Stories from Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Jens Duwain Barclay, 61, Nevada, passed away on Saturday, Feb. 10, at his home in Nevada. Jens was born March 13, 1956, in Nevada to Herbert Duwain and Helen Marie (Ridgway) Barclay. On March 18, 1983, he was united in marriage to Sheila Mae Burger in Miami, Okla., and she survives of the home...

Walton Park was an ice-covered winter wonderland Sunday morning. Light precipitation began falling Saturday afternoon and soon had everything coated in a glaze of smooth ice. Nevada police reported a “few minor fender benders” and there were no accidents in our area listed on the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash reports website...

For a second consecutive season, the Nevada Lady Tigers swim team has qualified for the Missouri state swim and dive championships. Head coach Samantha Short’s squad qualified its 200-yard medley relay and 200 free relay teams. The medley relay team is comprised of Makayla Haner, Peyton Claypool, Carlie McCaffree, and Maddie McCaffree — and the free relay team: Maddie McCaffree, Anna Fulton, Makayla Haner, and Carlie McCaffree...

In their first competition of the season, Nevada High School’s powerlifting team flexed its muscle at the Fair Grove powerlifting meet on Feb. 3. Guided by head coach Wes Beachler, NHS senior Sammy Gundy placed first overall in her class, after a spectacular showing in the bench press, deadlift and squat. In addition, Gundy netted a third-place overall finish in the girls power index, which combines all classes. Also for the Lady Tigers, Haiden Richmond notched a fourth-place overall finish...

With the season hanging in the balance and a trip to the Missouri Class 2 state wrestling championships on the line, a pair of Nevada Tiger wrestlers survived and advanced from the weekend’s Class 2 District 3 tournament in Clinton. Needing a top four district finish to advance to Missouri prep wrestling’s grandest stage — Nevada High junior Caleb Longobardi placed runner-up in the 220 pound division, while 182-pound NHS senior Adam Guenther secured a third-place finish...

The seventh and eighth-grade Nevada Middle School Tigers wrapped their respective regular seasons last week, with a pair of home games Tuesday and Thursday against Carl Junction and Joplin on the hardwood. Led by Evan Rea’s team-high 12 points, the eighth-grade Tigers toppled Carl Junction, 43-41...