Stories from Saturday, May 4, 2019

After suffering losses in district-tournament play, area softball teams had their seasons come to a close this week, After notching one of their best regular-seasons in recent memory, the Hume Lady Hornets were upended by the Archie Whirlwind, 10-5, in the semifinals of the Class 1 District 13 Tournament, Wednesday in Adrian...

The Nevada High tennis team netted a second-place finish at the Big 8 Conference Tournament, hosted by Springfield Catholic on Wednesday. NHS singles’ results No. 1: Nevada’s Tanner Gotschall defeated Sam Burks of Mount Vernon, 6-3 in the first round — and then lost (8-0) to Luke Steiner of Springfield Catholic, in the second round...

MOUNT VERNON — Nevada High’s varsity track-and-field team put forth a record-setting day at the Big 8 Conference championship meet Thursday. Nevada’s boys’ team notched a third-place showing at the 14-school meet. McDonald County claimed team gold, while Springfield Catholic placed runner-up...

The Nevada High School track-and-field program is hosting an All-Comers meet, slated for Wednesday, at Larry Testman Track. “The Nevada Tiger Track-and-Field Team is very excited to be hosting an All-Comers meet, for preschool runners, to masters (level) runners,” said Nevada head coach, Ryan Watts. “We hope you will come join in the fun, that is track-and-field.”...

Who wants to be a millionaire?  You can take your shot at becoming one at the Jeff Post Memorial Million $ Hole-N-One Contest. Sponsored by the Nevada Griffons, the competition is slated to begin Monday morning, and runs through May 12.  “It’s being done in memory of Jeff Post, a very important part of the Griffons’ organization, for many years and decades,” said event organizer, and Griffons’ board member Gary DeCocq. ...

In the span of 40-minutes, the May meeting of Healthy Nevada’s Mental Health Committee reviewed its five upcoming efforts spanning from July through March of next year. “I think what we want to create is a calendar which keeps mental health in front of the public and yet spaces things out so we have time to do a good job of planning and advertising,” said local psychologist and committee chair, Dr. Trisha Bridgewater...