Sports

Humphrey hosted its annual Bulldog Invitational track/field competition Wednesday, May 1, with area teams Riverside and Humphrey/ Lindsay Holy Family among teams competing. The competition provided a great day as the 2024 season winds down.

St. Edward attended the McCool Paul Underwood Invitational at McCool Junction May 2 and enjjoyed some of its best success of the 2024 track/field season.

The Boone Central Cardinal track/field teams competed in their final regular-season meet May 2 at the Ord Invitational. With district competition only a week away, Coach Susan Roberts decided not to enter her full varsity team and gave a number of JV athletes a chance to compete at the varsity level. At the end of the day, the girls team still claimed the meet championship and the boys had a solid second-place finish behind the host school.

Boone Central hosted the Mid-State Conference Track and Field Championships Saturday, April 27, in Albion. Nine league schools competed, with the Cardinals scoring 118 points in both boys and girls divisions.

The Boone Central boys golf team continued its 2024 season April 25 in the Lakeview Invitational at Quail Run Golf Course in Columbus. Playing the challenging Quail Run layout for the second time (previously in the Scotus Invite April 18), the Cardinals finished with a team score of 442 Thursday, placing 10th in the tough 12-team field.

Following up an initial article that appeared in the April 24 edition of the Albion News/Boone County Tribune, following are the complete results by Boone Central and Riverside athletes in the 2024 Central Nebraska Track Championships at Grand Island April 22.

Gold medalists Jack Molt, Carter Molt, Dane Schalk, Drew Carraher lead Riverside boys to team championship - Mahoney, Murphy, Hemmingsen strike gold for Lady Chargers; HLHF boys win two relays, Durkop garners gold - Karley Vering, Briley Dohmen girls gold medalsists

2024 Goldenrod Conference (Fullerton - April 29) Girls Team Scoring 1- Nebraska Christian 203, 2- Central Valley 73, 3- St. Francis 69, 4- Burwell 64, 5- Riverside 58, 6- Fullerton 28, 7Palmer 14, 8- Heartland Lutheran 9, 9Elba 8 Event winners, Riverside and St.

Mid-State Conference 2024 Jr. High Track/Field (Norfolk Catholic - April 20) Team Scoring Girls 7th: 1- Boone Central 97, 2Battle Creek 92, 3- O’Neill 77, 4- Wayne 63.66, 5- Norfolk Catholic 39.33, 6- Pierce 34, 7- Guardian Angels Central Catholic 31, 8- Crofton 30 Boys 7th: 1- Battle Creek 93, 2- Norfolk Catholic 92, 3- Pierce 79, 4- Cedar Catholic 58.5, 5- Wayne 45, 6- Crofton 20.5, 7- O’Neill 20, 8- Boone Central 15, 9- Guardian Angels Central Catholic 11 Girls 8th: 1- Battle Creek 91, 2- O’Neill 81, 3- Boone Central 76, 4- Wayne 62, 5Norfolk Catholic 42, 6- Guardian ANgels Central Catholic 41, 7- Pierce 33, 8- Cedar Catholic 23, 9- Crofton 16 Boys 8th: 1- Cedar Catholic 109, 2Pierce 77, 3- Wayne 74, 4- Battle Creek 73, 5- Norfolk Catholic 69, 6- Boone Central 40, 7- Crofton 14, 8- Guardian Angels Central Catholic 7, 9- O’Neill 2 (Boone Central placewinners or best finishes) Girls 7th Grade 100M: 2- Sophie Lyon, 14.02; 6- Ingrid Estrada, 15.07 200M: 1- Josie Rother, 29.69 400M: 2- Rother, 1:08.21; 6- Leigh D’Ann Pamplona, 1:16.04 800M: 6- Grace Nore, 3:04.65 1600M: 4- Kaitlyn Dodds, 6:32.20 100M Hurdles: 1- Lyon, 17.61; 3- Brielle Benes, 18.80 200M Hurdles: 1- Benes, 34.16 4x100M: 1- BC (Rother, Willow Gasper, Benes, Lyon), 57.37 4x400M: 4- BC (Pamplona, Clara Morrow, Mya Frey, Estrada), 5:12.87 Shot Put: 5- Zita Meyer, 22’8 Discus: 6- Meyer, 59’4 High Jump: 3- Alexa Lueken, 4’ Long Jump: 1- Lyon, 13’11; 3- Rother, 13’.5 Girls 8th Grade 100M: 3- Kaylyyn Paulson, 13.76 200M: 5- Paulson, 29.60 400M: 2- Anna Weeder, 1:07.15 800M: 1- Ava Tisthammer, 2:51.47 1600M: 1- Autumn Gasper, 5:57.46; 2- Tisthammer, 6:17.30; 6- Leah Erickson, 6:41.38 100M Hurdles: 6- Bristol Hardwick, 19.97 200M Hurdles: 7- Hardwick, 36.48 4x100M: 2- BC (Reagan Hooker, Kasey Krohn, Tresdyn Stephens, Paulson), 55.89 4x400M: 2- BC (Gasper, Brynna Hagemann, Kenzie Wies, Weeder), 4:46.84 Shot Put: 4- Carley Beckwith, 26’9 Discus: 7- Makenna Devine, 65’7 High Jump: 3- Weeder, 4’4 Pole Vault: 6- Paulson, 5’6 Long Jump: 16- Gasper, 11’8.25 Triple Jump: 5- Hardwick, 28’5.25; 6Krohn, 28’3.75 Boys 7th Grade 100M: 11- Keyin Prochaska, 14.15 200M: 7- Prochaska, 29.45 400M: 10- Bentley Iverson, 1:11.96 1600M: 2- Logan Thompson, 5:43.94 100M Hurdles: 4- Lincoln Rolf, 21.09 200M Hurdles: 6- L.