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It was a busy week for members of the Superior High School track and field teams. The Wildcats opened the 2023 season at the Sutton Invitational, at Sutton lastTuesday. The girls team finished in third place, with 69 points, while the boys team finished 12th with two points in the 12 team field. Other schools taking part at the meet were Osceola, Hastings St. Cecilia, Centura, Sutton, Doniphan-Trumbull, Shelton Public, Bruning-Davenport-Shickley, Gibbon, Sandy Creek, Harvard and Heartland Commun...
The Southeast Nebraska Conference All Conference boys and girls honors have been released. Sadie Cornell earned a place on the first team. Ella Gardner landed a place on the second team. Halle Bargen was named to the third place team. Laci Kirchhoff was awarded an honorable mention. Jacob Meyer was awarded an honorable mention for the all conference boys team....
The Superior High School boys golf team open their 2023 campaign today (Thursday) at the Superior Country Club. Their scheduled season opening match at Geneva, Tuesday, was cancelled because the course was not in a playable condition. Today’s match was originally set for Tuesday but was rescheduled because of the state FFA convention at Lincoln. The quad match will feature intra-county rival Lawrence-Nelson High School as well as Sutton. The Wildcats host the Superior Invitational, Tuesday. It will be played over the Superior Country Club c...
The Superior High School boys and girls track and field teams opened their 2023 season at the Sutton Invitational Tuesday. Meet results were unavailable at press time. The Wildcats compete at back to back meets Friday and Saturday. They travel to Wilcox, Friday, for the Wilcox-Hildreth Invitational. Superior visits Fairbury Saturday for the Fairbury Invitational....
The Lawrence-Nelson High School boys golf team opens the 2023 season today (Thursday) at the Superior quadrangular match being played over the Superior Country Club Course. The team will return to Superior, Tuesday, for the Superior Invitational. The event will be played over the Superior Country Club Course....
The Lawrence-Nelson boys and girls track and field teams open the 2023 season at the Deshler Twilight triangular match today (Thursday). The team travels to Kenesaw, Tuesday, for the Kenesaw Invitational. Members of the boys team are Aidan Zikmund, Carter Griffis, Cody Funk, Devyn Zikmund, Erik Wheeland, Nolan Ostdiek, Nathan Pofahl, Rocky Miller, Roy Davidson, Sawyer Cox and Tyson Kotinek. Members of the girls team are Addison McCloskey, Hanna Skinner, Jessica Sole and Sydney Biltoft. Preston Hild serves as the head coach....
Saturday 24 students from Superior Public Schools attended the 2023 Nebraska NASP State Tournament in Lincoln. Owen Perrie was Superior' highest scoring archer. He shot 10 - tens and scored a 269. Perrie ranked 25 out of 107 high school boys, and 10 out of 35 twelfth grade boys. The second highest scorer was Danny Fuller, a seventh grade student, who shot eight - tens and scored a 262. He ranked 14 out of 172 middle school boys and third out of 54 seventh grade boys. Third high scorer was Jade...
The Superior High School boys and girls track and field teams open the 2023 season at the Sutton Invitational at Sutton Tuesday. The senior boys track team members are Aaron Allgood, Cristian Avalos, Chris Chavez, EJ Evslokk, Henry Griljava, Aiden Humphries, Luke Jameson, Dereck Kirchhoff, James Love, Tanner Theis and Riedar Vier. Sophomore class members are Dylan Edwards, Thomas Mathis and Christian Osweiller. Freshman class representatives are Kyler Boyles, Dayne Clark, Declan Miller and Lincoln Sander. Senior class girls team members are...
The Superior High School boys golf team will open their season, Tuesday, with a match hosted by Fillmore High School, Geneva, over the Hidden Hills course. Kirk Utecht, entering his eighth year as coach, noted the course was not yet open and the match was unlikely to take place because of weather and course conditions. Projected varsity team members are Colten Butler, Carsyn Koeing, Ashton Grassman, Aaron Grassman, Cooper Ehlers and Owen Perrie. Weather permitting, the Wildcats will host a quadrangular match at the Superior Country Club, today...
If only basketball was a three-quarter game, the Rock Hills Grizzlies girls basketball team would have made their deepest post season run in years. Instead they saw a 10-point lead over Osborne at the end of the third quarter vaporized in the face of a 36-14 Osborne onslaught in the fourth quarter and a 70-58 loss in the semi-final round of the 1A D sub-state bracket. Lauren Whelchel dropped through 24 points in her final game as a Grizzly. Bethany Simmelink capped a sensational freshman year with 12 points. ` The team loses Whelchel, Selena...
Alexa Cox of Nelson is one of 38 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students selected as strengths coaches in the College of Business’ Clifton Strengths Institute. Cox is a sophomore majoring in marketing. Representing a variety of majors across the university, strengths coaches mentor about 1,000 first-year business students in Professional Enhancement I: Investing in Strengths (BSAD 111). The required course for all first-year business students empowers them to excel using their natural talents, learned from taking the Clifton Strengths a...
The Lawrence-Nelson High School boys basketball team hopes for a deep post-season run were dashed by the Sandy Creek Cougars in the opening round of sub-district D-1 6 play last Tuesday at Kenesaw. The Cougars eliminated the Raiders with their 49-37 win. The Raiders led 22-20 at the half and seemed positioned to grind out a win. The teams were tied at 32 when the final quarter got underway. The Raiders offense failed them as Sandy Creek poured through 17 points while limiting the...
