Sports

A handful of South Loup track and field team members made the trip to Sutherland on Tuesday, April 30, to participate in the Best of the Midwest invitational. Logan Recoy was the lone men’s medalist for the Bobcats, finishing in 6th place in the 800m run with a time of 2:06.71.

The South Loup golf team battled the wind in back-to-back meets last week, beginning with the North Platte St. Pat’s Invite on Thursday, May 2. Seventeen teams participated in the highly competitive meet, and though the Bobcats did not have a top-10 finisher on the day they shot very consistently as a team.

Terry Pettit is a retired American volleyball coach. He was the head women's volleyball coach at Nebraska from 1977 to 1999, where he led the Cornhuskers to the school's first NCAA national championship in 1995. On April 26, Pettit shared this on his social media page - highlighting one of our homegrown athletes!

It was a good day to be a Bobcat, as the South Loup boys’ track team was crowned MNAC champs with the Lady Bobcats finishing third in team scoring at the conference meet on Thursday, April 25. Individual gold medals for the Bobcats were won by Logan Recoy who ran his fastest time to date in the 800m, Rio Remund in the shot put, and Ethan Furne in long jump.

The South Loup golf team took on the four other schools in the Mid-Nebraska Activities Conference (MNAC) at the annual conference golf meet in Broken Bow on Tuesday, April 23, and at the end of the day the Bobcats were crowned MNAC Champs!

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The South Loup golf team made the trip to Thedford on Thursday, April 18, to compete in the 10-team Sandhills-Thedford invite. The Bobcats played well, and at the end of the day, the team had finished in a tie with Sandhills Valley for 2nd place. Anselmo-Merna won the team championship plaque.

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South Loup had only one track meet on the schedule last week, and Mother Nature put the kibosh on that one. The Bobcats were one of seven teams to make the trip to Overton on Tuesday, April 16, for an invitational meet.

The South Loup golf team competed in two meets last week, beginning with a quad hosted by Anselmo- Merna played at the Broken Bow Country Club on Tuesday, April 9. The four participating teams were host A-M, Broken Bow JV, South Loup, and Sandhills Valley.