Four Wolfpack football players earn all-district honors
Six members of the EPPJ Wolfpack football team earned postseason recognition earlier this week. The Class D2-7 All District Team was announced.
Earning all-district recog-nition...
Four claim All-NVC first team honors
Four members of the Wolfpack earned first team All-NVC honors this week.
Coaches in the conference chose seniors Chloe Henn, Kate Furstenau, Sara Bode and...
Young wins write-in campaign for council seat
Jeremy Young will represent Ward 1 on the Elgin City Council for the next four years. Antelope County Election Commissioner Lisa Payne announced last...
EPPJ top Tri County Northeast in subdistricts
CROFTON — Elgin Public-Pope John began their march through the postseason last week with a victory over Tri County Northeast Tuesday in the semi-final...
Wolfpack drop 5-set thriller to Crofton
CROFTON — In a champion-ship match fitting for two of the top teams in Class C2, home court advantage may have been the difference...
Yutan denies EPPJ a return trip to State
YUTAN — One victory away from a state tournament berth, Elgin Public-Pope John was denied by Yutan in the C2-5 District championship game.
Playing on...
Wolfpack sweep St. Mary’s in semifinals
SANTEE — In recent years, come conference tournament time, St. Mary’s has had an edge over Elgin Public-Pope John.
In long matches where, seemingly, the...
Stuart outlasts EPPJ in five-set thriller at NVC finals match
NIOBRARA — Victory proved elusive Friday night as Stuart stunned Elgin Public-Pope John in the finals of the Niobrara Valley Conference Tournament.
Having defeated the...
Defenders hand Wolfpack season-ending loss
HUMPHREY — Sometimes lights can be deceiving.
The scoreboard lights read Archbishop 50, Wolfpack 22 Thursday night. What the numbers didn’t show is how the...
Best effort ever for EPPJ XC team at district meet
Sunny skies and windy conditions greeted runners at the D3 District Cross Country Meet at Ainsworth on Thursday.
All five team members, boys Matthew Kerkman...
Wolfpack defeat Riverside and Neligh-Oakdale in final triangular
ELGIN — Playing a final triangular Tuesday night, the Wolfpack showed why they are odds-on favorites to win the Niobrara Valley Conference Tournament this...
Bulldogs bite down hard on Wolfpack 54 to 14
AINSWORTH — As a harvest moon began to rise in the eastern sky, the Wolfpack’s hopes of upsetting district champion Ainsworth sank.
A litany of...
EPPJ sweeps Knights
ELGIN — It’s a start.
Elgin Public-Pope John (24-3) took care of business Monday night in the first round of the Niobrara Valley Conference Volleyball...
EPPJ earns spot in Class D2 State Football Playoffs
The ‘Waiting’ was the hardest part.
Elgin Public-Pope John’s football team had to wait for nearly two days to learn whether or not they had...
EPPJ dominates in a triangular sweep
ELGIN — On a night designated as a ‘pink-out’, perhaps it would have been better for Wolfpack fans to have brought brooms. Elgin Public-Pope...
Drueke ‘pick’ seals victory over Neligh-Oakdale
NELIGH — Down two points late in the fourth quarter, Elgin Public-Pope John came from behind to defeat Neligh-Oakdale 36 to 32.
In a battle...
Cross country team claims first-ever NVC championship
BUTTE — It’s one of the goals of any team competing in high school sports - to put some ‘hardware’ in the trophy case.
Elgin...
EPPJ keeps rolling with sweep of St. Mary’s, AC
HUMPHREY — The Wolfpack volleyball team has waged some heated battles on the volleyball court in recent years against O’Neill St. Mary’s and Humphrey...
Wolfpack earn #2 seed for NVC Volleyball Tournament
Having finished as runner-up one year ago, the Elgin Public-Pope John Wolfpack volleyball team hope to improve their fortunes next week.
The annual Niobrara Valley...
Borer sets new school record at XC meet
Borer earned a medal by finishing 13th out of 42 runners with a time of 23:23.57.
Teammate Emma Kinney continues to improve, crossing the finish...
