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Summerland struck first in its Class D1 state football playoff game against Bridgeport and never looked back. The Bobcats held off what could have resulted in a late charge by the Bulldogs to secure...

Neligh-Oakdale and Summerland scored 100 points, Friday, when the Bobcats visited Neligh. The Warriors exited the field with 64-36 win. Jaykwon Petite completed four of nine pass attempts, for 105...

Bobcat quarterback Jaykwon Petite fights over Elkhorn Valley's Travis Halsey during Friday's 34-20 Bobcat win at Tilden. Petite completed six of nine passes for 81 yards. Senior Trevor Thomson led...

Summerland's varsity football team moved to 2-2 on the year, following a 42-14 win over Lutheran High Northeast. The teams met on the Bobcat's home turf, Sept. 16. The game was knotted after the first...

Summerland Coach Tom Thramer said Crofton would be "a different animal coming down from the 11-man ranks." Crofton proved him right, taking advantage of the second half to claim a 42-20 win. At...

An season-opening battle against Riverside found the Bobcats coming up shy, as the Chargers charged downfield in the final minutes to earn a 27-26 win. It was a battle of defenses, at least for two an...

Trevor Thomson earned silver medals in two running events at Thursday's Class C5 district track meet in Atkinson. He will advance to the 2022 Class C Nebraska State Track and Field Championship,...

In the first-ever Summerland Track and Field Invite, the Bobcat boys' team scored 125 points, winning the team title. St. Mary's finished second, with 98 points. Multiple athletes earned medals,...

Summerland track and field teams will be represented Thursday at the 28th annual Northeast Nebraska Track and Field Classic. Hadley Cheatum will compete in two events. At 6:20 p.m., she will run the...

The Bobcat boys' track and field team tied for sixth place, with Hartington-Newcastle, at Thursday's Wausa Invite, held in Pierce. Both squads finished with 35 points. Pierce ended with 125 points,...

South Sioux City claimed the boys' team title at the O'Neill Track Invite, held April 12. Summerland scored 27 points, finishing seventh in the 11-team field. Trevor Thomson led the squad, earning...

Summerland's girls' track team finished fourth and the boys' team, fifth, at the North Central Track and Field Invite, held April 4, in Bassett. West Holt claimed the girls' title, scoring 112...

Trevor Thomson kicked off the 2022 track and field campaign with two wins in short-distance races, Saturday, at the Wayne State College Invite. Thomson ran 11.25 to claim the 100m gold and sprinted...

The expansion of an agriculture education program has boosted membership in Summerland's FFA chapter. Advisor Jacob Goldfuss said 46 students, grades seven through 12, participate in the organization...

After trailing by one at the end of the first quarter, Summerland exploded in the second and third stanzas to pick up a 46-33 road win, Friday, against Boyd County. Boyd County led 8-7 at the end of...

Keegan Smith pumped in a dozen points in Summerland's 75-33 loss to St Mary's. The teams played in O'Neill, Feb. 1, during the second round of the Niobrara Valley Conference basketball tourney. Aidan...

Down by one point with a quarter remaining, Summerland boys’ basketball team pumped in 20 points to defeat Osmond, 54-44, Friday, in a home contest. Three Bobcats finished in double figures. Keegan S...

Mason Hoke scored a baker's dozen and Michael Koenig pitched in 11 points, but it wasn't enough to overcome St. Mary's, Thursday, as the Redbirds flew to a 71-39 win on the Bobcats' home court. St....

The Bobcats clawed through two opponents last week, finishing 2-1, after picking up wins over Plainview and North Central. The Cats sit 5-6 on the season, following Friday's five-point loss to West...

It was a tale of unbalanced quarters for the Bobcat boys' basketball team, during the Dec. 28 championship game of the Summerland Holiday Tournament. The hosts lost to Walthill, 67-46. Walthill...

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...

Fourteen lifters from the Summerland powerlifting team traveled to Midland University, in Fremont, Saturday, March 13, for the All-Class Nebraska High School Powerlifting Meet. Coach Jeff Shabram...

Summerland FFA competed at the district career development events March 3 at NECC. Some events were held virtually at the end of February. Summerland FFA competed in nine different contests,...

A stagnant third quarter from the Bobcats led to elimination from Niobrara Valley Conference tournament play after Elkhorn Valley downed Summerland, 44-25. The teams met in the first round, Saturday,...