Stories from Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Nevada Daily Mail Comedian Eric O'Shea will perform at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15, in Raney Dining Room on the Cottey College campus. Get ready to witness not only a comedy show, but an event. With more than 4 million hits on YouTube and having been nominated six times as Campus Activities Magazine's "National Comedy Performer of the Year," O'Shea is one of the best! O'Shea is a veteran performer of more than 1,800 colleges and universities and his clean wit and priceless observations take you through your embarrassing childhood and hidden everyday moments that drive you insane.. ...

jbrann.ndm@gmail.com The Bronaugh Board of Aldermen met Oct. 3, and spent much of their meeting on water issues with most of that on wastewater. Following a reading of the minutes, Treasurer Ann Loudermilk reviewed the month's receipts and the balances in the water and sewer accounts as well as funds kept on hand as debt service reserve and for depreciation and repair of the water and sewer systems...

gfranklin.nevadadailymail@gmail.com Emotions ran high and questions went unanswered during the Schell City council meeting Wednesday evening. The meeting was moved from the normal location of the city clerk's office to the community room due to a larger than normal audience of 12 people...

The Nevada Lady Tigers youth-division basketball program is just around the corner. Lady Tigers head varsity coach Brent Bartlett said the camp will emphasize fundamentals and teamwork. The four-week camp for third through sixth-graders will be held from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Nevada High School's Wynn Gym. Dates for the camp are: Oct. 15 and 29th, and Nov. 5 and 12th. In addition to Bartlett, camp instructors include NHS assistant basketball coaches Blake Howarth, Lori Thorpe, and Kori Dodson...

Survive and advance. That's what the Nevada Middle School seventh-grade volleyball team did at the season-ending Tri-County Conference volleyball tournament held Monday evening at Joplin South Middle School. The third-seeded Lady Tigers prevailed over No. 6 seed Joplin East in three sets 25-23 (25-22), 25-17. With the victory, the Lady Tigers advance to face second-seeded Carthage in the semifinals tonight at Joplin South Middle School, with the match slated for 5:30 p.m...

For the first time this season, Nevada High School's combined freshman-sophomore team hit the gridiron, as they were beat 40-20 Monday night at Warrensburg. Nevada (0-1) racked up big yards with its ground-attack, as freshman tailback Eziah Huddelston rushed for a 20-yard score. Nevada's second score came courtesy of quarterback Matt Thorp's 65-yard touchdown romp. Wing back Colin Witte added a 45-yard touchdown scamper...

The Nevada Tigers eighth-grade "A" football team hammered Jolin South 30-0 Oct. 6 at Junge Stadium in Joplin. The game was called at halftime due to thunderstorms. Nevada running back Kaden Denney had a monster performance, with rushing touchdowns of 2-yards, 38-yards, and 8-yards. In addition, Wesely Balk chipped in a touchdown, with Denney converting the 2-point play...

In weekend volleyball action, the Nevada Lady Tigers emerged with a second-place finish at the Clinton Tournament, winning its first five games Saturday before being edged by Bolivar in the championship match. Nevada (19-11) opened play with a 25-23, 27-25 win over Butler, followed by a second straight two set victory, this time over Hillcrest 25-21, 25-21. In its third match of the day, NHS easily dispatched Clinton 25-14, 25-20...

After having already locked up the Golden Valley Vernon County Conference regular season volleyball championship, the Bronaugh Lady Wildcats added to its collection of hardware, winning the GVVC conference tournament Saturday night in Hume with a decisive two-set title match victory over the Hume Lady Hornets...

A 5-2 victory over Mt. Vernon at the Missouri State High School Activities Association Class 1 sectional round in Mt. Vernon Saturday morning, advanced the Nevada Lady Tigers tennis team to the Class 1 state quarterfinals, where they fell to Springfield Catholic 5-0...