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Seniors fight through two headed to area tournament

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Albion’s Post #162 Seniors picked up two stiff games in the last week, waiting for the Class C Area tournaments to begin in another week. Albion played Pierce’s Seniors, falling 13-4, and then took on David City Post #125 at home on Monday, July 21, falling 15-7 in a game that was very closely played but separated with some errors.
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2024 Golf League Results

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Men’s League - Division 1 1, Perone, Jon, Petersen, Jon, 138.5 2, Aaron Allgood, Bryan Hughett, 121.5 3, Ray Bennett, Jim Towey, 118.5 4, Lou Carlson, Gale Carlson, 117.5 5, Kenny Kurtenbach, Dave Geilenkirchen, 116 6, Jesse Brodersen, Gary Hoefer, 110 7, Jeff Bolin, Dave Hellbusch, 109.5 8, Al Thorberg, Ed Luetkenhaus, 107.5 9, Tom Ketteler, Darrell Buhl, 106 10, Bob Schafer, Raph Starman, 105.5 11, Ryan Stagemeyer, Greg Luettel, 104 12, Brad Beckwith, Chris Nelson, 99.5 13, Roger Ternus, Brian Rasmussen, 98 14, Larry Bird, Dick Stephens, 96 15, Jim Meyer, Eric Johnson, 93.5 T16, Steve Johnson, Ron Pfeifer, 89 T16, Chris Borer, Rick Martinsen, 89 18, Ahlers, Terry, Seda, Mike, 85.5 19, Jeff Kurtenbach, Tony Kurtenbach, 83.5 20, Dean Bentley, Jim Meyersburg, 72.5 Division 2 1, Matt Mescher, Nick Kayton, 113.5 2, Dan Towey, Tye Nolan, 112.5 3, Jeff Bolin, Jon Petersen, 112 4, Eric Albers, Ethan Larsen, 109 5, Perone, Jon, Sup, Joel, 106 6, Andrew Tunink, Steven Ruzek, 105 7, Aaron Allgood, Terry Ahlers, 103 8, Jordan Temme, Derek Leifeld, 101.5 9, Jason Zabka, Ryan Stagemeyer, 99.5 10, Kyle Liss, Joel Johnson, 99 11, Friese, Tyrell, Theiman, Nate, 96 12, Garrett Temme, Brett Temme, 81.5 13, Chris Kohtz, Ashton Evans, 79.5 14, Ryan Luettel, Greg Luettel, 65.5 15, John Morrow, Chris Borer, 65 16, Rich Heidemann, Brock Kuester, 57.5 17, Michael, Anthony, Niewohner, Justin, 49.5 18, Randy Hedlund, Jesse Brodersen, 22.5 Division 3 1, David Lueken, Mike Krohn, 117 2, Jeff Temme, Al Thorberg, 114.5 3, Don Casper, Roger Ternus, 107.5 4, Marcus Johnson, Mike Kuta, 107 5, Dan Krohn, John Kaup, 104.5 6, Bergland, Curt, Martin, Dustin, 102.5 7, Bob Veik, Scott Herley, 100.5 8, Kade Leetch, Beau Bremer, 98 9, Morgan, Doug, Seda, Mike, 97.5 T10, Randy Leetch, Larry Leetch, 96.5 T10, Beau Beckwith, Brian Tisthammer, 96.5 12, Weber, Skyler, Bettencourt-Tyler, 94 13, Craig Gragert, Steve Krohn, 91 14, Todd Bremer, Dave Weidner, 90.5 15, Dan Rasmussen, Dave Rasmussen, 88 16, Randy Pelster, Greg Christo, 87.5 17, Ray, Weston, Frey, Justin, 74 18, Mitch Hardwick, Greg Krohn, 72.5 19, Andy Zoucha, Dan Fowlkes, 60 20, Adam Briese, Tyler Seda, 42.5 Division 4 