April 2013 – Page 4 – North Platte Post Archive

NP American Legion Baseball Launches Hall of Fame

Posted on April 28, 2013

North Platte American Legion Baseball has had a long and distinguished run in North Platte, with the program officially starting around 1960.

Hundreds of players and fans, along with dozens of coaches and others truly dedicated to the program have been involved in American Legion Baseball, and the Board of Directors decided a Hall of Fame to honor outstanding individuals should be started.

The inaugural class includes two coaches, two players and two individuals who donated countless hours to making North Platte American Legion Baseball what it has become. Future plans are to include other deserving individuals and teams that enjoyed extraordinary success.

Nominations may be sent to PO Box 628 North Platte Ne 69103. North Platte Legion baseball would like to announce their first class of 2013 Hall of Fame inductees. The six inductees are George Lebedz, Chuck Francis, Lynn Stockall, Chuck Schwartz, Bill Hays and Shawn Fleck.

The Hall of Fame weekend will begin at 4:30 Friday May 3^rd at Bill wood Field with an intrasquad scrimmage of our current Legion teams followed by an alumni vs alumni game at 7:30pm. In between innings we will honor the hall of fame inductees. Admission is free. Saturday May 4^th, the American Legion 4 person golf scramble will begin at Lake Maloney Golf course with a shotgun start at 12:30. Following the golf tournament, there will be a banquet honoring the 2013 North Platte Legion Baseball Hall of Fame inductees. The golf tournament cost is $65.00 which includes the banquet or tickets for the banquet only are $15.00. . All past legion players are invited to come out and participate and the entire community is welcome.

The First Nationals will start their regular season Sat May 18th when the Seniors travel to Scottsbluff. The Juniors host Scottsbluff at 1:00pm. Both teams will be home against McCook Monday May 20th. First pitch for the juniors is at 5:30, with the senior game to follow.

Forest Service to Revamp Chadron Building

Posted on April 28, 2013

The U.S. Forest Service has announced a $1 million energy efficiency renovation project for the Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands headquarters in Chadron.

Chadron radio station KQSK-AM reports (https://bit.ly/10ikNeu) that the building also houses the Pine Ridge Ranger District offices.

The project consists primarily of replacing the heating and cooling system with a geothermal heat pump. It will begin in July and take about a year to complete.

Supervisor Jane Darnell says the 1985 building is the least energy-efficient Forest Service building in the agency’s five-state Region II district.

GI Police: Stolen Skid Loader Used to Haul Off ATM

Posted on April 28, 2013

Grand Island police have arrested a man they say used a stolen skid loader to rip up and carry off an automatic teller machine.

Police say officers were called to the scene around 5:15 a.m. Friday and found 41-year-old Bryce Malesker in a skid loader, smashing the stand-alone building housing the drive-up ATM. Police chased the skid loader — which has a maximum speed of about 10 mph — through Grand Island streets as it carried off the ATM in its front bucket.

Police say the ATM soon fell onto the roadway, and the skid loader continued through yards and fences before hitting and damaging an elementary school.

Malesker was arrested after the skid loader stalled out on a curb.

Lincoln County Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit

Posted on April 28, 2013

Lincoln County has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of an inmate who committed suicide in a jail cell in 2008.

Kara Hatcher Hawkins, the sister of 27-year-old Phillip Hatcher, filed the federal lawsuit in 2010, saying officials should have known Hatcher might try to kill himself because he was arrested in the middle of a suicide attempt.

The lawsuit was settled in February for an undisclosed amount.

Lincoln County sheriff’s officials have said Hatcher hung himself inside his cell with a sock. He died several days later at a hospital.

A grand jury investigated Hatcher’s death and decided no criminal charges were warranted in the case.

Events for the Dogs to Be Held at Fort Kearny

Posted on April 28, 2013

The Fort Kearny Outdoor Discovery Program has scheduled several events for dogs on May 11.

