Sports

The South Loup football team came into the 2024 season with the mindset that they have something to prove, and that came through in their opening game of the season on Thursday, Aug. 29. It was a battle of the Bobcats, as the Hemingford Bobcats came to town to meet the South Loup Bobcats in Arnold, and it was South Loup coming away with the W 54-36.

Cross country has the shortest season of any high school sport, which makes putting in the work during the off season so important. For the South Loup runners, that work seemed to pay off as they brought home lots of hardware from their season opening performance.

The South Loup fall sports season kicks off this week and the cross country team is ready to run. The team is on the road to Burwell today (Aug.

The Bobcat volleyball team saw their share of struggles during the 2023 season and are looking to improve on their 11-19 record in 2024. The team enters the season with a new head coach, Michelle Preston, and a fresh perspective.

Fall sports practice for Callaway High School officially began on Monday, Aug. 12. Though the Bobcats have lost some key players from last year in each of their sports, and a couple of coaching changes have occurred, the student athletes are gearing up for another great season.

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Callaway was alive and loud Friday as Sandhills Open Road Challenge drivers and navigators made their way from the One Mile Shoot Out on Cozad Road to the Callaway Community Center for lunch by the Callaway Chamber. (Photos by Loleta Connell)

OPINION BY THAD LIVINGSTON, HUSKERS ILLUSTRATED Hear that? All the talk coming out of Lincoln about a breakthrough season in 2024? Husker players running their mouths about how they are going to shock the world? Actually, I don’t hear it either. Because there is no talk coming from players in Lincoln about being the old Nebraska again or restoring order.

SUMBITTED BY ANGIE KUNKEE Dalton Kunkee is a 2021 graduate of Callaway High School and is currently attending South Dakota State University where he is studying to become a cattle nutritionist. Dalton was a qualifier in the steer wrestling at the College National Finals Rodeo held last month in Casper Wyoming.