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Area High School Basketball Roundup January 27 – February 1

Posted on February 1, 2014February 1, 2014

Area high school basketball scores for the week of January 27 – February 1.

Saturday, February 1

Papillion La Vista 58 North Platte 46

Wallace 68 Bertrand 59

Cozad 47 Gothenburg 37

Tanner Borchardt recored a double-double with 17 points and 19 rebounds for the Swedes but it wasn’t enough in the loss to Cozad.

Girls Basketball

Papillion La Vista 50 North Platte 47

The Lady Dawgs led through three quarters but couldn’t hold on in the fourth on the road.

Sidney 26 Hershey 16

Friday, January 31

Boys Basketball

No. 8 Lincoln Southeast 60 North Platte 49

The Dawgs fell at home to the eighth-ranked Knights of Southeast. Kade Erickson led North Platte with a game-high 17 points.

Gothenburg 40 Minden 37

Tanner Borchardt scored a game-high 20 points to lead the Swedes to the win.

RPAC Tournament

Hitchcock County 56 Wallace 36

Girls Basketball

Lincoln Southeast 54 North Platte 53

The Lady Dawgs lost a heart breaker at home to the Lady Knights. Brooke Lattimer banked in a three-pointer at the buzzer for the win for Southeast. Kaitlynn Harvey scored a game-high 26 points for North Platte in the loss. Madalynn Doughty was also in double-figures with 10 points for NP.

Maxwell 37 Perkins County 23

Sandhills/Thedford 59 No. 10 (D1) Brady 55

Madison Elliott led the Lady Eagles with 15 points and Josie Palmer was also in double-figures with 12 points in the loss.

Thursday, January 30

Boys Basketball

No. 5 (D1) St. Patrick’s 61 Maxwell 23

The Irish improved to 16-1 on the season and 6-0 at home with the win.

Sutherland 57 Creek Valley 45

Girls Basketball

No. 3 (D1) St. Patrick’s 50 Maxwell 18

The Lady Irish held the Lady Wildcats scoreless in the fourth quarter en route to the win.

Sutherland 65 Creek Valley 37

The Lady Sailors were led by Jalyne Schuster and Sam Staggs who each scored 16 points. Staggs recorded a double-double by getting 10 steals in the game as well. Morgan Simpson was also in double-figures for Sutherland with 10 points in the win.

No. 10 (D1) Brady 45 Mullen 42

The Lady Eagles were led by Valerie Most with 13 points and Tara Callahan recorded a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Tuesday, January 28

Boys Basketball

No. 5 (D1) St. Patrick’s 59 Anselmo-Merna 49

Lexington 39 Hershey 26

South Loup 64 Sutherland 49

Arthur County 62 Brady 58

RPAC Tournament

Wallace 56 Paxton 43

Girls Basketball

No. 3 (D1) St. Patrick’s 66 Anselmo-Merna 20

No. 3 (C1) Hershey 47 Lexington 34

Suthlerland 52 South Loup 36

Morgan Simpson scored 17 points to lead three Lady Sailors in double-figures. Jalyne Schuster scored 15 and Sam Staggs added 12 in the win.

Broken Bow 40 Gothenburg 27

Emily Franzen and Regan Geiken each scored nine points in the loss for the Lady Swedes.

Monday, January 27

Boys Basketball

Gothenburg 44 Broken Bow 38

Tanner Borchardt recorded a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Swedes to victory on Monday. Collin Hahn also scored in double-figures with 12 points for Gothenburg.

Girls Basketball

No. 10 (D1) Brady 57 Arthur County 39

RPAC Tournament

Wallace 50 Hitchcock County 42

2014 Nebraska Coaches Association Softball & Volleyball All-Star Rosters Announced (Updated)

Posted on January 30, 2014January 30, 2014

The Nebraska Coaches Association (NCA) is pleased to announce the athletes and coaches for the 2014 NCA Softball and Volleyball All-Star games. The coaches are NCA members selected by their coaching peers. The athletes, graduating seniors, are selected by a committee of NCA member coaches. Athletes will be placed on specific teams in June.

The 31^st Annual NCA All-Star Volleyball match will be played at Lincoln North Star High School on Tuesday, July 22.

The 10^th Annual NCA All-Star Softball Doubleheader will be played at the University of Nebraska’s Bowlin Stadium onWednesday, July 23.

