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Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
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On Tuesday, June 20, the Stanton seniors traveled to Orchard to take on the Tri-County juniors in American Legion baseball action. Titans' skipper Jeff Shabram said it was a very well-played baseball game on both sides. When the dust settled, the Titans were victorious by a score of 6-4. Ryan Rifer was the starting pitcher, throwing six innings, allowing three runs and striking out six batters. Wyatt Shabram entered to pitch in relief for the last inning to get the save, allowing one run and str...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE In a pitching masterpiece Friday, June 23, in Orchard, O'Neill/Neligh's Kol Otten took the mound against Tri-County's Wyatt Shabram. The Titans lost to the Irish by a score of 0-3. The final stat line in this dual on the mound saw Otten shutting out Tri-County, allowing seven hits while striking out 12 batters. Meanwhile, Shabram maxed out his pitch count, allowing one earned run in the second inning and then two runs in the top of the seventh, including one earned and one unearned. Shabram struck out nine batters. Titans...
On Friday, June 16, the Tri-County Titans traveled to Creighton to take on Creighton/Plainview in junior legion baseball action. In a tight game until the final inning, Tri-County fell to Creighton/Plainview by a score of 0-8. Ryan Rifer took the mound for Tri-County, throwing four outstanding innings, according to Coach Jeff Shabram. Rifer allowed only two runs while striking out four batters. Due to pitch count rules, Wyatt Shabram came in for relief for Rifer, pitching the final two innings....
The Tri-County Titans traveled to Randolph, Sunday, June 11 for junior legion baseball league action. "What a beautiful night for baseball as the Titans won the game in convincing fashion by a score of 9-3," said Coach Jeff Shabram. It was a complete team effort as nine different Titans scored or knocked in an RBI and everyone reached base. Starting on the mound for Tri-County was Ryan Rifer, throwing three innings, allowing two runs and striking out five Randolph batters. Wyatt Shabram came in relief, throwing four innings, allowing one run,...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE The Tri-County Titans continued a busy week of baseball with games at Valentine Tuesday, June 6 and at Orchard, Wednesday, June 7, against the Atkinson seniors. "These were two close, action-packed ball games," Coach Jeff Shabram said. In the contest at Valentine against the Post #90 juniors, Tri-County played "an excellent six and two-thirds innings" only to lose the heartbreaker by a score of 5-6 in the bottom of the seventh after a walk-off hit by Valentine. Wyatt Shabram...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE The Tri-County Titans traveled to Stanton Tuesday, May 30, for American Legion baseball action. Tri-County came home with the win, 14-9. Starting pitcher for the Titans was Ryan Rifer. He allowed six runs in three innings while striking out four. Wyatt Shabram came in for the save, allowing three runs and striking out seven Stanton batters. The game was tight through four innings. Both teams scored three runs in the first inning. Tri-County runs were scored by Connor Thomson,...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE This past weekend, June 3 and 4, the Tri-County Titans junior American Legion baseball team traveled to Pender for a six-team pool play tournament. Coach Jeff Shabram called the competition "outstanding," with many Class B and C state qualifiers in last year's junior legion baseball tournament, as well as district and state qualifiers in this spring's Nebraska School Activities Association baseball season. "The Titans did not disappoint. We played toe-to-toe with some...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE The 2023 American Legion Baseball season opened Tuesday, May 23, as Randolph traveled to Orchard to take on the Tri-County Titans. Coach Jeff Shabram said Tri-County is in its second year as a legion baseball program and is still a juniors-only team this season, with players from Orchard, Verdigre, Ewing, Page, Center, and Niobrara. The Titans won the game by a score of 13-5. Ryan Rifer took the mound and pitched four solid innings, allowing three runs while striking out eight...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE In a junior legion baseball game that could be called the "Clash of the Titans," played at Orchard Friday, May 26, the Creighton/Plainview Titans defeated the Tri-County Titans, 15-1, in five innings. Wyatt Shabram started on the mound for Tri-County, throwing four innings, allowing seven runs and striking out five batters. “Tri-County was just out of sync all night, committing errors at inopportune times on defense, while offensively just hitting the ball right to Creighton/Plainview fielders,” said Coach Jeff Shabram. Fou...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE The 2023 Class D High School State Powerlifting Championships were held at Harvard High School, Saturday, March 25. It featured 125 lifters representing 12 of the top Class D powerlifting schools in the state. "This was the largest Class D state powerlifting meet since 2005," said Jeff Shabram of Orchard. Class D schools represented included Blue Hill, Boyd County, Bruning-Davenport-Shickley, Centura, Fullerton, Harvard, Johnson-Brock, Niobrara/Verdigre, Red Cloud, Riverside,...
In the final night of junior Legion baseball for the 2022 season, Ainsworth traveled to Orchard to battle the Tri-County Titans in double-header action. It was a beautiful night for baseball and two very exciting games were played, according to Coach Jeff Shabram. In the first game, Tri-County lost a heart pounder, 5-9, leaving the bases loaded in the bottom half of the last inning. Starting pitcher for the Titans was Landon McAllister, with Wyatt Shabram and William Drobny pitching in relief. Runs were scored by Dane Miller, William Drobny,...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE The Tri-County Titan Junior Legion baseball team traveled to Ainsworth, Thursday, July 7, for a double header vs. Ainsworth juniors. The Titans came away with a split in the double header, earning the first ever win in Tri-County baseball history. The win came in the first game by a score of 7-3. Wyatt Shabram was the starting pitcher, throwing four and one-third innings of “nearly flawless pitching, including seven strikeouts,” according to head skipper Jeff Shabram. William Drobny and Landon McAllister came in relief, hol...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE In a rematch of a game played at the league tournament earlier last week, the Neligh Junior Legion baseball team traveled to Orchard, Friday, July 1 to play the Tri-County Titans. Neligh came away with a second victory over the Titans, 3-19. Coach Jeff Shabram said, "The best way to sum up this game is that Neligh scored 17 runs in the second inning. No baseball team can overcome that kind of misfortune." Other than that inning Neligh did not score in the first or third innings and a player crossed home plate in the fourth...
