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Have you ever hit a golf shot and immediately wished you could have a redo? Well, on Sunday, July 21 at the Lawrence Country Club, 37 participants were able to do just that. They all took part in the 1-Person Scramble at the course. Results of the tournament are as follows: Championship flight: First place, Tim Streff 59; second place, Phil Schroer 60; and third place, Brad Kohmetscher 60. First flight: First place, Dale Kohmetscher 65; second place, Marc Stokes 65; and third place, Keith Kohmetscher 66. Second flight: First place, Tami...
The Lawrence Nelson Volleyball team held their little Raiders volleyball camp July 14 & 15. Several enthusiastic girls took part in the camp and had a great time learning about volleyball....
Brodstone Community Wellness reported the success of the 42nd Annual FireKracker Run, held on Thursday, July 4. This year the event was hosted for the first time by Brodstone Community Wellness; a task which was not taken lightly with the beloved event being hosted by Dr. Blecha and the Superior Joggers for the past 41 years. The race welcomed 281 participants of all ages, who enjoyed a beautiful morning with blue skies contrary to the forecasted rain. Runners and walkers alike came together to...
Wrestling season is more than two months away but that hasn’t kept Superior team members from working on improving their skills. Seth Going, head coach for the Superior High School wrestling team, took five wrestlers to a summer camp at Seward last week. Kyler Boyles competed at the National Duals Tournament held at Virginia Beach, Virginia. The event is sponsored by the National High School Coaches Association and features top tier high school wrestlers from across the country. Boyles went 5-2 at the meet. Cheyenne Stacy competed at the AAU D...
Curt Johnson, former coach and business teacher at Lawrence High School in the 80s, was inducted into the Nebraska 8-man Football Coaches Hall of Fame Saturday, June 15th. Many of his former students, athletes and co-workers gathered at Dick's Place on Friday evening to congratulate him and reminisce. Joining Mr. Johnson was former Lawrence High School industrial art teacher and his assistant coach, Mark Reinhardt. Mr. Johnson currently lives in Arizona and Mr. Reinhardt lives in Hastings. (The...
The Lawrence Country Club was the setting Sunday for the 64th Annual Men's Cow Chip Open Tournament. Fifty-fourgolfers participated in the two round open. Conditions were picture perfect with sunny skies, moderate temperatures and light winds. Kelly Karmazin shot an opening round, four under par, 32, leaving the door open for other golfers to challenge. An eight under par, 28, in the second round, slammed the door on the competition and the tournament. Kelly won medalist honors for the lowest...
Two coaches and ten players have been named to the 2024 NEMFCA Eight-Man Football Hall of Fame. They will be inducted during ceremonies to be held on Saturday, June 15, at The Tom Osborne Family Sports Complex in Hastings. The hall of fame is presented by the Nebraska Eight-Man Football Coaches Association and sponsored by Cornerstone Bank. The induction ceremony will be held at halftime of the 47th annual Sertoma Eight-Man All-Star Game played at Hastings College. Kickoff for the game will be...
Twenty-eight ladies came out Sunday, June 2, to the Lawrence Country Club to vie for the coveted Cow Chip plaque and bragging rights, only to be greeted with an untimely thunderstorm. After a rain delay of more than an hour, the foursomes were sent out and play commenced. In the end, Beth Himmelberg was able to best the competition by shooting a first round 40, followed by a second round 41 for a total of 81. Second place in the championship flight went to Tami Kohmetscher with an 85. Others in...
RHHS track at state meet Nate Meyers was inadvertently omitted from the Rock Hills state track meet story. Meyers earned eight of the nine team points for the boys team with his second place finish in the long jump at the meet in Wichita. Meyers best jump was 21’6”, just two inches short of the winning effort. Meyers, a junior, will have the opportunity to return next season and attempt to earn the first place medal....
The Lawrence-Nelson High School golf team ended the 2024 season at the state meet last week. They earned a sixth place finish out of the 15 teams and 95 competitors taking part in the Class D meet. L-N was paced by senior Jacob Kathman who shot an 83 on his first round followed by an 85 for a total of 168. Jacob was tied with two other golfers for 25th place. Carson Vaughn, a junior, scored 87 and 88 for a 175 total and a tie with three others for 33rd place. Senior Connor Janda scored a 90 followed with an 86 for a 176 total and a tie with...
Sydney Biltoft, a recent Lawrence-Nelson High graduate) competes in one of her three hurdles events at Nebraska State Track meet. She ran the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 16.76, the 300 meter hurdles in 48.03, and the 400 meter hurdles in 1:05.18. She earned a personal best time in the 300 meter hurdles, and placed 15th in the 100 meter hurdles, 11th in the 300 meter hurdles, and 23rd in the 400 meter hurdles. She qualified for the state meet all four years of her high school career. Sawyer...
The Rock Hills High School boys and girls track and field teams competed at the Kansas 1A meet staged at Cessna Stadium located on the campus of Wichita State University at Wichita. The meet was held Friday and Saturday. The boys team finished tied for 22nd place, with nine points, in the field of 55 teams which scored points. The girls team failed to earn any points in their events. First place earned a team 10 points with eighth place earning one point. Halle Mizner was in 10th place, with...
Kalynn Meyer, a Superior High School graduate who competes for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, qualified for the NCAA Track and Field championship meet being held from Wednesday, June 5, through Saturday, June 8, at Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus at Eugene. Meyer qualified at the NCAA West preliminary round held at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, with her personal best throw of 190’ in the discus. Meyer, a junior, originally committed to the UN-L as a volleyball player. After two years as a member of the v...
