Stories from Tuesday, October 10, 2017

After three weeks of being idle, as well as intense training, the Cottey Comets cross country team returned to competition on Saturday in Clarksville, Ark., for the Ozarks Invitational. Placing fifth overall as a team, the Comets were led by junior Tori Kehler, of Vancouver, Wash., who blazed to a second-place finish, clocking a time of 20:06 — while Division II Arkansas Tech claimed the top team spot...

It was an ultra successful weekend on the volleyball court for the Nevada Lady Tigers, who finished 4-1-1 at Saturday’s Clinton Invitational. The Lady Tigers opened play with a straight set (25-17, 25-17) sweep of Harrisonville. Nevada next matched up with Bolivar, splitting a pair of sets — 25-22, 19-25...

A lights out title game performance lifted the Northeast Vernon County Lady Knights to the Golden Valley Vernon County Conference tournament championship Saturday afternoon in Sheldon. The conference championship game pitted top-seeded NEVC against the second-seeded Hume Lady Hornets. ...

Thomas Edmund Hollands was born on April 12, 1944, in Kansas City, Mo. Tom’s parents were Edmund Wilson Hollands and Eleanor (Mitchell) Hollands. Tom was raised in Bartlesville and Tulsa, Okla. At an early age, Tom excelled in multiple sports, including basketball, baseball, football and tennis. While attending Cascia Hall in Tulsa, Okla., he was a standout basketball player, and while attending Oklahoma Military Academy, he was a standout basketball and football player...

JoAnn (Weber) Kennon, 85, died peacefully on Oct. 3, at the John Knox Village Hospice House, Lee’s Summit, Mo. Her daughters, Beth and Leslie, along with the hospice and care center staff kept her surrounded with music, flowers, stories and lots of hand-holding. ...