To The Community of Callaway: When I was approached last spring to cover the South Loup Bobcats sports teams for the local newspapers, I was excited and nervous. Covering sports is a big responsibility - especially in our small schools where we know the student athletes and their families.

I am incredibly honored to have been able to get to know your student athlete in a new capacity this past year. I know many of them through my role as a teacher and coach's wife, photographer, and volunteer with speech and drama. But being trusted to document their success on the field/court has allowed me to develop new relationships and learn more about these hard working kids and their families.

Looking back on this past year, there are so many reasons to celebrate what our South Loup Bobcats have accomplished - MNAC volleyball championship game, making football playoffs, three state cross country qualifiers, anytime Cache and Trey did their full-court lob and slam dunk play, watching the Lady Bobcats have a winning season, witnessing state wrestling through Doggett's eyes, seeing the golf team improve their season-best scores each week, and watching the track team smash records over and over again (and Abby winning gold at state).

And I am honored and humbled to have been the one to document these moments. Thank you for trusting me to be there each week to capture the ups and the downs, the smiles and tears, the happiness and frustration. I can't imagine doing this anywhere else but in our great communities.

Go Bobcats!

Amanda (Koubek) Wehnes