North Platte – The North Platte Community College Knights basketball team evened their Region IX South Sub-Region record at 1-1 with a 72-67 win over the Trinidad State Junior College Trojans Saturday afternoon at the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium.

The Knights started out strong, jumping out to a 22-9 lead. The Trojans worked their way back to take their first lead at 33-34, only to have the Knights regain the lead on a Goy Lew three-pointer to make the score 36-34 going into halftime.

In the second half, the Knights increased their lead to 59-49 on a dunk by Jakub Karwowski, which ignited the crowd.

The Trojans were not done, they went on a 16-4 run to take the lead at 65-63. Lew tied the game back up with a pair of free throws at 65. Karwowksi put the Knights back on top with a layup.

After a field goal by Trevell Cunningham to tie the score, the Knights went up for good on a basket by Godfrey Rolle.

Trejan Harris went 3-4 from the free throw line down the stretch to seal the win.

The Knights improve to 3-5 on the season. They had three players score in double figures, led by Aaron Ridley with 16 points. Rolle was next in scoring with 15 points and Lew added 13 points. Karwowski had seven rebounds and four blocks to lead the Knights. He finished with nine points. Ridley also had four assists.

The Trojans drop to 10-2 on the season and 1-1 in South Sub-Region play. Cunningham led all scorers with 22 points. Two other Trojans, Tykeem Anderson and Jesus Martinez each had 12 points. Cunningham and Martinez each had nine rebounds to lead the Trojans.

The Knights will be in action next weekend, when they travel to Lamar Community College on Saturday Dec 9, and LaJunta, Colo. to play Otero Junior College on Sunday, Dec 10.

North Platte – The North Platte Community College Knights basketball team was defeated by the Laramie County Community College Golden Eagles 74-58 at the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium on Friday night in a Region IX South Sub-Region contest.

The Golden Eagles started out the game on a 9-2 run to take an early advantage in the game. The Knights rallied to tie the score at 11-11. The only other tie in the game was at 13 points and then the Golden Eagles took the lead for good.

At the end of the half, the Golden Eagles led by 12 at 38-26.

In the second half, the Golden Eagles led by as much as 21 points at 55-34. After that the Knights could get no closer than 12 at 59-47.

The Golden Eagles shot 41.9 percent from the field compared to the Knights 33.8 percent.

The Golden Eagles also out rebounded the Knights 52-38.

The Knights are 2-4 on the season and 0-1 in the South Sub-Region. Trajan Harris led the Knights with 15 points. Aaron Ridley and Jakub Karwowski were the only other Knights in double figures with 10 points each. Karwowski had eight rebounds to lead the Knights.

The Golden Eagles are 7-3 on the season and 1-0 in the South Sub-Region. They had four players in double figures led by Elijah Oliver with 21 points. Zaire Mateen was right behind with 20 points. Landon Taliaferro added 16 points and Kyle Wright had 12 points. Wright also had 14 rebounds to complete the double-double.

The Knights host Trinidad State Junior College on Saturday, Dec 2 at 2 pm.

ESPN 1410 will broadcast the game. It will also be audio streamed online at www.northplattepost.com. It will also be video livestreamed at www.npccknights.com.

North Platte – The North Platte Community College Lady Knights basketball team were defeated by the Laramie County Community College Golden Eagles 77-69 on Friday night at the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium.

The Lady Knights started out well, jumping out to a 20-7 lead midway through the first quarter, and led by eight at 22-14 at the end of the first quarter.

Early in the second quarter, the Knights pushed the lead back to 12 at 26-14. The Golden Eagles went on a 23-10 lead with four three-pointers during the stretch to take a 37-36 halftime lead.

Peighton Porter scored six of her eight points during an 11-6 run to open the third quarter to take a 47-43 lead. The Golden Eagles took the lead for good on a three-pointer by Katelyn Smith to make the score 47-48. At the end of three periods, the Golden Eagles led 58-54.

The fourth quarter was all Golden Eagles. They opened up their lead to 72-53 on a 14-3 run.

The Lady Knights, who are now 1-6, were led in scoring by Janelle Acevedo with 16 points. Hannah Johnson and Allison Tichy each finished with 13 points and Nahatabaa Nacona added 12 points. Porter had 13 rebounds to lead the Lady Knights.

The Golden Eagles, 7-5 on the season, had four players in double figures led by Courtney Walker, who led all scorers with 23 points. Sarah Kruthaupt and Madison Hamm each had 12 points and Smith finished with 11 points. Hamm also had nine rebounds to lead the Golden Eagles.

The Lady Knights are next in action on Dec. 9 when they travel to play Lamar Community College.

North Platte – The North Platte Community College Lady Knights volleyball team has announced their third signing for the 2018 season.

Haiden Kreber, a 5’ 11 middle blocker from Sutherland signed a letter of intent to play volleyball for the Lady Knights.

Alexa McCall, head coach of the Lady Knights said, “We are excited to add Haiden to our recruiting class. She is a local girl that is going to add depth and offer some good experience in the middle.”

Kreber joins Sydney Mullin from Maxwell and Gabby Menghini from North Platte in the 2018 recruiting class for the Lady Knights.

Hastings – The North Platte Community College Knights basketball team avenged an earlier loss to the Hastings College Broncos Junior Varsity winning 64-53 on Tuesday night.

The Knights led at halftime 32-20.

The Knights are now 2-4 on the season. Trajan Harris led the Knights with 12 points and Godfrey Rolle had 11 points for the Knights.

Logan Cale led the Broncos with 10 points.

The Knights will be in action this Friday, Dec 1, at home when they host Laramie Community College in a Region IX South Sub-Region contest. Game time is 7:30.

The game will be live streamed at www.npccknights.com.

Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
*student-athletes must be nominated by the coach of the sport for which he/she is nominated, must be a high school junior or senior varsity letter winner, must have a minimum GPA of 3.5 through the end of the preceding semester.

Football
Braiden Ruffin, 12, 4.00
Kade Wroot, 12, 4.00
Brandon Grachek, 12, 3.98
Bryson Krull, 12, 3.98
Zane Leibhart, 12, 3.96
Curtis Tagwerker, 11, 3.85
Will Goentzel, 12, 3.83
Kyle Zimbelman, 12, 3.82
Max Hayes, 11, 3.73
Christian Ramos, 12, 3.71
Bradley Swanson, 11, 3.68
Jake Johnson, 11, 3.58
Mason Woodward, 12, 3.52
Jaden Miller, 12, 3.50

Girls Golf
Haley Burford, 11, 4.00
Katie Wagner, 11, 4.00
Riley Smith, 11, 3.93
Leela Keck, 12, 3.63

Volleyball
Leslie Borges, 12, 4.00
Kaitlyn Hansen, 12, 4.00
Sami Mauch, 12, 4.00
Abbie Hedgecock, 11, 4.00
Gabby Menghini, 12, 3.85
Peyton Negley, 11, 3.76

Boys Tennis
Thomas Hoatson, 12, 4.00
Bryce Lee, 12, 4.00
Cole Lohoefener, 12, 4.00
Ethan Ramsey, 12, 4.00
Avery Munson, 11, 3.94
Nate Merz, 12, 3.58
Eric Travis, 12, 3.57

Softball
Jayda Paul, 12, 4.00
Emily Ady, 11, 4.00
Karsyn Buttler, 11, 4.00
Maddie Custer, 12, 3.81

Girls Cross Country
Hunter Rathjen, 11, 4.00
Kathy Mathieu, 11, 3.91

Boys Cross Country
Camron Sheets, 12, 4.00
Nathan Dowhower, 11, 3.84

GNAC All-Conference Football
Bryson Krull, 12, WR
Kyle Zimbelman, 12, LB
Jake Johnson, 11, LB
Hunter Bose, 11, OL

GNAC All-Conference Volleyball
Sami Mauch, 12, OH
Gabby Menghini, 12, MH

GNAC All-Conference Softball
Taylar Coleman, 12, P
Jayda Paul, 12, OF
Abby Orr, 9, OF

GNAC Fall Medalists
Baylee Steele, 9, 3rd, Girls Golf

FIRST TEAM (WEST DIVISION)
Faith Simpson, 12, Wauneta-Palisade
Sydney Mullin, 12, Maxwell
Grace Frederick, 11, Dundy County-Stratton
Jayden Widener, 11, Maywood-Hayes Center
Grace Sommer, 12, Maxwell
Avery Johnson, 10, Maywood-Hayes Center
Kyleigh Scott, 11, Hitchcock County

FIRST TEAM (EAST DIVISION)
Korynn Clason, 10, Cambridge
Jadyn Heckenlively, 12, Alma
Cassi Bose, 12, Southern Valley
Kaitlyn Ryan, 12, Bertrand
Lauren Samuelson, 10, Southern Valley
Halle Dahlgren, 12, Bertrand
Jada High, 10, Bertrand

SECOND TEAM (WEST DIVISION)
Adalene Krutsinger, 11, Dundy County-Stratton
Taylor Mullen-Beck, 12, Paxton
Isabell Sheets, 12, Hitchcock County
Haylee Sandman, 9, Wauneta-Palisade
Sydney Mullen-Shaw, 12, Maywood-Hayes Center
Jaycee Widener, 9, Maywood-Hayes Center
Dawson Latta, 12, Dundy County-Stratton

SECOND TEAM (EAST DIVISION)
Maddie Brugh, 12, Alma
Nicole Dewey, 11, Southwest
Bria Tomlin, 12, Cambridge
Tiffany Wells, 11, Alma
Cassidy Ryan, 12, Bertrand
Melonie Meyers, 12, Arapahoe
Sawyer Quinn. 11, Southern Valley

HONORABLE MENTION (WEST DIVISION)
Hannah Nelson, 12, Wallace
Allie Behlke, 12, Dundy County-Stratton
Courtney Hrnichir, 12, Hitchcock County
Michaela Dukes, 10, Wauneta-Palisade
Amanda Horinek, 11, Hitchcock County
Callie Kriha, 12, Paxton
Monique Gooden, 11, Wauneta-Palisade
Nicole Howitt, 12, Maxwell
Rebel Sjeklocha, 12, Maywood-Hayes Center
Madison Thompson, 12, Maxwell

HONORABLE MENTION (EAST DIVISION)
Alex Ellermeier, 11, Medicine Valley
Rebecca Lennemann, 12, Southern Valley
Kailee Tomlin, 11, Cambridge
Maggie Bose, 11, Southern Valley
Lindsay Schutz, 11, Bertrand
Alayna Whipple, 12, Arapahoe

 

FIRST TEAM
Emily Baxter, 12, Bridgeport
Ragan Nickless, 12, Chase County
Emily Barr, 11, Hershey
Madison Kleewein, 12, St. Pat’s
Erica Hopping, 11, Sutherland
Haiden Kreber, 12, Sutherland

SECOND TEAM
Madison Schuller, 10, Chase County
Ashley Hassett, 11, Hershey
Hannah Biesecker, 12, Kimball
Aryn Seiler, 11, Perkins County
Brooke McClellen, 10, St. Pat’s
Bailee Fear, 12, Sutherland

HONORABLE MENTION
Brittney Newkirk, 12, Bridgeport
Kadie Hanson, 12, Perkins County
Calli Groseth, 11, St. Pat’s
Kaleigh Kummer, 11, St. Pat’s