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Area High School Basketball Roundup February 17-22

Posted on February 21, 2014February 21, 2014

Area high school basketball scores for the week of February 17-22.

Friday, February 21

Boys Basketball

North Platte 44 Millard West 38

No. 4 (D1) St. Patrick’s 59 Hayes Center 29

Loomis 50 Maxwell 43

Chase County 51 Sutherland 33

Sandhills/Thedford 67 Brady 51

Wallace 66 Creek Valley 48

Gothenburg 53 Ogallala 37
Tanner Borchardt was dominant with 27 points and 11 rebounds in the win over the Indians. Dawson Graham was also in double-figures for the Swedes with 11 points.

Girls Basketball

No. 4 (A) Millard West 65 North Platte 46

Thursday, February 20

Girls Basketball

D1-11 Subdistrict

No. 2 Sutherland 43 No. 1 St. Patrick’s 28

The Lady Sailors handed St. Pat’s a rare loss this season and advanced to the D1-6 District Finals against Hemingford. The Lady Irish will depend on a wild-card berth to make the state tournament.

C1-11 Subdistrict

No. 1 Hershey 41 No. 3 Gothenburg 30

The Lady Panthers advance to the C1-6 District Finals with a win over the Lady Swedes, whose season came to an end. Hershey will play Chadron for the right to go to the state tournament. Regan Geiken led all scorers with 15 points for Gothenburg. Aryn Meisinger was also in double-figures with 10 points for the Lady Swedes. Maddie Seamann led Hershey with 13 points.

Tuesday, February 18

Girls Basketball

D1-11 Subdistrict

No. 1 St. Patrick’s 59 No. 4 Maxwell 44
The Lady Irish advance to the D1-11 Subdistrict finals with a 15-point win over the Lady Wildcats, whose season came to an end in Gothenburg. St. Pat’s will play second-seeded Sutherland on Thursday in Gothenburg at 7:00 pm.

No. 2 Sutherland 57 No. 3 Brady 50
The Lady Sailors advance to the D1-11 Subdistrict final to face St. Pat’s after ending Brady’s season. The Lady Eagles 19-win season came to an end in Gothenburg.

C1-11 Subdistrict

No. 1 Hershey 58 No. 5 Cozad 36
The Lady Panthers advance to the C1-11 Subdistrict finals with a dominant win over Cozad in Sutherland. Hershey advances to play Gothenburg in Sutherland on Thursday at 7:30.

No. 3 Gothenburg 39 No. 2 Ogallala 19
The Lady Swedes upset Ogallala with a dominant 20-point win. Mady Vogel led the way with 13 points and six rebounds to lead Gothenburg to the C1-11 Subdistrict finals against Hershey on Thursday at 7:30 in Sutherland.

D2-9 Subdistrict

No. 2 Hayes Center 50 No. 3 Wallace 35
The Lady Wildcats season came to an end at the hands of Hayes Center in the D2-9 Subdistrict semifinals.

Monday, February 17

Girls Basketball

Maxwell 48 Medicine Valley 21
The fourth-seeded Lady Wildcats advanced in the D1-11 Subdistrict tournament with a dominant win over Medicine Valley. Maxwell advances to play top-seed St. Patrick’s on Tuesday at 5:45 pm in Gothenburg.

The Lady Dawgs Get 2nd Seed in Districts

Posted on February 19, 2014

The North Platte Lady Bulldogs earned the second seed in the A-1 District tournament, despite having two more games in the regular season.

The district assignments for classes A and B were released on Tuesday by the NSAA. North Platte was the 14th-ranked team in the NSAA points system and as a result was the last No. 2 seed. The Lady Dawgs will play the top No. 3 seed, Lincoln Southeast, in the first round of the A-1 District tournament. The host school is the No. 1 overall seed, Bellevue West, which plays Omaha Bryan in the first round.

The first round of the district tournament is Tuesday, February 25 at Bellevue West High School. No. 1 Bellevue West (20-2) and No. 4 Omaha Bryan (0-21) play at 5:00 pm followed by a 7:00 pm tip-off between No. 2 North Platte (13-9) and No. 3 Lincoln Southeast (13-9). The district championship game will be played Thursday, February 27 at 7:00 pm at Bellevue West High School.

The Lady Dawgs have already faced the Lady Knights of LSE once this season. Southeast earned the win on North Platte’s home floor, 54-53. The Knights won the game with a banked-in three-pointer at the buzzer.

North Platte still has two games to finish the regular season before beginning postseason play. The Lady Bulldogs host Millard West this Friday with tip-off scheduled for 6:00 pm. North Platte follows that game with a road trip on Saturday to play Millard South at 2:00 pm.

The bracket for the A-1 District Tournament can be seen below.

Area High School Basketball Roundup February 10-15

Posted on February 15, 2014February 15, 2014

Area high school basketball scores for the week of February 10-15.

Saturday, February 15

Boys Basketball

No. 8 (B) Gering 48 North Platte 45

The Dawgs lost a heart breaker on the road for the final day of the East-West Shootout, 48-45 to Gering. North Platte finishes the tournament 2-1. In the game Shane Mauch led the Dawgs with 11 points, Kade Erickson and Drew Callaghan each added 10.

