Sports

Sutton throwers claim 2nd in throwers relay at Thayer Central

Harvard junior Micaiah Niemoth and senior Cody Fishler tallied a total of nine team points in action at the Sutton Invitational, held Tuesday, March 19 on the Sutton oval.

A total of 11 basketball players from Sandy Creek and Sutton High Schools were honored this past week by the Southern Nebraska Conference for their play during the 2023-24 season. On the boys side of the post-season honors, a pair of Sandy Creek players were tabbed as first-team selections by the conference, as junior Ethan Shaw and sophomore Oliver Oglesby were joined by Dan Stoner of Fillmore Central, Sam Souerdyke of Thayer Central and Alex Hirschfeld of Centennial on the first-team. Second-team honors went to Sutton senior Cole Baumert. Baumert was joined on the second- team by Clayton Zavodny of David City, Jarin Tweedy of Fillmore Central, Gran Kuhlmann of Wilber-Clatonia, and Devin Slawnyk of Centennial.

March 15 meet earns three medals for Sutton track squads

The Sutton Mustangs 2023-24 basketball season was a tale of two season as the Mustangs finished the month of December with a 3-5 record, before winning seven of their next nine games to head into the Southern Nebraska Conference tournament with a 9-7 record, including a six-game winning streak, beating Ravenna, Fairbury, Thayer Central, Milford, and Sandy Creek, and taking down David City in the opening round of the SNC tournament.

The Sutton Youth Football program has announced that it’s second annual “Spring Thaw” football camp is drawing near, as the camp is slated to begin Tuesday, March 19 with an offensive basics camp, running from 4-6 p.m., followed by a defensive and special teams basics camp, Thursday, March 21, also running from 4-6 p.m.

For the second-straight season, the Sandy Creek boys basketball team fell just one game short of a state tournament berth, as the Cougars, who wrapped up the year with a stellar 20-6 record, and captured their first Southern Nebraska Conference tournament championship since 2002, 22 years ago.

As the old saying goes, “all good things must come to an end,” for the Sutton boys basketball team, the end of the 2023-24 season came to an end with a near 115 mile road trip to Southern Valley High School, south of Oxford.

The Sandy Creek Cougars would fall to Norfolk Catholic in the C2-8 District final 37-26 on the Cougars’ home floor, as the 11 point loss ended Sandy Creek’s season with an impressive 20-6 record, and short of the Class C-2 state tournament.

Sutton drains 10 three-pointers to win D1-3 final

Sandy Creek junior is 3rd in 150-pound class at D-1 district meet, is the lone qualifier