2014 NCA Volleyball All-Stars

COACHES

RED TEAM
Head Coach	Gary Bender, Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family
Assistant Coach	Kurt Polt, Giltner

BLUE TEAM
Head Coach	Matt Koehn-Fairbanks, St. Paul
Assistant Coach	Terri Neujahr, Waverly

PLAYERS

Alexis Anderson	Millard West	MH
Alex Banker	Omaha Skutt Catholic	S/RS
Carlie Bauer	Minden	OH
Olivia Boender	Waverly	OH
Payton Chohon	Columbus Scotus	MH
Maci Coffey	Blue Hill	RS
Shayla Conner	Kearney Catholic	S
Ellie Geyer	Humphrey/LHF	S
Aspen Green	Lincoln North Star	OH
Emily Gregan	Elkhorn South	RS
Erin Gross	Tekamah-Herman	MH
KaseyHohlen	Norris	MH
Mercedes Lassen Brittany Lawrence Liz Loseke	St. Paul North Platte St. Patrick’s Columbus Lakeview	Lib MH OH
Allison Mason	Bertrand	Lib
Kenzie May	Southwest	OH
Natalie Mickelson	Gretna	Lib
Dani Most	Giltner	OH
Morgan Nikkila	Hastings St. Cecilia	OH
Sydney O’Shaughnessy	Omaha Marian	S
Katie Placke	Northwest	RS
Erin Sorahan	Northwest	OH
Taylor Thiele	Aurora	OH
Sydney Townsend	Lincoln Pius X	Lib
Toni Tupper	Lincoln Northeast	OH/RS
Marysa Wilkinson	Lincoln Southwest	MH
Tara Ziegelbein	Lincoln Lutheran	MH

2014 NCA Softball All Stars

COACHES

RED TEAM
Head Coach	Dave Prokesh, Northwest
Assistant Coach	Danyel Seevers, York

BLUE TEAM
Head Coach	Keith Engelkamp, Omaha Skutt Catholic
Assistant Coach	Chuck Hughes, Norfolk
PLAYERS

Faith Cain	Millard West	1B
Karlye Cygan	Lincoln Southwest	OF/P
Maddy Ethen	Elkhorn South	OF
Emily Franzen	Gothenburg	1B
Brittany Gill	Lincoln Southwest	OF
Kasey Heath	Seward	C/3B
Jaylee Hinrichs	Lincoln Southeast	P
Kaylan Jablonski	Skutt Catholic	P/1B
Bailee Jensen	Papillion-La Vista South	C/IF
Taylor Kadavy	York	P
Jessica Kleine	Grand Island	1B/P
Emma Kwapnioski	Norfolk	3B
Nicki Larsen	Waverly	P
Megan May	Lincoln Southeast	C
Gina Metzler	Papillion-La Vista	OF
Paige Nekola	Papillion-La Vista South	CF
Libby Norvell	Grand Island	C
Taylor Otte	Wahoo	SS/2B/OF
Kira Ramirez	Milford	1B
Kylie Rome	Blair	3B
Shelby Schacher	Northwest	C
Kylie Schwarting	Papillion-La Vista	OF/3B/SS
Albany Starman	Beatrice	OF
Madison Unzicker	Millard South	C
Christy Warnock	Millard North	OF
Lauren Wegner	Omaha Central	SS
Katelyn Wobken	Logan View/Scribner-Snyder	C/U
Michaela Woodward	Norris	P/1B
Jalyn Zeiss	Wayne	SS
Corrin Ziepke	Elkhorn South	3B/OF

Area High School Wrestling Roundup January 20-25

Posted on January 27, 2014January 27, 2014

Area high school wrestling results for the week of January 20-25.

Saturday, January 25

John Higgins Lexington Invitational

The North Platte Bulldogs wrestling team competed in the John Higgins Invitational in Lexington on Saturday and placed seventh with 112.5 points. Bennington won the tournament with 182.5 points.

The Dawgs had eight wrestlers place in the tournament. Shawn Roblee was the only North Platte wrestler to reach the finals en route to a second place finish at 152 pounds. Dylan Petersen placed third at 132 pounds, Alex Guerra finished fourth at 106 pounds, David Mata took fourth at 120 pounds, Colton Thompson placed fourth at 138 pounds, Alek Morales placed fourth at 285 pounds, Aaron Houser took fifth at 126 pounds and Austin Matthews placed sixth at 145 pounds.

