Stories from Monday, February 6, 2017

The Sheldon Panthers earned a 50-48 victory over Weableau on Homecoming Night Friday in Sheldon. In the other varsity hoops contest, the Lady Panthers were defeated 51-28. The boys' contest was tied at 27 apiece at halftime and remained evened up through three quarters of play with the scoreboard reading 39-39. Sheldon then outscored the visitors 11-9 in the final frame. The non-conference victory improves the Panthers to 11-9 overall (7-2 GVVC-play)...

The Nevada Lady Tigers' fourth-grade traveling basketball team captured a first-place finish at the Drive 5 tournament Jan. 28 in Overland Park, Kan. This will appear in Tuesday's edition of the Daily Mail

Three Northeast Vernon County Lady Knights' volleyball players were recently named to the Academic All-State team. Those student-athletes, are: junior Emma Pritchett, with 3.808 grade point average; sophomore Kelly Dade, with a 4.09 GPA; and sophomore Makinsey Conner, with a 3.86 GPA...

Led by a trio of players in double-figure scoring, the Cottey Comets hammered Wentworth Military Academy 72-48 Saturday in Nevada. Cottey was short-handed, as the team's top two scoring options, Kelsey Acton and Malory Moles missed the game due to injury and illness...