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The Lawrence-Nelson volleyball team split their two matches at the Harvard triangular last Tuesday. The Raiders swept, 25-16 and 25-11, in two sets, the hapless and winless Harvard Cardinals. The Kenesaw Blue Devils swept the Raiders, 13-25 and 25-27, in two sets. The Shelton Bulldogs proved to be no friendlier as they swept the Raiders, 17-25, 17-25 and 14-25, in three sets at Shelton Thursday. The Raiders hosted Fillmore Central and Thayer Central at Lawrence Tuesday with match results unavailable at press time. Kara Menke topped the kill...
It has taken three games this year, but the L-N Raiders finally got to entertain an opposing school in this 2024 season. The anticipation was complicated, as the opposition was Wilcox-Hildreth (W-H), the second team on this year's schedule that played well in the state 2023 Football Playoffs. W-H was an unknown quantity since they played six-man football last year and was a quality team. They came into this game with a record of 1-1, losing their first game by one point. L-N also entered the gam...
Thirty-two golfers came out Sunday for the Two Couple Scramble Tournament to finish out the 2024 golf season at the Lawrence Country Club. Winners in the championship flight were the team of Dale and Tami Kohmetscher and Keith and Carolyn Kohmetscher with a 2-round total of 57. Coming in second place were Dean and Sue Stromer and Rich and Karen Faimon with a score of 60. First flight winners were Terry and Melissa Cox and Bailey Cox and Brady Miller with a 64. Second place in the first flight were Lefty and Linda Kohmetscher and Carol Lemke...
Bayleigh Bohlen rounds barrel 2 looking for barrel 3. Bayleigh Bohlen competing in Pole Bending. Josie Hajny competes in Breakaway Roping. Kit Painter and Josie Hajny Team Roping. Josie is ready to heel after Kit catches the steers horns. Monte Hajny and Colter Wright compete in Team Roping. Jasper Elledge and Tandon Bentley compete in Team Roping. This is the last High School rodeo until the Spring Season....
The Rock Hills Grizzlies volleyball team continued their winning ways. They downed the Osborne Bulldogs, 25-16 and 25-13, for a two-set sweep at Mankato last Tuesday. They added a two-set sweep, 25-15 and 25-11, over the Thunder Ridge Longhorns, at the home triangular match. Rock Hills visited Tescott, Tuesday for a triangular match with Tescott and Southern Cloud. Match results were unavailable at press time. Halle Mizner topped the Rock Hills kill chart against Thunder Ridge with seven. Dacey...
A sluggish first quarter did nothing to deter the Rock Hills Grizzlies as they roared back for a 66-16 over the Thunder Ridge Longhorns at Mankato Friday. Rock Hills trailed 8-0 at the end of the first quarter. They made some adjustments on offense while tightening up the defense. The result was a 28-16 lead at the half. They piled on 32 more points in the third quarter for a 60-16 lead. The Grizzlies added six more points in the fourth quarter to earn a 66-16 win and a 2-0 record. Cooper...
It was a tough three days for the Rock Hill crosss country team as they competed in two meets. This allowed little time for rest and recovery. The team competed at the Washington County Invitational meet Thursday and the Wamego Invitational Saturday. The Washington meet featured mild hill with warm and windy weather conditions. The Wamego meet was conducted in foggy weather over a hilly course. with wet grass. The Wamego meet featured runners from 72 schools with more than 850 runners. The boys...
The Superior High School volleyball team faced off against Kenesaw and Doniphan-Trumbull at a triangular match last Tuesday at Doniphan. Superior swept Kenesaw, 25-16 and 15-19, in two sets. They took down Doniphan-Trumbull, 25-13 and 25-13, in a two-set sweep. They took on D-1 powerhouse Bruning-Davenport Shickley at Superior, Thursday, and earned a four-set, 25-22, 25-15, 17-25 and 25-19, win. The Wildcats endured a grueling three matches Saturday at the Sandy Creek Invitational. They swept...
