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The Bobcat golf team shot 364, Thursday, at the LHNE Golf Invite at Fairplay Golf Course in Norfolk. Bennet Flenniken led the Bobcats with 86. Dylan Gray carded a 92; Jacob Pierzina, 97; Ian Rittscher 89, and Cohen Schindler, 107. Rittscher's total was a personal best....
Claire Kester competed at the Twin River National Duals in West Des Moines, Iowa, Aril 18-19, as part of Nebraska's Kool-Aid Crew. The team claimed the professive national champion title, and Kester was named an All-American wrestler....
Ethan Kester soared over the 12-foot bar, setting a school record in pole vault. He accomplished the feat on April 24, at the Wausa/Tom Martin Memorial Track Invite at Pierce. Kester won the competition. Kester also competed in discus, and threw 98' 11 inches, finishing 27th. Teammate Ryan Rifer picked up another Bobcat first-place finish in high jump. He cleared 6' 4 in. Stacy Snodgrass placed sixth in the 100m hurdles, running 19:52. He ended in 10th in high jump, clearing 5' 4 inches, and...
Summerland hosted its annual Golf Invitational on April 15 at Summerland Golf Course. Bennet Flenniken led the Bobcats, carding an 85. Dylan Gray was one stroke behind, finishing with an 86. Jacob Pierzina and Ian Rittscher each ended with 95. Cohen Schindler shot 105. Summerland finished in a tie for sixth with West Holt, with 361. Norfolk Catholic finished with 299 to take top honors. Runners-up North Central were 34 strokes behind, scoring 333. O'Neill JV shot 336; Neligh-Oakdale, 337, and...
Summerland track teams handled warm temperatures and strong winds, Thursday, at the O’Neill Invite. Girls Division Isabella Kester showed her consistency in long distance races. Kester finished fourth in the 1600, crossing the tape in 6:16.84. She also ended fourth in the 3200, running, 13:37.67. The 4x800 relay team - Kester, Karley Dawkins, Leah Wiese, and Jayde Bazelman, set a personal record, with a 11:47.48 finish. They ended in seventh place. Other results include: Taylen Nilson: shot p...
The 2026 Orchard AAU Powerlifting Meet was held this Friday, April 10 and Saturday, April 11 with an awesome line-up of 170 registered lifters from across the midwest. "This year's meet was a National meet again, so two days of competition were required to accommodate the crowd of lifters striving for state, American and even world records," said organizer Jeff Shabram. "It was the 19th year for the Orchard Meet and the crowd gets larger each year. Orchard hosted one of the year's largest...
Freshman distance runner Isabella Kester earned two medals at last week's Battle Creek Track Invitational. Kester set a personal record in the 1600m, with a 6:04.71 mark. She was just seconds behind the first-place winner in the 3200, crossing the tape in 13:05.50, a PR. Other Bobcat competitors included: Karley Dawkins: 3200m, 14:31.24, 9th; 1600m, 6:38.08, 14th; Jocie Anson: 100m hurdles, 21.29, 10th, pr; 200m, 34.87, 45th, pr; 300m hurdles, 1:02.77, 21st; Ruby Ahlers: high jump, 4' 4 in, 10th, pr; 100m, 14.92, 33rd, pr; Kanyon Allemang:...
The Bobcat golf team competed at the Plainview Country Club on Saturday. Bennet Flenniken finished 15th, shooting 86. Dylan Gray shot a 93; Jacob Pierzina carded a 95; Ian Rittscher, 96; and Cohen Schindler, 99. Summerland finished sixth as a team. Coach Tom Thramer said, "I thought our young team did really well Saturday for the conditions they had to play in. We golfed three freshmen on Saturday and they all handled themselves well. There are still some things to work on but I think this...
Summerland's track and field teams headed to Neligh-Oakdale on March 26 for the first track meet of the season: the Warrior Relays. Athletes compete in each event as a collective group, and those marks are added together to determine an event winner. In the girls division, the Bobcats took first place in triple jump, totaling 79' 11.5 inches. Kanyon Allemang led the group with a jump of 28' 4.5 inches. Caydence Schumacher reached 27' 9.5 inches, and Karley Dawkins landed at 23' 9.5 inches. The...
The 2026 Class D High School State Powerlifting Championships were held at Harvard High School Saturday, March 21. The competition featured 130 lifters representing the top Class D powerlifting schools in the state, including Boyd County, Bruning-Davenport-Shickley, Centura, Fullerton, Grand Island Lutheran, Harvard, Johnson-Brock, Kenesaw, Niobrara-Verdigre, Red Cloud, Silver Lake, Stanton, and Summerland. The Bobcat lifters had an outstanding day of competition. Asher Whiting earned third...
In a single jump, Bobcat senior Ryan Rifer set a personal best, school record and facility meet record, on Friday at the Wayne State High School Track Invite. Rifer cleared 6' 5", besting the second- through fourth-place finishers by seven inches. He also competed in the 400m, running 59.27. He ended in 13th place. Ethan Kester finished second in pole vault. He cleared 11' 6 inches. The 4x800 team, comprised of Ethan Barner, Lane Sanne, Rogan Robertson, and Cash kester placed sixth. They ran...
The Northeast Nebraska Motorsports Hall of Fame will host its 2026 Race Car Show, Saturday, March 28 at the WarHorse Event Center, 4300 W. Norfolk Avenue in Norfolk. This free, family-friendly event will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and is expected to feature nearly 60 race cars from across the Midwest. Fans will have the opportunity to get up close to a wide variety of racing machines, including 410 sprint cars, super late models, chili bowl midgets, bobby stocks, modifieds, drag cars, and...
