Kalkowski commits

After verbally committing to Nebraska 11 months ago, Grand Island Senior High senior Kash Kalkowski officially signed with the Huskers on Wednesday.
Kalkowski proved to be one of the top pitchers, hitters and shortstops in the state earlier this year while playing for the Islanders in the spring and Home Federal in the summer.
It's always nice to see the top players stay in state, and Kalkowski should be the lastest in a steady pipeline of players from G.I. who make an impact for the Big Red.

Ord advances to C-1 final

LINCOLN - - Ord defeated Kearney Catholic 25-21, 25-17, 25-22 in a Class C-1 state semifinal match Friday night at Lincoln Southwest High School.
The Chants improved to 26-2 with the win. They will play in the C-2 final at 11 a.m. Saturday at Pershing Auditorium against the winner of the Centennnial Minden match.

Prep Football Quarterfinals

Five area teams are in action today hoping to advance to Saturday's semifinal round. In Class B, Hastings travels to McCook and Aurora is at Cozad. In Class C-1, Adams Central is at Pierce and Boone Central goes to Norfolk Catholic. In Class C-2, Burwell plays at Cambridge.

Four of those teams have to be considered underdogs, with the Aurora-Cozad matchup a toss-up on paper. Some upsets will have to be pulled off to avoid the area having no team qualify for the finals in Lincoln for a second consecutive year.

But the area is guaranteed to have a six-man state champion for the third straight year. Arcadia plays Elba for the title in Kearney on Thursday. Wheeler Central won the previous two titles.