Independent Sports

Covering Sports for the Grand Island (Nebraska) Independent with an eye here and there

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Occasionally defenses believed that they got the best of Aurora junior running back Carlos Collazo this past season. https://t.co/ukmiZMN5E3

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Talk to anyone who coaches multi-sport athlete Sam Hartman and one similar theme pops up within 30 seconds. https://t.co/Tf8sTOwSpW

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After a breakthrough junior season, Burwell running back Caleb Busch faced something new entering his final year with the Longhorns. https://t.co/E0jPMawKnM

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There has been one consistent surrounding Burwell football other than the Longhorns being among the top teams in Class D-1 over the past three seasons. https://t.co/gHHNLHG9wE

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The Grand Island Senior High volleyball team kept its winning streak going. https://t.co/TvH1B6zzLp

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"Consistency" is the key when @GINWFootball hosts Scottsbluff's ground-based attack in a Friday showdown of 2-2 teams looking to hit the halfway point of the regular season with a key win. #nebpreps https://t.co/90SivfLuMB

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The Broken Bow volleyball team doesn’t want to hold anything back in the 2021 season. https://t.co/H3wvX4nMsm

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The @BBHSINDIANSS football team is doing its part to keep Bowmentum going. Up next is a tough test Friday against a talented, young but dangerous Ord squad. #nebpreps https://t.co/N1U4T3kp1J

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Saturday's announcement of committing to @UVAMensHoops marked the end of the recruiting process for @ittraudt. But the preparations for NCAA Div. I basketball continue for the standout (although his phone may deserve a break). #nebpreps https://t.co/JCKJ85vrWl

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After a couple of seasons of narrowly missing out on the postseason, Grand Island Central Catholic broke through to return to the playoffs last fall. https://t.co/5O1unZkQzy

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A new tradition started for the Grand Island city girls golf teams Tuesday at Jackrabbit Run Golf Course. https://t.co/zJTmSEkgkC

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CRETE — Three pitchers combined on a 3-hit shutout to lead Central City/Fullerton to a 6-0 blanking of Columbus Lakeview in the first round of the Class B American Legion seniors state tournament Saturday. https://t.co/9t8zFb2yEw

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Tom Rathman was more than happy to be back in Grand Island. https://t.co/oWK8h3JyjI

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It’s not how you start but how you finish. https://t.co/YLf8fFrbHh

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A Class C state golf title. The first state basketball appearance in 18 years. @CoachCooksley is building winning programs at Broken Bow. And he's the @theindependent girls coach of the year. https://t.co/jsOUDuGty3

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During the middle of the track season, a couple of coaches told Hastings track and field coach David Johnson that the Tigers could be in the running for a state title. https://t.co/5nYuyyzWhS

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OMAHA – Eli Wooden had some extra adrenaline going into the Class C pole vault. https://t.co/ClULTUZzFp

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Every GICC boy competing at the state meet earned at least one medal, and that helped the Crusaders claim a Class C runner-up trophy. https://t.co/f75JR2VuQV

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St. Paul's Conner Wells proved to run the fastest 400 out of anybody at this week's state track and field championships. https://t.co/97QgzOxJkp

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After what she considered a disappointing first day, Fullerton's Teagan Gonsior bounced back to win gold at the state track and field meet. https://t.co/VyG7CJ1Ezj