LINCOLN – More than 6,500 Nebraskans participated in the 36th annual sports festival for all Nebraskans, the Cornhusker State Games. Nebraska Sports Council Executive Director Dave Mlnarik was pleased with the turnout.
In all, competition was held in 58 sports. Nine sports were cancelled, three sports were held virtually and five sports were postponed to dates later this year.
The Cornhusker State Games high-school boys soccer division championship game at LSF Lincoln Sports Complex came down to the final kick as Papillion-Lavista South and Skutt Catholic ended regulation tied 1-1. In the end, after an inconclusive overtime period, Skutt claimed the gold medal with a 5-4 edge in penalty kick goals. In all, 14 teams enjoyed two weekends of competition and the chance to play together one last time after the cancellation of their spring season.
Zack Pittman, 16, of Martell claimed the overall gold medal in the 5K Road Race at Holmes Lake Park with a time of 17:18. Fellow teens Brandon Mitzell, 17, of West Point, and Devyn Beekman, 19, of Malcolm took the silver and bronze respectively. Kelsey Olivarius, 18, of Lincoln was the top female finisher with a time of 18:54.
Lincoln’s Joe and Daryle Petrzilka, competing as team Vermeer High Plains, took the gold medal with a five-fish limit weighing 17.52 lbs, in the bass fishing tournament Friday at Lake Wanahoo near Wahoo.
Open-Water Swimming at Branched Oak Lake went off without a hitch. Among the competitors was Nebraska State Patrol Superintendent John Bolduc, who brought home a gold medal in the men 50-54 one-mile division with a time of 28:54.
The top Pocket Billiards division gold was claimed by 71 year-old Dennis Muhs of Lincoln at Madsen’s Bowling and Billiards. Mackenzie Cuda, 15, of Lincoln won the female youth gold and 16 year-old Zerek Price from Columbus took the youth boys gold.
Deb Patracek, 45, from Crete claimed the gold medal in the top female Bowling division. Seth Hampton, 27, of Lincoln won the top male division in action at Sun Valley Lanes.
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