Oct. 14, 2021 was Senior Night for Broken Bow volleyball. Activities Director Jeff Ellis introduced the five seniors and their parents - Brianna Quinn and parents Brandon Quinn and Linden Quinn, Kailyn Scott and Kya Scott and parents Jim and Shelly Scott, Molly Staples and parents Corey and …

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The Broken Bow volleyball team is now 22-3 after defeating both McCook and Ainsworth in Tuesday night (10/12/21) matches at home.

Check out the Oct. 7, 2021 issue of the Custer County Chief to see sports photos and articles by community contributors! This week's issue includes:

The Broken Bow girls golf team repeated as Southwest Conference (SWC) champs at the Wildhorse Golf Course in Gothenburg on Tuesday (09/28/21).

We are without a sports reporter. In the meantime...

Tuesday's "Pink Out" at Anselmo-Merna's volleyball triangular went well. A-M players and spectators alike wore pink for #digthepink. Proceeds from fund raising will go towards supporting cancer awareness and cancer patients. "The event was a success with the generous donations of area busine…

Broken Bow football, volleyball and girls golf teams are having amazing seasons so far! Read about it in the Sept. 16, 2021 issue of the Custer County Chief!

After two full months of no high school sports, they will make their triumphant return to the Custer County Area on August 26. Broken Bow will begin their fall sports season with a home volleyball game vs Hershey and the girls golf team will be at the Kearney Catholic Invite on Thursday. Fri…

The Tri-City Storm has announced the complete exhibition schedule for the 2021-2022 season. The Storm will open preseason play at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, IA against the Sioux City Musketeers on Friday, September 10th. Tri-City will play five games in total during the preseason…

The Cozad, Broken Bow, and South Loup volleyball teams all met up at Callaway High School on August 20 and took part in some jamboree matches before the start of the season this week. In the match between the Indians and the Bobcats, Broken Bow won 25-20 and 25-12.

Kearney, Neb. – The Nebraska-Kearney volleyball team, with seven practices under its belt, got kills from 12 different players to down the Air Force Academy in five sets (25-23, 24-26, 25-23, 21-25, 15-9) Saturday afternoon in Colorado.

The 2021 Preseason ratings for football have been released by the Omaha World-Herald with some area schools making the list. They include Arcadia-Loup City, Sandhills-Thedford, and Mullen.

The Twin Loup Volleyball team took on Ansley-Litchfield in Taylor for the school's annual Jamboree on August 17. The Wolves won 4-1 in five sets by scores of 25-14, 25-22, 15-25, 25-22, and 15-9.

The Fall High School Rodeo season started well for two local cowboys as they took home All-Round Awards for the KBR High School in St. Libory. Dane Pokorny of Stapleton won the All-Around for the weekend and Sid Miller of Merna won the All-Around for Day 1.

Several local athletes attended the Mike Trader's Basketball Camp at Doane University on August 18. They included Luke Bailey and Owen Cunningham of Ansley and Carsten and Austin Fox of Broken Bow. Awards were given out after the completion of the camp based on the athlete's performances in …

Kearney, Neb. – The Nebraska-Kearney volleyball team reports to fall camp this Monday, Aug. 16, in preparation for a season that begins next Saturday with an exhibition match at Division I Air Force.

The Broken Bow Legion Baseball teams handed out awards for the 2021 season on Monday, August 9. This year both the Juniors and Seniors put together exceptional seasons, winning the B6 Area Tournaments and qualifying for the Class B State Legion Baseball Tournaments.

The 2021 television schedule for the Nebraska Volleyball team has been released. The preseason No.5 Huskers have 15 games that are set to be nationally broadcast throughout the season. This does not include games that may be picked up by NET.

