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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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All four basketball teams are heading to the state tournament in Lincoln. The St. Francis and Humphrey-Lindsay Holy Family girls teams qualified Friday, and the boys from H-LHF and HSF followed their lead on Saturday. Tournament play opens this week for the girls and the following week for the boys. Pictured, from top, left to right, the Lady Bulldogs celebrate qualifying for state; Allison Weidner cuts down the net for St. Francis; Haustyn Forney holds the net after the Flyers qualified; and the Bulldogs hoist the district championship plaque. Check out the preview on the Lady Bulldogs and Lady Flyers in this week’s paper, with the boys previews next week.

Basketball towns

Wed, 03/03/2021 - 12:00am
Four basketball teams from Humphrey, Lindsay are heading to state

The streets of Humphrey and Lindsay will be pretty empty the next two weeks.

The girls and boys basketball teams from St. Francis and Humphrey-Lindsay Holy Family will be in Lincoln for the girls and boys state tournaments.

The girls tip-off Wednesday with the Lady Flyers go up against Sterling at 11 a.m. at Lincoln North Star in a Class D-2 battle.

The Lady Bulldogs playing Fremont Bergan at 1:30 p.m. at Lincoln Southwest in Class D-1.

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