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Body Central City has two champions, earns district title on Saturday In postseason competition, momentum matters, and the Central City Bison seem to have it harnessed.

Body The Nebraska Christian Eagles brought a deep roster of wrestlers to the District D-3 Meet at Shelby last weekend; however, the Eagles’ season ended in Polk County. Eleven Eagles hit the mats at Shelby-Rising City High School on Friday.

Body High Plains’s Makayo Confer had a tough start to the postseason, and that was just the beginning for the Storm wrestler.

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Body Since playing in early December, the Central City and Centura girls basketball teams have been on a collision course towards the LouPlatte Conference Tournament’s championship game. In that first matchup, the Bison edged out a 34-32 victory.

Body Central City’s first round matchup of the LouPlatte Conference Tournament ended in heartbreak as, on Tuesday, Wood River staved off a Bison comeback to hold on in overtime, 59-56.

Body Before either Keleigh Gonzalez or Maci Peters step on the mat at the CHI Health Center in Omaha this month, the two Central City wrestlers have already secured their spot in Bison wrestling history.

Body The next chapter in the history of High Plains girls’ wrestling is set to be written late this month. On Saturday, High Plains’s Dakota Gress and Bailey Gress both qualified for the NSAA Class B Girls State Wrestling Championships at the District B-2 meet.

Body The message in the wrestling room at Central City High School is clear: everything the team does is designed to pay off in February.

Body After the Central City Bison stormed past Fairbury 60-24 on Lone Tree Night at the Bison Activity Dome last Tuesday, Central City Head Wrestling Coach Darin Garfield didn’t beat around the bush about what was at stake for his team during the last week of the regular season.