In the leadup to the LouPlatte Conference basketball tournament, the St. Paul Wildcats had a chance to see one of the conference’s top teams last Tuesday night when the Blue and Gold faced off against Centura in the octagon at Centura High School.
CENTURA MOVES UP IN CLASS D-1 RANKINGS Despite falling to the Ravenna Bluejays last Friday night, the Centura girls’ basketball team saw their standings still improve in the state rankings. On Tuesday, the Omaha World-Herald had Centura rated second in Class D-1.
The St. Paul Wildcats’ girls’ wrestling team had a chance to tune up for the postseason last week, when the Blue and Gold competed at the Dale Bonge Invitational in Albion.
While neither the St. Paul Wildcats nor the Centura Centurions have stitched together winning seasons, both teams’ records thus far had been of little concern last Tuesday night, when the Wildcats traveled to rural Cairo to face off with the Centurions in the two teams’ annual cross-county rivalry game.
The Gibbon girls’ basketball team may be attempting to claw their way out from the bottom of the LouPlatte Conference field this season; yet, on Friday night, the Class D-1 No. 3 Centurions didn’t approach their game against the winless Buffaloes any differently than they would any other Friday night foe.
The Centura girls’ wrestling team found perfection in Saturday, as all three members of the Centurions’ squad secured gold medals at the LouPlatte Conference’s girls’ wrestling tournament hosted at Gibbon High School.
For the first time in LouPlatte Conference history, girls wrestling was showcased right alongside the boys’ competition at the conference’s annual invite. And, for the first time in school history, St.