Kimball 47 Sutherland 31

Girls Basketball

North Platte 56 Gering 23

The Lady Dawgs go 3-0 in the East-West Shootout to improve to 13-9 on the season. North Platte’s closest game in the shootout was a 23-point win over Alliance.

No. 5 (C1) Hershey 38 Chase County 29

Sutherland 61 Kimball 37

Friday, February 14

Boys Basketball

North Platte 53 No. 10 (B) Scottsbluff 50

Kade Erickson led the Dawgs with 16 points as North Platte improved to 2-0 in the East-West Shootout. Shane Mauch scored 12 points and Drew Callaghan had 10 as well for the Bulldogs. North Platte wraps up the East-West Shootout on Saturday at Gering.

No. 7 (D2) Hitchcock County 66 No. 8 (D2) Wallace 53

No. 9 (C2) Ainsworth 68 Gothenburg 47

Tanner Borchardt scored 15 points and Collin Hahn was also in double-figures with 11 points for the Swedes in the loss.

Girls Basketball

North Platte 76 Scottsbluff 35

The Lady Dawgs improve to 2-0 in the East-West Shootout with a dominant win over the Lady Bearcats.

Brady 65 Medicine Valley 24

Wallace 55 Hitchcock County 42

Gothenburg 38 Ainsworth 37

Mady Vogel led the way with 12 points for the Lady Swedes in the win.

Thursday, February 13

Boys Basketball

North Platte 63 Alliance 44

The Dawgs got off to a 10-0 start en route to the 19-point win over Alliance on Thursday. It was North Platte’s first game of the 2014 version of the East-West Shootout and Kade Erickson led the way with a game-high 19 points. Shane Mauch and Drew Callaghan were also in double-figures with 14 points apiece. The win snapped a five-game losing streak for North Platte.

No. 4 (D1) St. Patrick’s 43 Hershey 34

Medicine Valley 54 Maxwell 41

Paxton 47 Sutherland 36

No. 8 (D2) Wallace 74 SMC 45

Girls Basketball

North Platte 50 Alliance 27

The Lady Dawgs snapped a five-game losing streak with a big win over Alliance in the East-West Shootout.

No. 3 (D1) St. Patrick’s 28 No. 5 (C1) Hershey 22

The third time is a charm for the Lady Irish. Hershey won the first two match ups of the season, but St. Pat’s won Thursday’s low scoring affair.

Maxwell 62 Medicine Valley 30

Sutherland 47 Paxton 17

Tuesday, February 11

Boys Basketball

No. 4 (D1) St. Patrick’s 49 Paxton 22

Sutherland 49 Maxwell 41

Girls Basketball

No. 3 (D1) St. Patrick’s 44 Paxton 10

Sutherland 56 Maxwell 44

Gothenburg 45 Ogallala 38

Regan Geiken scored 12 points and Mady Vogel was also in double-figures with 11 for the Lady Swedes in the road victory.

The 2014 and 2015 High School Football Schedules Released

Posted on February 12, 2014February 12, 2014

The Nebraska School Activities Association released the 2014 and 2015 football schedules for its member schools on Wednesday.

The North Platte Bulldogs will have five home games and four road games during the 2014 season. The Dawgs will once again play in Class A and start the season on the road for the second straight year. North Platte will travel to Columbus in week 1, which can be played between Wednesday, August 27 and Saturday, August 30.

The Bulldogs will then be home for two weeks against Lincoln High at Bauer Field in week two and against Kearney in week three. This is the earliest North Platte has played the rival Bearcats since 2009 when they also played in week three. The Dawgs will be on the road in week four at Lincoln Southeast, back home again in week five against Lincoln East, on the road for week six at Omaha Bryan, week seven is a home game against Millard West. The final road game of the year is in week eight against Norfolk, before finishing up the regular season at home in week nine against Grand Island.

The North Platte 2014 and 2015 football schedules can be seen below and all of the Bulldogs football games can be heard on ESPN Radio 1410 and online at northplattepost.com with the voice of the Dawgs, Robert Lovell.

The Irish of St. Patrick’s will have five road games this season, including opening the season at the defending Class C2 state champion, Doniphan-Trumbull. St. Pat’s will also have four home games in 2014. The Hershey Panthers will be at home for five of its games this season, including once again hosting their rival, St. Pat’s in week five. Sutherland will have its bye in week two and play in Class D1. The Sailors play one area school, Maxwell in week one. Maxwell playing in Class C2 will have a bye in week four in preparation for the rivalry game against Brady at home in week five. The Brady Eagles will once again play in Class D2 and along with playing Maxwell they will also play Wallace, another area school, at home in week three. Wallace, also playing in Class D2, gets a bye in week one so won’t start its season until September at home against South Platte in week two. The Gothenburg Swedes will be in Class C1 and has five road games and four home games for the upcoming season.

The schedules for all area schools can be seen below for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.

