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1 week ago | 
norfolkdailynews.com | Randy Pospishil
Tom Meyer of Pierce has been selected as one of the six 2025 inductees into the Nebraska Auto Racing Hall of Fame. Meyer, born in 1956, grew up in Pierce during the 1960s and 1970s — the era of muscle cars. In 1974, he bought his own car, a 1969 Chevelle 396 four-speed, marking the beginning of his need for speed.
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1 week ago | 
norfolkdailynews.com | Randy Pospishil
The 2025 season at Off Road Speedway kicked off Saturday night with six classes of racing, including the Dirt Crown Summer Series stock cars. Following heat races, 24 cars from Kansas and Nebraska earned spots in the Dirt Crown Series Stock Car “A” feature, all seeking to lead the pack across the finish line and cash in on the $2000-to-win purse as well as IMCA points.
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1 week ago | 
norfolkdailynews.com | Randy Pospishil
The Norfolk High girls tennis team faced a pair of challenges during its dual Friday afternoon. The first was a dual competition with a difficult opponent in Lincoln North Star, while the second factor was the quick turnaround with short rest following Thursday’s participation in the Columbus Invitational.
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1 week ago | 
norfolkdailynews.com | Randy Pospishil
The beginnings of the Vollbrecht racing family can be traced back to the 1970s to Todd Vollbrecht’s father, Butch, whose introduction to dirt track racing as a 40-year-old was the result of a period of time spent working for Ray Haase. Haase, then 19 years of age, began his racing career at the racetrack in Creighton in 1954. In 1965, Ray joined his brother Bob in creating Norfolk’s Riviera Raceway on South First Street.
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1 week ago | 
norfolkdailynews.com | Randy Pospishil
Shannon Pospisil began dirt track racing at various area racetracks around 15 years ago, starting in the IMCA Sport Compact class before switching over to the IMCA Hobby Stock division. But his racing career has spanned a much longer period of time — 43 years — with the first 27 years spent racing go-karts. “I have to give a special thanks to my dad for all the support that he's given not only me, but the whole family when it comes to racing,” Pospisil said.
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1 week ago | 
norfolkdailynews.com | Randy Pospishil
According to Off Road Speedway promoter Jerry Pospisil, the 2025 season has an abundance of special events that will enhance the weekly racing schedule. Opening night for the first regular night of racing — featuring IMCA Late Models, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA Hobby Stocks, IMCA SportMods and Pro Stock 4 — is scheduled for Saturday, April 12.
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2 weeks ago | 
norfolkdailynews.com | Randy Pospishil
The Norfolk Catholic boys golf team and coach Bill Lafleur expect to be competitive during the 2025 season. One of the main reasons for that expectation is the return of three of the four members of the Knights’ state-qualifying team from a year ago. Those players are juniors Callen Marshall and Gage Yosten along with sophomore Will Brockhaus. “They did a good job last year,” Lafleur said.
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2 weeks ago | 
norfolkdailynews.com | Randy Pospishil
The Northeast Community College baseball team took care of business Tuesday afternoon, rolling to a 21-5 Iowa Community College Athletic Conference win over Iowa Lakes Community College. The victory gives the Hawks–21-16 overall and 7-7 in the ICCAC–a 3-0 sweep of the season’s series over Iowa Lakes Community College and, hopefully, momentum heading into what head coach Marcus Clapp describes as “a tough stretch.”“We needed (this win),” Clapp said.
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3 weeks ago | 
norfolkdailynews.com | Randy Pospishil
The Norfolk High baseball team’s bid for an upset of Lincoln Southwest (5-2) lasted through four innings before a pair of problematic innings allowed the Silver Hawks to pull away for a 10-3 victory. Although the Panthers fall to 2-5 on the season with the loss, coach Brian Disch felt “there were obviously some good things that happened.”“We talk about how we need to respond. For example, when they scored a run in the first inning we responded,” Disch said.
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3 weeks ago | 
norfolkdailynews.com | Randy Pospishil
With the help of many underclassmen, the Lutheran High Northeast track and field teams have seen their numbers grow from 2024. “We’re up on numbers. It’s typically been kind of a small team,” Eagles second-year coach Andrew Keseman said. “I think the year before I took over, there were about 10, (we had) 14 last year and 18 this year.
