Cross Country
On Sept. 24 the Nemaha Central Middle School cross country team ran their home meet at the Spring Creek Golf Course. The weather was rainy, making the course wet and muddy.
The middle school boys team got 2nd place overall. Top finishers for the boys were Daniel Lueger, 8th, who got 2nd, Glen Strathman, 8th, who got 10th, and Roldofo Rivera-Cobian, 7th, who got 11th.
“The race felt good because I beat Ivy Heinen, and I got 10th place,” Glen Strathman, 8th, said. The middle school girls team got 1st place overall. Top finishers for the girls were Ivy Heinen, 8th, who got 1st, Emersyn Novotny, 8th, who got 3rd, Lindy Mosteller, 7th, who got 5th, and Hallie Heideman, 7th, who got 6th.
Overall, the middle school team did great!
Article by Jose Gauna and Damien Frye
Volleyball
The Nemaha Central Middle School (NCMS) played against Silver Lake on Sept 21.
The 8A team won in 3 sets. The score was 19-25, 25-11, and 15-6. After they lost the 1st set they were determined to fight back.The 8B team lost in two sets, 14-25 and 23-25. The 7A team lost in two sets, 23-25 and 21-25. The 7B team lost in two sets, 14-25 and 23-25. Missed serves contributed to the loss.
“We could have done better. We have been practicing serves, but we need more practice calling the ball. We did well at setting up the game. We need more practice moving our feet coming to the middle and cheering for the other team,” Anabelle Frye, 8th, said.
“A team needs more practice on hitting and calling the ball. We keep running into each other because we need to call it. It is a big deal in volleyball,“ Hadley Reinecke, 7th, said.
Article by Samantha Trogdon
On Thursday, Sept. 24 the Nemaha Central (NC) 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams played against Riley County at NC.
The 8th grade A-team won in two sets, 25-12 and 25-19. Next, the 8th grade B-team who lost in two sets, 15-25 and 15-25. Both teams worked hard and did a great job calling the ball.
Next was the 7th grade A-team, who took a loss. After them, the 7th grade B-team also took a loss, causing both teams to lose in two sets.
Lily Romney 8th, said, “I felt very excited when we won. Riley County was a pretty good team, but we managed to beat them easily.”
Article by Adrianna Rider
Nemaha Central Middle School volleyball played 2 teams on Sept. 28th.
The 8th grade A-team played against Atchison and won in 2 sets. The scores were 25-15 and 25-17 respectfully. During the second game they played Saints Peter and Paul Middle School and lost in two sets. It was 24-26 in the first set and 25-7 in the second. They did a good job keeping their energy up, but they struggled with covering tips.
“In our first set, we all played very well and stayed with them, but in the second set we all lost hope and couldn't pull through,” Kylar Hill said.
The 7th grade A-team played Atchison and SPPS. They won both sets against the teams. The first set against Atchison was 25-14, and the second set was 25-19. When they played SPPS, it was 25-16 in the first and second. They did a great job setting it up, but they need to work on talking.
The 8th grade B-team won in two sets against Atchison, 25-19 and 25-17. They played well, but they needed to work on passes. The 7th grade B-team played Atchison and won in two sets. They had some good serves during their game. It was 25-14 in both sets, sadly SPPS did not have a 7th or 8th grade B-team.
Article by Quenton Kling
On Oct. 1, the Nemaha Central Middle School volleyball team traveled to St Mary’s to compete against the Bears. It was not ideal to travel in the pouring rain, but everyone made it there safely.
The eighth grade A-team won the first set 25-1 and the second set 25-8. They played phenomenally and had no B-team game. The seventh grade A- team put up a tough fight but lost in two sets, with the final scores being 11-25 and 17-25. Lastly, the 7th grade B-team lost in two sets, ending their games with scores of 17-25 and 17-25.
“We had to run through the rain to get inside, and we all got really wet, but we played well and our serves were great,” Piper Huerter, 8th, said.
Article by Nora Ranieri
Football
On Sept. 24th Nemaha Central Middle School (NCMS) football played Riley County (RC) at home. The conditions were tough with pouring rain and a muddy field that nobody could get any grip on.
In the first quarter RC ran in a touchdown to make it 6-0. They kicked an extra point and made it to make it 7-0. Nobody scored in the second quarter, so it was 7-0 at halftime. In the third quarter RC ran in a touchdown, and tried to kick an extra point, but Graham Lueger blocked it to make it 13-0. In the fourth quarter NC scored by throwing a jet pass from Miles Kuckelman to Mack Reineke.
“I saw the ball fly up in the air, and I was like I gotta catch this. We had to score so I was wide open, and I caught it and we scored.” Reinecke said.
NCMS missed the two point conversion to make it 6-13. After that, NCMS kicked off to RC. RC returned it for a touchdown and attempted to kick the extra point, but Miles Kuckelman (8th) blocked it to make the score 6-19. The final score was RC 19 and NCMS 6. Riley County won the game, but NCMS battled hard.
Article by Kemper Scism