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Summerland Coach Tom Thramer said Crofton would be "a different animal coming down from the 11-man ranks." Crofton proved him right, taking advantage of the second half to claim a 42-20 win. At times, Thramer said, his band of Bobcats "did a good job against them." "We have to find more consistency on offense and defense to come out on top in games like that. I thought are kids played tough, but Crofton did a good job of wearing on them with their style of play," he said. While the Bobcats held...
An season-opening battle against Riverside found the Bobcats coming up shy, as the Chargers charged downfield in the final minutes to earn a 27-26 win. It was a battle of defenses, at least for two and a half quarters. Summerland and Riverside traded possessions in the first period, which ended in a goose egg. And then, Trevor Thomson scampered 48 yards to give the Bobcats a 6-0 edge. The Chargers tied the game after a nine-yard run by Andrew Krick, with 11:02 left in the second quarter. It took...
Consistency. The word describes preseason play by the Lady Bobcats during Monday's jamboree games, held in Spalding. Summerland defeated the host team, 25-11, in straight sets. Boone Central pushed the Bobcats in the first set and held on for a 26-24 win. Summerland rebounded in the second set to claim a 25-20 victory. Stats versus Riverside: Adyson Mlnarik: 4k, 11sa, 5d Lydia Robertson: 6k, 11sa, 2d Hadley Cheatum, 6k, 1sa, 2bl, 3d Preslie Robertson: 1k, 1sa, 4d Ella Bolling: 1k, 2sa, 3d Talya...
With the annual dove season opener on Sept. 1, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has some reminders for hunters, as well as recommendations for areas to hunt. Doves are abundant statewide and, with generous bag limits, provide excellent wing-shooting opportunities. Doves may be hunted statewide Sept. 1 – Oct. 30, 2022, with daily bag and possession limits of 15 and 45, respectively. Bag and possession limits are for mourning, white-winged and Eurasian collared-doves in aggregate. Shooting hours are 30 minutes before sunrise until s...
Up for a challenge? How about harvesting a ring-necked pheasant, sharp-tailed grouse, greater prairie chicken and northern bobwhite quail in Nebraska this season. That’s the challenge of the Nebraska Upland Slam, a partnership among the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Pheasants Forever, Inc., and Quail Forever. This year marks the fifth year of the challenge. Hunters who take all four of Nebraska’s primary upland gamebird species upload a photo of each harvested bird online and share information about their hunting experience. Those who...
Anglers can use all the help they can get in the heat of summer when fishing gets tough. They, and their baits, really are up against it. There is much competition in the water. Knowing when and where to fish can make all the difference for them. “Fishing gets tough in the summer because fish have so much natural prey to eat,” says Daryl Bauer, fisheries outreach program manager for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. “Everything is at its peak during the summer.” Bauer said that with the warm water of summer, fish are feeding as much or...
In the final night of junior Legion baseball for the 2022 season, Ainsworth traveled to Orchard to battle the Tri-County Titans in double-header action. It was a beautiful night for baseball and two very exciting games were played, according to Coach Jeff Shabram. In the first game, Tri-County lost a heart pounder, 5-9, leaving the bases loaded in the bottom half of the last inning. Starting pitcher for the Titans was Landon McAllister, with Wyatt Shabram and William Drobny pitching in relief. Runs were scored by Dane Miller, William Drobny,...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE On Friday, July 8, the Antelope County Healthcare Foundation held its 17th annual golf tournament at the Summerland Golf Course near Ewing. Seventy-two golfers from area communities and businesses participated. Team winners of the tournament include: • Championship flight - first place: Pinnacle Bank; second place, Wanek Pharmacy and third place, Stealth Broadband. • First flight - first place: Farm Bureau Financial Services; second place, The Divots and third place, Aur...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE The Tri-County Titan Junior Legion baseball team traveled to Ainsworth, Thursday, July 7, for a double header vs. Ainsworth juniors. The Titans came away with a split in the double header, earning the first ever win in Tri-County baseball history. The win came in the first game by a score of 7-3. Wyatt Shabram was the starting pitcher, throwing four and one-third innings of “nearly flawless pitching, including seven strikeouts,” according to head skipper Jeff Shabram. William Drobny and Landon McAllister came in relief, hol...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE In a rematch of a game played at the league tournament earlier last week, the Neligh Junior Legion baseball team traveled to Orchard, Friday, July 1 to play the Tri-County Titans. Neligh came away with a second victory over the Titans, 3-19. Coach Jeff Shabram said, "The best way to sum up this game is that Neligh scored 17 runs in the second inning. No baseball team can overcome that kind of misfortune." Other than that inning Neligh did not score in the first or third innings and a player crossed home plate in the fourth...
