Burn pit fire extinguished, no burning
At 8:45 p.m. Saturday evening the Petersburg fire Department was called to the site of a burn pit fire 4 ½ miles south of Petersburg where rubbish and other material had been lit.
March 2025
Track teams open at WSC Indoor
The Boone Central track opened their 2025 season at the Wayne State College indoor meet on Saturday, March 22nd. Both teams had a terrific start to their season in an unscored meet.
Cards compete at Grand Island NEUSA event
The Boone Central Youth Wrestling club had a number of youth travel to Grand Island last week for the 2025 NEUSA State wrestling tournament at the Heartland Event Center – and returned home with a number of medalists, and a lot of improvement.
Winter athletes named to All-Conference teams
Several members of the Boone Central basketball teams were recently named to the Mid-State All-Conference teams. Sophomore Addy Hedlund was named to the all-conference team for the girls.
Edge of winter storm brings strong winds
The threat of a strong winter storm closed businesses and schools throughout Nebraska last week, and while the snow didn’t accumulate as much as feared (or perhaps hoped), high winds tore down power lines and especially trees in Albion and around the area, and the storm hit particularly hard to the...
District Champions!
The Boone Central Cardinal speech team outdistanced the field at the 2025 Class C1-4 District speech meet in Albion last week, qualifying 15 teammates and 13 events for the state tournament this weekend.
“Golfer of week” at WSC
Abbigail Brodersen of Wayne State College was selected as the Northern Sun Conference Women’s Golfer of the Week Wednesday afternoon following her performance over the weekend at the Vegas Warrior Invitational played in Henderson, Nevada.
Frisch named champion, wrestlers at NEUSA tournament
A number of youth from Newman Grove/St. Edward’s youth wrestling program took to the mats at Grand Island at the NEUSA State tournament last weekend, with one State champion, and two medalists coming home with some hardware.
Alumni tourney won by ‘06-’07
Winners of the 2025 Alumni Basketball tournament in Newman Grove that was held over last weekend were the classes of 2006-2007.
Beavers qualify for state speech
The St. Edward Beaver Speech team traveled to Pope John last week for the D2-3 District invitational, and qualified six teammates that finished in the top three of their events for the State tournament this weekend.
