Stories from Friday, May 17, 2019

The Nevada High School tennis season came to a close, as the Tigers top doubles duo was upended by Carl Junction in sectional tournament-play, Tuesday in Joplin. Nevada’s No. 1 doubles team, Tanner Gotschall and Caleb Theis, fell to Carl Junction’s Colin King and Philip Leithauser in straight sets — 0-6, 4-6...

Nevada High School golfers Bronson Smith and Owen Swearingen finished in a tie for 33rd-place at the Missouri Class 3 State Golf Tournament, held Monday and Tuesday at Columbia Country Club. Smith, a four-time state-qualifier was in the hunt after the opening-round dust had settled, firing an 18-hole three-over-par 74 — placing him in a tie for third, and three shots off the lead...

The Sheldon Panthers are back-to-back district champions. Top-seeded Sheldon captured the Class 1 District 7 baseball crown after flattening sixth-seeded McAuley Catholic, 15-0, in Thursday’s title tilt at Lyons Stadium. “It shows consistency,” said first-year Sheldon head coach, Jacob Well. “Two years in a row, that’s tough to do, playing against all these good teams we’ve played.”...