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Irish wrestling team has a different look St. Pat’s open in some middle weights

By ROGER BLUHM sports@nptelegraph.com

St. Pat’s wrestling coach Kevin Wood has seen a lot in his 25 years of coaching. While this season’s roster is different, it also has its advantages.

The Irish have 14 wrestlers on the varsity roster and all are eligible for two weight classes, which gives the team flexibility in dual matches.

What’s a little different this season is that St. Pat’s is open at four weight classes, four middle weight classes.

“It’s a little different, having lower weight classes and heavier weight classes and being open in the middle,” Wood said. “It is what it is, and we’ll deal with it as the season goes.”

Trey Dodson and Nathan Chrisman return at 106 and 113 pounds. From 120 to 152 the Irish have Adam Pasquinelly at 132 and Matthew Ferguson, a freshman, at 138. Pasquinelly was 40-7 a year ago and placed fifth in the state tournament. Other state qualifiers for the Irish include Dodson, Joel Melton at 170 pounds, Henry Aufdenkamp at 182 pounds and Bruan Shurigar at 285 pounds.

“We’ve got some experience,” Wood said. “If some of our younger guys come on, we’ll have a tough team again.”

Wood uses the early part of the season to work on technique.

“It doesn’t matter how good of shape you are in if you don’t know what you’re doing,” the coach said. “While we always work on conditioning, it’s

important for us to work on technique early in the season.”

Two wrestlers are returning 100 percent after being hurt a season ago. Pedro Martinez, the Irish 195-pounder, was hurt during the football season last year and missed a large portion of the wrestling season.

Shurigar broke his arm in the District final, ending his season. Both are at 100 percent for the start of this season.

The Irish went 3-2 in the Southwest Dual Tournament to open the season and then won the Bronco Invite in Mullen.

“We placed nine of 11 guys we took,” Wood said. “Our focus is to earn experience early in the season.”

Wood said his open varsity spots haven’t hurt the team thus far.

“While we have the open spots, we have wrestlers at the light weights and the heavy weights, and some teams may not have both,” Wood said. “It provides us with a chance to match up as we need to.”

The Irish are the defending SPVA Conference champions and were second in District D-4 last year. This year the Irish move up to Class C in wrestling.

“As far as the SPVA, it’s a lot of fun,” Wood said. “We’ve got some really good teams in the conference and it’s a fun tournament.

“Everything else, well, it is what it is.

We’ll move forward and do the best we can, like we always do.”

St. Pat’s seeking return to state tournament field Irish returning several important pieces

By ROGER BLUHM sports@nptelegraph.com

A year ago, the St. Pat’s boys basketball team advanced to the state tournament. Now, the Irish want to go back.

While the Irish lost two seniors from that state team, the returning players have plenty of firepower coming back to lead St. Pat’s.

Two key players for the Irish this season are seniors Sean Keenan and Joseph Clinch. Keenan is a guard while Clinch is a post player for St. Pat’s.

“Joe is pretty physical,” said Irish head coach Bill O’Malley. “He’s steady and reliable inside and he’s a good basketball player.

“Sean is also a good basketball player.

He’s got great sight on the court and just knows what needs to be done. He puts the ball where it needs to be.”

While Keenan and Clinch may be keys for the Irish, they are by no means the only ball players O’Malley can rely on. Also returning this season are Mark Mayfield, Joseph O’Malley, Brandon Niesen, Alex Harms and Matthew Buhrman. All of them have experience from a season ago.

“We have a lot of guys who will do whatever needs to be done to win a bas-

ketball game,” O’Malley said. “It’s a strength of this team.

“These players have an understanding of what we want and what needs to be done and they will go and do it.”

The Irish will be one of the favorites in the SPVA Conference and O’Malley believes the conference is a good test for his team.

“This conference is always tough,” the coach said. “We have a lot of teams who, on any given night, can knock you off.

“You learn in a hurry not to overlook anyone.”

O’Malley listed Perkins County as a tough conference opponent.

“Perkins County, Chase County, Hershey,” the coach said. “They can all win and they may start slow, but I’d bet they are there at the end of the season.”

As for his vision of the Irish this year?

“We have a great opportunity and I think the guys see that and believe in it,” O’Malley said. “We know where we want to, how we need to improve to get there and where we want the season to end.

“It’s a great opportunity and we’re ready for it.”

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Sean Keenan of St. Pat’s drives against a Broken Bow opponent in the first game of the season. The Irish are 2-0 on the year and looking for a return to the State Basketball Tournament this season.

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Sam Byrn of St. Pat’s (22) goes up for two points during the Lady Irish’s opening night victory over Broken Bow.

Lady Irish return most of state tournament squad St. Pat’s girls ready for another state run

By ROGER BLUHM sports@nptelegraph.com

One might think losing a senior who ran your offense would be a death knell to a state tournament team.

Well, it’s not.

St. Pat’s returns all but one player from a state tournament team a year ago. Candice Shelton led the Lady Irish offense a season ago, handling the ball, making decisions and helping the Lady Irish to the State Basketball Tournament.

This season Shelton is gone, but the Lady Irish return everyone else from that squad and added a transfer from Maxwell. St. Pat’s is hungry for another state tournament run, and they have the athletes to make it happen.

Four starters — Shelby Allberry, Mandy O’Malley, Sam Byrn and Brittany Lawrence — along with returners Anna O’Malley, Erin Nozicka, Toni Caudillo, Bree Saner, Kari Slattery, Natalie Mackley and CharLeigh Kadlecek, means the Lady Irish are deep and experienced.

Oh, and Brook Boucher is playing for the Lady Irish, moving from Maxwell.

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One team already on the Lady Irish radar is Hershey. The Lady Panthers, who also went to the state tournament a year ago, will be in Class C2 this season and will be in the same sub-district as the Lady Irish.

“They will be tough, no doubt,” Stienike said of Hershey.

“It’s always fun for both teams and both communities when we get together for a game.

“With both of ranked in the Top 10 before the season starts, I think that’s tremendous for both schools, the SPVA Conference and western Nebraska.

“If we both play as we’re capable, we will help each other out.”

Another tough SPVA opponent will be Sutherland.

“If you can play well in the SPVA Conference, you will be all right,” Stienike said. “It’s such a tough conference that it forces you to improve all the time.

“We know what we want. We’ve set our goals for the season. It’s time to play.”

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changed,” Lady Irish head coach Nathan Stienike said. “We don’t have a true point guard, but we didn’t last season.

“Both the O’Malley girls can handle the ball.

Boucher can handle the ball and Sam can handle the ball and run the offense.”

The O’Malley girls are both small, quick guards.

Boucher and Byrn can play guard or forward, while Allberry and Lawrence provide the post play. Allberry can also play outside.

While the Lady Irish have experience, size, speed and scoring ability, Stienike likes his team’s toughness.

“That’s something we’ve learned is that we have toughness,” the coach said. “We know there will be some very physical games and we’re ready for that.

“We have what we want to do, but we can adjust and play how we need to.”

Stienike said his team has plenty of leaders as well.

“Allberry is a good leader. She’s not a vocal leader, but she leads by example,” the coach said.

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Wildcats excited for wrestling season Maxwell has full team, plenty of flexibility as it eyes State Dual Tournament berth

By ROGER BLUHM sports@nptelegraph.com

Maxwell may be one of the most experienced Class D wrestling teams in the state. The Wildcats return 10 starters, five state qualifiers and have definite goals set for the season.

“We want to make the State Dual Tournament,” said head coach Ryan Jones of the inaugural State Dual Tournament to be held in Kearney. “We know to make it there, we need to be a good dual team as well as a good tournament team.”

The Wildcats have 33 wrestlers out this season and will fill all 14 weight classes. Returning state qualifiers for Maxwell are Drew Riggs at 132 pounds, Ethan Lunkwitz at 138 pounds, Jaylon Sturdivant at 145 pounds, Jacob Whisenhunt at 152 pounds and Dylan Gage at 170 pounds.

Riggs is a three-time state medalist, having finished third, fifth and third in the last three state tournaments.

“Riggs is a threat,” Jones said.

“He has to get a little better on his feet, but he’s working on it.

He wrestles in a tough weight class, but he’s as good as anyone in the state.

“He needs to believe in himself. Sometimes he over-analyzes things instead of just going out there and letting his talent take over. He has it in him to be a

state champion.”

Sturdivant, a sophomore, qualified for state a year ago despite battling mono for most of the season.

Gage suffered an overtime loss in the state tournament, a loss which kept him from placing.

The number of wrestlers out for Maxwell makes things better in practice.

“We’ve got a good wrestling room,” Jones said. ”The guys are all working hard and they are pulling for each other during tournaments and duals already, which is a plus.”

The Wildcats opened the year going 4-1 in the Southwest Duals Tournament and followed that up with a championship in the Elwood Invitational. In that tournament, Maxwell placed 12 wrestlers, including three champions.

Jones knows reaching the Dual State Tournament will mean winning at both duals and tournaments.

“Duals are a chess match,” Jones said. “Winning can be as simple as a wrestler not getting turned over on his back during his match.

“We have some flexibility with our roster, so we should be able to match up well with anyone.”

Next Thursday, Maxwell hosts a dual with with Ralston Valley, Colo., and will host a quadran-

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Maxwell’s Jaylon Sturdivant works on an opponent during the Southwest Dual Tournament in Bartley earlier this season. The Wildcats are deep, have experience and are seeking a berth in the State Dual Tournament in Kearney at the end of the season. gular on Jan. 10.

“We will wrestle at home for the first time in three years,”

Jones said. “Also, we have a tougher schedule this year, which should make us better by

Wildcats seeking experience Young team looks to get better as season goes along

By MARK OBERMEIER sports@nptelegraph.com

Lack of experience and depth will be a concern for the Maxwell Tigers as they begin the 2012-13 boys basketball season. But head coach Travis Klein plans to turn that into a strength by midseason.

“For the most part the boys have been pushing pretty hard to improve and get better,” Klein said.

“Daily we talk about giving more than the day before to improve.

“I think as the season plays on and we get through a few games they will have a better understanding of the effort they need to give in practice to prepare better for games.”

Key to the Tigers development will come from seniors Brandon Groseth

and Brandon Fletcher.

“Both of them are great kids,” said Klein. “They have been contributors since they were sophomores.

“Both have been great leaders vocally and by example this season showing the younger kids the ropes. Having these two on the court will be settling for me and for our young kids.

“Brandon Fletcher will be our quarterback on the court and he will be expected to get us in the right spots offensively and defensively.

“I think he is set to have a really good year this season.

“Brandon Groseth is another returning starter for us. I can tell in these first few weeks of practice he has become more comfort-

able on the floor and is doing a lot of good things on the court.

“He is a little undersized at 6-feet to play inside, but he makes up for it with quickness and is great at using his body to gain position.”

Returning non-starter letterwinners for the Tigers, include seniors Josh Grace and Brady Rosenblad; juniors Zac Gregg and Bryson Keller and sophomore Jeremiah Keith.

Heading into the opening weekend, Klein figured to learn a lot about his ball club.

“We still have kids fighting for minutes,” Klein said. “It will be interesting to see who rises to the challenges that are ahead.

We have made strides in practice as we learn to

compete and play the game.”

Klein said his team will need to adjust their play to a very formidable schedule.

“Offensively we will take what is given to us,” Klein said. “For us to be successful and competitive we need to defend and rebound the ball, limit teams to one shot a possession, along with crashing the boards offensively looking for 2nd chance opportunities.

“Again we have a very challenging schedule and we will have to play at a high level to be competitive and win games. We will be playing some young kids this year and they are going to have to grow up fast and play at a high level.”

Everything new for Lady Wildcats New coaches, new players taking on challenge for Maxwell

By MARK OBERMEIER sports@nptelegraph.com

With no starters and only two letterwinners returning from the 2011-12 Maxwell girls’ basketball squad, the Lady Wildcats will need to rely on youth to carry the load for the

working on the fundamentals of the game.

“The girls are doing very well,” Armour said.

“They are improving every day.”

When most coaches look at youth as a weakness, Armour takes a different angle.

“Youth keeps the team excited,” the coach said.

“And very energetic.”

The two returning letterwinners for the Lady Wildcats this season are 5foot, 5-inch junior Anna Crane, and 5-6 sophomore Tracy Blake.

“They bring toughness

and resilience to the whole team,” Armour said.

Although the Lady Wildcats have begun the season 0-3, Armour is optimistic.

“The girls have improved in every aspect of the game — every game,” said Armour.

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Encourage radio stations broadcasting your events to make sportsmanship announcements.

Meet with the student body to discuss acceptable behavior.

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Sailors riding in familiar waters with boys roster Coach must depend on his upperclassmen

By MARK OBERMEIER sports@nptelegraph.com

A familiar challenge faces the Sutherland boys’ basketball program as the 2012-13 basketball season approaches.

The Sailors will have a varsity roster headed up by only two seniors, four juniors and six freshmen. Head coach Dan Dyer will lean on his upperclassmen for some early direction.

“Our young players are going to need to adjust to the speed and physicality of the high school game early on to help us be competitive,” said Dyer. “We will rely heavily on our upperclassman early in the season while our younger players acclimate themselves to varsity basketball.”

With a small number of athletes and very little varsity experience, Dyer said it will be important to look at a lot of faces early.

“We have 12 players on the team,” Dyer said. The rotation may be a little bit fluid early on until we see who steps up and forms a solid rotation.

“We are a very young te4am that returns very little varsity experience. We will have to grow as a team right away with a tough schedule.”

Dyer has two returning letter winners off the 2011-12 club, in Tyler Fear

and Calvin Carsten that ended the season with a 10-13 record. Both juniors, Fear is a 6-foot guard while Carsten is the top returning post player at 6-5.

“Tyler is a good perimeter scorer and has done a good job working on his ability to finish around the basket,” Dyer said. “Calvin will be a good defender with his length and has a nice touch around the rim. We will need them to provide quality leadership throughout the season for us to improve towards sub-districts.”

Junior Nathan Maxcy, and freshmen Brett Good and Kadin Copeland also will be counted on to contribute to the Sailors cause.

“Good is becoming a steady perimeter shooter and provides us with some athleticism as a 9th grader,” said Dyer.

“Maxcy is an excellent ball defender who works hard every possession.

Copeland can knock down the perimeter shot if he gets into a good rhythm.”

Dyer said the Sailors will look to run if the opportunity presents itself.

“We will be primarily a controlled offense that will attack in transition when we have numbers,” the coach said.

