The St. Mary's boys traveled to Niobrara on Tuesday, Dec. 7 and trounced the Cougars on their home court winning 73-38.

The Lady Renegades took a significant loss at home on Saturday, Dec. 11, falling 60-21 to the Elkhorn Valley Falcons.

The St. Mary's girl's basketball team traveled to Niobrara to take on the Cougars on Tuesday, Dec. 7.

This past Friday the Eagle wrestlers traveled South to Wood River for a 17 team tournament. The team finished second to Class C number one ranked Aquinas. Champions for the Eagles were John Alden at 113lbs., Ty Rainforth at 138lbs. and Brady Thompson at 145lbs. Brady was named outstanding wr…

The St. Mary's boys started their basketball season on Friday, Dec. 3 with a 70-43 win over The Riverside Chargers.

The CWC Renegades hosted Summerland for their first outing of the 2021-2022 basketball season and squeaked by the Bobcats by only two points.

O'Neill High School hosted the annual O'Neill Invite this past weekend with O'Neill taking second and the O'Neill girls just out of the top 10 placing 11th.

The O'Neill Eagles have concluded another season on the grid-iron with their 53-0 loss. Although their record doesn't show it the Eagles played tough against some of the most formidable opponents in their class. The Eagle's only win of the season came in a 37-7 win against Valentine.

The St. Mary’s Cardinals were in Niobrara Valley Conference Tournament play this past week.

The St. Mary's Cardinals season came full circle last Thursday losing to the Elgin Public/Pope John football team in the first round of the playoffs 30-26. The Cardinals started their season with a 28-7 win over the Wolfpack and revenge was on their minds.

The Lady Eagles met up with the host team, the Battle Creek Braves on Tuesday, Oct. 12. The Eagles struggled in the first set, but kept it close in the following two sets. However at the end of the match, they were on the losing side of the scoreboard, 16-25, 23-25 and 24-26.

Last week the O’Neill Eagles competed at Pierce in the C-3 District Cross Country Meet. Twelve Schools competed at the meet. The top 15 individuals and top three teams qualify for the state championship.

On Tuesday, Oct. 12, The Lady Cardinals traveled to Osmond to meet up with the Tigers. This match proved to be a tough one to the very last set, but when the match was over, the Cards celebrated the win. The win took all of the five sets though, 25-23, 22-25, 24-26, 25-21 and 15-5.

The St. Mary's Cardinals will go into the 2021 D-2 playoffs with a 7-1 record after their final regular-season win over Boyd Co., winning 78-44.

The O'Neill Eagles football team can't catch a break this season with all the tough competition they face in their conference. A 63-0 loss on Friday against Battle Creek was no exception.

The St. Mary's Lady Cardinals hosted a triangular with the Elkhorn Valley Falcons and the CWC Renedages on Thursday, Sept. 30.

O'Neill played host to the sub-district softball action on Monday, Oct. 4.

The O'Neill Lady Eagles are headed to the Nebraska State Golf Tourney. The team competed in districts at the Fairplay Golf Course in Norfolk on Monday, Oct. 4.

The number four power point Cardinals hosted the Creighton Bulldogs in O'Neill on Friday afternoon.

The St. Mary's Cardinal girls volleyball team traveled to Spencer to compete in the Boyd County Triangular last Tuesday, Sept. 21.

The Cardinals are now at 5-0 and setting first in their district after a challenging game against the CWC Renegades last Friday, winning 24-14 at Chambers.

The O'Neill Eagles' troubles continued into this week's play with a 32-14 loss to the Broken Bow Indians at home. The Eagles' offense was limited to 71 yards on the ground battling against a solid front line for the Indians. The passing game fell short as well, with 14 catches for 146 yards …

The O'Neill Lady Eagles were busy this past week competing in two volleyball triangulars and an invite.

The Cardinals have had two weeks of relatively easy competition defeating Walthill last week 60-6 and decimating Niobrara/Verdigre 72-0 this past Friday in Verdigre.

This past Friday, Sept. 17th, the O’Neill Eagles hosted their annual cross-country invitational. The meet was held at the O’Neill Country Club. Thirteen schools competed in the invitational.

On Tuesday, Sept. 14, the O’Neill Lady Eagles faced 8-5 Lutheran High Northeast. The Eagles never really got into a rhythm the entire night. They played flat and had trouble passing most of the night, which affected the setting and attacking areas. The Eagles fell to the Lutheran High Northe…

Friday, September 10th, the O’Neill Eagles competed at the Norfolk Catholic Cross Country Invitational.  There were sixteen schools that competed at the meet.

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.