Sports

Competition ramped up at the Fullerton Invitational April 2, the the Riverside Chargers did more than keep pace. In stout boys and girls competition, the Riverside boys were runner-up to team champion High Plains.

Best Area Performances (Through meets April 8) Girls 100M Dash................ Ava Duerksen, Boone Central.....................

2024 Fullerton Invitational Boys Team Scoring 1- High Plains 93, 2- Riverside 75, 3- Fullerton 72, 4- East Butler 64, 5- Central Valley 56, 6- Shelby- Rising City 42, 7- Humphrey St. Francis 39, 8- St.

The Boone Central track teams competed at the Wayne Blue Devil Invite on April 2 and turned in amazing performances, securing the girls, boys and combined championships. The meet included competitors from Lakeview, David City, Scotus, Pierce, Wakefield, and of course, Wayne.

The Boone Central track/field teams opened their outdoor season with the Mansfield Invite in Albion March 28, 2024. After the (hopefully) last blast of winter roared through the area on Monday, the meet was postponed from Tuesday to Thursday.

Riverside continued the early portion of the 2024 track and field season at the Pleasanton Dick O’Neill Memorial Invitational held at Kearney High School. In tough fields of competing teams the Charger boys placed 4th with 50 points and the Lady Chargers finished 13th.

The St. Edward varsity track/ field teams continued their season this past Thursday, March 28, at the Osceola Invite. Some schools had been dropped out and added in because of a reschedule, but the athletes were able to complete the competition.

2024 Pleasanton Dick O’Neill Memorial Invitational 4- Riverside 50, 5Central Valley 42, 6- Ansley-Litchfield 34, 7- Amherst 27, 8- Shelton 18, 9- Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 5, 10- Pleasanton 3, 11- Arapahoe 2, 12- Sandhills/Thedford 1 Event winners & Riverside placewinners or best finish 100M Dash: 1- Kulhanek (Over), 10.69; 3- Jack Molt (Riv), 11.11 200M Dash: 1- Kulhanek (Over), 22.61; 2- J. Molt (Riv), 23.25 400M Dash: 1- Kulhanek (Over), 50.07; 20- Jordan Dodds (Riv), 1:02.90 800M Run: 1- Lopez (Ax), 2:06.52; 9- Turner Heikes (Riv), 2:22.34 1600M Run: 1- Hanson (Ax), 4:58.16 3200M Run: 1- Hanson (Ax), 10:48.00 110M Hurdles: 1- Halvorsen (Ax), 15.78; 7- Nicholas Berger (Riv), 18.10 300M Hurdles: 1- Halvorson (Ax), 41.05; 4- Drew Carraher (Riv), 45.32 4x100M Relay: 1- Kearney, 45.03; 2- Riverside (Berger, D.

Each year since 2006, the Nebraska School Activities Association and the Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association recognize students who have been nominated by their schools, based on their individual academic excellence, leadership and significant contributions made to their NSAA activity in fall, winter and spring seasons.

Qualified members of the Boone Central Cardinals youth wrestling program took the mat in the 2024 Nebraska USA Youth State Tournament a week ago, garnering praise from Boone Central Wrestling Coach Josh Majerus.