The Tri-County Titans Junior Legion team traveled to Stanton Tuesday, June 21, for baseball action with the Stanton seniors. Aside from the bottom of the second inning, it was a close game throughout. Coach Jeff Shabram said his Titan squad showed "much improvement." "Especially when compared to when Stanton traveled to Orchard to play the second game of the season," he said. The final score of Tuesday's game was Tri-County juniors, 8 and Stanton seniors, 16. Scoring for the Titans were William...
Brooklynn Chipps, of Elgin, earned All-American honors at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships, as a part of the Wayne State College track team, in Allendale, Michigan. "I qualified for nationals my first meet of the outdoor season. It was my first true outdoor meet, so it felt great to be able to do that," Chipps said. The championships took place May 26 through 28. Chipps participated in hammer throw. She threw 58.81 meters to complete a third-place finish. "Nationals is...
The Tri-County Titans traveled to O'Neill, Friday, June 24, to play the O'Neill Irish junior legion baseball team. The Irish defeated the Titans 11-2. Coach Jeff Shabram said, “Again, it was a matter of just a couple innings for Tri-County that determined the outcome, as O'Neill was able to score four runs in the second inning and five runs in the fourth inning.” Both innings saw those runs scored on two-out rallies. Wyatt Shabram was the starting pitcher and Landon McAllister pitched in relief. The Titan runs were scored by Jake Schroeder and...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE Tri-County Junior Legion baseball team traveled to Randolph, June 14, to battle another senior Legion baseball team and the Titans battled the Cardinals tough all the way to the end, only to come up just a little short, by a score of 14-17. Coach Jeff Shabram said, "Again, this was versus a seniors' team, so no harm to our record. We can all be very proud of the way these boys played Tuesday night and the grit and determination they showed all seven innings. The Titans held a...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE The Creighton/Plainview junior legion baseball team traveled to Orchard, June 17, for a battle versus Tri-County. Creighton/Plainview came away with the 13-0 win over Tri-County. According to Tri-County skipper Jeff Shabram, Creighton's Taylor Nilson threw a masterful 60-pitch shutout, as he was supported by stellar Creighton/Plainview defense. "Tri-County did a nice job putting the ball in play, but the defense was positioned perfectly to make the play on the ball," Shabram...
Tri-County traveled to Neligh, June 8, for junior Legion baseball action. According to Coach Jeff Shabram, the Titans played much more inspired baseball than the week before and kept the game within striking distance going into the final last half inning, only to lose 5-13. Wyatt Shabram was the starting pitcher and threw his max pitches for the evening. Connor Thomson and Landon McAllister came in to pitch in relief. The Titan bats were hitting well Wednesday, but for the first four innings, every hit found a Neligh defender. The offense came...
The Titan baseball team was back in action Tuesday, May 31, taking on the Stanton senior Legion team in Orchard. "This was another game in which we played a seniors-only team, so no harm to our league record," Coach Jeff Shabram said. "But Stanton was a very formidable team with a lot of good hitters." Stanton started the game with hot bats and kept the pedal down the whole time, ending the game early after five innings, with a 24-3 victory over Tri-County. Titan pitchers had a tough time getting any strikes past the Stanton bats. Meanwhile,...
