Cheyenne, Wyo – The North Platte Community College Knights basketball team defeated the Western Wyoming Community College Mustangs 90-87 on Friday and defeated the Central Wyoming College Rustlers 111-101 on Saturday at the Laramie County Community College Golden Eagle Classic.

On Friday, the Knights overcame a 23-16 Mustang lead by going on a 12-1 run to take a 28-24 lead with just over six and a half minutes in the first half. The Mustangs rallied to go on a 14-7 run to take a 38-35 lead.

The Knights held the Mustangs scoreless for the remainder of the half and scored nine points to take a 44-38 halftime lead.

In the second half, the Knights started off by outscoring the Mustangs 9-2 to take their biggest lead of the game 53-40.

The Mustangs continued to battle back and were down by two, 89-87 with 20 seconds left in the game. Free throws by Godfrey Rolle and Nate Duda sealed the win for the Knights.

Mike Amius led the Knights with a near double-double, scoring 20 points and nine rebounds. Samuel Kearns added 17 points and had five steals and five assists. Diontae Champion finished with 15 points and Rolle finished with 11 points.

Western Wyoming, now 4-3 on the season were led by David Thorton with 17 points. Tyrell Isaacs finished with 16, Callum Lawson added 15 points and Cole Huish chipped in 10. Lawson had a double-double by adding 10 rebounds.

On Saturday afternoon against Central Wyoming College the Knights used an 18-2 run during the first half to take a 47-38 halftime lead.

During the second half, the Knights led by as much as 15 at 81-66, on a three-pointer by David Niklasson.

The Knights led throughout the second half, with the Rustlers only able to come within four points. The Knights won the game 111-101.

Diontae Champion led the Knights, who had six players score in double figures, with 24 points. The other five Knights to reach the double digit mark were Godfrey Rolle with 22 points; Niklasson with 18 points, Jack Williams with 15 points, Samuel Kearns with 12 points and Mike Amius finished with 11 points. Williams also had 11 rebounds to complete the double-double.

For the Rustlers, Irshaad Hunte led them in scoring with 26 points, Chris Quayle added 21 points, Alihan Demir had 16 points, Devon Colley had 12 points and Marcus Nolan finished with 11 points. Hunte had a game high of 15 rebounds.

Knights Assistant Coach Chase Grabau said, “We have a lot of things we need to work on and fix, but our guys were able to figure out a way to get the job done. Both teams were able to execute offensively and appeared to come down to which team was able to get more stops. We need to learn to play together and as a team, especially on the defensive end.”

The Knights are now 4-0 on the season and have scored over the century mark three of the four games.

They are next in action on Sunday Nov 27 when they host York College JV at 5 pm.

Torrington, Wyo. – The North Platte Community College were defeated by the Northwest College Lady Trappers 75-63 on Friday night at the Eastern Wyoming College Invitational and defeated the Yellowstone Christian College Lady Centurions 83-54 Saturday afternoon to break a five game losing streak. Continue reading “NPCC Lady Knights finish 1-1 at EWC Invite”

2016 SPVA All-Conference Volleyball

1st Team (name, grade, school)
Taylin McNair, 12, Chase County
Kadyn Milner, 12, Chase County
Joslyn Crow, 11, Hershey
Raelynn Hinton, 12, Kimball
Amanda McClellen, 12, St. Pat’s
Erica Hopping, 10, Sutherland

2nd Team (name, grade, school)
Brittney Newkirk, 11, Bridgeport
Emily Barr, 10, Hershey
Hannah Biesecker, 11, Kimball
Claire Maaliao, 12, Perkins County
Rebecca Pasquinelly, 12, St. Pat’s
Haiden Kreber, 11, Sutherland

Honorable Mention (name, grade, school)
Shaylee Heathers, 12, Chase County
Channing Holm, 10, Hershey
Bailee Fear, 11, Sutherland
Haeven Schuster, 12, Sutherland

