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Records tumble at Central Nebraska Track Championships

3 months ago By Tom Dickey

Body 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.

Austin Dodds had a career day at the Mid State Conference meet winning both hurdle events along with adding a very impressive anchor leg on the 4x400 relay.

Central Community College awards basketball leaders for season

3 months ago By News Staff

Body 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.

Boone Central to host District track

3 months ago By News Staff

Body Boone Central will be hosting the 2026 Nebraska State Activities Association’s C-6 District track meet on Thursday, May 14. Field events will begin at 11 a.m.

Ickler signs with UNK...

3 months ago By News Staff

Body Lenyn Ickler (center) officially signed to attend the University of Kearney as a Loper for the track team this past week at Boone Central High School.

Cardinals prepare for districts at Ord Invite

3 months ago By Tom Dickey

Body The week between the conference and district meets is always a big coin toss - do we run, jump, and throw a lot this week, or back off and go for quality?

Hemmingsen places in AAU overseas tournament

3 months ago By News Staff

Body 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.

Panthers compete at Goldenrod Conference meet

3 months ago By Tim Rossow

Body The Newman Grove/St. Ed Panthers returned to Burwell last Friday, May 1st to compete in the Goldenrod Conference Track meet.

Micah Cuevas (at right) on the podium with his medal.

4x100 relay anchors team effort at Grand Island

3 months ago By Tom Dickey

Body Traditionally, the Northwest Dave Gee Invitational in Grand Island is one of the tougher meets in which to compete in Nebraska. But, in the past few years, the meet has been ramped up several degrees to become the toughest meet in Nebraska after the State Meet.

Pictured is the Boone Central girls’ 4x100 relay team which placed 3rd at the Northwest Dave Gee Invitational Track Meet. Their time of 49.23 broke the former school record by a substantial margin. Team members are: Ciara Baker, Reagan Hooker, Addy Hedlund, and Sophie Lyon.

BC Middle School wins Norfolk invite

3 months ago By News Staff

Body 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.

Boone County Raceway

3 months ago By News Staff

Body 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.

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