Shelby Schoene, a senior from Bertrand, has been a standout on the Vikings Track and Field Team. At the NSAA Championships alone, here is what she has accomplished: Freshman year: qualified in pole vault but did not place. Sophomore year: Placed 8th in pole vault and 4th in the 800. Her junior year: She was runner-up in the 800, placed 4th in the 3200, 3rd in pole vault, and 3rd in the 1600. Schoene was poised to have another big season across all of the athletics she compete

March 7th, 2026. That's the day the Dundy County Stratton Girls Basketball Team won the NSAA Girls State Basketball Championship. For the Tigers, their first-ever title after being runner-ups in 2015, 2017, and 2019. About two weeks prior, a key contributor to the Tigers team, senior Lexie Yrkoski, suffered an injury to her left knee in the subdistrict finals against Cambridge. And the rest of her season was somewhat in question. "..so I tore my ACL, and then I also tore my l

October 17th, 2024. A day that the Tines family will never forget. Reese, the daughter of Mike and Lesa Tines, was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma. Reese, a senior at Hitchcock County, had her life totally changed as a junior last year. "It was really scary. Like when we were sitting in that hospital room...telling me that I have cancer. And I remember looking over at my dad, and I was confused. I didn't know what that meant. And I'm just sitting there thinking like, my first

Role players. Sometimes, role players don't get the credit they deserve. I have always admired how a coach can find a role for each player on their team. I'm even more impressed when an athlete takes that role, and stars in it. In this article, we focus on an athlete whose role and primary function affect the game beyond scoring. On each team, there's only one person who can lead the team in scoring, I mean, maybe there is the rare case in which you have a pair of players who

To say life is easy or that it won't be hard just isn't true. We all face challenges that we must overcome. And how you handle a challenge is essential, obviously. Wyatt Rice, a freshman at Southern Valley, has been diagnosed with CRPS, which stands for chronic regional pain syndrome. Doctors have upgraded his diagnosis to AMPS (Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome), which is rare. Also, Wyatt has FND, which stands for Functional Neurological Disorder. "So we'll just go ba

In the past month, we had the opportunity to chat with Evie Pelton, a junior at Bertrand. Evie competes on the Track and Cross Country...