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Last week was an interesting week of basketball for the L-N Boys' basketball team. First of all, they played three games in a five day span. Secondly, the first game was an over time game. Then, the second game was a double over time game. Most importantly, the boys added to their winning record which now stands at 9-4. That record caught the notice of those writers who make the state wide rankings of high school sports. The biggest notice came with the winning of the game with previously rated...
Last week was a busy week for many of Nebraska High School weeks, and the L-N Lady Raiders was among the busy teams. They played three games within five days, earning one victory for the week. After the rough start at the beginning of the season, the Lady Raiders are beginning to work as a team. They have won five of the last eight games and are looking forward to a successful end of the season. L-N – ROCK HILLS (R/H): 39-44: Basketball is a complicated game that has many part. A team often h...
Close games generally represent evenly matched teams, both of which plan to win. It was overtime, when the Raiders scored eight points and the Grizzlies scored only seven points that finally ended the game last Tuesday night when Lawrence-Nelson traveled to Mankato to play basketball. In the first quarter, it looked as if the Lawrence-Nelson Raiders might easily win. They scored 18 points while the Grizzlies scored only 10. By the end of the second quarter the score was more evenly matched with the Raiders scoring 14 and he Grizzlies scoring...
Rock Hills marched into the game with the Lawrence-Nelson Raider girls with two straight wins. One over Stockton 50-27 on Monday, Feb. 13, and the other Friday, Feb. 10 over St. John’s Tipton 60-58. The Lady Grizzlies added a third win last Tuesday when they won over the Raiders 44-39. Halle Mizner led the offense by posting 17 and picking up 9 rebounds. It was the fourth consecutive games in which Mizner scored at least a third of the Grizzly points. Bethany Simmelink also had an outstanding performance with 17 points, five assists and four s...
This week the Grizzlies are occupied with the NPL tournament. It is an 11 team mid-season league tournament featuring Sylvan-Lucas, Natoma, Osborne, Lincoln, Rock Hills, Tescott, Pike Valley, Stockton, Thunder Ridge, St. John’s-Tipton and Lakeside. The tournament began Friday with three play-in games for both the boys and girls divisions. The winners advanced to the quarter finals Monday. The semifinals and consolation rounds started Tuesday and will finish Friday. All games are being played in either Lincoln or Tescott. The tournament was c...
Superior blew past the Heartland Huskies 81-30 last Tuesday. The Wildcats have now won seven contests by 30 points or more this season: Wilber-Claytonia (59) Heartland (51); Meridan (45), St. Patrick (40) and Centennial (31). Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Superior to victory. Reagan Meyers dropped in 24 points and completed 11 rebounds. Sadie Cornell added 19 points and four steals. Halle Bargen added 13 points, Rayne Biltoft 8; Maddie Bargen 5 and Faith Butler, Mia Gardner and Ava Kirchhoff each added...
Saturday afternoon, the Superior Lady Wildcats moved to 12 - 2 when they won over the Sandy Creek Cougars 49-25 at Sandy Creek. The win was not as easy as the score would suggest. At the half, the Cougars lead 18-17. The game was tied at 21 early in the third quarter, when the Wildcats went on at 28 to 4 run to finish the game. To earn their points, the Cougars hit seven three point shots, one two point shot and two free throws. For some unknown reason, their three point shots ceased to drop...
The Superior Wildcats girls basketball team visited one of the newest schools in Nebraska - Standing Bear High School in Lincoln, easily winning the game 56-33, Saturday. The tempo of the game was strong in favor of Superior, as they played against the girls of Standing Bear with steady and consistent teamwork. Many players contributed to the positive outcome. Coach Chrissy Ehlers said after the game, "We did a good job at getting the ball to Reagan Meyers and that really helped us out because...
Saturday afternoon the Superior boys basketball team played at hard faught game in Lincoln against Standing Bear. Edward Naughton, news reporter, said, “The game was hard to watch. Standing Bear played rough, repeatedly fouled Superior, and I personally felt a technical foul or two should have been called by the referee against some of the Standing Bear players or their coach.” Superior had a hard time getting shots to drop and the game ended Standing Bear boys 60, Superior 13 with a running clock....
