Sports

Tri County Drops Hammer On BDS

Published by admin on Fri, 01/17/2020 - 1:13pm
In the Division A bracket of the boys MUDECAS basketball tourney third-seeded Tri County handed BDS their worse loss the season, defeating the ratings contender in Class D-2 69-32 on Tuesday at Beatrice City Auditorium.
Tri County took control of the game from the opening tip, jumping out to a 34-16 by halftime. Lucas Weise scored nine of his 15 points in the first half and the Trojans leading scorer, Cole Siems, added a trio of 3-pointers in the first half on his way to a 26-point night.

Four Wrestlers Go Undefeated at W-C Hosts Individual Triangular

Published by admin on Fri, 01/17/2020 - 1:12pm
A total of four Wilber-Clatonia wrestlers went undefeated on Tuesday at the their home triangular featuring Seward and Platteview.
Unlike a conventional triangular that features duals between all three teams, Tuesday’s competition put wrestlers in each weight class in a round robin.
Tommy Lokken (132), Colby Homolka (138), Sawyer Kunc (160) and Eric Escobar (285) each went 3-0 for Wilber-Clatonia. Escobar and Kunc each tallied three pins while Homolka and Lokken each won two contested matches and received a forfeit.

Faxon Nails Game-Winner

Published by admin on Fri, 01/17/2020 - 12:58pm
Rarely do you see upsets happen in the No. 1 vs. No. 8 seed games or No. 2 vs. No. 7 seed games at the MUDECAS basketball tournament.
Diller-Odell’s Turner Faxon made sure to keep that true for his second-seeded Griffins against seventh-seeded Lewiston on Tuesday in the Division B bracket of MUDECAS at the Truman Center on the Southeast Community College campus.
The Griffins six-point halftime lead slowly withered away in the final 16 minutes of play as the Tigers secured a 49-47 lead under two minutes to play.

Fairbury Grapplers Put Forth Best Performance Of Season

Published by admin on Tue, 01/14/2020 - 3:10pm
By Nathan Heuer
Fairbury wrestled the best they have all season on Tuesday evening in a 42-33 home dual loss to Norris.
And it wasn’t even a question if it was their best performance according to Jeffs head coach Derek Garfield.
The seventh-year head coach’s stance was based on fight his team showed and a trio of Garfield’s wrestlers exemplified that by coming back from deficits to get victories.

Wilber-Clatonia Duals: Moldenhauer, Patak Go Undefeated

Published by admin on Tue, 01/14/2020 - 3:08pm
A pair of Wilber-Clatonia wrestlers went undefeated on Saturday at the Wilber-Clatonia Duals.
Tad Moldenhauer (152) and Nathan Patak (126) tallied 4-0 records in their respective weight classes for the Wolverines, who went 1-3 in dual meets at the seven-team tournament.
Wilber-Clatonia’s lone dual win came against Johnson County Central by the score of 39-24. Eric Escobar (285), Miguel Jaimes (120), Patak (126) and Trevor Kvansicka (220) each picked up contested wins in the dual victory. Johnson County Central forfeited three matches to Wilber-Clatonia.

Huss Sinks Game-Winner At Buzzer

Published by admin on Tue, 01/14/2020 - 3:05pm
By Nathan Heuer
When the Fairbury girls basketball team took to their home floor against Class B No. 3 Beatrice on Tuesday it was the seventh time this season Fairbury faced a team ranked in the top seven in their respective classification.
All previous six outings against state rated teams according to the Lincoln Journal Star ended in losses.
By the time Tuesday ended that losing streak stood no more and for the first time in six years, the Jeffs got the best of the Orangemen.

Siems For 1,000

Published by admin on Fri, 01/10/2020 - 1:41pm

Fairbury Grapplers Put Forth Best Performance Of Season

Published by admin on Fri, 01/10/2020 - 1:40pm
Fairbury wrestled the best they have all season on Tuesday evening in a 42-33 home dual loss to Norris.
And it wasn’t even a question if it was their best performance according to Jeffs head coach Derek Garfield.
The seventh-year head coach’s stance was based on fight his team showed and a trio of Garfield’s wrestlers exemplified that by coming back from deficits to get victories.

Huss Sinks Game-Winner At Buzzer

Published by admin on Fri, 01/10/2020 - 1:40pm
By Nathan Heuer
When the Fairbury girls basketball team took to their home floor against Class B No. 3 Beatrice on Tuesday it was the seventh time this season Fairbury faced a team ranked in the top seven in their respective classification.
All previous six outings against state rated teams according to the Lincoln Journal Star ended in losses.
By the time Tuesday ended that losing streak stood no more and for the first time in six years, the Jeffs got the best of the Orangemen.

Trojans Hold Off Griffins

Published by admin on Tue, 01/07/2020 - 9:21am
By Nathan Heuer
A season ago the Tri County boys basketball team easily handled Diller-Odell on the Griffins home floor in a 66-37 contest.
Just a year later Diller-Odell showed they have made tremendous progress on the basketball court under second-year head coach Dylan Hinrichs.
On Monday the two teams met once again since that meeting and by the end of the first quarter the Griffins held a 10-9 advantage on Tri County’s home floor.

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