Sports

The South Loup track teams are Burke-bound again this season! Following a strong showing by both teams at the C-8 District tournament at Southern Valley on Thursday, 10 athletes - 6 boys and 4 girls - qualified for the state meet at Burke High School in Omaha May 19-20. The top two placers in individual events and the top relay teams automatically qualified for state.

In the final regular meet of the season, the Bobcats track teams each brought home runner-up honors at the Dave Blevins Memorial Track Meet, hosted by Sandhills Valley at Arnold last Thursday. Both the boys and girls finished behind North Platte St. Pat’s teams, but garnered quite a few individual honors.

South Loup student-athletes, coaches, and their families gathered in the Callaway Schools gym last Thursday to celebrate the successes of each sports season in the 2022-23 school year. The Outstanding Senior Athlete awards were given to Ava Pandorf of Callaway and Lance Jones of Arnold for their contributions to South Loup athletics during their four years of high school.

The South Loup boys track team landed back on top of the leaderboard at the Mid-Nebraska Activities Conference (MNAC) track meet last Thursday in Arnold. They stood atop the podium with 118 points, a full 6 points ahead of the runners-up.

The South Loup golfers had an incredibly successful week on the links this past week, bringing home multiple medals from both JV and varsity meets. The varsity team traveled to Mullen on Thursday to compete in the Mid-Nebraska Activities Conference (MNAC) tournament.

The Mid-Nebraska Athletic Conference (MNAC) has released its list of 2023 Conference All Academic Teams. The following Callaway students were selected for these conference honors.

It’s been a long, wet, and windy spring for the South Loup Bobcat track team, yet these talented thinclads continue to dominate the track and field. Last Tuesday, the teams traveled to Overton for the Eagles annual invitational meet.

The Bobcat golf team hit the links in Thedford last Thursday on a chilly day for some of the best golf they’ve played all season. Three of the five players set new season records for themselves - Joey Sallach improved his season best score by 4 points with 95 strokes; Harper Johnson shot 100, nearly 10 strokes above his season best; and Grant Hrupek cut 2 strokes off his previous season best with a total of 104.

We hear a lot of conversation these days about the importance of getting children from behind electronic devices and into the great outdoors for some exercise. One Callaway mom took that to heart and decided to do something about it - and her idea was wildly successful.

The South Loup track teams have had a very busy week, competing at the Hershey/St Pat’s Invite on Tuesday and the Burwell Invitational on Friday. Both days culminated in more successes for the teams and more hardware to showcase.