They include a dock jumping competition and a timed retriever maze. There also will be several water stations and ponds to keep pets cool.

Family activities on that day include shooting sports, kayaking, fishing, campground games, sling shots and trapping. There also will be a s’mores eating contest.

The spring celebration of Nebraska’s outdoors is free and runs 9 a.m.-4 p.m. A park entry permit is required.

Fort Kearny State Historical Park sits just southeast of Kearney in south-central Nebraska.

Officials Unsure About Future of High Plains Aquifer

Posted on April 28, 2013April 28, 2013

Unlike in Texas, groundwater levels in the aquifer beneath Nebraska have generally remained healthy, but officials aren’t sure if that will continue as farmers continue to irrigate.

Experts at the U.S. Geologic Survey agency that study the vast underground bodies of water that stretch beneath eight states say they can’t predict how the aquifer will fare.

Steve Peterson, lead hydrologist for the High Plains Groundwater Availability Study, says the aquifer’s future will depend on regulations and water-management decisions farmers and officials make.

Peterson says in Texas and other Southern Plains states groundwater levels have fallen more than 150 feet compared to the era before irrigation.

Peterson is working on a new report due out this fall that will look at groundwater issues.

Nuggets Desperate for Win in Game 4

Posted on April 28, 2013

George Karl glanced over at the sunlight shining through the floor-to-ceiling windows on the sixth floor gymnasium at The Olympic Club in downtown San Francisco on Saturday. Then the Denver Nuggets coach turned his attention back to his players on the court, cracking a smile at the serious expressions on their faces.

The Nuggets know they need a win, and they need a win now.

Fast, physical and flamboyant, the Golden State Warriors are beating the Nuggets at their own game. Denver has dropped two straight against the Warriors to fall into a 2-1 hole in the best-of-seven playoff series, which resumes Sunday night at amped-up Oracle Arena across the bay in Oakland for a critical Game 4 tilt.

NE Parks to Host Competitive Nature Hunt

Posted on April 28, 2013

Nebraska parks will soon kick off a summer competitive nature hunt.

Registration for the Nebraska’s Great Park Pursuit has opened.

The challenge is to go as many as 20 different local, state or federal Nebraska parks to search for natural impressions. The parks are located throughout Nebraska. The pursuit goes from May 1 and September 16. The event started to encourage healthy outdoor lifestyles and increases awareness of recreational opportunities.

Participants can register as a group or individual and print park maps online.

Groups follow clues at each park to locate a post, where they make a tracing of a nature impression. Participants are supposed to mail collected impressions to the event organizers.

Prizes are available. The more parks visited increases a group’s chance of winning.

For more information and park locations visit https://www.negpp.org/locations/.

FAA: Two Dead in Nebraska Plane Crash

Posted on April 28, 2013April 28, 2013

(AP)-Authorities have identified the two people killed when a small plane owned by a flight school crashed in northeast Nebraska this weekend.

Federal investigators are expected to reach the crash site about two miles southeast of Norfolk on Sunday afternoon to determine the cause of Saturday’s crash.

Officials say 26-year-old Dale Butler of Omaha and 24-year-old Amy Brobst of Fort Collins, Colo., both died on impact.

The Piper PA-28 plane that crashed was registered to the Pro-Flite Inc. flight training school based in Omaha. Company officials declined to comment on the crash Sunday because they don’t yet know what happened.

FAA officials said the plane struck a power line before crashing into some trees, but the cause of the crash wasn’t immediately clear Sunday.