“We like to play defense in the half court trying to force our opponents to take contested perimeter shots.”

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Sutherland’s Sam Kennedy looks to pass during the Lady Sailors District Final against Sandhills/Thedford last season. Kennedy joins a large group of returning Lady Sailors who are seeking a return to the state tournament.

Lady Sailors poised for state tournament trip Ex-Maxwell coach leading Sutherland

By MARK OBERMEIER sports@nptelegraph.com

Jason Gunderson made the trip down the old Lincoln Highway from Maxwell to Sutherland for the 2012-13 basketball season. Trading in his black and orange, Gunderson changed his wardrobe to the red and white of the Lady Sailors. Although he will be coaching a different team, the expectations remain the same.

“Off and on the court I expect my players to be role models for the school,” Gunderson said.

“In a smaller school system the younger students have an opportunity to see the players everyday. Because of this they need to be aware of their surroundings at all times and be a positive influence for the younger students.

“On the court I expect the girls to play with a high level of energy, always hustling and working hard. A lot of the goals this year are based towards defense.”

With a new coach directing a new team, Gunderson said practices have been busy, as a lot of new things have been added.

“The girls have been working hard,” the coach said. “A lot of them have been staying after practice working on fundamentals.

“They have high expectations for themselves as well as the team. We have a large number of girls out [27]. It took a couple of days for the younger players to realize what the expectations were in practice. Everyone is fitting in and working hard.”

Four starters return for the Lady Sailors. Senior shooting guard Joli Hopping returns as a four-year starter and a 5.6 points per game average.

“From what I have seen so far from Joli — is she is a leader,” said Gunderson.

“She has a positive attitude and is demanding of herself and players feed off of that. She has worked on her shooting and ball handling.”

Junior’s Sam Staggs and Jalyne Schuster also started a season ago. Staggs averaged seven points a game with 3.9 rebounds as a two-year starter. Schuster, also a two-year starter, was the Lady Sailors leading scorer at 11.7 points a game. Kaley Stokey, the final starting returnee averaged five points a game from the point position.

“Sam is a playmaker, she has the ability to create her own shot plus has a good outside shot,” Gunderson said of Staggs.

“She will have to adjust this year and be able to play the 4 position.

“Jalyne is the other playmaker on the team.

Just like Sam she can create her own shot and shoot.

“She is also a good passer and is working hard on defense to become a complete basketball player by improving her defense.

“Kaley is a young point guard with a lot of energy.

She always has a smile on her face and is a good ball handler and will have to run the team this year.”

Looking to fill the final starting position will be senior Sam Kennedy.

Kennedy is coming off a

great volleyball season and Gunderson has visions of her being a force in the post. “[Kennedy] is working hard to improve her fundamentals,” Gunderson said.

“Sam plays good defense in the post and is a good rebounder.”

Gunderson will look for help off the bench from a pair of seniors. Tawnie McConnell, injured the past two years is back to help at the guard position.

Kristen Nelson, a utility player that helped off the bench last year, will be able to play several positions.

Gunderson said, “Both Tawnie and Kristen could start if needed.”

Look for the Lady Sailors to play an up-tempo style of basketball with a variety of different defenses to keep the game at a pace of their liking. Gunderson knows with their difficult schedule, the Lady Sailors will need to bring their “A-game” every night.

“I believe that our schedule is tougher this year than it was last year,” said Gunderson. “The SPVA is going to be tough [nothing new there].

“We open up with four solid class C1 and C2 teams. We will be able to see right way what needs work.

“We play a primarily class C schedule. I believe Gothenburg is going to be a surprise team this year and Ogallala has a new coach that knows how to win in Chris Mestl. We are going to have to be focused at all times.”

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It’s a mixed bag for Sutherland on the wrestling mats this season.

Coach Ryan Mraz returns four state qualifiers, but also has five freshmen on the team.

“That’s the way it is,” Mraz said. “We have some tough kids returning and we have some inexperienced wrestlers who are going to have to improve as the season progresses.”

The returning state qualifiers are Collin Fleecs at 120 pounds, Chandle Tyan at 126 pounds, Colt Corbin at 132 pounds and Greg McKain at 145 pounds. McKain finished fifth last season at the state tournament.

The Sailors have 13 wrestlers on the roster this season.

“Right now. we’re trying to whip

them into shape,” Mraz said. “We have to get the kids down to the weights and keep working.

“Everyone is working hard. We’re putting the younger guys in with some experienced ones to improve the learning curve as fast as we can.”

The Sailors opened the season with a 3-2 dual record in the Southwest Duals Tournament and then finished second at the Bronco Invitational in Mullen.

“We did well,” Mraz said. “We lost some we shouldn’t have lost, but some of the younger guys placed, which helped.

“We were third in that tournament last year, so it was nice to improve this year.”

Sutherland will host the annual Sutherland Invite on Dec. 15 and will also host a Class D District Tournament at the end of the season.

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A referee watches as Greg McKain of Sutherland turns an Arapahoe wrestlers on his back during the Southwest Dual Tournament earlier this season. McKain is one of four returning state qualifiers for the Sailors this season.

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Knights hoping chemistry is right for successful run

Coach wants team who pulls for each other, competes hard in practice, games

By ROGER BLUHM sports@nptelegraph.com

The most important games for the North Platte Community College men’s basketball team are coming up.

The Knights are 7-2 on the season and will play at Southeast today, at Central on Sunday and host Northwest Kansas Tech on Dec. 15.

“These games are very important,” said NPCC head coach Kevin O’Connor.

“I thought we were right where we needed to be when we beat Casper at Northeastern, but the next night we lost to Air Force Prep.

“That was the toughest loss of the season. We didn’t have any energy, any focus. We were flat just 24 hours after the biggest win of the season.”

O’Connor knows he has one of the toughest jobs in coaching. The Knights head coach takes freshmen and sophomores for two years and tries to mold them into players, a team and responsible men.

“It’s hard,” O’Connor admitted. “It’s hard to create chemistry in a team.

“They get here, meet one another and then have to play together. As the team practices, it’s important that they pull together, rally around one another, play hard, be competitive, but be together.

“It doesn’t always happen.”

Three years ago, after the Knights made the national tournament, O’Connor brought together a team that was filled with talent. However, the team never developed chemistry and fell apart.

“That was so disappointing,” O’Connor said. “This team, it has developed some chemistry. They are coming together, but they still have much to learn.

“It’s why they lost one day after getting their biggest win. They have to learn how to sustain that energy on the back end of back-to-back days.

“It should come. If we finish the preholiday break the way we should, I’ll be looking forward to the second half of the season. This team can get better, can grow. I’m anxious to see where we end up, but I believe it will be close to where we want it to be.”

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Paige Hasty of North Platte Community College throws a pass from the high post during the Lady Knights recent victory over Colorado Christian JV.

Hasty a leader for NPCC Sophomore will seek redshirt for injured season

By ROGER BLUHM sports@nptelegraph.com

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Ben Wilson of NPCC goes up strong against Northeastern Junior College earlier this season. Wilson, a sophomore, has been key in helping the Knights build chemistry as they play this season.

Sometimes, help comes from out of the blue.

North Platte Community College women’s head coach Richard Thurin was at home last summer when he received a call.

“It was from Paige Hasty’s mother,” Thurin said. “She explained Paige was going to be attending NPCC and asked if I wanted to talk with her daughter.

“I said yes and we met. I signed her to play that day.”

Hasty played high school basketball at Holdrege and went on to sign to play with Doane after high school.

“She played four games there,” Thurin said. “She

hurt her knee and they shut her down.

“Her sister was going to school here and her grandparents live in Elsie, so she decided she wanted to come to school at North Platte.”

No one is sure if Hasty intended to play basketball before her mother contacted Thurin. Now, everyone connected with the Lady Knights is glad she did.

“Paige is a good basketball player and a good leader,” Thurin said. “She can score and was our leading scorer through much of the early season.

“But she’s also a smart basketball player. She can pass out of the high post and makes sure people are in the right positions.”

While Hasty is a sopho-

more, the Lady Knights are hoping she will get another year of eligibility at NPCC. “She qualifies for a red shirt,” Thurin said. “We just have to have Doane submit the paperwork before we do.”

Thurin said Hasty’s time with Doane — and playing for Holdrege, one of the area’s better prep programs — allowed her to come in and be a leader from the start.

“We needed that,” the coach said. “We didn’t return anyone from last year’s team, so we needed someone who was going to come in and be that leader for us.”

The Lady Knights are 65 on the season and will play at Southeast and Central today and Sunday.

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Panthers boys starting over Hershey loses top 7 players from year ago

By ROGER BLUHM sports@nptelegraph.com

Things are new for the Hershey Panthers.

Head coach Dustin Jorgenson has a whole new crew playing basketball for him this season.

“We lost seven seniors and all five starters,” Jorgenson said. “With so many new faces on the court, we’re taking things one day at a time, just trying to get better each day and be where we want to be by the end of the season.”

Dylan Johnson and Josh Connell are the two most experienced Panthers returning for this season.

“We’ve got a lot of kids,” Jorgenson said. “We can be a pretty physical team and we can play inside.

“With a lot of depth, we can play quite a few. It all comes down to how the season goes, how the kids grow, how we improve and where we are at come subdistrict time.”

Jorgenson looks at St. Pat’s, Chase

County and Perkins County as tough SPVA teams.

“St. Pat’s is loaded again,” Jorgenson said. “Chase County has most of their team back and Perkins County, when they get healthy, will be a very tough team.

“This conference is always loaded. On any night one of the conference teams can beat the other. It’s always a tough conference tournament and a tough conference.”

Hershey will see more of St. Pat’s than it used to. The Panthers have dropped into Class C2 this season and will be in the same sub-district as the Irish.

“It doesn’t matter where we’re at,” Jorgenson said. “We have to worry about ourselves first. We have so much we need to improve on before we worry too much about other teams.

“We will keep working hard, keep improving and work being as good as we can be by the time the postseason rolls around.”

Panthers have new coach A lot of changes in store for wrestling coach

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Hershey’s Daynlee Miller goes up for a shot against Minden during last year’s State Basketball Tournament. Miller returns with a host of Lady Panthers and the team will be seeking a second straight trip to state.

There’s a big difference between Arizona and Nebraska. Just ask Eric Sokol, the new head coach for the Hershey Panthers wrestling team.

Sokol, who also helps coach football, moved to the area over the summer.

“One of the biggest differences is in the numbers,” Sokol said. “In Arizona, we’d have 45 to 50 kids out for wrestling.

“Here I have 12. The hardest thing is getting them close enough in weight to practice.”

While the numbers may be smaller, Sokol has enjoyed working with Hershey students.

“The kids are tough,” the coach said.

“We have some good athletes with some talent. Nebraska does a good job of matching you up with equal opponents, so we’re not out of our league.

“One of the disadvantages I have, is I didn’t spend time with them over the summer, so they’re spread out a little bit on where they are on technique.

“We have to spend time refining

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The Hershey Lady Panthers got a taste of the State Basketball Tournament last year. Now, they want to return.

Hershey is returning most of their roster from a year ago and hopes that experience will carry them into another state tournament run.

“We’re excited about the season,” said Hershey head coach Jeremy Thomas. “We have a lot of depth and a lot of returning players.”

The Lady Panthers return five starters from a year ago. Back are Maddie Seamann, Maegan Hiatt, Daynlee Miller, Tayler Baker and Brook Frederick.

Frederick returns after missing all but one game last year after suffering an

injury. She has been called a tenacious defender by Thomas and other area coaches.

Other returning players for Hershey are Jenna Young, Brooke Munsen, Bobbi Brannon, Mariah DaMaude and Aliesha Dethlefs.

Two newcomers who may help this season are Ryce Taylor and freshman Taylor Mustian.

Hershey is loaded with quick, smaller players, which helps as they play a full-court pressing defense.

“That’s our style,” said Thomas. “We like to play pressure defense and we get after it all game long.”

One of the biggest differences for the Lady Panthers is the move to Class C2 this season.

That puts them in the same sub-district as archrival St. Pat’s.

Thomas hopes there is a scenario where both teams can advance in postseason.

“We have a tough schedule,” Thomas said. “If we take care of business and St. Pat’s does as well, which you know they will, maybe what happened in volleyball where both teams made state, can happen again in basketball.”

Thomas knows he will see the Lady Irish many times this year, starting today at home.

“We will play them at home and at their place,” Thomas said. “Then there is the SPVA Conference Tournament and in the sub-district tournament.

“We want to play well against everyone, but if we can hold our own against St. Pat’s, well, we will be right where we want to be.”

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skills.”

Despite the setback, the low numbers allow the Panthers coaching staff to work with the wrestlers more individually.

“It’s great for a coaching aspect,” Sokol said. “Each of the kids has different skills and likes and dislikes.

“The smaller numbers allow me to get to know the kids better, know whether they like takedowns or to wrestle defensively. These are things that would take a while to figure out in a larger setting.”

With varying degrees of experience on the varsity, Sokol said he hasn’t set a team goal.

“My approach is to work with each of these guys individually,” he said. “We need to do what we can to get these wrestlers to the state tournament.

“We don’t have a lot of numbers, but we have tons of talent and toughness.

Wrestling and football both can be measured in talent and toughness. Our wrestlers have both, and as coaches, we need to help them use both to their ability and make the state tournament.”

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Wallace wants summer to pay off with wins Wildcats played more than 30 games during time off

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Plenty of weapons still in Brady Lady Eagles return several starters for girls season

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Brady Lady Eagles basketball coach Lance Arterburn must not be able to relate to Old Mother Hubbard — because when he goes to his cupboard — all is OK. A year after Brady posted a 20-2 record, losing a semifinal sub-district match-up to 22-2 Ansley, Arterburn returns 10 girls with varsity experience and also depth at the post position.

“I think that will allow us to play more relaxed and handle the tighter situations a little better,” Arterburn said. “We will substitute more this year and should be able to put more pressure on teams with our depth.”

The Lady Eagles return three

starters in Brittney Christopherson, Dakota Terry and transfer student Madison Elliott from Maxwell.

“Madison and Dakota are almost identical with what they do for us,” said Arterburn. “Both are very physical down low.

“They are very smart and work extremely hard at the post. They might not be the biggest, but they handle pressure very well. Both can take care of business.

“We will rely on Brittney this year to put points up from the outside for us.”

Those three and returning letterwinners Valerie Most, Alexis Mann, Molly Hannon, Sydney Widick, Carissa Rayburn, Josie Palmer and Autumn Hild will carry the bulk of

the load for the Lady Eagles.

