Sports

A 16-year veteran softball coach, Todd Mau, will be inducted into the Nebraska Softball Hall of Fame in a ceremony to be held Saturday, Dec. 2, in Hastings.

Alivia Huxoll, a 2023 graduate of Sutton High School, and the daughter of Edd and Erica Huxoll, of Sutton, will be joining her teammates on the Metropolitan State University volleyball team when they open play in the 2023 NCAA Division II national volleyball tournament, entering the tournament as the sixth-seed in the South Central Regional tournament, played in Canyon TX on Thursday, Nov. 30.

Wrestling is a word that in Logan Searle’s dictionary belongs on the front page of any dictionary in circulation. He breathes wrestling, bleeds wrestling, and sleeps wrestling, and for those that know him well, know that he demands respect for the sport that he loves deeply.

Josh Shaw, a 2022 graduate of Sandy Creek High School, and a Fairfield native was named as a third-team selection to the 2023 All-MIAA all-conference football team, as Shaw, and his Fort Hays State Tigers football team closed out the season with a 7-4 overall record, and a 6-4 conference record.

The Harvard football team, in what many can call the toughest 6-Man football district in the state of Nebraska, has placed five players on the D6-3 All-District football team for their efforts during the 2023 season.

The 2023 volleyball season for the Sutton Fillies came to a close in the C2-8 sub-district tournament with a tough three-set loss to Southern Nebraska Conference rival, Thayer Central, leaving the Fillies with a 20-13 record.

The Sandy Creek volleyball team added four more wins to their total from last year, as after going 6-24 a year ago, the Cougars wrapped up the 2023 season 10-20.

Gail “Oz” Griess came out on top of the highly challenging Pigskin Picks “Nebraska High School Playoff Challenge” to claim the win over Linda Hansen by way of the tie-breaker.

SEMIFINAL BOUND: Sandy Creek reaches post-season semifinals for 1st time since 1994 with win at Cross County

Even seven years removed from competitive college volleyball, Ashlee Harms and her 2013 teammates on the 2013 Midland University volleyball team are still remembered as the volleyball team that put Warrior volleyball on the map.

Cougars move to 10-0