Sports

The Nebraska State Track & Field Championships in Omaha on May 19-20, marked the end of their high school career for eight Bobcat athletes. Here is a look back at what those seniors accomplished in the 2023 season.

Everyone is invited this Sunday, June 4 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to the 7 Valley Kids Daycare fundraiser, which will be held at the Callaway Community Center. Please join them for a delicious free-will BBQ meal to help out Callaway’s newest daycare. The daycare will be opening this fall in the Callaway United Methodist Church parsonage. The Courier will have a full story on the new daycare next week.

Whether you walk, jog, run, or waddle, the South Loup Lady Bobcats volleyball team invites you to participate in their annual fun run on Saturday, June 24, at Morgan Park in Callaway. This non-timed, family friendly event returns this year with a colorful twist - the Splatter Sprint introduces a bright and colorful, non-toxic and washable paint powder to toss around at the finish line and various points throughout the route. This is similar to the color run in 2019. Participants are encouraged to wear a white shirt or slip on their event t-shirt for the colors to show up more vibrantly.

The It was a gold-medal, record setting type of weekend - the sun was shining, the haze had left the sky, the winds were (mostly) calm, and the South Loup track teams were ready to compete. At the end of the weekend, they had claimed three medals and broke six co-op records.

The Bobcat golf team had weather made for golfing last Wednesday in Mullen - warm, sunny, and calm - and they took full advantage of the beautiful conditions to bring home runner-up team honors and a 4th and 9th place medal. The team had a season-best 360 points, a full 22 points over their previous team best.

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.