Sports

The 2025 Lady Badger golf season has come to an end. The girls played at Lake Maloney Golf Course in North Platte on Monday, October 13, and Tuesday, October 14, for the NSAA State tournament.

“Taylie Fletcher qualified for state by placing in the top 15 individual girls at our class D meet at Perkins County last Thursday. She placed 12th with a time of 22:59 in the 5k race,” said Coach Alex Jensen.

Coach Ian Bish said, “Our guys came out and executed in all three phases of the game. Multiple guys stepped up for us and our defensive line played a great game getting double digit sacks. Our guys are excited for another opportunity to compete next week against Kearney Catholic.”

“We going to the ‘ship, what?!” The Lady Badger Golfers brought home the title of District C5 CHAMPS with a team score of a 395. Medalist from the tournament are as follows: Tierney Miller, your individual district CHAMP shot an 86, Joni Cox took third with a 90 (PR) and Rylee Wackler took eighth with a 102. Sam Sprenger and Grace Murphy completed our team of five. Kassie Hanson attended as an alternate.

The Lady Badgers hosted their invitational this past weekend where they played against Gordon- Rushville, Hyannis, Hemingford, and Cozad. The Lady Badgers won against Gordon-Rushville 25-18, 25-16; Hyannis 25-15, 25-12; and Hemingford 25-18, 25-19.

“Once again, it was another gritty performance by our guys to find a way to win at the end of the game. We did a great job of maintaining our composure throughout the game and making adjustments as we went in all three phases. Our guys upfront really set the tone and opened up a lot of room for us to run as the game went along. We are looking forward to competing again this Friday at home,” said Coach Ian Bish.

The Lady Badgers traveled to Winner, SD and took on the Lady Warriors and lost in three sets, winning one: 22-25, 15-25, 25-21, 23-25. Mia Sherbeyn led in kills with 12; Ashlyn Hutchinson, 9; Annalena Nelson, Clarrah Beebout each with 2; Paige Sprenger and Devhaney Belville, each with 1.

September,25,2025,theCody-Kilgore Cowboys had a tussle with a stubborn herd of Crawford Rams in Dawes County, NE. Unfortunately for the Cowboys, the Rams ended up on the winning side of the encounter by the final score of 39-22.

“t was a really gutsy performance by all 20 guys that suited up last Friday night. We got down early but our guys stayed the course and battled through adversity to come out on top against a good Mitchell team,” said Coach Ian Bish. “We had several guys push through being banged up and come up in a big way for us. A few guys stepped up with special individual performances including Parker Chavez finishing with 19 total tackles, multiple forced fumbles, and a 90 yard touchdown run.

12U Football had a rough afternoon on Sunday, October 5, 2025. They battled through the wind and fall chill but came up short against O’Neill-2. The final score was Valentine-2 14 and O’Neill-2 30. Their final game will be Sunday October 12, at 2:00 p.m., versus Boyd County.