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The high school sport of wrestling has been affected by the 2023-24 winter weather just as most other activities in high schools across the state. However, on Jan. 18, the L-N Raiders got in three dual matches. They were with Superior, Harvard and Sandy Creek. As with many of the state’s smaller schools who sponsor the sport of wrestling, there is not always enough participants to fill all the weight classes. The results are as follows: L-N 24 – HARVARD 17: Harvard had only three boys in action at this meet. As such, four Raiders recorded poi...
Friday, the Rock Hills girls won over Lincoln 41 to 31, an amazing feat for the small, but mighty team. The seven member Rock Hills team includes Halle Mizner, Emma Strnad, Bethany Simmelink, Hannah Simmelink, Grace Ayers, Alex Fogo and Alivia Linberg....
The Rock Hills Grizzlies’ recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Friday after their fifth straight loss. They took a 45-39 hit at the hands of Lincoln. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Rock Hills in their matchups with Lincoln; they’ve now lost four in a row. Rock Hills lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Cooper McDill, who scored 15 points. That was a full 38.5 percent of Rock Hills’ points, marking the sixth time in a row he’s earned more than a third of the team’s points. A...
The Superior Wrestling Invitational was orginally scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 12. However, weather delayed the event. Monday, students welcomed an early out and the school halls filled with wrestlers, their fans and families. Superior placed 12th with 45.5 points. Superior Girls Results In the girls 105 pound class, Cheyenne Stacy (15-6) placed second and scored 18.0 team points. In the quarterfinal - Stacy won by fall over Camden Kouba, Omaha Concordia girls, 3-13 (fall 2:33) In the semifinal - Stacy won by fall over Khloe Wiseman , Adams...
Friday, the Superior Wildcats trailed only slightly , but could never close the gap as they fell 36-31 to Red Cloud. At the end of the first quarter, the young team trailed by one point and the score was Superior 6, Red Cloud 7. But the trend continued, leaving the Wildcats once again with a loss. Superior's loss was their third straight at home, leaving them with only one win and 13 losses. They average 27.7 points per game which simply has not been enough to win. Colten Butler, a sophomore, co...
Friday, the Superior Wildcat girls bounced back when they won 44-30 over Red Cloud after a tough loss on the road to St. Cecilia. Superior's victory bumped their record up to 9-6. For Red Cloud, their loss dropped their record down to 8-7. The Wildcats outscored the Warriors in each of the four quarters The first quarter ended with Superior having a five point lead (13 to 8). However, the margin was narrow in both the second and third quarters with the Wildcats scoring only one more point than...
The L-N Raider wrestling team is easing back into action with two meets. One at the end of the year and one just last week. The young team is learning the tricks of the game and improving each meet. The results: FILLMORE CENTRAL: Held Dec. 30. 157 Pound Division: Augustus Harrison (1-9) had five matches, receiving a bye in one match and lost four. 175 Pound Division: Grayhm Beck (2-9) five matches, placed 9th. Won over teammate Brandt McLaughlin and won over opponent from Fillmore Central and ha...
The L-N Lady Raiders picked up their third victory of the season last week as the New Year part of the season begins. The win came over Giltner and was the largest "margin of victory" for the girls this season. The win gives the local girls a 3-8 record to date, but it interesting to note who the girls are playing this season. For the season, 16 opponents for L-N are class D-1 or larger schools. Of the eight losses this season to date, seven of the schools are class D-1 or larger. All three...
It was a tough holiday break and initial January game for the L-N boys' basketball team. Three games went into the lost column for the season. The season record stands at 6 wins and 5 losses for the beginning of this week. However, a closer look at the record quickly shows that four of the five losses were to schools in larger classes than our L-N school. The breakdown: one loss to a C-1 school; two losses to C-2 schools and one loss to a D-1 school. The other loss was to a D-2 school that...
Friday, the Thayer Central Titans held off the Superior Wildcats ladies team by a score of 30-28. It was a major disappointment for the Wildcats who had controlled the game from the opening tip. The Wildcats jumped out to lead 9-2 which was the largest lead of the entire game. By the end of the first period, the Titans had cut the Wildcat lead to 3 points. From the beginning, the Titans had trouble defending Superior's Reagan Meyers, a 6 foot 3 inch freshman. Meyers had five of her game-high 11...
The Superior Wildcats scored 23 points to Thayer Central's 43 points Friday evening. On Saturday the Wildcats scored 27 points to Fillmore Central's 64 points. The Wildcats are scheduled to take on Heartland in Superior Friday and then travel to Sandy Creek on Saturday....
The Superior High School boys basketball team closed out 2023 with two losses at the Runza Holiday Tournament at Central City. The lost 64 to 23 to Cross County. The game was never close as the Wildcats trailed 37 to 9 at the half. They finished tourney play with a 49 to 22 loss to Bruning-Davenport-Shickley Saturday. They enter 2024 with a 1-9 record. Statistics were unavailable at press time. Superior visits Hebron Friday for a game against Thayer Central. Fillmore Central plays at Superior...
The Superior High School girls basketball team lost an overtime claw scratcher to the 10-0 Cross County Cougars in overtime, 62 to 55 at the Runza Holiday Tournament at Central City Friday. The Cougars outscored the Wildcats 14 to 7 in the overtime period to take the win. Superior visits Hebron Friday for matchup with Thayer Central. The Wildcats host Fillmore Central at the high school gymnasium Saturday. The Wildcats travel to Henderson Tuesday to play Heartland....