The Rock Hills High School girls basketball team scored 76 points in their win over Lakeside, 76-57, at Downs, Friday. This was their highest scoring game of the season. It also marked the first time since 2010 that the team has won a post-season game. They advanced in sub-state 1A-D1 play to the semi-final round. The Grizzlies spurted out to a 33-17 lead at the half and never looked back. Danica Frost led the scoring barrage with a career high 36 points including four three point baskets. Lauren Whelchel produced 22 points. Bethany Simmelink...
The Rock Hills High School boys basketball team concluded their 2022-2023 season with a 59-31 loss to Lakeside at Downs, Friday, in sub-state 1 A-D1 play. Cooper McDill hit for 24 points. The Grizzlies finished the season with a 7-13 record. Troy Duskie and Ethan Kenworthy played their final game as Grizzlies as they graduate this year....
The Lawrence-Nelson girls basketball team saw their path to the district finals blocked by Shelton. The one-loss Bulldogs put an end to the Raiders' hopes with a 65-18 walloping at Shelton Friday. Lawrence-Nelson earned their way into the sub-district D-2 6 final when they downed Heartland Lutheran 50-30 at Shelton last Tuesday. The Raiders opened up a 30-13 halftime lead and cruised to the win. Shelton has lost one game all season and is a favorite to win the D-2 championship at state. Katelyn...
The third quarter cost the Lawrence-Nelson boys basketball team an opportunity to defeat Deshler at Nelson Friday. The Raiders went down 41-30 in their final regular season game. They entered sub-district D-1 8 play Tuesday at Kenesaw where they took on Sandy Creek. Game results were unavailable at press time. Should the Raiders get past Sandy Creek, they will play in the final game Thursday at Kenesaw....
The Rock Hills High School boys basketball team lost to Southern Cloud 44-39 at Miltonvale last Tuesday. They fared no better when they fell to Thunder Ridge 63-23 at Kensington Friday. The Grizzlies carried a 7-13 record into their game at Osborne Tuesday with results unavailable at press time. Statistics were unavailable for both games. Rock Hills opens post-season play at Downs Lakeside High School Friday....
The Rock Hills High School girls basketball team improved their record to 10-9 with two wins on the road. They dominated Southern Cloud 40-7 at Miltonvale last Tuesday. They handled Thunder Ridge 51-38 at Kensington, Friday. The girls closed out their regular season schedule with a game at Osborne Tuesday. Results were unavailable at press time....
The Superior High School boys and girls wrestling teams competed at the state tournament held at Omaha's CHI Center Thursday through Saturday. The event marked the first time Superior girls competed at the state event. They finished in 60th place, with six points, in the 74 team Class D field. The boys finished in 38th place, with 12 points, in the 54 team Class C field. Cheyenne Stacy earned six team points in the 115 pound weight bracket when she won two of her three consolation round...
It was a disappointing end to a stellar season for the Superior High School girls basketball team. They drew a favorable draw in sub-district C-2 8 where they would vie for a berth in the district finals and a chance to advance to the state tournament. They had downed both Thayer Central, the number two seed, and Sutton, the number three seed, twice during the regular season.Unfortunately for the Wildcats, Sutton refused to follow the seedings script. They downed Thayer Central, Tuesday, while...
Coe Nielson competed for Rock Hills at the Region 4-2-1A state qualifying wrestling meet at Beloit Saturday. He wrestled in the 113-pound weight bracket. He earned three team points but failed to qualify for the state meet at Hays. He finished the season with a 22-11 record....
Seven teams competed for the state drill team high kick title in Grand Island, Friday, at the Heartland Events Center. The Superior High School Drill team brought home the State Class C-2/D runner-up trophy. Stephanie Corman, coach, said, “ I am proud of this group of girls. Because of an injury, we had to redo the entire performance, last Monday.” This is Corman’s tenth year to coach the team. It is the fourth year in a row the team has brought home a trophy from the state competition. “It is awesome,” Corman said. “Every year I raise the b...
The Superior High School boys basketball team exited post-season play, Monday, when they lost to Thayer Central 59-44 at Alma. They closed out their regular season schedule with a 65-32 loss to Sutton at Sutton Friday. Ashton Grassman led the Wildcats scoring against Sutton with 12 points. Tanner Theis dropped in nine points. Colten Butler netted six points. Jacob Meyer scored four points. Tate Streit canned a free throw for a point. Meyer put up 20 points against Thayer Central. Tanner Theis scored a point. Roscoe Baumbach added seven points....
The 11 members of the Superior high school drill team are on a mission. They seek their fourth consecutive C-2 state championship high kick title at the Grand Island Heartland Events Center Friday. They will compete against nine teams for the coveted title. The team is coached by Stefanie Corman. Senior team members looking to be part of the historic event are Laci Kirchhoff, Haley Blacktone, Neah McMeen and Brooklyn Grabast. Junior class members are Lilly Edwards, Neveah Wilhelms and Nadia...
The Lawrence-Nelson High School boys basketball team added wins number 10 and 11 for the season when they manhandled the Harvard Cardinals at Nelson last Tuesday and downed the Superior Wildcats, 46-34 at Superior Friday. Harvard was no match for the Raiders who cruised to their easiest win of the season. They led 33-13 at the half and never looked back. Superior posed a tougher test for the Raiders. Lawrence-Nelson held a 23-17 lead at the half. They slowly eased ahead and walked off the court with their 11th win of the season to go with nine...
