Football

Editor’s note: Locker Room Talk: Coaches Edition, is a piece where every week the Nevada Daily Mail will interview a high school coach and ask them a series of questions. This week's guest is Nevada High School Football Coach Wes Beachler. Who is your hero?...

Editor’s note: Locker Room talk is a piece where every week the Nevada Daily Mail will interview a high school athlete and ask them a series of questions. This week's guest is Nevada High School senior Skylur Mashek. Who is your hero? I’d have to say Coach Beachler. He treats coaching like it’s more than just a sport. He teaches us how to approach life and teaches us the right ways to do things both on and off the field. Like a father figure in some ways...

Nevada took control early and never looked back as the second seeded Tigers cruised to a 64-6 win over the seventh seed Kansas City East Bears in a Class 4 District 7 football quarterfinal Friday night at Logan Field. Junior quarterback Cade Beshore threw for two touchdown passes and and ran for another in leading the Tigers to a district semifinal next week in Nevada. ...

Friday night’s gridiron battle at Logan Field between Nevada High School and McDonald County seemed like one of those football games that came down to a couple of key plays. According to NHS head coach Wes Beachler, it was even closer than that. The difference in this one might have been one or two blocks...

The Nevada High School junior varsity football team was able to overcome some turnovers to beat East Newton 34-31 Monday evening at Logan Field. The Tigers got the scoring started in the first quarter when freshman quarterback Gabe Smith connected with sophomore tailback Tucker Duncan on a 20-yard touchdown pass...

Thanks to a running clock that was triggered in the third quarter, the Nevada High School football team made quick work of East Newton with a 46-6 win Friday night in Granby. In a game that lasted just over two hours and saw substitutions on the field for most of the fourth quarter, the Tigers (6-1 overall, 4-1 in Big 8 West play) seized control from the start when junior defensive end Case Sanderson returned an interception 50 yards to the house on the fourth play from scrimmage...

The Nevada High School junior varsity football team overcame a six-point halftime deficit to beat Seneca on the road Monday, 34-26. Quarterback Gabe Smith put the Tigers on the board with a 48-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Longobardi in the first quarter (Tucker Duncan ran in the two-point conversion)...

The Nevada High School football team defeated Seneca 52-35 to cap off homecoming night Friday at Logan Field. Here are some photos capturing all the action.

One’s first experience at a Nevada High School homecoming football game is always special. Avious Steadman’s was five times better. The junior wingback, who moved to town from Fort Scott before the school year, scored four rushing touchdowns and caught another to lead the Tigers to a 52-35 homecoming victory against Seneca Friday night at Logan Field — not that he needed any extra motivation...

The Nevada High School junior varsity football team put last week's loss behind it with a 46-34 win over Monett Monday at Logan Field. Sophomore running back Tucker Duncan got the scoring started in the first quarter with an 8-yard touchdown trot (two-point conversion was no good)...

The Nevada High School football team got back to its high-scoring winning ways Friday night at Monett, with six different Tigers scoring touchdowns in a 54-14 thumping of the Cubs. After getting shut out in the first half last week against Lamar, Nevada (4-1) could only be held out of the end zone for a quarter in week 5. ...

The Nevada Middle School football teams went 1-1 at Monett on Thursday, with the seventh-grade squad losing 20-8 and the eighth-graders winning 26-14. NMS eighth-grade quarterback Kellen Braden scored a 65-yard touchdown run on the second play of that game, before Jett Snyder punched in a five-yard TD run on the Tigers' next possession. Braden added another TD run before halftime...

The Nevada High School junior varsity football team suffered its first loss of the season Monday afternoon at Lamar. The crimson and gray Tigers responded well after getting shut out in the first half, but ultimately fell 32-12. Running back Blake Cox ran in a 55-yard touchdown in the third quarter, before teammate and fellow junior Tayvin Moore punched in a two-yard TD in the fourth...

The explosive plays on offense that defined the Nevada High School football team in its first three games of the season were still there in week four against Lamar Friday night at Logan Field. It’s just that they did not come until the second half. The crimson and gray Tigers by that point trailed by three touchdowns, and for the rest of the game struggled to keep the visiting red and black Tigers from finding the end zone — ultimately resulting in a 48-22 Silver Tiger Game defeat...

