By Scott Bidroski The 2024 Gordon-Rushville Track & Field team is ready to hit the oval. Plenty of familiar faces, along with its fair share of newcomers, comprise the squad which is headed by Head Coach Nate Haag.

Gordon-Rushville Youth Wrestlers brought home some hardware for the AAU State Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, March 9. Both Brayzee Rawles and Jameson Tesch-Wolkins finished in third place in their respective weight brackets to bring home the bronze medal.

By Scott Bidroski The Gordon-Rushville Youth Wrestling team has been busy on the mat this past two weeks. The team competed in the NEUSA District 1 Wrestling tournament on Saturday, March 2 with each grappler doing their best to earn a trip to the State Tournament.

By Scott Bidroski The 2023-24 season closed for the Hay Springs Hawks Boys Basketball team last week, as they fell to the Wynot Blue Devils in the District Final. With the loss, the chapters were closed for four outstanding seniors within the program.

The stage was set for the Hay Springs Boys Basketball team as they took care of business in the opening round of the Class D2-12 Sub-District Tournament and earned a berth into the championship game. Awaiting the Hawks was a familiar foe, the Cody-Kilgore Cowboys, with a trip to District Final on the line for both teams.

The season got a shot in the arm for the Gordon- Rushville Girls Basketball team following their loss to Bridgeport in the Class C1-12 Sub-District. A majority of projections had the Mustangs season ending if they lost that opening round of Sub-Districts but when the dust all settled, the Mustangs received the final wild card spot and were seeded in the #13 slot.

By Scott Bidroski The 2023-24 season for the Gordon-Rushville Basketball team has come to a close for the Mustang Boys. The team traveled to Bridgeport, Neb.

Photo by Brooke Simmons The 2023-24 Gordon-Rushville Cheerleading team competed at the State Championships in Grand Island, Neb. on Friday and Saturday, February 16 & 17. The team finished in seventh place in Class C1 Game Day division. 24 teams competed with the Mustangs at the competition. The picture includes the student-athletes and coaches. Front row: (L-R) Faith Janssen, Amara Funk, Reese Simonson, and Taylor Gieselman. Back row: (L-R) Coach Tory Dehning, Marlee Keracik, Ashlyn Dehning, Coach Russchelle Dehning, Claire Wellnitz, Audrey Swiggum, and Rowan Simonson.

This year at Gordon Rushville there has been a rise in the interest of girls sports. That includes cross country, wrestling, basketball and volleyball. The Gordon-Rushville varsity volleyball team consisted of 4 seniors this year, McKinley Grover, Haley Johnson, Skye Tausan and Trinity Taylor. Other varsity players were juniors Emma Martins, Braylynne McKimmey and Rylie Shultz. Sophomores were Addison Slama, Rowan Simonson, Mckaley Grover, Taileigh Starr, Kylie Goings, Makenna Feddersen and Reese Simonson.

Mike Trader’s Annual Mid-America Basketball Camp will conduct eight individual sessions this summer. The overnight and commuter camps for boys and girls will be held June 30 - July 3 at Central Community College (Platte Campus) in Columbus and July 8-11 at Doane University.