The Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca end of the year annual boys’ basketball banquet was held on Sunday, March 20, 2022. Head coach Adam Stotz thanked his family, assistant coaches, parents and student managers for their efforts during the year. There were eight letters awarded. Three seniors will graduate, and the team returns two starters. The assistant coaches included Micah Buller, Phil Janssen and Grant Hallstrom.
Wednesday, March 9: High 33; Low, 14 Thursday, March 10: High, 25; Low, 17. Precip., 0.05; Snow, 0.8” Friday, March 11: High, 32; Low, 12 Saturday, March 12: High, 37; Low,-1 Sunday, March 13: High, 67; Low, 0 Monday, March 14: High, 60; Low, 25 Tuesday, March 15: Low, 25 .
Over 30 individuals convened Wednesday evening, March 9, 2022, to discuss the future of Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Public Schools. A group representing parents, businesses, teachers and administrators spent 90-minutes at the Strategic Planning Session. Representatives of the Nebraska Rural Community School Association (NRCSA), for which SDA is a member, were secured to facilitate the strategic planning session.
Gas prices are high – as of March 14, the national average is $4.32 per gallon, the highest it has ever been. When President Biden was asked if he had a message for Americans who are paying record prices at the pump, this was all he had to say: Prices are “going to go up. Can’t do much right now. Russia is responsible.”
Here are the results from the March 10 tournament at Nebraska City. The team placed 4th out of 15 with 172.5 points.
The Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca middle school wrestling team wrapped its season with a home meet on March 14. Individual results from the tournament are listed below.
Nebraska Wesleyan University track athletes attended the NCAA Division III National Championship Track Meet in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on March 11-12. 2020 Conestoga graduate Bella Hogue won a national championship title in the 200m with a time of 24.66 seconds which is a new NWU school record. Bella also competed on the 6th place finishing 4x400 team that ran a 3:53.01. Her split was 57.48 seconds. 2018 Johnson County Central graduate Maddie Moran finished 4th in the 60m with a time of 7.66 seconds. With a tight race, the winner ran 7.60 seconds and 8th place ran 7.70 seconds. These athletes begin their outdoor track season on Saturday, April 2, at the UNK Invitational in Kearney.
Class A Girls 1st Round No. 1 Millard South def.
With the weather improving, you may want to consider getting your fields sampled for soybean cyst nematode (SCN) this spring if you have never sampled them or if it has been a while; especially if yields may be lower than expected or if you have areas in fields that have spots that yielded poorly. These could be hot spots for SCN. It would be good to definitely sample these areas of the field.
As Nebraskans, we value resourcefulness and selfreliance. We also care for our neighbors. We recognize that extraordinary times—like a natural disaster or a global pandemic—warrant extra assistance.