Contributor: The Nerd Embrace the suck We were on site at Wahoo last Thursday for a beast of a race. If the 90-degree temps, lack of...

Contributor: The Nerd Woo-hoo! Last week represented our first full week of meets, with every high school having at least one race under...

Contributor: The Nerd TGIXC We love summer but we’re thrilled that cross country season has started again. The outdoors, kids trying...

Rich Barnett from High Plains Radio in McCook is an absolute sports nut, and he covers every sport and every school in his region. He...

Contributor: The Nerd Low expectations I read this in the New York Times fifteen years ago, so I apologize if this is no longer true. ...

Contributors: Nerd the Third and The Nerd Track season has just wrapped up and our slight bias towards distance runners can begin to...

Contributors: Nerd the Third, The Nerd No disrespect to the boys, but the girls were arguably the most entertaining part of the...

Contributors: Nerd the Third, Nerd Senior We continue our series of season previews with a look at Class B. Here are the returning...

Contributor: Nerd the Third, Nerd Senior We continue our series of season previews with a look at Class B. Here are the returning...

Contributors: Nerd the Third, Nerd Senior We continue our series of season previews with a look at the Class C boys. Here are the top...

Contributors: Nerd the Third, Nerd Senior We continue our season preview with a look at the Class C girls. The top 10 returners are...

Contributors: Nerd the Third, Nerd Senior We continue our season previews with a look at the Class D boys. In contrast to the Class D...

Contributors: Nerd the Third, Nerd Senior We're not sure why we undertake these rabbit-hole projects, but we decided to provide an...

Contributor: The Nerd (first published in August 2022) This past January, I stepped down from leading a company, choosing to transition...

Contributor: The Nerd Next Monday is the official start of the Nebraska high school cross country season, so for the past three days...

Contributor: The Nerd In the week leading up to XC season, our social media accounts included several posts about why XC is so important....

Contributor: The Nerd In the week leading up to XC season, our social media accounts included several posts about why XC is so important....

Contributor: The Nerd In the week leading up to XC season, our social media accounts included several posts about why XC is so important....

Contributor: The Nerd We've yet to see a formal announcement (do high schools even make formal announcements about XC coaching...

Minnesota native Dick Beardsley, an inductee into the National Running Hall of Fame due to his world-class marathon results in the early...