“Those three seniors work very hard,” Arterburn said. “The seniors and the bunch of juniors have a very hard work ethic. They know what we need to do.

“It is the juniors goal, as with the rest of the team, to make sure our seniors go out and make our goal [of going to state].”

Arterburn said his team will still try to push the ball up the floor, but this year under control.

“We need to be smart when not to push,” said the coach. “In the past we only had one gear. We need to realize when to slow down to hold down on the turnovers. We want to play fast — just a smarter fast.”

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Jacobs back for second season as Brady boys hoops

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David Jacobs begins his second year at the helm of the Brady Eagles basketball program during the 2012-13 season. He led the Eagles to a 19-4 record a season ago — falling just short of a trip to state at Lincoln. Jacobs said his team is still flying high from the successful season.

“After going 19-4 our confidence level is high and the effort put forth by our kids in the preseason has been great,” Jacobs

said. “So I think that’s been a positive for us.

“Being my second year has helped a lot because the kids know what to expect and we have been able to focus a little more on some details.”

The Eagles return only two starters in Zach Mann and Bryley Roper.

Both will be counted on heavily.

“Zach and Bryley both played a lot minutes last year and are very experienced ball players,” said Jacobs. “They both bring great leadership ability and are good teammates.

“Zach was our second leading scorer last year and he has good speed and instincts, and Bryley is a really good ball handler and is very quick. He needs to get a little more aggressive this year and do a little more scoring for us.”

Senior Michael Neiman will also be called upon to help the Eagles.

“Michael is another senior letter winner who has been showing good leadership and working hard in practice,” Jacobs said.

A grueling schedule awaits the Eagles in their

preparation for the season.

“We start off with Wauneta-Palisade and they are always a tough, well coached team,” said Jacobs. It really doesn’t get any easier as we move to our Christmas break.

“We have Paxton, Cody Kilgore, Hitchcock County, Loomis, and then South Loup, SMC and Maxwell in the Maxwell Booster Club Tournament.

“So I think we will find plenty of challenges, and know a lot more about ourselves going into Christmas break.”

Prep athletes use summer to get better. Wallace hopes it has done enough to turn things around this season.

“We played about 30 games over the summer,” said Wallace boys basketball coach Joe Hesse. “We believe it has made us better.”

The Wildcats went 8-12 last season and, according to Hesse, lost every way possible.

“We lost five or six games by less than four points,” the coach said.”We lost every way there is.

“We got back our top seven players, so hopefully, we learned last year what it takes to win.”

All five starters, Landon Swedberg, Taylor Doell, Josh Grauerholz, John Marquart and Lane Scott, return. Also returning are Jose Arvizo and Shane Anders.

“We have to improve our shooting,” Hesse said.”We play pretty good defense, but we aren’t going to win too many games 1-0.

“Offensively, we are quick. Teams can’t play man against us or we’ll do well.”

Hesse calls Swedberg the team’s best player.

“He can do it all,” Hesse said. “He scores, rebounds, handles the ball. He’s our best player.”

Although the Wildcats aren’t real tall — Grauerholz is the team’s tallest player at 6-1 — they have started the season 2-0 and feel they are going to do well this season.

“We won four or five games in a row at the end of the season last year,” Hesse said. “We got some confidence and grew with our play over the summer.

“We are going to be tough this season and hopefully improve more as the season goes on.”

Lady Wildcats’ new coach not new to courts Ex-official is now coaching

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A new coach has taken over for the Lady Wildcats of Wallace, but he’s not new to a basketball court.

Shannon Messersmith, who was an official for years, is in his first season as the girls basketball coach at Wallace.

“The girls are adjusting well to the changes,” Messersmith said. “We’ve got a new system and things are going good.

“I can’t say enough about the girls. They have a great work ethic and they work really hard in practice.”

According to Messersmith, the Lady Wildcats have a good combination of size and quickness, which make them tough.

The coach lists Katelyn Melton, Paige Aylward.

Morgan Messersmith, Haley Stpr, and Abbey Rohde as impact players for his team.

“We are looking forward to having a successful season,” Messersmith said. “I’m excited about our experience and depth.”

Depth is something the Lady Wildcats have. The roster has 16 girls, including four seniors.

“Not only do we have depth, we have good leaders,” Messersmith said. “We have what we need for a good season after we get the new system running and the girls are just playing and not thinking too much.”

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pleasant surprises.

“The three that returned from last year have been very accepting of those that have moved up. They know what [last years JV] bring in terms of the game and ability.

“Obviously the [returning starters] have a jump on the others, having been there before. However we have multisport athletes on our team and many of them have competed at the varsity level in the fall or spring competition.”

Woodhead, beginning his 11th season as head coach, will look to senior Maggie Bianco and junior Madalynn Doughty to help shore up the starting lineup.

“Maggie is a tough competitor, and as a senior is providing leadership, as are Kylie and Ashten which helps set the tone for practice,” the coach said. “She is a complete team player.

“Madalynn is a fireball. What she lacks in pure size she makes up in effort and heart. She is doing a nice job handling the ball and getting us set up in the half court.”

Because of the Lady Bulldogs youth, Woodhead said it is important to get off to a good start.

“As young as we are, I think it is extremely important to experience success early,” said Woodhead. “Success breeds success.

“I believe playing together includes being supportive of one another whether they are on the floor or on the bench, blending their strengths and accepting their roles as team members.

“With all things being equal with the teams we compete against, playing together will take them a long way. I believe we are progressing in the right direction in playing as a team.”

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With only three seniors on the North Platte Lady Bulldogs roster at the beginning of the 2012-13 season, head coach Mark Woodhead will be looking for some underclassmen to step up and help the ranks. An early season jamboree game against Sidney in the Nebraska Hall of Fame series might have been just what the doctor ordered.

“For those that did not have a lot of time in varsity games [last year],” said Woodhead, “it allowed them to get a feel for the speed and intensity of the game at the varsity level. You just can’t replicate that in practice.”

Although the Lady Bulldogs are short on varsity experience, Woodhead said his team is joined by a very successful junior varsity team.

“The JV wins do not always translate into varsity wins, however our JV team played at a high level throughout their season last year and had chemistry that led to their success,” Woodhead said. “I believe that has carried over to this year in practice, and our [Hall of Fame] game.”

Returning starters for North Platte are seniors Ashten Hernandez and Kylie Wroot. Hernandez, the Lady Bulldogs leading scorer a year ago, stands in at 6 foot and will take up residence in the lane. Wroot (5-11) gives Hernandez support in the paint.

Sophomore Kaitlynn Harvey will be starting for her second successive year.

Harvey, at 5-7, will be called upon for some outside offense.

“At this point I believe we could start any of our top six or seven,” Woodhead said. “They have played well in practice, and there have been some very

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Bulldogs ready to bring experience to the court North Platte boys returning four starters

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North Platte boys basketball coach Matt Kaminski is looking forward to bringing back four starters off the 2011-12 team that went 8-14 in a tough Class A division.

Kaminski, in his second year as the Bulldogs head coach, feels the year’s experience will be advantageous.

“I think just the overall understanding and expectations of our players, coaches, and what we are trying to accomplish is much improved from a year ago,” Kaminski said.

“We feel that will lead to positives across the board.

“Our kids love playing the game and love competing.

“We feel the way we competed last season combined with the experience will play a huge part in our ability to be successful in close games.”

The Bulldogs will be blessed with size and skilled perimeter shooters. A solid inside/out combination.

“Each and every day the coaches are working hard to develop our players,” the coach said. “I think we will be as athletic as most of the teams we play. We have strong versatile posts and perimeter guys that can create for each other and themselves. We can

give opponents match up problems in different ways.

“Teams will try to get us in foul trouble so we will need to be prepared to avoid those issues, both mentally and physically.

Shooting better from the free throw line this season is on our minds. That was a thorn for us last year.”

Back to help the Bulldogs cause will be seniors Jack Kenny and Luke Wright. Kenny, a 5-foot, 8inch guard, will be relied on to run the team from the point.

“Jack is a poised and skilled player that can create plays and control the tempo,” Kaminski said.

“He’s taking more command of directing the team this season.”

Wright, at 6-3, brings a multiple of talents to the table.

“Luke is an intense and emotional player,” said Kaminski. He’s strong inside and a good passer for a big man. His experience and leadership is valuable to our team.”

The tallest member of the team is junior Drew Callaghan. Kaminski feels a summer filled with basketball will help the twoyear starter.

“Drew has impressive all around ability for a 6-7 player that our team will rely heavily on, night in and night out,” Kaminski said. “He’s played against

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top-notch competition over the summer and his improvement is evident.

“He’s more aggressive, stronger, and his presence as a shot blocker and rebounder will be felt. He has passion for the game and will continue to be a leader for us.”

Kaminski also said junior Kade Erickson is a very solid perimeter player that is a threat to score 20 any night.

Also counted on to help are junior Bradey Anderson and sophomore Shane Mauch.

“Bradey is much improved and has the ability to be an incredible defender, and will be counted on to make plays for us, especially on the defensive end,” said Kaminski. “And Shane understands the game and is a well-rounded player that will only get better and better as the season goes. We will need him to create offense for us with his shooting and passing ability.

“I think most people understand that our schedule, year in and year out, is demanding with our school size and location in Class A,” said Kaminski.

“We are smart enough to understand that we can beat any team on our schedule and any team can beat us. We need to be mentally prepared for every game we enter.”

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low,” Hall said. “All of them are upper classmen and know what to expect at practices as well as at tournaments.

“They understand that the season is long and there will be some up and downs, but you need to stay focused and work at getting better each week.”

Hall said the Bulldogs are two deep at every weight class and even deeper at some weights.

“Depth is very important in any sport,” said the coach. “With depth in all weight classes, we have more competition in the wrestling room.

“If you have to compete for your spot throughout the year, you will become tougher mentally as well as get more mat time. It will make everyone better.”

The Bulldogs won’t have to go far for a little competition. Hall said area teams such as Grand Island, Kearney, Cozad and Lexington should test the North Platte wrestlers. Competition that should help the Bulldogs prepare for Conference, District and State.

“I think it’s important to be able to see good competition throughout the season,” Hall said. “You’re able to find out your strengths and weaknesses in a hurry and have a chance to get them corrected before the end of the season.

“We will be tested early at the Kearney invite with Grand Island, Kearney and Lincoln Southwest of the preseason top ten teams and many good individuals.”

The Bulldogs have several weight classes that lack varsity experience, but Hall expects that will get better as the season goes on.

“I’m excited to see how some of the first year varsity wrestlers are able to compete and watch them learn and improve as the season progresses,” said Hall. “I believe everyone on the team can do great things if they decide to put in the effort on a daily basis.

“It doesn’t have to be just our varsity wrestlers. We will have some very good wrestlers on the JV team and expect them to compete well at all of their meets.”

The North Platte wrestling squad returns plenty of experience and leadership from their 2011-12 season, meaning Bulldogs fans should experience another successful year. North Platte finished third at the Nebraska State Wrestling Meet in Omaha last February and return nine starters, four whom brought home state medals.

Dale Hall, beginning his fourth year as head Bulldogs wrestling coach, is optimistic of the upcoming season.

“The success we had last year makes it easier to set the bar high for us again this year,” Hall said. “We know that we’re capable of doing well at the meets and expect that of ourselves.

“However, we need to realize that we won’t be able to sneak up on anybody this year and will get everyone’s best shot.”

The Bulldogs have over 50 athletes out for wrestling. Hall said a freshman class of 21 has the potential to be a very good class in the future.

“I think our success that we had last year has helped get some new kids to at least give it a try,” said Hall. “I also believe it is important to talk to kids — recruit at your own high school.

“If they say no to me about wrestling or aren’t sure about trying it, I try to have some of their peers encourage them. I want kids who are willing to work hard, be willing to be coached, and commit to the sport of wrestling during the season.”

Leading the charges for the Bulldogs will be two-time state medalist Grant Holscher. Joining Holscher are medalists Jonah Navarette, Paul Kraye and Jason Lieneman.

Other starters returning include Aaron Houser, Colton Thompson, Lane Carpenter, Levi Thomlison and Shane Roblee.

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Leadership key to North Platte in water Bulldogs returning several to swimming, diving teams

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Leadership is a key ingredient when talking about the North Platte swimming and diving teams this winter. Coach Jon Beggs, in his thirtieth year at North Platte High School, believes this group of seniors is ready to deliver.

Seniors taking their turn on the 2012-13 team are Kathleen Cullinan, Shaylee Guethlein, Kim Hall, Jackie Paloucek, Cassie Mosel, Tyler and Charlie Halligan, Louie Harper, Erik Davis, Zach Saner and Matthew Walsh.

“Leadership is coming from a solid group of sen-

iors who want to work toward team success,” said Beggs. “Several of those seniors have put in 3-4 years and believe that it is their turn to lead the team to success.”

Numbers are another area that will help the Bulldogs. Currently there are a total of 46 out for the team — 27 girls and 19 boys.

“With the larger numbers we will be able to develop more depth in several events as the season progresses,” Beggs said.

“We are beginning to develop several individuals who are going to help us in the 50 and 100 free which will help us on the 200 and 400 free relays as well as the individual events. The

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SEASON OUTLOOK: Nearing the finish, Zac Burns of North Platte swims in the 200 yard intermediate event at the Kearney Invite last seaWith the larger numbers son at UNK. Burns returns this season for the Bulldogs. we will be able to develop seniors are working on degree of difficulty which Other returning letterOne change in the state more depth in several events that they feel will will in turn produce high- winners for the Bulldogs meet format will be the adevents as the season pro- help us as a team.” er total scores as she mas- are Liz Dempsey, Kayla dition of qualifiers. A gresses.

Paloucek is the defend- ters the dives.

Kalani and Jessica Hess. move Beggs sees as a posiRETURNING LETTER ing conference diving “Zac has state experiBeggs said it will be im- tive.

WINNERS: Kathleen Culli- champion while junior ence in both individual portant for the young “This year’s state meet nan, Shaylee Guethlein, Zac Burns and sophomore and relay events and swimmers to mature in or- has been expanded from Kim Hall, Liz Dempsey, Landon Jahnke are the hopes to return to state in der to help the squad.

