Stories from Tuesday, April 23, 2013

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor In front of a sizeable crowd of friends, family members and coaches, Nevada High School senior Silas Smith officially marked off another item from his list of goals Monday. That goal -- to become a college basketball player -- is one Smith has had on his mind for many years already. "I've always wanted to play in college and I knew, in order to do that, I'd have to have a good senior year," Smith told the Daily Mail in an interview in early March...

By Eric Wade Daily Mail Sports Editor "It was a good game. Always happy with a win." Though the Nevada Tigers varsity baseball team has had a history of making things much more difficult than they needed to be and has found itself in a number of far less than "pretty" games -- including Monday's return to Lyons Stadium against Carl Junction -- head coach Danny Penn still has plenty of reason to be happy. ...

By Floyd Jernigan Nevada Daily Mail BRONAUGH -- Bronaugh's Susie Hartman became the fourth signee of the spring for Cottey softball coach Shelli Stanley. Hartman made it official Monday afternoon at the school, realizing what she called "a dream come true."...

FORT SCOTT -- The Nevada Tigers and Lady Tigers track and field athletes competed in the Fort Scott Invitational Friday, at Fort Scott High School. The Tigers finished fifth in the boys' team standings with 54 points and the Lady Tigers were seventh in girls' team standings with 23 points. Paola won the team title in both the boys' and girls' standings...

Someone recently asked me about the McGennis Youth Center and I thought that I would take her the Youth Center's annual report that I had received a few months ago. That would give her some additional information. I went back to the office and there was the 2012 McGennis Youth Center Annual Report that I had received. A year had passed and the annual meeting had been held. I had forgotten that it was time for the annual meeting...

Construction of an outer road on the west side of Interstate 49 near Milo is scheduled to begin Monday, according to information from the Missouri Depart-ment of Transportation. The road will be built between Vernon County Route E on the north and Vernon County Route BB on the south...

A Nevada man was arrested Friday after allegedly running from officers who were trying to question him about several thefts that have occurred in recent weeks. Shaun Patrick Williams, 30, address unavailable, was arrested on charges of theft and possession of a controlled substance, Nevada Police Chief Graham Burnley said...

Never fear, Richard Daut will be returning to his Nevada High School classroom next fall. He is not retiring just yet. That is the answer Daut said he gives everyone who asks if he will retire now that he has been chosen as the Nevada R-5 Teacher of the Year...

Nevada Firefighters and Nevada Police are working a vehicle fire on I-49, between the Osage and Highland exits. Both northbound lanes of traffic were shut down for a few minutes by the fast lane has re-opened. Please use extreme caution when traveling in the area...

By Floyd Jernigan Nevada Daily Mail Cottey College volleyball coach Marla Kannady Foreman will add at least five incoming freshmen to a handful of returning players, even as she sees a solid group of sophomores depart for new schools. Several Cottey sophomore players were awarded Region XVI first- and second-team honors, all of whom are graduating this spring...

FORT SCOTT -- The Nevada Tigers tennis team played what head coach Clay Wheeler called "a great day of tennis," on its way to a second-place finish in the Fort Scott Invitational Monday. The Tigers competed against three other teams, all from Kansas; Fort Scott, Pittsburg, and Coffeyville. All six varsity players earned second-place medals...

The Nevada High School varsity and JV baseball teams were scheduled to be back in action Tuesday, heading back out on the road to take on the Bulldogs of El Dorado Springs High School. The Tigers were to enter the day hoping to build upon the momentum they got from Monday's 7-3 victory over the Bulldogs of Carl Junction High School. For the seventh time this season, however, Mother Nature had other plans as the rain that narrowly missed Nevada on Monday didn't stay away this time...