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AUDIO: State Tournament Preview with NPHS Bulldogs Soccer Head Coach Danny Whitney

2016 State Soccer Bracket

No. 7 North Platte (12-5) will face No. 2 Omaha South (15-2) at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 12 in the first round of the Class A State Soccer Tournament at Creighton University in Omaha.

Previous state tournament results for the North Platte Bulldogs
1998 – 1st Round: L 0-1 vs. Creighton Prep
2001 – 1st Round: L 0-2 vs. Lincoln Southeast
2004 – 1st Round: L 2-4 vs. Lincoln Southeast

North Platte HS boys soccer earns wildcard bid to state tournament

np soccerThe North Platte High School boys soccer team has earned the lone wildcard bid to the Class A State Tournament. The Bulldogs (12-5) are the No. 7 seed and will face the No. 2 seed Omaha South (15-2) at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, May 12 in the first round in Omaha.

State Soccer Bracket

It’s the first state tournament berth since 2004 for the Bulldogs boys soccer team, and their fourth overall appearance in school history (2004, 2001, 1998).

Bulldogs fall in penalty kicks in A-5 district soccer title

Final Box Score

Omaha Central clinches a berth in the Class A state tournament after winning the penalty shootout 4-2 following a scoreless 100 minutes. Overall, five tickets were punched on Wednesday night for the Class A boys state tournament. The final two district championship games will be played Thursday, May 5. One additional team will qualify based on the wildcard point standings, North Platte is still in the running for that wild card berth.

Jeff Barner named new NPHS head softball coach

North Platte SoftballNorth Platte High School Activities Director, Marc Mroczek, has named Jeff Barner as the new head softball coach for the 2016-2017 school year. Jeff has been the assistant softball coach for NPHS the past two years.

Marc Mroczek, North Platte Activities Director comments: “Jeff will be a great addition to our NPHS coaching staff. He has demonstrated a passion for the sport of softball and the development of the student-athletes. I am excited for the future of North Platte High School Softball with Coach Barner leading the program.”

Barner takes over for Rick Titus, who resigned to take a position at Plattsmouth.

NPHS boys soccer to host A-5 district; girls headed to A-7 at Millard South

np soccerThe North Platte high school boys soccer team earned the top seed in the A-5 district and will host the tournament on May 2 and May 4 in North Platte.  NPHS (10-4) will play No. 4 seed Omaha Bryan (4-13) in their opening game at 7 pm on May 2. The first game at 5 pm will be No. 2 seed Omaha Central (9-5) vs. No. 3 seed Lincoln Southeast (7-7).

The North Platte high school girls soccer team is the No. 2 seed in the A-7 district at Millard South high school to be played May 3 and May 5. The Lady Bulldogs (10-4) will open up against No. 3 seed Lincoln High (5-9) at 5 pm on May 3. The other matchup in the A-7 district is No. 1 seed Millard South (10-4) vs. No. 4 seed South Sioux City (4-11).

The seven district tournament winners plus one additional wildcard team will qualify for the state championship tournament. Currently, the NPHS girls are eighth in the wildcard points standings and the NPHS boys are fifth in the standings.

NPHS Girls District Bracket

NPHS Boys District Bracket

Steele’s 74 wins Scottsbluff Invite; Bulldogs take team title

2016 Scottsbluff Golf Invite
Team Results (top 5)
1. North Platte – 323
2. Casper Natrona – 326
3. Sidney – 330
4. Cheyenne Central – 331
5. Cheyenne East – 336

Individual Results (top 10)
1. Kort Steele, North Platte – 74
2. Jared Pilkington, Scottsbluff – 75
3. Jared Edeen, Cheyenne Central – 77
4. Brody Staten, Casper Natrona – 78
5. Blake Danni, Cheyenne East – 78
6. Nate Dvorak, Sidney – 78
7. Colby Clay, Laramie – 79
8. Jayden Stack, Chadron – 80
9. Ryan Bellflower, Laramie – 80
10. Brady Radcliffe, Sidney – 80

North Platte Team
Kort Steele – 39/35 – 74
Seth Negley – 40/41 – 81
Kade Wroot – 39/45 – 84
Kyle Zimbelman – 40/44 – 84
Chesney Tatman – DQ

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