Mullen Invite

The Hershey Panthers wrestling team competed at the Mullen Invite on Saturday and placed sixth with 78 points. Plainview won the tournament with 186 points.

The Panthers had three wrestlers place and all three of them made it to the finals. Lane Richardson won the tournament at 285 pounds with two pins and tech pin. Tucker Hicks placed second at 106 pounds and Chayton Crow took second at 138 pounds.

Friday, January 24

Gothenburg Invitational

The St. Patrick’s Irish and Gothenburg Swedes competed in the Gothenburg Invitational dual tournament on Friday. Gothenburg placed fourth in its home invite and St. Pat’s finished in fifth. Sargen/Burwell won the tournament.

St. Pat’s went 1-4 in the tournament. The Irish lost to Broken Bow 51-28, then lost to High Plains 39-30, then lost to Sargent/Burwell 60-24, before beating Ainsworth 34-27, then losing the final dual to Gothenburg 44-26. Nate Chrisman went undefeated in the tournament at 120 pounds with a pin and a major decision win.

The Swedes went 2-3 in the tournament. Gothenburg started with three straight losses to Sargent/Burwell (57-18), Broken Bow (45-24), and Ainsworth (37-30). The Swedes then won the final two duals of the day over High Plains (53-24) and St. Pat’s (44-26). Jayden Miller at 152 pounds and Skyler Kottwitz at 170 pounds each went undefeated. They each had two pins on the day.

South Loup Invitational

The Maxwell Wildcats and Sutherland Sailors both competed in the South Loup Invitational on Friday. The Sailors and Wildcats were the class of the tournament with Sutherland placing first with 121 points and Maxwell finishing second with 103.5.

The Sailors had seven wrestlers place, including Collin Fleecs at 132 pounds who placed first with three pins on the day. Nathan Fleecs took second at 138 pounds, Zachary Blake placed third at 170 pounds, Landan fear was third at 182 pounds, Nathaniel Foster took third at 195 pounds and Robert Muench placed third at 220 pounds. Tydus Ditch also placed fourth at 120 pounds.

The Wildcats had six wrestlers place, including two tournament champions. Jaylon Sturdivant took first at 152 pounds with two pins and a tech pin; and Houston Crane took first at 220 pounds with a pin. Ethan Lunkwitz placed third at 132 pounds and Christian Simmons took third at 160 pounds. Sage Gulley finished fourth at 145 pounds and Taylor McKeeman placed fourth at 182 pounds.

Thursday, January 23

No. 4 Kearney 55 North Platte 13

106 Gabe Crocker (Kearney) won by pin over Branton Flanders (North Platte) 1:26.
113 Josh Ross (Kearney) won by pin over Alex Guerra (North Platte) 1:39.
120 Jordan Bober (Kearney) won by decision over David Mata (North Platte) 6-2.
126 Damon Rodriguez (Kearney) won by decision over Aaron Houser (North Platte) 5-0.
132 Dante Rodriguez (Kearney) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached) .
138 Trevar Bigelow (Kearney) won by decision over Dylan Petersen (North Platte) 4-1.
145 Colton Thompson (North Platte) won by decision over Derek Berumen (Kearney) 2-1.
152 Mason Merritt (Kearney) won by pin over Austin Matthews (North Platte) 3:49.
160 Shawn Roblee (North Platte) won by pin over James Chamberlain (Kearney) 3:27.
170 Camerson Schlender (Kearney) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached) .
182 Bradan Hengen (North Platte) won by major decision over Leo Palomo (Kearney) 14-3.
195 Jake Culey (Kearney) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached) .
220 Aaron Griffith (Kearney) won by major decision over Tyler Dubry (North Platte) 13-1.
285 Gabriel Ledesma (Kearney) won by pin over Alek Morales (North Platte) 5:19.

Tuesday, January 21

No. 6 Cozad 52 Gothenburg 24

106 Chandler Brock (Cozad) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached) .
113 Double Forfeit
120 Kolton Heins (Cozad) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached) .
126 KANYON ECKARD (Cozad) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached) .
132 Brian Messersmith (Cozad) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached) .
138 Clay Trejo (Cozad) won by pin over Wyatt Anderson (Gothenburg) 2:00.
145 Jayden Miller (Gothenburg) won by pin over Cameron Griffis (Cozad) 1:59.
152 Hugo Escamilla (Cozad) won by pin over Seth Portiner (Gothenburg) 0:59.
160 Saige Valenzuela (Cozad) won by pin over Keyan Anderson (Gothenburg) 1:44.
170 Skyler Kottwitz (Gothenburg) won by pin over Wyatt Schutte (Cozad) 0:41.
182 Hank Pflaster (Cozad) won by major decision over Tyson Miller (Gothenburg) 9-1.
195 Tyler Miller (Gothenburg) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached) .
220 Alexander Boryca (Cozad) won by pin over Chad Schmiett (Gothenburg) 1:15.
285 Luke Ferguson (Gothenburg) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached) .

