Sports

Body Following a fourgame losing skid, the Central City boys rattled off back-to-back wins going into their home meeting with Schuyler. Against the Warriors, that streak would increase to four games as the Green and Gold coasted to a 65-21 victory.

Body Offensive struggles hurt Nebraska Christian in last Tuesday’s Goldenrod Conference Tournament game with Central Valley as the Cougars kept their tournament lives alive with a 54-34 win.

Body The Central City girls’ wrestling team had no trouble picking up hardware at the LouPlatte Conference Wrestling Tournament last week. The Bison had three champions at the conference meet, with several others snagging hardware.

Body The Central City Bison proved their resilience on Saturday, with the Bison rebounding from a pair of early losses to finish the Northwest Dual Invite sitting in fifth place.

Body Thursday’s game between High Plains and Nebraska Lutheran was as back and forth as it gets. After leading throughout a majority of the contest, the Storm fell behind late, used a late surge to force overtime, and eventually fell to the Knights 51-49.

Body St. Paul shot the lights out of the Bison Dome last Tuesday in Central City, making sixteen three-pointers on the way to a 69-45 win over the hosts.

Body The Nebraska Christian Eagles kept in contention on Saturday despite a bevy of talented wrestlers competing on the mats at the Bob Orsborn Classic.

Body Central City’s size and defensive pressure was too much for St. Paul to handle last Tuesday as the Bison used a hot start to run away with a convincing 63-25 win.

Body After eight minutes of play in last Thursday’s game between High Plains Community and Nebraska Lutheran, the Storm were left searching for answers as the Knights built a quick and commanding 18-2 lead.

Body Forty-four Class B teams and nearly 700 total wrestlers made the trip to the Columbus Fieldhouse for last Thursday’s annual Norm Manstedt Invitational hosted by High Plains Community Schools.