The North Platte Bulldogs soccer teams split with Class A rival Kearney on Tuesday.
The North Platte Bulldogs (3-8) snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 3-2 home win over the Bearcats of Kearney (7-5). North Platte jumped out to a 2-0 lead at halftime then added a goal in the second half to secure the one-goal victory. Three different players scored for North Platte in the game: Brady Mason, David Garcia and Eiljah Vierya. Mason also added two assists for the Dogs. Dakota Guenin had eight saves in earning the win as the goalkeeper.
The Lady Bulldogs (8-3) lost for just the third time this season, 2-1 to Kearney (9-3). North Platte led 1-0 at halftime before giving up two second half goals to the Lady Cats to lose for the first time in four games. Morgan Hansen scored the Lady Bulldogs lone goal and Abby Stark recorded 13 saves in the net.
Both the boys and girls for North Platte soccer will next play Saturday in Kearney. The Bulldogs will play Lincoln East and Lincoln Northeast on the neutral field.
The North Platte Bulldogs soccer teams traveled to Columbus on Thursday, the girls won and boys lost.
The North Platte Lady Bulldogs (8-2) won a hard fought road battle over the Discoverers 2-0. The match was scoreless at halftime before North Platte’s Madalynn Doughty scored two goals in the second half to lead the Lady Dogs to the win. Taylor Banark assisted on both of Doughty’s goals and Abby Stark earned the shutout in the net with eight saves.
The North Platte Bulldogs (2-8) boys soccer team lost their eighth straight match with a 3-1 loss to Columbus on Thursday. Columbus led 2-0 at halftime before the Dogs and Discoverers each scored one goal in the second half. Brady Mason scored North Platte’s only goal and Nick Wilkinson assisted on the play. Dakota Guenin had eight saves as the keeper.
The North Platte Bulldogs boys and girls teams will return to the pitch on Tuesday at home against Kearney.
The North Platte Bulldogs boys and girls soccer teams hosted the Hastings Tigers on Tuesday and the Lady Dogs won, while the boys lost.
The North Platte Lady Bulldogs (7-2) beat Hastings (6-5) for the second time in as many games. The Lady Dogs won 4-2 on Tuesday at Madison Middle School in North Platte, following a 5-1 win over the Lady Tigers on Saturday in the GNAC 3rd-4th place game in Scottsbluff. North Platte spread the goals around in Tuesday’s win. Four Lady Dogs scored in the game. Taylor Banark and Samantha Tagwerker each scored a goal and had an assist. Carli Anderson and Marisa Martinez each added a goal for North Platte, who led 3-1 at the half. Goalkeeper Abby Stark had 14 saves for North Platte in the match.
The North Platte boys (2-7) soccer team continues to struggle. They lost to Hastings (9-2) 2-0. The Bulldogs boys team also played Hastings in the GNAC tournament in Scottsbluff. They faced each other in the first round, which resulted in a 2-1 Tigers win. Dakota Guenin had eight saves in the net for North Platte in Tuesday’s loss. The Dogs have now lost seven matches in a row, but five of their seven losses have been by two goals or less.
The North Platte Bulldogs soccer teams will have one day of practice before hitting the road to play Columbus on Thursday.
The North Platte Bulldogs boys and girls soccer teams competed in the Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference tournament in Scottsbluff over the weekend. The Lady Dogs placed third and the boys finished eighth in the tournament.
The North Platte girls (6-2) were the No. 2 seed in the tournament and beat No. 7 Gering 11-1 in the first round on Friday. Taylor Banark filled the stat sheet in Friday’s game by leading the Lady Dogs with three goals and four assists. Abby Stark had eight saves in earning the win as the goalkeeper. The Semifinal game on Saturday was a battle for North Platte against No. 3 Columbus. The Lady Dogs fell in a shootout 3-2. Banark scored another goal and added an assist and Madalynn Doughty scored a goal in the loss. In the 3rd and 4th place game North Platte played No. 7 Gering and won 5-1. Marisa Martinez led the way with three goals and an assist.
The North Platte boys (2-6) soccer team went 0-3 in the GNAC tournament and lost all three games by one goal. The Dogs were the No. 6 seed and lost in the first round to No. 3 Hastings 2-1 on Friday. Rashawn Bryant scored the lone North Platte goal in the loss. In the consolation semifinal Saturday morning the Dogs lost to Scottsbluff 3-2, Brady Mason and David Mata each scored in the game. In the 7th and 8th place game on Saturday the Dogs lost in a shootout to Gering 2-1. Mason scored the lone goal in the loss. The Bulldogs have now lost six matches in a row after starting the season 2-0.
The brackets for both the boys and girls GNAC tournaments can be seen by clicking on the links below.
The North Platte Bulldogs boys and girls soccer teams hosted Grand Island on Tuesday and split victories with the Islanders.
The Lady Dogs (4-1) continued to score seemingly at will as they beat the Lady Islanders (1-5) 10-0 at Madison Middle School. North Platte led seven to nothing at the half before calling off the dogs and scoring three more times in the second half.