Area High School Basketball Roundup January 20-25

Posted on January 27, 2014January 27, 2014

Area high school basketball roundup for the week of January 20-25.

Saturday, January 25

Boys Basketball

No. 7 Omaha Westside 75 North Platte 46

Gothenburg 54 Hastings 47

Tanner Borchardt scored 18 points and pulled down 15 rebounds to lead the Swedes to the win. Bryce Kowalewski was also in double-figures with 12 points.

SPVA Tournament

Championship- No. 6 (D1) St. Patrick’s 47 Chase County 45

3rd-4th Place Game- No. 3 (C2) Kimball 45 Suthlerand 32

5th-6th Place Game- Perkins County 48 Maxwell 34

RPAC Tournament

No. 9 (D2) Wallace 64 Wauneta-Palisade 23

Girls Basketball

No. 6 Omaha Westside 55 North Platte 46

Hastings 49 Gothenburg 35

Regan Geiken scored 14 points to lead the Lady Swedes in the loss.

SPVA Tournament

Championship- No. 3 (C1) Hershey 33 No. 3 (D1) St. Patrick’s 31

3rd-4th Place Game- Sutherland 56 Kimball 51

5th-6th Place Game- Maxwell 54 Perkins County 51

RPAC Tournament

Hayes Center 56 Wallace 48

Friday, January 24

Boys Basketball

North Platte 67 Lincoln 48

Kade Erickson led the Dawgs with 21 points and five assists in a big win over the Links. Drew Callaghan had 16 points and seven rebounds and Shane Mauch scored 13 points to go along with seven boards.

SMC 61 Brady 33

Gothenburg 60 Broken Bow 54

Dawson Graham led four players in double-figures for the Swedes with 16 points in the win. Collin Hahn and Blake Ristine each scored 13 points and Tanner Borchardt was also in double-figures with 11 for Gothenburg.

SPVA Tournament

No. 6 (D1) St. Patrick’s 55 Sutherland 33

The Irish advance to the SPVA Championship, following a dominant semifinal win over the Sailors. St. Pat’s will play Chase County at North Platte Community College on Saturday. The Longhorns beat Kimball 59-53.

Girls Basketball

North Platte 76 Lincoln 51

No. 10 (D1) Brady 65 SMC 40

Gothenburg 41 Broken Bow 24

Emily Franzen scored 11 points and Regan Geiken added 10 to lead the Lady Swedes over Broken Bow.

Thursday, January 23

Boys Basketball

Mullen 66 Brady 32

No. 9 (D2) Wallace 55 Arthur County 36

Girls Basketball

No. 10 (D1) Brady 53 Mullen 42

Wallace 48 Arthur County 44

SPVA Tournament

No. 3 (D1) St. Patrick’s 45 Sutherland 31

No. 3 (C1) Hershey 58 Kimball 42

Tuesday, January 21

Boys Basketball

Dundy County-Stratton 66 No. 9 (D2) Wallace 62

SPVA Tournament

Chase County 60 Hershey 29

No. 3 (C2) Kimball 58 Maxwell 31

Sutherland 48 Perkins County 43

Girls Basketball

No. 8 (C2) Dundy County-Stratton 77 Wallace 43

Monday, January 20

Girls Basketball

SPVA Tournament

No. 3 Hershey 59 Chase County 25

Sutherland 47 Maxwell 33

Updated SPVA Brackets

Posted on January 25, 2014

The finals of the SPVA Tournament are upon us at North Platte Community College’s McDonald-Belton Gymnasium.

The teams expected to be competing for the crown are and St. Patrick’s has a chance to win the tournament for both the boys and girls.