24 to 32 qualifiers with Kayla Kalani, Cassie two lone Bulldogs that those events and Landon “The new swimmers scoring to 16 places rather Mosel, Jackie Palouchek, have state experience. returns as a member of will need to develop their than 12,” said Beggs. “I Jessica Hess, Zac Burns, “Jackie has begun to several relay events. They skills as the season pro- think that it may be helpEric Davis, Charlie Halli- work on dives that are nec- both will help the other gresses,” the coach said. ful for the future of the gan, Tyler Halligan, Louie essary to compete at a swimmers get over the “Many of them are work- sport because it will give Harper, Landon Jahnke, higher level of success,” nervousness that some ing on a number of differ- more swimmers an opporZach Saner and Matthew Beggs said. “She is push- swimmers get when the ent swimming strokes to tunity to have state experiWalsh ing herself to increase her perform at a higher level.” see where they will fit in.” ence.”

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NICKNAME: Bulldogs CONFERENCE: GNAC CLASSIFICATION: A HEAD COACH: Jon Beggs PLAYER TO WATCH: Jackie Palouchek, Zac Burns and Landon Jahnke TEAM STRENGTH: Returning swimmers and divers have provided strong leadership.

TEAM WEAKNESS: Large percentage of swimmers is new to swimming.

They will need to develop as the season progresses.

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Class A North Platte NICKNAME: Bulldogs CONFERENCE: GNAC CLASSIFICATION: A HEAD COACH: Dale Hall PLAYER TO WATCH: Alex Guerra, Davis Matta, Chris Dilley and Dylon Mlady.

TEAM STRENGTH: The Bulldogs return nine starters from last year’s team that finished third at state. We have a very good senior class that is led by two-time state Medalist Grant Holscher and medalists Jonah Navarette, Paul Kraye and Jason Lieneman. The Bulldogs will be two deep at every weight class and have more in some. Depth in all weight classes will make everyone better.

TEAM WEAKNESS: We have several weight classes that will lack experience, but will bet better as the season goes on.

SEASON OUTLOOK: With the experience and leadership that the Bulldogs return, we will have another successful season.

Some of toughest competition will come from schools in our area. Grand Island, Kearney, Cozad and Lexington will all have solid teams this year.

Wrestling against good competition all season long will help us get ready for Conference, Districts and State meets.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Jonah Navarette, Aaron Houser, Colton Thompson, Lane Carpenter, Paul Kraye, Levi Thomlinson, Shawn Roblee, Grant Holscher, Jason Lieneman, Austin Matthews, Keegan Knott and Martin Sellers.

COMMENTS: We have over 50 wrestlers out this year. Our freshman class is the biggest with 21 and has the potential to be a very good class in the future.

Class B Lexington NICKNAME: Minutemen CONFERENCE: GNAC CLASSIFICATION: B HEAD COACH: Joey Morrison PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: Several very athletic kids that pick up on the techniques quickly. We

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had a great summer full of wrestling camps, so we are hoping that pays off early this season.

TEAM WEAKNESS: I would say experience is the main weakness of our team. The average years spent wrestling is probably about three. That can be difficult when facing opponents who have 10+ years experience.

SEASON OUTLOOK: This is shaping up to be a very promising year. We lost one state medalist and two starters from last year. We only have two seniors this year, so we are young team.

The first two weeks of practice have been very productive.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Alan Alvarez, Danny Ibarra, Dakota Hernandez, Seth Shields, Mario Barraza and Edwin Pedomo.

Class C St. Pat’s NICKNAME: Irish CONFERENCE: SPVA CLASSIFICATION: C HEAD COACH: Kevin Wood RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Trey Dodson, Nathan Chrisman, Adam Pasquinelly, Joel Melton, Henry Aufdenkamp, Pedro Martinez and Byran Shurigar.

Valentine NICKNAME: Badgers CONFERENCE: Southwest Conference CLASSIFICATION: C HEAD COACH: Shane Allison PLAYER TO WATCH: Marcus Nelson, Trent Osnes, Cory Assarson and Nate O’Keif TEAM STRENGTH: A good mix of proven veterans and talented youth.

TEAM WEAKNESS: A few unprovens that need to find a way to step up SEASON OUTLOOK: We should be in the mix at state again this year.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Trever Bukaske, Jacob Hand, Nate O’Keif, Marcus Melson, Nick Ormesher, Cory Assarson, Trent Osnes, Jake Fulton, Cameron Perret, Lance Hockenberry, Tristan Eklund,

Donald McCleary, Colby Lamb and Bret Mayhew.

Class D Elwood NICKNAME: Pirates CONFERENCE: Fort Kearny CLASSIFICATION: D HEAD COACH: Andrew Chrisinger PLAYER TO WATCH: Brady Grafton TEAM STRENGTH: Four returning letterman.

TEAM WEAKNESS: A lot of inexperience.

SEASON OUTLOOK: We are young but have a good bunch of kids that work hard.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Brady Grafton, Cole Remmenga, Ray Rameriz and Deone Wilson COMMENTS: We have a good returning bunch and some youth so hopefully we can mix the two and have a good season.

Eustis-Farnam NICKNAME: Knights CONFERENCE: Fort Kearny CLASSIFICATION: D HEAD COACH: Travis Metzler SEASON OUTLOOK/ STRENGTH/ WEAKNESS: The Eustis-Farnam wrestling team is looking to continue and build on the success of last year’s season. The team is returning three state qualifiers and one state medalist (Chris Werth-4th). The coaches’ will be looking to our seniors and returning letterwinners to lead our large group of incoming freshman. Though the team may be young we have high hopes and expectations to be competitive in all tournaments.

Maxwell NICKNAME: Wildcats CONFERENCE: SPVA CLASSIFICATION: D HEAD COACH: Ryan Jones PLAYER TO WATCH: Drew Riggs, Dylan Gage, Ethan Lunkwitz, Jaylon Sturdivant, and Jacob Whisenhunt, TEAM STRENGTH: Numbers and depth. Have 22 out and will fill all 14 weight-classes. Experienced in the middleweights.

TEAM WEAKNESS:

SEASON OUTLOOK: Have 10 returning starters and five returning state qualifiers back.

Experienced squad who keeps getting better. Should be tough in duals and in tournaments.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Josh Meyers, Tristyn Jefferson, Drew Riggs, Ethan Lunkwitz, Jaylon Sturdivant, Jacob Whisenhunt, Taylor McKeeman, Dylan Gage, Call Boland and Charley Kesterson

Mullen NICKNAME: Broncos CONFERENCE: Loup Valley and Sandhills Conferences CLASSIFICATION: D HEAD COACH: Russ Monette PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: TEAM WEAKNESS: Team depth – Low numbers SEASON OUTLOOK: Be competitive in as many meets as possible and work to improve each week of the season.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Kory Phillips, Dalton Zimmerman and Garrett Cox .

Perkins County NICKNAME: Plainsmen CONFERENCE: SPVA CLASSIFICATION: D HEAD COACH: Dean Friedel PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: TEAM WEAKNESS: SEASON OUTLOOK: We are returning a good group of seniors to lead the squad. We have two state placers in Vinny Ross and Austin Thelander who we expect to pick up where they left off last year in leading the team and acquiring wins. Seniors Mark Hanson and Trey Johnson finished last season strong and will be solid contributors to the team. Blake Edmonds is a senior transfer and will fill one of our upper weights for us.

Junior Garrett Toner fell on some hard luck and had surgery at the end of the football season and may miss this wrestling season. Michael Tucker also a junior, made some good gains in the weight room this summer and will probably compete at the 170 class.

A couple of youngsters, sophomore Brennan Toner and freshman Hunter Coats will help to

fill out our lower weights. Brennan gained a lot of varsity experience last year and showed improvement at each meet. Also new to the squad is Trevor Walker, a sophomore.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS:

South Loup

NICKNAME: Bobcats CONFERENCE: Loup Valley and Sandhills Conferences CLASSIFICATION: D HEAD COACH: Matthew Coleman PLAYER TO WATCH: Wyatt Eggleston, Jacob Mason, Chase Forrester, Kyle Pierce and Garrett Dockweiler.

TEAM STRENGTH: Good leadership along with experience.

TEAM WEAKNESS: Some of the guys still lack some experience.

SEASON OUTLOOK: I’m excited to have most of our team back that we had last year. Another year of experience will help tremendously.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Clayton G’Schwind, Wyatt Eggleston, Jacob Mason, Chase Forrester, Kyle Pierce, Stone Phillips, Garrett Dockweiler, Ian Beshaler, Dillon Olson, Rollie Schleichardt, Michael Larreau

Sutherland

NICKNAME: Sailors CONFERENCE: SPVA CLASSIFICATION: D HEAD COACH: Ryan Mraz PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: Four returning state qualifiers.

TEAM WEAKNESS: Youth and inexperience in the upper weights.

SEASON OUTLOOK: We look to have a tough group of wrestlers in the middle weights this year.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Collins Fleecs, Chandler Tyan, Colt Corbin, Greg McKain, Zach Blake, Nathaniel Foster, Bryson Dick and Nick Hahn.

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Class A North Platte NICKNAME: Bulldogs CONFERENCE: GNAC CLASSIFICATION: A HEAD COACH: Mark Woodhead PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: 23 returners that started last year. JV team was solid last year; we hope that continues into this season.

TEAM WEAKNESS: Young, many have limited varsity experience if any.

SEASON OUTLOOK: We’ll be young. Important to learn to play together and have success early.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Ashten Hernandez; Kylie Wroot; Kaitlynn Harvey; Maggie Branco; Madalyn Doughty COMMENTS: Great kids, good practice so far, we’re optimistic.

Class B Lexington

NICKNAME: Minutemaids CONFERENCE: GNAC CLASSIFICATION: B HEAD COACH: Brent Frauen PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: TEAM WEAKNESS: SEASON OUTLOOK: Lexington will be young this year, as we look to replace Sydney Seberger.

One of our strengths for the team should be our overall team speed and quickness.

On of the things that will have our focus on in practice will be to find scoring from more of our players.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Casey Seberger, Halle Gydesen and MacKenzie McKeone, Molly Woockman, Kelby O’Meara, Katelin Schultze and Bethany Dolezal

McCook

NICKNAME: Lady Bison CONFERENCE: GNAC CLASSIFICATION: B HEAD COACH: Jeff Ellis PLAYER TO WATCH: Faith Johnson TEAM STRENGTH: Perimeter play, transition offense TEAM WEAKNESS: Post depth SEASON OUTLOOK: With four returning starters and eight returning letter-winners, we have high expectation for 2012-2013 coming off district championship and birth in last year state tournament.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Brooklynn Trew, Megan Ruppert, Rachel Groltl, Kassidy Gillen, Madison Chitwood, Brenleigh Daum, Molly Sughroue and Danica Leiss

Class C1 Chase County NICKNAME: Longhorns CONFERENCE: SPVA CLASSIFICATION: C1 HEAD COACH: Nancy Sorensen PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: We have good team cohesion. All the girls are getting along and working hard.

TEAM WEAKNESS: We will need to limit turnovers.

We will need to capitalize on every scoring opportunity.

SEASON OUTLOOK: We have a core nucleus of returning starters and letter-winners. We have a tough schedule; we will need to be ready to play each week.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Morgan Fisher, Bethany Sorensen, Kristen Jussel, Kaycee Bubak, Bridget Langin, Makala Bartels, Paige Spady.

Gothenburg NICKNAME: Swedes CONFERENCE: Southwest Conference CLASSIFICATION: C1 HEAD COACH: Chris Lecher PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: TEAM WEAKNESS: SEASON OUTLOOK: We will have a good group of returning letter winners with quite a bit of experience.

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KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Taylor Wolf, Brittyn Munster, Jacey Wiggins, Hanna Wolf, Regan Geiken, Emily Franzen, Aryn Meisinger, Rebecca Anderson, MaKaela Franzen.

Ogallala NICKNAME: Indians CONFERENCE: Southwest Conference CLASSIFICATION: C1 HEAD COACH: Chris Mestl PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: Experience, we return five players from last year’s squad that have starting experience. If we can use this experience to our advantage, both on the offensive end and defensive end, it should help us win some basketball games.

TEAM WEAKNESS: Scoring, ball handling and depth.

SEASON OUTLOOK: KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Arin Reimers, Carlie Kay, Jessica Paloucek, Ciara Voycheske and Kaleigh Berg

Valentine NICKNAME: Badgers CONFERENCE: Southwest Conference CLASSIFICATION: C1 HEAD COACH: Dan Wolken PLAYER TO WATCH: Michelle Renning, Brianna Bussinger, Lindsey Fay TEAM STRENGTH: TEAM WEAKNESS: We play tough teams several times during the season. They include Minden, Chadron, Hershey and St. Pat’s.

SEASON OUTLOOK: We return the two starting post from last year. We have a strong group of supporting players. I feel we will be very competitive.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Allie Millard, Skylar Mathis, Brittany O’Keif, Emily Perrett and Sydney Belville

Class C2 Hershey NICKNAME: Panthers CONFERENCE: SPVA CLASSIFICATION: C2 HEAD COACH: Jeremy Thomas PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: Very quick and deep. I have many girls I can go to and who can get hot in a hurry.

TEAM WEAKNESS: Besides Maddie Seamann who is 6’1”, we become a very guard loaded team.

SEASON OUTLOOK: This team is very excited and hungry to start this season after coming off a State Tournament appearance last season.

We return almost our entire team from last year except three seniors.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Daynlee Miller, Brooke Frederick, Maegan Hiatt, Tayler Baker, Maddie Seamann, Jenna Young, Brooke Munsen, Bobbi Brannan, Mariah DaMoude and Aliesha Dethlefs

Perkins County NICKNAME: Lady Plainsmen CONFERENCE: SPVA CLASSIFICATION: C2 HEAD COACH: Deanne Bishop PLAYER TO WATCH: Courtney Ostermiller, Brandie Ross TEAM STRENGTH: Depth, Speed, Discipline and Experience.

TEAM WEAKNESS: Injuries (Currently) – a number of girls out due to ongoing or reoccurring injuries. Replacing leading scorers.

SEASON OUTLOOK: After losing three starters (including our point guard and leading scorer), we have some gaps to fill.

At the same time, we return a host of girls (10) with varsity experience.

We should be deep at all positions.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Shania Metcalf, Michi Prante, Jessi Hoffert, Matisyn Humphrey, Mariah Curtis, Courtney McClenahan, Courtney Lyon, Kendra Hoffert,

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St. Pat’s NICKNAME: Lady Irish CONFERENCE: SPVA CLASSIFICATION: C2 HEAD COACH: Nathan Stienike PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: Experience: six seniors, good balance of height and quickness.

