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The Lawrence-Nelson High School golf team earned another first place finish with a team score of 343, when they led the 14 team field at the 18-hole Sandy Creek Invitational played over Clay Center’s Crooked Creek Country Club course last Tuesday. The Raiders topped Sutton, Sandy Creek, Exeter-Milligan, Red Cloud, Doniphan-Trumbull, Fillmore Central, Thayer Central, Superior, Bruning-Davenport-Shickley, Blue Hill, Heartland Lutheran, Centennial and High Plains Community. Toby Kotinek led the Raiders with his round of 79. Krayton Kucera shot a...
Michael Winston Flower, a devoted family man and a talented photographer, died April 14, 2023, at the age of 60 in Corpus Christi, Texas. Born on Aug. 5, 1962, in North Platte, Nebraska, to Winston and Kathleen (Gemar) Flower. Michael was a devoted husband to his wife of 35 years, Michelle (McKevitt) Flower, and a proud and loving father to their three daughters, Anastasia, Allison and Ashley Flower. Michael was a 1980 graduate of Nelson High School and attended the University of Nebraska at...
Sandra Pedersen, the daughter of Eugene and Beverly Secrest, was born on Sept. 11, 1968, in Huntington Park, California. She died April 19, 2023, at her home in Nelson, Nebraska, at the age of 54 years, 7 months, 8 days. She enjoyed gardening and canning pickles. She liked the outdoors which included camping and fishing. Sandra worked for many years at the Good Samaritan Society in Superior and other nursing homes. Family was dear to Sandra. She loved spending time with them especially taco...
Marie Ann Schendt James was born on a farm near Lawrence, Nebraska, on Sept. 2, 1927, to parents Ted and Minnie (Ostdiek) Schendt. Marie died April 18, 2023, in Olathe, Kansas. Marie graduated from Lawrence High School in 1944. She ventured to Omaha in 1947, where she worked at Proctor and Gamble, and met her husband to be, Everett L. James. Marie and Everett lived in Kansas City, Shreveport, Schenectady, Des Moines, Kansas City, Las Vegas, and back to Kansas City, where they retired. They were...
The Rock Hills High School boys and girls track and field teams competed at the Kaser Relays hosted by Osborne High School Friday. The girls team finished in ninth place, with 23 points, in the 15 team field of Eli-Saline, Osborne, Thunder Ridge, Southern Valley, St. John’s, Tescott, Tipton Catholic, Southern Cloud, Palco, Lincoln, Lakeside, Sylvan-Lucas Lakeside, Natoma and Stockton. The boys team was in third place with 46 points. Bethany Simmelink earned the third place points in the girls 100 meter dash with her time of 13.9 seconds. G...
The Rock Hills High School golf team competed at the Northern Plains League Invitational at the Mankato Country Club last Tuesday. Teams from seven programs participated. Ethan Wirth was in 18th place in the individual standings. The Grizzlies hosted the Rock Hills Invitational, Tuesday, at the Mankato Country Club. Match results were unavailable at press time. Rock Hills will compete at the Lakeside Invitational Tuesday to be played over the Downs Golf Club course....
The Rock Hills High School A and B group track and field teams hosted the Route 36 Invitational at Mankato Thursday. The girls A team finished in fifth place, with 44 points in the eight team field of Smith Center, the group winner, Republic County, Washington, Linn, Axtell, Southern Cloud and Pike Valley. The girls B team took top honors with 123 points. The boys A team was in fifth place with 65 points. The B team took third place with 76 points The A group athletes are eighth grade students...
Charles Richard Russell, 76, of Beloit, Kansas, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, died April 17, 2023. He was born Dec. 31, 1946, to Carl H. and Dorothy A. (Anderson) Russell in the Concordia Hospital, Concordia, Kansas, the 9th of 10 children. He attended Courtland Elementary School and graduated from Courtland High School Class of 1965. He attended Beloit Vo-Tech, Beloit, before being drafted into the Army in May 1967. He served in Fort Still in Oklahoma until he was...
Jewell Thomas Murray, 82, Topeka, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Jewell was born July 21, 1940, in Boise, Idaho, the son of Earl and Lillian Severson Murray. He graduated from Mankato High School in 1958. He proudly served in the United States Marine Corps for four years. He was discharged in 1962 as a sergeant. Jewell married Marilyn Carey in 1987 in Golden, Colorado. He retired from the Kansas Department of Transportation after more than 40 years. He enjoyed telling stories and time wit...
Clarence E. Dove, Jr., 89, of Superior, Nebraska, died Jan. 4, 2023. A gaveside service at Webber Cemetery, with military honors, will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, May 4, with Pastor Natalie Faust officiating. Megrue-Price Funeral Home are in charge of arrangements....
The Wildcat Community Track was abuzz with track and field athletes last Tuesday as Superior hosted the Superior Invitational. Boys and girls track and field teams from Lawrence-Nelson, Hastings St. Cecilia, Heartland Community, Thayer Central and Sandy Creek were represented at the meet. The Superior girls finished in second place, with 146 points, behind Hastings St. Cecilia, the team winner. The Superior boys finished in sixth place, with 33 points. Hastings St. Cecilia won the boys team...
The Superior High School golf team competed at the Sandy Creek Invitational played over the Crooked Creek Country Club course last Tuesday. Superior finished in ninth place, with 408 strokes, in the 14 team field of Lawrence-Nelson, match winner, Sutton, Sandy Creek, Exeter-Milligan, Red Cloud, Doniphan-Trumbull, Fillmore Central, Thayer Central, Bruning-Davenport-Shickley, Blue Hill, Heartland Lutheran, Centennial and High Plains Community. The four lowest individual scores make up the team score. Colten Butler led the Wildcats with his...