Both Nevada Middle School football teams improved to 2-0 following impressive home debuts against McDonald County Thursday at Logan Field — with the seventh-grade squad dominating 34-6 and the eighth-graders winning 26-14. In the first game, Will Jackson, Elijah Edmunds, John Michael Collins, and Kyndrek Atkins all scored rushing touchdowns for the seventh-grade Tigers, while the defense held the Mustangs out of the end zone until late in the game...

Diehard Nevada High School football fans might be upset when they first hear it, but the 2021 Tigers are preparing for Friday night’s clash with Lamar like it’s any other game. When those same fans find out why, though, they should feel even better about their favorite team’s chances...

Like its fellow varsity squad, the Nevada High School junior varsity football team remained unbeaten with a win over Cassville in week three. The Tigers hosted the Wildcats at Logan Field on Monday, where a resilient rushing attack propelled Nevada (3-0) to a 28-24 victory...

This year’s Silver Tiger Game just got a whole lot more interesting. The Nevada High School football team took advantage of three fumble recoveries and an interception to defeat Cassville 46-20 on the road Friday night, while the defending Class 2 state champion Lamar Tigers buried McDonald County 31-7 — setting up a showdown between the heated Big 8 West rivals next week at Logan Field in which both teams will enter the game 3-0...

The Nevada Middle School fall sports season got off to a winning start on Wednesday, with the football and volleyball teams both earning victories in their first contests. The Tigers travelled to Cassville and pulled off a sweep on the gridiron — first via a 36-22 win by the seventh-graders, then a 14-6 victory in the eighth-grade game...

The Nevada High School junior varsity football team went to work on Labor Day, shutting out Hollister 33-0 at Logan Field. Junior Tayvin Moore punched in the earliest, logging a 40-yard touchdown run in the first quarter (freshman Elijah Bootle booted the extra point)...

Fifty sure is nifty for the Nevada High School football team. A week after scoring 52 points in their season-opening win against Logan-Rogersville, the Tigers put up 54 more on the scoreboard at Hollister on Friday. Like in week one, the scoring for Nevada in its 54-28 victory over the Tigers was spread throughout the offense — with junior running backs Case Sanderson and Jordan Johnson cashing in their more than 100-yard performances on the ground with two touchdowns apiece, senior tight end Kartman Highley hauling in his third TD pass of the season from junior quarterback Cade Beshore, and wingbacks Avious Steadman and Brice Budd each running in scores. ...

The Nevada High School junior varsity football team on Monday picked up where the varsity squad left off last week, beating Logan-Rogersville by two touchdowns for a season-opening 34-20 victory on the road. “We are very proud of the attitude and effort that our kids played with tonight,” stated NHS JV head coach Jerrod Alexander, whose team was able to hold on for the win after scoring on the opening drive and exchanging touchdowns with the Wildcats throughout the contest. ...

Emotions were running high before Nevada High School’s first football game of the season Friday night at Logan Field. That was nothing compared to afterward. “It feels awesome. Knowing he’s right beside us all the time, it feels great,” senior lineman Lukas Higgins said following Nevada’s 52-31 victory over Logan-Rogersville, a win the Tigers dedicated to their late linebackers coach Will Downing...

Every player. Every play. That is this year’s motto for the Nevada High School football team, and it means much more than the usual inspirational phrase that dons locker room walls, pep rally posters, and booster club t-shirts. That’s because those four words encompassed the philosophy of Will Downing, the retired Army colonel who was a dual-sport athlete at West Point and spent the last four years of his life coaching linebackers at NHS — before it was tragically cut short at the age of 49 on Monday, Aug. ...

CARTHAGE — For a football team that is not expected to throw the ball very much this season, Nevada High School sure slung the pigskin effectively in its debut Friday night at the Carthage jamboree. The Tigers found the end zone on just their second play against Carl Junction, when junior quarterback Cade Beshore connected with junior wideout Drew Beachler on a 25-yard touchdown pass...

High school football jamborees are a lot like NFL preseason games. They offer the first opportunity of the season for fans to see their favorite teams in action. They allow players to hit someone other than their own teammate. And they scare the heck out of head coaches...

Friday marked the final day of the first week of practice for Missouri State High School Activities Association fall sports teams, including the Nevada football and volleyball squads. While the Tigers got in some drills and conditioning work in the early-morning rain next to Logan Field, the Lady Tigers scrimmaged against each other and ran a few sprints of their own inside Wynn Gymnasium...