TEAM WEAKNESS: SEASON OUTLOOK: With lots of experience returning, expectations are high.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Shelby Allberry, Mandy O’Malley, Sam Byrn, Brittany Lawrence, Anna O’Malley, Erin Nozicka, Tori Caudillo, Charleigh Kadlecek, Bree Saner, Matalie Mackley, Kari Slattery and Brook Boucher.

Class D1 Hitchcock County NICKNAME: Falcons CONFERENCE: RPAC CLASSIFICATION: D1 HEAD COACH: Clark Benne PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: Five seniors TEAM WEAKNESS: Only three letter-winners and 15 ppg. returning.

SEASON OUTLOOK: Sorry, I am new to the team and the area, so I only know what I saw in a few summer games. We graduated most our scoring and rebounding from a year ago.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Alexis Bantz, Allysen Cole, Kristen Garner

Maxwell NICKNAME: Wildcats CONFERENCE: SPVA CLASSIFICATION: D1 HEAD COACH: Mitch Armour PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: Young TEAM WEAKNESS: Young and no returning starters.

SEASON OUTLOOK: Work on fundamentals KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Anna Crane, Tracy Blake

Paxton NICKNAME: Tigers CONFERENCE: RPAC CLASSIFICATION: D1 HEAD COACH: Janelle Beveridge PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: Better numbers than in the past, good freshmen class (Emma and Nicole will get a lot of time). We are quick and can run if right five on the floor.

TEAM WEAKNESS: Lost leading scorer and leading rebounder. Not very tall again… one girl is 6’0, others short.

Skills are better, but can be improved upon. Goal is to cut down turnovers, and improve rebounding and scoring.

SEASON OUTLOOK: Hope to be .500 or better. Sutherland is in our district and should be very strong. We have a tough schedule.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Brekken Martinosky, Taylor Holzfaster, Mary Vasquez, Austin Hackney, Leanne Gamet, Karlee Schow, Taylor Hahn, Cheyenne Loeffler and Hannah Rosentrater.

COMMENTS: I coached two years in 1980-81, 1981-82, stepped back in to help two years ago, thus four years total. We lost our best offensive player (Kailen Bricker) and best defensive (Carli Holz) to graduation. But we have more bench strength than past years. I hope to be around .500. We are building our program.

SMC NICKNAME: Cyclones CONFERENCE: Sandhills CLASSIFICATION: D1 HEAD COACH: Adam Boettcher PLAYER TO WATCH: Hanna Harwager, Natalie Jones, Kenzie Burnside, Mariah Harm, Jacklyn Sonnenfeld, Haley Munson.

TEAM STRENGTH: Four returning starters.

TEAM WEAKNESS: Depth and youth, out of 12 varsity players nine of them are freshman

or sophomores. As the year develops, I do see this becoming more of a strength, but they need some experience first. We also have some injuries to start the seasonand will be relying on our youth to start.

SEASON OUTLOOK: We will be looking to improve on last years record, and continue to develop our younger players.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Torie Opela, Sammantha Riedel, Ashley Starr, Kadee Cutler, Brianna Boyer, Kayla Klosen

South Loup NICKNAME: Bobcats CONFERENCE: Loup Valley and Sandhills Conferences CLASSIFICATION: D1 HEAD COACH: Abe Hinman PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: TEAM WEAKNESS: SEASON OUTLOOK: Overall, we will still be young. Looking to build on some existing experience and to find some leaders to step up.

RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Jordan Rush, Shaylan Kockweiler, Taylor Greiser, Michaela Weverka, Tiffany Potter, Rachel Smith and Jenna Hoesel.

Sutherland NICKNAME: Sailors CONFERENCE: SPVA CLASSIFICATION: D1 HEAD COACH: Jason Gunderson PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: TEAM WEAKNESS: SEASON OUTLOOK: Sutherland will have most of their starters returning. Continuity and experience will be strenghts for Sutherland. Most of the players have been playing together for a long time and understand each other. A weakness for Sutherland will be lack of depth.

Although most starters return we lost five players to graduation. In order for Sutherland to be successful players will need to step up and add depth to the team RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Sam Kennedy, Kirsten Nelson, Joli Hopping, Sam Staggs, Jalyne Schuster, Kaley Stokey and Tawnie McConnell.

Class D2 Arthur County NICKNAME: Wolves CONFERENCE: Sandhills Conference CLASSIFICATION: D2 HEAD COACH: Dan Arensdorf PLAYER TO WATCH: Mackenzie Walker, Taylor Vasa TEAM STRENGTH: TEAM WEAKNESS: SEASON OUTLOOK: We are still building. Should be above last year.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Charmane Macomber, Taylor Vasa, Emily Vinton, Morgan Petterson, Mackenzie Walker.

Brady NICKNAME: Eagles CONFERENCE: Sandhills Conference CLASSIFICATION: D2 HEAD COACH: Lance Arterburn PLAYER TO WATCH: All 10 TEAM STRENGTH: Good depth, 10 girls with varsity experience, Depth at post.

TEAM WEAKNESS: Play under control and lower turnovers.

SEASON OUTLOOK: Girls have a hard work ethic and are willing to learn and play hard. If we continue to grow we should have a good year.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Brittney Christopherson, Dakota Terry, Madison Elliott, Valerie Most, Alexis Mann, Molly Hannon, Sydney Widick, Carissa Rayburn, Josie Palmer and Autumn Hild

Eustis-Farnam NICKNAME: Knights CONFERENCE: Fort Kearney Conference CLASSIFICATION: D2 HEAD COACH: Jeremy Walters PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: TEAM WEAKNESS:

SEASON OUTLOOK: The 2012-2013 girls’ basketball team at Eustis-Farnam has five returning letter-winners. They are seniors Bryn Bellamy, Preston Rieker, and Miranda Lauby; juniors Melanie Johnson and Melissa Johnson. This group of young women will provide leadership and experience to a talented team. Team unity and player development was a priority during summer play as we have lost 12 points per game to graduation, which included very good defenders in Tira Redenbaugh and Andrea Werth.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Bryn Bellamy, Preston Rieker, Miranda Lauby, Melanie Johnson and Melissa Johnson.

Hyannis

NICKNAME: Longhorns CONFERENCE: Sandhills Conference CLASSIFICATION: D2 HEAD COACH: Chris Kraus PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: We have good numbers out. We also are coming off a good volleyball season. We have a number of letter winners back. We also have some young talent that should push the veterans and that should make us stronger.

TEAM WEAKNESS: SEASON OUTLOOK: If our girls want to, and will work hard they can be successful. If our girls have made a concerted commitment to basketball, they could be a lot of fun to watch this year.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Hannah Haney, Jessie Schwanabeck, Savanna Jamison, Bree Evans, Bailey Schaack, Shontell Roseberry, Frannie Young, Brandy Schaack and Kaitlyn Ramsay.

Maywood

NICKNAME: Tigers CONFERENCE: RPAC CLASSIFICATION: D1 HEAD COACH: Kimberly Stengel PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: Our strength is working as a team and as we learn more about ourselves, we can only improve that strength both on and off the court.

TEAM WEAKNESS: SEASON OUTLOOK: I am very excited to get another season going with the girls. We com to practice to work hard and to work as a team. We plan to do that the whole season in pursuit of success KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Tess Whitman, Justine Stone, Brittney Esslinger, Katelynn Gerlach, Breanna Phillips, Abby Werkmeister, Brooke Moore, Corey Eshleman

Medicine Valley

NICKNAME: Lady Raiders CONFERENCE: RPAC CLASSIFICATION: D2 HEAD COACH: Derek Bantam PLAYER TO WATCH: Kathryn Schick, Rachel Towne TEAM STRENGTH: Experience.

TEAM WEAKNESS: Depth SEASON OUTLOOK: We return all five starters from a year ago. We hope to be competitive and improve as the season progresses. Our volleyball team had a great season and we hope it carries over to this season.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Taylor Sandoe, Sierra Schmidt, Regan Garey, Starla Henderson, Grayce Jorgensen, Shaylee Schroeder, Jessa Lemon

South Platte

NICKNAME: Blue Knights CONFERENCE: Minuteman Activities Conference CLASSIFICATION: D2 HEAD COACH: Ken Bartels PLAYER TO WATCH: Lindsey Kotschwar TEAM STRENGTH: TEAM WEAKNESS: SEASON OUTLOOK: Five letter winner’s return, so we are looking for some good things out of them. We should have approximately 12 girls on the roster.

Our scoring ability will again be

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Class A North Platte NICKNAME: Bulldogs CONFERENCE: GNAC CLASSIFICATION: A HEAD COACH: Matt Kaminski PLAYER TO WATCH: Bradey Anderson, Shane Mauch TEAM STRENGTH: Talented inside players that are versatile and pass the ball well mixed with some skilled perimeter shooters. We feel solid inside and out.

TEAM WEAKNESS: SEASON OUTLOOK: Excited about an experienced group that was competitive a year ago. We need to get some confidence early.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Jack Kenny, Luke Wright, Drew Callaghan and Kade Erickson.

Class B McCook NICKNAME: Bison CONFERENCE: GNAC CLASSIFICATION: B HEAD COACH: Jeremy Yilk PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: We return our top three scorers from last year.

TEAM WEAKNESS: We will have to develop some depth over the course of the season.

SEASON OUTLOOK: We have a strong nucleus of players returning and a senior class determined to do great things.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Cody Wudtke; Mark Alspaugh; Sean Backer; Austin Cherry; Lucas Post; Zayne Gillen.

Class C1 Chase County NICKNAME: Longhorns CONFERENCE: SPVA CLASSIFICATION: C1 HEAD COACH: Carl Zuege OVERALL OUTLOOK ON SEASON: We return a group of very young players who gained a great deal of varsity experience last season, and look to build off of last year’s late-season success.

TEAM’S STRENGTHS: Defense, chemistry, experience TEAM’S WEAKNESSES: ball handling, speed RETURNING STARTERS: Kelton Fisher, Jeffery Dickeg, Kale Gockley.

RETURNING NON-STARTER LETTERWINNERS: Justus Wallin, Isaac Sorensen, Trey Milner, Dan Sullivan, Travis Luhrs.

POSSIBLE IMPACT PLAYERS: Brian Bell

Cozad NICKNAME: Haymakers CONFERENCE: Southwest Conference CLASSIFICATION: C1 HEAD COACH: Brian Davis PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: TEAM WEAKNESS: SEASON OUTLOOK: We have raised our expectations and hope to be more competitive in our conference and district.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Jacob Rush, Jake Paulsen, Jacob Stallbaumer, Nate Bubak, Colin Wetovick, Rhett Montgomery, Dylan Munson, Tysen Werner, Jason Finnegan and Connor Young.

Gothenburg NICKNAME: Swedes CONFERENCE: Southwest Conference CLASSIFICATION: C1 HEAD COACH: Rodger Koehler PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: TEAM WEAKNESS: Team depth – Low numbers SEASON OUTLOOK: We enter the season with a positive outlook. We have good height and will need to develop our guard play. We had many players work hard in the off-season to improve their skills and are looking forward to the challenges ahead of us.

RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Logan Koehler, Aaron Collins, Logan Sheets, Blake Ristine, Trenton Long and Tanner Borchardt.

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Ogallala NICKNAME: Indians CONFERENCE: Southwest Conference CLASSIFICATION: C1 HEAD COACH: Matt VanEngen PLAYER TO WATCH: Ty Neill, Kylan Folchert, Cory Thorson, Alex Ewert, Adam Crandall, Jordan Cogdill, Brandon Fuller and Dalton Jarosz.

TEAM STRENGTH: Athletic, strong leadership, play well together.

TEAM WEAKNESS: Youth and inexperienced, need to develop depth.

SEASON OUTLOOK: We will be a young team that will rely on senior leadership and scoring from these seniors while others settle into their roles.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Ty Neill, Kylan Folchert

Valentine NICKNAME: Badgers CONFERENCE: Southwest CLASSIFICATION: C1 HEAD COACH: Blake Beebout PLAYER TO WATCH: Dillon Eklund, Anthony Fast Horse TEAM STRENGTH: Returning experience, depth and athleticism.

TEAM WEAKNESS: Losing two leading scorers and replacing leadership.

SEASON OUTLOOK: We are losing our top two scorers from last season, but we have several potential scorers stepping in. If we can fill that void and play solid defense that will translate into success.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Matt Kluender, Quin Conner, Killon Eklund, AJ Wrage, Anthony Fast Horse, Kick Kraeger, Jessi Owen

Class C2 S. Pat’s NICKNAME: Irish CONFERENCE: SPVA CLASSIFICATION: C2 HEAD COACH: William O’Malley PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: TEAM WEAKNESS: SEASON OUTLOOK: Return a great deal of experience, but will have to replace leading scorer and point guard from last year. With consistent improvement through the curs of the season, should be competitive in the conference and district. We should have a good inside game.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Sean Keenan, Joseph Clinch, Mark Mayfield, Joseph O’Malley, Brandon Niesen, Alex Harms and Matthew Buhrman.

Class D1 Creek Valley NICKNAME: Storm CONFERENCE: Minute Man CLASSIFICATION: D1 HEAD COACH: Roger Behrends PLAYER TO WATCH: Newt Hummermeir, Dane McConnell, Colin Brott, Jordan Garcia.

TEAM STRENGTH: Good perimeter shooting TEAM WEAKNESS: Need to build our young players fundamentals.

SEASON OUTLOOK: If we can stay healthy we should be very competitive.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Sam Behrends; Luke Caualli; Lane Godfrey Jr.

Elwood NICKNAME: Pirates CONFERENCE: Fort Kearny Conference CLASSIFICATION: D1 HEAD COACH: Kurt Banzhaf PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: TEAM WEAKNESS: SEASON OUTLOOK: We have a nice number of experienced players. We look to be competitive in both our conference and district.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS:

Hitchcock County NICKNAME: Falcons CONFERENCE: RPAC CLASSIFICATION: D1 HEAD COACH: Mike Tines

PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: TEAM WEAKNESS: SEASON OUTLOOK: We should be very competitive in every game and have a chance to play for the hardware in all of the tournaments we participate in. We will be very deep and will have to rely on some underclassmen to fill some big roles. We are still pretty young overall but a lot of kids got quality playing time last year.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Austin Blume, Daniel Arp, Tanner Bauer

Maxwell NICKNAME: Wildcats CONFERENCE: SPVA CLASSIFICATION: D1 HEAD COACH: Travis Klein PLAYER TO WATCH: All returning letter winners, along with freshman, Zac Miller, Marcus Miller, Kevin Hancock and Blaker Morrissey.

TEAM STRENGTH: TEAM WEAKNESS: Lack of experience and depth right now.

