The final send-off

  • Teammates give HPC senior Wyatt Urkoski a final salute on Thursday night.
    Teammates give HPC senior Wyatt Urkoski a final salute on Thursday night.

    In what has become an emotional tradition for the High Plains Community football team, all of its underclassmen lined up and held their helmets high in the air for Storm seniors to walk off the gridiron for the final time. Thursday night after a 28-20 loss to Lourdes Central Catholic in Nebraska City, HPC senior Wyatt Urkoski (9) made that emotional walk before embracing Storm coach Greg Wood and his parents, Kevin and Shelly Urkoski. See complete coverage from HPC’s playoff game and all other area teams in sports on B1 and B5-8 of this week's print or E-editions of ANR.