The North Platte Lady Bulldogs (35-3) are headed to the Class A state volleyball tournament for the second consecutive season following the A2 District , Championship. North Platte defeated Lincoln High 25-7, 25-5, 25-5 in the opening match and secured the district title with a 25-10, 25-13, 25-16 victory over Omaha Westside.

North Platte will be the No. 2 seed in the state tournament and likely face No. 7 seed Lincoln Southeast, although the official pairings will be released by the NSAA on Sunday. Continue reading “AUDIO: Lady Bulldog Volleyball back to State after capturing A2 District Championship”

First Round

Columbus def. McCook, 25-14, 26-24

North Platte def. Lexington, 25-5, 25-11

Scottsbluff def. Norfolk, 25-12, 25-19

Semifinal

Columbus def. Kearney, 25-18, 26-24

North Platte def. Scottsbluff, 25-12, 25-10

Third Place

Kearney def. Scottsbluff, 25-14, 25-21

Championship

North Platte def. Columbus, 25-17, 25-17

Class A (North Platte)

Class B (McCook)

Class C-1 (Ogallala)

Class C-2 (North Platte St. Patrick’s)

Class D-1 (Sutherland)

Class D-2 (Brady, Maxwell, Wallace)

The North Platte bulldogs football team is back in the state playoffs for the first time since 2004. The Bulldogs (5-4) are the 13th seed and will play at 4-seed Omaha Central (8-1) in the first round on Friday, October 30.  Hear the first Bulldogs playoff football in 11 years on ESPN Radio 1410 and online at northplattepost.com.

2015 Class A State Football Bracket

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The North Platte Lady Bulldogs softball team had their season come to an end on day two of the 2015 Class B State Tournament. North Platte was defeated in the quarterfinals, 13-2 in four innings by Elkhorn South and then in an elimination game fell to Hastings, 8-0 in five innings.

2015 Class B State Tournament Live Bracket

North Platte ends the season 19-20 and will potentially return all but four players for the 2016 season. The four seniors that the Lady Bulldogs will miss are third basemen Jaime Titus, left fielder Sydney McGahan, center fielder Bailey Hiser and utility Erin Weaver.

It was the Lady Bulldogs 10th trip all-time to the state tournament and they earned North Platte’s first win at the state tournament since 1999 as well as the first opening round victory at the state tournament in school history.
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The 7th seed North Platte Lady Bulldogs softball team advanced to the championship quarterfinals of the Class B State Softball tournament with a 5-3 win over 2-seed Beatrice in the opening round of the tournament.

2015 Class B State Tournament Bracket

2015 Class B State Tournament Live Scoreboard

North Platte used the long ball with home runs from Kylie Engleman, Hallei Morales and Sydney McGahan, as well as seven innings of solid work in the circle from Taylar Coleman to get the victory.

The win is the first since 1999 at the state tournament for North Platte (had lost 11 straight games) and the first ever opening round victory (previously were 0-9 in first round games).

(7) North Platte will face (3) Elkhorn South at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15 in the championship quarterfinals on ESPN Radio 1410 and online at northplattepost.com. Elkhorn South defeated (6) Gretna 9-3 in their opening round game.

2015 Class A
Girls Golf State Tournament
Norfolk Country Club

Final Individual Leaderboard

Final Team Leaderboard

North Platte Individual Scorecards
Morgan Lashley
Taylor Kramer
Marissa Pascoe
Hope Wilke
Riley Smith

 

The North Platte volleyball team continued it’s winning ways on Saturday afternoon in Lincoln with a pair of sweeps against Lincoln Northeast (25-10, 25-14) and Lincoln Southeast (27-25, 25-16). The No. 2 ranked Lady Bulldogs will visit McCook on Thursday evening.