Sport

LAUREL – The Laurel-Concord- Coleridge Lady Bears volleyball team won two Lewis and Clark Conference matches last week with a three-set sweep over Tri County Northeast on Sept. 12 and a 3-2 win over Plainview in Laurel on Sept. 14.

LAUREL – Laurel-Concord-Coleridge football got back on track in a big way on the grid iron Sept. 15 when the Bears blasted Homer 68-15 at Haskell Field.

LAUREL - The Hartington-Newcastle Wildcat cross country squad out lasted Homer by a single spot to take the title in the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Invitational here Sept. 7 at Cedarview Country Club.

Wynot’s Allison Wieseler

WYNOT - The Wynot Blue Devils knocked off one of the top teams in Class D2 football Friday as they downed the Howells Dodge Jaguars 32-20. This game featured the quick strike aerial attack of the Blue Devils against the ground pound offense of the Jaguars.

TILDEN – Hartington-Newcastle football traveled Sept. 8 to Tilden, still searching for its first win of 2023.

Outdoor Adventures

CREIGHTON – Hartington-Newcastle volleyball sandwiched a sweep over Creighton between a couple of losses at the Creighton Invitational Sept. 9, defeating the Lady Bulldogs 25-20 and 25-21 in the best-of-threesets match.

CREIGHTON – The Wynot Lady Blue Devils volleyball team picked up a pair of Lewis and Clark Conference wins last week.

Changes made to turkey hunting season

The Hartington 3-4 grade and 5-6 grade football teams played in their first games of the season Sunday afternoon at the Hartington Community Complex. The 3-4 grade team lost 33-6 to Homer, while the 5-6 grade team defeated Ponca 42-21. The teams compete each Sunday through the season.

HUMPHREY – In a battle of state-rated football teams, the Wynot Blue Devils downed the Humphrey St. Francis Flyers 14-6 Friday night on the road.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The transition to college can be difficult for many students.

BEEMER – The Hartington-Newcastle cross country teams brought home five medals from the Wisner- Pilger Invitational held at Indian Trails Country Club near Beemer on Aug. 31, with both the Wildcats and Lady Wildcats winding up fourth in the meet in their respective divisions.

WYNOT - Wynot hosted its own quadrangular on the volleyball court and split two matches to go to 3-1 in the early season.

STANTON – The Cedar Catholic girls’ golf team placed third in the Stanton Invitational recently held at the Elkhorn Acres Golf Club after carding a teamtotal of 456.

LINCOLN – There are more than a million acres of publicly accessible lands throughout Nebraska. The recently published 2023-2024 Public Access Atlas identifies and consolidates these public access resources for the benefit of Nebraska’s hunters, trappers and anglers.

LINCOLN – Visitors to Johnson Lake State Recreation Area will notice the lowering of the lake level this fall. The Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District will lower it in preparation of an outage at the Johnson No. 1 hydroplant.

LINCOLN – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will conduct its annual grouse wing collection during the upcoming upland season starting Sept. 1.

LINCOLN – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has announced plans for a fall renovation of the Lake Ogallala fishery. Deteriorated aquatic habitat conditions and declining sportfish populations have prompted this renovation. To ensure safety, some temporary closures will be implemented.