The Superior High School varsity and junior varsity cross country team members competed at the Fairbury Invitational last Thursday. The meet was run over the Fairbury Country Club course. The varsity races were 5000 meters while the junior varsity races were 2400 meters. The boys varsity team finished in 11th place, with 202 points, in the 11 team field. The girls junior varsity team finished in fourth place in the four team field with 62 points. Deylin Dawson finished in 59th place, with his...
Once again it was a tale of two halves. For the first two quarters, Superior and Cross County played to a 6-6 tie at Stromsburg Friday. Defensive lapses in the third quarter allowed the Cougars to open up a 20-6 lead after three quarters. When the Superior offense faltered, Cross County put the game out of reach with a fourth quarter score to leave the field with a 26-6 win and Superior with a 1-2 record for the season. Lincoln Sander completed 14 of his 26 pass attempts for 161 yards. One...
The Superior High School girls golf team competed at the Heartland Invitational Thursday. Bella Henderson shot a nine-hole round of 68 in the junior varsity event. Bella Henderson picked up the second place medal at the Fairbury Invitational Monday with her 18-hole round of 94. The match was played at the Fairbury Country Club. The girls play at Minden Friday and Fullerton Tuesday....
The Nuckolls County Middle school Knights added another win Monday as they downed the Thayer Central Titans at Superior Monday. The Knights are the combined Superior and Lawrence-Nelson middle schools. The Knights prevailed in the game by a 44-0 score and a 2-0 record. Mike Sander, head coach of the Knights, said “We played an aggressive and fundamental game of football. We are grateful for the win.” Camden Wehrman completed six of his nine passes for 111 yards and two touchdowns. Kade Peters landed three receptions for 37 yards and a tou...
The Lawrence-Nelson cross country team opened their season at the Superior Invitational, Tuesday, Sept. 3. The races were run over the Superior Country Club course. Sawyer Cox finished in 24th place with his time of 22:12 in the boys varsity race. Leslie Corman took 45th place with his time of 25:48. This was Corman’s first race. Kynnedy Beale earned the 15th place medal in the girls race with her time of 25:43. Jaxen Vaughn was in 11th place in the boys junior high race with his time of 8:25. Cox took 47th at the Fairbury Invitational T...
The Lawrence-Nelson High School voleyball team continues to feel the wrath of its schedule. The Raiders received an unfriendly welcome at Friend, last Tuesday, when the Exeter-Milligan-Friend Bobcats handed them a 17-25, 17-25 and 21-25 sweep. Their visit to Deshler Thursday resulted in a narrow five set, 18-25, 25-17, 25-27, 25-20 and 13-15 loss. A return to Friend Saturday brought the team no relief. The Aquinas Monarchs handed them a 25-17, 14-25 and 23-25, three set loss. The Sutton Mustangs piled on with a three set 21-25, 25-20 and 22-25...
The Lawrence-Nelson High School football team added another win to the list as they downed the Wilcox-Hildreth Falcons at Lawrence Friday. Wyatt Frey completed five of ten pass attempts for 100 yards and a touchdown. Caden Culbertson hauled in one pass for a 45 yard touchdown. Cody Brockman pulled in two passes for 38 yards. Jack Williams made one reception for 17 yards. Jace Hoelting grabbed one pass for eight yards. Frey converted his 18 carries into 109 yards and three touchdowns. Williams netted 102 yards from his 17 carries. He scored a to...
Conventional football wisdom tells us that most football teams improve the most between the first and second games of any season. Last Friday's game against Blue Hill seemed to give evidence to that theory. The L-N Raiders scored two TD's every quarter to roll to a 58-22 victory over Blue Hill on the Bob Cat's home field. The ingredients for the victory are many, but in general both the offense (more later) and the defense were as strong as any could be. The defense held Blue Hill to only four...
It was a tough outing for the Lawrence-Nelson volleyball team when they were swept in three sets, 12-25, 16-15 and 9-25, at Lawrence Thursday. The Raiders hosted the Exeter-Millligan-Friend Timberwolves Tuesday with match results unavailable at press time. Superior possessed a formidable height advantage at the net and used it to their advantage, out killing the Raiders 36-14. Kara Menke led the Raider killers with nine. Hanna Skinner added four kills. Josie Hajny finished the match with one kill. Hajny scored with two aces. Addi McCloskey...