North Platte 2014 Schedule:
Week 1 @Columbus
Week 2 Lincoln High
Week 3 Kearney
Week 4 @Lincoln Southeast
Week 5 Lincoln East
Week 6 @Omaha Bryan
Week 7 Millard West
Week 8 @Norfolk
Week 9 Grand Island

North Platte 2015 Schedule:
Week 1 Columbus
Week 2 @Lincoln High
Week 3 @Kearney
Week 4 Lincoln Southeast
Week 5 @Lincoln East
Week 6 Omaha Bryan
Week 7 @Millard West
Week 8 Norfolk
Week 9 @Grand Island

North Platte St. Patrick’s 2014 Schedule:
Week 1 @Doniphan-Trumbull
Week 2 Wood River
Week 3 @Southern Valley
Week 4 Ravenna
Week 5 @Hershey
Week 6 @Bridgeport
Week 7 Kimball
Week 8 Cambridge
Week 9 @Bayard

North Platte St. Patrick’s 2015 Schedule:
Week 1 Doniphan-Trumbull
Week 2 @Wood River
Week 3 Southern Valley
Week 4 @Ravenna
Week 5 Hershey
Week 6 Bridgeport
Week 7 @Kimball
Week 8 @Cambridge
Week 9 Bayard

Hershey 2014 Schedule:
Week 1 @Arcadia-Loup City
Week 2 Hastings St. Cecilia
Week 3 @Doniphan-Trumbull
Week 4 Wood River
Week 5 North Platte St. Patrick’s
Week 6 @Bayard
Week 7 Bridgeport
Week 8 Kimball
Week 9 @Cambridge

Hershey 2015 Schedule:
Week 1 Arcadia-Loup City
Week 2 @Hastings St. Cecilia
Week 3 Doniphan-Trumbull
Week 4 @Wood River
Week 5 @North Platte St. Patrick’s
Week 6 Bayard
Week 7 @Bridgeport
Week 8 @Kimball
Week 9 Cambridge

Maxwell 2014 Schedule:
Week 1 @Sutherland
Week 2 South Loup
Week 3 @Garden County
Week 4 BYE
Week 5 Brady
Week 6 Medicine Valley
Week 7 @Paxton
Week 8 @Stapleton
Week 9 Mullen

Maxwell 2015 Schedule:
Week 1 Sutherland
Week 2 @South Loup
Week 3 Garden County
Week 4 BYE
Week 5 @Brady
Week 6 @Medicine Valley
Week 7 Paxton
Week 8 Stapleton
Week 9 @Mullen

Sutherland 2014 Schedule:
Week 1 Maxwell
Week 2 BYE
Week 3 @Paxton
Week 4 Elm Creek
Week 5 @Creek Valley
Week 6 Dundy County-Stratton
Week 7 @Perkins County
Week 8 Morrill
Week 9 @Hemingford

Sutherland 2015 Schedule:
Week 1 @Maxwell
Week 2 BYE
Week 3 Paxton
Week 4 @Elm Creek
Week 5 Creek Valley
Week 6 @Dundy County-Stratton
Week 7 Perkins County
Week 8 @Morrill
Week 9 Hemingford

Brady 2014 Schedule:
Week 1 Sumner-Eddyville-Miller
Week 2 BYE
Week 3 Wallace
Week 4 @Medicine Valley
Week 5 @Maxwell
Week 6 Paxton
Week 7 Stapleton
Week 8 @Mullen
Week 9 @Anselmo-Merna

Brady 2015 Schedule:
Week 1 @Sumner-Eddyville-Miller
Week 2 BYE
Week 3 @Wallace
Week 4 Medicine Valley
Week 5 Maxwell
Week 6 @Paxton
Week 7 @Stapleton
Week 8 Mullen
Week 9 Anselmo-Merna

Wallace 2014 Schedule:
Week 1 BYE
Week 2 South Platte
Week 3 @Brady
Week 4 @Leyton
Week 5 Hitchcock County
Week 6 @Southwest
Week 7 Mullen
Week 8 @Eustis-Farnam
Week 9 Medicine Valley

Wallace 2015 Schedule:
Week 1 BYE
Week 2 @South Platte
Week 3 Brady
Week 4 Leyton
Week 5 @Hitchcock County
Week 6 Southwest
Week 7 @Mullen
Week 8 Eustis-Farnam
Week 9 @Medicine Valley

Gothenburg 2014 Schedule:
Week 1 Holdrege
Week 2 Mitchell
Week 3 @Grand Island Central Catholic
Week 4 @Ogallala
Week 5 Cozad
Week 6 @Broken Bow
Week 7 Valentine
Week 8 @O’Neill
Week 9 @Ord

Gothenburg 2015 Schedule:
Week 1 @Holdrege
Week 2 @Mitchell
Week 3 Grand Island Central Catholic
Week 4 Ogallala
Week 5 @Cozad
Week 6 Broken Bow
Week 7 @Valentine
Week 8 O’Neill
Week 9 Ord

West Nebraska All-Star Football and Volleyball Coaches Chosen

Posted on February 12, 2014

Scottsbluff– The coaches have been selected for the 2014 West Nebraska All-Star Football Game and West Nebraska All-Star Volleyball Game. It’s the 36th annual football game and the 30th annual volleyball game.

Derek Deaver from Scottsbluff High School will lead the West football team. Deaver, a long-time assistant coach at Scottsbluff, helped the Bearcats finish this past season with a 6-4 record, losing to York in the first round of the Class B playoffs. This is coach Deaver’s third time serving as a coach for the West team. He previously served as an assistant coach for the West team in 2006 and 1993.

The West assistant coaches are: Jerod Dean from Bridgeport High School, Todd Ekart from Sidney High School, and Jordan Haas from Hemingford High School.