1, Jim Carder, Rick Cockerill, 101.5 2, Brian Hellbusch, Dave Hellbusch, 100.5 T3, Luetkenhaus, Ed, Bender, Larry, 97.5 T3, Raph Starman, Ron Erickson, 97.5 5, Bill Martinsen, Larry Erickson, 95 6, Jason Olnes, Rick Olnes, 93.5 7, Ray Bennett, Steve Swerczek, 92 8, Jeff Bolin, Greg Koetter, 90 9, Al Bender, Bill Klassen, 88 10, Bentley, Dean, Rolf, Carroll, 80.5 11, Jim Towey, Dan Towey, 77.5 Division 5 T1, Greg Christo, Andy Roberts, 94 T1, Brian Nathan, Cam Knopik, 94 3, Wes Beller, Jacob Hall, 87 4, Doug Morgan, Kent Carder, 86.5 5, Randy Pelster, Bart Johnston, 84 6, Rick Schack, Chuck Beckwith, 80 7, Kory Schafer, Cole Frey, 78.5 8, Bill Curry, Brent Lipker, 76.5 T9, Olnes, Rick, Seda, Mike, 76 T9, Mark Niewohner, John Kennedy, 76 T11, Nick Krohn, Bryan Holnholt, 74 T11, Brian Liss, Jason Olnes, 74 13, Kevin Liss, Dustin Christo, 70.5 14, Riley Beller, Mathew Pfeifer, 66.5 T15, Tyler Rolf, James Kunzman, 62 T15, Ben Edwards, Tony Levander, 62 17, Todd Kramer, Roger Gentrup, 49.5 18, Greg Koetter, Jerry Leifeld, 47.5 Division 6 1, Klassen, Bill, Bender, Larry, 94 2, Doug Young, George Lueken, 92 T3, Steve Johnson, Jim Carder, 87 T3, Kent Tisthammer, Kevin Kunzman, 87 5, Jeff Temme, Bob Veik, 84 6, Michael Horn, Dan Braun, 82 T7, Denny Johnson, John Buck, 81.5 T7, Niewohner, Jerry, Cockerill, Rick, 81.5 9, Caleb Poore, Wyatt Mazour, 75.5 10, Ed Luetkenhaus, Al Bender, 74 11, Pilkington, Ralph, Young, Jeremy, 73.5 12, Dave Seier, Alan Temme, 72 13, John Mazour, Jason Tisthammer, 71 14, Bergland, Curt, Predmore, Joe, 70.5 T15, Nathan Hemmer, Trevor Salber, 67 T15, Olnes, Shawn, Niewohner, Craig, 67 17, Tim Kayton, JJ Ondracek, 64.5 18, Beller, Carter, Wiese, Tim, 37 Women’s League - Division 1 1, Roberta Seda, Pam Young, 107 2, Cheryl Martinsen, Nikki Heidemann, 97.5 3, Susie Wolf, Julie Rasmussen, 95.5 T4, Kate Seier, Jan Temme, 92 T4, Jayne Schack, Laurie Carder, 92 6, Deb Morgan, Louetta Kennedy, 88 7, Joyce Pelster, Sandy Zabka, 87.5 8, Diane Martinsen, Jeanne Young, 79 9, Peg Pfeifer, Sue Bender, 78.5 10, Jane Beckwith, Sheila Carder, 76.5 11, Ellen Frey, Mary Kay Ternus, 74.5 12, Jeanne Buhl, Karmen Meysenburg, 74 13, Beckwith, Deb, Kayton, Karen, 72.5 14, Pam Carlson, Dorothy Carlson, 63 15, Cindy Edwards, Kim Beierman, 53.5 16, Taylor Beierman, Angie Sup, 28 17, Aimee Albers, Amy Thompson, 0 Division 2 1, Kate Seier, Jan Temme, 93.5 2, Jayne Temme Prince, Sandy Zabka, 87 3, Mary Jo Lueken, Jessica Krohn, Teresa Hughett, 84.5 4, Susie Wolf, Joyce Pelster, 72 5, Breann Bankson, Nikki Heidemann, 69 6, Kendra Krohn, Amber Olnes, 66 7, Finnegan, Donielle, Robinson, Pam, 53.5 8, Warner, Brenda, Stegemann, Tiffini, 49.5 9, Katherine Kohtz, Heather Kohtz, 31.5.
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10U girls travel to state for first time

