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High school football imitates life in many ways. A person is never sure of what exactly is going to happen next. Last Friday night, the L-N Raiders played their final game of the regular season in Bruning against last year’s Class D-2 state champions, BDS. And . . . the Raiders lost the game 14-44, giving L-N a 3-5 won-loss record for the season. I don’t know how many players, fans or coaches were considering a spot in the state playoffs, but because of the tough schedule L-N faced this season, the Raiders became one of three teams in the playo...
The Superior High School cross country team members competed at the District D-4 meet run over the Franklin Country Club 5K course Thursday. The boys team finished in seventh place, with 63 points, in the 12 team field. Other schools with teams running at the meet were Shelton, Nebraska Christian, Doniphan-Trumbull, Ravenna, Franklin, Hastings St. Cecilia, Arcadia-Loup City, Red Cloud-Blue Hill, Kenesaw, Centura and Palmer. Hunter Mazzulla, a freshman, earned a trip to the state meet with his...
SHS girls golf It was quite the season for the Superior High School girls golf team. From their first match to Tuesday’s final round at the state championship at Columbus, the team set and met the highest of expectations. The girls golf program had been moribund for several years. At the urging of three golfers who competed with the boys team last spring, Kirk Utecht agreed to coach the team. However there were caveats attached. The team members were required to practice. Five of the team members, Neah and Nadia McMeen, Lauren Tietjen, Haley B...
The Superior High School volleyball team continued to roll up the wins this week. They downed Sandy Creek, at Sandy Creek, in four sets, 15-25, 25-20, 25-23 and 25-17, last Tuesday. They downed the Thayer Central Titans, at Hebron, Thursday. It took four sets to put away the Titans, 25-21, 25-19, 17-25 and 25-12. Superior disposed of the Centennial Broncos, 25-19 and 25-29 in their opening round match of the Southern Nebraska Conference Tournament, Monday, at Superior. Statistics were...
It was a tale of two halves not making a whole for the Superior High School football team Friday. The Wildcats and the Doniphan-Trumbull Cardinals were evenly matched on the field throughout the first two quarters of play. Each team scored a touch down in the second quarter to leave the field tied at seven at the half. Then the wheels came off for Superior. The offensive line turned porous. The defense followed its example. The result was 22 unanswered Cardinal points in the third quarter...
The Lawrence-Nelson High School volleyball team closed out their 2021 regular season at the Twin Valley Conference Tournament against Franklin, Tuesday, with match results unavailable at press time. It was a busy week for the Raiders. They downed the Blue Hill Bobcats, at Blue Hill, last Tuesday, 19-25, 27-25, 25-21, 25-20 and 15-13, for the four-set win. Lawrence-Nelson took down the High Plains Community Storm, 25-27, 25-23 and 25-20, at Nelson Thursday. The Bruning-Davenport-Shickley Eagles swept the Raiders, 19-25 and 17-25, in two sets at...
It was a rough ending for the regular season portion of the of the Lawrence-Nelson High School football team 2021 schedule. The Bruning-Davenport-Shickley Eagles sank their talons into the Raiders and never let loose. The Raiders were left with a 44-14 loss and 3-5 regular season record after Friday’s road loss. Krayton Kucera launched 32 pass attempts and completed 20 for 129 yards. Toby Kotinenk made eight receptions for 54 yards. Balyn Bargen reeled in five passes for 42 yards. Erik Wheeland snagged three passes for 36 yards. Tyson K...
Phil Jackson enjoyed ample success as the head coach of the Chicago Bulls, winning six championships in eight seasons during the 1990s. However, Jackson’s favorite Bulls player was a man who could hardly enjoy the birth of one of the NBA’s greatest dynasties. Instead of joining Jackson’s staff, the man Phil deemed a player-coach of sorts ended up as a car salesman. Phil Jackson had the special privilege of coaching Hall of Famers Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen during his Bulls tenure. But as brilliant as those players were, Jackson had a...