Scott Johnesen from Medicine Valley High School will lead the East football team this year. This past season Johnesen’s team posted an 8-3 record defeating Elwood and Shelton in the first two rounds of the Class D-2 playoffs, before losing to Stuart in the quarterfinals. This will be coach Johnesen’s second time as a coach in the West Nebraska All-Star Game. He served as an assistant for the East team in 2005.

The East assistant coaches are: Brian Cargill from Cozad, Clint Hosiek from Medicine Valley, and John Sloup from Sutherland.

The West Nebraska All-Star Football Game will be played Saturday, June 14 at Bearcat Stadium in Scottsbluff with a game time of 7:00 pm MDT.

Renee Rediger from Hyannis High School has been selected as the head coach for the West volleyball team. This past season Hyannis finished with a record of 24-5, losing to Paxton in the finals of the D2-10 Sub-Districts. This is coach Rediger’s first appearance as a coach in the West Nebraska All-Star Game.

Michelle Stevens from Bridgeport High School has been chosen as the assistant coach for the West squad for this year’s game.

Leading the East volleyball team this year is Amy Beyer from Hershey High School. This past season Beyer led Hershey to a record of 21-6, losing to Gothenburg in the semi-finals of the C1-11 Sub-District. This is coach Beyer’s second appearance as a coach in the West Nebraska All-Star Volleyball Game. She served as the head coach for the East in 1998.

Katie Wenz from Arapahoe High School will serve as an assistant coach for the East squad.

The West Nebraska All-Star Volleyball Game will be played Saturday, June 14 in Scottsbluff at Cougar Palace on the campus of Western Nebraska Community College. First serve is scheduled for 2:00 pm MDT.

A portion of the proceeds from the West Nebraska All-Star Football and Volleyball Games benefit local charities, including the Scotts Bluff County Volunteer Center.

Dawg Wrestlers Place Fifth at the GNAC

Posted on February 10, 2014

The North Platte Bulldogs wrestling team hosted the Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference wrestling tournament on Saturday and ended up placing fifth as a team.

The Bulldogs scored 131 points in the eight-team tournament. Kearney, as expected, won the tournament with 215 points.

North Platte had 11 wrestlers place, including three that made the finals of their respective weight classes. All three wrestlers that reached the finals took second. Dylan Petersen, the No. 2 ranked wrestler in Class A at 132 pounds, lost to the top-ranked wrestler, Dante Rodriguez of Kearney, by fall in the championship. Shawn Roblee, who is ranked sixth at 152 pounds, placed second after losing a tough match 7-6 to Huy Truong of Hastings. Jobie Loving was the third wrestler to place second for North Platte. Loving lost a close match as well, 5-4, to Cameron Schlender of Kearney.

The other wrestlers that placed for the Dawgs were Alex Guerra at 106 pounds took third, Aaron Houser at 126 pounds finished in third, Colton Thompson placed third at 138 pounds, Austin Matthews took third at 145 pounds, Alek Morales finished in fourth at 285 pounds, David Mata placed fifth at 120 pounds, Bradan Hengen took sixth at 182 pounds and Tyler Dubry finished sixth at 220 pounds.

The team scores and North Platte’s individual results can be seen below.

Team Scores
1.	Kearney	215.0
2.	Norfolk	151.0
3.	Lexington	136.5
4.	Scottsbluff	131.5
5.	North Platte	131.0
6.	Columbus	130.0
7.	Hastings	107.5
8.	McCook	44.0

GNAC Invite Results for North Platte
106 – Alex Guerra (28-14) placed 3rd and scored 11.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Alex Guerra (North Platte) 28-14 received a bye () (Bye)
Semifinal – Carter Woehlk (Columbus) 33-2 won by decision over Alex Guerra (North Platte) 28-14 (Dec 4-2)
Cons. Semi – Alex Guerra (North Platte) 28-14 won by major decision over George Hernandez (Scottsbluff) 2-3 (MD 9-1)
3rd Place Match – Alex Guerra (North Platte) 28-14 won by decision over Dylan Grey (Norfolk) 22-14 (Dec 4-0)

120 – David Mata (25-17) placed 5th and scored 7.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Alam Alvarez (Lexington) 32-6 won by tech fall over David Mata (North Platte) 25-17 (TF-1.5 5:11 (15-0))
Cons. Round 1 – David Mata (North Platte) 25-17 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Semi – Christopher Bailly (Columbus) 31-8 won by fall over David Mata (North Platte) 25-17 (Fall 2:08)
5th Place Match – David Mata (North Platte) 25-17 won by forfeit over Salem Harsh (Scottsbluff) 33-10 (For.)