The first day of practice for the Nevada High School football team is usually a celebrated occasion. This year, it was a solemn one. Linebackers coach Will Downing passed away Monday, the same day as the first football practice of 2021, just over two months shy of his 50th birthday...

The Cottey College athletic department on Monday introduced the three newest faces who will be roaming its sidelines this upcoming school year. At a press conference inside the Rogers Fine Arts Building, Dr. Maryann Mitts — in her first season as athletic director and head basketball coach at Cottey — said in her opening remarks to a room of media members and college staff that the most important work she’s undertaken in her first few months in Nevada has been hiring new coaches...

For players at football camp, the end zone is usually their favorite place to be. For the 60 or so seventh and eighth-graders training at the Nevada Tigers Middle School Football Camp, the most popular spot so far this week has been in the shade. During the hottest stretch of days so far this summer, the unforgiving sun has made running routes and manhandling tackling sleds extra difficult for Tigers looking for a leg up on the upcoming season — requiring Nevada High School head coach Wes Beachler and the Nevada Middle School coaching staff to provide extended rehydration breaks and some days even move up camp by nearly an hour.. ...

This weekend, teams in the National Football League will begin reporting to training camp. What’s the holdup? The Nevada Tigers have been at it all week. “I think we’re ahead of where we were last year, offensively. I just have a lot of kids stepping up and looking good,” said NHS head football coach Wes Beachler Friday morning after the conclusion of his first week of the Nevada Tigers High School Football Camp, which will continue for four more days starting on Monday. ...

Playing video games in the air conditioning was fun while it lasted, but many area youngsters have decided to get some exercise this summer — and learn the fundamentals of hoops and football along the way. The Nevada Tigers Basketball Youth Summer Skills Camp conducted its third Monday of activity this week, with one more to go next week, inside Wynn Gymnasium...

Nevada High School head football coach Wes Beachler and his staff will conduct the 2021 Nevada Tigers High School Football Camp over the final two weeks of July, and all interested students entering grades 9-12 are invited to participate. The camp will run from 6:30-9 a.m. July 19-23 and July 26-29 on the practice field adjacent to Logan Field...

Nevada High School head football coach Wes Beachler is ready to start training the Tigers of the future. His staff and players, as well as coaches from Nevada Middle School, will be conducting two camps later this month to teach the fundamentals of football to any students entering grades 3-8. Both camps will take place on the practice field adjacent to Logan Field...

The Cottey College softball team managed to avoid any distraction on senior night Saturday with a pair of run-rule victories, 8-0 and 10-2, over Sterling College. The sweep improved the Comets' record to 24-6 on the season. They will travel to Oklahoma City University on Friday for another doubleheader...

Cottey College made history Sunday in Salina, Kan., when the flag football team played in its inaugural doubleheader against Kansas Wesleyan and Midland University. The Comets are also hoping they got the program's worst-ever losses out of the way, as well...

One important matter has been settled regarding the Nevada Tiger football team. Second-year Nevada High School head coach Wes Beachler confirmed with the Daily Mail Thursday that junior Matt Thorp will enter the season as Nevada’s starting varsity quarterback...

Nevada Daily Mail SPRINGFIELD -- For just the second time in 13 years, the East squad won the Grin Iron Classic football game Friday night, at JFK Stadium. Last year's game was the closest in the event's history, as the West squad scored the winning touchdown with 50 seconds left in the fourth quarter to take its first lead of the night, at 21-17. That proved to be all the West needed, holding on to take its 11th win...

Nevada Daily Mail SPRINGFIELD --High school athletes from Southwest Missouri will be featured in two all-star events this weekend, at Parkview High School. Football all-stars will compete for the 13th year in the Sertoma Grin Iron Classic, at 7:30 p.m., Friday, at JFK Stadium. The following day, an all-star volleyball tournament is set to start at noon, in the Parkview gymnasium...

SPRINGFIELD -- Local high school athletes from Southwest Missouri will be featured in two all-star events June 6 and 7, at Parkview High School. Football all-stars will compete for the 13th year in the Sertoma Grin Iron Classic, an East vs. West competition, at 7:30 p.m., on June 6, at JFK Stadium. The following day, a girls' all-star volleyball tournament is set to start at noon, in the Parkview High School gymnasium...