On Friday, June 3, the O'Neill Irish Junior Legion baseball team traveled to Orchard to take on the Tri-County Titan Juniors. The aggressive O'Neill baseball team defeated the Titans by a score of 3-18. Photos of the Titans vs. O'Neill game available at https://summerlandadvocatemessenger.zenfolio.com/p118233129. Landon McAllister was the starting Titan pitcher and started the game strong. After the first inning, the score was tied 1-1. Connor Thomson scored the first Titan run on a Wyatt...
On Tuesday, May 24, the newly-formed Tri-County Titans debuted as a Junior Legion team, when they opened the baseball season at Orchard versus Randolph. The Tri-County Titan team consists of 12 players from six different towns - Orchard, Ewing, Page, Verdigre, Niobrara and Center - in Antelope, Holt and Knox counties, with home base being Orchard American Legion Post #136. The Titans battled the whole game to keep it close and even took a one run lead into the seventh inning, only to fall by a score of 15-17. "It was an excellent experience...
Dane Miller shot a 91 and Michael Koenig carded a 95 at the May 9, Highway 20 Boys' Golf Invitational, in Bassett. Miller finished 13th and Koenig, 15th. The Bobcats placed third overall, shooting 381. Neligh-Oakdale took team honors, with 349. Valentine finished second, with 378. Other Summerland golfers competing included Kellen Mlnarik, who finished 19th, with 96; Matthew Potter, 28th, 99 and Dylan Rotherham, 31st, 101....
If perfect weather for a track and field meet exists, Mother Nature provided a picture perfect backdrop at Friday's Class C NSAA State Track and Field Championships, at Omaha Burke Stadium. Photos from the State Track and Field Championships are available at https://summerlandadvocatemessenger.zenfolio.com/p417857983. Junior Trevor Thomson advances to tomorrow's 100m finale. Thomson won the first heat, running 11.12. In Saturday's championship race, scheduled to run at 3:25 p.m., Thomson will...
The Lady Bobcat track and field team scored 60 points, finishing sixth in the Niobrara Valley Conference track and field meet, held May 3, in Atkinson. Hadley Cheatum brought home four gold medals. She finished first in the 800m, running 2:29.81. In the 100m hurdles, she crossed the tape in 16.62 and ran 1:00.66 in the 400m. A time for her championship run in the 300m hurdles was unavailable. Other Bobcat medalists included Lenora Kester: 100m hurdles, eighth, 19.05; Aislynn Kester: 3200m,...
Summerland boys' track and field team finished fifth in Niobrara Valley Conference team standings, tallying 51 points. Competition was held May 3 in Atkinson. West Holt claimed the team title, scoring 151.5 points, while Elkhorn Valley took home the runner-up trophy, with 136 points. Bobcat participants who earned medals include: Trevor Thomson: 100m, second, 11.21; Gavin Whiting: shot put, seventh, 36 7.25"; Alec Schindler: triple jump, second, 38' 4.5"; Carter Bergman: high jump, third, 5'...
Two Lady Bobcats will represent Summerland in four events in the 2022 Nebraska State Activities Association Class C Track and Field Championships. Bailey Ahlers and Hadley Cheatum qualified for the state's best of the best, Thursday, at the Class C5 district track meet, in Atkinson. The Lady Cats finished seventh in team standings, scoring 42 points. Battle Creek claimed the team title with 104 points. Ahlers, a freshman, cleared 5' 1" in the long jump, a personal record. The jump placed her...
Trevor Thomson earned silver medals in two running events at Thursday's Class C5 district track meet in Atkinson. He will advance to the 2022 Class C Nebraska State Track and Field Championship, Friday, May 20 and Saturday, May 21, in Omaha. With his sights set on a trip to the state meet, Thomson crossed the finish line in 11:42 in the 100m and picked up second-place finish. In the 200m prelim, Thomson ran 22.54, a personal record. In the final, he ran 22.79, finishing second. Thomson earned...