126 – Aaron Houser (28-10) placed 3rd and scored 14.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Aaron Houser (North Platte) 28-10 won by major decision over Nicholas Sadd (Hastings) 16-17 (MD 8-0)
Semifinal – Damon Rodriguez (Kearney) 26-8 won by decision over Aaron Houser (North Platte) 28-10 (Dec 5-0)
Cons. Semi – Aaron Houser (North Platte) 28-10 won by decision over Brady Fister (Norfolk) 21-8 (Dec 5-3)
3rd Place Match – Aaron Houser (North Platte) 28-10 won by major decision over Henry Gonzalez (Lexington) 23-13 (MD 11-2)

132 – Dylan Petersen (33-8) placed 2nd and scored 16.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Dylan Petersen (North Platte) 33-8 won by decision over Rene Lazo (Lexington) 21-16 (Dec 3-1)
Semifinal – Dylan Petersen (North Platte) 33-8 won by decision over Ben Rodriguez (Scottsbluff) 23-14 (Dec 4-3)
1st Place Match – Dante Rodriguez (Kearney) 31-0 won by fall over Dylan Petersen (North Platte) 33-8 (Fall 1:39)

138 – Colton Thompson (28-12) placed 3rd and scored 13.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Kasey Taylor (McCook) 17-15 won by decision over Colton Thompson (North Platte) 28-12 (Dec 5-3)
Cons. Round 1 – Colton Thompson (North Platte) 28-12 won by major decision over Kristopher Kizzire (Scottsbluff) 12-25 (MD 13-1)
Cons. Semi – Colton Thompson (North Platte) 28-12 won by decision over Trevar Bigelow (Kearney) 23-10 (Dec 4-3)
3rd Place Match – Colton Thompson (North Platte) 28-12 won by major decision over Christian Stutzman (Columbus) 26-13 (MD 12-2)

145 – Austin Matthews (28-14) placed 3rd and scored 14.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Austin Matthews (North Platte) 28-14 won by fall over Samson Mercier (Norfolk) 0-4 (Fall 1:22)
Semifinal – Derek Berumen (Kearney) 24-14 won by decision over Austin Matthews (North Platte) 28-14 (Dec 1-0)
Cons. Semi – Austin Matthews (North Platte) 28-14 received a bye () (Bye)
3rd Place Match – Austin Matthews (North Platte) 28-14 won by decision over Tristan Marking (Columbus) 11-13 (Dec 4-0)

152 – Shawn Roblee (36-5) placed 2nd and scored 17.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Shawn Roblee (North Platte) 36-5 won by major decision over Moises Garcia (Lexington) 17-19 (MD 16-6)
Semifinal – Shawn Roblee (North Platte) 36-5 won by decision over Mason Merritt (Kearney) 26-15 (Dec 13-6)
1st Place Match – Huy Truong (Hastings) 25-2 won by decision over Shawn Roblee (North Platte) 36-5 (Dec 7-6)

170 – Jobie Loving (21-11) placed 2nd and scored 18.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Jobie Loving (North Platte) 21-11 won by decision over Dylan Lucius (Scottsbluff) 11-16 (Dec 7-2)
Semifinal – Jobie Loving (North Platte) 21-11 won by fall over Trevor Phillips (Columbus) 24-16 (Fall 5:59)
1st Place Match – Cameron Schlender (Kearney) 22-16 won by decision over Jobie Loving (North Platte) 21-11 (Dec 5-4)

182 – Bradan Hengen (7-14) placed 6th and scored 3.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Dominick Carr (Norfolk) 22-11 won by decision over Bradan Hengen (North Platte) 7-14 (Dec 9-6)
Cons. Round 1 – Bradan Hengen (North Platte) 7-14 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Semi – Kyle Schulz (Columbus) 20-18 won by fall over Bradan Hengen (North Platte) 7-14 (Fall 2:17)
5th Place Match – Dominic Rasmussen (Hastings) 22-17 won by decision over Bradan Hengen (North Platte) 7-14 (Dec 5-1)

195 – Bryan Halsted (6-11) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Edwin Perdomo (Lexington) 29-3 won by fall over Bryan Halsted (North Platte) 6-11 (Fall 0:54)
Cons. Round 1 – Wyatt Olcott (Columbus) 18-21 won by decision over Bryan Halsted (North Platte) 6-11 (Dec 3-0)

220 – Tyler Dubry (9-11) placed 6th and scored 6.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Matt McBride (McCook) 24-9 won by fall over Tyler Dubry (North Platte) 9-11 (Fall 1:18)
Cons. Round 1 – Tyler Dubry (North Platte) 9-11 won by fall over Mario Soriano (Scottsbluff) 14-22 (Fall 0:31)
Cons. Semi – Chase Orender (Columbus) 20-14 won by decision over Tyler Dubry (North Platte) 9-11 (Dec 7-2)
5th Place Match – Josue Ayala (Lexington) 26-16 won by decision over Tyler Dubry (North Platte) 9-11 (Dec 4-0)

285 – Alek Morales (25-15) placed 4th and scored 12.00 team points.
Quarterfinal – Alek Morales (North Platte) 25-15 won by decision over Dalton Goodenberger (McCook) 23-16 (Dec 9-4)
Semifinal – Andrew Aratani (Scottsbluff) 40-5 won by fall over Alek Morales (North Platte) 25-15 (Fall 2:45)
Cons. Semi – Alek Morales (North Platte) 25-15 won by fall over Oscar Ramirez (Lexington) 8-11 (Fall 0:17)
3rd Place Match – Christian Hernandez-DeHorta (Norfolk) 27-7 won in the ultimate tie breaker over Alek Morales (North Platte) 25-15 (UTB 3-2)

Area High School Basketball Roundup February 3-8

Posted on February 9, 2014February 9, 2014

Area high school basketball scores for the week of February 3-8.

