North Platte’s boys and girls swim teams participated in the Twin Cities Invite in Scottsbluff this weekend. Both teams finished in third out of four teams.
Diving Results:
Boys: Tanner Malmkar 2nd 285.40
Ben Jolliffe 5th 233.80
Girls: Allexis Menghini 3rd 276.70
Jackie Paloucek 4th 266.85
Team Results:
Boys: Westside 497, Scottsbluff 295, NPHS 157, McCook 145
Girls: Westside 425, Scottsbluff 260, NPHS 218, McCook 150
The North Platte Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs are on their home floor tonight taking on Grand Island. The girls game features two teams that are trying to get rolling in the second halves of their seasons. In the boys game, the Bulldogs are trying to snap a two-game skid and win their first game of 2013. The girls game gets underway at 5:45, with the boys game to follow at 7:30. ESPN Radio 1410 has all the action from the Dawghouse, with pregame coverage getting underway at 5:30.
The North Platte boys and girls swim teams competed at the Kearney Invite on Saturday.
Team results
Boys
Kearney 519
Pius X 508
NPHS 409
McCook 316
Girls
PiusX 668.5
Kearney 620
McCook 368
NPHS 261.5
North Platte’s lone individual winner was Tyler Halligan, who took first in the 100 backstroke.
The North Platte boys and girls swim teams took part in a double dual in Grand Island Wednesday, taking on the host Islanders and McCook. The boys defeated the Bison 61-28 and lost to Grand Island 60-34. The girls fell to McCook 50-37 and also lost to GI 69-23. North Platte’s boys had overall winning times in two events. Zac Burns was tops in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:20.03. The 400 freestyle relay team of Zach Saner, Caleb Cox, Erik Davis, and Matthew Walsh had the top time in that event at 4:53.02.
Tonight marks the final day of prep sports competition before Christmas, and North Platte’s boys and girls basketball teams are making a trek to the capital city. The Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs hope to go into the holiday on the strength of back-to-back wins as they take on Lincoln East. The girls game tips off first at 5:15, with the boys to follow at 7 PM. ESPN Radio 1410 will have all the action, starting with pregame coverage at 5 PM. North Platte wrestling also competes tonight. They welcome Grand Island to the Dawghouse for what should be an electrifying dual between two of the top teams in Class A.
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
NCPA ACADEMIC ALL-STATE AWARDS
The Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) is pleased to announce the student recipients of the Fall 2012 Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association (NCPA) Academic All-State Awards. Since 2006 this NSAA Award Program has recognized students who meet the criteria for nomination by their school in the season of their activity. Each year the NSAA and the NCPA recognize students during Fall, Winter and Spring Seasons who are nominated by their schools for their individual academic excellence, leadership and significant contributions in their NSAA activity.
Arthur County
Football
Lane Vasa
Volleyball
Mackenzie Walker
Broken Bow
Boys Cross-Country
Andrew Pracht
Evan Rose
Girls Cross-Country
Ashley Holcomb
Kylee Miller
Football
Zak Harper
Marcus Miller
Girls Golf
Kaleigh Page
Play Production
Ashley O’Pry
Grant Shinn
Volleyball
Halie Jones
Julia Loy
Callaway
Football
Garret Dockweiler
Levi Loper
Chase County
Boys Cross-Country
Indy Smith
Girls Cross-Country
Alyssa Moreno
Football
Callin Ledall
Michael May
Play Production
Emma Bauerle
Tapainga Kahle
Softball
Anna Bauerle
Cassandra Burpo
Volleyball
Bethany Sorensen
Paige Spady
Cozad
Boys Cross-Country
Jesus Estrada
Bryce Nemeth
Girls Cross-Country
Christen Kotschwar
Riley Sigler
Football
Jason Finnegan
Conor Young
Girls Golf
Autym Malcom
Play Production
Erin Gibbens
Jade Rowe
Softball
Kylee Griffis
Erika Smith
Volleyball
Amanda German
Haley Montgomery
Gothenburg
Boys Cross-Country
Dylan France
Bryce Kowalewski
Girls Cross-Country
Morgan Kowalewski
Abbigail Mazour
Football
Trenton Long
Logan Sheets
Girls Golf
Andrea Coder
McKinley Harm
Play Production
Cody Cooper
Carlie Stevens
Softball
Brittyn Munster
Hanna Wolf
Volleyball
Madison Costello
Rachel Rice
Hayes Center
Football
Seth Gohl
Tristan Johnson
Play Production
Seth Gohl
Volleyball
Taylor Cooper
Andrea Wach
Hershey
Girls Cross-Country
Laurel Huebner
Football
Adam Steffes
Girls Golf