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The Albion 10-and-Under softball team took a trip to the State Softball Tournament last weekend, picking up some good experience and memories for the team to carry into the future. The team took to the field against the Havoc Dunn team in the bunny bracket before the first round, and took a loss 6-0.
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Albion youth on Kelly’s Champ team

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The Kelly’s Fastpitch 16U-18U girls softball team won their Class C state competition bracket recently. Two Albion young women were part of the team, Averie Luettel and Ava Buhlmann. Those teammates included, back row (l to r): Head Coach Dave Kassmeier, Makenna Whitney, Julia Price, Ava Buhlmann, Bella Hupke, Averie Luettel, Allie Bromley, Aubrey Larsen, Coach Jamie Sporleder, and Coach John Hupke. Front row: Genesis Enrique, Lexi Sporleder, Bailey Kassmeier, and Grace Enrique.
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Juniors wrap up season in Genoa

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The Albion Post #162 Juniors Legion baseball team started it’s journey in the 2025 American Legion C5 baseball tournament in Genoa this past week. The Albion Post #162 boys had their first game on July 11 against Ord, and were defeated 11-3 after the final inning.
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Team takes second-place...

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This year’s Newman Grove/St. Edward 8U baseball team included, front row (l tor): Henry Cruise, Preston Stone, Ezekiel Sarniak, Liam Fehringer, Bohen Christman, Lincoln Wiese, Elijah Sarniak, Sam Palmer, James O’Brien; Back Row: Tyler Barnes, Dax Lomas, Dashiel Morris, Rowan Luedtke, Ryker Hoffmeister, Rhett Fritzges, Carter Nelson; Not Pictured Luis Hernandez; and Coaches: Jesse Hoffmeister, Chris Wiese Billy Christman, John Fritzges.
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Cardinal named on Wayne State All-District team

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The Wayne State College men’s track and field team saw five athletes named to the 2024-25 Academic All-District Team released Tuesday morning and selected by College Sports Communicators. Senior Alex Brandt earned Academic All-District honors for a third straight season while seniors Quentin Dreyer and Wyatt Nissen, junior Jake Peitz and sophomore Jaxson Ninete were first-time honorees.
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Seniors split games 1-1

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The Albion Seniors will get a few more regular season games this year as their Area Tournament doesn’t begin for a few weeks – and played in two games, splitting 1-1, over the last week. The Seniors Area Tournament will be hosted in Albion, but with Sutton as the “host team.” Joining Albion and Sutton for the tournament will be Doniphan-Trumbull-Giltner, Dwight, Ord, Palmer-Wolbach-Greeley and Wood River, to start on July 25.
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Boone County Raceway

