The St. Paul Wildcats capped off a strong regular season on the volleyball court last Thursday night by winning a pair of matches against LouPlatte Conference opponents.

Grand Island Central Catholic didn’t forget. A year after the Wildcats captured the mojo of homecoming and upset the Crusaders in St.

Trevin Grabowski rushed for 109 yards on Friday night to help the Centura football team post its third victory of the season. Last week, Centura closed out its 2025 campaign with a 21-13 win against Cross County.

For the eighth time this season, Central Valley’s Luke Shoemaker rushed for 100 or more yards. That standout performance, along with some dominant defense, helped propel the second-seeded Cougars to a first-round playoff win over the Wilcox-Hildreth Falcons last Thursday, 60-6.

The St. Paul Wildcats are back on top.

Centura falls to Yutan/Mead in first-ever state appearance Centura’s first-ever game in the NSAA Class C State Softball Tournament went down to the wire, but the Diamonds were sent to the bottom half of the bracket with a 3-1 loss to Yutan/ Mead in a low-scoring, defensive battle Wednesday.

The St. Paul Wildcats will once again be represented at the NSAA Class C State Cross Country Championships.

Centura junior Kasen Webb finished four seconds shy of qualifying for this year’s NSAA Class C State Cross Country Championships. Last Thursday, on the course at Camp Kateri south of McCool Junction, Webb completed the race at the District D-4 Meet in 18:56.15 for a sixteenth- place finish.

Across the Cornhusker State, football fans were focused on the fight for the Bits of Broken Chair trophy in the Twin Cities last Friday. However, in Howard County, the fight for the Howie took center stage.

It was win-or-go-home for Centura last Thursday at the Bill Smith Softball Complex in Hastings. After suffering a firstround loss to Yutan/ Mead, the Diamonds completely turned things around and caught fire offensively.