New West Sports Medicine

11/12/2025

10/15/2025

NEW WEST SPORTS MEDICINE WILL BE CLOSED
THURSDAY, OCT 16 - FROM 10-2
TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF OUR LONG-TERM EMPLOYEE SCOTT KRATZER.

10/13/2025

Kearney, Neb. (October 16, 2025) — Nebraska NetFest, a weekend of exciting competition in volleyball and pickleball, will take place this weekend, October 17-19, in Kearney.

The NetFest Singles & Mixed Doubles Pickleball Championships will begin Friday, October 17, with Singles competition, followed by Mixed Doubles on Saturday and Sunday. A total of 48 players are registered to participate.

The NetFest Volleyball State Championships will welcome 72 teams. Teams in the 3rd-6th divisions will compete in a one-day tournament on Saturday, followed by the 7th/8th division on Sunday.

The brand-new Kearney SportsPlex will serve as the venue for both events. For schedules and more information, visit NebraskaSportsCouncil.com.

Nebraska NetFest Pickleball and Volleyball is presented by Visit Kearney and hosted by Kearney SportsPlex and the City of Kearney Park and Recreation. Contributing partners include AKRS Equipment / John Deere, New West Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Surgery, Edgewater Insurance + Real Estate, The Chicken Coop, MCL Construction and Younes Hospitality.

Nebraska NetFest is organized by the Nebraska Sports Council, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing quality competition for amateur athletes of all ages and skill levels while promoting healthy and active lifestyles.

Platinum partners of the Nebraska Sports Council include FMNE Insurance, Grand Island Tourism, Nebraska Orthopaedic Center, and Pepsi-Cola of Lincoln.

10/09/2025

It is with heavy hearts that we share the passing of Scott Kratzer - one of the very first employees of New West Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Surgery and a beloved member of our New West family. Scott’s loss is deeply felt by all who knew him. His life was a testament to compassion, dedication, and a service to others. Through his knowledge, skill, and unwavering desire to help people, Scott touched countless lives and left an indelible mark on all of the communities he was a part of. He leaves behind a legacy of faith, family, and strength, - values he lived by every day. However you knew him, Scott’s impact will continue to live on in the hearts of those he helped and inspired.

We invite you to share your memories, stories, and tributes in the comments below as we honor a truly remarkable man. Rest in peace, Scott. You will be missed, but never forgotten.

𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟔 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟏𝟎 – 𝟐 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭’𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.

09/26/2025

𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐝!
It’s the only word to describe it. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑲𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒛𝒆𝒓 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕. We couldn’t have asked for better weather—it was absolutely perfect. What made it even more special was hearing all the stories people shared about Scott… and there were plenty! It was a joy to witness how deeply the community cares for him. If you took any photos during the event, we’d love for you to share them here! Let’s keep celebrating the love and support that made this day so meaningful.

𝑻𝙝𝒂𝙣𝒌 𝒚𝙤𝒖 𝒕𝙤 𝙚𝒗𝙚𝒓𝙮𝒐𝙣𝒆 𝒘𝙝𝒐 𝒔𝙝𝒐𝙬𝒆𝙙 𝙪𝒑, 𝙙𝒐𝙣𝒂𝙩𝒆𝙙, 𝒗𝙤𝒍𝙪𝒏𝙩𝒆𝙚𝒓𝙚𝒅, 𝙖𝒏𝙙 𝙧𝒆𝙖𝒄𝙝𝒆𝙙 𝙤𝒖𝙩 𝙬𝒊𝙩𝒉 𝒌𝙞𝒏𝙙𝒏𝙚𝒔𝙨. 𝒀𝙤𝒖𝙧 𝙜𝒆𝙣𝒆𝙧𝒐𝙨𝒊𝙩𝒚 𝒂𝙣𝒅 𝒄𝙤𝒎𝙥𝒂𝙨𝒔𝙞𝒐𝙣 𝙢𝒂𝙙𝒆 𝒕𝙝𝒊𝙨 𝙚𝒗𝙚𝒏𝙩 𝙪𝒏𝙛𝒐𝙧𝒈𝙚𝒕𝙩𝒂𝙗𝒍𝙚.

We want to extend a special thank you to the amazing organizations who helped make this possible:
- 𝑵𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒂𝑳𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒌
- 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑪𝒐𝒄𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝑲𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚
- 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚
- 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍'𝒔 𝑳𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒐𝒓
- 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒈 𝑹𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒄𝒌
- 𝑨𝒎𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔
- 𝑲𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝑪𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍
- 𝑫𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝑫𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈

𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭, 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠—𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲.

09/22/2025

🏉 𝙏𝘼𝙄𝙇𝙂𝘼𝙏𝙀 𝙁𝙐𝙉𝘿𝙍𝘼𝙄𝙎𝙀𝙍 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙆𝙍𝘼𝙏𝙕𝙀𝙍 𝙁𝘼𝙈𝙄𝙇𝙔! 🏉

Join us as we come together to help support a family in our community!

“Scott Kratzer has been a dedicated member of the New West Athletic Training Department for over 20 years. He is currently in a brave battle against cancer. We invite you to show your support by attending the Amherst vs Kearney Catholic tailgate fundraiser. Your presence will not only lift Scott's spirits but also assist with his travel and medical expenses.”

We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to our sponsors: 𝐍𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐚𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤, 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐜𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲, 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲, 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥’𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐨𝐫, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐦𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬.

𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙘𝙤𝙩𝙩 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚.

08/15/2025

Dr. May will be in tomorrow for:
🏉🏐 Saturday Clinic 🏉🏐
7:30 am - 10:30 am
Walk-ins Welcome
No Referral Necessary
308-865-2570

06/27/2025

Now hiring for an RN/LPN/CMA!
Are you passionate about helping people?
Do you enjoy a fast paced work environment?
If so, we want you on our team!
- full time or part time
- apparel allowance
- on the job training
- benefits available
email resume to: CSwanson@newwestsportsmedicine.com

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www.newwestsportsmedicine.com

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05/28/2025

New West Sports Medicine is proud to sponsor the 67th annual Shrine Bowl of Nebraska.
The game will take place June 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM at the University of Kearney campus at Ron and Carol Cope Stadium Foster Field.

05/28/2025

Good Luck to Koji Kitabatake at State Golf!

05/21/2025

CONGRATULATIONS TO Kurt Behrhorst, ATC.
Kurt has been honored with the NSATA 2025 Inaugural Pillar of Athletic Training Award. This award recognizes an individual who has been a cornerstone in the athletic training profession, playing a significant role in shaping its future in Nebraska through advocacy, mentorship, and lasting contributions to patient care, professional organizations, and community outreach. Kurt's dedication and hard work have truly made a difference in the field, and we are thrilled to be able to celebrate his achievements with him.

03/25/2025

The last SATURDAY WALK-IN CLINIC is:
March 29th - 7:30 AM - 10:30 AM