Sports

The Lady Cardinals softball team traveled to the “NEN Viper” (Pender and Wisner-Pilger) invitational on Saturday, Aug. 31, bringing home runner-up honors.

One can hardly believe it is football season already, especially with the extreme heat we all suffered through at the beginning of last week. But it’s here and as we all look forward with cautious optimism to a step forward for the Huskers, we here in Boone Central country get to prepare ourselves for what comes next after a state championship last season.

The Boone Central Cardinals volleyball team got off to a hot start to the 2024 campaign this past week with five contests between the NSAA Hall of Fame Jamboree exhibition and the Plainview Tournament ending the week with five wins under their belt.

Students, athletes, parents, coaches and onlookers attended the 2024 Sports season kickoff at Boone Central. Scrimmages and intorductions of players and coaches were part of the main event, as well as a performance by the Boone Central cheerleaders that put on quite a show..

The Boone County Raceway held its second to last events of the year’s schedule this past weekend, August 16-17. The “Added Extra Night” was held on August 16, and the “Midwest Vintage Showdown” for MCSA and GOTRA was held on August 17.

Winning team at the 2024 Albion Country Club Member-Guest Tournament were Jon Webster and Steve Krohn. The annual tournament had a full slate of golfers and was held Aug.

The Albion Country Club reported a hole-in-one by 16-year-old Camden Redler on Monday, Aug. 12..

In lieu of regular races this week, the Boone County Raceway held Go-Cart Races at the local track. Racers from mainly the local area took the final positions in each race, from Albion, Columbus, Elgin, Scotia and more.