Sports

Game night at St Paul Lutheran Church, rural Tilden, will be held Friday, March 8, starting at 5:30 p.m. This event of games, fun, and fellowship was rescheduled from January due to the snow storms.

Seven Boone Central wrestlers traveled to the promised land - Omaha - this past week to compete in the 2024 Nebraska State Championships at CHI Health Center Arena. As usual, the Cardinals’ results were mixed.

There were no surprises for the Boone Central Cardinals and their fans in Friday’s 2023-24 regular season finale at Crofton. Boone was in complete control from the outset, as records indicated it should have been, and headed to postseason play with a 70-36 rout of the host Warriors.

Every season ends the same way. Win or go home.

To call Carson Wood’s senior wrestling season tumultuous is just scratching the surface. The 2023-24 mat season became an excruciating challenge for the decorated Cardinal.

The National High School Athletic Coaches Association (NHSACA) and the Nebraska Coaches Association (NCA) recently announced the advancement of 12 coaches as finalists for the National High School Athletic Association National Coach of the Year.

2024 Nebraska State Wrestling Championships - Class D Riverside Results 138: Trevor Carraher (39-14 4th), tech fall by Gatlin Krepela (Pleasanton, 50-3), TF 1-16; decisioned Brody Patterson (Wilcox-Hildreth), 8-6; decisioned Jarrett Wells (Anselmo-Merna), 8-5; decisioned Trevor Steffen (Guardian Angels Central Catholic), 5-3; decisioned by Corbin Hoefer (Neligh-Oakdale), 3-4 165: Tye Dozler, (25-15), pinned by Becker Pohlmann (Stanton, 16-- 5), 5:24; pinned by David Bryner (Sutherland), 4:29..

Boone Central FFA Chapter has eight members who recently qualified for state competition and received Golds awards in Proficiency. The state qualifiers include: • Brant Benes in beef production • Bella Meyer in sales and service • Audra Groth in diversified livestock production • Katelyn Krohn in hospitality, restaurant and tourism • Briana Johnson in health and human services • Cassidy Maricle in sheep production • Britney Naber in ag processing • Ava Buhlmann in veterinary science.

It’s one of the most exciting weekends of the Nebraska winter athletic calendar. District wrestling. State bound or done for wrestlers who have given their all throughout the season. One chance, one shot. Drama, indeed.

Thursday, Feb. 15: Nebraska State Wrestling Championships (Omaha), TBA; Girls Basketball Sub-District Finals, TBD Friday, Feb.