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Blue River participated in the Butler County Heath Center pink-out games on Thursday to help support breast cancer awareness. Shelby-Rising City Schools photo

Blue River participated in the Butler County Heath Center pink-out games on Thursday to help support breast cancer awareness. Shelby-Rising City Schools photo

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Slammers win 2, Panthers get split

News Staff
Friday, September 23, 2022
DAVID CITY — The Slammers picked up a pair of wins on Thursday, defeating Blue River and York. The Polk County Slammers defeated Blue River 11-3 on Thursday. Individual stats are not available.

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Winter Sport Classifications Released

News Staff
Thursday, September 22, 2022
The Nebraska School Activities Association released the 2022-2023 winter classifications recently. Basketball begins in late November and wrestling begins in early December. Boys Basketball Cross County will be Class C-2. High Plains and Shelby-Rising City will both participate in Class D-1.
​Kale Gustafson and the Bulldog offense will look to run early and often against the Hornets. PCN file photo by Rick Holtz

​Kale Gustafson and the Bulldog offense will look to run early and often against the Hornets. PCN file photo by Rick Holtz

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Area football teams looking for Week 5 wins

News Staff
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
GILTNER — Friday Night Lights will be bright a day early this week. Osceola (3-1) travels to Giltner (2-2) for a rare Thursday night game. Giltner is coming off a 28-12 loss to High Plains. The Bulldogs are still riding high, coming off a 58-20 homecoming win last week.

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Slammers beat Broncos, 10-0 in 4 innings

News Staff
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
POLK — Polk County used a seven-run second inning and a two-hit pitching performance to cruise to their 16th win on the season. Savanna Boden went 2-for-2 with two RBI and scored twice, while Kylee Krol went 2-for-2 with one RBI and scored twice for the Slammers. Courtney Sunday had three RBI.

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Longhorns too much for Bulldogs

News Staff
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
DORCHESTER — The Longhorns were too much on Tuesday, as the Bulldogs dropped a road match in four sets. Osceola (4-10) would drop the first set 25-14 before turning it around in the second set. Dorchester would pull out a win in the back-and-forth second set, edging Osceola 26-24.
Kolton Neujahr scores his first touchdown of the night as Osceola cruised to a 58-20 homecoming win over Palmer Friday night. The senior would rush for 74 yards on 12 carries. PCN photo by Beth Sparrow

Kolton Neujahr scores his first touchdown of the night as Osceola cruised to a 58-20 homecoming win over Palmer Friday night. The senior would rush for 74 yards on 12 carries. PCN photo by Beth Sparrow

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‘Dawgs Roll Over Tigers, 58-20

Beth Sparrow
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
OSCEOLA — The Bulldogs were ready to go on their home turf, rolling in with a touchdown by Kale Gustafson with only a few minutes off the clock. The Palmer Tigers quickly tied it up getting a touchdown with 5:41 left in the first quarter.

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Panthers, Slammers Compete at David City

News Staff
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
DAVID CITY — Polk County and Blue River each went 1-2 on the day at the David City Invite on Saturday, each dropping games to some of the best teams in the state. Polk County opened the day with a 2-1 win over Mercy.

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Slammers run out of time against No. 2 Bluehawks

News Staff
Friday, September 16, 2022
HASTINGS — Polk County split a pair of games on Thursday, falling to Class C No. 2 St. Cecilia 5-4 and winning a come from behind game against Fillmore Central/Exeter-Milligan, 7-4. The Slammers (14-6) were behind 3-0 in the fourth inning before they scored their first run against the Panthers.

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Osceola falls in four sets at Hampton

News Staff
Friday, September 16, 2022
HAMPTON — Osceola volleyball fell to Hampton on Thursday in four sets. The match was close for most of the night, with the Bulldogs taking the second set before falling 25-22, 21-25, 25-19, 25-17. Osceola (4-9) is back in action on Tuesday when they travel to Dorchester.
Cross County junior Dalton Noble is averaging 11.2 yards per carry this season. PCN File Photo by Travis Lane

Cross County junior Dalton Noble is averaging 11.2 yards per carry this season. PCN File Photo by Travis Lane

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Area teams gear-up for week 4 football

Rick Holtz
Thursday, September 15, 2022
NO. 2 COUGARS LOOK TO STAY UNBEATEN As area high school football teams prepare for the fourth week of the season, Class D-1 No. 2 Cross County is the only county school to remain unbeaten. The Cougars (3-0) are averaging 64 points per contest and have scored over 70 points in the last two weeks.