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Kearney Catholic, Chase County, Axtell & McCool Junction win state track & field team titles
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - Dozens of area teams competed at the NSAA State Track & Field Championships in Classes C and D on Friday and Saturday at Omaha Burke. The Kearney Catholic Stars won the Class C girls team title with 86.5 points. Sophomore Hazel Haarberg won two golds, 100 meter dash and 200 meter dash. Sophomore Alyssa Onnen won two golds, pole vault and triple jump. The Stars also won the 4x100 meter relay.
New officers announced, awards given at WP FFA banquet
The Wauneta-Palisade FFA Chapter held their annual banquet on April 23rd in the Wauneta gym. At the banquet, the 2024-2025 officer team was announced. The new officers are President Grayden Sutherland, Vice President Kalli Hoskovec, Secretary Izzy Stehno, Treasurer Justin Warembourg, Sentinel Noah Sandman, Parliamentarian Collin Bley, Reporter Britney Barnard and Junior Advisor Toria Bley. Several awards were given out, as well.
Wauneta-Palisade Schools graduation held on Saturday
Wauneta-Palisade graduated 11 on Saturday, May 11. Class President Peyton Cox introduced the class speaker. Former WP elementary teacher, Jennifer DeWester gave her speech by reminiscing on her time as a teacher. She recalled choosing a word that she could reflect on and use to drive her throughout the year. That word for her was “BooYah” and it was written on a little chalkboard that went with her from classroom to classroom. Borrowed from a former student of hers, she would use this word in every situation and it would drive her and her students to celebrate both their successes and their failures. When she resigned from her teaching position, DeWester says that she felt a little lost and for the first time in years, she erased the chalkboard and wrote the phrase “grace changes everything”. She says that grace does not come easily to most but, as with most things, practice will help. DeWester urged the Class of 2024 to choose a word or a phrase that can be used to motivate them. Though she did say that they could borrow hers for a while if they need to.
Broncos qualify in three events at record-setting district
Wednesday’s D-7 district track meet left its mark for its performance and uniqueness. The girls 100-meter dash not only saw a state record set by Cambridge’s JoLie Farr, but also had all eight finalists qualify for the state meet, including Wauneta-Palisade’s McKenna Doetker. Besides the two automatic qualifiers, the other six runners in the final claimed all six of the Class D additional qualifiers.
Gavin Wisnieski qualifies for State Golf in Columbus
The Chase County Golf Team competed May 13 at the C-5 District Golf Meet held at Lakeside Country Club in Elwood. 15 teams competed with the Longhorns finishing in 11th, three shots ahead of Perkins County. The top three teams qualified for next weeks state tournament in Columbus. Kearney Catholic...
CCS boys sending record setting contingent to state track
One year after sending its most athletes ever to the state track meet, the Chase County boys track team qualified athletes in the most events ever at Thursday’s C-9 district track meet in Bayard. Fans can hope the results turn out the same as 2023 when CCS won the...
Local chapter delivers pollinator habitat outreach program with CCS
In an effort to support outdoor education and diverse wildlife habitat for the future of pollinators and upland gamebirds, the Southwestern Nebraska Chapter of Pheasants Forever has partnered with Imperial FFA Chapter members and 3rd grade Chase County Schools students to deliver the organization’s signature “Pollinator Habitat Outreach Program” at the PF Chapter’s Youth Memorial Park. Pheasants Forever and more than 40 elementary students gathered on May 8 to plant a native prairie while learning about pollinators, plants, and prairie ecosystems.
Trenton rallies to clean up after storm leaves damage and power outages.
Trenton, NE — With storms barreling across the state on Thursday night, residents in Trenton were out with their gloves, rakes, and wheelbarrows on Friday - picking up the pieces left by the conditions. The community of Trenton had a tornado warning that left some residents without power for...
More storms redevelop by early Tuesday afternoon; severe threat for eastern Nebraska
Storms in southwest Nebraska in their early stages in Dundy County managed to produce strong winds over 90 mph (near Haigler and Parks) and hail up to 2″ in diameter (near Stratton and Wauneta). That same complex would intensify and lift into northeast Nebraska and produce flash flooding in Omaha, near Fremont and Wahoo.
District C-9 Track and Field Recap
BAYARD, Neb. (KNOP) - The Chase County boys and girls track and field teams finish district competition sending several athletes into state next week. Both teams claiming district titles at the C-9 Meet in Bayard on Thursday. Hershey placing second in the team standings on the boys side, with Perkins County taking third. Perkins County would finish second on the ladies side of the standings.
21-year-old Imperial man sentenced for the 2022 shooting that killed a 19-year-old
Imperial, Neb. - An Imperial man who shot and killed a 19-year-old in 2022 was sentenced on Tuesday. 21-year-old Tristan Ferguson was sentenced to 8 to 14 years in prison for manslaughter and attempted possession of a firearm while committing a felony. On November 25, 2022, the Imperial Police Department...
Baseball Game Recap: St. Francis Comes Up Short
St. Francis was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 6-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Dominican Knights. St. Francis was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Dominican apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in April of 2015.
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