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Homecoming week kicks off for Summerland students, Monday, Sept. 27. Student council members have planned a week full of activities to promote Bobcat pride that will lead to the crowning of the king...

Summerland sits at 5-10 on the season after going 1-1 in matches at the Sept. 14 Boyd County triangular. The Lady Bobcats avenged a Sept. 11 loss to Creighton in the first match, downing the...

The Lady Bobcat volleyball team sits at 4-9 on the season after winning two of seven sets during three days of competition last week. The Bobcats broke in the new gymnasium Sept. 7, hosting a double...

Despite strong performances from the serving line and at the net, the Lady Bobcats finished last week with a single win and three losses in matches at the Central Valley and St. Mary's triangulars....

It was a day for the record books. After pushing back the official start date for the 2021-2022 school year, Summerland kindergarten through 12th-grade students reported to class Monday under one...

Summerland's volleyball team sits at 1-1 after the Aug. 26 season opener at the West Holt triangular. Four letter winners return to the 2021 squad, including Hadley Cheatum, Harper Klabenes, Adyson...

Rachael Cheatum's squad of Lady Bobcats went one and one against both opponents at Monday's jamboree matches at Boone Central. In the opener, Boone Central maintained control over Summerland and...

The Ewing Alumni event held on May 29th, 2021 in the Ewing high school gymnasium, honored a few classes including: 1971, 2011, and 2020....

Hadley Cheatum will represent the Summerland girls' track team at the 2021 Nebraska School Activities Association State Track Meet, Friday and Saturday, in Omaha. The Summerland sophomore was the...

The Summerland boys' track team outdistanced Niobrara/Verdigre by 25 points to earn the team trophy at the Boyd County Track Invite. The Bobcats scored 123 to bring home the gold from the April 27...

A handful of Bobcats earned more than a handful of medals during Saturday's Niobrara Valley Conference track meet, in Atkinson. Seven members of the boys; team earned medals in nine events. Receiving...

Hadley Cheatum added another gold medal to her collection from the 2021 track campaign after winning the 400m race at the Randolph Invite. Cheatum completed the oval in 1:02.90 at the May 6 meet. The...

Irelyn Bearinger and Talya Nilson placed second in duet acting/duo interp at the West Holt junior high speech invitational, Saturday, after losing a tie-breaker by points in the two-round, no-finals...

Bobcat track team members brought home medals in four events from the Tom Martin/Wausa Invite, held April 22, in Pierce. Hadley Cheatum was a triple medal winner, securing medals in the 400m, 800m...

LUANN SCHINDLER lschindler@ summerlandadvocate.com Summerland track and field teams competed in two meets last week, bringing home hardware in multiple events. At the April 13 North Central Invite,...

A poignant story about two brothers - Aaron and Frankie - and the fine line between reality and fantasy, landed Summerland speech team members Kyra Nilson and Emily Nordby on the medal stand at...

Three students will represent the Summerland speech team at the 2021 Nebraska School Activities Association State Speech Contest, Friday, March 19, in Kearney. Kyra Nilson, Emily Nordby and Adrienne P...

Summerland girls' basketball season ended Friday evening, following a 36-30 loss to Hartington Cedar Catholic. "I was really proud of our girls and the effort and performance they had," Coach Greg App...

The Summerland Bobcat speech team competed Monday in the Niobrara Valley Conference tournament held in Elgin, placing sixth of 16 teams. Chambers was first; Stuart, second; St. Mary's, third; West...

Summerland speech team members competed in two meets recently and several students brought home hardware. At the Feb. 13 Wausa Invite, Emma Hoffman finished fourth in junior varsity extemporaneous...

"This was a good week for the Lady Bobcats Basketball program with winning the subdistrict championship," Summerland skipper Greg Appleby told the Advocate-Messenger. In Tuesday's subdistrict opener...

The Bobcats traveled to Wausa last Thursday to take on the Vikings in a doubleheader of nonconference varsity action. First on deck, the Lady Bobcats battled a scrappy Wausa squad. Both teams got off...

Bobcat speech team members participating in the Jan. 23 Summerland Invite, in Clearwater, include (l-r): Jacob Behnk, Adrienne Parker, Ashley Melcher, Madison Melcher, Emily Nordby, Kyra Nilson,...

The Lady Bobcats squared off against a tough Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family Bulldog team, Jan. 19, and fell short, 58-51. Offensively, Brenna Wagner led the team with 18 points. Both teams battled...

On a typical Saturday during speech season, students can be found boarding a school bus before the break of dawn, traveling hours to reach a destination to perform. While the possibility of those...