Stories from Wednesday, March 10, 2021

The Cottey College cross country team kicked off its spring season with a second-place finish in the Lyon College Invitational Saturday in Cave City, Ark. Sophomore Ella Page crossed the finish line of the women's 5K in 21 minutes, 8.9 seconds — good enough for fifth overall...

The Association of Independent Institutions gave its softball pitcher and hitter of the week awards to two members of the Cottey College team after the Comets improved to 12-2 on the season. Sophomore Lacey Cruz is now 5-0 in the circle following wins over Hannibal-LaGrange University and Culver-Stockton, which helped earn her second A.I.I. Pitcher of the Week honor of the year. In 17 innings of work, Cruz struck out 24 batters and allowed just one run...

A natural disaster — or at least a high school basketball game that at times sounded like one — took place Tuesday night inside Wynn Gymnasium. That was the only comparison Nevada boys head coach Shaun Gray could think of after his team, which looked dead in the water for three-and-a-half quarters, somehow emerged for a stunning 51-46 comeback victory over Logan-Rogersville to advance to the quarterfinals of the MSHSAA Class 5 state tournament...