Meridian Sports

Basketball Roundup

Published by admin on Tue, 01/05/2021 - 12:40pm
Griffins Battle Trojans In Odell
Before the Tri County versus Diller-Odell boys basketball game on Dec. 28, a referee announced ‘This is going to be a good game.’
And it was a good game. The Trojans went into the Griffins’ home court and came away with a 52-35 victory.
The Trojans were up 18-10 after one period and held a 23-19 lead at the half after the Griffins outscored the Trojans 9-5 in the second quarter.

Basketball Roundup

Published by admin on Tue, 12/29/2020 - 9:24am
Girls Basketball
Hampton had their hands full Dec. 22 against Meridian. The Mustangs girls basketball team defeated the Hawks in girls basketball by 20 points, 46-26, thanks to solid play from nine different players scoring in the contest.

Boy’s Basketball Roundup

Published by gordonhopkins on Fri, 12/11/2020 - 10:21am
Deshler’s offense was running in high gear against Meridian on Dec. 8. The Dragons defeated the Mustangs 64-22.
Jacob Dennis had the hot hand for the Mustangs with 12 points in the game. He had two three-pointers in the contest and Brayden Rut had six points for Meridian.
Jeffs Down Wildcats
It took the Superior boys basketball team a little time to get their offense on track Tuesday night in Fairbury, but by the time the Wildcats did, the Jeffs had long pulled out of the station.

Girls Basketball Roundup

Published by gordonhopkins on Fri, 12/11/2020 - 10:19am
A hotly contested game from beginning to end, Meridian’s girls basketball team knew what it had to do to win Tuesday night (Dec. 8) against Deshler. The Mustangs came out with a 24-23 victory, thanks to a stellar fourth quarter shooting.
The Mustangs were down 5-7 after one period with Ally Kort knocking in four of five of Meridian’s points. In the second period Jaala Stewart hit a three-pointer for the only score for Meridian. The Mustangs were down 17-8 at the half.

Meridian On A Roll

Published by admin on Tue, 12/08/2020 - 2:28pm
Meridian’s girls basketball team had a solid outing against Dorchester on Dec. 4 to start the season. If it were not for a cold spell scoring in the second quarter, the outcome may have been different. The Longhorns defeated Meridian 42-27.
Dorchester came out to lead 16-6 after one period and then a 15-0 second quarter put the Longhorns up 31-6. Undaunted, Meridian outscored Dorchester 21-11 in the second half.

Cyclone Bound

Published by admin on Tue, 11/17/2020 - 9:32am
It was a long list of high-level colleges requesting the services of Diller-Odell senior setter Addison Heidemann, but Iowa State won out.
“It felt like home there. The coaches and staff are amazing and I know I will get better under their coaching. They have a great program and fan base and the campus just felt like home,” Heidemann said last week after signing at Diller-Odell High School. 
Other schools recruiting Heidemann included North Dakota State, Virginia, Wyoming, Pepperdine, South Dakota State and Montana State. 

Mustangs Earn Win Monday

Published by admin on Tue, 10/27/2020 - 10:47am
Meridian hosted Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer (HTRS) on Thursday (Oct. 22) in volleyball and the Mustangs came up short, 18-25, 15-25, 16-25.
On Tuesday (Oct. 20) the Mustangs faced Dorchester and won in straight sets, 25-21, 25-16.
Monday night (Oct. 26) the Meridian Mustangs defeated the McCool Junction Mustangs in sub-district action at Shickley in straight sets, 25-20, 25-21, 25-13. 
No individual stats for Meridian were available as of press time.

HTRS Too Much For Mustangs

Published by gordonhopkins on Fri, 10/23/2020 - 11:37am

Titans Defeat Mustangs at Meridian Thursday Night 25-18, 25-15, 25-16

Meridian vs McCool Junction

Published by admin on Tue, 10/13/2020 - 10:53am
McCool Junction (5-0) jumped out to an early lead against Meridian and never looked back on the football field.
The Mustangs were dealt with a 65-0 loss Friday in McCool Junction.
Meridian outran McCool Junction with the ground game, picking up 239 rushing yards while McCool Junction had just 33 rushing yards.
Seven turnovers by Meridian helped McCool Junction secure the win.

Barton Nearly Upsets Defending State Champ

Published by admin on Sat, 10/10/2020 - 9:22am
By Nathan Heuer
Central Valley’s Shaye Wood won a state title in Class D at 120 pounds a season ago.
Meridian’s Lane Barton was unable to qualify for state last season in Class D at 113 pounds.
On Saturday at the Elgin Public Pope John Invite you would have been hard-pressed to believe that was the case.
The unranked Barton met Wood in the 126-pound championship match of the 21-team tournament on Friday and the Central Valley defending state champion came away with a 2-0 victory over  the Meridian junior.

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