It may seem somewhat odd that the L-N – Sandy Creek Red Raiders competed in “another” conference meet last week. It works out that way because Sandy Creek is in the Southern Nebraska Conference and L-N is in the Twin Valley Conference and each conference has its own meet. Rowan Jarosik and Logan Menke continued to earn medals for the year as Rowan came in fifth in this Meet with a time of 17:40 while Logan came in 12th with a time of 18:48. (Rowan’s fifth for the year and Logan’s fourth for the year.) This conference is somewhat larger wi...
The volleyball schedule for the Lady Raiders was less hectic last week between several busy ones. Last week saw the only action in a triangular at Nelson during which they defeated Red Cloud, but lost to Kenesaw. The girls are standing with a season record of 11-12 with games this week and the Conference Tournament beginning this weekend. The triangular last week summaries: L-N – KENESAW: 23-25, 23-25: In the match against one of the better teams in Class D-1, Kenesaw, the girls played a good g...
Football schedules change from year to year and the 2021 schedule for the L-N Raiders has been a tough one. L-N played Osceola last Friday and lost to the tune of 14-52. L-N has a 3-4 season record to date and those four losses are all to teams ranked in the top of their respective classes. It was a tough game to watch as most everything the Raiders used for success this season did not work well. The score by quarter: L-N 0 0 6 8 = 14 Osceola 18 14 14 6 = 52 The Raiders were not without an offense, it just seemed that whenever they got an offen...
It took them awhile but the Rock Hills Grizzlies earned their first win under head coach Sawyer Havenstein, at Glasco Friday. The Grizzlies came away with a decisive 66-20 trampling of the Southern Cloud Warriors for their first win of the 20121 season. The offense picked up 367 yards on the ground. Wyatt Evert had three solo tackles. Jacob Barry and Nate Meyers turned in two solo tackles apiece. Isiah Ridgeway grabbed a solo tackle and had an assist. Aaron Sterling recorded two solo tackles. Conner Cosand and Grant Meyers contributed two...
The Rock Hills High School volleyball team picked up their third win of the season when they swept Natoma, 25-16 and 25-13, in two sets last Tuesday at the Natoma triangular. They fell to Tescott in three sets, 23-25, 26-24 and 15-5. The Grizzlies were at Osborne Tuesday for a triangular match with Osborne and Chase. Match results were unavailable at press time. Rock Hills competes at the Northern Plains League Tournament Saturday. The Grizzlies close out their regular season portion of their schedule with the Lincoln triangular against...
It was a tough loss to take for the Superior Wildcats. Their road trip to Sutton resulted in a 28-21 loss to the Mustangs. The teams played each other even with the score tied at 14 all when the half arrived. Sutton managed to take a 21-14 lead into the fourth quarter but the Wildcats did not give up. Sutton scored a touchdown and took a 28-14 lead. Superior kept up the pressure and scored with two minutes remaining. The on-side kick was successful as they recovered the ball to take possession...
The Superior Wildcats volleyball team is back on track after they downed the Minden Whippets in a three-set sweep, 25-14, 25-23 and 25-23, at Minden last Tuesday. They recorded another three-set sweep, 25-14, 25-23 and 25-23, when they hosted the Heartland Huskies at Superior, Thursday. The Wildcats visted Sandy Creek, Tuesday, with match results unavailable at press time. Shayla Meyer put up 21 kills against Minden. Madison Heusinkvelt pounded down eight kills. Teegan Duncan nailed seven...
The Superior High School cross country members competed at the Southern Nebraska Conference meet run hosted by Thayer Central High School at Hebron Thursday. Laci Kirchhoff finished in ninth place in the girls 5K run with her time of 23:07.96. Brianna Stricklin finished in 21st place with the time of 26:28.21. There were 31 runners entered in the race. Hunter Mazzulla led the boys team with a 17th place finish and a time of 19:09.28. Brett Miller was in 25th place with his time of 19:43.68....
