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While this season may not have been the season any of the members of the Boone Central Cardinals wanted. They persevered through adversity at every turn. Finding ways to hang with tough teams and fighting to the end even in games where victory was out of reach.

The Boone Central Cardinals ended their season in the Class C1-4 Subdistrict in Winnebago on Feb 23rd. The Cardinals came into the subdistrict as the #4 seed and drew a contest with #5 seed Arlington (9-15) in the first round.

The Charger Impact Club Volleyball took four teams to the Kearney Boosters Volleyball Tournament in Kearney on Sunday, February 22. The Chargers had a very successful day.

And thus concludes my third season covering the Boone Central Lady Cards basketball team. It has been an adventure following these young women and Coach Imus for three seasons, filled with highs and lows. But there has definitely been a trajectory this team has been on over these years and that is up. Led by some talented young freshmen and sophomores that have grown into talented hard-working juniors and seniors.

The Boone Central girls and boys wrestling teams both qualified members for the 2026 individual tournaments that were held last week at the CHI Center in Omaha – returning home with two state medalists for the program. “What a long week with lots of good wrestling,” said Coach Josh Majerus.

With the regular season in the rearview mirror, the Cardinals needed a short memory to shake off the late season losing skid and refocus for subdistricts. They drew the O’Neill subdistrict C1-5 as a #2 seed meaning they would start things out against #3 Arlington (12-11) on Feb 17th.

The Boone Central Cardinals boys basketball team started the final stretch of the regular season with two tilts against struggling teams and came away with victories to give them a 3-game winning streak heading into their final game of the regular season.

A rough week for the Lady Cardinals as they struggled through their final two games of the regular season enroute to the playoffs. BC 38 – Centura 56 The Cardinals headed to Centura on Feb 10th to face a tough Centurions team (19-3).

With the Nebraska School Activities Association’s C-1 District competition down, Boone Central will be sending seven young men to the CHI Center in Omaha this weekend for the state wrestling tournament. The Cardinals picked up secondplace at the District tournament in Madison last weekend, just 1 point shy of the championship team title with 125 team points.