The track season for local schools has started! Check out the March 245, 2022 issue of the Custer County Chief for info and articles!

In Class D2 Boys State Basketball play, #7 seeded Mullen (18-8) will face #2 FCSH (22-5) at 6 p.m., Tuesday, March 8, at Lincoln Southwest High School in Lincoln. The winner will face the winner of #3 Hyannis  (23-3)  v. #6 Parkview Christian (18-6) at 7:45 p.m Thursday, March 10.

In Class C1 Girls State Basketball play, #4 seeded Broken Bow (22-4) will face #5 Gothenburg (18-7) at 10:45 a.m. Monday, March 7, at the Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln. The winner will face the winner of #1 Lincoln Lutheran v. BRLD at 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 9.

Check on the Feb. 24, 2022 issue of the Custer County Chief for photos of all 43 local wrestlers who competed at the 2022 Nebraska State Wrestling tournament! In the mail today to subscribers and on newsstands now!

The Broken Bow Activities Department has released the following information for the 2022 Broken Bow High School football season.

According to information from the Broken Bow Bow Activities Department, Broken Bow High School will host the Girls basketball sub-district C1-10 tournament Feb. 14-17, 2022.

Find article and photos - lots and lots of photos - on the following sports in the Feb. 3, 2022 issue of the Custer County Chief.

Did you see the sports photos in the Jan. 27, 2022 issue of the Chief? Check out the great snaps taken by our local contributors!

2021 is winding down. Check out some of the last sport stories for the year in the Dec. 30 issue of the Custer County Chief. In the mail today for subscribers and on newstands today! E-Editions are available after 5 p.m. Wednesdays for digital subscribers.

Sport headlines in the Dec. 16, 2021 issue of the Custer County Chief include:

Check out the photos - 26 of 'em - of local basketball and wrestling in this week's Chief, Dec. 9, 2021.

Broken Bow will host their Invitational Wrestling Tournament this Saturday, Dec. 4.

The Sandhills-Thedford Knights came from being down 30-8 to lead 40-36 in the third quarter of the Class D2 State Football Championship Game on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. With Kenesaw up 46-40 late in the fourth quarter, Sandhills-Thedford drove to the Blue Devils' five yard line. But a state ch…

The Sandhills-Thedford Knights will face the Kenesaw Blue Devils in the Nebraska D2 State Football Championship at 2:45 p.m., Monday, Nov. 22 in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. The #1 seed Knights are 52-8 and the #7 Blue Devils are 36-6.

With the fall sports season winding down, you will find great photos and write-ups by local correspondents in this week's Chief (Nov. 11, 2021) on Sandhills Thedford football (advancing to state semi-finals!), A-M Coyotes football and volleyball and Ansley Litchfield football!

Check out the sports in the Nov. 4, 2021 issue of the Custer County Chief! On newsstands today and in the mail for print subscribers.

The Broken Bow volleyball team is scheduled to play at 6:15 p.m., Monday, Oct. 25, 2021 for C1-10 subdistrict play. The 24-4 Bow Indians are seeded #2 and will face #3 Gothenburg who is 23-6.

The Broken Bow Lady Indians are ranked #1 in the Southwest Conference going into the conference tournament this Friday (Oct. 22, 2021) in Minden.

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 …

Broken Bow volleyballTwin Loup junior 1,000 assists in volleyballBow Boys Cross Country Back-to-Back ChampsBroken Bow footballTwin Loup footballAnsley/Litchfield volleyballAnsley/Litchfield footballSouth Loup footballArcadia/Loup City volleyball tournamentSouth Loup volleyballArcadia/Loup Ci…

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.

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