Stories from Monday, May 26, 2008

By Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune WICHITA, Kan. -- Fort Scott seniors Clint Lawrence and Brandon Boyd and sophomore Breianna Jones have won State medals on the first day of the Kansas Class 4A State Track and Field Championships at Wichita State University's Cessna Stadium...

Herald-Tribune JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Nevada senior Tyler Werner was awarded fourth place in Class 3 pole vault at the Missouri State Track and Field Championships at Lincoln University here Friday. Werner matched the heights of two other athletes, St. Clair junior Richard York and Monett senior D.J. Dunmire as all three cleared 13 feet, 6 inches. However, tie-breakers put York in second, Dunmire third and Werner fourth. The winner was North County junior Jeff Wilfong, who cleared 14 feet...

By Chris Patch Herald-Tribune Nevada High School sophomore Parker Richardson won the Kelly Bradham Newcomer Award Wednesday, an honor given to a first-year letter winner who made the greatest contribution to his or her team. Richardson played varsity basketball at guard and small forward in his first year of athletics at Nevada. He was a junior athletically but a sophomore academically after transferring to Nevada from a private school...

By Chris Patch Herald-Tribune The Missouri turkey harvest turned out to be a slight disappointment with 46,314 turkeys checked in the three-week season, falling slightly below predictions. Statewide harvest numbers were down 4.4 percent from 2007 despite a promising opening day that topped last year by more than 1,000. In Vernon County a total of 568 birds were checked, including the 40 during the youth season...

By Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune WICHITA -- Area athletes won five medals at the Kansas State Track and Field Championships at Wichita State University's Cessna Stadium here Friday afternoon. Competition continues throughout the day today. Area medalists include Jayhawk-Linn sophomore Steven Mann, who took two medals in Class 3A, Uniontown's Jamie Shelton and Abbie Smith and Pleasanton's Danny McCullough, each of whom won one event in Class 2A...

By Chris Patch Herald-Tribune An exotic pest has begun to make itself at home in Missouri without the notice of many boaters who are the main line of defense between Missouri waterways and infestation. The pests are small mollusks called zebra mussels, which are not native to Missouri. The mussels are approximately a half inch wide and attach themselves to solid objects in water where they feed and reproduce at alarming rates...

Herald-Tribune Nevada Tiger Youth Basketball Camp will be held June 9-13 in Nevada High School's Wynn Gymnasium. The camp is for boys entering 3rd-8th grade, with two age brackets meeting at different times. Grades 3-5 will meet from 1 to 2:30 p.m. and 6-8 will meet from 2:45 to 5 p.m. The cost is $30 for grades 3-5 and $35 for 6-8...

Herald-Tribune During the 2008 Nevada High School Senior Recognition Program the Jerrod Alexander and Jordan Kerbs were presented the two most prestigious athletic awards the school awards. While both the Roger Kennedy Award and the Robert Williams Memorial Wrestling Award require the recipients to be outstanding, they also require the recipients to exhibit academic prowess, high moral character, excellent interpersonal relationships and in the case of the Robert Williams Award, a practicing Christian.. ...