The No. 1 seeded St. Patrick’s boys basketball team is ranked sixth in Class D1 and will face second-seeded Chase County. The two teams had different routes to the championship game. The Irish ran through Sutherland with a 22-point 55-33 win while the Longhorns had to battle a strong Kimball team en route to a 59-53 win. The boys championship game is scheduled for 7:30 at NPCC. The 3rd and 4th place game between Sutherland and Chase County will be played at 4:30. The 5th and 6th place game is at 1:30 between Perkins County and Maxwell.

The No. 1 seeded St. Patrick’s girls team has an even tougher task if they want to take home the championship. The Lady Irish play second-seeded Hershey, which has already beaten St. Pat’s this season. The Lady Irish are ranked second in Class D1 while the Lady Panthers are ranked third in Class C1. When the two teams met earlier this year it was a low-scoring affair with Hershey winning 37-33. The girls championship game will be played at 6:00 at North Platte Community College and the 3rd and 4th place game between will be played at 3:00 between Kimball and Sutherland. The girls 5th and 6th place game is the first game of the day tipping off at 12 noon between Maxwell and Perkins County.

Updated brackets can be seen by clicking on the links below.

SPVA Boys Basketball Bracket Finals

SPVA Girls Basketball Bracket Finals 2014

Area High School Basketball Roundup January 13-18

Posted on January 20, 2014January 20, 2014

Area high school basketball scores for the week of January 13-18.

Saturday, January 18

Boys Basketball

No. 4 Norfolk 73 North Platte 47

Girls Basketball

North Platte 55 Norfolk 44

Friday, January 17

Boys Basketball

North Platte 68 Grand Island 52

Kade Erickson had 19 points, including going 9/10 at the free throw line in the fourth quarter to lead the Dawgs to the win. Shane Mauch also scored in double-figures for North Platte with 17 points.

No. 10 Overton 62 No. 2 St. Patrick’s 45

The second-ranked Irish were upset and handed their first loss of the season by 10th-ranked Overton, which improved to 9-2.

Valentine 46 Hershey 28

South Loup 62 Maxwell 56 F/OT

Cambridge 52 Sutherland 48

Hayes Center 45 Brady 35

Troy Lusk had 18 points and seven steals for the Eagles in the loss.

Wallace 70 No. 10 Paxton 49

The Wildcats improved to 11-1 with a big win over 10th-ranked Paxton.

Chase County 51 Gothenburg 47 F/OT

Tanner Borchardt had 14 points and 17 rebounds for the Swedes but it wasn’t enough as they lost on the road in overtime. Collin Hahn was also in double-figures for Gothenburg with 10 points.

Girls Basketball

Grand Island 55 North Platte 40

The Lady Dawgs struggled against the Islanders defensive pressure and had 21 turnovers in the game. Kaitlynn Harvey and Sally Hengen each scored 12 points to North Platte in the loss.

No. 3 St. Patrick’s 63 Overton 39

The game was tied at the end of the first quarter before the third-ranked Lady Irish outscored Overton 18-4 in the second to pull away.

No. 3 Hershey 45 Valentine 42

Valentine led by eight points at the half, but the Lady Panthers came storming back for the win.

Sutherland 71 Cambridge 31

Kaley Stokey scored 26 points to pace the Lady Sailors in a dominant win over Cambridge. Sam Stagges scored 19 points and Jalyne Schuster added 15 for Sutherland.

Brady 59 Hayes Center 34

Josie Palmer had 18 points and five steals to lead the Lady Eagles in the win. Tara Callahan was also in double-figures with 11 points as Brady improved to 11-1.

Wallace 37 Paxton 31

Gothenburg 37 Chase County 19

Regan Geiken scored 12 points and Aryn Meisinger had 10 to lead the Lady Swedes to the big win over the Longhorns.

Thursday, January 16

Boys Basketball

Wallace 59 South Platte 18

The Wildcats improved to 10-1 with the win, while South Platte is still looking for its first victory.

Cozad 52 Gothenburg 49

Tanner Borchardt had a game-high 20 points along with 13 rebounds for the Swedes, but it wasn’t quite enough in the loss to the Haymakers. Cozad had three players score in double-figures in the win.

Girls Basketball

Wallace 43 South Platte 40

Cozad 31 Gothenburg 29

The Lady Swedes shot just 23 percent in the game as they were outscored by 10 points in the fourth quarter. Regan Geiken led Gothenburg with nine points in the loss.

