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The Lawrence-Nelson High School volleyball team lost to the Elm Creek Buffaloes, 21-25, 19-25-25-16 and 18-25, at Lawrence, last Tuesday. The Raiders hosted Nebraska Lutheran at Lawrence Tuesday with match results unavailable at press time. Kara Menke recorded 13 kills. Brynn Harrison hammered down 10 kills. Hanna Skinner pounded down eight kills. Josie Hajny added seven kills. Harrison zipped through six aces. Hajny lined through three aces. Addi McCloskey and SKinner scored with two aces each. McCloskey mined the floor for 25 digs. Skinner...
David E. (Gene) Genung, the son of David A. and Olive Genung, was born Dec. 26, 1932, in Oconto, Nebraska. He died on Sept. 27, 2024, at Brodstone Healthcare Hospital in Superior at the age of 91. Gene attended grade school and high school in Nelson, Nebraska. On January of 1953, he enlisted in the Air Force where he was an airplane mechanic at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines during the Korean Conflict. He was honorably discharged A1C January 1957. From 1957 to 1961, he was part of the...
James R. Stone, Sr., 82 years of age, died Oct. 2, 2024, at the Hilltop Lodge in Beloit, Kansas. He was born Sept. 27, 1942, in Rural Jewell County, Kansas to Vernon and Verdena (Broyles) Stone. James was a 1960 graduate of Burr Oak High School, Burr Oak, Kansas. He attended a vo-tech college in the Kansas City area. He served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He continued his service in the Army Reserve and Army National Guard. James also received the veterans honorary associates degree of technical education from the NCKAVTS...
Richard Reynolds Kimball, MD,79, a long-time past resident of Mankato, died Oct. 2, 2024, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The cause was cancer. Born Feb. 27,1945, in Evanston, Illinois, to Edward H. Kimball and Hazel Anderson Kimball, he was raised in Scars- dale, New York, graduated from the University of California, Riverside, and received his MD degree from George Washington University School of Medicine. After internship at Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, he began medical practice in...
Leota Claycamp McCarthy (formerly Hanson) died Sept. 22, 2024. Born on Jan. 11, 1943, in Beloit, Kansas, she was the devoted wife of the late Larry Hanson and later, a loving partner to Bill McCarthy. Leota spent her childhood in Mankato, Kansas, where she married her high school sweetheart, Larry. Their journey took them to Montana, during Larry's service in the Air Force, before they settled in Manhattan, Kansas. Leota dedicated many years to her work at McCall Pattern Company, where she...
The Rock Hills High School cross country team competed at the Beloit Invitational last Thursday. The race was run over the Cawker City Golf Club course alongside Waconda Lake. There were 26 teams entered in the meet. The girls junior varsity runners had an excellent showing. Alivia Lindberg finished in third place while Chloe Rothchild took home seventh place. Blake Fulz was in 12th place in the boy's junior varsity race. Treyton Reynolds held 18th place. Kiplee Kussman came in 23rd. Own Mizner...
The Rock Hills High School volleyball team split their two matches at the triangular match they hosted at Mankato last Tuesday. Sylvan-Lucas handed the Grizzlies their second loss of the season, 25-23, 20-25 and 25-23, in three close sets. Rock Hills downed Pike Valley in two sets, 25-11 and 25-10. Rock Hills hosted the Rock Hills tournament at Mankato Saturday. The Grizzlies went 4-1 in their five matches to improve their record to 24-3. Rock Hills downed Logan-Palco in two sets, 25-7 and 25-20. Rock Hills then knocked off Thunder Ridge in two...
It was another rough outing for the Rock Hills High School football team. The Lincoln Leopards sank their claws into the Grizzlies and did not release them. Rock Hills played host to Lincoln at Mankato Friday and were handed their second consecutive loss after winning their first three games. Lincoln scored early and often, opening up a 34-18, first quarter lead. The Leopards continued to pile it on as they held a 50-18 lead at the half time mark. Lincoln put the game away with an 18-6 edge in...