Members of the 2026 Summerland Golf Team include Landyn Coffey, Liam Gallagher, Jack Heim, Emhyt Samland, Bennet Flenniken, Luke Kester, Aiden McAllister, Zander Tabbert, Cohen Schindler, Ian Rittscher, Parker McKillip, Dylan Gray, and Ayden Bazelman. The team is coached by Tom Thramer and Craig Flenniken. Their season begins March 31, with a triangular at Tatanka Golf Course....
Adyson Mlnarik of Clearwater and a graduate of Summerland Public School is having a record year as a member of the Hastings College Women's basketball team. The Broncos, currently 22-8 on the season, head to Wichita, this Friday, for the NAIA Women's National Championship Tournament. Hastings College will play Friends in the first round, set to tip off at 2 p.m., at the Garvey Center. The teams met on Nov. 5 in the same venue. Friends walked away with a 104-102 win in double overtime. Mlnarik's...
Nine Summerland powerlifters competed in the Verdigre Powerlifting Meet on Feb. 28. The junior high team, consisting of Jeremy Meyer, Tucker Meyer Michael Sonnenfelt, Jaden Robinett, Sophia Hernandez, and Auryana Hernandez finished third. High school competitors included Jorden Cox, Asher Whiting, and Clair Krysl. Robinett and Sophia Hernandez were gold medalists for the Bobcats. Robinett won the 132-pound class, and Hernandez topped the 165 field. Five lifters finished second in their weight...
An explosive second quarter from Crofton led to Summerland's elimination from subdistrict action on Feb. 25. The Warriors poured in 22 second-quarter points to defeat the Bobcats, 69-34, in a game played at Crofton. Only two points separated the teams at the end of the first quarter, but Crofton doubled up scoring efforts in the second and third quarters to push ahead. The Bobcats could only muster a single point in the final stanza. Ryan Rifer led the team with nine points. Preston Watson...
Several Bobcat basketball players were named to the GNAC All-Conference and Honorable Mention teams. Ryan Rifer and Kanyon Allemang were named to the boys and girls teams, respectively. Receiving honorable mention on the boys squad was Ryder Hemenway. Belle Anson and Jenna Funk landed on the honorable mention list for the girls team....
The Valentine Badgers took control early, Friday, in a home contest against Summerland, downing the visitors 73-37 in a non-conference game that ended regular season play. The Badgers drew first blood, reaching 48 points by the midway mark and didn't slow down until the fourth quarter. The Bobcats struggled offensively, scoring half a dozen points in the first quarter and hitting 15 by the half. Summerland shot 17% from three-point range, connecting on two of 12 attempt. The Bobcats hit 44%...
Being on the mat is a mental game, a balance of quick decisions and occasional regrets. Ava Cleveland, a junior, said the most difficult match she competed in at the 2026 State Girls Wrestling Championships was the one she lost - a 6-3 overtime loss to Abby Negley of Cozad. "It didn't physically feel different from other matches. I needed to mentally recover from that and keep wrestling," the junior said. Cleveland rebounded with a win over Ashlyn Dailey of Cedar Catholic and survived the...
Ryder Hemenway scored 25 points, Monday, to lead Summerland to a 63-37 win over the Huskies in the opening round of subdistrict play in Crofton. It was all Bobcats, all four quarters, as Brett Kaczor's squad hit their stride to take a 48-19 lead into the locker room at the half. Preston Watson pulled down eight rebounds. Rogan Robertson finished with three assists. The Bobcats were set to play Crofton, Tuesday, Feb. 24. SAM went to press before game time. Statistics v West Holt Mason Schwager:...
Summerland senior Ethan Kester will join the White Team, June 12, in the Red vs. White Northeast Nebraska All Star Football Classic. The game will kickoff at 7 p.m., at Veterans Memorial Field in Norfolk. Andrew Carlson, president of the NEN Classic board of directors said the organization is excited with the selection of coaches for the 2026 game. "The Northeast all star game is excited to have this excellent group of coaches for this year's game. They have done an outstanding job of selecting...
Orchard native Wyatt Shabram is undefeated on the season for the York University Panthers baseball team. On Feb. 9, Shabram started the second game in a doubleheader and three six pitches in the first inning before the batters went down in order. On Feb. 17, York won two games against Hesston College. Shabram allowed one run, two hits, a base on balls and six strikeouts. On Monday, York competed at Kansas Wesleyan, where Shabrm threw six innings, finishing with six strikeouts, and allowed one...
Bobcat wrestlers Jason Shaver and Austin Mendoza entered the state championships with a clear vision: take the meet one match at a time. Shaver made his first state appearance last week, competing in the 215 division. The senior opened with a loss by fall, in 3:15, to Kaddo Schrunk of Pender. The loss sent Shaver to the consolation round, where he faced Jose Ramirez-Aguilar of Gibbon. Ramirez-Aguilar struck first, taking down Shaver at the 43-second mark, but Shaver scored an escape with 19...
Two Bobcat wrestlers will represent Summerland at the 2026 NSAA Boys State Wrestling Championships, beginning Thursday, in Omaha. Jason Shaver and Austin Mendoza finished third in their respective weight divisions during Saturday's Class C-3 District Wrestling Meet at Centura. Mendoza, competing at 138, opened with a :56 pin over Cooper Cambron, Superior and claimed a 10-3 decision over Brayden Nuttelman, Cross County/Osceola. In the semifinal, Ashton Kuchar of Battle Creek downed Mendoza,...
The Fall 2026 and 2027 football seasons for the Summerland Bobcats will include a familiar foe amongst a field of new competitors. Summerland will move to 11-man and play in Class C2. In 2026, the Bobcats will host Valentine during week one. The following week, Summerland will travel to Boone Central, and in weeks three and four, host West Point-Beemer and O'Neill. During week, five, the Bobcats will travel to St. Paul. Plainview/Osmond will come to Bobcat field in week 6. In week seven,...
