The third-seeded Pierce volleyball team has placed a recent emphasis on serve and serve receive, according to coach Zach Weber, and both areas paid dividends on Monday evening against Norfolk Catholic in the first round of Mid-State Conference play.

Despite one set going over 25 points, the Panthers closed out their opening-round conference matchup with a 25-21, 27-25, 25-19 victory on Monday.

WAYNE — Wayne State dropped its first home game of the 2021 campaign here at Memorial Stadium and Bob Cunningham Field after beginning the season with three wins at its home stadium to open the season.Northern Sun Conference rival Augustana rolled into town and held off the Wildcats 32-24 in…

LAUREL — The Class D No. 9 Lutheran High Northeast Eagles completed an undefeated regular season and captured the district D1-6 title on Friday night with a 46-14 win over No. 3 Laurel-Concord-Coleridge.

CROFTON — Three of Norfolk Catholic's first five wins this season were decided by six points or fewer. So when Crofton took the opening kickoff and drove 56 yards in nine plays for a touchdown, the Knights didn't blink.

A primary difference between an established program and one that is in the early stages of development was on display Friday night in Grand Island's 35-10 win over the Panthers.

HASTINGS — In the losers bracket final of the Class C state softball tournament, Yutan/Mead jumped on the board in the first inning and hold Guardian Angels Central Catholic scoreless in a 4-0 ballgame on Friday.

AINSWORTH — The Ainsworth girls and the Tilden Elkhorn Valley boys won the D-3 district cross country championships here at the Ainsworth Public Golf Course on Thursday as the teams prepare for next week's Nebraska State Cross Country Championships at the Kearney Country Club in Kearney.

HASTINGS — Win or lose, the Guardian Angels Central Catholic Bluejays were going to continue playing at the state tournament.  

PENDER — Jordyn Arens got one step closer to repeating as Class D champion, as she took first place at the D-2 district meet on Thursday at Twin Creeks Golf Course.

PIERCE — Two-time defending Class C state cross country champion — and last year's all-class gold medalist — Carson Noecker of Hartington-Newcastle served notice that he plans to make it three in a row next Friday when he competes in the state meet at the Kearney Country Club, after winning …

HASTINGS — After not having made the state tournament since 2006, the Norfolk Panthers’ run at a state championship ended Thursday, with an 8-2 loss to Lincoln East.

With about a week and a half before the beginning of subdistrict play, Humphrey St. Francis coach Dean Korus is looking for his Flyers to improve their collective focus.

HASTINGS — West Point Guardian Angels Central Catholic came one step closer to defending its Class C state title, coming from behind to defeat Kearney Catholic 4-2 in a second-round winners-bracket game in the state tournament at the Bill Smith Softball Complex.