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Aiming for the top

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The Scottsbluff High School boys golf team is swinging into action this spring with another lofty goal of winning a second Class B state championship in three years.

Plenty of experience and talent return to this season’s team. Pictured (from front to back) are Koy Potthoff, Sean Mercer-Smith, Bailey Hort, Craig Smith, Jonah Wright, and Jared Pilkington. Potthoff, Mercer-Smith, Wright, and Pilkington all were members of last year’s team that finished third at state.

After falling just short of repeating as state champions last year, talented and experienced Scottsbluff boys golf team looking to make another run at a Class B championship

By JEREMY WOZNICK

Star-Herald Sports Reporter

One single stroke.

That’s how close the Scottsbluff boys golf team came from a playoff in an attempt to repeat as Class B state champions last May. Eight strokes out of the lead following the first round of the state tournament, the Bearcats carded an event-low 301 on the f inal day to charge back into contention. But McCook and Beatrice both edged out Scottsbluff by a shot to force a playoff, which was won by the Bison. The Bearcats settled for a third-place finish.

“At the state tournament last year they really sucked it up that

last day and played hard,” Scottsbluff coach Mike Klein said. “I think that gave them a lot of confidence that they could do that in a situation like that.”

With four golfers back from that squad, this year’s Bearcats are hoping to be back in a familiar position Klein of competing for another state championship this spring. Not only does Scottsbluff have the experience to make another run at the top, Klein said his squad is much improved over last year’s team.

“If these guys play like they’re

Scottsbluff senior Koy Potthoff returns for his fourth season on the Bearcat varsity this spring. Potthoff, who was named the Star-Herald’s All-Region Golfer of the Year in 2014, won five tournaments last year and sported a region-low scoring average of 74.9.

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GOLF: Scottsbluff boys loaded for another run at a Class B state championship Continued from page 1 capable of playing, we’re going to be pretty tough,� said Klein, who was inducted into the Nebraska Golf Hall of Fame this past fall. “It might take a little while to get going this year, but hopefully by May we’ll be hitting on all cylinders.�

Returning from last year’s squad are seniors Koy Potthoff and Sean Mercer-Smith, along with juniors Jonah Wright and Jared Pilkington. Potthoff, who was named the Star-Herald’s A ll-Region Golfer of the Year last season, is in his fourth year on varsity. He won five tournament titles last year and sported a region-best 74.9 scoring average with a season-low round of 71. Potthoff tied for 13th at state last year. “He’s spent some serious time at it,� Klein said of Potthoff. “He looks pretty good so far from what little I’ve seen of him in practice.�

Wright is in his third season on varsit y, while Mercer-Smith and Pilkington are both in their second. Wright and Mercer-Smith both shot season-low rounds of 75 a year ago. Pilkington’s low round was a 76. “Jonah played quite a bit this summer and Sean has played a lot early. Jared played all summer and all fall,� Klein said. “It’s awesome having those four back. They’re fun kids.�

Junior Craig Smith also returns as a letter winner from last season.

Smith’s low round last year was an 88.

As if the Bearcats needed any extra help, they received it when senior Bailey Hort joined the team

SCOTTSBLUFF BOYS GOLF SCHEDULE April 7................................................................................... Sidney Invite April 10............................................................................ Cheyenne Invite April 14................................................................................ Mitchell Invite April 23..........................................................................Gothenburg Invite April 25................................................................................Alliance Invite April 27............................................................... SCOTTSBLUFF INVITE April 30................................................. Western Conference at Chadron May 1.............................................................................. Torrington Invite May 8.........................................................................GNAC at Lexington May 14................................................................................Ogallala Invite May 18.................................................................... B-4 District at Sidney May 27-28...............................................................State at Grand Island af ter transferring f rom Gering where he gol fed on varsit y for three years. Hort, who regularly medaled for the Bulldogs and also has the ability to shoot in the 70s, will give Scottsbluff even more experience and depth. “We’ve got some kids who can hit it a long ways,� K lein said. “But until we start playing tournaments, we really won’t know exactly what’s going to go on. We’ll see where we’re at that first week when we get out there and play two tournaments on two good golf courses.�

L a s t ye a r ’s B e a r c a t t e a m claimed three titles and finished in the top three of every tournament.

Scottsbluff will open its season at the Sidney Invitational on April 7. Three days later the Bearcats will enter the Cheyenne Invite at the challenging Airport Golf Club in Cheyenne, Wyo. T his year’s B - 4 district tournament will be at Hillside Golf Course in Sidney. Scottsbluff will enter that event as the two-time defending champion. Klein said it

will be nice having districts closer to home this year. “I like that,� he said. “You can just get up in the morning and drive down there. Most of the kids like it.�

This year’s Class B state tournament will be held at Riverside Golf Club in Grand Island. Similar to the Scotts Bluff Country Club, Riverside is a tight, tree-lined course that requires plenty of pinpoint accuracy. The Scottsbluff girls won multiple state titles on it in recent years.

Scottsbluff can expect a tough challenge at state from Beatrice.

T he Orangemen return four of their five players from last year’s roster.

Klein is in his fourth year coaching the Bearcat boys. He’s been the Scottsbluff girls golf coach for the last 12 years and also spent many years as the Mitchell boys coach. In total, Klein’s teams have Photo by JEREMY WOZNICK/Star-Herald won 10 state championships. The most recent came in October when Scottsbluff’s Sean Mercer-Smith putts during the Scottsbluff the Bearcat girls repeated as state Invitational last year. Mercer-Smith, a senior, is in his second season on the Bearcats’ varsity. champs.

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ABOVE: Scottsbluff’s Aubrey Straub hits a forehand in a singles match during a tennis dual against Ogallala on Tuesday at Scottsbluff High School. The Bearcats opened their season with two dual setbacks to the Indians and Grand Island Central Catholic.

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LEFT: Gering’s Katie Martindale runs possession up the field during a soccer match against North Platte on Tuesday evening at Memorial Stadium in Gering. The Bulldogs lost a 7-1 decision to the Class A opponent. Gering is off to a 1-3 start to the season. The Bulldogs will be back in action on Tuesday at home against Torrington, Wyo. n To buy these photos and view all of the spring sports photo galleries, go to starherald. com/photos.

