Wildcats weather storm, fall to Crusaders in finale

Throughout a big stretch of last Friday’s battle between St. Paul and Grand Island Central Catholic (GICC), the Wildcats hung right with the second-rated Crusaders. However, a pair of big runs from GICC would come back to haunt St. Paul as the Blue and Gold fell 59-34.
ZANDYN WELLER attempts to edge past a Crusader defender during last Friday night’s regular season finale between St. Paul and Grand Island Central Catholic in Grand Island. Photo by Jordan Coslor

’Cats’ Rasmussen, Baker both earn bronze medals

Bringing home a gold medal from the NSAA State Wrestling Championships went a long way in helping lift the Wildcat wrestling team’s spirits last week, but that individual title wasn’t the only piece of hardware the Blue and Gold toted home to Howard County.
LAYNE BAKER attempts to put Minden’s Harrison Reed on his back during the quarterfinal round of the NSAA State Wrestling championships in Omaha on Thursday. The Wildcat beat the Whippet 10-3. Photos by Michael Happ

Class C: St. Paul storms into state tournament

There will be a bit of Blue and Gold on the mats at the CHI Health Center on Friday night.Thursday evening, three St. Paul Wildcats automatically punched their tickets to the “Best Night in High School Sports” with a pair of victories during the quarterfinal round of the Class C State Wrestling...
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Class D: Cougars, Tigers roll early in Omaha

The Central Valley Cougars started the first session of the NSAA State Wrestling Championships sitting in the top three in Class DOn Thursday morning at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Central Valley amassed forty team points to finish the morning sitting in third.
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of St. Paul basketball joined together for a good cause this season, and their efforts were celebrated last Tuesday night.
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Centurions survive Rebels in thriller

The Centura boys’ basketball team was hungry to win their final conference matchup of the regular season last Friday night. So hungry that, when it was announced that pretzels were selling for just a dollar at the concession stand, the Centurions went to work on the court.
	Centurions survive Rebels in thriller

SIX WILDCATS PUNCH TICKETS

St. Paul wrestlers overcome obstacles, earn team title at District C-4 meet A spate of winter weather made Saturday a day of tough sledding on the roads in central Nebraska, and the going wasn’t much easier inside the confines of Cope Coliseum at Kearney Catholic High School.
ST. PAUL’S LAYNE BAKER needed just two minutes to pin Lukas Altwine Adams of Gibbon in the semifinals of the District C-4 Tournament at Kearney Catholic on Saturday. Baker ended up being one of the Wildcats’ three district champions last week. Photos by Michael Happ

SIMONS TO MAKE RETURN TRIP TO OMAHA

In mid-February, the mantra on the wrestling mat is simple: Win, and get in. That is exactly the mentality that propelled Centura’s Kolten Simons over the weekend when he joined the rest of the Centurions’ lineup at the District D-1 Tournament at Malcolm High School.
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