The Nevada Tigers football coaching staff is offering summer camps to boys entering first through 12th grade, in the 2014-15 school year. For boys entering third through sixth grade, the three-day camp will begin June 16. Sessions will be held from 6-7:30 p.m., at Logan Field...

By Amanda Miller Nevada Daily Mail The Joplin Crusaders, Missouri's only semi-professional football team, are making extraordinary strides this season. Although the team has only been playing for about 13 years, the Crusaders are six-time CFL Champions and three-time CFL runners-up. Last season, after winning the championship, they even had the opportunity to travel to Texas, where they played a bowl game at the AT&T Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor Keegan Bell has spent the majority of his high school career playing multiple sports for the Tigers, making a name for himself most recently as the point guard for head coach John McNeley's Tigers basketball team, playing an integral role in the Tigers' success on the court...

Nevada High School athletic director and head boys' basketball coach John McNeley announced last week that the list of Nevada High School seniors to sign with college athletics programs is scheduled to grow by one name Friday. Throughout his career at Nevada, Keegan Bell has been a multi-sport star, most recently asserting himself as a leader, both on and off the court, for the Tigers basketball team. ...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor Monday was a big day at Nevada High School, as a crowd nearly filled the school's Library/Media Center to its capacity for an event that only occurs once in a player's career, if a high school athlete is lucky enough to even get the opportunity once. That event was a ceremony in which Nevada High School senior Alex Payne signed a letter of intent to play football and baseball for the Tigers of Iowa Wesleyan College...

Nevada High School athletic director John McNeley announced Wednesday that a letter of intent signing ceremony is scheduled for next Monday afternoon, in the Media Center/Library, at Nevada High School. Nevada Tigers quarterback -- who has started at the position for the last two seasons -- and Tigers baseball player Alex Payne is planning to sign a letter of intent to attend Iowa Wesleyan College, in Mt. ...

Nevada High School athletic director John McNeley officially announced the schedule for the 2014 Nevada Tigers football season Monday. In their first official season as members of the West Central Missouri Conference, the Tigers will play five games at Logan Field in the regular season and four away. The first of those five games is scheduled for the opening night of the season, when the Willard Tigers invade Logan Field, on Aug. 29...

Last October, Austin Rehkow earned national acclaim by kicking a 67-yard field goal as a senior at Central Valley High School. This fall, Rehkow spanned a few more yards, leaving his home in Spokane Valley to join the football program at the University of Idaho on a full scholarship. The freshman was the starting punter and field goal kicker for the Vandals in all 12 games of the 2013 campaign, leading the team in points with 56...

Five members of the Nevada Tigers football team earned All-District and All-state honors for the 2013 season. The Missouri Football Coaches' Association's All-Class 4, District 7 team included senior quarterback Alex Payne, senior defensive back Keegan Bell, senior linebacker Cole Sanderson, junior offensive lineman Caleb Smith and sophomore kick returner Chaden Brandt. Brandt also was included on the MFCA's Class 4 All-State third team as a kick returner...

The Nevada Middle School eighth-grade football team finished up with a 4-2 record, with the team's only losses coming to Carl Junction and Carthage. "Our team's progress was big," said coach Blake Howarth. "The boys always showed up to play and loved practicing and learning how to play the game of football...

The Nevada Tigers varsity football team entered the final week of the regular season with a lot on the line. The Tigers entered Friday night's contest hoping to finish out the season on a five-game winning streak and rebound from an 0-4 start to go into district play above the .500 mark for the season...

ANDERSON, Mo. -- The Nevada High School freshman and junior varsity football teams got back into action Monday night, with a unique opportunity. The Tigers played a combined game at McDonald County High school, instead of the usual, separate freshman and JV games. The Tigers took full advantage of the occasion, taking the victory by a final score of 40-26...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor The Nevada Tigers football team got back into action at home for the final time in the regular season with a unique challenge ahead. The Tigers were not only forced to play Friday night's contest in the coldest temperatures they've encountered all season, but were also forced to play for the first time this season in the rain. ...

EL DORADO SPRINGS -- The Nevada Middle School seventh-grade football team posted its strongest performance of the season Tuesday night, taking a 40-0 victory over El Dorado Springs. "The team played very well on both sides of the ball," Tigers coach Mason Heard said. "The defense held El Dorado Springs to zero points and forced multiple turnovers."...

