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Last weekend's basketball games got cut in half because of to an ice storm out west. Franklin did not make the trip on Friday night, so the only game for the Lady Raiders came on Saturday when BDS came to play. The girls played a great first period, but several components of the game came back to haunt the girls in the final three periods. L-N 12 2 7 12 - 33 BDS 7 17 12 12 - 48 Brynn Harrison scored the first two and the last two point of the first period. In between those points Kara Menke...
The word, "Heartbreaker" is often used in sports reporting. It can give a connotation of many things, usually something sad, or something that was not supposed to happen. Well, that could maybe describe the Raider's game with BDS last Saturday. The boys had a chance to prepare for an extra day when the Friday night game with Franklin was postponed because of weather conditions. BDS is traditionally one of the stronger teams in small town basketball in south central Nebraska, but L-N had the...
Rock Hills Lady Grizzlies handily defeated the Thunder Ridge Lady Longhorns by a score of 55-29 in a pre-season tournament game held on Dec.10, in Stockton, dominating the offensive and defensive scheme of things from start to finish. Bethany Simmelink, the team’s leader, joined with her teammates in swarming the Longhorns enough with defensive pressure, including turnovers, along with a sharp offensive push, to prevent the Longhorns from scoring. Jenna Barnes of the Longhorns finally ended the scoring drought in the first quarter, when she s...
Jan S. Cole, 82, Guide Rock, died Thursday, Dec. 12, at Heritage of Webster County. Her funeral will be held at a later date....
Virgil D. Rose, 89, of Red Cloud, died Saturday, at the Webster County Hospital in Red Cloud. His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church in Red Cloud with the Rev. Dale Thiele and Rev. Warren Schoming officiating. Interment will be at the Rosemont Oak Creek Presbyterian Cemetery....
Keenan L. Elliott, 73, died unexpectedly Friday, Dec, 13, 2024, at his home in Belleville, Kansas. Keenan was born Oct. 6, 1951, to LeeRoy and Bonnie (Botz) Elliott of Republic. Keenan graduated in 1969 from Republic High School. Growing up, he helped his dad and mom on the farm. Throughout his adult life, he was a proud supporter of Republic and worked tirelessly to promote it. In downtown Republic, he turned an abandoned garage into a man-cave-community hang out where everyone was welcome. After high school, Keenan attended Beloit Vo-Tech for...
Michael ‘Mike’ Myers, 63, died on Dec. 9, 2024. Mike was born Michael Francis Myers on Aug. 9, 1961, to the late Gary Pete ‘Pete’ Myers and Anne Obert Myers. Mike grew up in Red Cloud. Mike was part of a long line of KC Chiefs fans, a legacy that lives on with his sons. No matter how far afield he went, his heart remained with the farmland. He loved a good laugh and a good beer. His funeral was at 10:30 a.m., Monday, at the First United Methodist Church in Red Cloud with the Rev. Dale Thiele officiating. Interment wasin the Cora Cemeter...
Victoria “Vicki” Sue Nylund, 74, of Scandia, died at Republic County Hospital on Dec. 11, 2024. She was born in Concordia, on Sept. 28, 1950, to Loren Victor and Maxine (Milner) Florell. They, along with her older sister. Janice, lived on their farm southwest of Scandia until they moved to Scandia when Vicki was 4 years old. She attended Scandia Schools where she was a cheerleader, played clarinet and sang Triple Trio Glee Club. She was the Sweetheart Queen of 1965, the Homecoming Queen of 1967 and graduated as Salutatorian in 1968. She wen...
Marjorie Hartsel, age 101, Jewell, Kansas, resident, died on Dec. 14, 2024, at Minneapolis Health and Rehabilitation, Minneapolis, Kansas. Marjorie Ilene Hartsel was born on March 25, 1923, to Harry (Gus) and Bertha (Miller) Divel in Jewell County. She went to school at Pioneer Rural School and grew up on a farm southwest of Jewell with a sister and two brothers. Marjorie graduated from Jewell Rural High School in 1941. She went to work for the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company for 10 years....
Loretta K. Wilson was born Oct. 28, 1929, to Jacob and Katharina (Kerth) Armbrust- er in rural Trego County, Kansas, died on Dec. 3, 2024, at the Jewell County Hospital ISB unit, where she had resided for the past few months. Loretta often joked that her birth on the day of the Wall Street Stock Market crash caused the event, a testament to her sharp wit and humor. The youngest of her family, Loretta was the last surviving sibling. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Christ, Ernest and...
Carlee Hinz placed first in the 145 pound class to score 26 points at the Crete girls tournament Saturday. Cheyenne Stacy (120 pounds) placed second and scored 20 points. The pair compete for the Superior - Deshler-Lawrence-Nelson wrestling cooperative. Hinz has a 4-0 record and Stacy a 3-1 record....
The Superior Wildcat girls won over the Fairbury Jeffs 50-24 last Tuesday at Fairbury for their second straight win of the season. Superior out scored Fairbury 17 to 7 the first quarter to set the tone of the game. However, the Jeffs rallied and both teams scored 10 points in the second quarter. Superior answered with 16 points during the third quarter while the Jeffs scored only two. Scoring slowed during the fourth quarter. Superior scored 7 and the Jeffs 5. Reagan Meyer lead the Wildcats by...
Superior Wildcat boys lost at home to Wilber-Claytonia in Superior Saturday, 36-58. Trenton Siebecker, coach, said, "We just had an off night. Sometimes those things happen." Turnovers and fouls in the first half were issues for the Wildcats, pared with Wilber-Claytonia's ability to consistently add points from the free throw line. Even though the Wildcat starters stand over six foot, Wilber-Claytonia had a height advantage. Wilber-Claytonia scored first. However, the Cats were only down two...
Saturday the Superior boys competed at Meridian in the Bob Oliver Pin Invitational with 20 other teams. The Wildcats placed second with 225 points. Tri-County won the tournament with 240 points. Meridian was in third place with 160 points. Following is a list of Superior Wildcats who placed at the meet. It included each contestant’s weight class, placing, name and record. 126 1st Holden McDonald 10-1 157 1st Kamden Boyles 9-2 190 1st Kyler Boyles 9-1 120 2nd Rigley McDonald 2-6 150 2nd Carl Lupin 1-7 144 3rd Joe Kerrigan 6-5 215 3rd Montey A...
Wrestling fans may have noticed, there are some rule changes this season. Take downs are scored differently this year. A take down is now worth three points. Last year, a wrestler earned only two. Another scoring change relates to seconds a wrestler keeps their opponent’s back on the matt. Two seconds earns two points, three seconds - three points and four seconds earns four point. Last year three seconds earned a wrestler two points and five seconds earned three points. A third major change related to boundary rules. This season if either w...
Lawrence-Nelson wrestlers traveled to Meridian for the Bob Oliver Invitational Saturday. The team earned 20 points. Leslie Corman was fourth place in the 150 pound class, Beck Grayhm placed fourth in the 165 pound class, Augustus Harrison placed fifth in the 165 pound class, Monte Hajny and Parker Ostdiek each placed eighth. Hajny in the 144 pound class and Ostdiek in the 215-285 weight range class. Ace Wulf placed tenth in the 190 pound class....
