Stories from Wednesday, December 10, 2003

Frederick L. Thompson, Jr., 84, Nevada, Mo., formerly of Caldwell, Kan., died Monday, Dec. 8, 2003, at Christian Health Care, Nevada. He was born, their only child, Sept. 15, 1919, in Blackwell, Okla., to Dr. Frederick L. Thompson, Sr., and Ruby Frances Johnson Thompson. He married Ruth Virginia "Gini" Teeter on March 13, 1942, in Dallas, Texas...

PITTSBURG, Kan. -- A poor first-half performance buried the Nevada Tigers in a hole too deep to climb out of in a 54-46 loss to the Pittsburg Purple Dragons on Tuesday. "We were inept, offensively, after the first couple of minutes of the first half," said Nevada coach John McNeley. "We kind of fell in love with the perimeter shot and they weren't going down."...

PITTSBURG, Kan. -- The Nevada Lady Tigers evened their record at 2-2 with a 52-36 victory over the Pittsburg Lady Dragons on Tuesday. Nevada jumped to a 17-11 first-quarter lead and held that margin for a 26-20 halftime advantage. The Lady Tigers, led by junior guard Hillary Adams 21 points and eight assists, outscored the Lady Dragons 26-16 in the final half...

Hume's Kayla O'Rear, a 5-4 junior guard, was voted most valuable player of the recently-concluded Vernon County Conference Tournament. O'Rear, the leading scorer with 54 points, led the champion Lady Hornets (3-1) to wins over Northeast Vernon County 56-31, Bronaugh 45-26 and Sheldon 45-30 in the final...