The Superior High School girls golf team completed their first season of competition in several years with a trip to the state Class C tournament played over the Elks Country Club course at Columbus Monday and Tuesday. The Wildcats qualified for the state tournament with their third place finish at the District C-1 match played over the Hidden Valley Golf Course at Lincoln, last Tuesday. Superior teed off against teams from Lincoln, Lutheran, Lincoln Christian, Auburn, Tri County, Central City, Heartland, Elmwood-Murdock, Exeter-Milligan,...
The Lawrence-Nelson High School volleyball team won one and lost one at the Red Cloud triangular match last Tuesday. The Raiders downed Red Cloud, 25-20, 25-27 and 25-10, in three sets. The Kenesaw Blue Devils swept Lawrence-Nelson in two sets, 23-25 and 23-25. The Raiders played Blue Hill, Tuesday, at Blue Hill. Match results were unavailable at press time. Aleah Heikkinen was the lead killer for the Raiders against Red Cloud with seven. Emma Epley punched out five kills. Kylie Beard, Sydney Biltoft and Kara Menke added three kills each. Katel...
The Osceola Bulldogs made themselves unwelcome at Lawrence, Friday, when they sank their teeth into the Raiders and didn’t let go until they left with a 52-14 win. The Raiders were out gunned on offense and defense and left with their fourth loss of the season against three wins. Krayton Kucera completed 11 of his 25 pass attempts for 123 yards and a touchdown. Tyson Kotinek made three receptions for 36 yards. Toby Kotinek hauled in three passes for 10 yards. Erik Wheeland put away 68 yards with his two receptions, one good for 43 yards and a...
Impressed by the amount of scoring done this year by the L-N Raider football team ? ? ? Well, after last Friday's 70-43 victory over Giltner, I surely was. In fact at half time I commented just where the score of the game might end. I was reminded by a fan that it might just take some doing to beat that game of several years ago when L-N scored 90 point, also against Giltner. My memory, not being as good as it should made me go home and look up scores from the past several years and there it...
One point . . . That was the difference between the first place winner and the second place runner-up at the Twin Valley Conference Cross Country Meet last Thursday held at Red Cloud. The Co-op team between Lawrence-Nelson and Sandy Creek performed their best at the meet and Coach Fox noted: "many of the boys ran personal best times. It was and exciting day, Rowan earned his first ever first place medal. Logan tied his career best finish by finishing third and Sean ran an incredible race and...
Volleyball schedules can vary quite a bit from week to week. Last week was a busy one for the L-N Lady Raider team. They took part in the annual St. Cecilia Invitational Tournament in Hastings and faced three C-2 and two, D-1 teams in the process. In the course of the week, they defeated one C-2 team and one D-1 team. The three teams they lost to have a combined 45-10 won-loss record. Summaries: L-N – SUPERIOR: 25-22, 22-25, 11-25: This was the second time of this season meeting Superior and the Raiders picked up one Set win against the r...
The remarkable Cinderella story of the Superior High School girls golf team continues. The long moribund program was revitalized by an effort of the girls who played with the boys golf team last season. The team worked diligently over the summer . They practiced frequently. They held fundraisers. They walked on the course for their first match and made a statement: we are to be reckoned with. They won one invitational event and finished second and third in others. The litmus test of their forwar...
The Superior High School volleyball team has held the championship trophy at the Hastings St. Cecilia Invitational for the past years. There would not be a sixth year. After cruising through four matches, Superior fell to host Hastings St. Cecilia in three sets, 17-25, 25-14 and 16-25. Superior downed Cross County in two sets Tuesday. 25-20 and 25-19. They handed Lawrence-Nelson a three-set, 22-25, 25-22 and 25-11, loss. Wood River was a two-set sweep, 25-12 and 25-16. Superior downed Heartland...
The Superior High School football team tamed the Fillmore Central Panthers 27-7 at Superior's Brodstone Memorial Field Friday. The win lifted the Wildcats to a 4-2 record for the season. Both the offense and defense were consistent when it mattered. Superior jumped out to a 13-0 first quarter lead and never looked back. They expanded the lead to 20-0 when the half time intermission arrived. Fans at the game were entertainment by the Superior High School drill team and then the Superior High Scho...