Katherine Hoatson
Courtney Laubner
Play Production
Britnee Fear
Volleyball
Maegan Hiatt
Jenna Young
Maxwell
Football
Dylan Gage
Bryson Keller
Play Production
Savannah Cudzilo
Erin Zeigler
Volleyball
Anna Crane
Kayla Stenger
Maywood
Girls Cross-Country
Justine Stone
Football
Jace Walther
Calyn Werkmeister
Play Production
Lydia Fritsche
Breanna Phillips
Volleyball
Anna Fischer
Abby Werkmeister
McPherson County
Football
Jesse Paxton
Volleyball
Ashley Starr
Medicine Valley
Boys Cross-Country
Rodger Farr
Connor Russell
Girls Cross-Country
Madison Clark
Football
Brendan Johnsen
Sage Schmidt
Volleyball
Taylor Sandoe
Shaylee Schroeder
Mullen
Football
Matthew Furrow
Play Production
Madison Tomlinson
Dalton Zimmerman
Volleyball
Clara Vinton
Amber Wright
North Platte
Boys Cross-Country
Ace Haws
Wyatt McGuire
Girls Cross-Country
Kayla Dotson
Football
Luke Wright
Girls Golf
Tessa Burford
Jenae States
Softball
Hannah Hays
Ashten Hernandez
Boys Tennis
Cameron Bargell
Michael Odle
Volleyball
Anna Allberry
Kylie Wroot
North Platte St. Patrick’s
Boys Cross-Country
Brandon Adkins
Girls Cross-Country
Anna O’Malley
Margaret Vinton
Football
James Keenan
Adam Pasquinelly
Play Production
Macy Granger
Jenna Torres
Volleyball
Brook Boucher
Zandra Carlini
Paxton
Boys Cross-Country
Tyler Cassell
Garrett Perlinger
Girls Cross-Country
Mary Vasquez
Annie Wasserman
Football
Jack Babbitt
Carrick Perlinger
Play Production
Carrick Perlinger
Margaret Reynolds
Volleyball
Brekkan Martinosky
Karlee Schow
Perkins County
Girls Cross-Country
Jessica Hoffert
Football
Alex Malmkar
Colton White
Play Production
Shelby Johnson
Colton White
Volleyball
Courtney McClenahan
Jessie Woodmancy
Sandhills
Football
Alex Coffman
Play Production
Chantelle Milleson
Jacy Spencer
Volleyball
Taylor Marten
Stapleton
Football
Luke Walz
Play Production
Sydney Doyle
Trevor Hanna
Volleyball
Victoria Opela
Sutherland
Boys Cross-Country
Jayson Rezek
Girls Cross-Country
Shelbi Burke
Emily Rongisch
Football
Tyler Fear
Collin Fleecs
Play Production
Shelbi Burke
Kalena Stokey
Volleyball
Kristen Nelson
Alison VanSkiver
Thedford
Football
Tyler Lee
Play Production
Seth Hanna
Gavin Higgins
Volleyball
Sarah Miles
Wallace
Football
Landon Swedberg
Play Production
Alexandria Lundvall
Jaclyn Nelson
Volleyball
Sara Hubbard
Alexandria Lundvall
Wauneta-Palisade
Football
Jack McGraw
Hayden Pollmann
Play Production
Wes Anderjaska
Tayler Nordhausen
Volleyball
Tailor Lee
Brooklyn Nordhausen
The North Platte Bulldog boys and girls basketball teams get their seasons underway tonight. The Bulldog boys return four starters in Matt Kaminski’s second year on the sidelines. They face Lincoln High at the Doghouse tonight, with the tipoff scheduled for 7:30. The Lady Bulldogs bring back two starters for head coach Mark Woodhead. They make the trip to the capital city to face Lincoln High’s Lady Links. ESPN Radio 1410 will have the broadcast of the girls game, with pregame coverage at 7:30 and the tipoff at 7:45. Also tonight, the St. Pat’s Irish and Lady Irish, both ranked in the preseason Class C2 polls, open their campaigns hosting Broken Bow. In other boys and girls hoops doubleheaders, Hershey travels to Gothenburg, Maxwell hosts SMC, Wallace is at Maywood, and Brady visits Wauneta-Palisade.
Other area teams in action tonight (all are girls/boys doubleheaders):
@ Hayes Center: Arapahoe VS Hayes Center
@ Maxwell: SMC VS Maxwell
@ Maywood: Wallace VS Maywood
@ McCook: Chase County VS McCook
@ Paxton: Medicine Valley VS Paxton
@ South Loup: Twin Loup VS South Loup
North Platte High School junior Wyatt McGuire was named a Class A All-State and all-class Super State runner by the Nebraska Coaches Association. McGuire took first place at the A3 district cross country meet and then placed third at the state meet. He has been a state medalist for three straight years. Paxton senior Garrett Perlinger was named a Class D All-State runner. He placed seventh at the state meet.
The North Platte Lady Bulldogs lost in the finals of the A6 district volleyball tournament, falling in four sets to Lincoln Pius X 17-25, 21-25, 31-29, 20-25. Their season ends with a 19-12 record. Three Lincoln County teams play for the right to go to state tonight. In the D1-6 district final, Sutherland battles Potter-Dix at Creek Valley High School in Chappell. In the D2-5 district final at North Platte’s McGahan Activities Center, Brady faces Wallace. Both games are scheduled for 7 PM starts.