PLEASANT HILL -- The Nevada High School freshman football team got back into action for the fourth time this season Monday night, at Pleasant Hill High School. Head coach Josh Smith's freshman Tigers were able to keep pace with the Roosters, but ultimately fell just short in the end. By the time all was said and done, Pleasant Hill took the victory by a final score of 36-28...

The Nevada High School freshman football team opened the season against Carthage Tuesday, with far less than favorable results. Carthage took a 56-14 victory in the contest, but Tigers coach Josh Smith was still pleased. "We gave good effort and learned a lot," he said. "We are very proud of the boys and are looking forward to bouncing back against Willard on Monday."...

WILLARD -- The Nevada Tigers entered the second week of the 2013 high school football season with high hopes, despite a rough start to the year. The Tigers entered Friday's contest against the Tigers of Willard High School knowing they would have a tall task ahead of them -- literally. ...

By Floyd Jernigan Nevada Daily Mail Building a foundation is the name of the game for eighth-grade football coaches and players. The goal is to improve technique and learn the mental part of the game while players mature. That's the task for Nevada head coach Blake Howarth and assistant Tyler Shouse as they prepare their team for this season and for the future...

HOLDEN -- The Nevada Tigers football team got its first taste of regular-season action Friday night, taking on the Holden Eagles. The Tigers came into the contest hoping for a bit of revenge as Holden was one of three teams to beat Nevada last season. The two squads opened last season at Logan Field and Holden scored the winning touchdown with just 6 seconds left in the contest, taking the victory by a final score of 33-28...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor The 2013 high school football season in Nevada has been unofficially under way for two weeks already, but the Tigers still haven't taken the field in actual game competition just yet. With a scrimmage at Logan Field and the Carl Junction Jamboree under their belts, the Tigers do have a significant measure of on-field experience, but even a scrimmage against other schools can't really duplicate a real game...

By Floyd Jernigan Nevada Daily Mail Potential and grooming -- two words often synonymous with freshman football. Coaches greet players with the promise of potential and hope to groom that potential, so it blossoms at the varsity level. Coaches Jerrod Alexander and Josh Smith found themselves in that position as they greeted this year's frosh Tigers. Alexander is handling the offense and Smith, the defense...

Numbers are a plus as Nevada Middle School looks to open its seventh-grade football season. Coaches Ken Eastwood (offense) and Mason Heard (defense) welcomed 41 players out for the team. "We are both very excited for this season," said Eastwood and Heard. "We have a strong group of kids out who are working hard every day at practice...

The Nevada Tigers football team will be hosting its first annual "Night Under the Lights Scrimmage and Tiger Tailgate." The night's festivities will include a cookout that will feature grilled burgers and bratwursts, which will be available for sale with chips and a drink for $5, starting at 8 p.m. All proceeds will benefit the Parent Boosters' ongoing efforts to purchase a new scoreboard for Logan Field...

It's about time some news I can actually get behind came out of the National Football League this year. The NFL is overhauling the Pro Bowl, eliminating the AFC vs. NFC format in favor of captains picking 43 players per team regardless of conference...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor SPRINGFIELD -- The 12th annual Grin Iron Classic kicked off Friday night at Parkview High School's JFK Stadium. The annual all-star football game pits 129 high school seniors from the east and west sides of the Missouri Ozarks against one another to raise money for the Ronald McDonald Care Mobile -- also known as the Tooth Truck -- and has helped more than 14,500 children with dental treatment and prevention education valued at more than $8.5 million, through 37,000 dental appointments.. ...

Local high school athletes will be featured in two all-star events, June 7 and 8, at Parkview High School. Football all-stars will compete in the 12th annual Sertoma Grin Iron Classic, an East vs. West competition, at 7:30 p.m., June 7, at JFK Stadium. For the second year, a girls' all-star volleyball tournament will take place in the Parkview High School gymnasium, starting at 1 p.m., June 8...

The Living Out Loud program at Nevada High School hosted its annual Powder Puff football game at the Nevada Little League Football field on Saturday.

The Nevada Tigers football camps are June 24-27, from 6 to 8:30 p.m., and July 22-25, from 8 to 10:30 a.m. A youth camp for players entering grades 3-8 is July 29-31, from 6 to 7:15 p.m. All activities are at Logan Field. High school camp cost is $60. Each camper will receive a T-shirt, sweatshirt, shorts, and game socks...

