
Free throws decisive in NCHS boys’ home loss to FC
Free throws proved decisive on Tuesday, Feb. 7, as the Nebraska City boys’ basketball team lost in a competitive home clash with Fort Calhoun.
Free throws proved decisive on Tuesday, Feb. 7, as the Nebraska City boys’ basketball team lost in a competitive home clash with Fort Calhoun.
A 15-point difference in combined scoring allowed the Brownell Talbot Raiders to defeat the Lourdes boys’ basketball team 53-48 in action at the Knight gym on Thursday, Feb. 9.
Girls State Qualifiers Coach Comments: Coach Ron Schaulis Jocelyn Davis has probably been our most improved wrestler. She has improved her ability to wrestle two levels.
The Nebraska City girls’ wrestling team qualified three wrestlers for the Nebraska School Activities Association State Wrestling Championships with top four individual finishes during action at the 37-team district tournament at Lincoln Southeast High School on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 3 and 4.
The Nebraska City wrestling team hosted a JV invite on Monday, Jan. 30.
A solid first half had the Pioneer boys’ basketball team in command at Plattsmouth on Tuesday, Jan. 31, but the home team surged in the third quarter and got control of the action in the fourth frame of a 50-36 final decision.
Tenacious overall effort kept the Nebraska City girls’ basketball team in a tight game with Plattsmouth into the third period. Plattsmouth ended taking a 41-34 home win on Tuesday, Jan.
Nebraska City recorded 81.5 team points and took fourth at the Ron Severson tournament at Norris on Saturday, Feb. 4.
Fourth quarter free throw excellence helped Lourdes win its second Pioneer Conference tournament championship in the last three years as the Knights topped Johnson-Brock by the final score of 49-39 on Saturday night at Tri County High School.
A wild finish to regulation boosted the Lourdes girls’ basketball team into overtime in its Pioneer Conference tournament semifinal against Falls City Sacred Heart and the Knights eventually emerged with a 41-40 victory over the Irish on Thursday, Feb. 2, at Tri County.