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Summerland grapplers ended third in duals competition at the Niobrara Valley Conference meet, Jan. 24, in Niobrara. In opening rounds, Summerland downed St. Mary's, 66-0. Neligh-Oakdale defeated Elgin Public/Pope John, 78-6. North Central claimed a 36-30 win over Niobrara/Verdigre, while Elkhorn Valley claimed a 42-24 win over West Holt. During the first round in the winner's bracket, N-O hung on for a 42-33 win over EV. Summerland picked up a 39-30 win over North Central. Double forfeits were r...
Nine Bobcat grapplers earned medals Saturday at the Battle Creek Invite. Summerland scored 82 points, tying Crofton-Bloomfield for fifth place. The host school claimed the top spot, scoring 192.5 points. Howells-Dodge took home the runner-up award, with 141 points. Elkhorn Valley finished third, scoring 115.5 and Oakland-Craig placed fourth, accumulating 107 points. Other teams competing included Pender, Stanton, Battle Creek junior varsity, Lutheran High Northeast, Scribner-Snyder and Niobrara/Verdigre. Colton Thiele led the Bobcats with a...
Summerland wrestlers competed in two events last week. On Thursday, the grapplers traveled to Elkhorn Valley for a triangular with Madison and EV. The Bobcats downed the Dragons, 57 to 12 before falling to EV, 46-33. Between matches, several Summerland youth wrestling team members competed against Elkhorn Valley's youth squad. The team finished fourth in Saturday's outing at the Wisner-Pilger Invite. Six wrestlers earned individual medals. James Kester finished first in his division. Alex...
Three Bobcat wrestlers earned medals at the Elgin Public Pope John wrestling invite Saturday. Rafe Grebin, Colton Thiele and Morgan Erhardt each finished third in their respective divisions. Summerland finished 10th in team standings, scoring 47 points. Plainview topped the field of 21 teams, scoring 194.5 points. Twin Loup and Weeping Water tied for the runner-up trophy, with 105 points apiece. Palmer, Twin River, Arcadia/Loup City, Pender, Nebraska Christian and Central Valley completed the...
The Bobcat wrestling squad competed in the Battle Creek duals meet, Saturday. In round one, Ansley/Litchfield eked past Summerland, 39-36. Wyatt Chipps lost, by fall, in :28 to Zyruss Fauss in the 220 division, while Collin Arehart earned a 7-1 decision over Tyler Bellar in the 160 class. Hunter Arehart pinned David Arroyo in :28 in the 170 division and Kolby Larson topped Colton Thiele, by fall, in 2:51. Spencer Kester pinned David Lewis, by fall, in 5:12, in the 132 class. Ansley/Litchfield cl...
The Bobcat wrestling team traveled to Wayne, Dec. 5, for a triangular with Wisner-Pilger and Wayne. The Wayne Blue Devils won 43 to 36. Eli Macke lost, by fall, in the 182-pound division and Colton Thiele lost a 10-2 major decision in the 220-pound class. In the 285-pound division, Wyatt Chipps lost by fall. Anthony Ferris came up one point shy of a win, losing 7-6, in the 113-pound class. Alex Thiele won the 120-pound division, while his brother, Eli, lost, by fall, in the 126-pound class....
The Summerland wrestling squad will rely on senior leadership when the season begins Thursday, Dec. 5, in Wayne. Head Coach Dan Roeber said Eli Macke and James Kester are "eager to start the Bobcat tradition and end their high school careers on a high note." Five letter winners return from last year's OC squad: Macke, Kester, Rafe Grebin, Spencer Kester and Alex Arroyo. Roeber said after graduating seven seniors from last year's team, youth will prevail. "As a younger team, we are looking to...
Eli Macke found the endzone first, on a 20-yard run, giving the Cyclones their only lead of the evening, in a 57-14 loss to CWCE, Oct. 24. After Macke's score, the Renegades offense took control, scoring eight touchdowns. Jackson Waldo ran it in from 15 yards out and Fran Ferran added the PAT to give the Renegades a 7-6 edge. Wyatt Wagner scored on a five-yard scamper and Ferran's kick was successful. Cole Duba scored the final drive in the fist quarter on a two-yard run. With Ferran's kick,...
Six Clearwater students earned all A's during the first quarter of the 2019-20 school year. Named to the principal's list were Ava Rittscher, Lenora Kester, Hunter Klabenes, Aislynn Kester, Adyson Mlnarik and Kelsey Schlecht. Twenty-four students landed on the honor roll for the first quarter, including Bailey Ahlers, Cassidy Bearinger, Jackie Olivan, Eli Thiele, Dillon Moser, Taylor Anne Bolling; Faith King, Sydni McConnell, Matt Umphress, Lauren Behnk, Rafe Grebin, Kierra Bearinger, Alex...