Nevada High School athletic director Kevin McKinley announced Monday that Nevada High School officials are planning Meet the Coach Night on May 5. Parents, Booster Club members, alumni, community members, administration and players are all invited to attend and welcome new Nevada Tigers head football coach Eric Yoakam in a "meet and greet" event at Nevada High School. The event will be held at 6 p.m., in the Nevada High School auditorium...

Nevada Daily Mail Another Nevada High School senior has announced a desire to continue his athletic career in college. Bradey Denney played running back for the Nevada Tigers football team that finished the season with an overall record of 8-3 under head coach Wes Beachler last season. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Another Nevada High School senior has announced a desire to continue his athletic career in college. Anthony Mahder played on the offensive and defensive lines for the Nevada Tigers football team that finished the season with an overall record of 8-3 under head coach Wes Beachler last season. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Another Nevada High School senior has announced a desire to continue his athletic career in college. Nevada High School athletic director Kevin McKinley announced this week that NHS senior Anthony Mahder is scheduled to sign a letter of intent to play football for Missouri Valley College at 2:50 p.m., Monday, in the library/media center at Nevada High School...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail Nevada High School's search for a new head football coach is over. Just six weeks after it was made public that former Tigers coach Wes Beachler was moving on to coach at Republic, NHS athletic director Kevin McKinley announced that his replacement has been found...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada High School's search for a new head football coach is over. Just six weeks after it was made public that former Tigers coach Wes Beachler was moving on to coach at Republic, NHS athletic director Kevin McKinley announced that his replacement has been found...

Nevada Daily Mail SPRINGFIELD -- Three Nevada High School football players have been selected to take part in the annual Grin Iron Classic all-star football game. Sam Ellifrits was an All-State lineman for the Tigers in 2012 and was a significant contributor on this year's team, which came up just one game short of playing for a district championship under head coach Wes Beachler. ...

It hasn't been a secret for many years that free agency -- which marks the official beginning of every NFL business year -- usually turns out to be more of a circus than anything else. With everything from players signing big extensions to blockbuster trades and new signings being orchestrated by owners at an often blistering pace, it can be pretty hard to keep up...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail On Feb. 19, the news was revealed through a press conference hosted by Nevada R-5 officials that the district would become a member of the West Central Conference, beginning in the 2014-'15 school year. That news took everyone, including Nevada R-5 superintendent Dr. ...

High school seniors across the nation could sign letters of intent to continue their student-athlete careers in college on Wednesday, in observance of National Signing Day. Nevada High School senior Sam Ellifrits has committed to play football for the Bears at Missouri State University in Springfield. He was a two-way lineman for the Nevada Tigers team that went 8-3 under head coach Wes Beachler before a playoff loss to Harrisonville this past season...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail Nevada High School administrators are beginning the search for a new head football coach. Wes Beachler has accepted the position as head football coach at Republic High School in the Central Ozarks Conference. Beachler said his business in Nevada isn't quite finished yet and he will remain on the Nevada High School staff until the end of this school year...

Nevada Daily Mail Head Nevada Tigers football coach Wes Beachler has announced that he is headed to Republic High School as their new head football coach. At Nevada, Beachler took over a team that was winless in the 2010 season and proceeded to re-instill pride in the Tigers football program from both a school and community standpoint. Beachler led the Tigers to a 6-4 record in 2011 and 8-3 in 2012...

By Richard Carpenter Special to the Herald-Tribune Nevada Tiger Football has a lengthy and illustrious history. Last fall, NHS athletic director Kevin McKinley felt recognition of this history was long overdue. He sent a request to all Tiger football alumni. The invitation asked these past players to attend the first district football game and be recognized by the fans before the game...

Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers football team put the wraps on a successful season during its postseason awards banquet Sunday evening at the Nevada Elks Lodge Bingo Hall. Head coach Wes Beachler says several players earned all-district, all-region and all-state honors. The Class 4 All Southwest Missouri Football Coaches Association's first team included offensive and defensive lineman Sam Ellifrits...

Herald-Tribune RICH HILL, Mo. -- Nine fall sports athletes at Rich Hill High School earned all-conference honors this year in the Western Missouri Conference. The WE-MO football second team included senior wide receiver Josh Robb, senior linebacker Trevor Norbury and sophomore defensive back Jacob Thompson. Senior offensive tackle Derek Sutcliffe, senior defensive tackle Jeremy Gilkey and junior defensive end Geoffrey Cumpton all earned honorable mention spots...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail On Dec. 5, the Missouri sports Hall of Fame will welcome its newest inductees in a ceremony that will be held at Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo. This year's list of inductees includes eight individuals and three teams. Included on that list is former Nevada High School football coach Shane Cavanah...