Taylor Banark led the way for North Platte with four goals and an assist. Madalynn Doughty and Samantha Tagwerker each scored two goals for the Lady Dogs and Marisa Martinez and Alex Neff each added one. Doughty also had two assists to lead the team. Abby Stark earned the shutout inside the net.
The Bulldogs boys soccer team lost their third match in a row to fall below .500 at 2-3 on the season. The Islanders improved to 3-3 with the 5-1 win. Brady Mason scored North Platte’s lone goal.
The Bulldogs will now compete in the Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference tournament beginning Friday.
The North Platte Bulldogs soccer teams hosted the Knights of Lincoln Southeast on Friday and both the boys and girls teams lost.
The Lady Bulldogs (3-1) suffered their first loss of the season, 3-1 to the Lady Knights (3-0). Lincoln Southeast jumped out to a 2-0 lead at halftime during the game at Madison Middle School in North Platte. The Lady Dogs scored in the second half, but it wasn’t enough as the Lady Knights added a goal as well en route to the win.
Marisa Martinez scored the lone goal for North Platte with Taylor Banark getting the assist. Abby Stark recorded 13 saves for the Lady Bulldogs in the loss.
The North Platte Bulldogs (2-2) boys soccer team lost their second match in a row, 3-0 to Lincoln Southeast (2-1) on Friday. North Platte was coming off a shootout loss to Lexington on Thursday and was unable to score on Friday against the Knights. Lincoln Southeast led just 1-0 halfway through the match, then added two more goals in the second half to secure the win.
Dakota Guenin recorded 11 saves in the net for North Platte.
The Bulldogs boys and girls soccer teams will return to action Tuesday at home against Grand Island.
The North Platte Bulldogs boys and girls soccer teams split their games with Lexington on Thursday.
The Lady Dawgs earned the win for North Platte and were dominant against the Minutemaids in a 9-0 route. The match was fairly close at halftime as the Bulldogs only led 2-0, but North Platte scored seven second half goals to not just shut, but slam the door.
Taylor Banark led the way for the Lady Bulldogs with three goals and two assists. Andrea Monzano added two goals while, Alex Neff, Morgan Hansen, Madalynn Doughty, and Samantha Tagwerker each scored one goal each for North Platte. Abby Stark earned the shutout as the keeper and had seven saves in the match.
The boys soccer team for North Platte lost to the Minutemen, 2-1 following a shootout. The Bulldogs trailed 1-0 at the half before tying it in the 2nd half and forcing a shootout with Lexington. Nick Wilkinson scored the lone goal for North Platte in the match. The Bulldogs lost in the shootout 5-4. Dakota Guenin was in the net for North Platte and made 11 saves.
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.
Alex Harms
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.
Wyatt McGuire
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.
Drew Callaghan
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.
Hannah Wilke
Marisa Martinez signed to play soccer at Midland University in Fremont. The Lady Warriors finished this past season with and 8-6-6 record.
Marisa Martinez
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.
Lincoln –The Nebraska soccer team announced the addition of 12 student-athletes from eight U.S. states and one Canadian province to comprise the 2014 recruiting class on Wednesday morning. The commits consist of one in-state recruit, along with four from Illinois as well as one each from California, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon and across the border in British Columbia.
The Huskers are coming off a memorable 2013 season where NU claimed both the regular-season and tournament titles for the fourth time in school history and first since 2000. The Scarlet and Cream amassed a 19-4-1 record while going 10-1 in the conference and qualified for its first NCAA Tournament appearance in eight years.
Head Coach John Walker and his staff welcome back a young but experienced group of Huskers in 2014 with postseason play on their résumés. Despite losing six senior starters, including two members selected by the Houston Dash, NU returns starting forwards Jaycie Johnson and Mayme Conroy who combined to produce more than half of the Huskers’ goals last fall.
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Chicago – The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) announced the allocation of Nebraska soccer All-American Ari Romero to the Seattle Reign FC for the 2014 NWSL season. A total of 50 allocated National Team players will be participating in the upcoming season with 26 Americans, 16 Canadians and eight Mexicans.
Former NU soccer student-athletes Karina LeBlanc and Selenia Iacchelli were also allocated to the Portland Thorns FC and the Western New York Flash, respectively.
In 2013, Romero became the 12th Husker All-American and claimed Nebraska’s 18th NSCAA All-America award in school history after her senior season where NU collected a pair of Big Ten titles and earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
From Jan. 3-6, the NWSL will have a league-wide “trade period” during which all NWSL teams may make trades throughout the four days. However, teams will not be allowed to waive players currently on their roster until after the NWSL Expansion Draft.
The Surprise, Ariz. native became a stalwart at center back for the Huskers throughout her career and flourished in her final season with the Scarlet and Cream. The NSCAA All-Region First Team honoree and Big Ten Defender of the Year displayed a tireless work ethic as she worked every second of the final 15 matches on her way to averaging more than 91 minutes per match in 2013.
U.S. Soccer is subsidizing the salaries of 26 players, while the Canadian Soccer Association and the Federation of Mexican Football will do the same for 16 and eight players, respectively.
The North Platte Bulldogs soccer teams split with Class A rival Kearney on Tuesday.
