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ELGIN HIGH WRESTLING INVITE IS SATURDAY

The Elgin High Invitational Wrestling Tournament will be held Saturday, January 5. Schools competing at the tournament, scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., are EPPJ,...

Wolfpack Girls Take 3rd at Burwell Tourney

BURWELL — The Wolfpack girls basketball team made sure they left the Burwell Holiday Tournament with a good memory Friday, defeating the host school...

Wolfpack Boys Take Second at Holiday Tournament

BURWELL — The Wolfpack boys basketball team split a pair of games last week at the Burwell Holiday Basketball Tournament. On Thursday afternoon, Nick Heithoff...

Creighton Tops Wolfpack 60 to 42

CREIGHTON — The Bulldogs, unable to dominate the Wolfpack on the gridiron, defeated EPPJ on the hardcourt Monday night, claiming a 60 to 42...

Wolfpack Girls Defeat Lady Bulldogs

CREIGHTON — Elgin Public-Pope John held off a late-charging Creighton Lady Bulldogs team Monday night to claim a 47 to 43 victory in their...

Three EPPJ Wrestlers Earn Medals at PJ Invite

The Pope John Wrestling Invitational was held Saturday at St. Boniface Gymnasium. Four Wolfpack wrestlers competed, three bringing home medals from the meet. Individual results for...

EPPJ Boys, Girls Fall to Creighton Monday Night

In Monday night basketball action, the Wolfpack girls defeated Creighton 47 to 43. The Wolfpack boys team fell to Creighton by the score of...

Wolfpack Overcome Slow Start to Defeat Elkhorn Valley

ELGIN — Falling behind early, the Wolfpack boys basketball team turned up the defensive pressure to defeat Elkhorn Valley 47 to 33 Tuesday night. Early...

Boyd County Girls Top EPPJ

ELGIN — Trailing by just one point at halftime, Elgin Public-Pope John couldn’t get the shots to fall in the second half and lost...

PJ Wrestling Invite is Saturday

The annual Pope John Wrestling Tournament will be held Saturday, Dec. 15 at St. Boniface Gymnasium. Wrestling is scheduled to get underway at 10 a.m. Schools...

Wolfpack Girls Top Plainview, Fall to Cedar Valley

PLAINVIEW — Three players scored all of the points Friday night in the Wolfpack’s 43 to 41 victory over Plainview in girls basketball action. Down...

Wrestlers Compete at Stanton Invite

Wolfpack wrestlers competed Saturday at the Stanton Wrestling Invitational. Four members of the team brought home medals from the tournament which had some great...

Wolfpack Boys Sweep Weekend Games

PLAINVIEW — The Wolfpack boys basketball team earned their second victory of the season on Friday night with a 59 to 27 victory over...

Four Wrestlers Earn Medals at Howells

HOWELLS — Four Wolfpack wrestlers brought home medals Saturday from the Howells-Dodge Invitational Wrestling Tournament. Senior Shane Beckman placed first in his division, freshman Ryan...

Wolfpack Girls Open With Victory Over N-V Cougars

ELGIN — Down at halftime, the Wolfpack girls turned it ‘on’ in the second half to defeat Niobrara-Verdigre 50 to 36. Playing their first game...

Wolfpack Repeat as State D-1 Football Champs!

LINCOLN — Trailing at halftime, the Wolfpack rallied in the second half to claim a 40 to 14 victory over Exeter-Milligan in the championship...

Wolfpack Pound Arapahoe in Semi-Final Round of Playoffs

ELGIN — Trick plays seldom work. It’s a lesson Arapahoe Coach Dustin Sealey learned the hard way Monday afternoon as the Wolfpack defeated the...

EPPJ Crush Loup City, Headed to Semi-Finals

ELGIN — The Wolfpack jumped out to an early lead and never looked back Tuesday night, claiming a 60 to 13 victory over Loup...

Wolfpack ‘Fly’ Past St. Mary’s 42 to 6

O’NEILL — Saint Mary’s had the size, but the Wolfpack had everything else Wednesday night as they claimed a 42 to 6 victory over...

Stanton Ends EPPJ Netters’ Season

ALBION — Having defeated Stanton in a regular season matchup, the Wolfpack couldn’t corral the Mustangs at the C2-4 Subdistrict volleyball tournament Monday night. Behind...