Youth summer ball leagues underway in Wauneta, Palisade
Summer ball leagues are underway for Wauneta and Palisade youths.
Four teams are in action this summer.
Sports
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Team members huddle for an emotional moment prior to receiving the state championship trophy at the conclusion of Saturday’s meet.
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Members of the state champion 1,600 meter relay, from left, Jordan Jablonski, Kamrie Dillan, Bryn McNair and Ali McNair, react to the announcement of B. McNair’s split of 56.565 in the race.
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Seniors Kora Weiss, left, and Kamrie Dillan, right, hold up the state championship trophy.
‘It never gets old.’ CCS claims state track title
Watching his team huddle together to celebrate its state track title, Chase County girls’ Head Coach Troy Hauxwell said, “It never gets old.”
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Jordan Jablonski and Ali McNair collided with Tekaman-Herman runners during a handoff in the 1,600 meter relay. Jablonski fell, but McNair stayed on her feet and kept CCS in striking distance of a first place finish.
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Bryn McNair cleared her first three heights in the high jump with no misses. The sophomore had one miss at both 5’2” and 5’4” giving her third place in Omaha.
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Sophomore Joee Clevenger ran the 100 meter hurdles and 300 meter hurdles.
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Jordan Jablonski sets her sights on Bishop Neumann’s Kinslee Bosak in the 3,200 meter relay. Jablonski closed the gap, but finished 0.28 behind. The Longhorns took third place in the meet’s opening race.
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Jerzee Milner, right, tries to avoid Clarkson-Leigh’s Chloe Hanel as Hanel goes down in the finals of the 100 meter hurdles.
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Lucy Spady ran the first leg of the 3,200 meter relay, but injuries held her out of the 1,600 and 3,200 meter runs.
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The Chase County girls’ track team always takes a victory lap after a meet, but the group slowed down after winning the Class C state championship Saturday and walked the lap. Team members, from left, Jerzee Milner, Kamrie Dillan, Joee Clevenger, Liz Reeves, Jordan Jablonski, Bryn McNair, Chloe Dillan, Lucy Spady, Kora Weiss, Kaylie Lotspeich and Ali McNair invited CCS graduates, not pictured, Sophie Spady and Mallie McNair, who missed out on last year’s meet because of COVID-19, to join them on the lap.
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Kora Weiss runs with Norfolk Catholic’s Emily Faltys in the 3,200 meter relay. CCS finished third and Norfolk Catholic fifth in the race.
Lady Longhorns show resiliency, win state championship
Every coach will tell you it takes luck to win a championship.
To many, it felt like the Chase County girls’ track team was snake bit at the state meet.
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Camron Lempke, who started on the mound for Imperial in Sunday’s opener, winds up against Ogallala.
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In plenty of time, Gavin Wisnieski slides safely into home after a passed ball, putting Imperial up 3-2 in the first inning in game one Sunday against Ogallala.
Full weekend ahead for Junior, Senior Legion; JVs get two wins
It will be a big holiday weekend for a lot of events, but for Imperial’s Legion team—it’s baseball.
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Brandon Mintling rounds the curve as the first leg of the 400 meter relay.
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Cedric Maxwell bucks the wind as he heads to the finish line of the 400 meter dash.
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Clay Meeske runs with Perkins County’s Colton Pouk in the 800 meter run.
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Brit Gockley finished 15th after a jump of 12’0” during competition Saturday.
Boys’ 400 meter relay leads way for CCS in Omaha
Though five seniors were part of the Chase County boys’ track contingent in Omaha, four underclassmen got an introduction to the state track meet.