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Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
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Members from the Summerland FFA Chapter competed at the District IV Livestock Judging Contest, Thursday, Feb. 4, at Northeast Community College. Of the 15 members who competed, eight students came away earning ribbons, with sophomore member Levi Cronk leading the pack, with a first-place overall finish in the junior division. Also earning ribbons in the junior division were Trevor Thomson and Jesse Thiele. Both received reds. Approximately 120 contestants competed in this division. In the...
The Bobcat boys had a tough game at home, Jan. 19, against a challenging Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family team. The visiting Bulldogs stifled the home team, 69-28. The Bobcats were led by Keegan Smith, with 10 points. Summerland was down early, ending the first quarter, 28-5. In the second quarter, the boys got the offense going a little better, but still struggled to stop the Bulldogs on offense and found themselves deeply down, 53-15, at the half. Summerland opened the third quarter with renewed...
The Summerland boys basketball team lost on the road, 65-45, against a solid Creighton team, Jan. 12. On offense, Keegan Smith led scoring with 10 points. The Bobcats were down early in the game, due to an impressive offensive quarter from Creighton, trailing 24-10. Summerland's defense was able to slow the Bulldog offense down in the second quarter, holding them to 13 points, entering halftime down, 37-20. The second half was similar to the first, with Creighton continuously building. Coach...
The Summerland Bobcats ran up against a tough opponent, Jan. 14, in O'Neill, where the St. Mary's Cardinals defeated the Bobcats, 68-27. Summerland scoring was tough and Mason Hoke lead the team with nine points. The Bobcats had a rough start, going down, 18-4, early, due to the stifling defense of the Cardinals. The Bobcats were able to get back on track in the second quarter, offensively, but St. Mary's opened up their offense, stretching the lead to 42-18. A tough third quarter saw the...
The Bobcats won a close game, Jan. 5, against the Plainview Pirates, 61-57. Offensively, Dalton Rotherham lead the team in scoring with 16 points and Mason Hoke and Jaykwon Petite helped carry the scoring load by adding 12 points each. In the first quarter, the Bobcats were able to take a 17-12 lead. Plainview dug in the second quarter and cut the Bobcats lead down to just two points at the half. A close third quarter had the Bobcats and the Pirates changing the lead several times but the Bobcats were able to hold on and take a 38-36-point...
The Bobcats boys took on the North Central Knights, Jan. 7, in Ewing, and won 46-39. Mason Hoke scored the bulk of the points, leading the team with 13. The Bobcats were able to start hot in the first quarter, scoring 15 points and taking a four-point advantage into the second quarter. They kept the good offense going with another strong quarter and went into the half, up 28-21, on the Knights. In second-half play, the boys seemed to struggle against a resolved North Central team that cut the...
The Bobcats boys took the West Holt Huskies down to the wire, but lost, 48-47, in a close game played Jan. 8, in Orchard. On offense, Mason Hoke and Dalton Rotherham both scored 10 points to lead the team. The Bobcats struggled early against West Holt, going down, 22-9, in a tough first quarter. During the second quarter, the Bobcats adjusted and began chipping away at the big lead and were able to cut it to 30-22 going into the half. To start the third quarter, the Bobcats came out more...
The Bobcats ran up against a familiar opponent in the Summerland holiday tournament consolation game with a second matchup for the season against the Chambers/Wheeler Central Renegades. Summerland got off to a decent start early in play and won its second game of the season, 42-19. Mason Hoke led the team with 10 points. In the first half, the Bobcats played their best offense of the game and jumped out to an early lead, 19-3. The boys kept the ball rolling and held off the Renegades to take a...
The Bobcats came up short in the first round of the Summerland holiday tournament against the Walthill Bluejays, losing 69-35. In a game were the boys struggled offensively, Kellen Mlnarik led all scorers with seven points. The first quarter started fast, with the Bluejays hitting two three-pointer attempts to grab an early lead. The Bobcats were able to cut into the lead but the Bluejays made several more three-pointers and grabbed a few quick buckets off steals to hold on to the lead the rest of the half and send Summerland into the break...
The Bobcats met a stout Stuart Broncos team on Tuesday, Dec.15, in Orchard. They fell to the Broncos in a tough game, the final score was 66-45. Levi Cronk led the way for the offense with 10 points. The Bobcats were able to keep things close and, going into the second quarter they were only down eight. Then, early in the second, the Bobcats went on a run and cut the lead to six, but the Broncos were able to hold them off and went into half-time with the lead. The second half proved to be...
The Bobcats found themselves in a game against another tough opponent last Thursday, Dec. 17. They lost a tough game, 54-22, against the Humphrey St. Francis Flyers. Kellen Mlnarik led the bobcats offensively, with six points. The Flyers were able to grab a lead in the first quarter, but the Bobcats battled back and cut it to five. The Flyers were able to take the lead in the first quarter, which they maintained and built upon the rest of the game. A strong game plan, including the Flyers' exten...
The Bobcats were in the win column this week with a good defensive performance against the Chambers-Wheeler Central Renegades, in a 53-20 win. The teams met Dec. 21, in Ewing, in a game rescheduled from Dec. 4. On offense, Keegan Smith led the way with a solid 15 points. The Bobcats opened the game up with tenacious defense, shutting the Renegades out in the first quarter with their “impressive” press. The second quarter saw more of the same from the Bobcats and they were able to go into the half up 24-5. Smith opened the second half with two...
In a close contest from start to finish, the Bobcats ultimately came up short against the Niobrara-Verdigre Cougars in a game decided by only one point, with a final score, 49-48. The teams met Friday in Niobrara. Offensively, the Bobcats were led by Dalton Rotherham with 13 points. The Cougars jumped out to an early lead and held on to it until the end of the first quarter. A great second quarter by the Bobcats sent then into the locker room with a two-point lead, 41-39. In the second half,...
