Stories from Thursday, December 26, 2013

Make-up dates for a pair of Nevada High School basketball contests that were called off due to inclement weather earlier this month have officially been announced. The Nevada Tigers and Lady Tigers squads were scheduled to take on the Tigers and Lady Tigers of Warrensburg High School on Dec. ...

CARTHAGE -- The 67th annual Carthage Invitational boys' basketball tournament was completed Saturday, with the first-, third- and seventh-place games all being played at Carthage High School. The Heritage War Eagles, from Rogers, Ark., defeated Springfield Central, 60-52, in the title game after Seneca downed the Eagles of Joplin High School, 61-48, for third place and Neosho out-scored Carthage, 59-54, for seventh place. ...

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...