Sports

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.

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. The Eagles came out of the gate on fire, scoring twenty-one first quarter points and building a 29-24 lead.

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.

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.

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

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.

After one quarter of play in last Thursday’s game between Central City and David City, the visiting Bison were left looking for answers. The Green and Gold would eventually find those answers, using a dominant defensive performance and a second half rally to top the Scouts 40-19.

There was no shortage of offense in last Tuesday’s game between Nebraska Christian and Heartland-Hampton (H&H). Despite three Eagles scoring in double-digits, Nebraska Christian was defeated on their home court as the Bearcats used a hot start and a strong finish to claim a 72-57 win.

The consolation semifinals of the Central Valley Invitational were a bruising round for the High Plains Storm.

With the regular season close to its end, the Nebraska Christian girls are hitting their stride at the right time.