The Sons of the American Legion final 2024 calendar drawing winners for the month of December were: Jesse Kollars was the gun winner and Miss Kinsley Guenther, daughter of Alex Guenther, owner of Signature Sewer Pumping was the Cash Drawing winner. 2025 calendars are available for sale from any Sons member.
The Crofton Lady Warriors remain
unbeaten after defeating
the opposing teams Boone Central on December 9 (56-40),
Boyd County on December 12 (68-12), and Guardian
Angels Central Catholic on December 14 (40-32) this pas week, making their win-loss streak to 5-0.
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Modern Woodmen presented the Crofton Knights of Columbus with the Home Town Hero award/plague on Dec, 11, 2024.
The Knights were treated to sandwiches, chips and dessert. Modern Woodmen Representative Tammy Matuska thanked the group for the volunteer work done to support individuals, families in need and the local schools. The Knights of Columbus host The Annual Hoop Shoot, Benefit BreakFast and Grill Fest annually and donate to those in need.
Modern Woodmen shall offer a $100 donation to a charity in Honor of the Knights of Columbus.
On Sunday night Crofton Community Club held their Holiday Lighting Contest, with the judges choosing winners for both in town and out of town.
In town winner: Greg & Bethany Wortmann
Out of town winner: Keith and Shorty Buschkamp
Honorable mentions: Michael & Michelle Kuchta, Randy & Nancy Steffen, and Derek & Nicole Van Heek.
To kick off the new season, the Lady Warriors are now 3-0, winning their first three games of the season against Tri-County on Thursday, Dec. 5 (86-9), LCC on Friday, Dec. 6 (86-39), and Boyd County on Thursday, Dec. 12 (70-12).
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The Crofton-Bloomfield Girls Wrestling Team earned six total medals at the O’Neill wrestling meet on December 7. Freshman Bethany Arens came in first place at the wrestling team’s first meet of the season. Senior Annabelle Poppe came in third place, freshman Rylie Doerr placed sixth, along with junior Linkin Rahn. Sophomores Elizabeth DeRoos and Chelbi Ramponi came in seventh and eighth, respectively. Overall the team scored 86 total points and came in eighth place.
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The Crofton High School One Act team made a strong impression at the District One Act competition performing Too Many Detectives at the Murder Mansion, ultimately bringing home the Runner-Up trophy. The team faced an unexpected challenge when they arrived at West Point: the stage at the competition had an unusually low ceiling. The Crofton team quickly realized they needed to make adjustments to their set, which was originally built with a taller frame. In a true display of quick thinking, the crew used the school’s shop tools to cut 14 inches off the base of the set to fit the space on stage. The work was completed in time, and Crofton’s performance proceeded without any further hiccups.
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The Crofton Community Club has been busy the last few weeks tearing down, and installing new Welcome to Crofton signs at the entrances to the community.
There was a grant that assisted with the costs of the three new signs, in addition to the CCC’s fundraising efforts, and Club representatives said that the old signs were starting to look dated and old, and it was time for an update.
Recently the players named to Mid-States All Conference were announced. The Lady Warriors had 3 named All-Conference with another two players runner up.
Those named All-Conference for the 2024 season are Cassie Allen, Sammie Allen, and Jaisie Janssen. Honorable mentions are Jaida Allen and Lexi Wiebelhaus.
The Crofton One Act Team ended up getting Team Runner up and Best Overall Tech Crew Award out of ten teams at the Mid-State Conference Play Production contest on Tuesday, November 19.
The Outstanding Performance Awards went to seniors Rylie Arens, Grant Schieffer, Wyatt Tramp, and Jack Schieffer; juniors Sophia Wortmann, Katie Neuharth, Pamela Dennis, Lukas Schantz, and Morgan Stevens; and freshman Kaden Arens. Tramp was very happy with the way they progressed from their last competition saying, “I thought we were a lot sharper at this last meet and performed a lot better. Coming in second in an extremely competitive competition was a pretty cool experience and it was awesome our tech crew got the best tech award.”
Students at St. Rose of Lima School recently participated in the Operation Christmas Child program, preparing 63 shoebox gifts filled with small toys, school supplies, and hygiene items for needy children.
Operation Christmas Child is one of the many opportunities for St. Rose students to practice charity, to be of service to others, and to help the poor.
Recently members of the Crofton Community Foundation Board presented to Mayor Bob Evans a donation of $4000.00 for the City of Crofton's Disc Golf Course project in the North Park.
In the above picture are from (l to r): Mick Reifenrath, Michael Guenther, Irma Arens, Bryce Rossman, Mayor Evans, Larry Cooper, and Terry Mueller.
Crofton's girls and boys junior high wrestlers traveled to Randolph on Monday, November 18th for the Randolph Invite. Pictures from some of the matches can be found on the back page of this edition of the Crofton Journal.
All women of Crofton and the surrounding community are invited to attend a long-standing Christmas tradition with the annual Crofton Congregational Ladies Aid Christmas Party scheduled for Sunday, December 1st starting at 12:30 p.m. The afternoon will begin with a potluck luncheon. All attending are invited to bring a holiday dish to share.
On Saturday November 23rd the One Acts team offers Crofton a unique opportunity to enjoy a meal as well as some dinner theatre near to home as Crofton Elementary hosts a One Acts public performance, with doors opening at 6:30 p.m..
In addition to the performance by the team a meal will be served. The menu for the evening is pork tenderloin, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, and dessert.
Entry to the event is a free will offering with the proceeds going to support Crofton’s One Act team.
The Crofton Warriors football team lost a thrilling game to the Summerland Bobcats and was eliminated from the State Playoffs in Crofton on Friday, November 8.
On Thursday, November 21 , at 7:30 p.m., the Lewis & Clark Natural Resources District (LCNRD) will host Dr. Dan Holtz and Dr. Gary Zalud from the Humanities Nebraska, who will perform “Heroism on the Plains: Story Songs of Courage and Determination.”
The public is invited to attend the performance at the Hartington Golf Club at 710 W Clubhouse Drive. Please reach out to LCNRD at lcnrd@hartel.net or 402-254-6758 to save your seat prior to November 21st.
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The winners for November have been drawn for the American Legion gun calender. In the picture above to the left is Amy Orr who won the $250 cash drawing winner. In the above right picture is Dale Sudbeck, otherwise known as Squeek, is holding his newly won gun funished by a smiling Doc Carlson, owner of Upper Missouri Trading Company. The Legion also wanted to announce that sales for the 2025 calendar have begun.
The Lady Warriors fought hard in the district final but fell short to the Johnson-Brock Eagles in five sets in Johnson on Saturday, November 2.
The Lady Warriors came out
sluggish in the first and second
sets and lost both (25-22, 25-18)
but quickly woke up for set three
and needed to pull off a reverse
sweep to finish up the game.
In the third set, senior Sammie
Allen had eight assists and senior
Lexi Wiebelhaus got six kills. This
set ended with the score 25-22
with the Warriors winning, which
shifted the momentum for sets
four and five.
The Warriors came out fighting
in the fourth, winning the set 25-
21.
In set five both teams were
fighting hard for the win, but unfortunately,
the Warriors fell short
ending their season (15-11).
