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Beginning any high school sports season can be tough. Starting with a team that lost many of players from last year's team and playing one of the top teams in your class compounds the start. L-N lost its opening game of the 2024 season last Friday when they traveled to Howells-Dodge. The score was 8-36. Score by quarter: L-N 0 8 0 0 - 8 H-D 14 6 8 8 - 36 For a first game of the season, the game was well played by both teams. Each team had one turnover and penalties were scarce. There was no scor...
The Rock Hills High School football team gets the 2024 season underway, Friday, when they travel to Beloit to take on St. John’s. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. Wyatt Flynn returns as head coach. Stuart Vance and Jarrett Christie serve as assistant coaches. Kaden Wurm is the student manager. The team looks to improve on their 3-6 record from last season. They were eliminated in the first round of post-season play. The team returns the bulk of its starters from last season. There are several freshmen who will be looked to as contributors on b...
The Rock Hills high School volleyball team kicked off the regular 2024 season with two wins at the Pike Valley triangular match at Scandia Friday. The Grizzlies made quick work of Pike Valley with a two-set, 25-9 and 25-5. The Grizzlies swept Tescott in two sets, 25-12 and 25-21. The Grizzlies competed at the St. John’s-Tipton triangular, at Tipton, Tuesday. Match results were unavailable at press time. Halle Mizner led the Rock Hills Rock Hills killers against Pike Valley with four. Bethany Simmelink and Alex Fogo accounted for three kills a...
The Superior High School volleyball team found the transition from practice to actual game to be tougher than expected. The Wildcats hosted the Thayer Central Titans at Superior Thursday. Thayer Central came out on top with a three-set, 26-28, 18-25 and 20-25 sweep. Superior lost the nailbiter first set 28-26. They were unable to generate the needed momentum to stage a comeback. Superior hosted the Fillmore Central Panthers Tuesday with match results unavailable at press time. On Thursday,...
The parking spaces at Superior's Brodstone Memorial Field filled up early Friday. There was a feeling of optimistic anticipation in the air as fans awaited the opening kickoff of the 2024 season. The Wildcats have a new head coach, Ryan Renz, and returned to Class C-2 11-man football. After the presentation of the colors, the game got underway. Neither team could find a consistent offense rhythm throughout the first two quarters of play. Dropped passes, penalties and staunch defenses held each...
Superior high school golfers Bella Henderson and Rayne Biltoft competed at the Doniphan-Trumbull Invitational last Tuesday. The 18-hole event was played over the Indianhead course at Grand Island. Biltoft finished with a round of 125. Henderson competed in the junior varsity bracket and carded a round of 78 for nine holes. The golfers return to the links today (Thursday) for the Bruning-Davenport-Shickley Invitational being played over the Hidden Hills course at Geneva. The golfers return to Indianhead in Grand Island, Tuesday, for a dual...
The Lawrence-Nelson volleyball team went 1-2 at their opening triangular match at Axtell Saturday. They downed Dundy County-Stratton in three sets, 25-21, 23-25 and 25-23. Axtell handed the Raiders a two-set, 20-25 and 21-25, loss. It took Alma three sets, 16-25, 25-22 and 21-25, to put away Lawrence-Nelson. The Raiders host Superior at Lawrence today (Thursday). The Raiders travel to Friend Tuesday for a match with Exeter-Milligan-Friend....
It was a long bus ride to Howells for the Lawrence-Nelson Raiders for their first game of the season. It was an even longer ride home after falling 36-8 to the Howells-Dodge Jaguars. Howells-Dodge sported a 14 point lead after the first quarter. The Raiders scored their lone touchdown in the second period. They pulled off a successful two-point conversion but trailed 20-8 at the half. The Raiders defense remained porous as the Jaguars added eight points in both the third and fourth quarters to pull away for the 36-8 win. Wyatt Frey, the sophomo...
The Rock Hills High School cross country team opens the 2024 season Wednesday at the Tescott Invitational. Start time is 3 p.m. The 2024 Grizzly team is composed of Trystyn Reynolds, Kobi Bowers, Treyton Reynolds, Spencer Lindberg, Noah Eakins, Cruz Navarro, Kiplee Kussmann, Justin Luong, Owen Mizner, Nolan Grout, Blake Fulta, Alivia Lindberg and Chloe Rothchild. The coach is Shannon Meier....
The Rock Hills Grizzlies football team will show off their preseason form Friday at Mankato. The price of admission is a non-perishable food item. These items will be donated to area food pantries. The event is sponsored by the Rock Hills FFA chapter. The football scrimmage is set for 7 p.m....
The Father-Son duo of Dan Higer and Tycen Higer claimed the overall first place score at "The Bradrick," a 2- person scramble golf tournament held at Mankato Country Club on Saturday, Aug. 17. The Higers held off 23 other teams to claim their right on the Jack Bradrick Memorial plaque that hangs on the wall at the clubhouse. The tournament is held in honor of the late Jack Bradrick, who died in February of 2008, and was a regular golfer at Mankato Country Club for many years. Jack also spent...
The old saying: “what a difference a day makes . . .” could be convert to “what a difference a year makes . . .” for the L-N Raider Football Team. Both the schedule and the roster has change quite a bit for 2024. That’s not all bad, but could be interesting. • Roster: 22 young men reported for duty this year. Not a lot different than in recent years. However, the makeup of the team did change. The 2023 roster was senior heavy and that contributed to the 2023 record of 7-3. 2024 has four seniors and four juniors on the squad, followed by...