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High School Girls Track & Field Summaries Alliance Nickname: Bulldogs Class: B Conference: Western Last year’s conference meet placing: Fifth District: 6 L a s t ye a r ’s d i s t r i c t meet placing: Ninth Head coach : Bubba Kramer (1st year) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Steve Nelson, G r e g Fr i e s e n , M i k e S parg o, N ate L anik , Tom Swanson, Sandra Pilfold Returning state qualifiers: Hannah Swanson, sr., 400 Other returning letter w i n n e r s : M a c ke n z i e Brennan, sr., sprints; Madison Reiber, jr., hurdles; Precious Williams, sr., throws ; Madison Hiemstra, jr., sprints; Kelsey Adamson, jr., middle distance, distance; Lauren Block, sr., hurdles; Taylor Pavich, sr., sprints, jumps Top newcomers/transfers: Abbie Luger, sr., throws Season outlook: “We have a few key girls back for us and a good g r o u p of fr e s h m e n,” coach Bubba Kramer said. “Our numbers are up, and we should be improved from last year.

I also look for quite a few freshmen to step up and contribute right away at the varsity level.”

Team strengths: “I think we should be strong in the sprints this year with Kenzie Brennan and Madi Hiemstra back as well as some freshmen stepping up,” Kramer said. “I feel good about Lauren Block and Madi Reiber in the hurdles as well. I think we will surprise some people in the throws as well with Precious Williams, Sariah Grant, and newcomer Abbie Luger.”

Team goals: “We just want to set PR’s and improve each week,” Kramer said. “I think we will be much more competitive in the always

tough B-6 district, and we are looking to qualify more girls to the state track meet.”

Schedule March 21.....CSC Indoor March 28.. Sidney Invite April 2.Buffalo Bill Invite April 9......Mitchell Invite April 18... Alliance Invite April 24.... Twilight Invite April 28.Best in the West Classic May 2............... Western Conference meet May 8...... Bayard B-C-D May 14..... B-6 district at Ogallala May 22-23......... State at Omaha

Banner County Nickname: Wildcats Class: D Conference: Minuteman Activities Last year’s conference meet placing: Seventh District: 11 L a s t ye a r ’s d i s t r i c t meet placing: Sixth Head coach: Kari Gifford (5th season) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Sonja Lind, Bill Gifford, Priscilla Bastian Returning letter winners: Abby Russell, jr., throws Top newcomers/transfers: Sierra Flores, fr., mi d d le d ist an c e ; MaKenna Dahlgrin, fr., throws; Courtney Knisley, fr., distance; Arielle Whelchel, fr., middle distance Season outlook: “We have limited numbers, no seniors, and a lack of experience,” coach Kari Gifford said. “Determination and work ethic will help them improve throughout the season.

If the effort is there, they can overcome a lack of experience quickly. Our ability to place as a team will obviously be difficult due to the low numbers.”

Schedule March 28. Kimball Invite April 2.........Bayard C-D April 10........ Tri-State at Chappell April 18... Alliance Invite April 24. George Calvert Mitchell/Morrill

April 28.Best in the West Classic May 2.... MAC at Bayard May 8.Cheyenne County Invite at Sidney May 13.Districts at Morrill May 22-23......... State at Omaha

Bayard Nickname: Tigers Class: C Conferences : W TC / MAC Last year’s conference meet placings: 2nd in WTC; 1st in MAC District: 11 L a s t ye a r ’s d i s t r i c t meet placing: Third Last year’s state meet placing : Four th (only two points shy of second place) Head coach : Randy McKibbin (16th year at Bayard) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Jordan Harriger, Micki McKibbin, Wade Kniss (head boys coach) Returning state qualifiers: Jessi Smith, jr., many events ; Miah Vera, jr., long jump, high jump, triple jump, 4x100 relay; Chellani Parriot, hurdles, 4x100 relay, Other returning letter winners: Catherine Applegate, so., distance; Tessa Douglas, sr., distance; Kristina McGann, sr., long sprints; Lauren Petersen, so., throws Top newcomers/transfers: Nicole Barker, fr., distance ; Liz Brown, fr., long sprints; Sarah Reish, fr., long sprints; Avery Kildow, fr., sprints; Jaicee White, fr., throws; Kaitlin Mohrman, fr., throws Season outlook: “We will not have as much depth as we have had in the past,” Coach Randy McKibbin said. “However, our team will do everything they can to “make success happen.”

Team strengths: “We have some very talented athletes, which should make us tough in large meets,” McKibbin said.

Team goals: “We want

to place in the upper half of every meet we are entered in. We also want to compete for the championship of both the WTC and MAC conferences. ... We want to improve each week.”

Other comments: Last year at state Smith placed first in the 400 and 800 and was on the second-place 4x100 relay team along with Vera and Parriot. ... Vera qualified for state in four events. ... Barker was a state qualifier last fall in cross country.

Last year’s highlights: “Obviously, the state meet was special, placing so high as a team,” McKibbin said. “Chellani Parriott competing at the state meet last year was awesome, especially since she was not able to compete the previous year due to an injury.

J e s s i S m it h w in nin g state in two events was pretty special also.”

Former athletes competing in college: Sinahi Garcia, WNCC soccer; Megan Stuart, Midland track and field Schedule March 21.....CSC Indoor March 28....Morrill Early Bird Meet April 2.........Bayard C-D April 10........... Chappell Tri-State April 18. WTC at Bayard April 24.. Mitchell/Morrill Invite or Scottsbluff Twilight April 28.Best in the West Classic May 2.... MAC at Bayard May 8...... Bayard B-C-D May 14..........Districts at Bayard May 22.State at Omaha

Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Craig Johnson, Jackie Rahmig, D ave B a x te r, L i n d i e DeBlois Returning state qualifiers: Aimee Hass, sr., discus (10th) Other returning letter winners: Olga Aguilar, sr., weights ; Iv y Vasquez, sr., hurdles; Kassidy Kildow, sr., middle distance; AdreAnna Ernest, jr., hurdles; Karsan Stull, so., sprints; Erika Swires, so., hurdles; Jayden DeCora, jr., middle distance; Marissa Widener, jr., distance; Lydia Cantu, jr., middle distance; Gabby Argamosa, so., jumps Team strengths: “Very nice group of returning let ter winners and a very promising group of underclassmen,” coach Glenn Kraay said.

Team goals: “We hope to be c o m petitive in each meet that we attend,” Kraay said.

