You have to appreciate and understand how difficult it is to win a state wrestling championship. This accomplishment takes an incredible amount of discipline and commitment. Literally thousands of hours of work over the course of years. We’re proud of you Isaac!

‘ The Nebraska Schools Activities Association sponsored its first sanctioned girls wrestling district tournaments this past weekend. According to the NSAA website, the top three from each district qualify for the NSAA state championships. Four district meets were held across the state. The District 3 meet was held in Gothenburg. Shania Wear of Gothenburg was runnerup at 114 lbs. to qualify for the Nebraska State Wrestling Tournament in Omaha.

The Gothenburg Swede Girls Basketball Team won a pair of games last week against area teams in preparation for the upcoming District tournaments. In the first game against Ogallala on Tuesday night, The Swedes blew out Ogallala by a score of 41-24. The Swedes defense played a good game. The defense tallied twelve steals on the night, had twelve deflections and one block. The Swedes also hit the boards hard and gathered in thirtyfive rebounds during play.

The Gothenburg Lady Swedes Varsity Basketball girls came away with a victory against Valentine on Friday night by a score of 37-26. Gothenburg jumped out to a big 13-2 lead after the first quarter and led at the half by twenty-two points during the game. Valentine came out in the third quarter and made a run at the Swedes but Gothenburg half off the attempted comeback and held on to win.