Sports

Though it may not have felt like it these past 24 hours, today (March 20) is officially the first day of Spring, and while buds form on the trees and the grass continues to green up golfing enthusiasts are itching to hit the course once again. For the South Loup boys’ golf team, that opportunity will come on Thursday, April 3, for the season’s inaugural meet at Amherst.

This weekend kicks off the 2025 high school track season and the South Loup boys’ team is looking forward to what they will be able to accomplish on the track and in the field this year. They will get the chance to see what they can do, as well as get a look at their competition, at the season opener UNK Indoor Track Invitational this Saturday.

The South Loup girls’ 2025 track season gets underway this weekend at the annual UNK Indoor Invitational on Saturday, and the girls and their coaches are ready to get off and running. Under the leadership of longtime coach Mike Weverka and a talented team of assistant coaches, the Lady Bobcats are looking to do big things this year.

After a couple of tough seasons in 2020-21 and 2021-22, South Loup boys’ basketball Head Coach Jeff Cole righted the ship once again in 2022-23, and the Bobcats have been nothing but consistent since. That season the team went 18-5, last year they finished 16-6, and in 2024-25 the season ended with a record of 18-5. Unfortunately, the team has fallen just short of making it all the way through the post-season and on to Lincoln each of those years as well.

The South Loup boy’s basketball team had high hopes going into post-season play. They hit the road to Stromsburg on Tuesday, Feb. 25, for a first-round subdistrict game against Sutton with a six-game winning streak behind them. Sadly, that streak came to an end that night - and so did the 2024-25 season for the Bobcats.

South Loup saw two athletes qualify for the Nebraska State High School Wrestling Championships in Omaha last week. Both are seniors, and both are returning state qualifiers.

The South Loup Bobcats competed in the Class D - District 1 wrestling tournament at Shelton on Feb. 14 and 15, with the top four wrestlers in each weight class punching their ticket to the state tournament in Omaha.

The Bobcats picked up their fifth consecutive win on Friday, Feb. 14, as they traveled to Eustis to take on the Hi-Line Bulls. However, this one proved extra exciting as it took an overtime period to seal the victory. It was a shoot-out for four quarters of basketball as the Bobcats and Bulls traded points back and forth. South Loup took a narrow lead, 15-13, at the end of the first period. The teams finished the second quarter with each adding 9 points to the board and the Bobcats took a 2-point lead into the halftime locker room. Hi-Line regrouped and came out with more intensity in the third quarter, increasing their score by 13 points while South Loup added another 10, giving the Bulls a 1-point advantage heading into the final quarter.

The Lady Bobcats were on the road to Eustis to face Hi-Line in their final game of the regular season on Friday, Feb. 14. Unfortunately, South Loup was not able to break free from their recent rough patch as they dropped their fourth consecutive game. The final score was 27-46. No other stats were available.