We look to turn into a strength by mid-season.

SEASON OUTLOOK: We will lean on our seniors. Returning starters Brandon Fletcher and Brandon Groseth. They will need to carry us early as others step up and we develop depth.

We have made strides in practice as we learn to compete and play the game.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Brandon Groseth, Brandon Fletcher, Josh Grace, Brady Rosenblad, Zac Gregg, Bryson Keller, Jeramiah Keith

Paxton NICKNAME: Tigers CONFERENCE: RPAC CLASSIFICATION: D1 HEAD COACH: Jody Rhodes PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: We hope to be strong defensively.

TEAM WEAKNESS: Need to improve free throw percentage.

SEASON OUTLOOK: We have an experienced group returning from a year ago. We have a nice balance of size and athleticism.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Zach Morland, Cody Corfield, Tristan Brott, Zach Blackwell, Connor Merrill, Kyle Storer, Carrick Perlinger, Jack Babbitt, Dakota Jay, Brett Storer, Cody Blackwell.

SMC NICKNAME: Cyclones CONFERENCE: Sandhills Conference CLASSIFICATION: D1 HEAD COACH: Matthew Brown PLAYER TO WATCH: All of them.

TEAM STRENGTH: Speed with the ball and pressure defense. Starting to show some depth on the bench as well.

TEAM WEAKNESS: Not real big SEASON OUTLOOK: Looking forward to a good season. Beginning to get some experience in the current system.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Austin Starr, Trever Hanna, Luke Walz, Jesse Paxton, Alex Hinkle and Ross Johnson

South Loup NICKNAME: Bobcats CONFERENCE: Loup Valley and Sandhills Conferences CLASSIFICATION: D1 HEAD COACH: Jeff Cole PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: Defense, athleticism TEAM WEAKNESS: Struggled on the offensive end of the floor a year ago Lack of numbers and size.

SEASON OUTLOOK: KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Tanner Clive, Eamon Schwarz.

TEAM STRENGTH: Quickness, good attitude, guard play better than past.

TEAM WEAKNESS: Depth, height, tallest 5’11”, low numbers, many forced to play new positions. Young, no seniors.

SEASON OUTLOOK: I am very enthusiastic about this season. Though our numbers are down, we have a good group of hard workers.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Kris Kopetzky, Blake Odenbaugh, Austin Mullen

Sutherland NICKNAME: Sailors CONFERENCE: SPVA CLASSIFICATION: D1 HEAD COACH: Dan Dyer PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: TEAM WEAKNESS: SEASON OUTLOOK: We are a very young team that returns very little varsity experience.

We will have to grow as a team right away with a tough schedule.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Tyler Fear, Calvin Carsten

Class D2 Arthur County NICKNAME: Wolves CONFERENCE: Sandhills Conference CLASSIFICATION: D2 HEAD COACH: Dusty Wilson PLAYER TO WATCH: Austin Helmer, Gunner Walker TEAM STRENGTH: Positive attitude, work ethic, speed and athletic young guards.

TEAM WEAKNESS: Lack of size and experience, low numbers; nine creating depth concerns.

SEASON OUTLOOK: We are rebuilding this year after losing five senior starters. With youth and low numbers we look to work hard to get better every day and work to be competitive.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Logan Lewis, Walter Carr, Gunner Walker, Lane Vasa, Austin Helmer.

Brady NICKNAME: Eagles CONFERENCE: Sandhills Conference CLASSIFICATION: D1 HEAD COACH: David Jacobs PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: Two returning starters TEAM WEAKNESS: Lack of experience on varsity SEASON OUTLOOK: We need some young and inexperienced kids to step up. I think they will.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Zach Mann, Bryley Roper, Michael Neiman

Eustis-Farnam NICKNAME: Knights CONFERENCE: Fort Kearny Valley Conferences CLASSIFICATION: D2 HEAD COACH: Jason Lauby PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: TEAM WEAKNESS: SEASON OUTLOOK: The Eustis-Farnam Knights return the entire squad from last year. We have great experience returning. We are cautiously optimistic and look to play an uptempo game.

With a new coaching staff, we look to revamp and bring a new style of play to the Knights Basketball team.

With everyone returning, so do our leading scorer and rebounder Jordan Wetovick and Austin Boller. We expect a balanced attack offensively and defensively.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Jordan Wetovick, Hunter Ringenberg, Dustin Koch, Tanner Redenbaugh, Hunter Johnson and Austin Boller.

South Platte

Medicine Valley

NICKNAME: Blue Knights CONFERENCE: Minuteman Athletic Conference CLASSIFICATION: D2 HEAD COACH: Tom Struckman PLAYER TO WATCH: Jason Dethlefs, Rowan Ford, Andre Palser, Noah Blochowitz and Zack Schnabel

NICKNAME: Raiders CONFERENCE: RPAC CLASSIFICATION: D2 HEAD COACH: Steven Gleisberg PLAYER TO WATCH: Sage Schmidt; Marcus Florom TEAM STRENGTH: Much of our success will be around AllState candidate Lucas Gleisberg.

The senior is a three year starter and three year All conference performer. Several colleges around the Midwest are interested in him. Brendan Johnson will play post, but has the ability to knock down three pointers, plus being a very good free throw shooter. Two other potential starters are a pair of sophomores in Cody Aspenleiter and Chase Barthel. These two are very athletic and quick and will need to contribute if we are going to be successful.

TEAM WEAKNESS: Obviously lack of depth. Losing Garey hurts a ton because he was a two-year starter, great passer and shooter. We are hoping that Towne will be back, along with Florom. We lack height, but hope to rely on team quickness.

We will need underclassmen to step up.

SEASON OUTLOOK: We hope to be competitive again this season. Due to several football injuries we will be challenged. We lost 2nd Team All Conference player Riley Garey (ACL), starter Keith Towne (MCL), and key sub Marcus Florom (broken hand).

RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Lucas Gleisberg; Brendan Johnson; Keith Towne; Cody Aspenleiter; Chas Barthel COMMENTS: Finally we play a competitive schedule with over half of our game comprising of D1 or C2 schools. We are hoping to challenge for conference title, but will be tough, and Arapahoe has another foreign exchange student (third foreign exchange student in five years!) which makes them the favorite.

Wauneta-Palisade

NICKNAME: Broncos CONFERENCE: RPAC CLASSIFICATION: D1 HEAD COACH: Dave Kuhlen PLAYER TO WATCH: Chase Rathe, Paul Behrends, Cristian Valdiviezo TEAM STRENGTH: TEAM WEAKNESS: SEASON OUTLOOK: We have six players back that started at least three games.

KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Logan Bischoff, Jack McGraw, Hayden Pollmann, Wes Anderjaska, Jacob Maris, Connor Kayton, Weylin Davis, Landon Jutten, Lorenzo Cavanaugh.

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a concern. As will injuries. We placed third at last year’s conference tourney. Beating Leyton in the consolation game.

RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Lindsey Kotschwar, Jordyn Bartels, Stephanie McClung, Analida Dickmander and Bethany Spencer.

Wallace

NICKNAME: Wildcats CONFERENCE: RPAC CLASSIFICATION: D2 HEAD COACH: Shannon Messersmith PLAYER TO WATCH: Katelyn Melton, Paige Aylward, Morgan Messersmith, Haley Storm, Abbey Rohde.

TEAM STRENGTH: Work ethic, great attitudes, experience, depth, we will be able to play several athletes.

TEAM WEAKNESS: SEASON OUTLOOK: Expect to have a good year, girls have been working extremely hard, good combination of size and quickness, lots of depth.

RETURNING LETTER WINNERS:

Wauneta-Palisade

NICKNAME: Broncos CONFERENCE: RPAC CLASSIFICATION: D2 HEAD COACH: Betsy Johanson PLAYER TO WATCH: TEAM STRENGTH: TEAM WEAKNESS: SEASON OUTLOOK: KEY GAME: RETURNING LETTER WINNERS: Emma Skelton, Tailor Lee, Abbie Fanning, Brooklyn Nordhausen, Brianna Einspahr, Sydnee Harchelroad and Cassidy Rathe

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WINTER SPORTS PREVIEW ▼

D12 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2012

12/11/12 Boys High School Basketball Elwood at Cambridge Sandhills/Thedford at Arcadia Overton at Anselmo-Merna Ainsworth at Valentine Bertrand at Eustis-Farnam South Loup at Mullen Girls High School Basketball Elwood at Cambridge Sandhills/Thedford at Arcadia Perkins County at St. Pat’s Overton at Anselmo-Merna Cozad at McCook Sutherland at Chase County Ainsworth at Valentine Southern Valley at Brady Bertrand at Eustis-Farnam 12/13/12 Boys High School Basketball Gothenburg at St. Pat’s Wallace at Sutherland Girls High School Basketball Gothenburg at St. Pat’s Anselmo-Merna at Amherst Wallace at Sutherland Boys High School Wrestling Garden County Dual (Hershey) Ralston Valley, Colo. (Maxwell) Kimball C at Ogallala

12/14/12 Boys High School Basketball North Platte at McCook St. Pat’s at Valentine SEM Tourney at Sumner (Elwood) Kimball at Hershey Perkins County at Sidney Sutherland at Hayes Center Cozad at Central City Cambridge at Loomis Hitchcock County at Brady Maxwell at Paxton Eustis-Farnam at Maywood Broken Bow at Ainsworth Garden County at Chase County Holdrege at Gothenburg Arthur County at Minatare Cody-Kilgore at Mullen Crawford at Hyannis South Loup at Medicine Valley Wauneta-Palisade at South Platte Girls High School Basketball North Platte at McCook St. Pat’s at Valentine SEM Tourney at Sumner (Elwood, Kimball at Hershey Perkins County at Sidney Gothenburg at Holdrege Sutherland at Hayes Center Cozad at Central City Cambridge at Loomis Hitchcock County at Brady Maxwell at Paxton Eustis-Farnam at Maywood Broken Bow at Ainsworth Garden County at Chase County Holdrege at Gothenburg Arthur County at Minatare Cody-Kilgore at Mullen Crawford at Hyannis South Loup at Medicine Valley Wauneta-Palisade at South Platte Boys High School Wrestling Flatwater Farcus at Grand Island (North Platte, Gothenburg High School Swimming McCook/Scottsbluff at North Platte 12/15/12 Boys High School Basketball North Platte at Columbus SEM Tourney at Sumner (Elwood Ogallala at Hershey Lexington at Northwest CWC at Sandhills/Thedford Dundy County-Stratton at Perkins Coun-

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Hayes Center at Wauneta-Palisade Southern Valley at Cozad Medicine Valley at Hitchcock County South Platte at Paxton McCook at Holdrege St. Paul at Broken Bow Sioux County at Arthur County Brady at Loomis Cody-Kilgore at Colome, SD Elm Creek at Eustis-Farnam Hyannis at Garden County Medicine Valley at Hitchcock County Gordon-Rushville at Mullen Girls High School Basketball North Platte at Columbus SEM Tourney at Sumner (Elwood Ogallala at Hershey Lexington at Northwest CWC at Sandhills/Thedford Hayes Center at Wauneta-Palisade Southern Valley at Cozad Medicine Valley at Hitchcock County South Platte at Paxton McCook at Holdrege St. Paul at Broken Bow Southwest at Chase County Sioux County at Arthur County Brady at Loomis Cody-Kilgore at Colome, SD Elm Creek at Eustis-Farnam Hyannis at Garden County Medicine Valley at Hitchcock County Brady at Loomis Boys High School Wrestling Sutherland Invite (Hershey, Maxwell, Perkins County, Sandhills/Thedford, SMC, South Loup, Sutherland, Anselmo-Merna, Medicine Valley Cambridge Invite (Cambridge, Elwood, Eustis-Farnam, Hitchcock County Sidney Invite (Cozad, Chase County, Lexington, Ogallala Valentine Invite (Valentine, Broken Bow, McCook Bridgeport Invite (Mullen Kearney Catholic Tourney (St. Pat’s, Men’s College Basketball Northwest KS Tech at NPCC Women’s College Basketball NPCC at Northwest Tech 12/18/12 Boys High School Basketball Sandhills/Thedford at St. Pat’s Cambridge at Norton, Kan. Paxton Pre-Holiday Tourney (Maywood, Paxton, Mullen Hyannis at Arthur County Eustis-Farnam at Alma Chase County at Yuma, CO Medicine Valley at Wallace Girls High School Basketball Sandhills/Thedford at St. Pat’s Cambridge at Norton, KS Paxton Pre-Holiday Tourney (Paxton, Maywood) McCook at Gothenburg Dundy County-Stratton at Chase County Hyannis at Arthur County Eustis-Farnam at Alma Hyannis at Arthur County Medicine Valley at Wallace 12/20/12 Boys High School Basketball North Platte at Lincoln East Elwood at Gibbon Ogallala at Perkins County Ord at Cozad Maxwell Booster Tourney (Maxwell, Brady Sumner-Eddyville-Miller at AnselmoMerna Paxton Pre-Holiday Tourney (Maywood, Paxton, Mullen) Phillipsburg, KS at McCook Dundy County-Stratton at Chase County Maxwell Holiday Tourney (Brady Girls High School Basketball North Platte at Lincoln East Elwood at Gibbon Ogallala at Perkins County Ord at Cozad Maxwell Booster Tourney (Maxwell, Brady Paxton Pre-Holiday Tourney (Paxton, Maywood) SEM at Anselmo-Merna Phillipsburg KS, at McCook Dundy County-Stratton at Chase County Boys High School Wrestling Grand Island A at North Platte 12/21/12 Boys High School Basketball Alma at Elwood Maxwell Booster Tourney (Maxwell, Brady Girls High School Basketball Alma at Elwood Maxwell Booster Tourney (Maxwell, Brady Boys High School Wrestling Aurora Triangular at Aurora (Lexington, St. Paul) 12/27/12 Boys High School Basketball

