Sports

The Lady Bobcats took 12 girls to the Best in the Midwest track meet in Sutherland on May 3 and were led by Abby Stallbaumer who won the gold medal in the discus and Tallianna Martin who took silver in the 1600 meters.

The South Loup boys scored well in the field events to begin the May 6 Blevins Invitational at Arnold, with pole vaulters Silas Cool, Jamie Tickle and Dawson Mason, taking gold, bronze and fourth place to score 20 points. Rio Remund and Lance Jones took third and fourth in the shot put and Jones took fourth in the discus. The boys ended the field events portion with 34 points.

Five Bobcats Thinclads participated at the Best of the Midwest on May 3 at Sutherland High School. The meet allows each of the top eight entered in an event to participate. This year 26 teams sent athletes to the meet.

South Loup’s golf team got to take a bit of a breather this past week as they golfed only one meet as opposed to three, the average for the past several weeks. On May 5, the Bobcats went to the North Platte St.

Abby Stallbaumer was first in the discus with another personal record of 133' 4". (Courier photos by Loleta Connell) (Right) AJ Starr has room to spare in the high jump on May 6 at the Blevins Invitational at Arnold.

For Bobcats coach Rick Peterson, there was little doubt the Bobcats would repeat the conference track championship they’ve held since 2018. “I realized with the quality of athletes that the boys had that it was possible, but lower numbers from past years made me question if there were enough bodies to score in the 17 events that make up the conference meet,” Peterson said.

It would have appeared earlier this year that Coach Weverka's Lady Cats were a sure thing for a four-peat for the conference championship but things can change unexpectedly. With throwing standout Abby Stallbaumer out for a prior commitment, and Mya Weverka out sick the Lady Bobcats fell short about 30 points.

After a season of battling every element possible, the Bobcats were granted a brilliant day on April 28 to host the MNAC Golf Championships at the Arnold Golf Course. “We had a perfect day of weather,” head coach Jarod Rush said.

The South Loup Bobcat Boys track & field team brought home their first trophy of the season with the runner-up trophy at the April 19 Overton Invitational. The Bobcats really excelled in the field events, and of the field events, Coach Weverka's throwers excelled to another level. The performance of the day came in the discus as senior Jake Halstead launched the disc 144 feet, 3 inches, taking gold in the event and breaking the school record previously held by Grant Jones. Lance Jones has been improving throughout the year in the discus and threw his personal best in winning the third place medal with a throw of 39 feet. The shot put trio of Rio Remund, Jake Halstead and Lance Jones excelled as well, as they placed second, third and fifth, respectively.