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Linda Jean Jensby, 60, died peacefully following a brief illness on Dec. 22, 2024, at St. Francis Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Linda was born on Sept. 7, 1964, to Roy and Lagreta Jensby at the Republic County Hospital in Belleville, Kansas. Linda’s generous gift of being an organ donor gave gifts to more than 75 people. Linda grew up on a farm in Webber, where she was an active member of the Webber Wide Awake 4-H Club. She attended schools in Republic and Courtland before her family moved to Belleville. From a young age, horses and dogs w...
Travis Gene Cady, son of Larry and Sarah Cady, was born April 4, 1980, in Beloit, Kansas. He was taken from this world too soon on Jan. 13, 2025, in Mitchell County, Kansas, at the age of 44. Travis grew up in Jewell, Kansas, with his brothers, Jeremy and Kristopher, along with many pets. He enjoyed animals and fulfilled a dream when he got a job at Solomon Valley Veterinary Hospital where he worked for 20 years and he acquired many friends. Travis (aka Major Art Tillery) participated in SASS (Single Action Shooting Society) and won many awards...
Jan Jones, 78, of rural Randall, Kansas, died Jan. 12, 2025. He was born in Beloit, Kansas, on April 18, 1946, to Max and Florence Jones. Jan's entire education was within the Beloit school district. He enjoyed his agriculture classes taught by Mr. Earl Baugher and was active in his FFA Chapter. He remained good friends with Mr. Baugher his entire life. He was often eager to get out of the classroom and back to the farm to get to work. His passion was farming. He was an avid reader and...
Close games generally represent evenly matched teams, both of which plan to win. It was overtime, when the Raiders scored eight points and the Grizzlies scored only seven points that finally ended the game last Tuesday night when Lawrence-Nelson traveled to Mankato to play basketball. In the first quarter, it looked as if the Lawrence-Nelson Raiders might easily win. They scored 18 points while the Grizzlies scored only 10. By the end of the second quarter the score was more evenly matched with the Raiders scoring 14 and he Grizzlies scoring...
Rock Hills marched into the game with the Lawrence-Nelson Raider girls with two straight wins. One over Stockton 50-27 on Monday, Feb. 13, and the other Friday, Feb. 10 over St. John’s Tipton 60-58. The Lady Grizzlies added a third win last Tuesday when they won over the Raiders 44-39. Halle Mizner led the offense by posting 17 and picking up 9 rebounds. It was the fourth consecutive games in which Mizner scored at least a third of the Grizzly points. Bethany Simmelink also had an outstanding performance with 17 points, five assists and four s...
This week the Grizzlies are occupied with the NPL tournament. It is an 11 team mid-season league tournament featuring Sylvan-Lucas, Natoma, Osborne, Lincoln, Rock Hills, Tescott, Pike Valley, Stockton, Thunder Ridge, St. John’s-Tipton and Lakeside. The tournament began Friday with three play-in games for both the boys and girls divisions. The winners advanced to the quarter finals Monday. The semifinals and consolation rounds started Tuesday and will finish Friday. All games are being played in either Lincoln or Tescott. The tournament was c...
Superior blew past the Heartland Huskies 81-30 last Tuesday. The Wildcats have now won seven contests by 30 points or more this season: Wilber-Claytonia (59) Heartland (51); Meridan (45), St. Patrick (40) and Centennial (31). Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Superior to victory. Reagan Meyers dropped in 24 points and completed 11 rebounds. Sadie Cornell added 19 points and four steals. Halle Bargen added 13 points, Rayne Biltoft 8; Maddie Bargen 5 and Faith Butler, Mia Gardner and Ava Kirchhoff each added...
Saturday afternoon, the Superior Lady Wildcats moved to 12 - 2 when they won over the Sandy Creek Cougars 49-25 at Sandy Creek. The win was not as easy as the score would suggest. At the half, the Cougars lead 18-17. The game was tied at 21 early in the third quarter, when the Wildcats went on at 28 to 4 run to finish the game. To earn their points, the Cougars hit seven three point shots, one two point shot and two free throws. For some unknown reason, their three point shots ceased to drop...
The Superior Wildcats girls basketball team visited one of the newest schools in Nebraska - Standing Bear High School in Lincoln, easily winning the game 56-33, Saturday. The tempo of the game was strong in favor of Superior, as they played against the girls of Standing Bear with steady and consistent teamwork. Many players contributed to the positive outcome. Coach Chrissy Ehlers said after the game, "We did a good job at getting the ball to Reagan Meyers and that really helped us out because...
Saturday afternoon the Superior boys basketball team played at hard faught game in Lincoln against Standing Bear. Edward Naughton, news reporter, said, “The game was hard to watch. Standing Bear played rough, repeatedly fouled Superior, and I personally felt a technical foul or two should have been called by the referee against some of the Standing Bear players or their coach.” Superior had a hard time getting shots to drop and the game ended Standing Bear boys 60, Superior 13 with a running clock....
The Sandy Creek Cougars establish dominance early in the game Saturday afternoon with Wildcats basketball action at Sandy Creek. They won 60-20. The game started slow, but by the end of the first quarter, Sandy Creek led 17-6. Then outscored the Wildcats 22 to 4 in the second quarter. The game finished with a running clock in the fourth. The Wildcats scored only 10 points in each half. Colten Butler and Dayne Clark both scored 8 points. Mason Korb and DeClan Miller both scored two points. Sandy...
Friday evening, Superior wrestled at home as part of the Superior Invitational. Nineteen boys teams and 17 girl teams competed. Boys teams included Fairbury, Centennial, Kearney Catholic, Thayer Central, Red Cloud-Blue Hill, Meridan, Johnson County Central, Southern Valley, Sutton, Wilcox-Hildreth, Adams Central, Smith Center, Osborne, Republic County, Sandy Creek, Omaha Concordiaand Exeter-Milligan-Friend and Lawrence-Nelson. Superior boys earned 45.5 points. The top five schools were Fairbury...
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