All right, I don't normally do this, but something simply has to be said. As I'm sure everyone knows by now, the Nevada Tigers played their last football game of the 2012 season against the Harrisonville Wildcats Wednesday night at Logan Field. It was a great game that I thought was a lot of fun to watch in many ways, but I saw a lot of events play out on that field that really disappointed me...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail The Nevada Tigers and Harrisonville Wildcats took to Logan Field Wednesday night with one goal in mind: Survive and advance. With the field dwindling down quickly into the true front-runners in Missouri state high school football, both squads came into Wednesday night's contest hoping to stay alive and move on to compete for a district championship...

By Eric Wade Herald-Tribune It's official. The semifinals in the Missouri Class 4, District 7 tournament have been set. Under head coach Wes Beachler, the Nevada Tigers were the first team to punch its ticket into the second round of the playoffs, beating eighth-seeded Warrensburg by a final score of 54-29 at Logan Field Thursday night. ...

Herald-Tribune URBANA, Mo. -- Senior running back Logan Bryan finished with 23 carries for 158 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead the Tigers of Skyline to a 53-8 victory over the Rich Hill Tigers in a Class 1, District 3 clash of Tigers of different colors at Skyline High School...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail The playoffs. It's a time when the season starts anew and things really start to matter. Thursday night at Logan Field, the Nevada Tigers and the Tigers of Warrensburg got their first taste of that excitement as they squared off in the only game of the first week of the Class 4, District 7 tournament that was played on the night. ...

In front of a large and raucous of fans, players and parents, Nevada High School hosted its Fired Up pep rally and bonfire at the practice facility on the west end of Logan Field Wednesday night in preparation for tonight's district playoff contest against the Tigers of Warrensburg High School at Logan Field, highlighted by a performance by the Nevada Tiger Pride Marching band and an address from Tigers head coach Wes Beachler in which he thanked everyone involved with the Nevada High School football program, whether it be directly or indirectly. ...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail With the football playoffs quickly approaching, the Nevada High School athletic department and many other school officials have organized a number of spirit activities this week surrounded the Tigers' first playoff game that is scheduled for Thursday evening against Warrensburg...

By Eric Wade Herald-Tribune The grandson of a local man has made himself and Central Valley High School in Spokane, Wash., an overnight sensation. Austin Rehkow is the grandson of Nevada residents Fred and Shirley Rehkow who seems to be a natural-born athlete. He spent his first several years of athletic endeavors playing soccer, but his attention turned to football his freshman year at Central Valley at the urging of his parents, Kim and Freddy Rehkow Jr...

By Eric Wade Herald-Tribune Senior Night is always a time for mixed emotions in any sport. It's a time when not only do some athletes have to watch their careers come to an end, but the rest of the team has to say goodbye to what can often be the most valuable players on the roster...

Nevada Daily Mail RICH HILL, Mo. -- Sacred Heart High School (Sedalia, Mo.) outlasted a 3 1/2-hour lightning delay and defeated the Rich Hill Tigers, 39-18, Friday night, spoiling the Tigers' Senior Night. Rich Hill quarterback Jason Thompson scored the game's first touchdown on a 17-yard run late in the first quarter, only to see the Gremlins take control on a 22-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter and a 65-yard score by Malik Hackett midway through the second period...

Herald-Tribune ANDERSON, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers varsity football team took to the road for the final time in the regular season Friday night, taking on what head coach Wes Beachler called "not a typical 2-5 team" in the McDonald County Mustangs. The Tigers came into the contest riding the momentum from four consecutive wins in which they averaged 48 points per game. ...

Nevada Daily Mail DREXEL, Mo. -- The Bobcats of Drexel bounced back from a loss to Cass-Midway last week by routing Rich Hill, 54-8, Friday night at Drexel High School. The Bobcats scored on a 6-yard run by Tyler Allen on their first possession and added a second TD with 4 minutes remaining in the first quarter on Trevor Stewart's 5-yard run. Drexel widened its advantage to 42-0 at the half with four touchdowns during the second quarter, including a 27-yard interception return by Brandon Thomas...