The 2024 state Class C boys golf championship was off to a rocky start Tuesday. The event was scheduled to be contested Tuesday and Wednesday over the Elks Country Club course at Columbus. Mother Nature intervened on Tuesday and washed out the opening round. The event was then shortened to a one day, 18-hole affair. Colten Butler, a sophomore, qualified for the event as an individual because of his ninth place finish in the district competition at Grand Island. Butler shot an uncharacteristic round of 92, 20 over par, to place him in a tie for...
The Lawrence-Nelson High School boys golf team took to the course of the Lake Maloney Golf Club Tuesday for their opening round of the 36-hole Class D state championship match. The competition concluded Wednesday with match results unavailable at press time....
Lawrence-Nelson sent two qualifiers to the state track and field meet held at Omaha's Burke Stadium Friday and Saturday. The weather conditions were ideal for the meet as Sawyer Cox and Sydney Biltoft competed against the best of the best in Class D. Cox, a junior, finished in 29th place in the discus with his throw of 128.5". Biltoft, a senior, qualified for three events. She finished in 23rd place in the 400 meter dash with her time of 1:05.18. Biltoft took 15th place in the 100 meter hurdles...
Thirteen teams of three battled high winds and intermittent showers Sunday to start the tournament season at the Lawrence Country Club. Cool and wet conditions may have kept a few fair-weather golfers away, but 39 were up to the challenges of the course and the conditions. Championship Flight was won by the Tim Streff team shooting a 59. Second place went to the Ed Karm- azin team with a 62, and third place went to the Greg Pohlmeier team finishing with a 63. Three teams all shot a 69 to takes the prizes in the First Flight. By the luck of the...
All the practice and hard work has paid off for the Rock Hills High School boys and girls track and field teams when they competed at the regional meet at Washington High School Saturday. The girls team finished in ninth place, with 32 points, in the 25 team field. The boys were in fifth place, with 33 points, in the 20 team field. Bethany Simmelink set a school record in the 200 meter dash with her state qualifying time of 27.02 seconds and a fourth place finish. The 4 x 800 meter relay team...
The Rock Hills High School golf team competed at the state sand greens tournament Monday. The 18-hole match was played over the par 70 Tipton Oaks Golf Course at Tipton. Tipton Catholic was the host school. The Grizzlies finished in seventh place, with a team total of 368, in the nine team field of Lakeside, St. John’s, Riley County, Chase, Pike Valley, Logan, Tipton and Western Valley. Ethan Wirth led Rock Hills with a four under par effort. He finished in second place in the individual standings of 45 golfers. Whitley Frost, Jevan Herfel, N...
The state track and field championship meet at Omaha's Burke Stadium is the ultimate test for student athletes. The Superior girls track and field team qualified for the meet. Students compete against the best athletes from across the state in Class C. The team finished in 17th place, with 12 points, in the 49 team field of teams which recorded points. Khloe Mundorf competed in a preliminary heat of the 100 meter dash, with her time of 13.01 seconds, but did not advance to the final heat, The 4...
The Superior High School boys golf team competed at the sub-district C-4 match played over the Indianhead course at Grand Island as they looked to land a place at the state tournament last Tuesday. The Wildcats failed to qualify as a team with their score of 383. Colten Butler finished in ninth place in the individual standings, with his round of 79, and qualified for state. Carsyn Koening recorded a round of 94, Cooper Ehlers shot a round of 96 and Ayron Grassman was in with his round of 114. The state match is being played over the Elks...
State Track Send Off Please come out and support our High School Track athletes who have qualified for State Track!! 10:00am Thursday, May 23rd Corner of Commercial and Jefferson (by Moonlight Workshop) We will be announcing the State Track Competitors Coaches will have some parting comments Athletes will take a Victory Lap down Commercial Street waving at fans and businesses and load at State Exchange Bank and take off for Wichita Hannah Simmelink 4x800 Bethany Simmelink 4x800, 200 Halle Mizner 4x800, high jump Alivia Lindberg 4x800 Nate...
The Nebraska high school track season is the shortest sports season in the school calendar. And it is often disrupted by stormy spring weather. However, it also carries an intense interest. It has many events carried out right on top on one-another. For spectators, it carries a lot of interest. For those involved, it can be a lot of work. The end of the season came last week as high schools across the state took part in the district meets to see would qualify for the state meet in Omaha this...
With the end of the high school golfing season just ahead, the L-N Raiders took part in two golf meets the week before the district meet. The results were as follows: THAYER COUNTY INVITE: Thirteen teams took part in this meet and L-N placed 5th with team scores being: EMF 316, Sutton 325, Fairbury 330, Sandy Creek 332, L-N 339, Heartland 348, Thayer Central 355 followed by Blue Hill, Superior, Southern-Diller-Odell and Thayer Central JV. The Raider top scorers for the day were Connor Janda and Bayln Bargen, both with an 82 score. Jacob...
"What a difference a day makes" is an old saying. In this case, maybe it was about two weeks that made a difference. Back on May 2, the L-N Raiders won the TVC tourney by one stroke. Now, on May 13, the 2024 District D-1 golf tournament was won in Grand Island . . . by two strokes. Ya, the Raiders won the district title outright by two strokes. The team came in with a score of 350 according to Coach Jerad Niederklein. The team, mostly seniors consisted of: Connor Janda who had an 83, Jacob...