WINTER SPORTS SCHEDULE

Cabela’s Holiday Shootout at Sidney (Hershey, Gothenburg GNAC at Columbus (Lexington, North Platte, McCook) Arapahoe Holiday Tourney (Hitchcock County Elm Creek Holiday Tourney (Sutherland Sturart Holiday Tourney (Cody-Kilgore Axtell Holiday Tourney (Eustis-Farnam Girls High School Basketball Cabela’s Holiday Shootout at Sidney (Hershey, Gothenburg, Chase County GNAC at Columbus (Lexington, North Platte, McCook) Elm Creek Holiday Tourney (Sutherland Sturart Holiday Tourney (Cody-Kilgore Axtell Holiday Tourney (Eustis-Farnam 12/28/12 Boys High School Basketball Southwest at Elwood Cabela’s Holiday Shootout at Sidney (Hershey, Gothenburg, Chase County GNAC at Columbus (Lexington, North Platte, McCook) Perkins County Holiday Tourney (Sandhills/Thedford, Perkins County, Cambridge) York Holiday Tourney (Cozad) Amherst Holiday Tourney (St. Pat’s, Ogallala Arapahoe Holiday Tourney (Hitchcock County) Brady Holiday Tourney (Anselmo-Merna, Brady Ord Holiday Tourney (Broken Bow Chadorn Holiday Tourney (Valentine) Elm Creek Holiday Tourney (Sutherland Sturart Holiday Tourney (Cody-Kilgore Axtell Holiday Tourney (Eustis-Farnam Girls High School Basketball Southwest at Elwood Cabela’s Holiday Shootout at Sidney (Hershey, Gothenburg, Chase County GNAC at Columbus (Lexington, North Platte, McCook) Perkins County Holiday Tourney (Sandhills/Thedford, Perkins County, Cambridge York Holiday Tourney (Cozad) Brady Holiday Tourney (Anselmo-Merna, Brady Ord Holiday Tourney (Broken Bow Amhurst Holiday Tourney (Ogallala, St. Pat’s Chadron Holiday Tourney (Valentine Elm Creek Holiday Tourney (Sutherland Sturart Holiday Tourney (Cody-Kilgore Axtell Holiday Tourney (Eustis-Farnam Boys High School Wrestling McCook B Triangular at North Platte Ogallala B Triangular at North Platte 12/29/12 Boys High School Basketball Cabela’s Holiday Shootout at Sidney (Hershey, Gothenburg, Chase County GNAC at Columbus (Lexington, North Platte, McCook) Perkins County Holiday Tourney (Sandhills/Thedford, Perkins County, Cambridge) Maywood at Hayes Center York Holiday Tourney (Cozad) Amherst Holiday Tourney (St. Pat’s, Ogallala Brady Holiday Tourney (Anselmo-Merna, Brady Ord Holiday Tourney (Broken Bow Chadron Holiday Tourney (Valentine Girls High School Basketball Cabela’s Holiday Shootout at Sidney (Hershey, Gothenburg, Chase County GNAC at Columbus (Lexington, North Platte, McCook) Perkins County Holiday Tourney (Sandhills/Thedford, Perkins County, Cambridge Maywood at Hayes Center York Holiday Tourney (Cozad) Brady Holiday Tourney (Anselmo-Merna, Brady Ord Holiday Tourney (Broken Bow Amhurst Holiday Tourney (Ogallala, St. Pat’s Chadron Holiday Tourney (Valentine 1/3/13 Boys High School Basketball Sandhills/Thedford at South Loup Ogallala at Bridgeport Girls High School Basketball Sandhills/Thedford at South Loup Perkins County at Dundy County-Stratton Hayes Center at St. Pat’s Ogallala at Bridgeport Boys High School Wrestling Phillipsburg, KS Triangular at Decatur Community, KS (McCook Decatur Community, KS Triangular (McCook, High School Swimming North Platte at Grand Island/McCook 1/4/13 Boys High School Basketball St. Pat’s at Perkins County Maxwell at Elwood Hershey at McCook Lincoln Pius X at Lexington Mullen at Sandhills/Thedford Dundy County-Stratton at Hayes Center Cozad at Ogallala Southwest at Cambridge Hitchcock County at Wauneta-Palisade Twin Loup at Anselmo-Merna Paxton at Maywood Holdrege at Broken Bow Gothenburg at Sutherland Wallace at Arthur County North Central at Cody-Kilgore Holyoke, CO at Chase County Hyannis at South Platte Arapahoe at Medicine Valley Girls High School Basketball Maxwell at Elwood Hershey at McCook Lincoln Pius X at Lexington Mullen at Sandhills/Thedford Dundy County-Stratton at Hayes Center Cozad at Ogallala Southwest at Cambridge Hitchcock County at Wauneta-Palisade Maxwell at Elwood Paxton at Maywood Twin Loup at Anselmo-Merna Holdrege at Broken Bow Gothenburg at Sutherland Valentine at Gordon-Rushville Wallace at Arthur County North Central at Cody-Kilgore Hyannis at South Platte Arapahoe at Medicine Valley Chase County at Holyoke, CO Boys High School Wrestling Burwell Invite (Broken Bow 1/5/12 Boys High School Basketball Kearney at North Platte St. Pat’s at Cozad Hershey at Paxton Lexington at Hastings Perkins County at Sutherland Overton at Maxwell Maywood at SMC McCook at Sidney Broken Bow at Gibbon Centura at Gothenburg Minden at Valentine Arthur County at Brady Cody-Kilgore at St. Mary’s Pleasanton at Eustis-Farnam Mullen at Wallace South Platte at Potter-Dix Girls High School Basketball Kearney at North Platte Hershey at Paxton Lexington at Hastings Perkins County at Sutherland Cozad at St. Pat’s Overton at Maxwell Maywood at SMC McCook at Sidney Broken Bow at Gibbon Centura at Gothenburg Minden at Valentine Arthur County at Brady Cody-Kilgore at St. Mary’s Pleasanton at Eustis-Farnam South Platte at Potter-Dix Boys High School Wrestling Franklin Invite at Franklin (St. Pat’s Ogallala Tourney (Ogallala, Hershey, North Platte, Chase County, Gothenburg, Valentine Amherst Invite (Elwood, Sandhills/Thedford, South Loup, Cambridge, Eustis-Farnam, Medicine Valley, Mullen) Garden County Invite (Maxwell, Perkins County, SMC, Sutherland) JR Durham Wrestling Invite at Norton, KS (Cozad, McCook) Burwell Invite (Anselmo-Merna Beatrice Invite (Lexington High School Swimming Kearney Invite (North Platte) 1/7/13 Boys High School Basketball

THE NORTH PLATTE TELEGRAPH

Hyannis at Banner County Girls High School Basketball Hyannis at Banner County 1/8/13 Boys High School Basketball Mullen at St. Pat’s Anselmo-Merna at Elwood Sutherland at Hershey Hayes Center at Medicine Valley Dundy County-Stratton at Hitchcock County Maywood at Maxwell Broken Bow at Wood River Chase County at Southern Valley Arapahoe at Gothenburg Winner, SD at Valentine Girls High School Basketball Mullen at St. Pat’s Anselmo-Merna at Elwood Sutherland at Hershey Hayes Center at Medicine Valley Dundy County-Stratton at Hitchcock County Maywood at Maxwell Broken Bow at Wood River Chase County at Southern Valley Gothenburg at Arapahoe Winner, SD at Valentine Hayes Center at Medicine Valley Boys High School Wrestling Valentine at Ainsworth C Men’s College Basketball NPCC at Northeastern, Colo.

Women’s College Basketball NPCC at Northeastern, Colo.

1/10/13 Boys High School Basketball Perkins County at Chase County Gothenburg at Cozad Cody-Kilgore at Hay Springs Eustis-Farnam at Amherst Wallace at South Platte Girls High School Basketball Perkins County at Chase County Gothenburg at Cozad Cody-Kilgore at Hay Springs Eustis-Farnam at Amherst Wallace at South Platte Boys High School Wrestling Maxwell Quad (Elwood, Maxwell, St. Pat’s SMC at Ansley-Litchfield Cozad at Lexington Ogallala B at Broken Bow 1/11/13 Boys High School Basketball Overton at St. Pat’s Arapahoe at Elwood Valentine at Hershey Anselmo-Merna at Sandhills/Thedford Wauneta-Palisade at Perkins County Hayes Center at Brady Sutherland at Cambridge Hitchcock County at Alma Maxwell at South Loup Arthur County at Maywood McCook at Hastings Centura at Broken Bow Chase County at Gothenburg Ogallala at Sidney Paxton at Wallace Hyannis at Cody-Kilgore Medicine Valley at Dundy County-Stratton SMC at Mullen Girls High School Basketball Overton at St. Pat’s Arapahoe at Elwood Valentine at Hershey Wauneta-Palisade at Perkins County Hayes Center at Brady Sutherland at Cambridge Hitchcock County at Alma Maxwell at South Loup Paxton at Wallace Anselmo-Merna at Sandhills/Thedford Arthur County at Maywood McCook at Hastings Centura at Broken Bow Chase County at Gothenburg Ogallala at Sidney Hyannis at Cody-Kilgore Medicine Valley at Dundy County-Stratton Boys High School Wrestling SEM Invite (South Loup) Minden Invite (Cozad, Broken Bow East-West Challenge at Lexington (North Platte, Gothenburg, Lexington Elm Creek Invite (Medicine Valley High School Swimming Lincoln High Diving Invite (North Platte) Men’s College Basketball NPCC at Trinidad 1/12/13 Boys High School Basketball North Platte at Omaha Northwest Southwest at St. Pat’s Elwood at Loomis Broken Bow at Hershey Holdrege at Lexington Cambridge at Hayes Center Cozad at Ainsworth Valentine at Ogallala Paxton at Creek Valley Mullen at Arthur County Brady at South Loup Eustis-Farnam at Wilcox-Hildreth Girls High School Basketball North Platte at Omaha Northwest Southwest at St. Pat’s Elwood at Loomis Broken Bow at Hershey Holdrege at Lexington Cambridge at Hayes Center Cozad at Ainsworth Paxton at Creek Valley Valentine at Ogallala Mullen at Arthur County Brady at South Loup Eustis-Farnam at Wilcox-Hildreth Boys High School Wrestling Chase County Invite (St. Pat’s, Chase County, Hershey, Perkins County, Cambridge, Hitchcock County, Ogallala Gibbon Invite (Elwood Knights Invite at Dunning (Sandhills/Thedford, SMC, Sutherland, Anselmo-Merna, Eustis-Farnam, Mullen Shelton Invite (South Loup) DCHS Invite at Oberlin, KS (McCook Sandhills/Thedford Tourney (Medicine Valley Schuyler Invite (Valentine High School Swimming Lincoln High Swimming (North Platte) Men’s College Basketball NPCC at Otero Women’s College Basketball NPCC at Colorado Christian JV 1/14/12 Boys High School Basketball SPVA at North Platte (Hershey, Perkins County, St. Pat’s, Maxwell, Sutherland, Chase County Girls High School Basketball SPVA at North Platte (Hershey, Perkins County, St. Pat’s, Maxwell, Sutherland, Chase County 1/15/13 Boys High School Basketball Overton at Elwood SPVA at North Platte (Hershey, Perkins County, St. Pat’s, Maxwell, Sutherland, Chase County Lexington at Hastings St. Cecilia Sandhills/Thedford at SMC Southwest at Hayes Center Arcadia at Anselmo-Merna Hitchcock County at Paxton Minuteman Activities Conference (South Platte Girls High School Basketball Overton at Elwood SPVA at North Platte (Hershey, Perkins County, St. Pat’s, Maxwell, Sutherland, Chase County Lexington at Hastings St. Cecilia Sandhills/Thedford at SMC Southwest at Hayes Center Arcadia at Anselmo-Merna Hitchcock County at Paxton Medicine Valley at Eustis-Farnam Minuteman Activities Conference (South Platte Winner, SD at Valentine Boys High School Wrestling Gothenburg at Cozad B Women’s College Basketball NPCC at NCTA 1/17/13 Boys High School Basketball Elwood at Medicine Valley SPVA at North Platte (Hershey, Perkins County, St. Pat’s, Maxwell, Sutherland, Chase County Lexington at Cozad Sandhills/Thedford at Hyannis Dundy County-Stratton at Cambridge Maywood at Bertrand

