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...

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...

Faith Korth

Faith Korth picked for Girls State

Faith Korth has been selected to attend American Legion Auxiliary Cornhusker Girls State June 2-8 on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Korth was selected by the Foltz-Zuerlein American Legion Auxiliary Post 80 in Humphrey. She is the...

Tucker Czarnick, left, of St. Francis, and Gavin Groteluschen, of Humphrey-Lindsay Holy Family, run the 4 x 800 relay April 23 at the St. Francis Invitational here. Courtesy photo

HSF girls 1st, boys 2nd at home invite

Three first place efforts led the St. Francis girls to first place in the St. Francis Invitational while the boys placed second April 23. Lillie Beltz earned a pair of first place finishes in the 100-meter and 200-meter dash, and Kali Jarosz won the...

Abi Schneider finished second in the discus April 23 at the St. Francis Invitational here. Courtesy photo

4 1st place efforts lead Bulldogs

Karley Vering, Briley Dohmen, Garret Durkop and the 4 x 800-meter relay all turned in first place efforts April 23 at the St. Francis Invitational here. The H-LHF boys finished 4th with 70 points, and the girls 5th with 69. Vering won the shot put...

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-...

Sports

Nellie Streblow launches a 3-pointer for Humphrey-Lindsay Holy Family. The Bulldogs defeated Summerland 60-17 here Friday. Courtesy photo

H-LHF girls run past Summerland 60-17

Wed, 01/19/2022 - 4:00am

A 23-6 first quarter lifted Humphrey-Lindsay Holy Family to a 60-17 win over Summerland here Friday.

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Humphrey-Lindsay Holy Family’s Randal Gronenthal drives to the basket for a layup Jan. 13 at Neligh-Oakdale. The Bulldogs posted a 71-36 win. Courtesy photo

Jacob Sjuts drives past the Summerland defense. He helped lead Humphrey-Lindsay Holy Family past Summerland 76-27 here Friday. Courtesy photo

H-LHF boys whip Neligh-Oakdale 71-36

Wed, 01/19/2022 - 4:00am

Humphrey-Lindsay Holy Family put this one away early, whipping Neigh-Oakdale 71-36 on the road Jan. 13.

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Claire Korth looks for an open teammate against Neligh-Oakdale. Humphrey-Lindsay Holy Family posted a 60-16 road win Jan. 13 as Korth scored 12 points. Courtesy photo

Bulldogs race past Neligh-Oakdale 60-16

Wed, 01/19/2022 - 4:00am

The Humphrey-Lindsay Holy Family girls whipped Neigh- Oakdale 60-16 Jan. 13.

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Addison Schneider blocks Emma Heller’s shot. Schneider scored 18 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and had four blocks to help Humphrey-Lindsay Holy Family beat Wisner-Pilger 62-54 Jan. 11. Democrat photo

H-LHF girls build big lead in win over Wisner-Pilger

Wed, 01/19/2022 - 4:00am

In the end, the Humphrey- Lindsay Holy Family girls were too much for Wisner-Pilger as the Bulldogs posted a 62-54 win here Jan. 11.

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The Humphrey Public

Wed, 01/19/2022 - 4:00am

The Humphrey Public speech team traveled to Twin River Jan. 8. There were 16 teams at the meet, and the HPS speakers finished in 5th place with 164 team points. Carson Schnitzler placed 3rd in Merit Humorous. Dalton Weidner was runner up in honors informative. Lexi Bohaty placed 6th in champs poetry. Olivia Keller placed second in honors poetry and fourth in honors entertainment. Natasha Dahlberg finished first in honors entertainment. Nora Bertrand placed 3rd in champs entertainment. Bertrand and Karley Vering finished 5th in champs duet. Addison and Abi Schneider came away with third in champs duet while Addison finished fourth in champs persuasive. The Oral Interpretation of Drama team of Noah, Natasha, Ashley, and Morgan H. placed 4th in champs OID. Courtesy photo