Chadron

Nickname: Cardinals Class: B Conference: Western District: 6 Head coach: Clint Fernandez Returning state qualifiers: Chandler Hageman, jr., 300 hurdles Other returning letter winners: Kaci Waugh, so., 300 hurdles; Greta Welch, so., hurdles, high jump; Ashlea Hills, sr., discus; Julian Dickerson, so., distance; Murphy Churchill, jr., discus Top newcomers/transfers: Dana Dunbar, fr., h u r d l e s ; Ky l e r B e h rends, fr., middle distance; Jayden Garrett, jr., sprints, middle disBridgeport tance Nickname: Bulldogs Other comments: GarClass: C rett missed last season Conference: Western because of an injury.

Trails She was a state qualifiLast year’s conference er as a freshman in the meet placing: Fourth 400.

District: 11 L a s t ye a r ’s d i s t r i c t Crawford meet placing: Fifth Head c oac h : Glenn Nickname: Rams Head coach: Rick BarKraay

ry (8th year) Conference: Panhandle Last year’s conference meet placing: Second District: 4 L a s t ye a r ’s d i s t r i c t meet placing: Third Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Sadie Waugh, Walt Nelson Returning state qualifiers: Lacie Lietka, sr., 1,600, 4x800; Bryttnee Lemmon, jr., 100, 200, 4x400 (8th); Kalen Nedella, so., 4x400; Sara Tweet, sr., 4x800; Aly Dane, so., 4x400, 4x800 Other returning letter winners: None Top newcomers/transfers: Paige Parkins, sr., shot put, discus; Alyssa Parkins, so., shot put, discus; Christina Parkins, fr., shot put, discus; Spencer Didier, fr., shot put, discus; Ashley Bean, fr., jumps Season outlook: “We d on’t quite have the numbers of the past, but we have the girls who are dedicated,” coach Rick Barry said. “It will be a fun year with this group of hard workers.”

Team strengths: “Hard work [and] good mix of distance and speed,” Barry said.

Team goals: “To be the best we can be every day,” Barry said.

Last year’s highlights: “Finishing eighth in the 4x4 [and] being close to numerous school records,” Barry said.

Former athletes competing in college: Dylan Stansbury, CSC; Haley Soester, CSC Schedule March 28.............Morrill April 2.........Bayard C-D April 9......Mitchell Invite April 18........Alliance (at Scottsbluff) April 25.. Chadron Invite May 1........... Panhandle Conference at Morrill May 8...... Bayard B-C-D

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Conference: MAC District: 12 Head coach: Zach Malcolm (1st year) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Tiffany Rice, Tony Hoesing Returning letter winners: Courtney Leach, sr., shot put, discus; Courtney Stegman, jr., shot put, discus; Ashley Heelan, jr., distance Top newcomers/transfers: Michaela Lauber, jr., sprints, jumps; Amiee Lauber, fr., jumps, middle distance; Autumn Smith, fr., middle distance Te a m s t r e n g t h s : “ Youth,” c oac h Z ac h Malcolm said.

Team goals: “Get better every day,” Malcolm said.

Schedule April 4.......Bayard Invite April 11.. Perkins County Invite April 14..... Creek Valley Invite April 21...Chase County Invite April 25...Hershey Invite April 28.Best in the West May 2.....................MAC May 8...... Bayard B-C-D May 13..............Districts May 22-23......... State at Omaha

Gering Nickname: Bulldogs Class: B Conference: Western Last year’s district meet placing: Seventh Last year’s state meet placing: 34th Head coach : Randy Plummer (third year) Assistant coaches: Rick Marez, Roger Schmidt, Randy Johnson, Jimmie Rhodes, Bill Bauer, Mike Loftsgard Returning state qualifiers: Keltie Imus, high jump; Rebekah Rawlings, distance; Kali Rimington, distance; Julia Ybarra, distance; Jerilyn Laws, distance; Lauren Shaul, distance Other returning letter winners: Becca Brenner, sr., jumps; Brooke Doggett, sr., weights; Dakota Wademan, sr., weights; Jade Riedel, jr., sprints, hurdles; Kaelyn Shaul, jr., distance; Brianna Eckerberg, so., weights, Ho pe A bel, so., distance; Kaylee Bohnsack, so., distance; Shae Kaus, so., sprints

Top newcomers: Megan Mason, sr.; Maddie Millay, jr.; Tish Ozuna, jr.; Sarah Lang, jr.; Taylor Evans, jr.; Marisa Robles, jr.; Madahi Garcia, jr.; Kat Martinez, jr.; Kelli Johnson, so.; Carlee Brester, fr.; Kaetlyn Todd, fr.; Nicole Patton, fr.; Jenna Hastings, fr.; Victoria Schwartz, fr.; Franscheska Plasencio Season outlook: “We have around 50 boys a n d 5 0 g i r l s o u t fo r trac k,” c oac h Rand y Plum m er s ai d. “ We have a great coaching staff to work with the athletes. Our athletes are willing to work hard, and because of that, we are optimistic about the season. We have quality athletes in every event. We just need to get them in shape, and we are confident we will be competitive. Our goals, as always, are to make sure we have the athletes in the events they can be the most successful in, to coach them to the best of our ability, and to maximize their potential.”

Former athletes competing in college: Stephanie Coley, Concordia

short on numbers, with only 13 girls out, we will be competitive in the individual events,” coach Matt Stetson said. “The return of a healthy Dani Wellnitz will bolster the 4x800 relay and the distance races.”