RPAC Track Results (Boys)

Posted on April 27, 2013April 27, 2013

              2013 Republican Plains Activities Conference - 4/26/2013            
                                RPAC Meet 2013                                 
                           Dundy County Stratton HS                            
                                    Results                                    

Event 2  Boys Long Jump
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        RPAC: * 20-07.75  4/29/2011   Bryce Mason, Bertrand                    
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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Finals
  1 Blume, Austin                Hitchcock Co          19-09.50   10   
  2 Best, Dakota                 Southern Val          19-07.50    8   
  3 Merrill, Connor              Paxton                19-07.25    6   
  4 Barthel, Chase               Medicine Val          19-05.75    5   
  5 Volk, Jordan                 Cambridge             19-03.50    4   
  6 Aspenleiter, Cody            Medicine Val          18-11.50    3   
  7 Loeffler, Jordan             Paxton                18-11.25    2   
  8 Watson, Isaac                Arapahoe              18-11.00    1   

Event 4  Boys Discus Throw
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        RPAC: * 159-02  4/30/2012   Mike Shoff, Cambridge                      
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Anderson, Wyatt              Arapahoe                133-09   10   
  2 May, Josh                    Wallace                 127-02    8   
  3 Petersen, Zane               Cambridge               125-08    6   
  4 Lorens, Michael              DundyCo Stratton        121-05    5   
  5 Anders, Shane                Wallace                 119-00    4   
  6 Logan, Bischoff              Wauneta-Pali            116-02    3   
  7 Wood, Brayden                Paxton                  115-06    2   
  8 Barker, Lane                 Arapahoe                115-04    1   

Event 6  Boys Pole Vault
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        RPAC: * 13-06  4/30/2012   L. Cox/T. Peterson '11, AlmaMedicine Val    
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Younger, Tyrell              Bertrand              12-06.00   10   
  2 Reichert, Tyrell             DundyCo Stratton      12-00.00    8   
  3 Howell, Kiel                 Cambridge             11-06.00    6   
  4 Warta, Anthony               Bertrand             J11-06.00    5   
  5 Sughroue, James              Southwest Pu          11-00.00    4   
  6 Minard, Austin               Southwest Pu          10-06.00    3   
  7 Pearson, Sam                 Cambridge            J10-06.00    2   
  8 Rotherham, Kyle              DundyCo Stratton     J10-06.00    1   

Event 8  Boys 4x800 Meter Relay
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        RPAC: * 8:28.80  4/30/2012   Paxton, Paxton                            
                         Z. Moreland,C. Perlinger, T. Cassell, G. Perlinger
    School                                               Finals  Points
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  1 Paxton  'A'                                         8:40.30   10   
     1) Perlinger, Carrick              2) Morland, Zach                  
     3) Cassell, Tyler                  4) Perlinger, Garrett             
  2 Southern Valley  'A'                                8:49.00    8   
     1) Kaup, Alex                      2) York, Griffin                  
     3) Miller, Seth                    4) Varela, Alan                   
  3 Bertrand  'A'                                       8:54.00    6   
     1) Samuelson, Jake                 2) Kennedy, Cole                  
     3) High, Nick                      4) Taute, Brian                   
  4 Wauneta-Palisade  'A'                               9:04.40    5   
     1) Pollmann, Hayden                2) Anderjaska, Wes                
     3) Bischoff, Logan                 4) Maris, Jacob                   
  5 Cambridge  'A'                                      9:15.90    4   
     1) Taylor, Joe                     2) Johnson, Vance                 
     3) Andrews, Brandon                4) Witte, Jake                    
  6 Wallace  'A'                                        9:40.80    3   
     1) Gardner, Andrew                 2) Woodcox, Hayden                
     3) Arvizo, Jose                    4) Clough, Tanner                 
  7 Medicine Valley  'A'                                9:44.90    2   
     1) Russell, Connor                 2) Korinek, Jake                  
     3) Klintworth, John                4) Aanenson, Sam                  
  8 Arapahoe  'A'                                       9:45.90    1   
     1) Schroeder, Dakota               2) Weverka, Caden                 
     3) Koller, Austin                  4) Gutierrez, Pedro               

