The highly competitive Franklin Invitational on Tuesday, April 7, offered an opportunity for the Shelton girls and boys track and field teams to turn in no less than 15 personal records. As a team, the Lady Bulldogs finished in seventh place among the 13 teams at the Franklin meet with 43 team points. The Pleasanton ladies won the meet with 85.5 team points.
Keaton Heikkinen and Kaleigh Pracht provided first place finishes for the Gibbon boys and girls track and field teams, respectively, at the Franklin Invitational on Tuesday, April 7. The boys finished the invitational with a team score of 59 for fourth place among the 14 teams competing and the Lady Buffaloes took tenth place on the day with 21 points among the 13 girls teams at the Franklin Invitational.
Wood River’s boys track and field team won the boys side of the Wood River Invitational on Tuesday, April 7, highlighted by Madden Brabec’s three gold medals in the pole vault, 110 meter hurdles, and 4 X 100 relay. The local boys piled up 92 team points to win the meet as the Lady Eagles placed seventh with 20 team points. The Nebraska Christian ladies won the girls portion of the day with 151 team points.
Shelton’s boys golf team continued their season last week with a pair of trips out west as they took part in the Hi-Line Invitational at Lakeside Golf Course south of Elwood on Tuesday, April 7, and teed off at the Overton Invitational at the Overton Golf Course on Thursday, April 9.
The 2026 Wood River Rural High School Prom will be held Saturday, April 11, at Babel’s Barn. The prom court is, front row, left to right, Zailey Gewecke, Ximena Trejo, Marlen Rodriguez, Gracee Gideon, and Kenna Thompson; and back row, Hector Bonilla, Diego Avilez, Brek Wiese, Preston Ammon, and Landon Hauptman. The public is welcome to attend the coronation beginning at 8:00 p.m. (—courtesy photo)
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