Schedule March 21.....CSC Indoor March 28.. Sidney Invite April 2.Bayard C-D Invite April 11.. Perkins County Invite April 18.... WTC Meet at Bayard April 25.. Chadron Invite May 8...... Bayard B-C-D Invite May 14..........Districts at Bayard May 22-23......... State at Omaha

Hay Springs

Nickname: Hawks Class: D Conference: Panhandle District: 11 L a s t ye a r ’s d i s t r i c t meet placing: Ninth Head coach: Jon Lordino (first) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coach: Bert Newman Returning letter winners: Brooklyn Morrill, jr., shot put, discus; Katrena Ryan, jr., 100, long jump, high jump Gordon-Rushville Top newcomers/transfers: Sam Kearns, fr., Nickname: Mustangs 100, 200 Class: C Season outlook: “This Conference: Western season is going to be Trails a rebuilding season,” Last year’s conference meet placing: Sixth District: 11 L a s t ye a r ’s d i s t r i c t meet placing: Sixth Head coach: Matt Stetson (1st year) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Angie Hoagland, Joel Nelson, Brian Felker, April Schneider Returning state qualifiers: Deni Jacobson, sr., 1,600 Other returning letter winners: Hali Sahr, sr., hurdles, sprints; Dani Wellnitz, sr., distance; Leah Irving, sr., throws; Rebecca Wellnitz, jr., jumps; Kenna Campbell, s o., ju m p s ; S han i ah Freesman, so., jumps, 400 ; Cassandra Fortin, so., jumps, sprints; Carlee Hinn, so., jumps, 800; Josie Perez, so., throws Top newcomers/transfers: Autumn Richards, fr., 400, 800; Ciera Anderson, so., throws Season outlook: “While

coach Jon Lordino said. “We graduated a big class last year, and our roster numbers are down. Although with low numbers we have a handful of athletes that are hard workers and will put up big numbers for this season and will c o nt i n u e to i m p r ove eac h meet. We lo ok forward to this year and hope to take a few kids to the state track meet in May.” Team strengths: “Our team strengths are definitely centered on the field events with a lot of sprinters,” Lordino said. “ We are a fast team and a very strong team.

Our distance program is lacking in the numbers, but we are hoping next year we will have a strong group of freshmen coming up.”

Team goals: “Our goal this year is to improve our marks every meet,” Lordino said. “Getting better in practice while the ultimate goal is to send a few athletes to state this year. We are also recruiting kids to come out for track as well to make our team stronger and more well rounded.”

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to create a relay that will place at districts,” Lordino said.

Hemingford Nickname: Bobcats Class: C Conferences: PHC and WTC Last year’s conference placings: First in PHC; Seventh in WTC Last year’s district meet placing: Seventh H e ad c o ac h : Cin d y Ahrens (24th season) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Jake Brummer, Lisa Janssen Returning state qualifiers: None Returning letter winners: Kaelia Nelson, sr., distance; Brooke Turek, s o., s p r i n t s ; B r o o ke Galles, so., hurdles; Emily Hansen, so., weights; Christian Rozmairek, sr., jumps; Natalie Gasseling, so., middle distance, high jump; Taellor Ansley, jr., jumps Season outlook: “Good sophomore class coming,” coach Ahrens said.

Team strengths: “Hurdles, jumps, distance,” Ahrens said.

Team goals: “Work to improve and finish the season with personal bests,” Ahrens said.

Last year’s highlights: “ Pr e c i o u s C a m p b e l l qualifying for state, and an impressive improvement in the freshman class,” Ahrens said.

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Kimball Nickname: Longhorns Class: C Conferences : SPVA and WTC Last year’s conference meet placings: Third in WTC; Second in SPVA District: 11 L a s t ye a r ’s d i s t r i c t meet placing: Fourth Head coach: Gene Mohr (4th season) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Jim Reeves, Wade Brashear, Dane Wurdeman Returning state qualifiers: Madison Biesecker, jr., 300 hurdles; Alisha Hunsaker, jr., 200 Other returning letter winners: Jessica Hanks, sr., shot put, discus; Danika Daum, jr., shot put, d is c us ; M ikayla Fiehtner, jr., 100 hurdles; Ireland Olson, so., 300 hurdles; Jannel Fiehtner, so., 400 Top newcomers/transfers: Alexandr Reader, fr., pole vault; Hannah Biesecker, fr., long jump; Raelynn Hinton, so., 800 Season outlook: “The size of the team is smaller this year, but the quality of the athletes is high,” coach Gene Mohr said. “Look for us in the top at all of our meets this year. Our district is tough, but I hope to see the returning state competitors back at state See GIRLS TRACK, page 5

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along with some new faces.”

Team strengths: “We have many juniors and seniors that placed high last year in meets and with the help of several talented freshmen replacing the past senior points, that should keep us at the top of most meets,” Mohr said.

Team goals: “Set more school records and get more athletes to state [and] develop young talent,” Mohr said.

Other comments: Last year at state Biesecker placed 13th in the 300 hurdles, and Hunsaker was 19th in the 200.

Last year’s highlights: “ M a d i s o n B i e s e c ke r setting the school record in the 300 hurdles, and Shelby Vogel setting the school record in the triple jump,” Mohr said.

Schedule March 21.....CSC Indoor Meet March 28. Kimball Invite April 2.........Bayard C-D April 10..... Creek Valley Invite April 18. WTC at Bayard April 24.. Morrill/Mitchell Invite April 28.Best in the West Classic May 1.SPVA at Hershey May 8...... Bayard B-C-D Invite May 14..........Districts at Bayard May 22-23......... State at Omaha

Leyton Nickname: Warriors Class: D Conference: Minuteman Last year’s conference meet placing: Third District: 11 Last year’s district meet placing: Second Head coach: Jodi Craig (8th season) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coach: Rob Shoopman Returning state qualifiers: Kaitlyn Berner, sr., long jump, triple jump, 800; Shaela Jenkins, sr., 100 hurdles Other returning letter winners: Dani McKay, sr., shot put, discus; Kristine Barnett, jr., 400, high jump, triple jump; Natalie Cruise, jr., shot put, d is c us ; Jes si c a Houk, jr., long jump, 100, 200; Taylor Berner, so., 100, 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles; Abbe Draper, so., 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, high jump; Hope Dykman, so., long jump, triple jump; Autumn Hartwig, so., 400, 800; Kelsey Miller, so., 40 0, 8 0 0 ; Cheyenne

Nickel, so., 400, 200 Season outlook: “We h ave t hre e ver y t al ented senior athletes who have all competed in the state track and field championships,” coach Jodi Craig said.

“We also have several returning letter winners who competed very well throug hout the 2014 season that are capable of stepping in to major roles this season.”

Team strengths: “The success that many of these young ladies have experienced should be an asset to our competing in 2015,” Craig said.

Team goals: “Finish in the top three in our conference and district, [and] as always, have stu d ent at hl ete s g et personal bests as the season progresses.”