Event 10  Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
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        RPAC: * 14.70  4/26/2013   Ryan Dahlgren, Bertrand                     
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Dahlgren, Ryan               Bertrand                 14.80   10   
  2 Gohl, Seth                   Hayes Center             15.50    8   
  3 Brott, Tristan               Paxton                   15.90    6   
  4 Gleisberg, Lucas             Medicine Val            J15.90    5   
  5 Watson, Isaac                Arapahoe                 16.40    4   
  6 Moore, Zack                  Cambridge                16.60    3   
  7 Dahlgren, Tyler              Bertrand                 16.70    2   
  8 Younger, Tyrell              Bertrand                 17.70    1   

Event 12  Boys 100 Meter Dash
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        RPAC: * 10.75  4/30/2012   Kaden  Huxoll, Cambridge                    
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Huxoll, Kaden                Cambridge                10.80   10   
  2 Dahlgren, Ryan               Bertrand                 11.10    8   
  3 Carlyle, Kolton              Paxton                   11.20    6   
  4 Stuhmer, Brady               Alma                     11.30    5   
  5 Schimonitz, Tyler            Paxton                  J11.30    4   
  6 Gregory, TJ                  Cambridge                11.40    3   
  7 Farmer, Tyler                Southern Val             11.50    2   

Event 14  Boys 400 Meter Run
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        RPAC: * 50.90  4/30/2012   Kaden Huxoll, Cambridge                     
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  H# Points
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  1 Huxoll, Kaden                Cambridge                51.30   5  10   
  2 Stuhmer, Brady               Alma                     51.60   5   8   
  3 Blume, Austin                Hitchcock Co             52.50   5   6   
  4 Duvel, Cade                  DundyCo Stratton         53.10   5   5   
  5 Schimonitz, Tyler            Paxton                   53.30   5   4   
  6 Witte, Jake                  Cambridge                54.30   5   3   
  7 Viox, Jacke                  Hitchcock Co             55.50   4   2   
  8 Arp, Daniel                  Hitchcock Co             55.70   5   1   

Event 16  Boys 3200 Meter Run
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        RPAC: * 10:11.80  5/1/2009    Brock Taute, Bertrand                    
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Kaup, Alex                   Southern Val          10:25.80   10   
  2 Perlinger, Garrett           Paxton                10:26.30    8   
  3 Farr, Rodger                 Medicine Val          10:36.00    6   
  4 Clough, Tanner               Wallace               10:36.60    5   
  5 Maris, Jacob                 Wauneta-Pali          10:36.70    4   
  6 Eaton, Adam                  Southwest Pu          10:59.50    3   
  7 Phillips, Quinton            Maywood               11:12.70    2   
  8 Bricker, Jaron               Paxton                11:14.50    1   

Event 18  Boys 200 Meter Dash
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        RPAC: * 22.30  4/26/2013   Kaden Huxoll, Cambridge                     
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Huxoll, Kaden                Cambridge                22.30*  10   
  2 Stuhmer, Brady               Alma                     22.90    8   
  3 Duvel, Cade                  DundyCo Stratton         23.20    6   
  4 Gregory, TJ                  Cambridge                23.40    5   
  5 Volk, Jordan                 Cambridge                23.80    4   
  6 Barthel, Chase               Medicine Val             24.50    3   
  7 Johnson, Tristan             Hayes Center             24.60    2   
  8 Phillips, Austin             Maywood                  24.80    1   

Event 20  Boys Triple Jump
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        RPAC: * 43-08.25  4/29/2011   Bryce Mason, Bertrand                    
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Best, Dakota                 Southern Val          41-10.25   10   
  2 Moore, Zack                  Cambridge             41-02.00    8   
  3 Watson, Isaac                Arapahoe              40-03.75    6   
  4 Bantam, Jarrod               Alma                  39-11.00    5   
  5 Corfield, Justin             Paxton                39-08.00    4   
  6 Reichert, Tyrell             DundyCo Stratton      39-06.75    3   
  7 Merrill, Connor              Paxton                39-04.50    2   
  8 Fritz, Trevor                Cambridge             38-06.50    1   

