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Riggs Coble and Deco Espiritu, Platte Center preschoolers, are battling leukemia. A Red Cross blood drive will be held May 8 in their honor at St. Joseph’s Parish Hall. Courtesy photo

Port buddies
Some friendships run a little deeper than others. Although Riggs Coble and Deco Espiritu don’t fully understand what they are going through, they know they are buddies — port buddies. The two preschoolers at Platte Center Elementary School have...
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Emerson Krings, a senior at Humphrey St. Francis, signed a letter of intent last week for track at Southeast Community College. The SCC track team and Coach Phillip Duncan welcomed Emerson to his signing. Pictured, front row, left to right, are his mother, Ashley Krings, and Emerson. Back row, Emerson’s father Steve Krings, and SCC coach Duncan. Courtesy photo

Emerson Krings heading to SCC for track
Emerson Krings is heading to Southeast Community College. He earned the Walter Scott Pathway Scholarship, and will be in the auto collision repair program at SCC Milford. He also will be a member of the track team, which is based out of the Lincoln...
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St. Francis made itself at home, winning the Flyers Invitational Thursday. Pictured, left to right, are Tyson Wietfeld, Carson Wessel, Matthew Brockhaus, Andrew Kosch, Jacob Keller, Wyatt Brandl and Jett Dunn. Courtesy photo

Flyers win home invite
The St. Francis golf team participated in its own invite Thursday held at Steepleview Golf Course. Under windy conditions the Flyers were able to shoot a team score of 371 to finish 3 strokes ahead of Howells-Dodge and finish 1st overall in the 10-...
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Bulldogs overcome slow start to defeat Wisner-Pilger, whip N-O, Summerland

Wed, 01/22/2020 - 4:00am

It took the Humphrey-Lindsay Holy Family girls a quarter to get started, but after that they dominated Wisner-Pilger winning 58-48 Jan. 14. The Gators led 12-7 after the opening quarter Aspin Waterman and Lindsay Kneifel accounting for 10 points. The second quarter was a completely different story. Behind Allie and Addison Schneider, the Bulldogs outscored Wisner-Pilger 21-4 for a 28-16 halftime lead. They each scored eight points in the period to lead the way. The lead grew to 45-30 after three quarters, and again Allie and Addison led the way as the Bulldogs put the game away. The Bulldogs took their foot off the gas after extending their lead to 49-33 lead after a Brittney Veik bucket. The Gators then outscored the Bulldogs 15-9 to end the game. Veik and Addison led H-LHF with 14 points apiece, Allie scored 13, and Paige Beller had eight, hitting four of seven shots. Allie controlled the boards hauling in 15 and recorded 6 steals, and Addison grabbed 11 boards.

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