After a stellar week one victory over the UTEP Miners, it is rivalry week with Colorado coming to Lincoln. The Wingspan’s Brody Heidemann and Easton Leahy give their take on what to expect. Will positive momentum from last week lead the Huskers to a W after three consecutive losses to the Buffaloes?
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About the Contributors
Brody Heidemann, Broadcast Editor
Brody Heidemann is a senior at Gretna East and this is his second year on the Wingspan staff, but his third year doing online journalism. He was a reporter during his time at Gretna High and is now the Broadcast Editor here at Gretna East.
During his high school journalism career, he was a part of the State Champion team last year as well as a third-place medalist in Newspaper Column Writing, Sports News and a fifth-place medalist in Opinion Writing. This year, he is hoping to break the bronze streak and return to the State competition to win gold.
Heidemann joined journalism because of his love for sports. He loves writing about sports, talking about sports, asking questions about sports and practically anything involving sports. Because of this passion, he is doing an internship at 1620 The Zone this year.
Some of his other hobbies include hanging out with friends, playing video games, swimming and spending time with his family.
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Easton Leahy, Reporter
Easton Leahy is a senior at Gretna East in his first year on the Wingspan staff. He joined the staff to better develop his skills in the journalism field, work with new people from all different grades and learn to write stories.
His goal this year is to build relationships with new people.
Outside of Wingspan, he plays baseball. Leahy would describe himself as determined, open-minded and hardworking, putting his best in whatever he does.
After high school, he will play baseball and study medicine at Ellsworth Community College.