Sports

The Mid-State Conference is a force to be reckoned with in any sport! Track and Field is definitely no exception! Teams fight and claw for every point they can earn so that they can hold the sacred piece of plastic that shouts “Conference Champion”! The Boone Central Cardinals jumped right into the fray at the Wayne High School hosted meet, earning a runnerup spot in the Girls’ Division, and a solid 3rd in the boys, doing most of their damage with gritty 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th place finishes. Leading the Cardinal teams were impressive wins by Braylee Young, Austin Dodds, and the girls’ 4x100 relay.

Nathan Hemmingsen was selected to wrestle for the AAU World Freestyle tournament from March 18th-24th. Hemmingsen is an 8th grader at Boone Central Middle School.

The Mid-State Conference is a force to be reckoned with in any sport! Track and Field is definitely no exception! Teams fight and claw for every point they can earn so that they can hold the sacred piece of plastic that shouts “Conference Champion”! The Boone Central Cardinals jumped right into the fray at the Wayne High School hosted meet, earning a runnerup spot in the Girls’ Division, and a solid 3rd in the boys, doing most of their damage with gritty 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th place finishes. Leading the Cardinal teams were impressive wins by Braylee Young, Austin Dodds, and the girls’ 4x100 relay.

A windy, chilly evening didn’t deter the select group of Boone Central tracksters from performing at a very high level this past Monday at the Central Nebraska Track Championships at Grand Island Northwest.

Ten deserving girls basketball players from across Central Community College’s 25-county service area were selected and each will receive a commemorative medallion. They are: Kailey Patzel, Center, Newman Grove/St. Edward

The Boone Central Middle School Speech Team competed at the Norfolk Junior High Speech Invitational on Friday, April 24th. There were 10 schools, 193 students and 220 entries participating in this event.

The 2026 Boone County Raceway Schedule for the year’s races was recently updated on the track’s website. The full schedule, results and tracking can be found at www.boonecountyraceway.

The Newman Grove/St. Edward Panther track and field teams competed in a pair of meets last week.