Tuesday, January 14

Boys Basketball

No. 2 St. Patrick’s 60 Mullen 31

Sutherland 36 Hershey 33

Maywood 39 Maxwell 37

The Wildcats trailed 12-0 at the end of the first quarter, but couldn’t complete the comeback.

Girls Basketball

No. 3 St. Patrick’s 56 Mullen 45

No. 3 Hershey 53 Sutherland 46

Allison Stewart scored 15 points in the loss for the Lady Sailors.

Maxwell 50 Maywood 42

Area High School Wrestling Roundup January 13-18

Posted on January 20, 2014January 20, 2014

Area high school wrestling scores for the week of January 13-18.

Saturday, January 18

Chase County Invitational

The Hershey Panthers wrestling team competed in the Chase County Invitational on Saturday and placed ninth as a team with 50 points. Sedgwick County, CO won the tournament with 217 points.

Three wrestlers placed for the Panthers, including Tucker Hicks at 106 pounds, who finished in first place. Hicks had one pin in the tournament. Chayton Crow placed second at 138 pounds. Crow had one pin the tournament and a major decision. Wyatt McConnell placed sixth at 170 pounds for the Panthers. He also had one pin on the day.

Friday, January 17

East/West Duals

The North Platte Bulldogs and Gothenburg Swedes wrestling teams competed in the East/West Duals in Lexington on Friday.

North Platte went 3-2 in its duals. North Platte beat Aurora 55-23, lost to Grand Island Northwest 42-33, lost to Omaha Skutt Catholic 53-16, beat Gothenburg 72-12, and beat Crete 57-24. Aaron Houser went 5-0 at 126 pounds for the Dawgs with four pins and a major decision. Austin Matthews went 5-0 with three pins at 145 pounds.

Gothenburg went 0-4 in its duals. The Swedes lost to Lexington 70-12, Chadron 54-20, North Platte 72-12 and Kearney 72-10. Skyler Kottwitz was the lone wrestler that went undefeated. Kottwitz only got to wrestle two matches and he got a pin and a major decision win at 170 pounds.

Mustang Invitational

The St. Patrick’s Irish wrestling team competed in the Mustang Invitational on Friday and finished in seventh place with 58 points. Kearney JV Blue won the tournament with 181 points.

The Irish had two wrestlers place second in the tournament. Trey Dodson at 120 pounds had two pins before losing by decision in the finals. Alex Mackley also placed second at 170 pounds. He also had two pins before losing in the finals by fall. Cody Weaver placed fourth at 106 pounds and Nate Chrisman placed fourth at 126 pounds as well for St. Pat’s.

Thursday, January 16

Maxwell 45 SMC 24

120 Double Forfeit
126 Ryan Mckeeman (Maxwell) won by pin over Payton Frey (SMC) 0:37.
132 Double Forfeit
138 Cash Boland (Maxwell) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached).
145 Ethan Lunkwitz (Maxwell) won by pin over Ryan Weekly (SMC) 0:59.
152 Sage Galley (Maxwell) won by pin over Dillon White (SMC) 0:28.
160 Jaylon Sturdivant (Maxwell) won by pin over Isaac Ascherl (SMC) 2:46.
170 Jacob Whisenhunt (Maxwell) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached).
182 Taylor McKeeman (Maxwell) won by pin over John Sonnenfeld (SMC) 0:29.
195 Clay Seifer (SMC) won by pin over Kameron Purdy (Maxwell) 1:40.
220 Levi Simmons (Maxwell) won by decision over Mitch Linn (SMC) 10-5.
285 Justin Cosler (SMC) won by pin over Houston Crane (Maxwell) 4:40.
106 Justin Brown (SMC) won by forfeit over Unknown (Unattached).
113 Sid Simants (SMC) won by pin over Jeremy Ochsner (Maxwell) 0:25.

Area High School Wrestling Roundup January 6-11

Posted on January 12, 2014January 12, 2014

Area high school wrestling results for the week of January 6-11.

Saturday, January 11

Legend High School Duals

The North Platte Bulldogs wrestling team competed in the Legend High School Duals in Parker, CO on Saturday. The Dawgs went 3-1 on the day. North Platte beat Woodland Park 57-18 in the first dual. The Dawgs then beat Chatfield 66-18 before losing to Valley 48-13. The final dual of the day North Platte beat La Junta 42-39.