The Sandy Creek Cougars establish dominance early in the game Saturday afternoon with Wildcats basketball action at Sandy Creek. They won 60-20. The game started slow, but by the end of the first quarter, Sandy Creek led 17-6. Then outscored the Wildcats 22 to 4 in the second quarter. The game finished with a running clock in the fourth. The Wildcats scored only 10 points in each half. Colten Butler and Dayne Clark both scored 8 points. Mason Korb and DeClan Miller both scored two points. Sandy...
Friday evening, Superior wrestled at home as part of the Superior Invitational. Nineteen boys teams and 17 girl teams competed. Boys teams included Fairbury, Centennial, Kearney Catholic, Thayer Central, Red Cloud-Blue Hill, Meridan, Johnson County Central, Southern Valley, Sutton, Wilcox-Hildreth, Adams Central, Smith Center, Osborne, Republic County, Sandy Creek, Omaha Concordiaand Exeter-Milligan-Friend and Lawrence-Nelson. Superior boys earned 45.5 points. The top five schools were Fairbury...
Graham Beck and Augustus Harrison each earned 3 points for the Lawrence-Nelson Raiders at the Franklin Boys Wrestling Invitation Saturday. Beck wrestles in the 157 pound class. He won the consolation round one with a fall over Justin Bartels, Meridan, to earn three points. Harrison wrestled in the 165 pound class. He won the consolation round one with a fall over Peyton Saner, Sandhills-Thedford to earn three points. Other Raiders who competed Saturday were Brody Buescher (113); Leslie Corman...
Basketball Team win last 4 of 5 games Last week the Raider boys basketball team had the usual two games and may have added two victories if it wasn’t for the last eight minutes of the first game. However, the loss and then the later victory gave the boys a record of four wins in their last five games. The loss came from a highly rated larger school and the win came from a D-2 school with a good record. L-N – McCOOL JUNCTION: 46-63: The opponent for last week Tuesday was a powerful team from McCool Junction (MJ). The McCool team now sports an...
The L-N girls' basketball team is about three points away from winning their last five ball games. A two point loss to McCool Junction prohibited that claim to fame, but winning four of their last five games improved the team's record to 4-6 after five tough games to start the season. The girls played the Giltner game without several of their starter and needed an overtime period to win. However, that game should build a little character for the team in weeks to come. L-N – McCOOL JUNCTION: 3...
On Jan. 10 in Beloit, the Rock Hills Grizzlies, played a tough game and had a good run at a comeback towards the end of the game against St. John’s-Tipton Catholic boys, but fell to the Blujays by a score of 78 to 67 in the end. The Blujays started things off quickly with No. 23 Gabriel Roderick scoring for St. John’s-Tipton. The boys from Rock Hills found themselves down by 6 points rather quickly, but the Grizzlies Cooper McDill, made a play and scored a bucket to make it a 6 to 2 game in favor of the Blujays early in the first quarter. The...
Lead by No.1 Bethany Simmelink, for the Rock Hills Lady Grizzlies, the Lady Grizzlies showed consistent and disciplined playing style, and a ton of heart, in an unbelievable finish for the 60 to 58 win against St. John’s-Tipton, a traditionally top-3 rated team in the league, which was a close and highly competitive game from start to finish. St. John’s-Tipton in Beloit lost by two points in the last second of regulation against the Lady Grizzlies, as the Grizzlies dropped in two free throws because of the ‘moving screen’ foul called by refs ag...
The L/N boys basketball team won two games last week, giving them three straight wins to make their record 5-3 in the young season. They are now 1-1 against class C-2 schools, 2-1 against class D-1 schools and 2-1 against D-2 schools. The holiday vacation was changed with the addition of the postponed game with Franklin Saturday evening on the home floor. The next games are a home game against a strong McCool Junction team on Tuesday and visits to Giltner on January 9 and Rock Hills on January 14. L/N – HAMPTON: 56-39 The L/N boys basketball t...
