With each wrestling tournament and with each match, the legend of Makayla Vasser grows. Nebraska City’s seventh grade wrestler is being noticed for her accomplishments at the local level as a member of the Pioneers’ middle school team, at the state level in Nebraska for her championship-winning ways, and throughout many other states where she has competed and gotten recognition for excellence. She’s now a viral-video sensation.
Obstacles are bound to appear as individuals embark on the road to getting healthier. Such obstacles come in many different forms, but one hurdle many individuals encounter is doubts about the effectiveness of their workout regimens.
Nebraska City opened the tennis season in style as the Pioneers took nine of a possible 12 at a home tournament on Friday, March 25, at Steinhart Park. Kaitlyn Howard and Gracie Ragland paired for the Pioneers at the No.
Nebraska City’s track and field teams competed at the Ashland-Greenwood Invite on Friday, March 25, with the boys’ team picking up a fourth-place finish and the girls’ team taking sixth place. Gold medal winners for the Pioneer boys’ team included the 4x800 relay of Daniel Adanza, Mason Houghton, Alex Rico and Kalan Fritch with a mark of 9:29.03, and Zach Ottemann, who threw first place in the shot put with a mark of 46’6”.
Nebraska City picked up another shut-out win on the pitch on Thursday, March 24, as the Pioneer boys’ soccer squad blanked Elkhorn, 2-0. Vance Weninger scored the first goal halfway through the first half and Octavio Lopez scored late in the second half on what Nebraska CIty Coach Jessica Rice described as a “beautiful shot from 25 yards out.” Mikah Ruiz picked up four saves in goal for the Pioneers.
Front row, from left, are Coach Jim Thurman, Coach Michael Parde, Elizabeth Heng, Bayley Allgood, Xavier Gomez, Beau Lee, Xander Monson; second row: Citlali Rodriguez, Evie Madison, Joey Poon, Sofia Fulton, Kassidy Olson, Aspen Meyer, Rylan Esser, Andrew Bakula; third row: Izzy Fulton, Kadence White, Cora Krog, Jenna Box, Jagar Haag, Ben Chance, Sage McLaren, Robert Honeysuckle; fourth row: Lucy Bruggeman, Eloise Gay, Lauren Benedict, Lupita Martinez, Sarah Gygi, Addy Griepenstroh, Gabe Baxa and Blue Oggs. Not pictured are Coach John Lenhart, Coach Tommie Lenhart, Ella Welsh, Ava Buggi, Zoe Geneski and Levi Anthens. Photo by Tonya Ottemann
The Lourdes track and field program will feature 33 with 21 out for the girls’ team and 12 out for the boys’ side. Twelve of the girls’ members are returning track athletes while the boys’ team will feature six returners.
Personal records and a second-place team finish highlighted the track performances for the Lourdes track teams at the Pioneer Conference Indoor meet on the campus of Doane College at Crete on Wednesday.
A pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth inning broke a 3-3 tie and pushed homestanding Bennington past the Nebraska City baseball team, 5-3, on Monday, March 21. Nebraska City had three runs on six hits.
Athletes and fitness enthusiasts often must contend with injuries. Proper technique and safety protocols can greatly reduce a person's risk for injury while competing or exercising, but no one can completely eliminate their risk of being injured while engaging in physical activity.