The North Platte Bulldogs, St. Patrick’s Lady Irish and Hershey Lady Panthers maintained long winning streaks to highlight this weekend on the prep hardwood. The Dawgs topped North Star and Fremont to move their streak to five games. The class C2 fifth-ranked Lady Irish are also now on a five-game winning streak with weekend wins over Chase County and Cambridge. As for the class C2 fourth-ranked Lady Panthers, their streak is now ten after they took care of Maxwell and Dundy County-Stratton. Also staying hot over the weekend were the North Platte Community College Knights. The Knights hammered Western Nebraska 100-69 on Saturday night at McDonald-Belton Gymnasium. That’s their fifth straight win, and it keeps the Knights atop the Region IX South Sub-region standings.
Category: Hershey Panthers
Hershey Panther Sports Update – January 30
The ranked and red-hot Lady Panthers are spotlighted, along with the work of Panther wrestlers. It’s all in this week’s Hershey Panther sports update!
BASKETBALL: Irish, Lady Panthers Win SPVA Tournaments
On Saturday night the SPVA basketball champions were crowned. The St. Patrick’s Irish boys defeated Chase County 44-33 behind Mark Mayfield’s 22 points to claim the conference title for the second straight year. In the girls championship game, Maegan Hiatt scored 15 points as the Hershey Lady Panthers knocked off St. Pat’s 44-30 for their first SPVA title since 2005.
BASKETBALL: SPVA Boys Semifinal Action
The SPVA boys basketball championship game is set. It will be the St. Patrick’s Irish taking on the Chase County Longhorns on Championship Saturday. In semifinal last night at North Platte Community College, the Irish handled Perkins County 53-39 and the Longhorns defeated Hershey 47-38. Tonight in the girls semifinals, Hershey faces Chase County and St. Pat’s takes on Sutherland.
Hershey Panther Sports Update – January 16
The SPVA basketball tournaments are in full swing, and the Hershey boys and girls basketball teams have championship aspirations. The girls are the top seed in their bracket, while the boys will have to pull some upsets as the third seed. Hear all about it on this week’s Hershey Panther sports update!
Lady Sailors, Lady Longhorns Advance in SPVA Tourney
The Sutherland Lady Sailors and Chase County Lady Longhorns advanced to the semifinals of the SPVA girls basketball tournament with victories last night. Chase County edged Perkins County 37-36, and Sutherland routed Maxwell 74-28. Tonight in the SPVA boys basketball tournament, semifinal action will pit top-seed St. Pat’s against Perkins County at 6 PM, and second-seed Chase County against Hershey at 7:30.
The updated brackets are HERE.
Hershey Panther Sports Update – January 9
The Hershey Panthers and Lady Panthers took on their archrivals last night, and each walked off the court victorious. For the Lady Panthers, it’s another big win in what’s been an exciting season so far. For the boys, they hope their win is a turning point for the rest of their year. Hear all about it in this week’s Hershey Panther Sports Update!
Prep Basketball Roundup, January 8
The following are scores for prep basketball games Tuesday night:
GIRLS:
Gothenburg 58, Arapahoe 47
Hershey 57, Sutherland 30
Maxwell 49, Maywood 39
Medicine Valley 42, Hayes Center 38
North Platte St. Patrick’s 55, Mullen 39
Southern Valley 61, Chase County 20
BOYS:
Arapahoe 62, Gothenburg 52
Hershey 43, Sutherland 39
Maxwell 44, Maywood 32
Medicine Valley 59, Hayes Center 34
North Platte St. Patrick’s 64, Mullen 41
Southern Valley 58, Chase County 50
SPVA Basketball Brackets Set
The South Platte Valley Association released the brackets for the boys and girls basketball tournaments to be played next week. St. Patrick’s and Chase County are the two top seeds in the boys bracket, while Hershey and St. Pat’s are the top two in the girls tourney.
The bracket can be viewed online here. Tournament play takes place at North Platte Community College starting next Monday.
Prep Basketball Roundup, December 14 (LISTEN LIVE to NPHS Basketball on ESPN Radio 1410)
It’s a busy night on the prep hardwood. North Platte visits McCook in what could be the last regular season meeting between the two schools. The girls game tips off at 6 PM, followed by the boys game at 7:45. ESPN Radio 1410 has the games live, with pregame coverage at 5:45. The other Lincoln County schools are also playing tonight. St. Pat’s visits Valentine, Maxwell treks to Paxton, Brady hosts Hitchcock County, Hershey welcomes Kimball, Sutherland travels to Hayes Center. Also tonight in girls and boys basketball doubleheader action, Gothenburg plays host to Holdrege, Eustis-Farnam is at Maywood, Perkins County visits Sidney, Cozad treks to Central City, Chase County hosts Garden County, Med Valley hosts South Loup, Mullen welcomes Cody-Kilgore, and SMC is home to Twin Loup.
Scores from last night’s action:
GIRLS:
St. Patrick’s 58, Gothenburg 37
Sutherland 70, Wallace 23
BOYS:
St. Patrick’s 58, Gothenburg 41
Wallace 65, Sutherland 40