Sports

The Bobcat cross country team ran the hills of the Kearney Country Club last Monday at the annual UNK Invitational Meet. This was an incredibly full meet with all four classes represented, and nearly 200 girls and 300 boys who competed in Class D. This is also the course used for the state championship meet, so many teams enter wanting a chance to run the course prior to the end of the season.

Given the amount of energy and spirit the Bobcat football team (5-0) displayed on Friday during their afternoon game in Dalton, it was hard to believe they had just spent more than three hours on the bus to travel to the game. In fact, the Bobcat win over the Leyton Warriors, 56-6, took less time to play than it did to drive to the game.

It was another busy week for the Lady Bobcat volleyball team (6-8), with away tournaments on Tuesday in Elm Creek and Saturday in Sutherland. The Lady Bobcats, in their second match of the season against the Anselmo-Merna Coyotes, commanded a 2-1 win Tuesday.

The Bobcat cross country team took a trek out to Chapman for the Palmer Cross Country Invitational last Tuesday - a new meet for the Bobcats with teams they don’t normally get a chance to compete against.

Watching the South Loup football team march from the school east to the football field on Friday, helmets in their left hands, eyes straight ahead is enough to give you goosebumps. The focus in their eyes, the purpose in their strides, the confidence radiating off them show why they are a top-ranked team in the state.

The Lady Bobcats volleyball team (4-7) was looking for a chance to avenge a home loss from two weeks ago when they hosted the Sandhills-Thedford Knights in Arnold on Friday. Despite winning the first set, the Knights controlled the next three sets to deal the Lady Bobcats another home loss, 3-1.

The Bobcat cross country team keeps pushing forward this season, and showing great improvements and having great successes as the season progresses. Last Thursday they ran at Ravenna and brought home four more medals to add to their tallies for the year, and improving over last season’s times on the same course.

The South Loup Bobcat football team (2-0) continues to dominate on the field with another double-digit win over the Maywood-Hayes Center Wolves last Friday, 5413. The Bobcats ran the ball with ease against the Wolves, with sophomore Conner Paulsen scoring three touchdowns for 18 points, junior AJ Starr adding another touchdown for 6 more points, senior Trey Connell scored 4 points with two PATs, and Dylan Pandorf added 2 points with a PAT.

The Lady Bobcat volleyball team (1-2) continued their road trip this season with a game last Friday at Maywood-Hayes Center. The Bobcats fell in four sets to the Wolves, who finished fourth in the state tournament last year in Class D1.

The Bobcat cross country team overcame the hot weather and runners from much larger schools to add more medals to their collection this season. The Cozad Invitational meet on Saturday, Sept.