The Superior High School volleyball team has put itself on the winning track. They swept the Fillmore Central Panthers, 25-11, 25-20 and 25-11, in three sets at the high school gymnasium last Tuesday. The Wildcats retained Nuckolls County bragging rights when they swept Lawrence-Nelson 25-12, 25-16 and 25-9, at Lawrence, Thursday. Superior faced a tough test, Saturday, when they competed at the Beatrice Invitational. They faced off against three Class B schools and won two of their three...
It was homecoming for Superior High School at Brodstone Memorial Field Friday. The stands were filled to capacity. The Palmyra Panthers were the opponent. Like Superior, they had lost their season opener. On paper, they seemed to have a distinct size advantage. But paper does not play the game. Superior scored in the first period to take the first quarter lead. The second quarter saw the Wildcat offense roll as they scored three touchdowns to take a 27-0 lead at the half. It was a welcome sight,...
The Superior High School girls golf team competed against Bruning-Davenport-Shickley Thursday. The nine-hole match was played over Geneva’s Hidden Valley Country Club course. Rayne Biltoft carded a round of 55. Bella Henderson finished with a round of 70. The team competed at the Doniphan-Trumbull dual Tuesday with match results unavailable at press time. The team travels to Henderson for the Heartland Invitational being played over the Galaway Creek Golf Course. They travel to Fairbury, Monday, to compete at the Fairbury Invitational to be p...
The Nuckolls County Knights, the middle school football team made up of students from Superior and Lawrence-Nelson, opened their season last Tuesday. The Blue Hill Bobcats took the field as the opponents at Lawrence. The Knights established their bona fides with a 55-yard touchdown on their first play of the game. The team continued to dominate on both sides of the ball coming away with a 38-0 win. Mike Sander, coach, said, “I am very proud of the effort the boys showed and this was definitely a team win. Blocking was sound and the tackling w...
The Rock Hills girls volleyball team is off to a fast start. They swept the Natoma Tigers 25-3 and 25-16 in two sets last Tuesday at Tipton. They couldn’t quite keep up with their nemesis, St. John’s-Tipton and fell in three sets, 25-11, 14-25 and 18-25, to sport a 3-1 record. They hosted a triangular match at Mankato Tuesday with Osborne and Thunder Ridge with match results unavailable at press time. Halle Mizner led the Rock Hills killers against Natoma with nine. Savannah Coil, Ally Beck and Carsyn Vizner posted two kills apiece. Alex Fogo a...
The Rock Hills High School cross country team opened the 2024 season at the Tescott Invitational last Wednesday. There were 16 teams entered in the vent. The boys varsity team finished in fifth place. Boys varsity runners were Tristyn Reynolds who finished in 19th place. Spencer Lindberg took 23rd place. Griffin Dunstan held 28th place. Kobi Bowers finished in 33rd place. Cruz Navarro took 39th place while Noah Eakins was in 40th place. Justin Luong and Kiplee Kussman did not compete. The junior varsity boys team finished in third place. Nolan...
The Rock Hills Grizzlies made short work of plucking the feathers of the St.John’s-Tipton Catholic Blujays Friday at Beloit. Rock Hills needed all of two quarters to score 46 points while holding St. John’s scoreless. The mercy rule was invoked and the Grizzlies had an early arrival back home. Rock Hills sprinted out to a 30-0 first quarter lead while the Grizzlies defense held the Blujays scoreless on the ground. The Grizzlies added 16 more points in the second quarter and walked off with a two quarter win. Cooper McDill attempted one pas...
The Nuckolls County Ag Society hosted two Nebraska High School rodeos over the weekend, one Saturday and the other on Sunday on the fairgrounds at Nelson. Four contestants were from Nuckolls County: Bayleigh Bohlen, Jasper Elledge, Monty Hajny and Josie Hajny. Josie also competes in barrells and break-away roping. Bohlen competed in pole bending and barrel racing. The other three participated in team roping. Jasper and Monty both roped the head. Josie roped the feet. All four attend...