Event 22  Boys Shot Put
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        RPAC: * 61-11.75  4/30/2012   Mike Shoff, Cambridge                    
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Petersen, Zane               Cambridge             45-02.50   10   
  2 Anderson, Wyatt              Arapahoe              44-11.25    8   
  3 Storer, Kyle                 Paxton                44-05.00    6   
  4 Hannah, Robert               Cambridge             44-00.50    5   
  5 Johnson, Jonathan            DundyCo Stratton      43-10.00    4   
  6 Warner, Logan                Arapahoe              42-10.00    3   
  7 Wood, Brayden                Paxton                42-01.75    2   
  8 Morland, Chance              Paxton                42-00.50    1   

Event 24  Boys High Jump
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        RPAC: *  6-04  4/29/2011   Jeffrey Bantam, Alma                        
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Perkins, Jeremiah            Southern Val           6-02.00   10   
  2 Brott, Tristan               Paxton                 6-00.00    8   
  3 Perlinger, Carrick           Paxton                 5-10.00    6   
  4 Arp, Daniel                  Hitchcock Co           5-08.00    4.50
  4 High, Nick                   Bertrand               5-08.00    4.50
  6 Howell, Kiel                 Cambridge             J5-08.00    3   
  7 Davis, Weylin                Wauneta-Pali           5-06.00    2   
  8 Stuhmer, Brady               Alma                   5-04.00    0.50
  8 Bantam, Jarrod               Alma                   5-04.00    0.50

Event 26  Boys 800 Meter Run
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        RPAC: * 2:02.40  4/26/2013   A Blume / B Hasenauer '09, Hitchcock Co/Wa
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Blume, Austin                Hitchcock Co           2:02.40*  10   
  2 Varela, Alan                 Southern Val           2:06.60    8   
  3 Perlinger, Garrett           Paxton                 2:07.10    6   
  4 Anderjaska, Wes              Wauneta-Pali           2:09.40    5   
  5 Witte, Jake                  Cambridge              2:11.00    4   
  6 Bricker, Jaron               Paxton                 2:12.40    3   
  7 Soderholm, Ryan              Alma                   2:12.70    2   
  8 Swenson, Ty                  DundyCo Stratton       2:14.60    1   

Event 28  Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
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        RPAC: * 39.90  4/26/2013   Ryan Dahlgren, Bertrand                     
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  H# Points
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  1 Dahlgren, Ryan               Bertrand                 39.90*  3  10   
  2 Younger, Tyrell              Bertrand                 42.50   3   8   
  3 Brott, Tristan               Paxton                  J42.50   3   6   
  4 Bantam, Jarrod               Alma                     42.80   3   5   
  5 Moore, Zack                  Cambridge                43.50   3   4   
  6 Gohl, Seth                   Hayes Center             44.00   3   3   
  7 Rotherham, Kyle              DundyCo Stratton         44.10   3   2   
  8 Gleisberg, Lucas             Medicine Val             44.90   3   1   

Event 30  Boys 1600 Meter Run
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        RPAC: * 4:39.40  4/25/2008   Hayden Ekberg, Cambridge                  
    Name                    Year School                  Finals  Points
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  1 Perlinger, Garrett           Paxton                 4:48.90   10   
  2 Blume, Austin                Hitchcock Co          J4:48.90    8   
  3 Clough, Tanner               Wallace                4:52.30    6   
  4 Maris, Jacob                 Wauneta-Pali           4:56.40    5   
  5 Eaton, Adam                  Southwest Pu           4:59.20    4   
  6 Anderjaska, Wes              Wauneta-Pali           5:02.80    3   
  7 Kaup, Alex                   Southern Val           5:02.90    2   
  8 Bricker, Jaron               Paxton                 5:03.30    1   

