Stories from Friday, November 24, 2017

One of the disappointing thing about living in Morningside is that most of the residents are at least middle age plus. That means that several are in their nineties. Also since the residence is in Nevada it also means that I have known some for a good many years...

The Nevada Lady Tiger volleyball team was honored at its recent postseason awards banquet, held at Nevada High School. “The banquet highlighted many successes from the season and recognized several individuals for their talents and performances,” said Nevada High head volleyball coach, Ashley Thoreson...

The Nevada Middle School wrestling team traveled south to compete in Monday’s Joplin North Middle School duals — Nevada’s fourth meet of the season. “Our young men wrestled very hard (Monday) night,” said Nevada Middle School wrestling coach, Josh Smith. “I was very impressed with how well they fought through adversity and wrestled hard from the first whistle to the last whistle.”...

The Hume Lady Hornets had a dominant opening to their 2017-18 hoops campaign, steamrolling the Miami Eagles 43-15, Tuesday night at home. Hume (1-0, 1-0 GVVC) came out on fire, opening the Golden Valley Vernon County Conference match-up on a 15-0 blitz. Hume then led 22-6 at halftime. The Lady Hornet lead then swelled to 25, after outscoring Miami 11-2 in the third quarter. Hume then outscored the visitors 10-7 in the fourth quarter, for the final 28-point margin...