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Wolverines, Trojans Seasons Come To Conclusion

Published by gordonhopkins on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 3:50pm
On Monday the Wilber-Clatonia girls basketball team saw their season come to an end with a 50-18 loss in the first round of the Subdistrict C1-6 tournament at Beatrice High School.
The fifth-seeded Wolverines fell behind 15-3 after one quarter of play and that separation continued in the second half as the fourth-seeded Tigers outscored Wilber-Clatonia 25-5.
Megan Tinsley led the Wolverines with eight points. Nevaeh Honea and Abby Renzy scored three points apiece.

Mustangs, Griffins On Collision Course

Published by gordonhopkins on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 3:49pm
The Meridian and Diller-Odell girls basketball teams will play each other for the second time this season in the Subdistrict D1-7 championship game at Fillmore Central High School on Thursday after claiming dominant semifinal victories on Tuesday.

FHS Freshman Robertson Unsung Hero For Jeffs

Published by gordonhopkins on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 3:48pm
On the biggest stage of the season thus far, one of the more unproven players on the Fairbury girls basketball roster shined the brightest.
Freshman Hannah Robertson had played in only 10 of the Lady Jeffs 22 games heading into Tuesday’s Subdistrict C1-6 semifinal matchup against Auburn at Beatrice High School. The guard got a concussion in the early stages of the season and was developing her game on the JV squad while providing depth at the varsity level after recovering.

Titans End Season With School-Record

Published by gordonhopkins on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 3:38pm
In arguably the toughest subdistrict in Class C-2 for girls basketball, Thayer Central’s season came to a conclusion on Tuesday at Fairbury High School against Superior, who is ranked fourth in the classification according to the Lincoln Journal Star.
The Titans upset Superior in Hebron on Jan. 10 by the score of 48-42 but that was far from the case on Tuesday as the high-powered Wildcats took a commanding 17-10 lead in after one quarter of play behind a dominant performance by 2020 Husker volleyball recruit Kalynn Meyer, who was blocking shots at a high clip.

Wisnieski, Lierman Set School-Records

Published by admin on Tue, 02/18/2020 - 12:49pm
By Nathan Heuer
The Beatrice/Norris/Fairbury Freeman swim team got its final tune-up before the state swimming and diving meet this past Friday and Saturday at the River Cities Conference meet at Ralston High School.
Fairbury’s Camryn Wisnieski and Mikwena Lierman each set school-records at the six-team event and improved their state-qualifying marks in the process.

Firmanik Headed To Omaha For Third Time

Published by admin on Tue, 02/18/2020 - 12:49pm
By Nathan Heuer
For the third time in his career, Fairbury senior Seth Fimanik punched his ticket to the state wrestling tournament via a second-place finish at the District B-1 tournament on Saturday at Bennington High School.
Firmanik pinned Columbus Lakeview’s Austen Smith in 4 minutes 38 seconds to advance to the 195-pound championship bout against defending state champion Eli Jansen of Omaha Skutt Catholic, the reigning champion at 182-pounds in 2019.

Wolverines Qualify 8 Wrestlers For State, 1 Shy Of School-Record

Published by admin on Tue, 02/18/2020 - 12:48pm
By Nathan Heuer
The present time ranks up there with some of the best in school history and the future looks to have similar potential for the Wilber-Clatonia wrestling program.
Wilber-Clatonia 28-year head wrestling coach Jamie Bates had eight of his wrestlers qualify for the state wrestling tournament – the best of any area school – on Saturday at Oakland-Craig High School at the District C-3 tournament, one qualifier shy of tying the school-record.
The icing on the cake – six of those wrestlers will be returning to next year’s squad.

Fairbury Girls End Season On High Note

Published by admin on Tue, 02/18/2020 - 12:48pm
By Nathan Heuer
Entering this week’s Subdistrict C1-6 tournament the Fairbury girls basketball team will be riding the momentum of three consecutive wins and a 10-3 record since the new year began.
A pair of those victories came last week against Seward and Schuyler in the final games of the regular season.
The Lady Jeffs downed Seward 35-24 on Tuesday on Parents Night in the ’89 gym and traveled to Schuyler on Friday, winning 56-10. The 56-point mark and 46-point margin of victory is season-bests for Fairbury.

District D-1 Tourney: Mustangs Send Four To State, Titans Qualify Three

Published by admin on Tue, 02/18/2020 - 12:46pm
By Nathan Heuer
By the time all was said and done with the talent-laden District D-1 tournament at Plainview High School, Thayer Central head wrestling coach Josh Bowers and Meridian head wrestling coach Chris Placek couldn’t have asked for any more effort from their teams.
Competition was not lacking at the tournament as top-ranked Plainview was the host and five of the eight state-dual teams participated at the two-day event.

Trojans Move Up In Class Has No Impact On District Results

Published by admin on Tue, 02/18/2020 - 12:46pm
By Nathan Heuer
Inevitably, moving up in classification likely means a drop in performance due to tougher competition when the postseason rolls around.
That wasn’t the case for the Tri County wrestling team this past Friday and Saturday at the District C-1 tournament at Malcolm High School.
Jerod Spahr’s squad moved up to Class C from Class D for the 2019-2020 season after missing the cutoff enrollment number between the classes by four male students.

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