Saturday, February 8

Boys Basketball

No. 9 (A) Fremont 51 North Platte 33

The Dawgs trailed 21-16 at the half before the Tigers pulled away in the third quarter. Kade Erickson and Drew Callaghan each scored 11 points to lead North Platte. Callaghan also pulled down 23 rebounds in the game, including 11 offensive boards. He set a new career total rebounds mark at North Platte High School with the feat.

No. 5 (D1) St. Patrick’s 63 Cambridge 58

Dundy County-Stratton 51 Hershey 45

Maxwell 51 Brady 49 F/OT

Bertrand 54 Sutherland 52

Gothenburg 45 Minden 37

Tanner Borchardt scored 16 points in the game to lead the Swedes to the victory.

Girls Basketball

No. 5 (A) Fremont 70 North Platte 52

The Lady Dawgs kept it close throughout three quarters before the fifth-ranked Tigers pulled away for the win. Kaitlynn Harvey led North Platte with 16 points and Jessy Hunt was also in double-figures with 13. Jessica Shepard led all scorers with 34 points for Fremont.

No. 3 (D1) St. Patrick’s 64 Cambridge 40

No. 6 (C1) Hershey 44 No. 8 (C2) Dundy County-Stratton 39

Brady 52 Maxwell 38

Sutherland 56 Bertrand 44

No. 1 (C1) Minden 67 Gothenburg 30

Regan Geiken scored 14 points to lead the Lady Swedes in the loss to top-ranked Minden.

Friday, February 7

Boys Basketball

Lincoln Northeast 78 North Platte 56

The Dawgs trailed by just four points going in to the fourth quarter before Rockets point guard scored 20 points in the quarter and finished with a game-high 36. Kade Erickson led North Platte with 21 points in the game and Shane Mauch was also in double-figures with 14.

No. 5 (D1) St. Patrick’s 50 Chase County 48

Hershey 63 Maxwell 40

Sutherland 51 Wauneta-Palisde 45

Brady 66 Hyannis 50

Valentine 58 Gothenburg 51

Blake Ristine led three Swedes in double-figures with 18 points in the loss. Dawson Graham scored 15 points and Tanner Borchardt recorded a double-double with 10 points and 11 rebounds.

Girls Basketball

No. 4 (A) Lincoln Northeast 74 North Platte 44

In a game closer than the score indicated the Lady Dawgs dropped their fourth in a row. Kaitlynn Harvey led NP with 14 points.

No. 3 (D1) St. Patrick’s 51 Chase County 20

No. 6 (C1) Hershey 38 Maxwell 21

Sutherland 53 Wauneta-Palisade 40

Brady 56 Hyannis 54

Valentine 56 Gothenburg 43

The Lady Swedes were led by Regan Geiken with 11 points in the road loss to Valentine.

Irish Wrestlers Win the SPVA Conference Tournament

Posted on February 7, 2014

The South Platte Valley Athletic Conference held its conference wrestling tournament in Sutherland on Thursday. When the dust had settled the St. Patrick’s Irish grapplers came out on top.

The Irish started off the SPVA with a dual against Sutherland and came out on top 48-33. St. Pat’s win in the second round was their closest of the day as they held off Maxwell 42-39. The Irish then beat Hershey (41-27), Kimball (51-18), Perkins County (54-6), and wrapped up the tournament with a win over Chase County (48-9). Cody Weaver (106, 113), Trey Dodson (113, 120), Nate Chrisman (120, 126), and Brayden Divine (152) all went undefeated on the day.

The Maxwell Wildcats placed second in the SPVA. Maxwell beat Kimball (54-21), Perkins County (66-6), Sutherland (39-27), and Chase County (60-18). The Wildcats lost to St. Pat’s (42-39) and Hershey (43-42). Jaylon Sturdivant (152, 160) and Taylor McKeeman (170, 182) went undefeated on the day.

The Hershey Panthers finished in third place on Thursday. Hershey beat Chase County (36-12), Perkins County (48-6), Maxwell (43-42), and Kimball (29-24). The Panthers lost to St. Pat’s (41-27) and Sutherland (36-34). Tucker Hicks (106), Chayton Crow (138, 145), Wyatt McConnell (170), and Lane Richardson (285) all went undefeated.

Sutherland finished in fourth place for the tournament. The Sailors beat Chase County (48-18), Kimball (42-30), Hershey (36-34), and Perkins County (48-6). Sutherland lost to St. Pat’s (48-33) and Maxwell (39-27). Collin Fleecs (132), Blake Scott (152, 160), Zachary Blake (170), and Nathaniel Foster (195) went undefeated.

Round-by-round results can be seen below.

SPVA Conference Duals Results
Guaranteed Places
1st Place – North Platte St. Patricks
2nd Place – Maxwell
3rd Place – Hershey
4th Place – Sutherland
5th Place – Kimball
6th Place – Chase County
7th Place – Perkins County
Round 1
North Platte St. Patricks defeated Sutherland 48-33.
Hershey defeated Chase County 36-12.
Maxwell defeated Kimball 54-21.
Perkins County defeated null 0-0.
Round 2
Sutherland defeated Chase County 48-18.
Hershey defeated Perkins County 48-6.
North Platte St. Patricks defeated Maxwell 42-39.
Kimball defeated null 0-0.
Round 3
Sutherland defeated Kimball 42-30.
North Platte St. Patricks defeated Hershey 41-27.
Maxwell defeated Perkins County 66-6.
Chase County defeated null 0-0.
Round 4
Sutherland defeated Hershey 36-34.
North Platte St. Patricks defeated Kimball 51-18.
Chase County defeated Perkins County 24-6.
Maxwell defeated null 0-0.
Round 5
Kimball defeated Chase County 30-15.
Hershey defeated Maxwell 43-42.
North Platte St. Patricks defeated Perkins County 54-6.
Sutherland defeated null 0-0.
Round 6
Maxwell defeated Sutherland 39-27.
Kimball defeated Perkins County 36-6.
North Platte St. Patricks defeated Chase County 48-9.
Hershey defeated null 0-0.
Round 7
Sutherland defeated Perkins County 48-6.
Maxwell defeated Chase County 60-18.
Hershey defeated Kimball 29-24.
North Platte St. Patricks defeated null 0-0.

