WEDNESDAY WOMEN‘S BOWLING September 9 Team High Series: 57 Fitness 1097 Team High Game: 57 Fitness 403 High Individual Series: High Individual Series: Olivia Little 417 High Individual Game: High Individual Game: Reba Burgett 163 Splits Converted: Kim Beethe, 5-10, Tami Neilsen, 3-4-7 WEDNESDAY MORNING EARLY BIRDS WEEK 1 9/9/2020 Splits picked up Erma Gyhra 5-10 High Team Scratch Series: Bank of Steinauer, 1084 High Team Scratch Game: The Other Bank, 448 High Individual Scratch Series: Judi Heidemann, 393 High Individual Scratch Game: Judi Heidemann, 151.

Sept. 18 - JCC football vs.

The struggle continues for the Thunderbirds this season, as they were shut out on their Homecoming game against Weeping Water, 50-0. Still with several key players and leaders out due to injuries, JCC counted on their young group of athletes to step up.

The Sterling Jets traveled to Lincoln to take on the Parkview Christian Patriots this past weekend. Due to the rain and poor field conditions, the game was moved from Friday afternoon to Saturday afternoon. The delay didn’t hinder the Jets performance in the least as they jumped out to a 28 point 1st quarter and never looked back in taking home the 47-13 road victory.

The Sterling Lady Jets competed in the Freeman volleyball invitational September 3-5. In the first round of the tournament, the Sterling girls faced Deshler and were defeated 25- 23, 25-16.

A TOTAL OF 24 TEAMS competed in the Cornhole Contest which was one of the activities held in celebration of Sterling’s 150th anniversary on September 11th. AT RIGHT - STERLING’S NEWEST BUSINESS OWNERS Dion and Corie Hancock were recognized for their efforts in establishing a new hardware and general store in the community in August of 2019.

The Lady Thunderbirds volleyball squad of Johnson County Central Schools’ hosted Mead on their home court Tuesday, September 1st. The JCC varsity squad were handed a three set loss to Mead, 25-13, 25-19 and 25-19.

Johnson County Central golfers Anzel du Preez (48), Vanessa Jimenez (52), and Kaita Baird (58) finished second, third and fourth, respectively at the Auburn/JCC/Syracuse Golf Triangular held at Auburn Country Club on September 1st. Syracuse’s Shalee Staack was the medalist shooting 47.

In an effort to celebrate the Parents of Johnson County Central Schools’ Fall Sports, Parents Night was moved up to the first home game of the season, just in case Johnson County Central Schools was not able to make it to the final home game. Even with that extra incentive to bring home the victory, JCC couldn’t quite keep up with the Southern Raiders, as they fell behind 44-22, for a 0-2 record on the season.

A nice morning weather wise provided for a great day for the Johnson County Central Schools’ cross country team to run at their home meet on Friday. The varsity girls were once again led by Ashlei McDonald who finished in second place in 21:40. Madison Pingel crossed the finish line in 37th place with her time of 29:12; followed by Rita Ceballos in 42nd place with a time of 30:42..