Stories from Wednesday, May 8, 2019

The Nevada Tiger baseball team absorbed a pair of losses on Monday —falling to Ava, 4-3, and Bolivar, 6-0. The games were originally scheduled as part of the Ash Grove Classic. The tournament, however, was canceled, with the contests being moved to Bolivar...

A pair of Nevada High School golfers punched their ticket to the Missouri Class 3 state championship meet Monday in Carl Junction, while another suffered a heartbreaking end to his prep career. Owen Swearingen, Nevada’s freshman phenom, tamed the Briarbrook Golf Course links. He fired an 18-hole, 1-over-par 73, winning by four strokes. NHS senior Bronson Smith emerged with a fourth-place finish, tallying a 7-over-par 79 en route to his fourth consecutive state-tournament berth...