The Tri-County Titans Junior Legion team traveled to Stanton Tuesday, June 21, for baseball action with the Stanton seniors. Aside from the bottom of the second inning, it was a close game throughout. Coach Jeff Shabram said his Titan squad showed "much improvement." "Especially when compared to when Stanton traveled to Orchard to play the second game of the season," he said. The final score of Tuesday's game was Tri-County juniors, 8 and Stanton seniors, 16. Scoring for the Titans were William...
The Tri-County Titans traveled to O'Neill, Friday, June 24, to play the O'Neill Irish junior legion baseball team. The Irish defeated the Titans 11-2. Coach Jeff Shabram said, “Again, it was a matter of just a couple innings for Tri-County that determined the outcome, as O'Neill was able to score four runs in the second inning and five runs in the fourth inning.” Both innings saw those runs scored on two-out rallies. Wyatt Shabram was the starting pitcher and Landon McAllister pitched in relief. The Titan runs were scored by Jake Schroeder and...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE Tri-County Junior Legion baseball team traveled to Randolph, June 14, to battle another senior Legion baseball team and the Titans battled the Cardinals tough all the way to the end, only to come up just a little short, by a score of 14-17. Coach Jeff Shabram said, "Again, this was versus a seniors' team, so no harm to our record. We can all be very proud of the way these boys played Tuesday night and the grit and determination they showed all seven innings. The Titans held a...
SUBMITTED ARTICLE The Creighton/Plainview junior legion baseball team traveled to Orchard, June 17, for a battle versus Tri-County. Creighton/Plainview came away with the 13-0 win over Tri-County. According to Tri-County skipper Jeff Shabram, Creighton's Taylor Nilson threw a masterful 60-pitch shutout, as he was supported by stellar Creighton/Plainview defense. "Tri-County did a nice job putting the ball in play, but the defense was positioned perfectly to make the play on the ball," Shabram...
The 10/11 Can Care-a-Van returned this summer to help food pantries across Nebraska stock up on nonperishable food items. Can Care-a-Van is an outreach to help gather food donations for local food pantries. One of the Can Care-a-Van locations was in Neligh on Tues, June 7. Bev Alderson, manager of the Antelope County Food Pantry, had volunteers set up in every community in the county to help gather donations. Rita Shabram, Jeff Shabram, and Wyatt Shabram volunteered to run the Can Care-a-Van...
Tri-County traveled to Neligh, June 8, for junior Legion baseball action. According to Coach Jeff Shabram, the Titans played much more inspired baseball than the week before and kept the game within striking distance going into the final last half inning, only to lose 5-13. Wyatt Shabram was the starting pitcher and threw his max pitches for the evening. Connor Thomson and Landon McAllister came in to pitch in relief. The Titan bats were hitting well Wednesday, but for the first four innings, every hit found a Neligh defender. The offense came...
On Friday, June 3, the O'Neill Irish Junior Legion baseball team traveled to Orchard to take on the Tri-County Titan Juniors. The aggressive O'Neill baseball team defeated the Titans by a score of 3-18. Photos of the Titans vs. O'Neill game available at https://summerlandadvocatemessenger.zenfolio.com/p118233129. Landon McAllister was the starting Titan pitcher and started the game strong. After the first inning, the score was tied 1-1. Connor Thomson scored the first Titan run on a Wyatt...
The Orchard Swimming Pool opened for the season on Thursday, June 2. The pool is open everyday, from 1 to 5 p.m., and it is open for night swimming on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m in June. In July, the pool will be open everyday, regular hours, with night swim offered Sunday through Friday nights from 6 to 8 p.m. Daily admittance is $4 per person or $2 for night swim only. Children, three and under, are admitted free. The pool also has season passes available, and both private and...
On Tuesday, May 24, the newly-formed Tri-County Titans debuted as a Junior Legion team, when they opened the baseball season at Orchard versus Randolph. The Tri-County Titan team consists of 12 players from six different towns - Orchard, Ewing, Page, Verdigre, Niobrara and Center - in Antelope, Holt and Knox counties, with home base being Orchard American Legion Post #136. The Titans battled the whole game to keep it close and even took a one run lead into the seventh inning, only to fall by a score of 15-17. "It was an excellent experience...
The 2021 Orchard AAU Powerlifting Meet was Saturday, April 10, with an impressive line-up of 113 registered lifters from Nebraska, South Dakota and Iowa representing 14 different teams. Thirty Summerland Bobcat powerlifters competed in this year's AAU Championships. "These 30 lifters had an outstanding day for the home crowd, breaking 10 total state and American records and every Summerland school record, not to mention each lifter setting numerous personal bests," said Coach Jeff Shabram. The e...
The 2021 Class D High School State Powerlifting Championships were held at Harvard High School this past Friday, March 26, and Saturday, March 27. The Summerland Bobcat lifters competed in the championships and came away with the high school boys, girls and co-ed team championship trophies! Coach Jeff Shabram said, "All Summerland lifters had impressive performances, with everyone setting personal bests. Also, every school record was either tied or broken," he said. Three special trophies were...
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 said the meet featured 174 lifters representing 17 teams, "with a lineup of excellent competition from some of the largest high schools in Nebraska." "The Bobcat lifters competed very well and did an excellent job in representing our school and communities." In the end, the Summerland boys' team...