Lingle-Ft. Laramie Nickname: Doggers Class: 1A Head coach : Mike Lashley, 24th season ( jum ps, s pr ints, and relays) Conference: SEWAC Last year’s conference meet placing: First Regional: 1A East Last year’s regional meet placing: First Last year’s state meet placing: Second Assistant coaches: Brandon Gifford (distance), Shaylee Mortimore (hurdles), Chris Sherwood (pole vault), Dylan Wisroth (weights) Returning state quali f i e r s : Tay l o r B eve r, sr., 100 (second), 200 (third ), 40 0 (four th), 4x400 (first); Gabrielle Wollert, sr., 100 hurdles ( s eve n t h ) , s h o t p u t , 4x4 0 0 ( f i r s t ) , 4x 8 0 0 (first); Natalie Booth, sr., 100 hurdles (sixth), 300 hurdles, long jump (fifth), triple jump (third); Makenna Greenwald, so., triple jump (third), pole vault (fifth), 300 hurdles (sixth), 4x800 (first); Georgia Wollert, so., 100 hurdles (third), long jump (fifth), high jump (fifth), 4x100 (first); Kaylynn Jefferson, so., tr i p e l ju m p ( e i g ht h ) , long jump, 100, 4x100 (first); Johanna Church, so., discus; Samantha Garvie, so., 800, 1,600 (eighth), 3,200 (sixth) Other returning letter winners: Rhylea Horejs, so., shot put, discus Top newcomers/transfer s : Morea Shipley, so., long jump, sprints; Savanah Jenkins, so., middle distance; Taylor Debock, so., distance Season outlo ok : “ It looks like we will have

about 12 girls out for track this season,” coach Mike Lashley said. “Included in this group are five all-state performers a n d t w o o t h e r s t ate qualifiers. We will put a very experienced group of athletes on the track and in the field events.

T hese lad i es un d erstand what it takes to be successful, as they have won three state championships and finished state runner-up three times in volleyball, basketball, and track during the last couple years.”

Te a m s t r e n g t h s : “ I believe we will be very well- balanced in the field events and on the track,” Lashley said.

“It is difficult to single out a specific area, as we have the ability to score in many events.

We should be very deep in the hurdles and the jumps, and we should be able to put together some solid relays.”

Team goals: “Winning a state championship is our primary goal each season, and we hope to be in the hunt again this year,” Lashley said. “We will also look to defend the SEWAC conference championship and the 1A East Regional championship we won last year.”

Other comments: Ling l e - Ft . L a r a m i e h a s won 11 girls state track and field titles. Only Cheyenne Central has won more state track

and field championships than the Doggers. Also, the LFL girls hold a combined 11 state records in Class 1A and Class 2A. Last year’s highlights: “In 2014, the Lady Dogger s won their ninth regional championship in the last 10 years and also captured their ninth S E WAC c o n f e r e n c e c hampionship in the last decade. The team finished runner-up at the Wyoming State Track Championships, missing the championship by a mere 4.5 points. We had several athletes end the season among the top performers in the Wyo-Braska region.

With the su c c es s of last season under their belts, we are excited to see how our athletes will perform in 2015.”

Schedule March 27.Natrona Invite April 2.Bayard C-D Invite April 9......Mitchell Invite April 11...........................

Guernsey-Sunrise Invite April 18... Alliance Invite April 24.Pine Bluffs Invite April 28.Best in the West Classic May 1....Wyoming Track Classic May 2... Goshen County Invite at Torrington May 9... SEWAC at Lusk May 15-16......... 1A East Regional at Sheridan May 21-23......... State at Casper

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April 2 ...........................Bayside Tri 3:00 PM April 7 ................................. Bayard 9:00 AM April 14 ...............................Mitchell 9:00 AM April 16 .......................... Bridgeport 9:00 AM April 21 ........ Perkins County Grant 9:00 AM April 28 .....Garden County Invite 9:00 AM April 30 ................... MAC Chappell 9:00 AM May 2.................................. Kimball 9:00 AM May 5..........Creek Valley Chappell 8:00 AM May 7.. St. Pat’s Invite North Platte 9:00 AM May 12........................ Sutherland 10:00 AM May 18............ Districts Sutherland 9:00 AM May, 27,28th...........State Golf Kearney TBA

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Mitchell Nickname: Tigers Class: B C o n f e r e n c e s : W TC and WC Last year’s conference meet placings: First in both WTC and WC District: 6 Head coach: Michelle Peters (4th year) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t

coaches: Mike Harriger, Jayson Gregor y, Glen Eberspecher, Joe Yauney Returning state qualifiers: Celeste Cardona, so., 1,600 (fifth), 3,200 (fifth), 4x800 relay (fifth), 4x400 relay (seventh); Devin Beaver, so., 4x400 relay (seventh), 4x800 relay (fifth); Madison Watson, so., 4x400 relay (seventh), 4x800 relay (fifth) O ther returning letter winners: Aspen Reifschneider, sr., long jump, triple jump, sprints Top newcomers/transfers: Jori Peters, fr., 400, 800; Olivia Armstrong, fr., 100, 200 Season outlook: “We have strong individuals in a number of events,” coach Michelle Peters said. “Our veteran runners will be joined by some talented young freshmen. Our team will be very competitive in most events, ranging from the jumps, to the sprints, to the distance races. I look forward to seeing this group of girls compete.”

Team strengths: “We have individuals that will compete and score in four different events,” Peters said. “ We are able to place at least one strong athlete in most of the track and field events.”

Team goals: “Our goal is to win WTC and place high in the WC,” Peters

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Conference: Minuteman Activities District: 11 Head coach: Matt Korkow (1st year) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t c o a c h e s : J J Ozu n a , S t eve n Fo s t e r, Ky l e Metzger, Kyle Cotton Returning letter winners: Franki Doty, so., 1,600, 800, 4x800 relay; Amber M c Nees, so., discus, shot put, 4x800 relay Top newcomers/transfers: Massie Goodt e a c h e r, f r., d i s c u s , shot put, 4x800 relay; Emily Park, fr., discus, shot put; Maddie Ross, fr., 300 hurdles, 1,600, 4x800 relay; Lexi Torres, fr., 800, 1,600, 4x800 relay Schedule March 28. Kimball Invite April 2.......Bayard Invite April 10..... Creek Valley Invite April 18... Alliance Invite April 24....Mitchell Invite May 2........ Creek Valley Invite May 8....... Kimball Invite May 13.Districts at Morrill May 22-23......... State at Omaha

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said. “Our goals also include competing hard and improving at every meet.”

Last year’s highlights: “Winning the WTC and WC titles,” Peters said.

