The North Platte Community College Knights basketball team lost in overtime to the Otero Junior College Rattlers 82-80 Friday night at the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium.
The Knights started out slow allowing the Rattlers to jump out to an 11-2 lead with 15 minutes left in the half. The Knights followed up with an 11-3 run to cut the Otero lead to two, 15-13. Continue reading “NPCC Knights Basketball Loses to Otero in Overtime”
The North Platte Community College Lady Knights volleyball team signed Mikenna Curlee from Peetz, Colo. to a national letter of intent for the 2016 season.
Curlee, a 5’11” middle, played four seasons for the Peetz High School Lady Bulldogs. During her career, Curlee played in 285 sets and had 794 kills. She finished with a .249 kill efficililency, had 112 total blocks and 86 service aces. She also had 486 defensive digs. Continue reading “NPCC Lady Knights Volleyball Team Signs Curlee”
The North Platte Community College Lady Knights volleyball team has signed Madi Gilg from Gothenburg to a national letter of intent for the 2016 season.
Gilg, a 5’5” setter, played for the Gothenburg High School Lady Swedes for three seasons. In her career, she played in 210 sets and had 966 assists, 486 digs, 76 service aces and 84 kills.
During her senior season, the Lady Swedes finished with a 24-9 season, ending in the C1-6 district finals. Continue reading “NPCC Lady Knights Volleyball Team Signs Gilg”
The North Platte Community College Knights will host the Otero Junior College Rattlers at 7 p.m. Friday in the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium on NPCC’s South Campus.
The night is designated as “Fill the Gym / Family Night.” Some of the events that will take place that evening will be free admittance for children under 12 with a paid adult admission, a free-throw contest for children, an opportunity for families to take their own pictures with Knightro, the new mascot, and face painting by the NPCC Art Department. Knight’s stickers will be given to the first 100 children in attendance. Continue reading “NPCC to Host Otero Junior College on Family Night”
The North Platte Community College Lady Knights basketball team were defeated by the Doane College Junior Varsity Lady Tigers 69-61 on Monday night.
The Lady Tigers defeated the Lady Knights back in November 54-51 in North Platte. The Lady Knights are 13-8 all-time against Doane College JV.
Lady Knights Head Coach Richard Thurin said, “We played really well in the first half, but didn’t play very well on defense in the second half. We missed key free throws.” Continue reading “NPCC Lady Knights Basketball Loses to Doane JV”
The North Platte Community College Knights basketball team travelled to Cheyenne, Wyo. and was defeated by the Laramie County Community College Golden Eagles 78-74 in a National Junior College Athletic Association Region IX South Sub-region contest.
The Knights trailed at halftime 37-31, but started the second half on a 15-3 run to take a 46-40 lead.
They continued to lead with just under 14 minutes to go 48-45. The Golden Eagles cut the Knights lead to one 54-53 with eight minutes to play. Continue reading “NPCC Knights Basketball Defeated by Laramie County”
The North Platte Community College Knights basketball team will travel to Cheyenne, Wyo. to face the Laramie County Community College Golden Eagles on January 8 at 8:00 pm CST.
The game is a National Junior College Athletic Association Region IX South Sub-region contest.
The Golden Eagles are 10-6 on the season and 2-2 in South Sub-region play. They average 79.7 points per game while giving up 69.2 points per game. Continue reading “NPCC Knights Basketball to Travel to Laramie County”
The North Platte Community College Knights basketball team fell to the Northwest Kansas Technical College Mavericks 85-66 Thursday night at the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium.
In the first half, the Mavericks and Knights battled back and forth with eight lead changes and three ties. With the Knights leading 24-23 the Mavericks went on an 11-0 run in the final three minutes of the half to take a halftime lead of 34-24. Continue reading “AUDIO: NPCC Knights Basketball Falls to Northwest Kansas Tech”
North Platte Community College Lady Knight’s Head Volleyball Coach Alexa Hopping signed the first two players of her 2016 recruiting class, they are Brooklyn Krehmeyer from Weldon, Colo and Antonya Schaffert from Otis, Colo.
Krehmeyer is a 5’ 10” outside hitter. She played her high school volleyball for the Weldon Valley High School Warriors. The Warriors qualified for the Colorado State Volleyball tournament during her senior season and went 23-6 on the season. Continue reading “NPCC Lady Knights Volleyball Signs Two from Colorado”
The North Platte Community College Knights will host the Northwest Kansas Technical College Mavericks on January 7 at the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium at 7:00 pm.
The Knights defeated the Mavericks on November 30 in Goodland, Kansas 83-81. The Knights are 4-1 against the Mavericks during Coach Kevin O’Connor’s tenure. Continue reading “NPCC Knights Basketball to Host Northwest Kansas Tech”
