Beau Lee, a senior at Lourdes Central Catholic, recently met with Doug Kreifels, an alum of Lourdes. Kreifels had owned the long jump school record prior to Lee breaking the mark this spring. Kreifels told Lee that he had lived on the east coast for many years but was glad to be back home to congratulate the new long jump record holder. Lee is pictured at center with Kreifels to his right and Lourdes track coach Jim Thurman to his left.
Chase Brown, a senior and accomplished multi-sport athlete at Nebraska City High School, recently signed a college letter of intent during an event at the high school. Brown will be playing college basketball for Peru State.
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Cael Kreifel hit 2-of-3 and had a home run in a 6-2 win over Crete on April 28. Other hits for Nebraska City were by Hayden Coyle, double, and Kyler Arthur, Miles Draus, and Sloan Pelican, all singles.
Nebraska City dropped a 5-4 dual decision against Beatrice on April 28. No.
Five gold medal finishes powered the Lourdes girls’ track and field team to a thirdplace finish at the Pioneer Conference meet at Pawnee City on April 30. Gold medal finishes were by Sofia Fulton, 100, 13.95; Aspen Meyer, 200, 27.06; and high jump, 4’8”; Evie Madison, 3200, 13:20.98; and 4x100, 55.44.
A relay team and a pair of individual athletes scored medals for the Nebraska City track teams at the Crete Invite on April 28. Daniel Adanza, Mason Houghton, Alex Rico and MJ Nelson had the highlight for the Pioneer boys’ team by taking third in the 4x800 relay with a time of 8:50.54.
Andres Pro (15) and Caleb Howard (12) compete for the Nebraska City boys’ soccer team in a match earlier this season. The Pioneers improved their overall record to 8-3 after avenging an earlier season defeat to The Platte (a team comprised of students from Platteview and Plattsmouth), 1-0 on April 26. Photos by Kirt Manion
Nebraska City posted a pair of three-run innings and finished with nine runs on nine hits in a 9-3 win over Crete in home baseball action at Clemmy Holmes FIeld on Tuesday, April 26. Five of the hits by the Pioneers were extra base pokes.
Nebraska City earned fourth place finishes in both the girls’ and boys’ divisions of the Falls City Invite on Tuesday, April 26. The Pioneer boys’ team posted 94 points and the girls’ team had 71 points.