By Tyler Dahlgren Grand Island Northwest senior Luke Jacobs remembers his first broadcast with Tyler Rinkol, a basketball game between the Vikings and Columbus. The pair of in-booth partners had both long-admired Nebraska radio icon Kent Pavelka. “He knows how to call a game,” said Rinkol, who, like Jacobs, was a sophomore at the time. “He’s fully into the action and has a type of emotion that...Read More

By Tyler Dahlgren In concept, it doesn’t seem all too difficult, the life of a young student. Wake up, brush your teeth, enjoy a hot and nutritious breakfast, swing your backpack around your shoulder and hop on the school bus, where dozens of smiling and friendly faces are merrily caroling “Wheels On The Bus”. Life, however, is hardly ideal, and the notion that its hardships are felt only by...Read More

By Tyler Dahlgren It was the fall of 2017, and something was off with the spirit of competition in the state of Nebraska. Teams from schools with high minority populations weren’t having the most enjoyable experiences on the road. Schuyler Central Activities Director Jim Kasik, for example, had seen kids spit on. He’d heard racial slurs and disheartening chants of “Build the Wall!” Something was...Read More

By Tyler Dahlgren Kila Good is likely the only student in the state to independently program a Torchmate CNC Machine, and, as a sophomore, she’s really just getting started. That’s the thing about Weeping Water’s rapidly-expanding career technology program. It continues to grow; in students, facilities and equipment. And, most importantly, in possibilities. It’s what drove us to the small quarry...Read More