Last the week the O’Neill Cross Country Team competed in the Boone Central Cross Country Invitational. There were fifteen schools that competed in the meet. The boy’s race consisted of one hundred fifty runners, and the girl’s race had eighty-six competitors.

The St. Mary's Cardinals had an easy win last Thursday, Sept. 9, with a 60-6 thumping of the Walthill Blue Jays in O'Neill.

The Central City Bison came to O'Neill Friday and squashed the Eagle's hopes of winning a home match in a 49-26 defeat.

The St. Mary's Cardinals got their second win with a tough 38-23 win over the Summerland Bobcats in O'Neill on Friday afternoon.

 The St. Mary's Cardinals traveled to Elgin for their first game of the 2021 season and downed the Wolfpack 28-7.

The O'Neill Eagles started their season with a bump, falling 26-0 to the Hartington C.C. Trojans.

The O'Neill Lady Eagles are setting at 5-4 at the end of August after facing some tough opponents and some tough tournaments. This past week the Eagles won four times with a huge victory over Wayne.

The O'Neill Eagle softball team got underway with their regular season play at home on Thursday, Aug. 19 against St. Paul. The Eagles came away with a nice 7-2 win.

"WOW we started the year off on the right foot. We hosted the O'Neill  golf invite today and had 10 total teams. The O'Neill Girls Golf team ended up third with a team score of 412, just 10 away from taking it all," said Coach Ashley Belmer. 

The O’Neill Irish Little League competed in the Quad County League Tournament from July 5 to July 12.

The O’Neill Girls Track and Field team qualified five girls for the Nebraska Class B State Track Meet at Omaha Burke Stadium and came away with seven medals and two new school records.

Last week at Boone Central, the O’Neill Boys Track Team competed in the B-4 districts.  The team earned 45 points placing them sixth in the final team standings.

by Mike Peterson

O'Neill Eighth grader Pryor Mathews represented the O’Neill Eagles at the Nebraska State Championship meet on Saturday, May 15th in Gothenburg. The event, held in near perfect conditions, featured many of the top junior high track and field athletes from across the state.

The Eagle varsity team started off last week with the Norfolk Classic Invitational. Seven athletes competed and medaled. Keaton Wattier competed in the 110 high hurdles and placed third, Christopher Jennings earned sixth in the discus, Tyler Diediker was fourth in the long jump, and the 4 x …

The O’Neill Girls Track team braved cold and wet weather conditions with wind chills in the 30’s to compete at the Broken Bow Invitational. The Lady Eagles ended up in fifth place out of 10 teams in a very competitive Class B meet.

The O’Neill Boys Team competed at the Broken Bow Invitational. The team placed sixth out of eleven Class B teams in less than favorable conditions. Scottsbluff won it, with McCook placing second.

The O’Neill Boys Track Team earned the runner-up trophy at Ainsworth Relays. The boys’ team produced 77 points. Seven schools competed in the relay invitational.

The O’Neill Lady Eagles attended their first outdoor track meet of the year at the Ainsworth Relay Meet. All events were scored as relays with every athlete getting to compete. O’Neill placed 3rd as a team.

The O’Neill Boy’s Track Team competed in the Concordia Class B Invite last Thursday, March 11 against seventeen other Class B schools.  As a team the boy’s placed fifth overall.

The O’Neill Lady Eagles competed in a their first track meet since the 2019 State Meet 670 days ago. The Lady Eagles competed well enough to finish in 3rd place out of 18 other Class B teams.

The O’Neill Lady Eagles competed in a their first track meet since the 2019 State Meet 670 days ago. The Lady Eagles competed well enough to finish in 3rd place out of 18 other Class B teams.

The St. Mary's Cardinals traveled to the Nebraska State Basketball Tourney last week and despite the challenge the Cards came back with fourth place hardware.

The O’Neill Eagles played the Pierce Bluejays on Tuesday, Feb. 23 in the C1-8 Sub Districts at Pierce.

