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Nuckolls and Thayer County Extension hosted their first annual Inventure Day at the Nuckolls County fairgrounds on Friday, Nov. 17. Inventure Day is a single-day entrepreneurial adventure for middle school youth developed by the Nebraska Extension Entrepreneurship Focus Team. Using innovation and creative problem-solving, teams of youth develop unique business concepts around a given widget which is used as inspiration for a product or service. Teams move through the Inventure Factory,...
The Rock Hills High School boys basketball team opens the 2023-2024 season opens at Courtland Friday when they tip off against the Pike Valley Panthers. They travel to Downs Saturday to play Lakeside in the Lakeside preseason tournament. Zach Duffy, head coach, will look to his two seniors, Kale Whelchel and Tyler Hanson to provide leadership. Cam Ward, Cooper McDill, Christian Wurm and Eli Vance represent the junior class. Ethan Wirth is the sole sophomore on the team. Cruz Navarro, Justin...
The Rock Hills High School girls basketball team will feature a shallow bench this season as there are only seven players on the roster. Nick Mizner, head coach, has his game management work cut out for him. Grace Ayers and Hannah Simmelink are the senior class team members. Bethany Simmelink, Alex Fogo, Halle Mizner and Emily Strand are the sophomore class representatives. Alivia Lindberg is the lone freshman on the team. The team will face a daunting task in improving upon last season's 11-11...
Rock Hills High School will have two wrestlers competing with the Beloit Trojans wrestling team as part of a cooperative program. Coe Neilson, a senior, will look to qualify for the state tournament in his final season. Junior Pierce-Hernandez is the other Rock Hills wrestler. Beloit opens their season today (Thursday) at Phillipsburg....
The Superior High School bowling team opens their 2023 season today (Thursday) with a match against Arapahoe at Arapahoe. The Wildcats travel to McCool Junction Tuesday for match against the Mustangs. The boys team members are Lenden Worm, Colton McCutcheon, Cooper Ehlers, Kayden Sheely, Tyler Combs, Wyatt Miska, Aydin Young, Brayden Wulf and Bo Streit. The girls roster is comprised of Jada Hemion, Ashleigh Primus, Teagan Cool, Skylar Cool, Brooke Ekstein and Alexis Primus. The team is coached by Nelsen Petersen....
The Superior High School wrestling team faces a busy season opening weekend. The team travels to Hebron for a dual match with Thayer Central Friday. They visit Harvard Saturday to compete at the Harvard Invitational.. The team has a number of young wrestlers with positive potential for the season ahead. Holden McDonald will be in the 126 pound weight bracket. Cooper Laaker fits in the 132 weight set. Jackson Bernal fills the 138 pound weight slot. KP Morgan, Cooper Benjamin and Cooper Sheely fill out the 144 pound weight bracket. Lincoln...
The Lawrence-Nelson High School girls basketball team enters the 2023-2024 season with a new head coach. Dan Kennedy takes over from Andy Peterson. The Raiders open the 2023-2024 season at Nelson Friday when they host Red Cloud. Arapahoe comes to Nelson Saturday. The team faces another uphill battle for a post-season spot as their schedule is heavily weighted against them. They compete in D2. They will face 12 D1 schools, five D2 schools and one C2 school. This puts them at a disadvantage with gaining a spot in district play. The team has...
It's that time of the year when volleyball morphs into basketball for the Superior High School girls basketball team. The team opens their 2023-2024 season today (Thursday) at Sutton. They entertain the Republic County Buffaloes at the high school gymnasium Saturday. The Fairbury Jeffs visit Superior Tuesday. Senior class representatives on the roster are Madison Heusinkvelt and Lilly Edwards. The junior class contributes Sadie Cornell, Halle Bargen, Rayne Biltoft and Faith Butler. Ariana...
The Lawrence-Nelson High School boys basketball team looks to improve upon last season’s 11-11 record with the return of several more experienced players. The Raiders open the season Friday at Nelson where they host Red Cloud. Arapahoe visits Nelson Saturday. Wyatt Baker and Connor Janda return as seniors. Aidan Zikmund, Carter Griffis, Riley Cannaday, Sawyer Cox and Carson Vaughn represent the junior class. Cody Funk is the sole sophomore on the team. Jace Hoelting, Jackson Williams, and Caleb Griffis are the freshman class team members. D...
The Superior High School boys basketball team opens their 2023-2024 campaign Saturday when they host the Republic County Buffaloes at the Superior High School gymnasium. The Fairbury Jeffs visit Superior Tuesday. The senior class has Carsyn Koenig as its sole member. Caiden Smullins, Pandu Mateus and Thomas Mathis represent the junior class. Sophomore class roster holders are Ryan Sanders-Kramp, Kash Wenske, Colten Butler, Ayron Grassman, Mason Korb, Dayne Clark and Declan Miller. Freshman...
There is a new team competing for Lawrence-Nelson High School. Wrestling returns after a two-decade hiatus. Wrestlers had competed with Sandy Creek as part of the USD5 program. With the dissolution of that district, wrestling returns as a stand alone sport for the Raiders. Adam Theer serves as the head coach of the team. The team has four freshmen, a junior and a senior on the roster. Senior class member Nathan Elledge will provide the leadership for the team. He is the sole member with varsity experience. Kolton Johnson represents the junior...
Delmer E. Young, son of Vernon W. Young and Millie M. (Strine) Young, was born on April 3, 1935, at Seneca, Missouri, and died on Nov. 19, 2023, at Thayer County Health Services, Hebron, Nebraska, at the age of 88. In Delmer’s early years, he lived in Taneyville, Missouri. The family later moved to Hebron where he met the love of his life. He was united in marriage to Barbara J. Barnes on Jan. 10, 1954. To this union two sons were born, Gary L. and Douglas A. Delmer was the service manager for Geis Motors and John Kohl Auto Center in York, N...
