Kirt Manion, CherryRoad Media The Syracuse Post 100 Senior baseball team won two games and put itself in position to win the Class C American Legion State Tournament at Wisner before falling one game short of the championship day on Tuesday, Aug. 2.
Jeff Reed recently scored a hole-in-one at the Syracuse Country Club. Reed used a driver on the 215-foot, par 3 No.
Ted Harshbarger, Peru State College The largest construction project in the history of Nebraska’s First College, both in terms of square footage and investment, has been announced. Termed “Project ROAR” - Renewed Opportunities for Activity and Recreation - the five-building project will add more than 104,000 square feet of indoor space to the campus, noted Peru State College President, Dr.
Recent studies from the Reading & Literacy Discovery Center of Cincinnati's Children's Hospital were the first provide neurobiological evidence of the potential benefits of reading to children age five and younger and the potential detriments of screen time on the development of such youngsters' brains. Images released with the study indicated substantial growth in organized white matter in the language and literacy areas of the brains of children who were read to during the highly formative first five years of their lives. That's important, as the study noted that white matter is comprised of fibers that form connections between brain cells and the nervous system. Increasing and organizing that white matter, which reading to youngsters facilitates, increases the brain's functionality and ability to learn. While the study noted the value of reading to children age five and younger, it also showed how children who spent an average of two hours a day playing on screens were adversely affected by that behavior. In images of such children's brains, white matter was considerably underdeveloped and disorganized, which can contribute to slow processing and learning difficulties.
Syracuse fell to Lincoln Lutheran (Chik-Fil-A) on July 24 before beating Tecumseh on July 26 and then taking two revenge wins over Lutheran to advance to the state tournament. Below are game capsules from each of those game in the order they were played.
Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca wrestler Barret Brandt brought home an undefeated record from the 2022 AAU Scholastic Duals held June 17-22 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL. Brandt, wrestling at 152 pounds and representing the Nebraska Beach Bums, went 12-0 with six pins. He described the matches as very competitive with four of his matches won by just a couple of points. As a team, the Beach Bums had a 7-5 dual record and placed 7th in their pool of 16 teams. They wrestled teams from Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Missouri, Montana and Ohio.
Following Wednesday night’s excitement, several Rocket players and the Senior team’s Head Coach, Mark Bayliss, took time out to visit with the Journal- Democrat about the season, the Area Tournament and making it to the Class C State Tournament.
Two victories and a hard-fought setback against the No. 1 seed were the results for the Syracuse Post 100 Seniors in Area Tournament action at Wymore Friday through Sunday.
On Tuesday, July 19, the National Association of Basketball Coaches announced the 2021-22 NABC Honors Court. Peru State College players Isaac Simpson (Papillion) and Blake Petersen (Columbus) made the NABC Honors Court.
Sawyer Brammier smiles wide as he crosses home plate in game action against Wilber. Photo by Kirt Manion .