Sports

In Thursday’s highly- anticipated showdown between Central City and Aurora, the Huskies had too much firepower at the net and defeated the Bison in straight sets - 25-15, 2517, and 25-18. In total, Aurora outhit Central City thirty-two kills to twenty- one while dropping in nine ace serves to the Bison’s one.

The Central City football team treated the Bison faithful to an offensive clinic last Friday as the Green and Gold racked up 481 total yards on the way to a 56-27 Homecoming win over Adams Central. One big key to that offensive surge was the Parker Zikmund to Jacob Brazee connection.

Wins over Southern/ Diller-Odell and St. Paul put Central City into the championship game of their annual home softball tournament last Saturday.

Central City was in a hunt for some individual and team hardware when the Bison made the trek up Highway 14 to the Tom Dickey Invite last Friday afternoon. On the course at the Albion Country Club, the Green and Gold did everything they could to secure hardware, with the Bison placing second at the meet behind the host Cardinals from Boone Central High School.

Nebraska Christian’s Jacob Swanson, the returning fourth place finisher at the 2024 State Cross Country Championships, posted the fastest 5,000-meter time of his varsity career to take home a first place finish at last Thursday’s Roger Nielsen Invitational in Central City.

It was an up-anddown week for the High Plains volleyball team last week. After winning four of their first six matches to begin the season, the Storm now find themselves holding a 6-6 record after a pair of wins over Palmer and H&H, and losses to Cross County, GICC, Hershey, and Ord.

Howells-Dodge’s Hunter Luther reached the end zone three times in the first nine minutes of last Friday’s game between Nebraska Christian and the Jaguars. Despite some defensive adjustments, the Eagles were unable to keep pace with the visitors and suffered their fourth loss of the season, 44-6.

In last Friday’s 53-0 trampling of Nebraska City, Central City’s Corbin Kyes broke Central City’s all-time career rushing touchdowns record and helped the Green and Gold secure their fourth win of the season.