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It's a case of not quite enough for the Rock Hills High School volleyball team. In their past five matches they won at least one set but were unable to scale the summit of winning the second set and the match. The Grizzlies hosted Osborne and Thunder Ridge at Mankato Tuesday for a triangular match. Osborne won in three set, 25-23, 27-25 and 25-14. Thunder Ridge took three sets, 15-25, 25-15 and 25-15, to down Rock Hills. The Grizlies stay close in all their matches but just not quite enough. It...
Trystyn Reynolds, a Rock Hills High School cross country runner, competes with the Pike Valley High School team as part of a regular season cooperative program. Reynolds finished in 78th place for Pike Valley at the Wamego Invitational Saturday. His time was 20:44.6 over the 5K course....
The Lawrence-Nelson High School football team refused to allow their narrow loss last week get in the way. They rebounded nicely against a previously unbeaten Arapahoe team, at Arapahoe, Friday, with a 68-14 trouncing of the Warriors. The Raiders scored early and often against a hapless Arapahoe defense. The second half was played under the mercy rule with a running clock. That didn’t stop Lawrence-Nelson from putting on their best offessive and defensive show of the season. Krayton Kucera completed 10 of his 12 pass attempts for 237 yards a...
It was a rough week for the Lawrence-Nelson volleyball team as their strength of schedule continues to handicap the team. The Raiders went 2-3 in their last five matches. The week started off well with a hard fought three-set, 25-23, 25-23 and 25-17 win against Friend at Friend last Tuesday. A visit to Deshler, Thursday, resulted in a four-set, 13-25, 25-22, 25-20 and 17-25 loss to the Dragons. Lawrence-Nelson hosted a tournament Saturday and they were rudely treated by their guests. Exeter-Milligan handed the Raiders a three-set, 25-16, 22-25...
It was a long week for the Superior Wildcats volleyball team. The team played six matches in four days going 4-2 over that stretch and watching a five match win streak come to an end. Superior feasted on the Kenesaw Blue Devils, 25-14 and 25-19, in a two-set sweep of a home triangular match. They followed up with a two-set, 25-16 and 25-23, win over Doniphan-Trumbull. The Bruning-Davenport-Shickley Eagles sank their talons into the Wildcats with their four-set, 25-18, 20-25, 25-10 and 25-18,...
The Superior High School cross country team competed at the Fairbury Invitational Thursday. The 5K races were run at the high school course. Superior posted no team scores as they did not field at least four runners in eaxh class. Colten Butler took 53rd place in the men’s 5k with his time of 22:03.4. There were 117 starters in the field. Kash Wenske came in 81st with his time of 24:19.87. Rebecca Tadeo finished in 31st place in the 60 runner field. her time was 27:39.47. Tenley Siebecker brought home a 10th place finish in the 2400 meter m...
The Superior High School football team visted Kensaw Friday for a game with the Blue Devils. The Wildcats left feeling blue after being bedeviled 36-14. Sueprior held the lead at 7-6 after the first period. Kenesaw came back to score two touchdowns to one for the Wildcats to lead 22-14 at the half. Superior was unable to generate any momentum in the second half as Kenesaw slowly pulled away for the 36-14 win. Superior was left with an 0-4 record for the season. Statistics for the game were...
The Superior High School girls golf team visited Grand Island last Tuesday for a dual match with Doniphan-Trumbull. The teams played a nine-hole match over the Indianhead Golf Course. The team played the Heartland Invitational Thursday at Henderson over the Galaway Golf course. Superior continued their stellar season with second place honors at the Fairbury Invitational Monday. Nine teams entered golfers at the event. The Wildcats closed out Doniphan-Trumbull by 64 strokes. Superior came in with a team toal of 207 while the Cardinals checked...
Rowan Jarosik scored another first place finish for the USD South Central Red Raiders when he crossed the finish line at the Fairbury Invitational Thursday. It was his second consecutive first place finish in two races. His time over the 5K course was 17:58. Sean Heaton was in 72nd place with the time of 23:18. The two runners will be on the course at the Fillmore Central Invitational at Geneva Thursday....
The Lawrence-Nelson High School football team refused to allow their narrow loss last week get in the way. They rebounded nicely against a previously unbeaten Arapahoe team, at Arapahoe, Friday, with a 68-14 trouncing of the Warriors. The Raiders scored early and often against a hapless Arapahoe defense. The second half was played under the mercy rule with a running clock. That didn't stop Lawrence-Nelson from putting on their best offessive and defensive show of the season. Krayton Kucera...
It was a rough week for the Lawrence-Nelson volleyball team as their strength of schedule continues to handicap the team. The Raiders went 2-3 in their last five matches. The week started off well with a hard fought three-set, 25-23, 25-23 and 25-17 win against Friend at Friend last Tuesday. A visit to Deshler, Thursday, resulted in a four-set, 13-25, 25-22, 25-20 and 17-25 loss to the Dragons. Lawrence-Nelson hosted a tournament Saturday and they were rudely treated by their guests. Exeter-Mill...
Brad Shelton of Tonganoxie, Kan., has been recognized by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) as a National Assistant Coach of the Year. The ABCA has been recognizing the merits of assistant coaches since 1999. The ABCA uses criteria such as coaching expertise, loyalty to the program and respect for players as it searches for candidates for its award program. Nominated candidates are reviewed by the ABCA All-American and Coach of the Year committees as well as the ABCA national...
It was another rough outing for the Superior High School football team Friday at Brodstone Memorial Field when they fell to the Bruning-Davenport-Shickley Eagles 50-21. Superior stayed close for the first quarter as they went into the second quarter trailing 14-7. The wheels came off the defensive side of the ball in the second quarter as the Eagles scored 20 unanswered points to take a 34-7 lead at the halfway mark The Superior High School Drill team performed a flag routine at the half. They also provided cheer support throughout the game....