The Lawrence-Nelson cross country team opens the 2024 season at the Superior Invitational Tuesday. The meet is being run over the 5K Superior Country Club Course. Start time for the first race is 4 p.m. The 2024 Raider team is comprised of Sawyer Cox, a senior, Leslie Corman, a sophomore and Kynnedy Beale, a sophomore....
The Lawrence-Nelson High School volleyball team is set to open their 2024 season Saturday at the Axtell Invitational. It is a four-team match. The Raiders face an uphill battle each year to reach the state tournament round. Their schedule is heavily weighted with D-1 and C-2 schools. They play 10 D-1 schools, 1 C-2 and 1 C1 while competing against 5 D-2 schools. The Raiders play above their weight and struggle to obtain enough wild card points to assist in post-season play. The senior class members of the team are Addi McCloskey, Val Koehler, H...
The Superior High School volleyball team opens their season today (Thursday) with a match against the Thayer Central Titans. The team features a wealth of experience with its returning players. Senior class members of the team are Faith Butler, Sadie Cornell, Halle Bargen, Lisa Hartlage and Mia Gardner. Junior class representatives are Khloe Mundorf, Cora Schnakenberg, Jordan Duncan, Peyton Zadina and Ava Kirchhoff. Liv Eitzmann, Olivia Smullins, Reagan Meyers, Maddi Bargen, Hunter Blauvelt,...
The Superior High School football team takes to the turf at Brodstone Memorial Field, Friday, where they will take on the Class C-1 Fairbury Jeffs in the 2024 season opener. The Wildcats are making a return to 11-man football as they return to Class C-2 play after two seasons of 8-man football at the D-1 level. The team has a new head coach, Ryan Renz, while returning all the players from last season's roster. Derek Clark, Cannon Blauvelt and Andrew Diehl are serving as assistant coaches. Treg...
The Rock Hills High School cross country team opens their 2024 season Wednesday at the Tescott Invitational. The 2024 team combines experience with less experienced underclassmen being looked to step up and compete for points. Tristyn Reynolds and Kobi Bowers are the senior class members on the team. Kiplee Kussman is the sole junior class member. The sophomore class is represented by Treyton Reynolds, Noah Eakins, Justin Luong and Blake Fultz. Owen Mizner and Nolan Grout are the freshman class members. Alivia Lindberg and Chloe Rothchild make...
The Superior High School girls golf team opens their 2024 season today (Thursday) with a match at Central City being played over the Valley View Golf Course. Rayne Biloft is a senior, a state qualifier and four-year team member. Kaitlyn Nielsen is a junior. Bella Henderson is a freshman. Ryan Henderson is serving as the team coach. The Wildcats will compete at the Doniphan-Trumbull Invitational, Tuesday. The match will be played over the Indian Head Golf Course at Grand Islan...
The Superior High School football team will hold a pre-season scrimmage Friday at 6 p.m. The setting is the Wildcat Community Track....
The Superior High School volleyball team will host a pre-season jamboree at the Superior High School gymnaium Monday at 5 p.m. Participating teams are Deshler and Exeter-Milligan-Friend....
The sand greens at the Lawrence Country Club and the artificial turf greens at the Elk Creek Country Club in Nelson (surf and turf) served as this weekend’s battle ground for area golf enthusiasts. Twenty-one teams of three started the tournament in Nelson on Saturday morning, ending the night with a prime rib dinner. Play resumed Sunday morning with a shotgun start at the Lawrence course. The golfers played 18 holes at each site. Winners of the championship flight were the team of Mike Ostdiek, Dave Muff and Cooper Damgard. The team shot t...
Jewell County's very own Jamie Harvey scored her first Hole-In-One at Mankato Country Club on Saturday. Harvey was participating in Mankato Country Club's annual 27 Hole Three- Person Scramble golf tournament with teammates Stuart Boyles and Rachel Dalton. The team was teeing off on hole No. 4, a 124 yard par 3, in their second round of play. She hit a slightly lofted 7 iron that started left and faded toward the hole. The shot landed on the green, took one hop and rolled into the cup. Harvey...
Have you ever hit a golf shot and immediately wished you could have a redo? Well, on Sunday, July 21 at the Lawrence Country Club, 37 participants were able to do just that. They all took part in the 1-Person Scramble at the course. Results of the tournament are as follows: Championship flight: First place, Tim Streff 59; second place, Phil Schroer 60; and third place, Brad Kohmetscher 60. First flight: First place, Dale Kohmetscher 65; second place, Marc Stokes 65; and third place, Keith Kohmetscher 66. Second flight: First place, Tami...
The Lawrence Nelson Volleyball team held their little Raiders volleyball camp July 14 & 15. Several enthusiastic girls took part in the camp and had a great time learning about volleyball....
Brodstone Community Wellness reported the success of the 42nd Annual FireKracker Run, held on Thursday, July 4. This year the event was hosted for the first time by Brodstone Community Wellness; a task which was not taken lightly with the beloved event being hosted by Dr. Blecha and the Superior Joggers for the past 41 years. The race welcomed 281 participants of all ages, who enjoyed a beautiful morning with blue skies contrary to the forecasted rain. Runners and walkers alike came together to...
