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LEWISTON - The Lewiston Lady Tigers hosted the Falls City Sacred Heart Lady Irish on Thursday night, September 20th, but lost in three straight sets, 8-25, 9-25, 15-25. The Lady Tigers had some bright spots in the 2nd and 3rd sets as Payton Bledsaw landed a back row kill and then had a nice rally and a kill by Dana Chen for a 4-17 score in the 2nd set.

Alexis Richards made a nice dig in the back row and Chen added a nice tip to make it 5-17. Dana Christen later added an ace dump set and Becca deKoning scored on a back row attack. But, miscommunication and missed hits by the Lady Tigers had them losing the second set 9-25. In the third set, Lewiston played with a little more fire as Johanna Keyes had an ace dig return and Christen added an ace back row spike to keep it tied at 4-4 in the early going. Bledsaw later added an ace serve to make it 7-9, but FCSH went on a little run to go up 13-7.

HUMBOLDT - The Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Titans hosted the Tri-County Trojans for their 2018 Homecoming on Friday night, September 21st. Tri-County scored on a 38 yard pass play and a 34 yard run, but HTRS answered back as Conner Bredemeier scored on a 14 yard run. The PAT pass failed, but the Titans kept it a 6-16 game at the half. Unfortunately, that was as close as they would get. The Titans were shut out of the second half scoring while the Trojans scored on runs of 3, 43 and 45 yards and also scored on a 27 yard pass play to win the game by a 42-6 count. HTRS had 8 first downs, 94 yards of rushing with 3/18 passes for 70 yards for 164 yards of total offense.

Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer held their Homecoming on Friday night, September 21st. Royalty crowned was Queen Grace Kanel and King Conner Bredemeier.

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BEATRICE - The Pawnee City Lady Indians were the #5 seed heading into the Class B Mudecas Volleyball Tournament last week and finished in 6th place overall. P.C. vs. Tri-County The Pawnee City Lady Indians faced the #4 seeded and eventual Class B Mudecas runner-up Tri- County Lady Trojans right away in the first round on Monday,

Pawnee City Youth Football 5th/6th Grade - Members are back row, l-r: Coach Mike Farwell, Tucker Everett, Anthony Kling, Christian Moore, Jett Farwell, Drew Menninga, Coach Tim Tegtmeier. Front row: Trey Kling, Wyatt Weimers, Dawson Wilkinson, Tyler Tegtmeier, Wyatt Blank.

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Pawnee City Youth Football 3rd/4th Grade - The Lewiston 3/4 Grade boys joined the Pawnee City boys this year for youth football. Team members are back row, l-r: Coach Mitch Janssen, Coach Brad Bernadt, Peyton Heideman, Dylan Layne, Grady Weyers, Clayton Brown, Aiden Tozer, Oliver Everett, Deacon Bernadt, Brock Janssen, Coach Jason Ries, Camden Swendener. Front Row: Cashton Ries, Cashton Steinacher, Colter Steinacher, Evan Christen, Luke Hunzeker, Ryan Hays, Shaydon Tupa, Braydon Frakes. Not pictured: Jacob Bruns , Coach Shane Maloley.

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STERLING - The Pawnee City Lady Indians had a tough time at the Sterling triangular last Thursday night, September 6th as they lost both of their matches to Falls City and Sterling. Pawnee City vs. Falls City The Lady Indians opened the night against Falls City where they trailed 2-9 right away in the first set after some ace serves by the Lady Tigers. Mallory Nider served up an ace of hers soon after, but some miscommunication by the Lady Indians on their side of the net allowed P.C. to take a 16-6 lead.

The Lady Tigers continued to go on the attack and took the first set by a 25-8 count. P.C. did a little better in the 2nd set with Nider and Sierra deKoning each making ace tips to make it 6-2. Madison Branek contributed to the P.C. attack at the net and put down several kills to improve their lead to 15-9.

PAWNEE CITY - The injuries and turnovers continue to plague the Pawnee City football team as they go through their 2018 season.

LEWISTON - The Lewiston Tigers hosted the Red Cloud Warriors in their home season opener on Friday afternoon, August 31st. where Lewiston fans poured in to watch their home Tiger team in a hard-fought six-man contest.

The Tigers stopped Red Cloud on their first offensive series as Ryan Hunt and Shawn Salts combined on a sack, but Lewiston fumbled on their first possession and the Warriors recovered it at LHS' 19 yd. line.

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TECUMSEH - The Pawnee City Cross Country team started their 2018 season at the Johnson County Central Invitational which was held at the Tecumseh Country Club last Friday, August 31st.

Pawnee City's Olivia Gottula had the best finish for the Lady Indians on the course as she placed 28th with her time of 26:58.60. Teammate Alyssa Pierce followed close behind in 35th place with a time of 28:59.30.

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