The Post Podcast

Ogallala Head Coach Ty Benson comments following yesterday’s B6 Championship games

Lake McConaughy Area Outdoor Report for week of July 24

OGALLALA, Nebr - Lake McConaughy Game and Parks Superintendent Patrick Schnell joined Eagle Media again this week to give a status of Lake McConaughy, including a fishing report and camping sites that are available. Enjoy the update.

(Audio) Teammates 5th Annual Rumble by the River

Canon Rath talks with Molly Morales, Ricky Holm, Tristen Beyer, and Macie Freeze about the upcoming Teammates Mentoring of North Platte 5th Annual Rumble by the River event on July 30th at the Dowhower Softball Complex-16th and sycamore. 

  

NORTH PLATTE, NEB - A friendly but competitive fundraiser softball game is coming up between the North Platte Softball team vs the FNBO First National Legion Baseball team in a battle of the bats. Teammates Mentoring is a nonprofit organization that's mission is to positively impact the world by inspiring students to reach their full potential through mentoring. The proceeds of this event go to Teammates Mentoring. It's the 5th Annual Rumble by the River to battle between the boys legion baseball team and girls' softball team. "About 6 years ago my daughter was a softball player and there was a lot of banter back and forth between the boys and girl’s teams and I thought what a better way to raise money for Teammates is to have a game," said Molly Morales. 

Ricky Holm, who is the FNBO Nationals Legion baseball coach, was apart of this event two years ago during his first year as head coach. "I know we did this two years ago in my first-year coach and it was a lot of fun," said FNBO Nationals Coach Ricky Holm. "Were getting out there for a good cause and competing against fellow classmates." 

The event is July 30th at 6pm at the Dowhower softball Complex. Admission is $5 at the gates. FNBO Bank will be at the ballpark grilling food. There is also raffle tickets being offered with awesome prizes. For more information and a more in-depth insight into the event, click the podcast above. 

(Audio) Buffalo Bill Brawl - Conversation with Brad Garrick

Canon Rath talked with Brad Garrick about the upcoming Buffalo Bill Brawl this Saturday and Sunday at the D&N Event Center. 

  

NORTH PLATTE, NEB - Boxing is heading to North Platte this weekend when the Buffalo Bill Brawl returns to the D&N Event Center. This weekend's event will be streamed on the NorthPlattePost.com Saturday and Sunday and the championship matches will be aired live on FM98-1 and AM 14-10 on Sunday. Boxers from 13 states will be in North Platte this weekend. 

This boxing tournament is a well-known tournament in Nebraska. "It is a regional tournament that is the largest in Nebraska and we actually broke our record this year as we have 136 boxers coming from over 13 different states," said Brad Garrick. "Kids from all over the place will be here and it's a fun event." Some of the states where boxers come from are Nebraska, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, North Dakota, Montana.  

The event is this weekend at the D&N Event Center in North Platte. There will be two sessions of boxing matches. Tickets are $20. If you would like to learn more about the Buffalo Bill Brawl, check out the podcast above. 

FNBO Nationals season wrap-up

Head coach Ricky Holm joins Eagle Radio Sports Director Paxton Gordon to wrap up the season for the FNBO Nationals

Ogallala Vs Holdrege Day 4 B6 American Legion Senior Districts

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Ogallala Head Coach Ty Benson Day 4 comments

Lincoln County Fair Preview - Conversation with Amanda Carr

Canon Rath talked with Amanda Carr about the upcoming Lincoln County July 26th-July 31st.

 

NORTH PLATTE, NEB - It's fair week here for the Lincoln County fair. The fair festivals which begins July 26th - July 31st have plenty of events for everyone in the family to enjoy. However, the 4-H fair schedule began today with the dog show. Throughout the week, their are plenty of 4-H events from the bake good sales, to animal showings that are happening. For a full 4-H schedule, click here.

For the festival events, the highlighted event this year is the Easton Corbin concert on Friday. Kearney native Jason Mayher will be the opener for Corbin. The event is located at the racetrack. Gates open at 6pm, with Mayher starting at 7pm and Easton Corbin performs at 9pm. For tickets to the concert, click here.

The fan favorite pig wrestling event is Saturday at 6pm at the Wild West Arena. All ages can come out and enjoy. Registrations will be at 5pm on Saturday. The fair is excited to host a new event this year which is a kickball tournament Sunday morning at 10:30am. For a schedule of events for the Lincoln County Fair, click here.

 

Ogallala HC Ty Benson and CF Caden Rezac Post Game conversation

Ogallala Head Coach Ty Benson and CF Caden Rezac joins the post game coverage with their thoughts from the game.

Ogallala Baseball Vs McCook Day 2 B6 Senior District Tournament

Canon Rath - North Platte Post

McCook, Nebr - #2 Ogallala defeated #3 McCook 13-8 after a back in forth battle Saturday after at the Jaycee Complex in McCook for day 2 of the B6 American Legion Seniors Tournament. Ogallala will take on Broken Bow Sunday afternoon in the winners bracket at 12 pm MST.  Pregame coverage on Flatrock 100.7 will air at 11:50 am MST. Listen Online at www.Flatrock1007.com .  

Very similar start for game 2 for Ogallala as both teams were held scoreless through the first two innings. Ogallala who was the visiting team in todays contest would plate 6 runs in the top half of the third inning. Ogallala's Caden Rezac would start the top of the third with a stand up triple and would later come around to score the first points of the game. McCook pitcher Brady Graham struggled in the third walking two batters and hitting two batters. He would later be replaced by Quentin Terry. 

McCook would cut the lead in half by three after they would score in the bottom of the fourth. Ogallala couldn't add run insurance in the top of the fifth while McCook would eventually tie the game at 7 after the fifth.

Ogallala would add insurance in the top of the sixth when they would again add another 6 runs. Ogallala's Ian Shaw started the inning getting hit by a pitch before stealing two bags. Jayden Curtis hit a hard hit down the third base line to score Shaw and helped get the momentum rolling.

Ogallala would add one more in the seventh for good measures as they would defeat McCook 13-8. In the game, Ogallala would throw 4 pitchers on the mound. Colton Knispel would get the start and throw three innings striking out 3 batters. Also getting appearnacs was Aydan Halligan, Cole Stokey, and Caden Rezac where Rezac would complete the game. The Ogallala pitching staff would combine to strike out 8 batters. McCook threw 4 pitchers as well on the mound. 

Earlier in the day #1 Minden was eliminated by Holdrege 4-2. Broken Bow defeated Gothenburg 11-3 which also eliminated Gothenburg from the tournament. Ogallala will take on Broken Bow in the winners bracket for the first game of the day with a 12 pm MST start. McCook and Holdrege will battle it out in the losers bracket with their game set to begin at 4:00 pm central time.