Orange and Black Classic at Colby, KS (McCook Valentine at Ainsworth Paxton at Wauneta-Palisade Arthur County at Wallace Brady at Mullen Minuteman Activities Conference (South Platte Girls High School Basketball Elwood at Medicine Valley SPVA at North Platte (Hershey, Perkins County, Maxwell, St. Pat’s, Sutherland, Chase County Lexington at Cozad Sandhills/Thedford at Hyannis Lexington at Cozad Dundy County-Stratton at Cambridge Paxton at Wauneta-Palisade Maywood at Bertrand Orange and Black Classic at Colby, KS (McCook Valentine at Ainsworth Arthur County at Wallace Brady at Mullen Minuteman Activities Conference (South Platte Boys High School Wrestling Amherst 4 Team Tourney (Broken Bow North Platte at Kearney Holdrege B Triangular at Holdrege (Lexington Minden C Triangular at Holdrege (Lexington McCook at Hastings A 1/18/13 Boys High School Basketball Grand Island at North Platte SPVA at North Platte (Hershey, Perkins County, St. Pat’s, Maxwell, Sutherland, Chase County North Central at Anselmo-Merna Orange and Black Classic at Colby, KS (McCook Gothenburg at Broken Bow Alliance at Ogallala Arthur County at Hyannis SMC at Brady Gordon-Rushville at Cody-Kilgore Overton at Eustis-Farnam Mullen at Twin Loup Minuteman Activities Conference (South Platte Girls High School Basketball Grand Island at North Platte SPVA at North Platte (Hershey, Perkins County, Maxwell, St. Pat’s, Sutherland, Chase County North Central at Anselmo-Merna Gothenburg at Broken Bow Alliance at Ogallala Arthur County at Hyannis SMC at Brady Gordon-Rushville at Cody-Kilgore Overton at Eustis-Farnam Minuteman Activities Conference (South Platte Boys High School Wrestling South Loup Invite (Maxwell, Sandhills/Thedford, SMC, South Loup, Sutherland, Eustis-Farnam) RPAC Tourney at Stratton (Cambridge, Hitchcock County, Medicine Valley Gothenburg Duals (St. Pat’s, Broken Bow, Gothenburg, Chadron Tourney (Ogallala, Valentine High School Swimming Scottsbluff Swimming Invite (North Platte) Men’s College Basketball NPCC at Lamar Women’s College Basketball NPCC at Northeast 1/19/13 Boys High School Basketball North Platte at Norfolk SPVA at North Platte (Hershey, Perkins County, St. Pats, Maxwell, Sutherland, Chase County RPAC (Hayes Center, Cambridge, Hitchcock County, Maywood, Paxton, Medicine Valley Holdrege at Cozad Orange and Black Classic at Colby, KS (McCook Broken Bow at Valentine Ogallala at Ainsworth Sumner-Eddyville-Miller at Eustis-Farnam Minuteman Activities Conference (South Platte Girls High School Basketball North Platte at Norfolk SPVA at North Platte (Hershey, Perkins County, Maxwell, St. Pat’s, Sutherland, Chase County RPAC (Hayes Center, Elwood, Cambridge, Hitchcock County, Paxton, Maywood, Medicine Valley Holdrege at Cozad Broken Bow at Valentine Ogallala at Ainsworth Sumner-Eddyville-Miller at Eustis-Farnam Boys High School Wrestling Mullen Invite (Mullen, Hershey, Perkins County, Sandhills/Thedford, Anselmo-Merna Lexington Invite (Lexington, Cozad, North Platte, Chase County, McCook High School Swimming Scottsbluff Swimming Invite (North Platte) 1/20/13 Men’s College Basketball NPCC at Hastings JV 1/21/13 Boys High School Basketball Sandhills Conference Tourney (Sandhills/Thedford, Arthur County, Cody Kilgore, Mullen RPAC (Hayes Center, Cambridge, Hitchcock County, Maywood, Paxton, Medicine Valley Southwest Conference Tourney (Cozad, Broken Bow, Gothenburg, Ogallala, Valentine Girls High School Basketball Sandhills Conference Tourney (Sandhills/Thedford, Arthur County, Cody-Kilgore RPAC (Hayes Center, Cambridge, Hitchcock County, Paxton, Maywood, Medicine Valley Southwest Conference Tourney (Cozad, Broken Bow, Gothenburg, Ogallala, Valentine 1/22/13 Boys High School Basketball St. Pat’s at Anselmo-Merna Elwood at Amherst Hershey at Lexington Sandhills Conference Tourney (Sandhills/Thedford, Arthur County, Brady, CodyKilgore, Mullen RPAC (Hayes Center, Cambridge, Hitchcock County, Maywood, Paxton, Medicine Valley Southwest Conference Tourney (Cozad, Broken Bow, Gothenburg, Ogallala, Valentine Eustis-Farnam at Axtell Girls High School Basketball Elwood at Amherst Hershey at Lexington Sandhills Conference Tourney (Sandhills/Thedford, Arthur County, Brady, CodyKilgore, Hyannis RPAC (Hayes Center, Cambridge, Hitchcock County, Paxton, Maywood, Medicine Valley Southwest Conference Tourney (Cozad, Broken Bow, Gothenburg, Ogallala, Valentine Anselmo-Merna at St. Pat’s Eustis-Farnam at Axtell Boys High School Wrestling Maxwell at SMC 1/23/13 Men’s College Basketball Laramie County at NPCC 1/24/13 Boys High School Basketball Maxwell at St. Pat’s Eustis-Farnam at Elwood Lexington at Adams Central Sandhills Conference Tourney (Sandhills/Thedford, Arthur County, Brady, CodyKilgore, Mullen Sedgwick County, CO at Perkins County RPAC (Hayes Center, Cambridge, Hitchcock County, Maywood, Paxton, Medicine Valley Southwest Conference Tourney (Cozad, Broken Bow, Gothenburg, Ogallala, Valentine Elba/North Loup-Scotia at Anselmo-Merna Sutherland at Creek Valley Eustis-Farnam at Elwood South Platte at Garden County Girls High School Basketball

GOOD LUCK LONGHORNS!!

Eustis-Farnam at Elwood Lexington at Adams Central Sandhills Conference Tourney (Sandhills/Thedford, Arthur County, Brady, CodyKilgore, Hyannis Sedgwick County, CO at Perkins County RPAC (Hayes Center, Cambridge, Hitchcock County, Paxton, Maywood, Medicine Valley Southwest Conference Tourney (Cozad, Broken Bow, Gothenburg, Ogallala, Valentine Maxwell at St. Pat’s Elba/North Loup-Scotia at Anslemo-Merna Sutherland at Creek Valley South Platte at Garden County Boys High School Wrestling Hershey at Gothenburg High School Swimming North Platte at McCook 1/25/13 Boys High School Basketball Maxwell at Perkins County Sandhills Conference Tourney (Sandhills/Thedford, Arthur County, Brady, CodyKilgore, Mullen RPAC (Hayes Center, Cambridge, Hitchcock County, Maywood, Paxton, Medicine Valley Southwest Conference Tourney (Cozad, Broken Bow, Gothenburg, Ogallala, Valentine McCook at Kearney Catholic Girls High School Basketball Maxwell at Perkins County Sandhills Conference Tourney (Sandhills/Thedford, Arthur County, Brady, CodyKilgore, Hyannis RPAC at (Hayes Center, Cambridge, Hitchcock County, Paxton, Maywood, Medicine Valley Southwest Conference Tourney (Cozad, Broken Bow, Gothenburg, Ogallala, Valentine Maxwell at Perkins County Boys High School Wrestling McCook Duals (McCook, North Platte, Lexington Medicine Valley Invite (Medicine Valley, Elwood, Perkins County, Sandhills/Thedford, SMC, South Loup, Sutherland, EustisFarnam, Chase, County, Hitchcock County, Mullen Ord Invite (Maxwell, Broken Bow Cedar Valley Invite (Cambridge) Adams Central Invite at Hastings (Ogallala Women’s College Basketball NPCC at Midland JV 1/26/13 Boys High School Basketball North Platte at Lincoln Northeast Fort Kearney Conference Tourney (Elwood, Eustis-Farnam Lexington at McCook RPAC (Hayes Center, Cambridge, Hitchcock County, Maywood, Paxton, Medicine Valley Southwest Conference Tourney (Cozad, Broken Bow, Gothenburg, Ogallala, Valentine Chase County at Haxtun, CO Girls High School Basketball North Platte at Lincoln Northeast Fort Kearney Conference Tourney (Elwood, Eustis-Farnam Sidney at Hershey Lexington at McCook RPAC (Hayes Center, Cambridge, Hitchcock County, Paxton, Maywood, Medicine Valley Southwest Conference Tourney (Cozad, Broken Bow, Gothenburg, Ogallala, Valentine Chase County at Haxtun, CO Boys High School Wrestling Mitchell Invite (Hershey Arapahoe Invite (Elwood, Eustis-Farnam, Hitchcock County Irish Invite (St. Pat’s, Sutherland, Anselmo-Merna, Mullen Raymond Central Invite (Cozad Boone Central (Cambridge Mitchell Invite (Gothenburg Ainsworth Invite (Valentine Men’s College Basketball Lamar at NPCC Women’s College Basketball NPCC at Doane JV 1/28/13 Girls High School Basketball Loup Valley Conference Tourney at Broken Bow (Sandhills/Thedford, AnselmoMerna) 1/29/13 Boys High School Basketball St. Pat’s at Paxton Lexington at Broken Bow Loup Valley Conference Tourney (Sandhills/Thedford, Mullen Gering at Ogallala Wallace at Brady Chase County at Wry, CO Hay Springs at Hyannis Girls High School Basketball St. Pat’s at Paxton Lexington at Broken Bow Loup Valley Conference Tourney (Sandhills/Thedford, Anselmo-Merna) Cambridge at Bertrand Gering at Ogallala Wallace at Brady Hay Springs at Hyannis Chase County at Wray, CO. Boys High School Wrestling Maxwell at Gothenburg NPHS JV at SMC Men’s College Basketball NPCC at McCook Women’s College Basketball NPCC at McCook 1/31/13 Boys High School Basketball Garden County at Arthur County SMC at Hyannis Wauneta-Palisade at Medicine Valley Loup Valley Conference Tourney (Sandhills/Thedford, Mullen Girls High School Basketball Garden County at Arthur County SMC at Hyannis Wauneta-Palisade at Medicine Valley Boys High School Wrestling SPVA Dual at St. Pat’s (St. Pat’s, Hershey, Maxwell, Perkins County, Sutherland, Chase County) Fort Kearney Conference at Eustis (Elwood, Eustis-Farnam) Men’s College Basketball Eastern Wyoming at NPCC Women’s College Basketball Eastern Wyoming at NPCC 2/1/13 Boys High School Basketball St. Pat’s at Chase County North Platte at Lincoln North Star Hershey at Maxwell Lexington at Grand Island Central Catholic Loup Valley Conference Tourney (Sandhills/Thedford, Mullen Cambridge at Perkins County Hayes Center at Maywood Cozad at Minden Valentine at Gothenburg McCook at Ogallala Paxton at SMC Sutherland at Wauneta-Palisade Hyannis at Brady Crawford at Cody-Kilgore Medicine Valley at Bertrand South Platte at Banner County Girls High School Basketball St. Pat’s at Chase County North Platte at Lincoln North Star Hershey at Maxwell Lexington at Grand Island CC Loup Valley Conference Tourney (Sandhills/Thedford) Cambridge at Perkins County Cozad at Minden Maywood at Hitchcock County Paxton at SMC McCook at Ogallala Valentine at Gothenburg Sutherland at Wauneta-Palisade Hyannis at Brady Crawford at Cody-Kilgore Medicine Valley at Bertrand South Platte at Banner County Boys High School Wrestling Southwest Conference Tourney at Ainsworth (Cozad, Broken Bow, Gothenburg, Ogallala, Valentine High School Swimming North Platte at Hastings/McCook 2/2/13 Boys High School Basketball

Fremont at North Platte St. Pat’s at Cambridge Hershey at Dundy County-Stratton Aurora at Lexington Perkins County at Cozad Hayes Center at Perkins County Hitchcock County at Arapahoe Maxwell at Brady Ogallala at Broken Bow Bennett County, SD at Valentine Bertrand at Sutherland Arthur County at South Platte Gothenburg at Minden Girls High School Basketball Fremont at North Platte St. Pat’s at Cambridge Hershey at Dundy County-Stratton Aurora at Lexington Perkins County at Cozad Hayes Center at Perkins County Hitchcock County at Arapahoe Maxwell at Brady Hayes Center at Maywood Ogallala at Broken Bow Gothenburg at Minden Bennett County, SD at Valentine Bertrand at Sutherland Arthur County at South Platte Boys High School Wrestling GNAC Tourney at Scottsbluff (North Platte, Lexington, McCook Southwest Invite at Bartley (Hershey, Cambridge, Chase County, Hitchcock County, Medicine Valley Loup Valley Conference (Sandhills/Thedford, SMC, South Loup, Anselmo-Merna, Mullen High School Swimming Kearney Diving Invite (North Platte) Men’s College Basketball Western Nebraska at NPCC Women’s College Basketball Northeast at NPCC 2/5/12 Girls High School Basketball Elwood at Elm Creek Creek Valley at Perkins County Cozad at Gibbon Arapahoe at Cambridge Cheylin, KS at Hitchcock County Maxwell at Sutherland Anselmo-Merna at South Loup South Platte at Maywood Cozad at Gibbon Chase County at Wauneta-Palisade Eustis-Farnam at Loomis Girls High School Basketball Creek Valley at Perkins County Arapahoe at Cambridge Cheylin, KS at Hitchcock County Maxwell at Sutherland Anselmo-Merna at South Loup South Platte at Maywood Chase County at Wauneta-Palisade Ogallala at Gothenburg Arthur County at SMC Eustis-Farnam at Loomis Men’s College Basketball NPCC at Laramie County

2/7/13 Boys High School Basketball Hershey at St. Pat’s East-West Shootout (Lexington, North Platte, McCook) Sandhills/Thedford at Arthur County Hayes Center at Perkins County Medicine Valley at Maxwell Alliance at McCook North Central at Valentine Paxton at Sutherland Mullen at Hyannis Girls High School Basketball Hershey at St. Pat’s East-West Shootout (Lexington, North Platte, McCook) Sandhills/Thedford at Arthur County Hayes Center at Perkins County Medicine Valley at Maxwell Paxton at Sutherland Alliance at McCook North Central at Valentine Mullen at Hyannis

2/8/13 Boys High School Basketball Elwood at Axtell East-West Shootout (Lexington, North Platte, McCook) Cody-Kilgore at Sandhills/Thedford Cozad at Broken Bow Cambridge at Alma Hitchcock County at Wallace Anselmo-Merna at Ansley-Litchfield Maywood at Wauneta-Palisade Bayard at Chase County Ainsworth at Gothenburg Mitchell at Ogallala Hayes Center at Paxton Brady at Medicine Valley Cody-Kilgore at Sandhills/Thedford Creek Valley at South Platte Girls High School Basketball Elwood at Axtell East-West Shootout (Lexington, North Platte, McCook) Cody-Kilgore at Sandhills/Thedford Broken Bow at Cozad Cambridge at Alma Hitchcock County at Wallace Hayes Center at Paxton Anselmo-Merna at Ansley-Litchfield Maywood at Wauneta-Palisade Bayard at Chase County Ainsworth at Gothenburg Mitchell at Ogallala Brady at Medicine Valley Cody-Kilgore at Sandhills/Thedford Creek Valley at South Platte High School Swimming Conference Diving at Hastings (North Platte) Men’s College Basketball Trinidad at NPCC

2/9/13 Boys High School Basketball Chase County at Hershey East-West Shootout (Lexington, North Platte, McCook) Gering at McCook Valentine at Chadron Sutherland at Kimball Bennett County, SD at Cody-Kilgore Minatare at Hyannis Girls High School Basketball Chase County at Hershey East-West Shootout (Lexington, North Platte, McCook) Valentine at Chadron Sutherland at Kimball Bennett County at Cody-Kilgore Minatare at Hyannis Men’s College Basketball Otero at NPCC 2/13/13 Men’s College Basketball McCook at NPCC Women’s College Basketball McCook at NPCC 2/15/13 Boys High School Basketball Lexington at North Platte St. Pat’s at Hayes Center Elm Creek at Elwood Perkins County at Hershey Lexington at North Platte Brady at Sandhills/Thedford Cambridge at Bertrand Maywood at Hitchcock County Maxwell at Loomis Anselmo-Merna at Ainsworth McCook at Northwest Minden at Broken Bow Sutherland at Chase County Gothenburg at Ogallala Valentine at Gordon-Rushville Bridgeport at Paxton SMC at Arthur County Medicine Valley at Eustis-Farnam Twin Loup at Mullen Girls High School Basketball Lexington at North Platte McCook at Northwest Minden at Broken Bow Men’s College Basketball Southeast at NPCC Women’s College Basketball Southeast at NPCC 2/16/13 Boys High School Basketball North Platte at Lincoln Southwest Cozad at McCook Sutherland at Chase County Girls High School Basketball North Platte at Lincoln Southwest Men’s College Basketball Central at NPCC Women’s College Basketball Central at NPCC