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  • Richard Kistler

    Sep 5, 2024

    Richard C. Kistler, 88, of Kearney, Nebraska, died Sept. 2, 2024, at Omaha, Nebraska. He was born Sept. 6, 1935, in Superior, Nebraska, to parents, Will and Neva (Collins) Kistler. Visitation will be from 4 until 8 p.m. on Friday with the family present from 6 to 7 at the Megrue-Price Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 7, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Superior, Nebraska. Rosary will be recited at 10 a.m. before his funeral mass. Burial with military honors will be in Evergreen Cemetery,...

  • RHHS football set for season kickoff

    Sep 5, 2024

    The Rock Hills High School football team gets the 2024 season underway, Friday, when they travel to Beloit to take on St. John’s. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. Wyatt Flynn returns as head coach. Stuart Vance and Jarrett Christie serve as assistant coaches. Kaden Wurm is the student manager. The team looks to improve on their 3-6 record from last season. They were eliminated in the first round of post-season play. The team returns the bulk of its starters from last season. There are several freshmen who will be looked to as contributors on b...

  • RHHS volleyball off to fast start

    Sep 5, 2024

    The Rock Hills high School volleyball team kicked off the regular 2024 season with two wins at the Pike Valley triangular match at Scandia Friday. The Grizzlies made quick work of Pike Valley with a two-set, 25-9 and 25-5. The Grizzlies swept Tescott in two sets, 25-12 and 25-21. The Grizzlies competed at the St. John’s-Tipton triangular, at Tipton, Tuesday. Match results were unavailable at press time. Halle Mizner led the Rock Hills Rock Hills killers against Pike Valley with four. Bethany Simmelink and Alex Fogo accounted for three kills a...

  • SHS volleyball opens season

    Sep 5, 2024

    The Superior High School volleyball team found the transition from practice to actual game to be tougher than expected. The Wildcats hosted the Thayer Central Titans at Superior Thursday. Thayer Central came out on top with a three-set, 26-28, 18-25 and 20-25 sweep. Superior lost the nailbiter first set 28-26. They were unable to generate the needed momentum to stage a comeback. Superior hosted the Fillmore Central Panthers Tuesday with match results unavailable at press time. On Thursday,...

  • SHS football

    Sep 5, 2024

    The parking spaces at Superior's Brodstone Memorial Field filled up early Friday. There was a feeling of optimistic anticipation in the air as fans awaited the opening kickoff of the 2024 season. The Wildcats have a new head coach, Ryan Renz, and returned to Class C-2 11-man football. After the presentation of the colors, the game got underway. Neither team could find a consistent offense rhythm throughout the first two quarters of play. Dropped passes, penalties and staunch defenses held each...

  • SHS golf

    Sep 5, 2024

    Superior high school golfers Bella Henderson and Rayne Biltoft competed at the Doniphan-Trumbull Invitational last Tuesday. The 18-hole event was played over the Indianhead course at Grand Island. Biltoft finished with a round of 125. Henderson competed in the junior varsity bracket and carded a round of 78 for nine holes. The golfers return to the links today (Thursday) for the Bruning-Davenport-Shickley Invitational being played over the Hidden Hills course at Geneva. The golfers return to Indianhead in Grand Island, Tuesday, for a dual...

  • L-N volleyball opens season 1-2

    Sep 5, 2024

    The Lawrence-Nelson volleyball team went 1-2 at their opening triangular match at Axtell Saturday. They downed Dundy County-Stratton in three sets, 25-21, 23-25 and 25-23. Axtell handed the Raiders a two-set, 20-25 and 21-25, loss. It took Alma three sets, 16-25, 25-22 and 21-25, to put away Lawrence-Nelson. The Raiders host Superior at Lawrence today (Thursday). The Raiders travel to Friend Tuesday for a match with Exeter-Milligan-Friend....

  • L-N opens football season with loss

    Sep 5, 2024

    It was a long bus ride to Howells for the Lawrence-Nelson Raiders for their first game of the season. It was an even longer ride home after falling 36-8 to the Howells-Dodge Jaguars. Howells-Dodge sported a 14 point lead after the first quarter. The Raiders scored their lone touchdown in the second period. They pulled off a successful two-point conversion but trailed 20-8 at the half. The Raiders defense remained porous as the Jaguars added eight points in both the third and fourth quarters to pull away for the 36-8 win. Wyatt Frey, the sophomo...