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Five Bobcats named to conference basketball teams
The Niobrara Valley Conference recently announced post-season honors for the 2023-2024 boys' basketball season. Three Bobcat players landed on the first team, including Preston Hoke, Michael Koenig...
Mlnarik, Robertsons receive post-season basketball honors
Three Bobcat girls' basketball players have been recognized by the Niobrara Valley Conference for contributions to the team during the 2023-2024 season. Ady Mlnarik received first-team honors. She...
Mendoza named to conference wrestling team
Austin Mendoza, a Summerland freshman, was named to the Niobrara Valley Conference second team, for wrestling, in the 132-pound class for the 2023-2024 season. Mason Nitz was named to the first team...
Two Bobcat youth wrestlers place at state meet
A Summerland fourth-grade student finished first in the 85-pound division in the third- and fourth-grade class, Saturday, at the Nebraska USA Wrestling Meet in Grand Island. Gus Ahlers, son of Ryan...
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Cross County upends Summerland's tourney dreams
The best laid plans often go awry. Such was the case, March 6, for the Summerland boys' basketball team. Unfortunately, the awry moment arrived at the Devaney Sports Center during the Bobcats'...
Leblanc named interim Husker AD
University of Nebraska Interim President Chris Kabourek announced today that he has appointed Dennis Leblanc, executive associate AD for academics, to serve as interim athletic director. Leblanc has b...
CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVE Bobcats travel to state tourney
By the time this issue of SAM hits readers’ mailboxes, they will know the fate of the Summerland Bobcat boys’ basketball team. Brett Kaczor’s squad, the four seed, is scheduled to play the fifth...
Bobcats claim district crown
In what may have been the most complete game they've played this season, the Summerland boys' team knew when to apply pressure and make it count. The Bobcats dismantled Perkins County, 65-34, in the...
Late run in district contest comes up short against defending state champs
A fourth-quarter surge in Friday's D1-7 girls' district final led to overtime for Summerland. But at the end of the extra period, the Bobcats fell one point shy of knocking off the defending Class D1...
Bobcats advance to district final after two subdistrict wins
By the time this edition of SAM lands in readers' mailboxes, they'll know if the Bobcats will make a trip to the 2024 state basketball championships. Summerland was slated to play Perkins County,...
Bobcat lifters compete at the 2024 Verdigre Powerlifting Meet
Seven Summerland powerlifters traveled to Verdigre, Saturday, Feb. 24, to participate in the third annual Verdigre Powerlifting Meet. A total of 206 powerlifters, representing fifteen different...
Lady Bobcats prepare for district title tilt
Despite a loss to Elgin Public/Pope John in Thursday's girls' subdistrict basketball final, the Lady Bobcats will continue post-season play. They enter district finals as a wildcard and will face...
Powerlifters prepare for Verdigre meet
Several Summerland-area powerlifters will compete Saturday, in the 2024 Verdigre Powerlifting meet. Competition begins at 9 a.m., in the high school gymnasium. A concession stand will be available on...
Bobcats fall in subdistrict final
The third time playing Elgin Public/Pope John wasn't the charm for the Lady Bobcats in the girls' subdistrict final. At the end, EPPJ outlasted Summerland, 44-42. Coach Jacob Birch said, against...
Krebs, Arroyo win first Bobcat girls' state wrestling medals
Ammy Arroyo and Raina Krebs have gone where no female Bobcat wrestler has gone before. They both finished the season on the medal podium at the 2024 Nebraska School Activities Association State...
Driving it home
Sam Cheatum races past Boyd County's Hudson Hoffman, Friday, during an out-of-town contest against the Spartans. The Bobcats claimed a 54-38 win, with help from three Bobcats who finished in double...
Archery paddlefish applications open March 1
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will accept archery paddlefish permit applications March 1-14. The application period begins at 1 p.m., central time, on March 1. Postal mail applications must be received in Game and Parks’ Lincoln office by 5...
Seven Bobcats Omaha bound for state event
The 2024 Nebraska School Activities Associaton State Wrestling Championships begin tomorrow at the CHI Health Center Arena in Omaha. Summerland will be represented in both the girls' and boys'...
Bobcats upend Wolfpack
It took a fourth-quarter run resulting in 21 points for the Summerland Bobcats to defeat the Elgin Public/Pope John Wolfpack, 42-33. The teams played Feb. 8 in Elgin. Preston Hoke, who took a hit and landed on the gym floor late in the fourth...
Four headed to girls' state wrestling championships
Ava Cleveland, Kaylee Thiele, Ammy Arroyo and Raina Krebs will represent Summerland at the 2024 Girls' State Wrestling Championships this week. The Bobcats finished third in district competition,...
Kester, Thiele, Umphress advance to state
Summerland boys' wrestling team finished fifth in the Class D -3 District in Pleasanton, Friday and Saturday. Three wrestlers will compete this week at the state championships in Omaha. Ethan Kester...