The ‘Holiday vacation’ from extracurricular activities for high schools in Nebraska was good for the L/N High School girls basketball team. After starting the season with a 0-5 record, the girls were able to put three victories together and now have a 3-5 record. The girls have a 2-4 record with class D-1 schools and a 1-1 record with class D-2 schools. Upcoming games include: January 7 at home against McCool Junction; January 9 at Giltner and January 14 at Rock Hills. Game summaries for the past two games: L/N – HAMPTON: 46-27: A 19 pt. victo...
The Rock Hills boys basketball team took on the Red Cloud Warriors, Friday, in Mankato. Both teams faught hard to win. Red Cloud won 59 - 52. The score by quarters were as follows: first quarter - Rock Hills 10 - Red Cloud 13; second quarter both teams scored 12; third quarter Rock Hills 13 and Red Cloud 17; both teams scored 17 in the fourth. Rock Hills girls also were defeated, but only by one point. The final score was 61-62 in favor of the Warriors. Rock Hills out-scored Red Cloud in both...
Friday the Superior-Deshler Cooperative wrestling girls competed in Geneva in an all girls invitational. Cheyenne Stacy won first place in the 120 weight class. Carlee Hinz place second in the 145 pound class and Grace Martin placed 10th in the 170 pound class. Girls from 24 schools competed. They included Adsams Central, York, Seward, Auburn, Wood River, Palmyra, Louisville, Lincoln Southeast, Centennial, Fillmore Central, Sandy Creek, Meridian, Columbus, Lincoln, Shelton, Dorchester,...
Members of the Raider Wrestling team competed Saturday at the Fillmore Central Wrestling Invitational. Montey Hajny placed 12th in the 144 pound class. Leslie Corman placed 13th in the 150 pound class. In the 165 pound class, Augustus Harrison placed 10th and Grayhm Beck placed 12th. Brent McLaughlin placed 11th in the 175 pound class. Ace Wulf placed 7th in the 215 weight class and Parker Ostdiek place 11th in the 285 pound class....
With a formidable weather forecast, of mixed precipitation, dropping temperatures and high winds, Superior’s basketball games were moved from Saturday afternoon to Saturday morning at Alma. A week ago, the trip home from the Grand Island Holiday Tournament was hampered by heavy fog. Superior Girls beat Alma 53-34 Superior girls opened the New Year with a win over the Alma Cardinals 53-34. The Wildcats strong defensive effort continues to challenge opponents. Halle Bargen scored early in the first quarter, but it was Sadie Cornell’s com...
Nona L. (Wagoner) Lechtenberg was born on May 23, 1949, in Clarinda, Iowa, to Glen and Marjorie (Bair) Wagoner. She died peacefully on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, at the age of 75. She graduated from Clarinda High School in Clarinda, Iowa. Nona spent most of her days poolside being a lifeguard and cruising the streets in her purple Edsel, commonly referred to as her "bat mobile." She then attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she earned degrees in home economics and business. She also...
The L-N boys’ basketball team traveled a ways west last week to earn the right to even up their record before the end of the year, 2024. They took on the class C-2 school, Eustis-Farman, also known as Hi-Line. The boys put together a strong game and came home with a 60-42 victory on its record, making the season record to date: 3-3. Because of electronic difficulties we don’t have complete statistics to report, but it appears the Raiders played a pretty steady game. They outscored Hi-Line 41-25 in the first half and 21-17 in the second half. Wi...
Other than the greatest story ever told (the Christmas Story) last week’s second greatest story was the L-N girls’ basketball team trip to western Nebraska to play Hi-Line (Eustis) High School. The Class D-2 Lady Raiders took on another of the 18 or 19 teams in a higher class. And . . . they came home with a win. A 49-41 victory. The game was, without a doubt, the most interesting contest of the young season to date. Looking at the box score was the most puzzling view in the statistics. It looked something like this: L-N 7 9 12 21 - 49 Hi-...