Garden County Invitational

The Maxwell Wildcats, Sutherland Sailors and North Platte’s JV team all competed in the Garden County Invitational on Saturday. The Wildcats finished third overall with 104 points, Sutherland sixth with 85 points and the Bulldogs’ JV finished 12th with 40 points. Sedgwick County won the tournament with 176 points.

Maxwell had five wrestlers place in the tournament. Ethan Lunkwitz took third at 132 pounds, Jacob Whisenhunt placed second at 160 pounds, Wyatt Strickland was third at 182 and Kameron Purdy placed fourth at 182 pounds, and Houston Crane finished second at 220 pounds.

Sutherland only had three wrestlers place but two of them won their weight class. Collin Fleecs took 1st at 132 pounds with two pins on the day; and Landan Fear took first at 182 pounds with one pin on the day. The third wrestler that placed was Zachary Blake at 170 pounds and he finished second.

And North Platte’s JV team only had one wrestler place, but he took first. Alex Murphy won all four matches by fall en route to a 126-pound first place finish.

Franklin Invitational

The North Platte St. Patrick’s wrestling team competed in the Franklin Invitational on Saturday and finished in 11th place with 58 points. Kearney-Blue won the tournament with 205 points.

The Irish had four wrestlers place in the tournament led by Nate Chrisman, who finished in second place at 120 pounds. Cody Weaver placed sixth at 113 pounds, Trey Dodson took fifth at 126 pounds and Alex Mackley placed sixth at 170 pounds.

Ogallala Duals

The Hershey Panthers and the Gothenburg Swedes both competed in the Ogallala Duals on Saturday. Hershey went 1-4 on the day with a win over Chase County and losses to Sidney, Wray, CO, Bayard and Gothenburg. Tucker Hicks and Lane Richardson led the Panthers by both going 3-0 on the day. They each had two pins as well.

Gothenburg went 3-2 at the tournament. Jayden Miller led the way for the Swedes by going 3-0 with three pins at 152 pounds.

Area High School Basketball Roundup January 6-11

Posted on January 12, 2014January 12, 2014

Below are the area high school basketball scores for the week of January 6-11.

Saturday, January 11

Boys Basketball

Papillion La Vista South 41 North Platte 40

The Dawgs jumped out to an eight-point first quarter lead but couldn’t hold it in a home loss to the Titans.

No. 3 St. Patrick’s 51 Cozad 41

The Irish had a 12-point lead at the end of the first quarter and never relinquished it against the Haymakers.

Bridgeport 58 Hershey 31

No. 10 Overton 78 Maxwell 37

Brady 62 Arthur County 32

Nate Sitorius led the Eagles with 23 points and Troy Lusk and Chase Viter each scored 10 points in the win for Brady.

Mullen 73 No. 10 Wallace 62

Gothenburg 52 Centura 42

Tanner Borchardt scored 25 points and pulled down 17 rebounds to lead the Swedes to the win Saturday. Blake Ristine joined him in double-figures with 12 points.

Girls Basketball

North Platte 58 Papillion La Vista South 42

Kaitlynn Harvey scored 18 points to lead North Platte in the victory and Jessy Hunt rebounded from a broken nose Friday night to score 12 for the Lady Dawgs. Allison Sawyer also scored in double-figures for North Platte with 13.

No. 3 St. Patrick’s 61 Cozad 25

Toni Caudillo led the Lady Irish with 17 points, Bree Saner added 16 and Brittany Lawrence was also in double-figures with 14 in the St. Pat’s win.

No. 3 Hershey 52 Bridgeport 19

The Lady Panthers held Bridgeport scoreless in the first quarter and the defense didn’t allow too much after that in the win.

Overton 56 Maxwell 44

The Lady Wildcats led for four points at halftime but only scored 15 second-half points in the loss.

Sutherland 56 Perkins County 28

Morgan Simpson and Kaley Stokey each scored 16 points for the Lady Sailors in the win. Stokey also had seven steals for Sutherland.

Brady 50 Arthur County 30

Sidney Widick led the Lady Eagles with 10 points and four steals as Brady improved to 10-1 with the win.

Wallace 63 Mullen 56

Centura 46 Gothenburg 38

Regan Geiken scored 11 points for the Lady Swedes in the loss.

Friday, January 10

Boys Basketball

North Platte 47 Kearney 37

With “Let’s play football,” chants coming from the Kearney student section North Platte pulled away in the fourth quarter to get the win. Drew Callaghan led the way for the Dawgs with a game-high 19 points. Shane Mauch also finished in double-figures with 10 points.

