Sports

Boone Central hosted the Mid-State Conference Track and Field Championships Saturday, April 27, in Albion. Nine league schools competed, with the Cardinals scoring 118 points in both boys and girls divisions.

The Boone Central boys golf team continued its 2024 season April 25 in the Lakeview Invitational at Quail Run Golf Course in Columbus. Playing the challenging Quail Run layout for the second time (previously in the Scotus Invite April 18), the Cardinals finished with a team score of 442 Thursday, placing 10th in the tough 12-team field.

Following up an initial article that appeared in the April 24 edition of the Albion News/Boone County Tribune, following are the complete results by Boone Central and Riverside athletes in the 2024 Central Nebraska Track Championships at Grand Island April 22.

Gold medalists Jack Molt, Carter Molt, Dane Schalk, Drew Carraher lead Riverside boys to team championship - Mahoney, Murphy, Hemmingsen strike gold for Lady Chargers; HLHF boys win two relays, Durkop garners gold - Karley Vering, Briley Dohmen girls gold medalsists

2024 Goldenrod Conference (Fullerton - April 29) Girls Team Scoring 1- Nebraska Christian 203, 2- Central Valley 73, 3- St. Francis 69, 4- Burwell 64, 5- Riverside 58, 6- Fullerton 28, 7Palmer 14, 8- Heartland Lutheran 9, 9Elba 8 Event winners, Riverside and St.

Mid-State Conference 2024 Jr. High Track/Field (Norfolk Catholic - April 20) Team Scoring Girls 7th: 1- Boone Central 97, 2Battle Creek 92, 3- O’Neill 77, 4- Wayne 63.66, 5- Norfolk Catholic 39.33, 6- Pierce 34, 7- Guardian Angels Central Catholic 31, 8- Crofton 30 Boys 7th: 1- Battle Creek 93, 2- Norfolk Catholic 92, 3- Pierce 79, 4- Cedar Catholic 58.5, 5- Wayne 45, 6- Crofton 20.5, 7- O’Neill 20, 8- Boone Central 15, 9- Guardian Angels Central Catholic 11 Girls 8th: 1- Battle Creek 91, 2- O’Neill 81, 3- Boone Central 76, 4- Wayne 62, 5Norfolk Catholic 42, 6- Guardian ANgels Central Catholic 41, 7- Pierce 33, 8- Cedar Catholic 23, 9- Crofton 16 Boys 8th: 1- Cedar Catholic 109, 2Pierce 77, 3- Wayne 74, 4- Battle Creek 73, 5- Norfolk Catholic 69, 6- Boone Central 40, 7- Crofton 14, 8- Guardian Angels Central Catholic 7, 9- O’Neill 2 (Boone Central placewinners or best finishes) Girls 7th Grade 100M: 2- Sophie Lyon, 14.02; 6- Ingrid Estrada, 15.07 200M: 1- Josie Rother, 29.69 400M: 2- Rother, 1:08.21; 6- Leigh D’Ann Pamplona, 1:16.04 800M: 6- Grace Nore, 3:04.65 1600M: 4- Kaitlyn Dodds, 6:32.20 100M Hurdles: 1- Lyon, 17.61; 3- Brielle Benes, 18.80 200M Hurdles: 1- Benes, 34.16 4x100M: 1- BC (Rother, Willow Gasper, Benes, Lyon), 57.37 4x400M: 4- BC (Pamplona, Clara Morrow, Mya Frey, Estrada), 5:12.87 Shot Put: 5- Zita Meyer, 22’8 Discus: 6- Meyer, 59’4 High Jump: 3- Alexa Lueken, 4’ Long Jump: 1- Lyon, 13’11; 3- Rother, 13’.5 Girls 8th Grade 100M: 3- Kaylyyn Paulson, 13.76 200M: 5- Paulson, 29.60 400M: 2- Anna Weeder, 1:07.15 800M: 1- Ava Tisthammer, 2:51.47 1600M: 1- Autumn Gasper, 5:57.46; 2- Tisthammer, 6:17.30; 6- Leah Erickson, 6:41.38 100M Hurdles: 6- Bristol Hardwick, 19.97 200M Hurdles: 7- Hardwick, 36.48 4x100M: 2- BC (Reagan Hooker, Kasey Krohn, Tresdyn Stephens, Paulson), 55.89 4x400M: 2- BC (Gasper, Brynna Hagemann, Kenzie Wies, Weeder), 4:46.84 Shot Put: 4- Carley Beckwith, 26’9 Discus: 7- Makenna Devine, 65’7 High Jump: 3- Weeder, 4’4 Pole Vault: 6- Paulson, 5’6 Long Jump: 16- Gasper, 11’8.25 Triple Jump: 5- Hardwick, 28’5.25; 6Krohn, 28’3.75 Boys 7th Grade 100M: 11- Keyin Prochaska, 14.15 200M: 7- Prochaska, 29.45 400M: 10- Bentley Iverson, 1:11.96 1600M: 2- Logan Thompson, 5:43.94 100M Hurdles: 4- Lincoln Rolf, 21.09 200M Hurdles: 6- L.

The Boone Central Junior Varsity track/field team visited Pierce Tuesday, April 23, to compete in the Bluejays’ annual freshman-sophomore meet. There were many new personal -best performances and improvements entering the final stretch of the 2024 season. It was a great meet with great competition for the younger athletes.

Tuesday, May 7 Boone Central Athletic Complex Teams Competing Blair, Boone Central, Lakeview, O’Neill, Pierce, Schuyler, Scotus Central, South Sioux City, Wayne, West Point-Beemer.

The Boone Central track/field teams traveled to Grand Island for the Northwest Dave Gee Invite on Thursday, April 18th. The meet featured fifteen schools, which made things very competitive and points in short supply. It was the Boone girls team that turned in the better performance this week, finishing in fourth place while the boys finished sixth - only 5 1/2 points from fifth.

Riverside charged into O’Neill April 17 and rode home with the St. Mary’s Invitational boys championship hardware and a bevy of individual medals from both boys and girls competition.