It's been a season of firsts for the Summerland cross country squad. First year of competition. First time medal winners. And, on Oct. 9, first time Niobrara Valley Conference medalists. The girls' team finished third in conference competition, scoring 46 points, while the boys' team ended sixth, accumulating 72 points. Kaci Wickersham ended fourth in the girls' race, completing the Antelope Country Club course in 21:58. Adrienne Parker ended 12th, running 25:52. Lauren Behnk placed 18th,...
The Bobcats Cross Country team traveled to Butte on Monday, Sept. 30. For the boys varsity, Eli Thiele got second, completing the course in 18:17; David Arroyo, 10th in 20:41; Spencer Kester, 13th, in 21:00; Alex Thiele, 14th, 21:12; and Tyler Hupp, 27:13. In girls varsity competition, Kaci Wickersham ended in fourth, running 21:59; Adrienne Parker placed eighth, in 25:00; Lauren Behnk, 28:26; Morgan Erhardt, 28:40; and Elly Herley, 32:03....
The OC Cyclones' attempt to spoil West Holt's homecoming game fell short, as the Huskies held on to claim a 48-36 win. Instead, it became the Eli Macke and Tyler Larby show, as the two opposing players were involved in each scoring play for their respective teams. The Sept. 20 contest was a physical battle that saw the Cyclones land in the endzone first. Eli Macke scrambled 29 yards to put the Cyclones up 6-0. The PAT failed. West Holt responded when Tyler Larby stepped in from the one-yard...
Summerland XC runners earned two medals in the Sept. 20 O'Neill Invitational. Kaci Wickersham finished eighth in the girls division, running 22:38, while Eli Thiele ended 10th in the boys division, finishing the course in 18:56. The Bobcat girls team ended fifth in team competition, tallying 78 points. In addition to Wickersham, Adrienne Parker finished 32nd, running 27:16; Lauren Behnk, 40th, 30:04 and Morgan Erhardt, 42nd, 31:52. The boys team ended eighth, accumulating 116 points. David...
After last week's cross country meet was rained out, the Summerland Bobcats traveled to Neligh's Riverside Park for the N-O Invite, Monday, Sept. 16. Four Bobcats earned medals. Kaci Wickersham finished fourth, running 20:29, and Adrienne Parker, 15th, in the girls' division. Parker ran 24:02. Lauren Behnk placed 24th, 27:00, and Elly Herley ended 32nd, with a time of 28:28. Eli Thiele placed fifth, running 17:11, and David Arroyo, 18th, in the boys' division. Arroyo crossed the line in 19:14....
Two Bobcat cross country runners finished in the medal hunt at the team's inaugural meet, Sept. 5. At the Wisner-Pilger Invite, held at Indian Trails Country Club near Beemer, Eli Thiele finished fifth in the boys division, while Kaci Wickersham cracked the top 10, finishing 10th, in girls competition. Head Coach Jamie Turpin said, I am excited to say we all successfully finished a very hard and hot meet and that we are going to only get stronger from here on out." She said a lot of "big name...
The defending class C1 state champions visited Clearwater, Sept. 6, and continued their winning ways, as the Creighton Bulldogs handed OC a 40-0 homecoming loss. Clay Curtis struck the end zone first, scooting in from 21 yards. The PAT failed. Brayden Zimmerer gave Creighton a 12-0 lead with a 35-yard run. Curtis converted the PAT to go up 14-0. The Cyclone defense held Creighton to one second quarter score, when Curtis ran it in from the one-yard line. The PAT failed. Easton Pavlik returned a...
Head Coach Jeff Shabram and the OC Cyclones football team are preparing the Aug. 30 season opener against Neligh-Oakdale. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m., in Neligh. Shabram said 21 athletes reported for fall camp. The squad played the annual green-white scrimmage, in Orchard, Aug. 23....
Clearwater, Ewing and Orchard students will have a new fall sports' option when practice begins Aug. 12. Cross country will be offered for the Summerland Bobcats, and the squad will compete in class D this season. Jamie Turpin, an instructor in Clearwater, will lead the team. The sport is popular across the country. In 2017, more than 450,000 high school student-athletes participate in the United States alone. To prepare, Turpin asked athletes to run at least three miles daily, more if they...