The Superior High School boys and girls wrestling teams competed at the Fillmore Central Invitational at Geneva Saturday. The boys team finished 12th place, with 51 points in the 14 team field. The girls team finished in 12th place, with 35 points, in the 18 team field. Holden McDonald took third place honors and 14 team points in the 126 pound weight bracket. Jackson Bernal earned two team points with his ninth place finish at 132 pounds. Cooper Benjamin was in fifth place in the 138 pound weight bracket where he earned one team point. Cooper...
The Lawrence-Nelson High school wrestling team finished in 14th place, with three points, in the 14 team boys field at the Fillmore Central Invitational Saturday at Geneva. 157 pounds Augustus Harrison (1-9) placed 11th and scored 0.0 team points. 175 pounds Grayhm Beck (2-9) placed 9th. 175 pounds Brandt McLaughlin (2-12) placed 10th and scored 0.0 team points. 285 pounds Nathan Elledge (9-9) placed 6th and scored 3.0 team points. The Raiders compete at the Franklin Invitational, at Franklin, Saturday....
Both the boys and girls basketball teams traveled west for the Holiday Basketball Tournament in Hershey, Nebraska, last week. They mixed it up with Class C-1 and C-2 schools and it didn’t turn out nice for the Raiders. Because of the holiday scheduling of work, school time and other demands, we did not have the ability to report fully on the games. The end results were a pair of losses for each team. Boys: lost to C-1 Gothenburg 34 to 59 in the first round of play and lost to Class C-2 Hershey 37 to 54 in the second round of play. Girls: l...
Rock Hills girls basketball took on Ellis last Tuesday in Mankato. Ellis outscored the Grizzlies 51 to 36 to win the game. Hallie Mizner lead the Grizzles in scoring with 18 points. She was followed by Bethany Simmelink with 9. Hannah Simmelink added 4, Grace Ayers added three and Alex Fogo added two points. Elllis outscored the Grizzlies in all four quarters. However, at the end of the first quarter, Ellis held only a two point lead. Rock Hills team is composed of seven players. Ellis fielded...
Rock Hills boys played Ellis in Mankato last Tuesday evening for the last game of the season before winter break. Ellis beat the Grizzlies 59 to 44. Cooper McDill lead the Grizzlies in scoring with 21 points. Four of McDills baskets were three pointers. He was followed by Eli Whelchel who scored 11 points. Others adding to the score for the Grizzlies were Ethan Wirth with 5; Eli Vance with 3; Tristyn Reynolds and Justin Luong each with one point. Rock Hills outscored Ellis in the fourth quarter...
The L-N Raiders took a jump from the frying pan (EMF) into the fire last week. After fighting a Class C-2 team in EMF, L-N entertained one of the better Class D-2 team in the area from undefeated Shelton. They then traveled to Hampton on Thursday night and regained their winning ways with a 30-22 win. The game summaries: BOYS VS SHELTON: 38-57: It was easy to see why the Shelton boys were undefeated going into this game. Not only were they an athletic group of boys, but they were also a tall...
Highs . . . and lows . . . are common in life. They happen on the basketball court as well as in personal lives. The L-N Lady Raiders experienced both last week. They lost to a very good Shelton, scoring only 12 points in the game. That's a low . . . the lowest number of points in both last year and in this year so far. Then . . . they hit a "high" when they traveled to Hampton, scoring the most points in either last year, or this year so far. Game summaries: GIRLS VS SHELTON: 12-59: The first t...
The Superior Wildcats were the 75-48 winner over the Alma Cardinals when they last played one another back in February, 2022, but their fate changed this time around. Superior was defeated a 52- 25 at the hands of Alma last Tuesday. Losing is never fun, but they were ranked by Nebraska's MaxPreps 270th to Alma's ranking of 49th. Superior saw underclassman, Colten Butler, step up when he scored 72 percent of Superior's points and brought in 10 rebounds. It is the third time in a row he's earned...
Superior girls lost to Alma last Tuesday 42-58. Superior sparked their fans hopes for a win during the first quarter when they scored 17 points to Alma's nine. However, from there it was downhill for the Wildcats when Alma came back during the second quarter with 14 points to the Wildcats nine. The third quarter Alma scored 17 to Superior four and then finished the game for 18 points during the fourth quarter to Superior's 12. Thursday, Superior girls rebounded with a 54-39 win over Cozad. The...
The Lawrence-Nelson boys and girls basketball teams were defeated by Exeter-Milligan on Friday. The boys lost a 66-36 contest and the girls a 33-21 contest....
It was a 1-2 or 2-1 week for the Superior varsity basketball teams depending upon whether you were considering the boys or the girls teams. The girls won two and lost one while the boys won one and lost two. In boys action Friday night, Superor defeated Meridian 54-33 But they couldn't keep the steam up and lost Saturday night to Centennial by a 51-15 margin. The boys lost a close one, 42-40 to Blue Hill last Saturday. The girls defeated Blue Hill, 39-31 last Tuesday and blew out Meridian 56 to...
The Rock Hills Boys Basketball team lost Friday to Axtell. The final score was 58-31 The girls team also lost to Axtell by a score of 32-26....
