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The Dawgs Get the Top No. 3 Seed Going in to Districts

Posted on February 26, 2014

The North Platte Bulldogs boys basketball team are the No. 3 seed in the A-1 District tournament going in to postseason play.

The district assignments for classes A and B were released on Tuesday by the NSAA. North Platte was the 15th-ranked team in the NSAA points system and as a result is the top No. 3 seed. The Dawgs will play the last No. 2 seed, Lincoln High, in the first round of the A-1 District tournament. The host school is the No. 1 overall seed, Omaha Benson, which plays Bellevue East in the first round.

The first round of the district tournament is Saturday, March 1 at Omaha Benson High School. No. 1 Benson (21-3) and No. 4 Bellevue East (0-22) play at 1:00 pm followed by a 3:00 pm tip-off between No. 2 Lincoln High (10-13) and No. 3 North Platte (11–13). The district championship game will be played Monday, March 3 at 5:30 pm at Omaha Benson High School.

The Bulldogs and the Links of Lincoln High have already faced each other once this season. North Platte was dominant in the game with a 67-48 win over Lincoln on January 24 at the Dawg House at North Platte High School. Kade Erickson led the way in that game for the Dawgs with 21 points and five assists. Drew Callaghan added 16 points, seven rebounds and five blocks, and Shane Mauch was also in double-figures with 13 points.

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

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.

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

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)

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.

Bulldogs Boys and Girls Advance at GNAC (Updated Bracket)

Posted on January 2, 2014January 2, 2014

The North Platte Bulldogs boys and girls basketball teams both won their first round games at the GNAC tournament in Scottsbluff on Thursday.

The Bulldogs boys basketball team scored exactly 11 points in each quarter en route to a 14-point win over the Tigers, 44-30. The Dawgs led by as many as 20 points in the fourth quarter in the first round of the GNAC Tournament. The second-seeded Bulldogs won their third game in a row behind Drew Callaghan and Shane Mauch who each scored 12 points and Kade Erickson added 10. North Platte plays at 8:15 CT Friday night in the GNAC semifinals against third-seeded Scottsbluff. The Bearcats, who are ranked seventh in Class B, beat sixth-seeded McCook 72-59 in the first round. The game can be heard on ESPN Radio 1410.

The Lady Dawgs increased their winning streak to five games and beat Hastings 58-40. North Platte was led by Kaitlynn Harvey with 22 points, the third time in the last four games she has scored more than 20. Madalynn Doughty scored 14 and Allison Sawyer scored 13 for the Lady Dawgs as well. North Platte is the No. 3 seed and will play No. 2 Kearney in the semifinals Friday at 3:00 CT on ESPN Radio 1410. Kearney beat seventh-seeded Lexington 56-27.

The brackets for both the boys and the girls tournaments can be seen below. Times listed on the bracket are Mountain Standard Time.

The Lady Dawgs Softball Team Gets a Send-Off

Posted on October 15, 2013

The North Platte Lady Bulldogs had a send-off at North Platte High School Tuesday afternoon. The Lady Dawgs left Tuesday for the state softball tournament in Hastings and had good supports from parents and fans.

After getting cheers from the crowd coach BJ Songster led her team on to the bus and began the trek to Hastings. The fans there for the send-off loaded up their cars and followed the bus to I-80 honking their horns all the way.

The Lady Dawgs drove past marquees displayed at local businesses that also wished them luck.

No. 7 North Platte plays at 9:00 am Wednesday morning against No. 2 Omaha Skutt Catholic. The Dawgs and Skyhawks met twice early in the season and each team came away with one victory. You can hear North Platte at the state tournament on ESPN Radio 1410 and online at www.northplattepost.com with Robert Lovell on the call.

If North Platte wins in the first round they won’t play again until Thursday morning at 9:00. If they lose to Skutt Catholic they will play Wednesday afternoon at 4:30.

The Lady Dawgs Head to State

Posted on October 14, 2013October 15, 2013

Bulldogs Pitcher Katie Franzen Delivers a Pitch Against Omaha Gross — File Photo: Bulldogs Pitcher Katie Franzen

The North Platte Lady Bulldogs missed out on the state tournament last season by a miniscule margin in the wild card points from the NSAA. This year the Dawgs didn’t leave anything to chance by winning the district championship.

North Platte was the No. 1 seed and hosted the B-6 District Tournament at the Dowhower Softball Complex last Thursday and Friday. The Bulldogs had a first round bye then played No. 4 seed Cozad in the quarterfinals. The Haymakers rallied to beat No. 5 Scottsbluff 12-11 in the first round to advance.

The Lady Dawgs were in a battle against Cozad until late in the game when North Platte strung a few hits together and took advantage of errors committed by Cozad to get the 9-2 win and advance to the semifinals.

In the semis North Platte played McCook, a team they had a 2-2 record against this season. The second-seeded Lady Bison beat No. 3 Gering 9-1 to get to this point.

North Platte jumped out to a 3-0 lead early then held on as McCook scored two runs late to get the 3-2 win and advance to the district championship game.

The Dawgs would once again face McCook after the Lady Bison dropped down and once again beat Gering, who had come back through the consolation bracket. McCook was riding high after rallying for three runs late in the game to beat Gering 10-9.

Having come so close to the state tournament last year and not making it there was all the fuel the Dawgs would need as they dominated McCook 9-1 in the championship game to get the six-inning run rule victory. North Platte’s clean up hitter, Mikenzi Wiseman hit two home runs in the game and Kylie Engelman added another to lead the Lady Bulldogs.

North Platte now goes in as the No. 7 seed and will play No. 2 seed Omaha Skutt Catholic in the first round of the state tournament. The game is scheduled for 9:00 am Wednesday morning in Hastings and it can be heard on ESPN Radio 1410 and online at www.northplattepost.com with Robert Lovell on the call.

North Platte and Skutt Catholic have played twice this season with Skutt winning the first game 6-1 then North Platte winning the second, 4-1.