Nebraska City won seven of nine matches to take a dual victory over Cornerstone Christian in girls’ tennis action on the Steinhart Park courts on Thursday, March 28.All three Pioneer doubles teams won their matches.
Track athletes from Nebraska City High School competed at the Platteview Invite on March 28.Earning medals for the Pioneer girls’ team were Tarryn Godsey, first, discus, 117’6”; Hannah Marth, fourth, shot, 33’4.5”; and Jayce Harrah, fourth, 800, 2:33.56; sixth, 400, 1:04.36.Earning medals for the Pioneer boys’ team were Kalan Frtich, fourth, long jump, 20’6.5”; JR Rico, fourth, 3200, 10:46.68; and Dane Sjulin, fifth, 400, 54.11.Photos by Kirt Manion
The Nebraska City boys’ soccer team is 0-6 following play on March 22.
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) released the 2024 Daktronics NAIA Scholar Athlete lists.
Lourdes track athletes opened their season with the annual Pioneer Conference indoor meet on the campus of Doane College at Crete on March 20.The Knights scored 53 team points on the girls’ side and had 11 team points on the boys’ side.
The early portion of the Nebraska City baseball schedule saw the Pioneers play three games and win one while having four others postponed.On March 19, the Pioneers topped Omaha Roncalli in a battle of coaches who were players on the Nebraska City American Legion Seniors 2002 Class B state championship team.Nick Schumacher, the winning pitcher in the state championship game that summer, ironically against the Roncalli Pride, is in his first year leading the Omaha-based baseball program.Kyle Ferguson, the Pioneer head coach, was also featured prominently on that 2002 squad.This year’s high school match up of the Pride and Pioneers shared one other common link with the summer title game in that it went to extra frames with the Nebraska City side winning a close decision, 7-6.Nebraska City had nine hits for the game.
Each year since 2006, the Nebraska School Activities Association and the Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association recognize students who have been nominated by their schools, based on their individual academic excellence, leadership, and significant contributions made to their NSAA activity.This 2024 winter season has garnered 2,410 more honorees, continuing the prestigious tradition in recognizing the efforts of high school students on and off of the playing field.Area students receiving recognition are:AuburnBoys basketball: Maverick Binder and Creighton KeelingGirls basketball: Zoe Baltensperger and MaKenna TurnerSpeech: Lilyan Becker and Lucy HayesWrestling: Riley Dickerson and Owen RowellGirls Wrestling: Penelope Campbell and Addison HenryConestogaBoys basketball: Andy Lamoureux and Zach SmithGirls basketball: Dani Ahrens and Davida GarrettSpeech: Dani Ahrens and John McConnelWrestling: Collin Dufault and James KansteinerGirls wrestling: Maggie Fiene and Kyler ZimmermanElmwood-MurdockBoys basketball: Samuel Clements and Riley WilsonGirls basketball: Tatum Backemeyer and Laney FrahmSpeech: Lily Pope and Brianna RossJohnson County CentralBoys basketball: Keegan Jones and Wesley SwansonGirls basketball: Sunnie Rother and Maya StrakaBoys bowling: Mario Lara Jr.Girls bowling: Salena Conley and Madison JansenWrestling: Maxwell Goracke and Logan ToppJohnson-BrockBoys basketball: Casen Dalinghaus and Chase VanWinkleGirls basketball: Brooklyn Behrends and Natalie KnippelmeyerSpeech: Kendall Bohling and Kinsley OestmannLouisvilleBoys basketball: Gavin Pierce and Alexander SorensenGirls basketball: Ella Culver and Kylie GastonSpeech: Hailey Caughron and Marissa StabenGirls wrestling: Addison Lueder and Payton ThieleLourdes Central CatholicBoys basketball: Benjamin Chance and Jayger HaagGirls basketball: Lauren Benedict and Isabelle FultonSpeech: Evie Dorman and Cora KrogWrestling: Isaac BruggemanNebraska CityBoys basketball: Landon Ferguson and Kalan FritchGirls basketball: Isabelle Johnson and Malayna MadsenSpeech: Jaden Leasure and Dallas Mueller-PryWrestling: Alexander PeterGirls wrestling: Lextyn Harker and Makayla VasserPalmyraBoys basketball: Christian Jensen and Noah LangGirls basketball: Addison Boyte and Erin ChambersSpeech: Emily Moyer and Daisa SmidtWrestling: Jonathan GlantzGirls wrestling: Bettie Chambers and Lauren LindemanPlattsmouthBoys basketball: Liam LaSure and Gage OlsenGirls basketball: Mila Wehrbein and Gertrude YoderSpeech: Samantha McKnight and Laia ShotkoskiWrestling: Odin AnschutzGirls wrestling: Riley Pletka and Emily ZitekSyracuse-Dunbar-AvocaBoys basketball: William Janssen and Maxwell PardeGirls basketball: Jayden Meyer and Kadyn SiscoSpeech: Nathanial CordrayWrestling: Brock Goebel and Cy PetersenWeeping WaterBoys basketball: Tucker Bickford and Nathan TejanGirls basketball: Kallie Brack and Kalison MillerSpeech: Jacob Cover and Samantha HallWrestling: Brennan DeMike and Brayden HarmsGirls wrestling: Haylee Stackpole and Libby SuttonSince its inception, the program has grown at a steady pace with 2,838 students earning the award in 2006-2007 to 7,541 students honored during the 2022-2023 season.
The Lourdes girls’ basketball team celebrated a successful season at the program’s recent end-of-season banquet.Lourdes won 15 games in 2023-24 and saw records broken by the squad’s lone senior, Jenna Box.Five of the Knight wins this year came against teams with winning records.
Johnson-Brock entered the 2024 Class D-1 boys’ state basketball tournament as the No.
Auburn entered the Class C1 boys’ state basketball tournament as the No.