
Pioneer track runs at Nisely Invite
Nebraska City track and field athletes were in action last week at the Scott Nisely Invite on Syracuse (SDA) track with the boys’ team grabbing 22 points and a seventh-place finish.
Nebraska City track and field athletes were in action last week at the Scott Nisely Invite on Syracuse (SDA) track with the boys’ team grabbing 22 points and a seventh-place finish.
A nine-run fourth inning delivered Nebraska City’s fifth win of the season in action against Platte Valley on Friday, April 12.The Pioneers finished with 15 hits on the game and won 10-4.
Lourdes track and field athletes were in action on April 9 at the Lewiston Invite in Pawnee City with the girls’ team picking up 39 team points and a seventh-place finish.Scoring medals for the Knight girls’ team were Jenna Box, second, 300-meter hurdles, 50.99; Lily Madison, second, 800, 2:37.36; Mary Mizner, fourth, 300-meter hurdles, 54.75; Izzy Fulton, fourth, 200, 29.06; and Mikena Haag, sixth, 200, 29.65.The Knight 4x100 team finished second in 54.27 and the 4x400 team finished third in 4:29.85.On the boys’ side, two relay teams had sixth place finishes.
Soccer action from last week saw the Nebraska City boys’ soccer team fall to Aurora, 3-1, on April 9, and 5-0, against Beatrice on April 11.
Nebraska City scored fourth runs in the sixth inning and held off Omaha North in the seventh inning to pick up the fourth win of the spring season in an 8-5 result on Saturday, April 6, at Clemmy Holmes Field inside Steinhart Park.Sloan Pelican and Jesus Martinez both had two hits and the Pioneer offense ended up with 11 for the game.
Tuesday, April 2 at Johnson County CentralBoys’ Team: 10th, 18.6 points.
Friday, April 5, at Milford TriBoys’ Team: 2nd, 145 points; Milford, 1st, 202; Louisville, 3rd, 114Medalists: Kalan Fritch, first, long jump, 20’2.5”; third, 200, 24.33; Daniel Adanza, third, 100, 12.01; fifth, 400, 55.92; third, high jump, 5’6”; Jayden Antonides, sixth, triple jump, 34’5.25”; sixth, 100, 12.23; Dane Sjulin, first, 400, 54.86; sixth, 200, 24.97; third, long jump, 18’5.5”; Jordan Cooper, fifth, 400, 1:00.48; Mitchell Hodges, second, 800, 2:22.90; third, 1600, 5:25.04; Adam Howard, third, triple jump, 34’9”; fourth, 800, 2:40.40; Maynor Gonzalez, fifth, 800, 2:47.58; JR Rico, second, 1600, 5:02.54; second, 3200, 11:28.05; Brayden Earll, second, shot, 40’5.5”; first, discus, 131’4”; Isiah Aldana, fourth, shot, 37’2”; Leeland Esser, fourth, discus, 101’3”; Tucker Popish, sixth, discus, 92’3”; Landen Banks, first, triple jump, 35’3”; fifth, high jump, 5’; Breyden Durand, fourth, triple jump, 34’8.5”4x400, second, 3:56.12.Girls’ Team: 3rd, 70 points.
The Nebraska City boys’ soccer team is scheduled to play at home on Tuesday, April 9, against Aurora.
Recent victories against Seward and Platte Valley pushed the Nebraska City baseball team’s record to 3-4 on the season.The team posted seven runs on 10 hits in a shut-out road win over Seward on Monday.Sloan Pelican went 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI.