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For a while, medical diagnoses threatened to keep Melissa Nueva from doing what she loved. With the help of the Air Force Wounded Warrior program, Nueva has worked to overcome her diagnoses through sports, and will continue doing so at the Cornhusker State Games. A...

Monte Lofing isn’t your typical powerlifter. Standing at 5-foot-1 and clocking in at 60 years old, Lofing is not only thriving in the sport, but he’s also setting world records. A veteran of the Nebraska powerlifting community, Lofing first began lifting as a freshman...

He traveled the world with the Air Force, survived a daunting hot wings gauntlet, and has two portraits of himself hanging in the Pentagon. But now, Brett Baker must prepare for his most challenging test yet — conquering cornhole at the Cornhusker State Games. Baker...

An experienced veteran of the Cornhusker State Games, Nita Lechner loves a good competition. A former school teacher from Grand Island, Lechner has been participating (and winning) a wide variety of sports since the second-ever Cornhusker State Games in 1986. A former...

If you go by the odds, Christy Stevens shouldn’t be alive right now. An Omaha police sergeant and mother of four, Stevens spent a total of 12 weeks in the hospital during the past year dealing with brain tumors, strokes and a potential heart collapse. To those who...

Hannah has been competing in the Cornhusker State Games taekwondo competition since 2013.  She also qualified for and competed in the State Games of America in 2017. Hannah enjoys the State Games because she “has the opportunity to meet new people and compete against...

A classic test of skill and pattern recognition, chess is a unique sport offered at the Cornhusker State Games. Unlike most sports at the Games, chess offers more of a mental test than evaluation of athletic ability, but many Nebraskans still seek out the chance to...

When your school doesn’t have a trapshooting team, it might be difficult to practice the sport. But that isn’t enough to stop Alanna Fangmeier, who travels 23 miles from Hebron to Fairbury, Nebraska to ensure she can participate in trapshooting competitions. Although...

When it comes to archery, Raegan Bender doesn’t just hit the target, she hits the bullseye. A junior at Millard North, Bender is not only a top archer in the state of Nebraska, but also one of the top eight archers in her age group in the entire country. After winning...