Wilber-Clatonia Sports

Boys Basketball Roundup

Published by admin on Tue, 01/19/2021 - 10:21am
Jeffs Host Wolverines
The first quarter belonged to W-C, the third to Fairbury and the Jeffs came away with a 39-36 win at home January 14. 
The game started close with Wilber-Clatonia scoring 12 points in the first quarter compared to Fairbury’s 9, but Fairbury pulled a narrow lead by scoring another 9 in the second where Wilber-Clatonia only scored 4. After the half, Wilber-Clatonia scored 10 in both the third and fourth quarter where Fairbury scored 13 in the third and 8 in the fourth. 

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.

Wolverines Roll Into Second Round

Published by admin on Tue, 11/03/2020 - 12:40pm
In the terms of theatrics, the sequel is looking like it will be as good as the original.

VB Roundup

Published by admin on Tue, 09/15/2020 - 12:26pm
Against Lewiston, the Trojans lost 23-25, 22-25. Ella Clark led T. C. in kills with five while Morgan Stokebrand chipped in four. Clark had an excellent night serving, picking up six ace serves for T.C., while Cassidy Thavanet had three with Stokebrand and Sam Rainey picking up two each.
Senior Alyssa Brown had the lone block for T.C. on the night.
Mallory Chavez led the Trojans in assists with seven.

Wolverines Fall Short In Recent Softball Action

Published by gordonhopkins on Fri, 09/04/2020 - 2:45pm
Wilber-Clatonia faced Milford on Tuesday, Sept. 1, and lost 10-2.
On August 31, the team lost to Weeping Water in a close contest, 7-8.
The Wolverines were up tied at 7-all in the fifth inning when a solo run scored in the final stanza by Weeping Water proved the difference. W-C had eight hits on the day while Weeping Water had 13.

T.C., W-C Lock Up On Volleyball Court

Published by admin on Tue, 09/01/2020 - 12:03pm
Tri County faced host team Palmyra on Thursday in volleyball and dropped the contest 15-25, 23-25 in the first game of a quadrangular on the road.
Anna Schmidt had five kills for the Trojans with Sam Rainy picking up T.C’s lone ace on serving. Schmidt had two blocks on defense for the Trojans.
Against Wilber-Clatonia, T.C. battled the Wolverines but came up short, 25-22, 26-28, 15-25.
Ella Clark had nine kills while Schmidt had seven and Morgan Stokebrand had six kills.

Wolverines Overcome Slow Start To Pick Up Win Over Bluehawks

Published by admin on Tue, 09/01/2020 - 11:59am
After being down 7-0 to start the second quarter Friday night against St. Cecilia, the W-C Wolverine football team exploded for 22 points to take a commanding lead into the half. W-C defeated the Bluehawks 28-7.
W-C quarterback Coy Rosentrader went 15-25 for 193 yards passing and three touchdowns. Will Wenz had three receptions for 50 yards and one TD for W-C.
Mitchell Thompson had 84 yards rushing while Colby Homolka picked up 50 yards on the ground for W-C. On defense, Adam Kotas had five solo, seven assisted stops with two tackles for loss.

FJNs Athletes of the Year

Published by admin on Tue, 04/21/2020 - 1:17pm

Zimmerman To Run Track At Doane

Published by admin on Tue, 03/31/2020 - 9:13am
By Nathan Heuer
When Wilber-Clatonia’s Mason Zimmerman went to his first practice with the Wolverines high school track team as a freshman, he had never competed in hurdle events before.
Fast forward 3 1/2  years and the three-sport standout had secured a scholarship to compete in that very event at the college level.
The three-sport athlete, who also plays football and basketball, was a sprinter and high jumper in middle school.

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