Rayne Biltoft will end her Superior High School golf career the same way it began by playing at the state Class C championship match. Biltoft was the freshman member of the dream team. The girls golf team was reactivated four years ago. Some very determined young lady golfers put together a Cinderella season, qualifying for the state tournament Biltoft has qualified for the state event four consecutive years. She is looking for her best finish ever this year. Play begins Monday over the Lake...
The Superior High School football team struggled against a tough Doniphan-Trumbull Cardinal team at Doniphan Friday. The Cardinals opened up a 16-0 first quarter lead. Superior scored a touchdown but unfortunately the Cardinals added two more touchdowns to take a 30-7 lead at the half. The Wildcats narrowed the score to 30-13 in the third quarter. The Cardinals added eight points in the fourth quarter to take the home-field win, 38-13. Lincoln Sander was 8 for 13 in the passing department for...
The Lawrence-Nelson High School football team gave the homecoming crowd at Lawrence plenty to cheer Friday. They steamrolled the Nebraska Lutheran Knights 80-26 to improve their record to 4-2. Wyatt Frey went two for two with his pass attempts for 31 yards and a touchdown. Carter Griffis completed his one pass attempt fot five yards. Kolten Menke made two receptions for 31 yards and a touchdown. Gus Harrison grabbed one reception for five yards. Aidan Zikmund carried four times for 23 yards and a touchdown. Griffis had one carry for three...
The Superior High School volleyball team went 2-2 in their matches at the Hastings St. Cecilia tournament. In a battle of the Cats, the Cross County Cougars handed the Wildcats a three-set, 21-25, 25-22 and 25-23, loss. They rebounded with a two-set, 25-20 and 24-14 sweep, of Wood River. The Wildcats played their way into the final round with a two-set, 27-25 and 25-11, sweep of Tri County. The host team, Hastings St. Cecilia, playing in C 2, eked out a three-set, 20-25, 25-22 and 21-25, win to claim the tourney title. Meyers was the top...
Twilla Mae Frerichs (Hutt) died on October 3, 2024 at the age of 92, surrounded by her family at the Good Samaritan Society in Superior, Nebraska. Born on March 9, 1932, to Glenn and Wanda (Mc- Gowan) Hutt on a farm south of Superior, Twilla was the middle child of three sisters, Donna and Sharon. She attended Valley View rural school and graduated from Superior High School in 1950. On Aug. 1, 1952, Twilla married Gene Frerichs at the Methodist Church in Superior; where she was a lifelong...
Mark Sholtz, 66, of Guide Rock, died Oct. 2, at the Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital in Hastings. His funeral was at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, at the Guide Rock Gymnasium, Guide Rock. Mark Eugene Sholtz, the son of Dean and Gwen (Hoins) Sholtz, was born Aug. 21, 1958, in Webster County. After growing up on the family farm and graduating as a Guide Rock Warrior in 1976, Mark went on to Chadron State College and played receiver for the Eagles, where he still holds records for most yards on punt and kickoff returns. While working in Hastings after...
Patricia Ann "Pat" Kubes, was born March 1, 1940, in Lincoln, Nebraska, the daughter of Connie Krieger and Irene (Hasse) Krieger Bigley. She died Oct. 6, 2024, in Hebron, Nebraska, at the age of 84. Pat was adopt- ed by Lyle Bigley after her mother, Irene remarried. She grew up and attended school in Lincoln, Nebraska, graduating from Lincoln Northeast. She then attended Nebraska Wesleyan University, graduating in 1962 with a bachelor of arts degree in chemistry. Pat then trained as a medical...
Judy Kay Fuller, the daughter of Lawrence and Irene (Cox) Smith, was born on Nov. 10, 1959, in Somerset, Kentucky. She died Sept. 30, 2024, at her home in Superior, Nebraska, at the age of 64 years, 10 months, 20 days. Judy was a graduate of Pul- aski County High School in Somerset. She was married to Roger Lee Shilling and they were blessed with four children, Jennifer, Monica, Roger and Yvonne, he preceded her in death on March 19, 1996. She later married James Fuller. They had three...