The Superior high sShool girls golf team returns to the links today (Thursday) when they travel to Henderson for the Heartland Invitational. The Wildcats play the Fairbury Invitational over the Fairbury Country Club course at Fairbury Monday....
The Superior Wildcats remain undefeated after three matches as they dismantled the Fillmore Central Panthers, in three sets, 25-19, 25-15 and 25-18, at Superior, last Tuesday, and sweeping the Lawrence-Nelson Raiders in three sets, 25-14, 25-16 and 25-23, at Nelson Thursday. Superior hosted a triangular meet with Kenesaw and Doniphan-Trumbull at the high school gymnasium Tuesday. Match results were unavailable at press time. Fillmore Central posed no great challenge for the Wildcat as Superior d...
The Superior High School cross country team hosted the Superior Invitational run over the Superior Country Club course, Thursday. The boys field had full teams from McCool Junction, Fillmore Central, Grand Island Central Catholic, Fairbury, Hatsings St. Cecilia and Blue Hill. Schools with runners who did not fiied a full team were South Central USD 5, Thayer Central, Superior, Deshler and Silver Lake. Colten Butler took 20th place for Superior with his time of 21:54.260 over the 3.5 kilometer co...
The South Central USD 5 High School cross country team competed at the Superior Invitational run over the Superior Country Club course, Thursday. The boys field had full teams from McCool Junction, Fillmore Central, Grand Island Central Catholic, Fairbury, Hastings St. Cecilia and Blue Hill. Schools with runners who did not field a full team were South Central USD 5, Thayer Central, Superior, Deshler and Silver Lake. Rowan Jarosik was the first place medalist with his time of 18:48:986. Sean...
Despite the high intensity rivalry between Lawrence-Nelson and Superior, the Raiders were outmatched Thursday as Superior swept the Raiders in three sets, 25-14, 25-16 and 25-23. Superior has been a regular qualifier for the state C-2 championship while the Raiders toil in Class D-2, playing above their class in a majority of their games. Adding to the weight is an road heavy schedule. The differences in numbers, experience and size were on full display. The Raiders played at a high energy level but Superior was just too much. The loss left...
The clock caught up with the Lawrence-Nelson Raiders as they attempted a fourth quarter comeback before falling 52-44 to Falls City Sacred Heart at Falls City, Friday. The Raiders never gave up even when face with a 16 point deficit headed into the final 12 minutes of the game. Falls City put 20 points on the score board in the first quarter before Krayton Kucera scampered four yards into the Irish end zone. The point after conversion was unsuccessful as the Raiders trailed 20-6. Lawrence-Nelson trailed 28-6 going into the second quarter....
The Lawrence-Nelson Raiders football team opened their season with a dominant performance on both sides of the ball, downing intra-county rival, Superior, 52-14, before a large crowd at Lawrence, Friday. Krayton Kucera put on an offensive show, scoring four rushing touchdowns and completing a pass to Tyson Kotinek for a touchdown. Toby Kotinek scored a rushing touchdown as did Connor Janda. The Superior defense had no answers for the Raider onslaught. The Raiders defense dug in and allowed the...
The Lawrence-Nelson Raiders volleyball team is off to a fast start to their 2022 season. The team faces a tough schedule as they seek to improve upon their 17-15 record from last season. The Class D-2 school faces off against three C-2 schools, 9 D-1 schools and only five D-2 schools. They got off to a strong start in their season opener when they swept Giltner, 25-23, 25-19 and 25-20, in three sets at Giltner Thursday. The team competed at a triangular match at Axtell, Saturday. They fell to ho...
The Superior High School cross country team opens their 2022 season today (Thursday) with the Superior Invitational being run over the 3.5 kilometer Superior Country Club course. Ron Hershberger, coach, has four varsity runners this season. Laci Kirchhoff, Rebecca Tadeo, Colten Butler and Kash Wenske are the girls running with Colten Butler and Kash Wenske are the varsity runners. Tenley Siebecker and Bella Henderson are the middle school runners. More than 10 schools are expected to compete at...
The Superior High School volleyball team opened their 2022 season with a three-set sweep of Thayer Central at the high school gymnasium Thursday. The match marked the debut of Jessica Diehl as head coach. Superior hosted Fillmore Central, Tuesday, for the Parents Night Match. Results were unavailable at press time. Superior was never seriously challenged in their three set, 25-14, 25-20 and 25-20 sweep. Teegan Duncan and Madison Heusinkvelt slammed down 12 kills each for Superior. Halle Bargen...
The Superior High School girls golf team continued to roll as they brought home a third place finish in a 10-team field at the Kearney Catholic Invitational played over the Meadowlark Hills Golf Course last Thursday. The match was an 18-hole event. Other teams at the match were Broken Bow, Kearney Catholic, Grand Island Central Catholic, St. Paul, Gothenberg, Cozad, North Platte St. Patrick’s’s, Sutton and Gibbon. Arcadia-Loup City, Ravenna and Doniphan-Trumbull did not field full teams but entered individual players. The Wildcats finished wit...
More than 70 contestants will vie for points in the following events: team roping, breakaway, tie down, bareback, barrel racing, pole bending, boys cutting, goat tying, saddle bronc and reined cow horse. Local entrants are Nelson residents Wyatt Hajny and Josie Hajny. Josie and Wyatt will ride together in team roping. Josie will compete in breakaway. Wyatt is currently in fourth place in the steer wrestling standings. He will be looking to move up the standings as he is only six points out from first place The Nebraska High School Rodeo...