The St. Mary’s Cardinals hosted the first round of D2-6 Sub Districts on Tuesday, Feb. 23 where they met up with the Santee Warriors.

The St. Mary’s Cardinals played host twice this last week when the Boyd County Spartans came to play on Tuesday, Feb. 9 and West Holt Huskies made their way from Atkinson on Thursday, Feb. 11.

The Lady Eagles hosted the Plainview Pirates on Tuesday, Feb. 9.

The Lady Cardinals played a couple of close games this past week.

On Tuesday, Feb. 9 the Eagles hosted the Plainview Pirates. The Eagles took control early in the game and never looked back.

The Girls Sub-District times and sites have been announced by the NSSA. Here are the C-1 10 which includes O'Neill and the D-26 which includes CWC and St. Mary's and Stuart.

The St. Mary's boys took their second NVC title in Tilden with a 67-24 win over the Elkhorn Valley Falcons on Saturday, Feb 6. The game was not much of a match as the Cards fast paced offense took charge early putting up 48 points in the first half and holding their opponent to 13. It was ea…

The O'Neill Lady Eagles had a tough week in Mid State Conference play. The Eagles won their first match on Monday, Feb. 1 beating 57-41. The Lady Eagles fell to Crofton on Thursday, Feb. 4 56-38. The Eagles first loss of the season was to the Warriors on Dec. 22 losing 63-37. The Eagles play…

The O'Neill Lady Eagles had a tough week in Mid State Conference play. The Eagles won their first match on Monday, Feb. 1 beating 57-41. The Lady Eagles fell to Crofton on Thursday, Feb. 4 56-38. The Eagles first loss of the season was to the Warriors on Dec. 22 losing 63-37. The Eagles play…

The St. Mary's Lady Cardinals have been playing well as they slide into conference play this week. On Thursday, Jan. 28 the Cardinals traveled to Stuart for 53-42 win over the Broncos and on Monday the girls got their first win in NVC play in a while advancing to round two of tournament play.

The St. Mary's boys traveled to Stuart on Thursday, Jan. 28 to face the Stuart Broncos. The match always a tough one brings out the best play in both squads. The Cards made good on their reputation out scoring the Broncos by 11 in the first quarter and once the Broncos got moving they tried …

The O'Neill Eagles will enter into conference action this week with a 9-8 record. The Eagles fell to the Norfolk Catholic Knights 71-57 on Tuesday, Jan. 26. and won over the West Holt Huskies on Jan. 28.

The O'Neill Lady Eagles faced another tough squad this week with the one-point loss to the Norfolk Catholic Knights losing 44-43.

The St. Mary's Cardinals had a busy week playing three games last week. The Cardinal boys remained at the top of their game winning all three of the matches. The Cardinals remain at the second place setting in the state closely trailing Fall City's Sacred Heart.

On Thursday, Jan. 14 the Eagles battled a tough one losing by only three to the Ainsworth Bulldogs. Losing 60-57. The Eagles were battling from the get go and tied at the half at 31. O’Neill outscored the dogs in the third quarter but things fell apart in the fourth and after fouling the dog…

The O’Neill Eagle girls racked up two wins this past week winning on Thursday, Jan. 14 against Ainsworth,52-32 and Saturday, Jan. 16 winning over Creighton 65-25. The Lady Eagles set at 12-1 after the wins.

The O'Neill Eagles went one and one last week winning over the Winnebago Indians 69-47 and then falling to the Boone Central Cardinals 73-56.

The O'Neill Lady Eagles had two wins this past week. On Tuesday, Jan 5 the Lady Eagles defeated the Winnebago Indians 54-33 and on Friday, Jan. 8 they traveled to Albion for the win over Boone Central 47-23.

The St. Mary's Lady Cards lost a close one on Saturday to the Anselmo/ Merna Coyotes on Saturday losing by four. On Friday the girls traveled to Elgin to take on the Wolfpack. The Cards lost that engagement by 49-34.