Newman Grove

The Newman Grove/St. Edward Panthers boys’ basketball team faced some tough opponents in their last three games, pushing toward the slide into the end of this year’s season.

Three Lady Panther wrestlers ended their regular seasons at the B-1 District tournament in Plainview last week. At 120, Mackenzie Wiese (13-16) won with a bye, pinned Segelke of Minden, lost by pin to Thompson of Yutan and lost by pin to Settje of Laurel-Concord-Colerdige.

Representing Newman Grove/St. Edward’s bowling team, Serenity Strong won sixth-place at the Class B Girls State bowling tournament in Lincoln this past Monday.

Following a series of special meetings, interviews and executive sessions, the Newman Grove Board of Education offered the school’s top job last Thursday, and received an acceptance from Tyler Beranek, former principal at Lindsay Academy.

A Hunter Safety Class was held three times this past week in Newman Grove for a total of 8 hours class time. Twenty-five kids attended the class. Students came Newman Grove and the surrounding towns. The classes were held at the Newman Grove Bowl.

This week, elementary classes at Newman Grove Public Schools celebrated 100 days of school.

The Newman Grove/St. Edward Panther boys basketball team had two games since last report against Elba, coming off a win to take on Grand Island Lutheran and Burwell.

The junior high Panthers basketball team started the second full week of January with another home game against the Palmer Tigers. The Panthers picked up a good head of steam in the first quarter, 120, over Palmer, and led 15-6 heading into the halftime break.