After leading throughout the first three quarters of their rivalry game with the visiting Shelton Bulldogs, the Wood River Eagles weathered a fourth quarter surge to slip past the Bulldogs by a slim 46-45 margin on Thursday, January 23.
Rogelio Hernandez’s gold medal performance at the LouPlatte Conference boys wrestling meet held at Ord on Saturday, January 25, helped the Buffaloes to finish the day in fifth place among the eight teams competing. Gibbon finished the day with 94.5 team points. St. Paul won the conference meet with 161 team points.
A sixth place finish was in the cards for the Wood River boys wrestling team at the LouPlatte Conference meet held at Ord on Saturday, January 25. The Eagles compiled 80.5 points on the day for sixth place. St. Paul’s 161 points won the conference meet.
The Gibbon Buffalo boys wrestling team finished last week with wins over Mitchell and Kearney Catholic at a home triangular on Friday, January 17, and went on to finish as runner up at the Gibbon hosted Bill Foster/Gibbon Invitational on Saturday, January 18.
Five former Shelton High School students and FFA members were honored for earning the highest degree achievable in the National FFA organization, the American Degree, at the Shelton vs. Gibbon boys and girls basketball game on Tuesday, January 7. Those five join the ranks of previous Shelton FFA American Degree recipients between 1963 and 1970, including J. Scott Harris, Donald Gilliland, Ronnie Prochaska, Darrel Quarring and Milton Ahrens.
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