No. 3 St. Patrick’s 67 Perkins County 30

The Irish improved to 9-0 with the win.

McCook 44 Hershey 27

Elwood 71 Maxwell 41

Gothenburg 51 Sutherland 28

The Swedes got a balanced scoring effort with nine players scoring in the game. Tanner Borchardt led the way with 10 points and 15 rebounds. Tyler Fear led the Sailors in the loss with a game-high 17 points.

No. 10 Wallace 67 Arthur County 17

Girls Basketball

Kearney 51 North Platte 27

A 30-5 run by Kearney in the second half doomed the Lady Dawgs. Kelsey Stithem led all scorers for the Lady Bearcats with 17 points. Jessy Hunt and Kaitlynn Harvey each scored seven to lead North Platte. The Dawgs had 28 turnovers in the loss.

No. 3 St. Patrick’s 57 Perkins County 22

The Lady Irish didn’t score in the fourth quarter but come away with a dominant win.

No. 3 Hershey 48 McCook 39

Trailing by three at halftime the Lady Panthers dominated the second half against the Lady Bison to get the win.

Gothenburg 41 Sutherland 38

The Lady Swedes earned the home victory behind Regan Geiken’s 14 points and Emily Franzen’s 11 points. The Lady Sailors finished with three players in double-figures. Sam Staggs scored 13, Kaley Stokey finished with 12 and Jalyne Schuster scored 10.

Tuesday, January 7

Boys Basketball

Sutherland 49 Sandhills/Thedford 48

Sutherland outscored Sandhills/Thedford 15-10 in the fourth quarter for a one-point 49-48 win. Tyler Fear had 23 points and nine rebounds to lead the Sailors.

No. 10 Wallace 55 Medicine Valley 49

10th-ranked Wallace remained undefeated with a 55-49 win over Medicine Valley. Landon Swedberg had 21 points and Colin Swedberg scored 20 for the Wildcats.

McCook 42 Gothenburg 35

Tanner Borchardt scored a game-high 17 points and pulled down 19 rebounds for the Swedes in the loss.

Girls Basketball

No. 3 St. Patrick’s 60 Hayes Center 22

No. 8 Sandhills/Thedford 53 Sutherland 41

Sam Staggs scored a team-high 25 points for the Lady Sailors in the loss.

Medicine Valley 38 Wallace 29

Gothenburg 49 McCook 46

Regan Geiken scored a game-high 31 points to lead the Lady Swedes to victory.

Dawgs Boys and Girls Play For GNAC Title (Updated Bracket)

Posted on January 4, 2014

The North Platte Bulldogs boys and girls basketball teams both advanced to the Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference Tournament Championship game, following their wins on Friday.

The North Platte boys basketball team played the night cap of the four semifinal games played Friday between both the boys and girls brackets in Scottsbluff. The second-seeded Dawgs trailed to the third-seeded Scottsbluff Bearcats by as many as eight points throughout the first half before Kade Erickson hit a buzzer-beating shot to end the second quarter with North Platte trailing 33-31.

The Dawgs came out firing in the second half to take the lead early in the third quarter en route to a 69-67 win over Scottsbluff to advance to the GNAC Championship game on Saturday. Erickson led the way with 27 points for North Platte and Drew Callaghan scored 21 despite fouling out with just less than three minutes left. Shane Mauch was a third player in double-figures with 11 for the Bulldogs.

North Platte advances to play No.1 seeded Norfolk. The Panthers beat Kearney 68-57 in the semis and have an 8-0 record. The Dawgs have now won four in a row and are 5-3 on the season. The game is schedule to tip-off at 4:15 CT and can be heard on ESPN Radio 1410.

The third-seeded Lady Dawgs pulled off the upset over the second-seeded Kearney Lady Bearcats 53-50 in overtime. Allison Sawyer scored a career-high 27 points in the game, including a three-pointer with one second left that sent the game to overtime. Sawyer hit five threes in the game to help North Platte run its winning streak to six games.

The 7-1 Lady Dawgs advance to play No. 1 seeded Norfolk int he GNAC Championship game on Saturday. The Panthers beat Columbus in the semis 46-41 to improve to 6-2 on the year and advance to the championship. The game tips off at 2:30 CT and can be heard on ESPN Radio 1410 with the pre game show starting at 2:15.

The boys and girls brackets can be seen below and the times listed are mountain standard time.