The Custer County Chief is excited to bring you the Sports Gallery for the week of August 5. If you wish to purchase a photo simply email sports@custercountychief.com

Custer County Bull Fighting Classic

Round 1

Callie White of Broken Bow competed in the Division I Midwestern Swimming Long Course Championship Meet over the weekend at Wood Pool in Lincoln.  The championship meet included over 500 swimmers from Nebraska and western Iowa.  Callie was the only swimmer who qualified for the championship …

The Broken Bow Legions have made it two for two in qualifying for state in baseball. This comes after the Seniors took care of business in a lopsided 11-2 victory over McCook for the B6 Area Tournament Championship.

A record-tying six players with ties to the Tri-City Storm organization were selected at the 2021 NHL Draft. The 2021 NHL Draft was conducted virtually for the second straight year and featured fifty picks from the United States Hockey League (USHL). Six players with ties to the Storm organi…

The Custer County Chief is excited to bring you the Sports Gallery for the week of July 29. If you wish to purchase a photo simply email sports@custercountychief.com

Broken Bow Seniors 7, Minden Seniors 5

After losing out on his senior year of high school track at Anselmo-Merna, Rhett Safranek never lost that urge to compete. It’s what motivated him to stay in shape and keep running this last year during his freshman year at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The Broken Bow Spirit 14 and Under finished as the State Runner-Up’s at the USA Softball Class D State Softball Tournament this past weekend in Hastings. It is one of the better finishes the Spirit program has ever had at state as they finished with a 4-2 mark.

Kearney, Neb. - Five former student-athletes will be inducted into the University of Nebraska at Kearney Athletic Hall of Fame during ceremonies on Homecoming weekend this Oct. 8-9.

Callie White (GNS)- Female 15 and over division: 200 backstroke 2nd pace; 50 free 6th place; 100 free 4th place; 50 fly 3rd; 200 IM 5th place.

B6 Area Tournament Championship Game

Trev Alberts is finally back home in Lincoln. On July 14 around 11 a.m. it was announced that he would be the next Athletic Director of Nebraska after the sudden retirement of Bill Moose in late June of this year.

Callie White(GNST)- 1st place Female 15 and Over 50 Breaststroke; Female 15 and over 100 breaststroke 1st place; Female 15 and Over 100 free 2nd place; Female 15 and over 50 butterfly 2nd place; Female 15 & Over 50 free 2nd place.

After years of service to the boxing community in the state of Nebraska, Don Slingsby of Broken Bow was inducted into the Great Plains Amateur Boxing Hall of Fame at the Ralston Arena in Omaha on June 17.

Action shots from Spirit Softball vs Mad Dog Softball

Action shots from the Sumner 4th of July Rodeo

Looking to punch their ticket to the winners circle on Independence Day were the Dawson County Raceway competitors despite the invasion of the Blood, Sweat and Tears (BST) Tri-States Tour racers on Sunday evening at Dawson County Raceway in Lexington, Nebraska.

Action shots from the Spirit of the Sandhills Tournament

Action shots from the Broken Bow Swim Meet

Perseverance paid off big time for the loyal fans that stuck out the storm at Dawson County Raceway, as the racers got an amazingly fast track to put on a humpback whale of a show for the fans on Holbein Lawn Service and KLawn of Lexington Night at the Races on Sunday evening in Lexington, N…

Broken Bow Juniors played their second games in two days against the Cozad Juniors on June 29. The Juniors were able to win the game 16-2 in five innings. On July 1 Broken Bow will play for the Mid Nebraska Baseball League Tournament at home vs Grand Island.

LINCOLN--Bill Moos’ time as Nebraska’s athletic director is over.

Over Fathers Day weekend, the Nebraska One Box Team composed of local area shooters was able to take home the National Championship at the USAYESS Junior Clay National Meet in San Antonio, Texas. The group from Nebraska was able to secure first place finishes in eight out of the ten events a…

Broken Bow Juniors 5, Hershland Juniors 4

Honoring a former racer and die-hard fan, the competitors at Dawson County Raceway challenged tooth and nail to earn the privilege of driving into the winners circle on Fred Beardsley Memorial Night on Sunday evening in Lexington, Nebraska.

Action shots from Gothenburg Melons

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