The 2026 Homecoming Royalty for Gothenburg High School are: seated, King Blake Rickertsen and Queen Aubrey Cross; back row, from left, Braden Ehlers, Tyler Hetz, 2025 King Tunney Grigg, 2025 Queen Kaitlyn Hecox, Grace Evert, and Aliyah Carlson. (Leader photo by Ellen Mortensen)
Axtyn Jesseph (#36) and Braden Ehlers (#11) celebrate after one of Jesseph’s 4 touchdown receptions on the night, setting a new school record.
Winning medals at the UNK Invite last week for the Swede cross country team were, from left: Blake Finke, Scout Bell, Bryson Neels, Cassidy Reiman, and Tyler Hetz. The team is back on the course today, Oct. 8, at the SWC meet in Cozad. (Photo courtesy GPS)
Senior Shayne Kinnan (#9) came off the bench for the Swedes to get 3 kills against Chase County last week.
Lily Sics squares up for a putt during the SWC meet in Cozad on Sept. 28. She shot the best round of her career at the meet, earning the 12th-place medal. (Photos courtesy Tara Foster)
Brady’s Kenlee Fattig and Ava Foster go up for a block during the Eagles’ Oct. 2 home match against Maxwell. Brady earned a 3-2 victory in a five-set battle. (Photo courtesy of Brady Public Schools)
Brady’s Violet Gentry competes during the UNK High School Invitational on Sept. 28 at the Kearney Country Club. Gentry finished 42nd in the Class D girls' race. (Photo courtesy Preprunningnerd)
Medaling for the GHS men’s team at the Ogallala cross country invite last week were, from left: Blake Finke - 8th, Tyler Hetz - 3rd, and Bryson Neels 2nd. (Photos courtesy GPS)
First-year GHS Head Football Coach Riley Freeland put his team to the test last week as the Swedes took their 4-0 record on the road to face 4-0 Ord. The battle of the unbeatens came down to a 1-point overtime final.