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The All-Northern Plains League post-season honors were recently released. Several Rock Hills High School players earned honorable mentions. Grant Meyers earned honorable mentions at running back, defensive line and as a return specialist. Nate Meyers received an honorable mention as a running back. Wyatt Evert was awarded an honorable mention as a wide receiver-tight end and linebacker for the Grizzlies. Buck Luedke was given an honorable mention for his play on the offensive line. Conner Cosand earned an honorable mention as a defensive back....
It was a tough season opener for the Rock Hills High School boys basketball team. They fell to Pike Valley 49-17 at Scandia Friday. It was also the first game of the T-Bird Invitational Tournament. Clifton-Clyde downed Rock Hills, 82-13 at Mankato last Tuesday. Wakefield downed Rock HIlls 46-28, Saturday, at Cloud County Community College in Concordia. The Grizzlies finished in sixth place in the tournament. The Grizzlies travel to Beloit, Tuesday, for a game with St. John’s-Tipton....
The Beloit High School wrestling team opened their season Thursday with a match at Phillipsburg with Plainville and Phillipsburg. Three Rock Hills High School student athletes, Coe Nielson, Connor Cosand and Jacob Barry, wrestle with Beloit during the regular season as part of a cooperative program. Beloit hosted Abilene Friday. The Beloit Tigers competed at the inaugural Railer round robin tournament held at Ellis High School, Ellis, Saturday. Barry, Cosand and Nielson all won their Plainville matches by forfeit. Barry won at Phillipsburg by...
After a rocky start in their season opener, the Superior High School girls basketball team has continued their winning ways. They turned in a steady performance to down the Fairbury Jeffs 35-25 at Superior last Tuesday. Superior traveled to Wilber, Saturday, where they downed the Wolverines 37-20. Superior traveled to Blue Hill Tuesday to play the Bobcats with game results unavailable at press time. Despite a field goal percentage of 16 percent, the Wildcats scored enough to put away their Class C-1 opponent. The defense carried the load....
The Superior boys basketball team is still searching for that elusive first win of the season. The Fairbury Jeffs handed the Wildcats 52-32 loss at Superior last Tuesday. Superior played Wilber-Clatonia, at Wilber, Saturday, and came away with a 46-33 loss to remain winless. Superior visited Blue Hill Tuesday for a game with the Bobcats. Game results were unavailable at press time. Fairbury had little trouble holding Superior at bay, building a 32-21 halftime lead. The Jeffs held Superior to single digit scoring over the third and fourth...
It was another busy weekend for the Superior High school wrestling team. They competed at the Wood River Invitational Friday. The team finished tied for sixth place with 85 points. There were 17 schools competing at the match Other teams were Aquinas, O’Neill, St. Paul, Amherst, Ord, Gibbon, Gothenburg, Hershey, Wood River, Kearney Catholic, Grand Island Central Catholic, Doniphan-Trumbull, Kenesaw, Shelton, Hastings St. Cecilia and Sutton. Saturday the team traveled to Daykin for the Bob Oliver Pin Invitational. Superior took second place, w...
Nathan Elledge competed for the South Central Unified Red Raiders wrestling team at the Meridian Quadrangular match, at Daykin, Friday, Dec. 3. He fell to Ty Woerner of Superior in the 220 pound weight bracket. Anthony Congdon-Meyer of Thayer Central downed Elledge in their match at 220 pounds. Elledge took 11th place at the Harvard Invite Dec. 4. He earned two team points for the Red Raiders. He competed at the Southern Valley Invitational at Oxford, Friday, and finished in 16th place. Elledge is currently 2-11 for the seas...
The Franklin Flyers topped the Lawrence-Nelson High School girls basketball team 49-29 at Franklin Friday. Matters didn’t improve Saturday when the Bruning-Davenport- Shickley Eagles handed the Raiders a 44-29 loss at Nelson. Franklin lept out to a 27-8 lead after two quarters. Lawrence-Nelson was unable to make up the deficit and was left with a 20 point loss. The Raiders stayed close to B-D-S for the first quarter, trailing 15-12. They managed one point in the second quarter and five in the third while the Eagles added 22 points over those t...
The Lawrence-Nelson boys basketball team reeled off their third consecutive win of the season when they downed Franklin 54-30 at Franklin Friday. The streak came to an screeching halt Saturday when the Bruning-Davenport-Shickley Eagles handed the Raiders their first loss of the season, 47-25. No statistics were available at press time. The Raiders visit Friend Friday. Lawrence-Nelson hosts the Shelton Bulldogs Saturday at Nelson....