Former athletes competing in college: Taylor Peters, cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field at UNK

Morrill Nickname: Lions Class: D C o n f e r e n c e s : W TC and PAC Head coach: Rick Sides (first year) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Bobby Wiegel, Niki Fredrickson, Chris Baltz Returning state qualifiers: Jessica Harvey, fr., 4x100 relay (sixth); S h ay l y n L a c key, f r., 4x100 relay (sixth) Other returning letter winners: Katlin Howell, sr., shot put, discus; Leanne Sherrod, jr., triple jump, long jump, 4x100 Season outlook: “The Lions look to have a competitive, successful season,” coach Rick Sides said. “We have eight returning let ter winners from last year.

Five out of these eight were also state qualifiers last year [Matt Hessler, Jorge Lara, Josh Harvey, Jessica Harvey, and Shaylyn Lackey] so we have some great returning leaders on our team. We also have seven freshmen who will play a big part on our team; plus, we will have a few kids that are coming back to the track team after taking a year or two off. As of right now, we have 20 student athletes on our team.

Each one of these kids works hard and is a lot of fun to work with. With these student-athletes, we will be able to have some great performances both individually and in the relay race as well.

We are also fortunate to have a great coaching staff and excellent facilities to work with at the Morrill schools. Each coach brings in a lot of experience and is willing and is able to work together to help the team reach its full potential.

“As a team, we look to improve each individual athlete’s performance throughout the season.

By doing this, we will be able to bring in more team p oints at eac h track meet we attend,

and it will increase our opportunities for that m a ny m o r e at h l e te s to make that long trip across the state for our state track meet.”

Schedule March 21...CSC Indoor Meet March 29...Morrill Early Bird Meet April 2........Bayard C-D Invite April 9.....Mitchell Invite April 18.W TC at Bayard April 24.George Calvert at Morrill April 28........Best in the West Classic May 2.... Bayard B-C-D May 8.Districts at Morrill May 21-22....... State at Omaha

Potter-Dix Nickname: Coyotes Class: D Conference: Minuteman Activities Last year’s conference meet placing: Second District: 11 L a s t ye a r ’s d i s t r i c t meet placing: First Last year’s state meet placing: Tied for 16th Head coach: Robert Hilpert (6th year) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Amee Hicks, Dale Frerichs, Robyn Hicks Returning state qualifiers: Ryley Hicks, sr., pole vault (21st), distance ; Regyn Hicks, jr., high jump (tied for seventh), high hurdles; A l exu s Roze ll e, s o., shot put (sixth), discus (fourth) Other returning letter winners: Hope Shepard, sr., sprints; Savannah Shaw, jr., sprints, middle distance; Sara Gingrich, jr., sprints, long jump; Jourdan Langley, sr., sprints, long jump; Cortney Lewis, jr., shot put, discus; Payton Franklin, so., pole vault, hurdles Top newcomers/transfers: Anna McLaughlin, jr., high jump, hurdles, middle distance; Trinity Langley, fr., pole vault, triple jump, middle distance; Payge Hoffman, fr., hurdles, jumps; Presely Christensen, fr., hurdles, jumps Season outlook: “To be competitive and improve individually with each week,” coach Rober t Hilpert said.

Team strengths: “Returning letter winners/ state qualifiers to lead the way,” Hilpert said. “ The three freshmen gir ls should be ver y competitive and help to score points.”

Team goals: “To challenge for the top places

in the meets and improve on the conference placing of third and try real hard to repeat as district champs,” Hilpert said. “Also, to qualify as many as possible for the state track meet.”

Other comments: Anna McLaughlin is a transfer from Garden County.

She competed at state last year, tying for 13th in the high jump.

Last year’s highlights: “ Winning the district championship was a pleasant surprise,” Hilpert said. “We knew that we would challenge for the top, but didn’t expect to win it.”

Schedule March 28.Kimball Invite April 2......Bayard Invite April 11..... E. Lee Todd Invite at Grant April 18.. Alliance Invite at Scottsbluff April 24....... Pine Bluffs Invite April 28........Best in the West Classic May 2.MAC Conference meet at Bayard May 8.......... Cheyenne County Invite at Sidney May 13.District 11 meet at Morrill May 22-23....... State at Omaha

Scottsbluff Nickname: Bearcats Class: B Conferences: Western and GNAC Last year’s conference meet placings: 2nd in Western; 5th in GNAC District: 6 Last year’s district meet placing: Second Last year’s state meet placing: 10th Head coach: Jim Barker (3rd season) Varsity assistant coaches: Shelby Aaberg, Mike B ur d a , Kat y B ur to n, Aaron Carrizales, Linda Meininger, Todd Menghini, Warren Osborn, Meghan Schneider Returning state qualifiers: Shayleigh James, jr., 1,600; Avery Krentz, s o., 4 0 0 r e l ay ; Taylor Muncie, sr., 1,600, 3,200; Shanell Primes, j r. , 10 0 , 4 0 0 r e l a y ; Chesney Walker, jr., 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, 400 relay; Kyra Willats, sr., 100 hurdles

O ther returning letter winners: Sierra Betancur, sr., throws; Teha Cabral, jr., vault; Ashleigh Charron, so., vault; Tiersa Darley, so., vault; Kai Didier, jr., hurdles; Ruby Fernandez, jr., vault; Tayler Gipe, so., distance ; Krista Holzworth, so., distance; Alyssa Leach, so., vault; Alexis Lynn, sr., vault; Whitney Riesen, so., distance Season outlook: “We will be ver y competitive on the track and in the field. We’re looking forward to a great 2015 campaign,” coach Jim Barker said.

Team strengths: “Forty girls out, state meet experience, event depth, team atmosphere, and coaching staff,” Barker said.

Team goals: “Be competitive, have fun, place team before ‘I,’ improve each week, avoid injuries, have a solid district meet, and improve on last year’s 10th place at state,” Barker said.

Other comments: Last year at state, Walker placed second in the 100 hurdles and eighth in the 300 hurdles.

Walker won’t compete this season, however, due to an ACL tear that occurred during the basketball season. ... Muncie placed fourth in both the 1,600 and 3,200 at state last year. ... Riesen placed 10th in the state cross country meet last fall.

Last year’s highlights: “Winning the Alliance Invite, placing second at the district meet, and

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placing 10th at the state meet,” Barker said.

