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Grand Island Senior High coaches Rob Riedy (left) and Mike Schadwinkel celebrate after Treyston Trujillo (center) defeated Austin Marshall of Kearney during their Class A 132-pound championship match Saturday at state wrestling in Omaha. Trujillo won the match 10-8. (Independent/Barrett Stinson)

Grand Island Senior High's Emily Mierau (right) and Courtney Holder of Lincoln High battle for a loose ball during the fourth quarter of their game Saturday night at GISH. The Islanders won the game 75-20. (Independent/Barrett Stinson)

Running together toward the first turn on a muddy track, (from right) eventual winner Ashley Dill on Nayborhood Affair leads second-place finisher Chris Fackler on Gracie Jane, and third-place finisher Jordan Olesiak on Lou Lou Larue, followed by Armando Martinez on Senorita Conchita, Don Lee Frazier on Lynae Dawn, Jose Ranilla on Dazzling Seville, and Michael Ziegler on Spice Swirl on Saturday during the Orphan Kist Stakes at Fonner Park in Grand Island. (Independent/Barrett Stinson)

Aurora's Trevor Sullivan clears the bar at 10 feet Saturday during the Central Conference Relays at Central City High. (Independent/Barrett Stinson)

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Gibbon's Dillon Eckel wins by a wide margin in the boys 1,600-meter run Monday during the Central Nebraska Track and Field Championships at Grand Island Northwest High. (Independent/Barrett Stinson)

Devin Palu receives a hit during a fencing class at Grand Island Senior High. Fencing coach Jason Brisbin hopes to open a fencing academy in Grand Island this fall. (Independent/Barrett Stinson)

Colby Anders of Bayard hangs on for a ride in the steer wrestling event Friday during the Nebraska High School Rodeo finals at the Adams County Fairgrounds in Hastings. (Independent/Barrett Stinson)

Adams Central's Nathan Arlt competes in the boys long jump event Thursday during the Lou Platte Conference Meet at Wood River High. Arlt won the event with a jump of 21 foot, 2 inches. (The Independent/Barrett Stinson)

Taking the offense, stock dog Scott motivates a cow during the open division of the Cattle Dog Trials in the Five Points Bank Arena on Monday at the Nebraska State Fair. Dorrence Eikamp is the dog's handler. (Independent/Barrett Stinson)

Nebraska's Taylor Martinez (right) temporarily loses the football after it's knocked loose by Kenneth Patten of Idaho during the third quarter of their game Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. Martinez recovered the fumble and scored on the play, as the Huskers defeated the Vandals 38-17. (The Independent/Barrett Stinson)

Tood Edenborough of Australia performs a Superman seat grab trick high above the ramp Thursday during the Mega Jump Action Sports Experience show in the East Entertainment Area at the State Fair in Grand Island. (Independent/Barrett Stinson)

Grand Island Senior High’s Liz Stinson sticks out her tongue while making a return during her number one singles match against Omaha Westside’s Allie Gardner during the Islander Classic Invite in Grand Island, Nebraska. Stinson lost the match to Gardner 8-1.

Tyrel Rieker of Lexington competes in the tie down roping event Monday morning during the Nebraska High School Rodeo in the Outdoor Air Arena at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island. (Independent/Barrett Stinson)

Adam Central’s Ben Jones (right) fights back to tie his B-3 district 119-pound championship match with Nicholas Mosher of Broken Bow just before the end of the third period. Unfortunately, Jones lost the match to Mosher shortly into the fourth period in front of a home crowd, 10-8.

Hanna Wolf of Gothenburg (left) bobbles a throw to second allowing St. Paul's Karlie Mamot to take the base safely during the fourth inning of their District C-6 softball game Thursday at St. Paul High School. St. Paul won the game 6-1.(Independent/Barrett Stinson)

Independent/Barrett Stinson On his way to score after catching a pass during a fourth quarter trick play, Husker quarterback Eric Crouch is urged on by two former Huskers involved in another “catch” Husker fans might remember, Scott Frost (second from left) and Matt Davison (center). The Huskers defeated Oklahoma 20-10.

After claiming her second girls Class C cross country title in a row, Katelyn White (second from right) celebrates with her teammates, including Taylor Johnson (second from left), after hearing that their team placed second Friday during state cross country in Kearney.

Independent/Barrett Stinson Sand flies with the ball, as Grand Island Senior High’s Andrea Dunagan hits out of a fairway bunker Friday morning during the GISH Invite at Grand Island Indianhead Golf Club.

Border Collie "Scout" flies through the air while chasing a toy (right) thrown by the dog's owner Lorie Luebbe of Grand Island during a Dockdogs Training Seminar in the Market Place on Thursday afternoon at the State Fair in Grand Island. (Independent/Barrett Stinson)

Grand Island Northwest's Aaron Cooksley (right) celebrates his victory over two-time state champion Dylan Wheaton of Omaha Skutt Catholic after their state Class B 160-pound semi-final match Friday in Lincoln. Cooksley edged Wheaton 9-8.