NSAA approves girls’ wrestling
The Nebraska Schools Activities Association has sanctioned girls’ wrestling for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year.
Sports
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Taking part in Cambridge’s CSO All-Star Basketball Game were, front from left, Haylee Sandman, Alexis Richmond, Payton Yearous, Zoey Boos, back from left, West Assistant Coach Rod Gaston, Braxton McKinney, Cedric Maxwell and Mason Nordhausen.
WP, CCS well represented at CSO basketball game
The girls’ and boys’ teams at Cambridge’s annual CSO All-Star basketball games played vastly different games.
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.
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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.