The Bobcats opened the season at home, in Clearwater, against the Neligh-Oakdale Warriors in fast-paced tough contest, with a final score of 47-27. Mason Hoke and Keegan Smith lead the Bobcats in scoring, with six each in the Dec. 3 contest. Neligh-Oakdale took the lead in the first quarter, at 14-6, and held on to the lead the rest of the game. Both teams played strong defense and kept the scoring low the first 32 minutes of the contest, until both teams poured in a combined 31 points in a...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE Fourteen lifters from the Summerland powerlifting team traveled to Lexington, Saturday, for the Lexington Powerlifting Championships. Coach Jeff Shabram said 130 lifters competed in the event, with a lineup of very stiff competition. "The Bobcats competed as the smallest school. We can be proud of the representation of our small school," he said. The Summerland boys', girls' and co-ed teams each finished in third place in their respective divisions. Columbus High and Lexington...
Bobcat boys' basketball coach Brett Kaczor believes his team has handled COVID distractions during pre-season. "It's another aspect, as coaches, that we have to work around and find the best way possible to get the most out of our teams," he said. "Most of them realize the season could be taken away at any moment, so it keeps them focused and motived to take advantage of every day." Monday was the first day the team participated as a full squad. "It does cause some extra stress as a coach...
Bobcat running phenom Trevor Thomson needed 94 rushing yards to join the 1,000-yard club before the Bobcats game at Ainsworth. Thomson reached that mark - and then some - as he rushed for 320 yards on 36 carries in Summerland's 62-28 win, Friday. The Bobcat coaching staff made a few changes on the field, including setting up Jaykwon Petite under center and shifting Ty Rix to quarterback. The move made a difference as Petite tossed a 44-yard catch to Rix for the first score on the game. Thomson...
The Summerland football team experienced a case of second-half blues, Friday, as Creighton took control en route to a 50-14 Bobcat loss. Summerland hit paydirt first, when Trevor Thomson sprinted 53 yards to the end zone and added the PAT to take an 8-0 lead. The Bulldogs responded with a touchdown when Sam Vortherms sailed a 59-yard pass to R.J. Wilmes. Creighton's extra-point attempt failed, giving the Bobcats an 8-6 edge. Brody Eggers scampered 28 yards to boost the Bulldogs ahead of...
The Bobcats could not find an answer to slow North Central's Dolan Pospichal, who was responsible for five Knight drives, in Friday's 52-14 loss. Summerland scored first on a two-yard run by Trevor Thomson, but from that point on, NC controlled the game. Paxton Smith took the ensuing kick, returning it 65 yards to even the score. The PAT failed. Pospichal found the end zone for the first time when he scampered 50 yards, giving the Knights a 16-8 advantage. Pospichal controlled the second...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE Summerland FFA took 19 members to the district dairy judging contest in Hartington last week, coming away with the chapter's first-ever first-place team and first-place individual awards. In the senior division, the team won the contest. Ribbon winners in the senior division included Kaci Wickersham, fifth place, purple ribbon; Logan Mueller, ninth place, blue ribbon; Morgan Erhardt, 16th place, blue ribbon; Collin Mullins, red ribbon; Dillon Moser, red ribbon and Tessa Peed,...
A two-quarter dry spell for Summerland’s offense resulted in lopsided loss, Sept. 25, as Neligh-Oakdale manhandled the home team, 68-14. The Bobcats struck first when Dalton Rotherham intercepted an Aiden Kuester pass and ran 30 yards for a quick six. Trevor Thomson scooted in for the PAT, giving Summerland an 8-0 lead. Kuester answered with a 20-yard run of his own, and when Conor Dempsey tiptoed into the end zone, the Warriors evened the score at eight apiece. Julien Hearn added a 50-yard p...
CWC struck on the first play from scrimmage against Summerland, Friday, in Chambers. But the Bobcats stood their ground and clawed their way to a 26-13 win, the first in Summerland history. Cole Duba tossed a 50-yard pass to Jackson Waldo, giving the Renegades a 6-0 advantage. The Bobcats responded with a one-yard run by quarterback Ty Rix, and before the end of the first quarter, Trevor Thomson powered his way downfield, scoring on a 43-yard run. Both PATs were unsuccessful. In the second...
Turnovers plagued the Summerland Bobcats’ second straight loss of the season, yet Coach Jeff Shabram sees progress. “We played a much more physical game this past week vs. St. Mary’s. That was encouraging to see as it must become our identity,” Shabram said after a 42-14 loss to O’Neill St. Mary’s, Friday, in Ewing. The Bobcats’ initial drive stalled, after an illegal motion penalty on fourth and two forced a punt. The redbirds moved downfield, spurred by an Aidan Hedstrom to Gabe Pribil recept...
The first page of the first chapter of Summerland Bobcat football nearly started as a blank book. Turnovers, including a goal line drop, plagued the Bobcats, Friday, as Jeff Shabram’s squad lost, 38-12, to Elkhorn Valley, in Tilden. Yet, Shabram sees a glimmer of hope. “I was encouraged by the fight in the team even after the rough second quarter,” he said. Nine starters return to form the Bobcat squad, including all-district picks Dalton Rotherham and Colton Thiele. “We return a lot of players...
The 2020 Orchard AAU Powerlifting Meet was June 27, nearly three months after the original April 4 date set on the calendar. Twenty-two Summerland Bobcat powerlifters competed in this year's AAU championships, bringing home the first place team trophy. "These 22 lifters had an outstanding day for the home crowd, setting numerous personal bests and even some state records. The entire field of competition saw eight different lifters set a total of 34 state records and one American record on...