Former athletes competing in college: SteaVen Becker, Nebraska Wesleyan ; J ennifer Maag, Hastings College; Zoey Rada, Nebraska Wesleyan; Aubree Worden, Arkansas

Sidney Nickname: Red Raiders Class: B Conference: Western District: 6 L a s t ye a r ’s d i s t r i c t meet placing: Fourth Head coach: John Ganser (11th season) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Roger Gallaway, Beau McConnell, Matt McKay, Tony Neels, Teresa Rolls, Pat Welch Returning state qualifiers: Abbie Fraas, so., 4x400; Emily Mika, so., 4x100; Gabbie Addleman, sr., 4x100; Genessa Schilz, jr., middle distance; Preslie Allen, jr., middle distance, 4x400; Sara Von Seggern, sr., sprints, 4x100; Savanna Rosenbaum, sr., high jump, 4x400; Abby Heller, jr., 4x400 Other returning letter winners: Abbey Mills, so., long jump, sprints; Annalise Lecher, so., throws; Brenda Maytorena, so., pole vault; Ch ao n a R ad t ke, sr., throws; Erin Lindeman, jr., m i d d l e d i s t a n c e, distance; Jami Flores, j r., p o l e v a u l t , m i d dle distance; Jasmine Jallen, jr., pole vault; Jolene Oliverius, so., pole vault; Kate Bros-

nan, sr., sprints, relays; Mia Hernandez, jr., distance; Samee Kaus, so., throws; Taylor Parsons, jr., shot put Top newcomers/transfers: Chantal Riggs, fr., distance; Charlie Brockhaus, fr., distance; Emily Secrest, fr., sprints; Kelly Von Seggern, so., sprints, relays ; Kara Birner, fr., middle distance; Natalie Radcliffe, fr., sprints, long jump; Karla Palomares, so., sprints Season outlook: “Because of our numbers and new talent coming in, we should be able to fill all events to three deep,” Coach John Ganser said. “That should give us some good depth points with some of the quality we feel we have.”

Team strengths: “With 39 girls out, we should be able to sprint and mid distance well against m o s t of o u r c o m p e t it io n,” G anser s ai d.

“The girl vaulters have lots of experience, and we have a quality high jumper.”

Team goals: “We want to show the steady progress we had last year, compete well again at districts, and then break out at state,” Ganser said.

Last year’s highlights: Placing first in the Bayard B-C-D Invite and fourth in the B-6 district meet.

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Robb, Concordia University; Karissa Segelke, Concordia University; Morgan Linneman, UNK; Leah Uhlir, Chadron State Schedule March 21....CSC Indoor March 28. Sidney Invite April 2....Ogallala Invite April 9.....Mitchell Invite April 16.......Gothenburg Invite April 24........Scottsbluff Twilight April 28.Best in the West Classic May 2......... Conference meet-Gering May 8................ Bayard May 14............ Districits May 22-23........ State at Omaha

Sioux County Nickname: Warriors Class: D Conference: Panhandle District: 11 Last year’s district meet placing: Eighth

Head coach: Dan Valenta (5th season) Varsity assistant coaches: Carrie Edmund Returning state qualifiers: Kate Kling, sr., 300 hurdles Other returning letter winners: Maddy Rodenbaugh, jr., triple jump, 200, 400, 300 hurdles Season outlook: “We are a very young team with two freshmen, two juniors (one with little experience in track), and one senior,” coach Dan Valenta said. “Kate Kling looks to return to Omaha again and get into the finals of the 300 low hurdles and is trying out the 100 intermediate hurdles and the open 400. Our younger athletes are very enthusiastic, looking at trying out new events. One of our freshmen summed up the feelings of the rest of the team when she said about competing, ‘I hate to lose.’ All were in agreement with that

statement, and it is what drives each athlete every day to push harder even when the hams and quads are arching or the lungs feel like they are ready to burst after pushing a hard 400 run, or their core is sore from throwing the shot and discus. We also look at the idea that: Effort in = effort out Effort out = accomplishment Therefore ...

Effort in = accomplishment Te a m s t r e n g t h s : “Strong leadership from Kate Kling and Madeline Rodenbaugh by the example,” Valenta said.

“At practice they push themselves and are focused on getting better.

The others see that and follow their example.”

Team goals: “Omaha,” Valenta said.

Other comments: Last year at state Kling placed 22nd in the 300 low hurdles.

Last year’s highlights: “Strong performances at districts, and Kate Kling qualifying for state in the 300 hurdles,” Valenta said.

Schedule April 2........Bayard C-D Invite April 9.....Mitchell Invite April 11.Guernsey Invite April 16.Race to the Ball Invite at Newcastle, Wyo. April 18... Alliance Invite April 24.George Calvert Invite at Morrill April 28.Best in the West Classic May 1....... PHC Meet at Morrill May 8..... Bayard B-C-D May 13.........Districts at Morrill May 22-23........ State at Omaha

placing: Sixth Head coach: Tim Williams (8th year) Varsity assistant coach: Bart Trautwein Returning state qualifiers: Cayley Gibb, sr., 100, 200, 400, 4x400; Dani McManamen, jr., 400, long jump, triple jump, 4x400; Erin Buchanan, sr., 4x100; Trista Stees, jr., shot put, discus; Noelle Chapman, jr., 400, 4x400; Emily Buchana, so., 4x400 Top newcomers/transfers: Latosha Wiford, fr.

Season outlook: “We only have seven girls out, but they are seven quality girls,” coach Tim Williams said. “We will need to cover as many events as we can with those seven girls to be competSoutheast itive as a team. We were only three points away Nickname: Cyclones from placing in the top Class: 2A four at state last year, so Conference: SEWAC Last year’s conference I have a lot of confidence in these girls.” meet placing: Fourth Regional: 2A Southeast T e a m s t r e n g t h s : Last year’s state meet Sprints, jumps, relays

Team goals: “Be competitive at every meet we go to,” Williams said.

Last year’s highlights: “Broke the school record in the 4x400 relay several times last year.

Goal is to run close to 4 minutes,” Williams said.

