FORT CALHOUN 54, WAHOO 52, FINAL. Austin Welchert is clutch, hitting the game-winner with 7 seconds to go. Pioneers advance to the C1 semifinals with a 21-5 record. LEGENDARY.
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BLAIR GIRLS BASKETBALL IS STATE BOUND FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1998. Bears beat Sidney, 41-35, for their 18th win of the season — the winningest year since that '98 campaign. After district final losses in '20 & '21, the 3rd time was the charm for Coach Aschoff's team.
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A prayer answered! Blair boys basketball 63, Bennington 62, final in OT. Greyson Kay goes off glass in OT to win a thriller. The Bears advance to the district finals.
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BLAIR 51, ALLIANCE 43, FINAL. The Bears log their first state tournament berth since 2006. They are 11-11, winning 4 games in a week after not winning for a MONTH!
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BLAIR BOYS 58, McCOOK 57, FINAL. Bears come back from 11 down in the fourth to beat the Bison, clinching their second-straight state trip and eighth overall. Sawyer Lawton hit the game-winning 3 with 6 seconds left. It was his first bucket of the game.
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Blair's 3200 relay team of Hailey Amandus, Reece Ewoldt, Makayla Baughman and Kaitlyn Amandus break their own school record and win a gold medal.
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Dan Hutsell will be the new Blair High School Activities Director, BHS Superintendent Dr. Randall Gilson announced today. Hutsell is currently the vocal music instructor and director of choral activities, and has been at BHS since 2005.
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Blair wins 54-52 on a 2-pt conversion stop in OT. Bears TD was a Cemer to Nichols score. Wing caught the 2-point conversion. Bears play Skutt next week. What a game.
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Blair softball 9, Bennington 1, final. The Bears improve to 2-0 at state. They play GI Northwest tomorrow at 4:30 with a finals spot on the line.
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Max Nickerson hits another last second game-winner while wearing a Blair basketball jersey. It's what he does (2 last year, 1 this year). Blair 57, Norris 54, 2 OTs.
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-- Magical moment in Elkhorn --
Blair girls basketball tops the Antlers 44-43 with Sophia Wrich hitting the buzzer beater from near midcourt.
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Brooke Janning provides the walk-off swing as the Blair softball team tops Elkhorn 8-7 in 8 innings. Big knock for the freshman, who helps her team win on Senior Night. That lone BHS senior? Centerfielder Jerzie Janning, her sister.
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Omaha Skutt girls 68, Blair 50, final. Bears battled back, cutting a 26-point deficit to 11 at one point in the second half. Bears close a memorable season 18-7 -- their best since '98.
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Blair Seniors 6, ETC/Mount Michael 1, final. Post 154 Bears win the Area 3 Tournament and advance to Broken Bow for Class B state. It starts Saturday.
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Chikos does it again! Blair wrestling reaches the Class B State Dual Championships with a 33-30 come-from-behind victory sealed by a late Chikos reversal at 220 pounds. Bears trailed 30-12, but Templar, Camejo, Baughman, Sears and Chikos won 5 straight.
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13 Blair High School seniors signed with college teams today. More information and photos coming in Friday's Washington County Enterprise edition.
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Congrats to Blair High School senior Makayla Baughman who signed to play college hoops with
@Raven_WBB
this afternoon. She's got one more Bears season before heading to Kansas.
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Blair baseball 9, Elkhorn North 8, final. The Bears unseat the defending champs with a Swanson K. ... Bears play Gretna East 4 p.m. Wednesday back here at Tal Anderson Field. They'll need to win twice to reach the finals.
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Congrats to Blair's Quincy Nichols who signed with
@MidlandU_FB
today. He joins teammates Caddon Keatts and Stewart Cemer as a future Warrior.
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The Blair Bears earn their first trip to the softball state championships since 2014 w/ a 3-2 win against Bennington. They are the B-3 District Champions.
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Connor Cashaw, Damien Jefferson and Jett Canfield of
@BluejayMBB
stopped by Fort Calhoun Elementary School today. Read about how two FC classes got to hang with the Creighton Bluejays in Tuesday's Washington County Pilot-Tribune.
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CAYLA NIELSEN HOME RUN!!!
Cayla Nielsen launches her second home run of the game over the right center field wall to extend the Bluejays lead.
Creighton 6, Abilene Christian 1
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Congrats to Blair High School seniors Peyton Ogle and Crayton Macholan who signed with college athletic programs today. Ogle will join Buena Vista volleyball, while Macholan is set for Doane basketball.
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(Photo via Krystal Macholan)
Jumper by Vance Janssen of
@WayneStateMBB
with 1:16 to play gives him 1,001 points in his Wildcat career. The senior from Blair is the 34th player in school history to reach 1,000 points.
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We have light here at Fort Calhoun for the Beacon of Light Ceremony. It's happening to encourage student athletes and seniors unable to participate in these last few months of school.
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Blair wrestling's Landon Templar, Charlie Powers, Liam Landauer, Treyton Jones, Trey Lewis, Trevor Rutcosky, Gabe Rand and Brady Soukup will join Nielsen and Bailey at state with their wins in the heartbreak round.
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