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.
Category: Lincoln County Preps
Bulldog Basketball, Wrestling In Action Tonight (LISTEN LIVE to Bulldog Hoops on ESPN Radio 1410)
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.
Maxwell Wildcat Sports Update – December 20
The Wildcat basketball teams are excited to hit the hardwood for their home tournament tonight! They’re even more eager to get into the win column after tough starts to their season. The Wildcat wrestlers have had a great start to their campaign, and last week they showed a Denver-area team what Nebraska wrestling is all about. Hear all about it in this week’s Maxwell Wildcat Sports Update!
Prep Basketball Preview, December 20
The Maxwell Booster Tournament highlights tonight’s local prep basketball action. The Brady Eagles and Lady Eagles enter the tournament as heavy favorites. They’ll each take on South Loup, while the hosts battle SMC. In other tournament action, Paxton’s boys and girls play Mullen in the championship games of the Paxton Pre-Holiday tournament. The boys final is a matchup between unbeaten teams. And in scheduled girls and boys doubleheaders, Cozad hosts Ord, Chase County welcomes Dundy County-Stratton, and Perkins County plays host to Ogallala.
Prep Basketball Recap, 12/18
The St. Patrick’s Lady Irish keep right on winning. The third-ranked Lady Irish moved their record on the season to 7-0 with a 68-43 win at Sandhills/Thedford last night. In the boys half of that doubleheader last night, the Irish topped the Knights 55-45. The other unbeaten Lincoln County team that took the floor last night suffered their first loss of the season. The Wallace boys were defeated by Medicine Valley 53-44. It was a sweep for Med Valley, as the Lady Raiders topped the Lady Wildcats 47-40. The Paxton Tigers and Lady Tigers got off to winning starts in their home Pre-Holiday tournament. The second-ranked Tiger boys routed Maywood 82-24 while the Lady Tigers also beat Maywood, 56-31. In other action, Mullen’s boys defeated Garden County 50-26 while the Gothenburg Lady Swedes were edged by McCook 41-40.
Sutherland Sailor Sports Update – December 18
The Sailor basketball teams and wrestling teams wrapped up their pre-Christmas competition last weekend. The Lady Sailors kept a winning streak going, and boys head coach Dan Dyer talks about how painfully close his team came to cracking the win column. The Sailor grapplers had a fine showing on their home mats as well. Hear all about it in this week’s Sutherland Sailor sports update!
Prep Basketball Preview, December 18
A pair of undefeated local basketball teams are on the hardwood tonight. The St. Patrick’s Lady Irish are hoping to run their season-opening winning streak to seven as they head north to take on a tough Sandhills/Thedford team as part of a girls and boys doubleheader. In the boys game, the Irish will be hoping to start a brand new winning streak after losing their last time out. Also still among the ranks of the unbeaten are the Wallace Wildcat boys, at 4-0. The Wildcats and Lady Wildcats host Medicine Valley tonight. In other doubleheader action, Mullen makes a trip to take on Garden County. In girls basketball the Gothenburg Lady Swedes will try and get back on the winning track on their home floor against McCook. And in boys action, Paxton hosts Maywood in the opener of Paxton’s Pre-Holiday tournament.
Brady Eagle Sports Update – December 17
The Brady Eagles and Lady Eagles are off to outstanding starts to their basketball seasons. Boys head coach David Jacobs talks about the key to his team’s strong start. For the Lady Eagles, it’s a true team effort so far. Hear all about it in this week’s Brady Eagle sports update!
Gothenburg Swede Sports Update – December 14
The Gothenburg Swede basketball teams were both in action last night, and both suffered defeats. The Swede boys are still searching for the right rhythm while the Lady Swedes are starting to crack the win column. Swede wrestling goes from one tough tournament last weekend to an even tougher test this weekend. Hear all about it in this week’s Gothenburg Swede sports update!
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