Nebraska Greats Golf Jamboree Banquet brings Huskers to Grand Island

GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (KSNB) – The Nebraska Greats Golf Jamboree Banquet prefacing the Tom Dinsdale Automotive Nebraska Greats Golf Basic came about at Riverside Golf Membership in Grand Island Thursday.

Famed former school athletes got here out in assist of the NGF’s occasion, however it was not unique to athletes from the previous. The particular visitors had been labeled as “Jason Peter and buddies.” These buddies occurred to be three present Nebraska soccer gamers: Junior defensive lineman Garrett Nelson; sophomore vast receiver Alante Brown; and sophomore defensive again Marques Buford Jr.

Every mentioned they cherished the chance to be part of the occasion, and to return to Grand Island to take action.

“I actually just like the trigger that they’re doing,” Nelson mentioned. “Actually nice message, actually nice alternative for us to indicate our faces as present gamers and assist what these guys are doing for former gamers from all faculties all through Nebraska. Present assist for what they’re doing and their trigger that they’ve.”

Nelson is from Scottsbluff and is not any stranger to the central Nebraska space. Nevertheless, Brown and Buford Jr. are from out of state and mentioned they loved interacting with followers outdoors of Lincoln.

“Clearly, Nebraska followers cowl extra than simply Lincoln, Nebraska,” Buford Jr. mentioned. “It’s throughout Nebraska, into Iowa and all of the states which can be bordering, so it’s a good time to have the ability to come round and get a distinct vibe with various kinds of followers that I don’t normally get an opportunity to see as usually.”

“Getting outdoors of Lincoln and simply getting extra aware of outdoors faces and getting extra information from the surface world of Nebraska, simply displaying that we assist as Huskers,” Brown added.

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