Julene Louise Bossemeyer Marks, 96, died peacefully at her home in Niceville, Fla. on Dec. 4, 2021. She was born in Superior Nov. 22, 1925, to the late Fred and Hazel Bossemeyer. She graduated from Superior High School in 1944 and received an associate degree from Christian College, Columbia, Mo., in 1946. She was married to John B. Marks, Nov. 12, 1953, in a small chapel at Forbes Air Force Base. After marriage, John and Julene lived in Topeka, Kan.; Riverside, Calif.; Omaha, Neb.; Montgomery,...
Helen Carolyn (Wulf) Gebers was born to Hattie Marie Wilhelmena Meyer and Rein- hold "Roger" Carl Wulf on June 5, 1936, on a farm east of Nora. She died Dec. 9, 2021, at the Parkview Haven Nursing Home at Deshler, at the age of 85 years, 6 months, 4 days. Helen was baptized on June 28, 1936, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church near Deshler by Pastor G.A. Spring and confirmed on Aug. 14, 1949, by Pastor J.A. Rueter at Salem Lutheran Church near Superior. Helen's parents moved to a farm west of...
Warren Lee Heinen died Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, at the age of 66. He was born in Concordia, Kan., and raised in Formoso. Warren graduated from Mankato High School and continued his education graduating from Cloud County Junior College in Concordia in 1975 and Southwestern College in Winfield, in 1977. He had worked as an assistant manager but for most of his career life he worked for the State of Kansas as an auditor. After his retirement from the state because of his love of travel and...
Raymond Paul Lange was born on Dec. 3, 1926, on the family farm two miles east of Mankato, to Paul and Jessie McNabb Lange. He died Dec. 12, 2021, at the age of 95 years and 11 days. Ray was the sixth child in his family and was preceded in death by his parents, grandparents and five siblings: Leo, Wilma, Emil (Bud), Dorothy, and Arthur (Bill); grandson Christopher Alyn Railsback; nephews Jim Lange and Earl Dean Leonard and nieces Joyce Marie Lange and Charlotte Lange McCracken. Ray attended first through eighth grades at Red Top school...
Charlotte (Kottmeyer Hoback) Kroeger, 78, of Hastings, died Monday, Dec. 14, at The Kensington Evergreen Court Memory Care in Hastings. She was born May 29, 1943, in Superior, to Alfred and Mina (Baker) Kottmeyer. Charlotte graduated from Superior High School in 1961 and received her key punch operators associates degree from Lincoln Business College. Charlotte was united in marriage to Richard Hoback; whom upon this union bore two children, Alan and Angela Hoback. In 2005, she was married to Ke...
Joyce Ann Easton, 88, was born on June 22, 1933, in Fairbury, to Gaylend and Anna (Weichel) Lightbody. She died Dec. 10. She graduated from Fairbury High School in 1951. While in school, she was a member of Glee Club, Tri-Y, and a drummer in the high school band. She married William “Bill” Easton on May 1, 1954 in Fairbury. To this union of 67 years, two boys were born, Clark and Kirk. Joyce worked as a bookkeeper throughout her life for several area businesses including City Investment, Farm Bureau, Thayer County Courthouse, Byron Che...
Judy Mallory, 77, died Dec. 13. Kleppinger Funeral Home, Jewell, is in charge of arrangements....
Michael Joseph “AJ” Shambaugh, the son of Valerie (Thurin) and Michael Shambaugh, was born Oct. 29, 1988, at Hastings. He died Dec. 10, at Red Cloud. A lifelong resident of the area, AJ received his formal education attending the Lawrence-Nelson schools. As a youth and through his high school years, AJ participated in the wrestling programs. Following his graduation from high school he worked with Chief Industries in Grand Island where he became a certified welder. He later was employed for a time with Fornstron Feed Yard in Wyoming and the...
Janet Tuma Janet Sue Tuma, 78, the daughter of Clem R. Bauer and Hertha L. (Hahnfeld) Bauer, was born on April 8, 1943, at St. Joseph Hospital in Kansas City. She died Sunday, Dec. 5, at Parkview Haven Nursing Home in Deshler. Sue attended Kansas City Public schools and called Kansas City her home until she moved to Belleville in 1961. On Sept. 8, 1963, she was united in marriage to Jimmie F. Tuma, and to this union two children, Melissa and Terry, were born. After moving to Belleville, Sue first worked at the L&M Café, where she was working...
Beverly A. Maxon, 82, the daughter of Benita (Lauder) and Elden Boh, was born May 9, 1939, at Denver. She died Dec.6, at Hastings. Beverly was raised in the Denver area. Beverly was employed in Englewood, Colorado as a bank supervisor. In 1977, she left Colorado and moved to Cowles to make her home until later moving to Hastings. She opened Village Encounters, a ceramic shop which she operated in Hastings. She additionally built her own web page and taught painting classes on the internet. Her creative talents extended to her numerous hobbies...
