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Above- Kalisyn Prososki locks down on the Riverside player.

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Osceola Handles Tigers, Chargers-Improves to 3-1

Craig Pinley

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

BRAINARD – Osceola freshman Kalisyn Prososki picked a good time to make her lone three-point basket of the game Thursday night, a bank shot at the top of the key with about 40 seconds left, that gave her team the lead and her two foul shots finished off a 53-48 thriller at East Butler.Prososki...

Dakota and Bailey Gress both picked up medals at the Crete Invite over the weekend. PCN file photo by Ken Kush.

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Storm Girls Capture Two Medals at Crete Invite

Ken Kush

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

CRETE- The High Plains Storm girls wrestling team joined a field of 17 teams on Saturday at the Crete Invite.Lexington came away with the team championship rolling up 228.5 points to second place Beatrice with 173 and third place Ralston who totaled 138.High Plains had just two wrestlers battling...

Top- High Plains Aaron Brown gets the pin on his way to the 165-pound title at Osceola.

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Osceola Wrestling Invite Features Several Local Teams

Ken Kush

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

OSCEOLA-The Osceola Bulldogs held their annual pre-Christmas Wrestling Invite on Saturday and the Yutan Chieftains came away with the team title as they scored 135 points edging Southern who finished the day with 122.In third place was Neligh-Oakdale with 116, East Butler captured fourth place with...

Shelby-RC freshman Hayden Hopwood muscles the ball into the paint where she draws the foul on Cedar Bluff’s Jakiah McCoy during Friday’s game in Cedar Bluffs. Hopwood finished with 21 points in the Huskies win. PCN photo by Ken Kush.

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Hopwood Sparks 33-30 Win at Cedar Bluffs

Ken Kush

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

CEDAR BLUFFS-When the season got underway for the Shelby-RC girls basketball team, Hayden Hopwood had never played a varsity basketball game.The freshman is quickly making a name for herself as she came into Friday nights game at Cedar Bluffs, averaging 17 points scoring per game, 16.5 rebounds and...

Cross County/Osceola senior Ema Dickey battles Camber Renz of Superior. Dickey placed fourth at 170.

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Twisters Make Road Trips to Aurora and North Bend

Ken Kush

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

AURORA- The Cross County/ Osceola Twisters girls’ wrestling team had their inaugural meet last week at Lakeview High School.This week they were on the mats twice as they competed at the Aurora Invite on Thursday and traveled to North Bend in Dodge County and competed in the North Bend Invite on...

Danica Watts of Blue River girls wrestling (far left) won the 115-pound weight bracket at the Crete Invite this past Saturday.

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Watts Champion at Crete- Panthers 7-0 in Duals

Ken Kush

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Blue River Improves to 7-0 in Duals DEWITT- After going 5-0 at the Centennial Duals on opening night, the Blue River girls wrestling team added two more wins to their resume on Thursday at Tri-County.Blue River defeated Fillmore Central 72-12 and then rolled to an easy win over Fairbury 66-6.The...

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No Rule Book When it Comes to Christmas

Ken Kush

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

When it comes to Christmas and Christmas shopping there is no rule book you can refer to, it’s an open book and the sky is the limit- well at least until the credit card runs out.But hey, it’s Christmas and you know you have to (well you don’t have to) but it doesn’t feel right if you don’t get...

Junior Nixon Thelen (30) is able to get into the paint and draw the foul during second quarter action at Cedar Bluffs on Friday. Nixon led the SRC boys with 18 as the topped the Wildcats 4630. PCN photo by Ken Kush.

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SRC Boys’ in the Win Column Topping Wildcats

Ken Kush

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

CEDAR BLUFFS- After a rough opening home weekend, the Shelby-RC Huskies were on the road Friday night at Cedar Bluffs who came into the game with a 3-1 mark.The Huskies trailed 9-8 with 51.7 seconds to play in the first quarter when Dayne Neujahr hit a jump shot to put the Huskies on top after...

High Plains senior Brodey Spurling (23) is contested at the basket by McCool Junction senior Dylan Gonnerman. Spurling led the Storm with eight points in the loss to the Mustangs and he scored 16 in the win over Dorchester. PCN photo by Ken Kush.

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High Plains Rolls Over Dorchester, Loses to McCool Junction and Mead.

Ken Kush

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

POLK- After getting their first win of the season on Tuesday night at Dorchester 63-30, the Storm were back home on Thursday night to host the Cool Junction Mustangs in CRC action.Both teams struggled offensively in the first quarter as they combined to go 3 of 21 from the field and the Mustangs...

Sophomore Benji Cooper tossed in a game-high 21 points in the Cougars win at Meridian last Friday night. PCN photo by Rick Holtz.

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Cross County Remains Undefeated- Rolls Meridian

Rick Holtz

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

DAYKIN — The Cougars are on a roll.Class C-2 No. 7 Cross County (3-0) kept the winning train on the tracks on Friday in their 67-30 win over Meridian. The Cougars opened the game on a 10-1 run and never looked back.“I thought our intensity level was good,” Cross County coach Jimmy Blex said.