Stories from Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Minnie Maydean Frazier, 93, Nevada, passed away on Thursday, April 12, at Joe Clark Residential Care Center in Nevada. Maydean was born Jan. 2, 1925, in Pleasant Hill, Mo., to Otis Sinclair and Erma Melinda (Gray) Allen. She is survived by four children, Amos O. ...

Delera I. Vinson, 91 of Nevada died Sunday, April 15, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. She was born May 11, 1926, in Fort Payne, Ala., to William P. and Nina M. (Croft) Howard. She married James F. Vinson on Oct. 23, 1945, in Fort Payne, Ala., and he preceded her in death on March 18, 1978...

The Nevada High School track-and-field team was in action at the 29th annual Jock’s Nitch/PSU Gorilla Relays, Friday on the campus of Pittsburg State University. “This was an extremely tough meet, with quality schools from as far away as Oklahoma City and Wichita,” said NHS head coach Kirk Miller, of the 48-school event, featuring 1,100-plus student-athletes. “Our athletes performed very well, with several of them hitting personal bests.”...

BOLIVAR — Braeden Hinton was flat-out dominant Monday against Bolivar. The Nevada High School senior’s complete-game gem, lifted the Tigers to a 2-0 non-conference road victory over Bolivar. Hinton (3-1) allowed just four hits, while striking out eight over seven innings of work...

CARTHAGE — In their final tune-up before embarking upon postseason play, the Nevada Tiger golf team notched an impressive fourth-place showing at Monday’s Sonic/Carthage Invitational. The (par-71) 18-hole, 18-school event was held at Carthage Municipal Golf Course. Glendale H.S. claimed the top team prize, with Olathe (Kan.) Northwest taking the runner-up spot. Rounding out the top four, were Carthage and Nevada...