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The Rock Hills High School boys basketball team knitted together a two game winning streak with wins over Tescott and Wilson. They played Sylvan-Lucas, at Sylvan Grove, Tuesday, with game results unavailable at press time. The Grizzlies handed Tescott a 41-31 loss at Mankato last Tuesday. They followed up with a 46-38 win over Wilson, at Wilson, Friday. Ethan Kenworthy dropped through 15 points for Rock Hills against Tescott. Cooper McDill netted 11 points. Ethan With hit for six points. Troy...
The Rock Hills High School girls basketball team downed Tescott, 45-25, at Mankato last Tuesday. The team lost to Wilson 48-39 at Wilson Friday. The Grizzlies played Sylvan-Lucas, at Sylvan Grove, Tuesday, with game results unavailable at press time. Danica Frost scored 11 points against Tescott. Selena Luong hit for seven points. Halle Mizner and Hannah Simmelink scored six points each. Briana Simmelink added five points. Mizner nabbed five rebounds. Austyn Groote and Whelchel accounted for...
Edna Fern Louder was born near Barnard, Kansas, in 1936 to Glen and Velma (Wright) Louder. At age 5, her family bought a farm near Burr Oak, where she enjoyed time outside on the farm with her dad. Edna had a younger brother that died as a toddler because of complications caused by mumps. She attended school in Burr Oak where she became an avid speller. Spelling was always her favorite subject. Not all subjects were favored by Edna, and she would opt to quit school at age 16. Soon she set out on an adventure, taking the bus from Kansas to Denve...
Phyllis Esther (Warren) Lange, 93, of Mankato, died Jan. 23, 2023. Phyllis was born on Feb. 20, 1929, the daughter of James and Ada (Bacon) Warren, on the family farm. Phyllis was married to Arthur Alvin "Bill" Lange on Sept. 3, 1954. They spent their lives farming and raising cattle while working full-time – Bill for the Kansas Department of Transportation, and Phyllis for the Rural Electrical Association Cooperative. Bill and Phyllis were partners to the end, nearly inseparable, and deeply i...
Bill Edwards, 72, of Bloomington, Illinois, died Jan. 27, 2023, in Sun Lakes, Arizona. Bill was born in Beloit, Kansas, on May 19, 1950, to William C. and Evelyn Smith Edwards. He spent his youth in Jewell, Kansas. Bill married his high school sweetheart, Diane Mc- Elroy of Randall, Kansas, on May 19, 1973, and soon after they moved to Bloomington. They would have celebrated 50 years in May. Bill graduated from Fort Hays State College in Hays, with both his bachelor of science (1972) and master...
Coe Nielson earned a first place finish in the 113 pound weight bracket for the Beloit Trojans at the Hoisington Cardinals Classic Friday. He earned 16.5 team points for Beloit. Nielson wrestles with beloit during the regular season as as part of a cooperative program. When post-season competition gets underway he will wear the Rock Hills team uniform and compete for the Grizzlies. Nielson hits the mats Saturday at the Phillipsburg Tournament....
The Superior High School girls basketball team continues to win. The Wildcats dampened the Deshler Dragons 51-30 at Deshler last Tuesday. They added a 46-32 win over the Diller-Odell Griffins, at Odell, Friday, to extend their consecutive game win streak to 10 games. They opened Southern Nebraska Conference Tournament play at Superior, Tuesday, where they faced the winner of Monday's Sutton-Sandy Creek game. Results were unavailable at press time. Superior faced a pesky Deshler team. The Dragons...
After struggling for the best part of the season, the Superior High School boys basketball team strung together a modest two game win streak with a 40-38 win over Deshler, at Deshler, last Tuesday, and a 52-46 win over Diller-Odell at Diller Friday in Superior. The streak came to an abrupt halt, Monday, when the Wildcats were downed 49-31 by Milford, at Centennial High School, Utica, in the opening round game of the Southern Nebraska Conference Tournament. It was nip and tuck for Superior when...