Local Athletes Sign National Letters of Intent

Posted on February 6, 2014February 6, 2014

The college football world went crazy on Wednesday as die-hard fans tracked the movements and signings of the top high school football players in the country.

National Signing Day has become a huge event for college football and that is illustrated perfectly with ESPNU’s 11 hours of coverage that included the top high school football players in the country picking up a ball cap with a logo of the school of their choice on the front. The question though, is how does it affect the local athletes in North Platte? The answer, six athletes, five from North Platte High School and one from North Platte St. Patrick’s High School, signed their national letters of intent on Wednesday as well.

There was only one football player that signed and that was the Nebraska Wendy’s High School Heisman winner from St. Pat’s, Alex Harms. Harms signed his national letter of intent to play at the University of Nebraska Kearney. Harms said winning played a role in deciding to go to Kearney.

“The ultimate factor was just the coaches and how well they wanted to win and the drive they have; and what [the coaches] do in every aspect of their lives and transferring that to their teams and just making all the guys work hard,” Harms said. “That’s what I wanted to be a part of.”

Harms said he narrowed his choices down to UNK, Fort Hays State and Chadron State before choosing to become a Loper. He is expected to play box safety for the UNK defense. The Lopers finished last season with a 3-8 record.

The local athlete that signed to compete at the highest level of college sports next season is North Platte High School’s Wyatt McGuire. McGuire signed Wednesday to run cross country and track at the University of Nebraska Lincoln.

McGuire won the Class A Cross Country State Championship this fall with a time of 15:26.6. He beat the second place finisher by nearly 20 seconds. McGuire’s state meet time was the best in the state for any classification during the state meet. His success earned him the Nebraska Gatorade Cross Country runner of the year.

McGuire will run for a Nebraska cross country team that finished 11th out of 11 teams that competed in the Big Ten Championships. Despite placing last in the Big Ten the Huskers placed ninth out of 29 teams in the NCAA Midwest Regional.

North Platte High’s Drew Callaghan signed to play basketball at Hastings College Wednesday.

Callaghan currently leads a Bulldog team that is 8-9 on the 2013-14 season. He is averaging a double-double with 16.1 points per game and 12.2 rebounds per game. Callaghan is also averaging 3.6 blocks per game and 2.5 assists per game. Bulldogs coach Matt Kaminski said the Broncos are getting a player with great potential.

“We’re happy for Drew,” Kaminski said. “I know a couple coaches there very well and I think he feels very comfortable with Hastings and the direction they’re moving. I know the coaches there are excited about getting a talent like him with tremendous upside and a tremendous ceiling.”

Callaghan will join a Broncos team that is currently ranked 15th in the NAIA national rankings.

Three North Platte High School girls soccer players signed letters of intent Wednesday.

Hannah Wilkie signed her letter to play for Western Nebraska Community College in Scottsbluff. The Lady Cougars finished this past season with a 7-7 record.

Marisa Martinez signed to play soccer at Midland University in Fremont. The Lady Warriors finished this past season with and 8-6-6 record.

The third Lady Dawg to sign her letter of intent to play soccer at the next level was Taylor Banark. Banark will play at Hastings College. The Lady Broncos finished their season at the NAIA national championships ranked 25th in the country with a 16-5-1 record.

Area High School Wrestling Roundup January 27-February 1

Posted on February 3, 2014February 3, 2014

Area high school wrestling results for the week of January 27 – February 1.

Saturday, February 1

Irish Invite

Four local teams competed in St. Patrick’s home tournament the Irish Invite on Saturday. Sutherland fared the best of the local schools by finishing in third place with 147 points, Maxwell placed fourth with 142, St. Pat’s was sixth with 100 and a North Platte team finished eighth with 63 points. Sedgwick County-Fleming out of Colorado won the tournament with 224 points.

All nine wrestlers for Sutherland placed in the tournament, including two champions. Collin Fleecs took first at 132 pounds with three pins on the day, and Bryson Dick placed first at 285 pounds with two pins. Nathan Fleecs took third at 138 pounds, Zachary Blake finished third at 170 pounds, Landan Fear placed third at 182 pounds, Nathaniel Foster took third at 195 pounds, Robert Muench finished third at 220 pounds, Tydus Ditch placed fourth at 120 pounds, and Deondre VanDeWater took fifth at 220 pounds.

