vernon County Conference regular season title, their first since 2001...

Nevada Daily Mail During a ceremony held Friday at the Nevada High School Media Center, senior Taylor Manes signed a national letter-of intent with Truman State University of the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The 5-foot-10, 190 pound linebacker, was also a standout fullback for the Tigers, earning First Team West Central Conference honors at both positions in 2014...