Cheaper golf may lead to better golf for the Palmyra boys’ team this spring as shooters were able to get out on the course over the offseason and get in a lot practice. Coach Aaron Hoeft said a special deal was available that allowed his players to hit the links at select courses for just $5 to $10 a round.
The Palmyra boys and girls track teams have 43 athletes out this season with 25 on the boys’ side and 18 on the girls’ team. There are 12 returners for the boys’ side and six for the girls’ team.
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.
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.
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.
The Palmyra volleyball team recorded posted records of 16-3 in 1950-51, 21-2 in 1951-52, and 21-1 in 1952-53. Players on the 1951-52 team included Mildred Hartman, Francie Stilwell, Marguerite Guy, Donna Smith, Marie Weatherhogg, Gera Powers, Elberta Rhoten, Marie Cooper, Wilma Dowding, Vera Thomson, Marilyn Kelly and Betty Cooper. The team was led by Coach Davis.
The Peru State men’s basketball team lost to Central Methodist in the first round of the Heart Tournament. The Bobcats fell to the Eagles 70-64, the Bobcats finish their season with an overall record of 16-15.