Mother nature didn’t stop the Centura wrestling team from making the long road trip to rural Furnas County last Friday, with the Centurions joining twenty other teams at the Southern Valley Invite.
The Elba Bluejays had some high hopes for their 2022-2023 campaign; however, right out of the gate, Elba was tested by a scrappy Sandy Creek team that picked up a 52-10 victory.
The St. Paul Wildcats may have gotten off to a slow start during their first game of the season, but the Blue and Gold quickly made up for it, dominating Gibbon on both ends of the court en route to a 53-20 victory.
No matter what the Wildcats’ prospects are at the start of the season, in order to get their winter campaign started off on the right foot, they must always first get past Gibbon. The Buffaloes are always a tough opponent on opening night and last week was no different.
In their second state semifinals appearance in three years, Central Valley’s (10-2) miracle run through the Nebraska School Activities Association’s 2022 Class D-2 State Football Playoffs came to an end last Friday as the Cougars were handed a 50-12 loss by top-ranked Howells-Dodge (12-0) on the...