Maxwell had 13 wrestlers place in the tournament, including Jaylon Sturdivant who took first place at 152 pounds with two technical falls on the day. Ethan Lunkwitz took second at 132 pounds, Houston Crane finished second at 220 pounds, Jeremiah Keith placed second at 285 pounds, Sage Galley took fourth at 145 pounds, Taylor McKeeman finished fourth at 170 pounds, Kameron Purdy placed fourth at 182 pounds, Brandon Geyer finished fourth at 220 pounds, Charley Kesterson placed fourth at 285 pounds, Ryan McKeeman took fifth at 126 pounds, Call Boland took fifth at 182 pounds, Jeremy Ochsner took sixth at 113 pounds, and Christian Simmons placed sixth at 160 pounds.

St. Pat’s had nine wrestlers place in the tournament. Trey Dodson placed second at 113 pounds, Nate Chrisman took second at 120 pounds, Kameron Jordan finished third at 132 pounds, Aaron Allison placed fourth at 126 pounds, Justin Gafke took fifth at 106 pounds, Matthew Ferguson finished fifth at 138 pounds, Brayden Divine placed fifth at 152 pounds, Alex Mackley took fifth at 170 pounds, and Nick Wright finished sixth at 145 pounds.

The North Platte team featured two varsity wrestlers and seven JV wrestlers from the Bulldogs squad. Eight wrestlers placed for North Platte, including 126-pound champion Aaron Houser. Houser had two pins on the day. Alex Murphy finished second at 126 pounds, Brody Denney took third at 120 pounds, Diego Diaz finished fifth at 120 pounds, Jayden Songster placed fifth at 145 pounds, Dezmen Rilery took sixth at 138 pounds, Eric Dornblut finished sixth at 152 pounds, and Bryan Halsted placed sixth at 195 pounds.

Friday, January 31

McCook Duals

The North Platte Bulldogs wrestling team competed in the McCook Duals on Friday and went 2-2 in four duals.

The Dawgs started out 2-0 with wins over McCook (57-21) and Alliance (43-19). North Platte then lost its final two duals of the day against Lexington (38-30) and Grand Island Northwest (36-34).

Three wrestlers went undefeated in the tournament for the Dawgs. Shawn Roblee, ranked sixth in Class A, went 4-0 at 152 pounds with three pins and a technical fall. Jobie Loving went 3-0 on the day with two pins at both 160 and 170 pounds. And heavyweight Alek Morales went 3-0 in matches that were wrestled, including two first-period pins.

Ord Invitational

The Maxwell Wildcats competed in the Ord Invitational on Friday and finished in second place. The Wildcats scored 131.5 points and placed second to Sargent-Burwell, which scored 241.5 points.

Nine wrestlers placed for Maxwell, including two first place finishers. Ryan McKeeman won the 126-pound weight class with two pins on the day; and Jaylon Sturdivant, ranked sixth in Class D, won the 152-pound weight class with a pin and a technical fall.

Sage Galley took second at 145 pounds, Jeremy Ochsner placed third at 113 pounds, Taylor McKeeman finished third at 170 pounds, Levi Simmons placed third at 195 pounds, Ethan Lunkwitz finished fourth at 132 pounds, Christian Simmons took fourth at 160 pounds, and Jeremiah Keith placed fourth at 285 pounds.

Medicine Valley Invitational

The Sutherland Sailors wrestling team along with North Platte’s JV team both competed at the Medicine Valley Invitational on Friday. The Sailors finished fourth with 95 points and the Bulldogs JV placed 13th with 26 points. The tournament champion was Sedgwick County-Fleming out of Colorado with 186.5 points.

Sutherland only had nine wrestlers competing and eight of them placed at the tournament. Two Sailors made the finals but both finished in second place, Collin Fleecs, ranked second in Class D, took second at 132 pounds, and Nathaniel Foster placed second at 195 pounds.

The other wrestlers that placed were Landan Fear, who finished third at 182 pounds, Nathan Fleecs took fourth at 138 pounds, Zachary Blake placed fourth at 170 pounds, Robert Muench took fourth at 220 pounds, Bryson Dick finished fourth at 285 pounds and Deondre VanDeWater placed fifth at 220 pounds.

North Platte’s JV had two wrestlers place in the tournament. Alex Murphy took third at 126 pounds and Diego Dias placed fourth at 120 pounds.

Thursday, January 30

Gothenburg 48 Hershey 33

113 Makayla Brown (Hershey) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached) .
120 Alejandro Quiroga (Hershey) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached) .
126 Tyler Alvarez (Gothenburg) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached) .
132 Talbot Buchholz (Gothenburg) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached) .
138 Chayton Crow (Hershey) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached) .
145 Jayden Miller (Gothenburg) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached) .
152 Joseph Sheets-Sanford (Hershey) won by pin over Wyatt Anderson (Gothenburg) 1:05.
160 Keyan Anderson (Gothenburg) won by pin over Nick Heiser (Hershey) 2:45.
170 Skyler Kottwitz (Gothenburg) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached) .
182 Tyson Miller (Gothenburg) won by pin over Wyatt McConnell (Hershey) 3:26.
195 Tyler Miller (Gothenburg) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached) .
220 Chad Schmiett (Gothenburg) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached) .
285 Lane Richardson (Hershey) won by pin over Luke Ferguson (Gothenburg) 3:15.
106 Tucker Hicks (Hershey) won by decision over Bryce Larson (Gothenburg) 4-2.