Sports

Nebraska Raptors 14U softball team, playing out of Silver Creek, recently claimed the District 5 softball championship in Grand Island to earn a spot in the Class C State championships. Team members are (front, l.-r.) Jaedyn Friesen, Brielle Wiese, Emma Preister, Brecklyn Kurz and Chloe Schott; (back) MacKenzie Kurtenbach, Caitlyn Ferris, Sierra Reardon, Adalyn Bishop, Lily Thieman and Kaleigh Rickard-Fischer. The players are from Fullerton, Genoa, Silver Creek, St Edward, Petersburg, Humphrey and Lindsay.

With the Boone County Fair on deck for next week, the Boone County Raceway will be holding the annual Tanner Pelster Memorial event this weekend, July 7. This year’s event will feature a number of specialty payouts sure to attract some racers – a Late Model Payout; Hobby Stock Payout and Stock Car Payout and more have upped some of the prize money to $1,311, $1811 and $6,111 as of Monday.

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The Albion Seniors were back in action last week with a long road stand cut a little short by weather. Their first match found them in Ord on Wednesday Jun 26th. The Cardinals were a little shaky in the first but got things back on track enroute to a 5-2 victory.

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Albion’s 14U Champion softball team includes (l to r): Coach: Jeslynn Beckman; Lilly Molt; Ella Molt; Harper Olnes; Clara Morrow; Joslyn Schrad; Makenna Devine; Samantha Gragert; Brynna Hagemann; Peyton Seier; Lexxus Schroeder; and Coach Paige Nelson.

Two Newman Grove 4-H membes were among the top senior division places in the Madison County shooting sports competition held Saturday, June 8, at the Norfolk Archery Club. Ten youth competed.

A crowd of about 100 people saluted some of the top athletes from Albion/Boone Central at a new biannual event, the Downtown Athletic Club (DAC) Banquet, on Friday, June 14, at the Albion Country Club. The DAC has previously presented its Hall of Fame awards during the alumni banquet, but this year held its event independently on the night before alumni gathered.

James Fogleman and Keaton Hunt combined for a one-hit shutout to start the team off for the week, fanning 10 batters through six innings to secure a dominant victory over O’Neill. The bats were hot as well with the Cards scoring 10 runs off 9 hits with runs in all but one inning of the contest.

The Albion Legion Seniors got the bats going early and stifled the offense of PWG to secure 3-2 victory on the road on Sunday, June 2nd. Caden Stokes (SS) cracked a double on the first at bat of the game to get a runner aboard to lead things off for the Cardinals.