Event 32  Boys 4x100 Meter Relay
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        RPAC: * 44.60  4/26/2013   Cambridge, Cambridge                        
                       T Gregory, J Volk, Z Petersen, K Huxoll           
    School                                               Finals  H# Points
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  1 Cambridge  'A'                                        44.60*  2  10   
     1) Gregory, TJ                     2) Volk, Jordan                   
     3) Petersen, Zane                  4) Huxoll, Kaden                  
  2 Paxton  'A'                                           45.20   2   8   
     1) Schimonitz, Tyler               2) Merrill, Connor                
     3) Corfield, Justin                4) Carlyle, Kolton                
  3 Dundy County Stratton  'A'                            46.00   2   6   
     1) Duvel, Cade                     2) Reichert, Tyrell               
     3) Sandberg, DJ                    4) Rotherham, Kyle                
  4 Southern Valley  'A'                                  46.70   2   5   
     1) Farmer, Tyler                   2) Varela, Alan                   
     3) Lewis, Christian                4) Best, Dakota                   
  5 Arapahoe  'A'                                         48.60   2   4   
     1) Wessels, Bryce                  2) Anderson, Wyatt                
     3) Schroeder, Dakota               4) Jones, Kiley                   
  6 Southwest Public  'A'                                 49.00   1   3   
     1) Sughroue, James                 2) Minard, Austin                 
     3) Ellis, Brenton                  4) Sughroue, Devin                
  7 Bertrand  'A'                                         49.10   2   2   
     1) Dahlgren, Tyler                 2) Gdanitz, Dillon                
     3) Warta, Anthony                  4) Fitzgerald, Michael            
  8 Hitchcock County  'A'                                 50.10   1   1   
     1) Wimer, Morgen                   2) Viox, Jacke                    
     3) Rick, Nathan                    4) Rippen, John                   

Event 34  Boys 4x400 Meter Relay
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        RPAC: * 3:34.90  4/26/2013   Cambridge, Cambridge                      
                         Z Petersen, Z Moore, J Volk, J Witte              
    School                                               Finals  H# Points
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  1 Cambridge  'A'                                      3:34.90*  2  10   
     1) Petersen, Zane                  2) Moore, Zack                    
     3) Volk, Jordan                    4) Witte, Jake                    
  2 Paxton  'A'                                         3:39.90   2   8   
     1) Neilsen, Justin                 2) Loeffler, Jordan               
     3) Morland, Zach                   4) Brott, Tristan                 
  3 Bertrand  'A'                                       3:40.40   2   6   
     1) High, Nick                      2) Younger, Tyrell                
     3) Samuelson, Jake                 4) Dahlgren, Ryan                 
  4 Southern Valley  'A'                                3:42.00   2   5   
     1) Varela, Alan                    2) Lewis, Christian               
     3) Perkins, Jeremiah               4) Farmer, Tyler                  
  5 Medicine Valley  'A'                                3:48.40   2   4   
     1) Schmidt, Sage                   2) Russell, Connor                
     3) Aspenleiter, Cody               4) Barthel, Chase                 
  6 Dundy County Stratton  'A'                          3:50.80   1   3   
     1) Duvel, Cade                     2) Freeland, Tyler                
     3) Reichert, Tyrell                4) Sandberg, DJ                   
  7 Wallace  'A'                                        3:51.40   2   2   
     1) Swedberg, Landon                2) Woodcox, Hayden                
     3) Gardner, Andrew                 4) Clough, Tanner                 
  8 Hitchcock County  'A'                               4:01.50   2   1   
     1) Rippen, John                    2) Viox, Jacke                    
     3) Arp, Daniel                     4) Rick, Nathan                   

                    Men - Team Rankings - 17 Events Scored
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    1) Cambridge                  125        2) Paxton                    120   
    3) Bertrand                    72.50     4) Southern Valley            68   
    5) Dundy County Stratton       44        6) Hitchcock County           43.50
    7) Arapahoe                    38        8) Alma                       34   
    9) Medicine Valley             29       10) Wallace                    28   
   11) Wauneta-Palisade            27       12) Southwest Public           17   
   13) Hayes Center                13       14) Maywood                     3