Alex Strauss
—Melissa Mayden photo
Strauss plays in All-State basketball
Alex Strauss, recent Holyoke High School graduate and member of the 2017 2A state champion boys basketball team, suited up for one final basketball game last weekend.
Sports
Sprint cars in the RACEsaver series will take to the track Friday night at Phillips County Raceway in Holyoke. Though small in size, the cars pack a punch and lend themselves to thrilling competition. —Eagle Raceway Photos
Raceway’s Friday night series begins
This Friday, June 16, marks the beginning of a series of Friday night races scheduled through the summer at the Phillips County Raceway. Action begins at 7:30 p.m.
Brothers Riley Powell, pictured at left, and Mason Powell dive in for the 25 yard breaststroke. Mason edged out Riley by less than 1 second, taking second place. The two were neck and neck in each of their three events. —Johnson Publications photo
Keegan Shaw nears the end of the butterfly portion of his individual medley, the race still incredibly close with 150 yards to go. He took second in the event. —Johnson Publications photo
Holyoke Swim Club finishes second in first meet of the summer
Holyoke swim club had 51 athletes swimming in the first competition of the summer, earning a total of 348 points and taking second place as a team.
The first wave of Holyoke student runners in the Bolder Boulder is pictured from left, sponsor Amber Schroetlin, Kade Comstock, Tate Dille, Alec Sprague, Ethan Johnson, Joey Beckner, Carlos Legarreta, Isaiah Houghtelling, Gage Sprague, Aaron Sierra, Jesse Vasa, Michael Rascon, Kylie Purkeypile, Kaison Kinnie and Yeidi Juarez.
The second wave of student runners from Holyoke at the Memorial Day Bolder Boulder event is pictured from left, front row, Diego Jimenez, Levi Ford and Emmanuel Vasquez; second row, Ashlynn Guzman, Emali Torres, Havyn Powell, Wendy Chaparro Rangel, Miranda Schroetlin, Joe Schroetlin and Carter Van Overbeke; and back row, Miguel Soto, sponsor Josh Schroetlin, Amy Mackay, Ethan Andersen, Rylee Schneller, Kristin Vieselmeyer, Haley Van Overbeke, Lauren Herman, Mason Vernon, Kenneth Lindholm and Kailar Hayes.
34 students race in Bolder Boulder
It doesn’t take a track meet to get Holyoke kids excited about running — 34 students grades 5-9 made a trip to Boulder to run in the Monday, May 29, Bolder Boulder 10K race, one of the world’s
Backwards softball marathon is June 17
It can feel pretty unnatural to run to third base first after making a hit in softball, but participants in the annual Co-ed Backwards Softball Tournament are prepared to do it game after game