Offense (position – name, grade, school)
OL – Baylor Hellmuth, 12, Hershey
OL – Jason Davis, 12, Hershey
OL – Christopher Border, 12, St. Pat’s
OL – Taylor Long, 12, Valentine
OL – Jared Fulton, 12, Valentine
WR – Lane Knisley, 12, St. Pat’s
WR – McKade Smith, 12, Hershey
WR – Bryce Burry, 11, Bayard
WR – Logan O’Kief, 12, Valentine
RB – James Schroll, 11, St. Pat’s
RB – Jerrod Fedorchik, 12, Bridgeport
QB – Jordan Kelber, 11, Valentine
ATH – Austin Hartman, 12, Bridgeport
K – Gabe Vyzourek, 12, St. Pat’s

Defense (position – name, grade, school)
DL – Conor Wiggins, 12, Bridgeport
DL – Kooper Reece, 11, Valentine
DL – Bryan McGahan, 11, Hershey
DL – Steven Shields, 12, Valentine
DL – Cody Kirby, 11, Kimball
LB – DJ Stephen, 11, Valentine
LB – JD Barr, 12, Hershey
LB – Marce Vasquez, 11, Bridgeport
LB – Joe Ferrero, 12, Bayard
DB – Noah Eklund, 12, Valentine
DB – Aaron Allison, 12, St. Pat’s
DB – Easton Clark, 11, Hershey
ATH – Mitch McKibbin, 11, Bayard

Honorable Mention (name, grade, school)
Hudson Pearman, 12, Valentine
Dylan Lurz, 11, Valentine
Tyler Baird, 12, Bayard
Haden Scherbarth, 12, Bayard
Colton Clark, 12, Hershey
Monte McNeil, 12, Hershey
Logan Stahla, 12, Kimball
Jaden Withrow, 12, Kimball
Jayden Brosius, 11, St. Pat’s
Gary White III, 11, St. Pat’s
Joe Weibert, 12, Bridgeport
Kyle Kildow, 11, Bridgeport

Alex Neff was named the GPAC freshman of the year earlier this week.

 

Alex Neff, Doane University, has been named the Great Plains Athletic Conference volleyball freshman of the year. The former North Platte Bulldog leads the Doane Tigers with 9.2 assists/set and ranks sixth overall in the conference. Neff also leads Doane with 57 service aces and is fourth on the team with 187 digs. Neff has totaled 1,077 assists this season while helping lead Doane (23-8) back to the NAIA national tournament for the first time since 2012. Neff’s 9.2 assists/set also ranks her sixth in the nation among NAIA freshmen.

Along with being named the freshman of the year in the conference, Neff was named first team all-GPAC.

Full list of 2016 GPAC volleyball honors.

Items of note from the NSAA Board of Directors meeting on November 10, 2016

• It was approved by an 8-0 vote to approve revisions to Approved Ruling 1.6.1.1, regarding diversity on the NSAA Board of Directors. The revisions are:
  “At least one of the two District 1 Board of Director positions shall be designated for a female representative and at least one of the two District 2 Board of Director positions shall be designated for a racial minority representative. Compliance with this ruling shall take effect at the next time (after November 10, 2016) that a sitting Board of Director member from these two districts vacates the Board position or is defeated for re-election.”
• Representatives from the communities of Lincoln, Columbus, Grand Island, Norfolk, Wayne, North Platte and Hastings appeared before the NSAA Board of Directors to present a bid to host future NSAA Girls Golf Championships.
  • By a vote of 7-1, it was approved to accept the bids of Norfolk (Class A), Columbus (Class B) and North Platte (Class C) for the next three years of the NSAA Girls Golf Championships.
• NSAA Associate Director Deb Velder announced that Kearney High School and Ravenna High School were winners of the 2016 NebraskARTS Award. For more information on this award, please email Deb Velder – [email protected].
• NSAA Assistant Director Ron Higdon reported on a pair of wrestling items. Separate surveys have been sent to NSAA member schools, as the NSAA continues to collect data on a potential format/date change for the NSAA Dual Wrestling Championships and interest from NSAA member schools in the activity of girls wrestling.

The next meeting of the NSAA Board of Directors will be held on Wednesday, December 7th at 8 AM in a meeting room at the Norfolk Lodge & Suites.