Sports

Pioneer boys’ drop games to Conestoga, Gross

The Nebraska City boys’ basketball team fell in games against Conestoga and Omaha Gross last week.After falling behind 17-7 after one quarter at Conestoga, the Pioneers battled back with a 18-13 third quarter to trail by just four points entering the final period before ultimately falling by seven points, 68-61.Keston Holman hit for 21 points to lead the Pioneer effort while Kalan Fritch had 11.

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Area Wrestlers at State

GIRLSNebraska City105-Addisyn Walters170-Makayla VasserConestoga130-Kyler Zimmerman140-Morgan Hensch145-Maggie Fiene155-Gabrielle LandonAuburn190-Gretchen PaschalJohnson County Central100-Jocelyn Prado105-Alejandra Reyes110-Haylee TrewWeeping Water125-Libby SuttonLouisville105-Payton Thiele170-Catalina JonesPalmyra235-Evelyn Bryan-Aldrich BOYSNebraska City106-Oscar Gonzalez132-Gabe Hartman144-Drew WeddleSyracuse-Dunbar-Avoca106-Brock Goebel113-Carter Wander120-Tristan Sisco138-Kaden Knake150-Tieran Cox165-Cy Petersen190-Brody BrandtPlattsmouth113-Mylus Robison120-Odin Anschutz138-Logan Wooten150-Brenden Ging175-Logan Betts190-Wesley Vick215-Caleb Adkins285-Orion ParkeConestoga144-Collin Dufault157-James KansteinerAuburn106-Ayden Smith215-Logan Rowell285-Owen RowellJohnson County Central106-Erik Prado132-Levi Boardman165-Terry TrewLouisville106-Peyton WelshWeeping Water106-Holden Essary126-Caelen Wipf175-Brennan Demike190-Brayden Harms215-Jeremiah Keene

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Knights pick up home wins, fall to B-T

After scoring home wins over Sidney and Hamburg from Iowa, the Lourdes boys’ basketball team took it on the chin in a highly competitive game at Omaha Brownell-Talbot.Lourdes established a 16-point lead over Sidney by halftime and went on for a 45-42 win.Scoring for the Knights were Trevor Tesarek, 17; Miles Poppleton, 11; Nolan Beccard, 10; Brady Schnitzer, three; Robert Honeysuckle, three; and Blue Oggs, one.Scoring for the Knights in a 67-20 win over Hamburg were Miles Poppleton, 15; Nolan Beccard, 11; Trevor Tesarek, 10; Gabe Baxa, seven; Jayger Haag, five; Brady Schnitzer, four; Ben Chance, four; Blue Oggs, four; Sage McLaren, three; Robert Honeysuckle, two; and Oscar Krog, two.Brownell-Talbot topped the Knights, 47-37.Counting the results from last week, the Knights’ record moved to 8-11.

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