Sports

LINCOLN – The Nebraska American Legion recently donated $16,055 to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission for the purchase of an all-terrain wheelchair for state park visitors. Game and Parks currently has two of the tracked wheelchairs at Ponca State Park.

Friday, October 28, 2022, the Badgers played against St. Cecilia and lost with a score of 16-29.

by Melinda Myers Boost your spirits and winter décor with new shapes and colors of amaryllis. Today there are many beautiful options beyond the traditional red.

The Lady Badgers began subdistrict play, Monday, October 24, 2022 where they won one, and lost three to the Ord Chanticleers. Scoring was as follows: 25-21, 17-25, 16-25, 15-25.

The annual Cherry County 4-H Achievement and Recruitment Celebration was held October 16, 2022 at the Cherry County Fairgrounds. The afternoon kicked off with yard and board games. The Sexson family provided horse and buggy rides and the ever-popular cake walk was enjoyed by all. After fun and games, the afternoon culminated with a potluck supper and awards. The following honors were presented: Christen Larson-Malard, Wesley Willert, and James Walking were project grant winners and had displays available for the public to show how their grant money was utilized. These grants are provided each year by the 4-H Council.

Congratulations to MeKallyn Bancroft for being selected to All-State Girls Golf after placing 5th at the State Girls Golf Meet!.

The Nebraska 4-H State Outdoor Archery Championships was held in Grand Island, Nebraska this fall. Dylan Naslund of Cody, represented Cherry County 4-H very well again this year! He received the silver medal in the Young Adult Bow Hunter Freestyle division for targets and the bronze medal in the same division for 3-D.

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Lincoln-November brings NSAA State High School Volleyball and Football championships to Nebraska Public Media. Volleyball championships are Saturday November 5 with Class D-2 at 9:00 a.m. followed by Class D-1 at 11:00 a.m., Class C-2 at 1:00 p.m., Class C-1 at 3:00 p.m., Class B at 5:00 p.m. and Class A at 7:00 p.m. All matches are live from the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

Both red and blue volleyball fans can catch all the action when Nebraska Public Media televises Nebraska and Creighton volleyball home matches in November. Iowa travels to Nebraska for a match at 6:00 p.m.