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Pos, Car, Driver, Hometown, Gap 1, 97, David Johnson, Columbus, NE, - 2, 52, Kyle Wilkinson, Neligh, NE, 21 3, 28, Ronnie Grass, Albion, NE, 22 4, 21, Lee Hoerle, Burwell, NE, 31 5, 87, Tyler Olnes, Petersburg, NE, 31 6, 76, Lane Cornwell,Albion, NE, 38 7, 49, Justin Mitchell, Amelia, NE, 43 8, 1t, Robbie Thome, Spalding, NE, 48 9, 12, Lukas Pohlmann, Aurora, NE, 56 10, 7, Michael Brengelman, Albion, NE, 68 IMCA Stock Cars As of 6/20/2025 Pos, Car, Driver, Hometown, Gap 1, 83, Jeff Ware, Columbus, NE, - 2, 10A, Austin Brauner, Platte Center, NE, - 3, 5, Cameron Wilkinson, Neligh, NE, 3 4, 77, Tejay Mielke, Norfolk, NE, 8 5, 58, Kyle Wilkinson, Neligh, NE, 11 6, 13J, Jacob Anson, Albion, NE, 12 7, 74, Chuck Sands, Neligh, NE, 22 8, 19, Clay Anding, Albion, NE, 22 9, 24s, Dave Langan,Albion, NE, 24 10, 25, Randy Hooker, Humphery, NE, 35 IMCA Hobby Stocks As of 6/20/2025 Pos, Car, Driver, Hometown, Gap 1, 52, Jason Wilkinson, Neligh, NE, - 2, 14, Tristan Grape, Bellwood, NE, 7 3, 25, Joe Beller, Norfolk, NE, 11 4, 55, Austin Bruhn, creston, NE, 35 5, 56T, Jordan Troutman, Columbus, NE, 36 6, 9, Landyn Roebuck, Genoa, NE, 39 7, 98, Dalton Young, Albion, NE, 41 8, 25Z, Zach Gimpel, Giltner, NE, 45 9, 97B, Ryan Fajman,Albion, NE, 47 10, 2B, Brooke Fluckiger, Columbus, NE, 48 IMCA Late Models As of 6/27/2025 Pos, Car, Driver, Hometown, Gap 1, 77, Cory Dumpert, Newman Grove, NE, - 2, 14, Chase Osborne, Norfolk, NE, 19 3, 12b,Alex Banks, Newman Grove, NE, 27 4, 20, Greg Krohn, Albion, NE, 32 5, 11x, Nelson Vollbrecht, Stanton, NE, 32 6, 38, Mark Lueken, Albion, NE, 44 7, 21X, Jared Hoerle, Chambers, NE, 46 8, 112, Dan Lueken, Albion, NE, 59 9, 2, Matt Haase, Norfolk, NE, 70 10, 36, Beau Johnson, Plainview, NE, 73 IMCA STARS Mod Lite As of 6/20/2025 Pos, Car, Driver, Hometown, Gap 1, 54N, Scott Naggatz, Carter Lake, IA, - 2, 13,Andrea Wagner, Lincoln, NE, 1 3, 1R, Rob Wagner, Lincoln, NE, 1 4, 14, Taylor Pollock, Prague, NE, 2 5, 4d, Doug Pollock, Tekamah, NE, 7 6, 22, Kevin Lugenbeel, Adams, NE, 10 7, 47, Cory Sonner, Polk City, IA, 33 8, 4G, Ben George, Altoona, IA, 34 9, 3, Nathan Wolfe, Lees Summit, MO, 39 10, X-15, Benny Bohuslavsky, Cedar Creek, NE, 40 Crown Vic As of 6/27/2025 Pos, Car, Driver, Hometown, Gap 1, 17Z, Christopher Nickolite, Bellwood, NE, 2, 24, DamonArehart, Neligh, NE, 9 3, 50,Aden Mielke, Norfolk, NE, 10 4, 11C, Camryn Pelster, Elgin, NE, 11 5, 99, Riley Lewis, Waco, NE, 12 6, 12, Carter Lueken,Albion, NE, 16 7, 47, DJ Heiderman,Albion, NE, 57 8, 8, Riley Lavene, Central City, NE, 85 9, 55W, Josh Wiese, Osceola, NE, 87 10, 10K, Owen Kurtenbach, Lindsay, NE, 91.
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Juniors prep for Area Tourney

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The Albion Post #162 Juniors baseball team traveled to take on the Tri-County Titans for a win, and notched a loss against Plainview’s Post #148 team on Monday before storms rolled in. The Juniors will be traveling to the Area Tournament starting this weekend, July 11, in Twin River.
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