Congratulations to the West Holt Huskies, your 2025 NSAA Class C boys state track and field runners-up!
DISTRICT CHAMPS. The West Holt Huskies boys and girls track teams were both crowned district champions at the NSAA Class C District 4 Invite today. Both teams will send numerous individuals to the Class C State Invite in Omaha on May 23 and 24. For a full list of state qualifiers and tons of pictures, grab a copy of next week's Graphic!
GNAC CHAMPS. Congratulations to the West Holt Huskies on winning both the boys and girls Greater Northeast Activities Conference track and field invite championships! A full recap of today's invite, as well as more pictures, can be found in next week's Graphic.
Congratulations to both West Holt and Stuart on their performances at the West Holt Boys Golf Invite this morning! The Huskies placed fifth as a team with three medalists while the Broncos placed eighth with one. More pictures and full individual and team results can be found in next week's Graphic!
The Keogh 501 Memorial is currently helping nine area youths get closer to their goals of becoming local firefighters and emergency medical technicians (EMTs), and hopes to continue doing so in the future.
With the help of donations made towards the Keogh 501 Memorial, the program is currently able to provide books, supplies, and more to five EMT course students, as well as four boys in the fire cadet program.
To learn more about how the Keogh 501 Memorial is using donations to help area youths, grab a copy of this week's Atkinson Graphic!
The West Holt Husky Track and Field team earned some hardware at it's home meet today! The boys team placed second, while the girls team was crowned invite champions. For a full recap of the day, including individual medalists and plenty more pictures, grab a copy of next week's Graphic!
The 2025 West Holt High School Track and Field Invite is officially underway! Follow along to live results here: www.whps.info/25HSmeet
The annual West Holt junior high track and field invite is officially underway here in Atkinson. Nearly 300 area athletes are competing at today's invite. Live results can be found here: https://whps.info/25JHMeet
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Here is a link to photos of the Stuart Broncos at the 2025 NSAA Class D2 Boys State Basketball Tournament!
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Here is the link to photos from the 2025 NSAA Class C2 State Basketball Tournament!
CONGRATULATIONS to the local thespians who punched their tickets to the 2025 NSAA State Speech Championships with great performances at districts yesterday! Area qualifiers and their events are as follows:
West Holt: Madison Kratz - Informative
Stuart: Dawson Heiser - Extemporaneous, Persuasive, and POI. Maddux Alder - Entertainment, Humorous Prose, and OID. Jasmine Davis - Poetry, Serious Prose, and Informative. Drew Schmaderer - Serious Prose, POI, and OID. Matthew Yemma - Persuasive, Informative, and OID. Thomas Paxton - Humorous Prose, Extemporaneous, and OID.
The 2025 NSAA State Speech Championships will be held at Kearney High School. Kratz will compete in the Class C1 state competition on Thursday, March 27, while the Broncos will compete in the Class D2 state competition on Friday, March 28.
Congratulations to West Holt High School on earning the 2025 NSAA Class C2 State Basketball Tournament Sportsmanship Award!
FINAL: Summerland - 55, West Holt - 48. Congratulations to the West Holt Huskies on a fourth-place finish in the 2025 Class C2 State Tournament!
Going into the final quaerer of play, the Huskies trail the Bobcats 46-34.
After a solid second quarter, the Huskies have cut their deficit down to just six. It's 27-21 in favor of Summerland at the half!
After one, the Huskies trail Summerland 18-6.
Here we go! It's time for West Holt vs. Summerland for third/fourth place in the Class C2 State Tournament. Tip-off is in five minutes.
FINAL: Cross County - 45, West Holt - 43. The Huskies will play for third place tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. in Lincoln Southwest High School against the Summerland Bobcats.
Going into the final quarter of play, the Huskies trail Cross County 33-31!
At halftime, the Huskies have a 21-20 lead over Cross County!