Torrington Nickname: Blazers Class: 3A Conference: East Last year’s regional meet placing: Third Last year’s state meet placing: Fifth Head coach: Mark Sims (11th season) Returning state qualifiers: Sabrina Juma, sr., long jump, triple jump; Taylor Troxel, sr., shot put, discus; Danita Palmer, so., triple jumper Other returning letter winners: Shelby Prusia, so., sprints; Makayla Ringle, so., sprints Top newcomers/transfers: Logan Murphy, fr., jumps; Kayla Frazier, sr., jumps

High School Boys Track & Field Summaries Alliance Nickname: Bulldogs Class: B Conference: Western Last year’s conference meet placing: Second District: 6 L a s t ye a r ’s d i s t r i c t meet placing: Third Last year’s state meet placinng: Third Head coach : Bubba Kramer (6th year) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Steve Nelson, G r e g Fr i e s e n , M i k e S parg o, N ate L anik , Tom Swanson, Sandra Pilfold Returning state qualifiers: Brody Brennan, so., 400, 4x100, 4x400 (third ) ; Klay ton Nordeen, jr., 4x100, 4x400 (third); Cody Robinson, sr., 4x100, 4x400 (third); Jeffer y Heusman, jr., 4x800; Brendan Brehm er, s o., 4x 8 0 0 ; D J Weare, sr., 4x800; Kyle Krantz, sr., discus (first) Other returning letter w i n n e r s : J o s h El l i s , sr., pole vault, sprints; Truen Henderson, sr., distance; Tucker Hill, jr., jumps, sprints; Trevor Ridenour, so., jumps; Baden Shelmadine, jr., pole vault, sprints; Tyler

Trout, so., middle distance Season outlook: “We h ave a l o t o f d e p t h b ac k ,” c o ac h B u b b a Kramer said. “Our numbers are down a little, but the overall quality is still pretty good. We just need to get everyone healthy and keep them healthy throughout the season, and we should be very competitive.”

Team strengths: “We should be strong in the sprints this year with senior Cody Robinson returning, junior Klayton Nordeen, and sophomores Brody Brennan and Brendan Brehmer.

Kyle Krantz will anchor the throws for us. We should also be solid in the pole vault with Josh Ellis and Baden Shelmadine. We also have three relay members returning on all three of our state qualifying relays.”

Team goals: “We want to be a well-rounded te a m , a b l e t o s c o r e points in all events,” Kramer said. “As always, we just want to improve every week, stay healthy, and put ourselves in a position to score at the district meet

and qualify as many athletes as we can for the state meet.”

Former athletes competing in college: Trevor Kamerzell, UNK

Schedule April 24... Twilight Invite May 14... B-6 district at Ogallala March 21...CSC Indoor April 28........Best in the May 22-23....... State at March 28.Sidney Invite West Classic April 2.Buffalo Bill Invite May 2............. Western Omaha April 9.....Mitchell Invite Conference meet See BOYS TRACK, page 8 April 18.. Alliance Invite May 8.... Bayard B-C-D

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High School Boys Track & Field Summaries Continued April 28........Best in the West Classic Banner County May 2.. MAC at Bayard May 8.... Bayard B-C-D Nickname: Wildcats May 14........Districts at Class: D Conference: Minute- Bayard May 22.State at Omaha man Activities Last year’s conference meet placing: Sixth Bridgeport District: 11 Nickname: Bulldogs L a s t ye a r ’s d i s t r i c t Class: C meet placing: Fourth Conference: Western Head coach: Kari Gif- Trails ford (5th season) Last year’s conference Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t meet placing: Second coaches: Sonja Lind, Bill District: 11 Gifford, Priscilla Bastian Last year’s district meet Returning state qualifiplacing: Second ers: Tyson Dahlgrin, sr., Head c oac h : Glenn 110 hurdles, 300 hurdles Kraay Other returning letter Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t winners: Kadan Huber, coaches: Craig Johnsr., jumps; Bryce Olsen, son, Jackie Rahmig, sr., throws D ave B a x te r, L i n d i e Top newcomers/transDeBlois fer s : Bran d o n B li c kensderfer, fr., distance; Returning state qualMicah Wicker, so., mid- ifiers: Travis Alber tz, dle distance; Garrett sr., shot put (8th place); Grubbs, jr., distance, Logan Linch, jr., long j u m p s ; Ta l l i o n M c - jump; Jerrod Fedorchik, so., 3,200 Gowan, so., distance Season outlook: “We Other returning letter have limited numbers winners: Trevor Beneviand quite a few new- des, sr., distance; Wyatt comers who lack expe- Pankowski, jr., jumps, rience,� coach Kari Gif- hurdles; Quentin Baxford said. “We will look ter, jr., high jump (state for the seniors to lead qualifier in 2013); Isaias by example. Our ability Mancias, jr., weights; to place as a team will Mitchell Dudden, sr., obviously be difficult due 400; Anthony Losoya, sr., weights; John Papto the low numbers.� pas, jr., weights; Andrew Schedule March 28.Kimball Invite Nelson, so., distance; April 2........Bayard C-D Jason Amateis, sr., midApril 10....... Tri-State at dle distance; Lawrence Schneider, jr., hurdles; Chappell April 18.. Alliance Invite Ryan Gomez, so., disApril 24.George Calvert tance Team strengths: “Very Mitchell/Morrill nice group of returning April 28........Best in the let ter winners and a West Classic very promising group of May 2.. MAC at Bayard underclassmen,� coach May 8.......... Cheyenne Glenn Kraay said.

County Invite at Sidney May 13........Districts at Team goals: “We hope to be c o m petitive in Morrill May 22-23....... State at each meet that we attend,� Kraay said.

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Nickname: Tigers Class: C Conferences: MAC and WTC Last year’s conference meet placings: Second in MAC; Sixth in WTC District: 11 L a s t ye a r ’s d i s t r i c t meet placing: Eighth H e a d c o a c h : Wa d e Kniss (4th season) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Micki McKibbin, Jordan Harriger, Randy McKibbin (girls head coach) Returning letter winners: Bryce Hargens, sr., 300 hurdles, 110 hurdles, 400, long jump; Jacob Hoff, jr., 300 hurdles, long jump, triple jump Top newcomers/transfers: Bryce Barry, fr., 400, pole vault; Mitch M c K i b b i n , f r. , p o l e vault, 110 hurdles, 300 hurdles; Alex Araujo, fr., 800, 1,600, 3,200; Tristan Hunter, sr., shot put, discus Season outlook: “Young team this year,� coach Wade Kniss said. “Half are freshmen and sophomores. We are looking to improve individual performances from last season.�

Team strengths: “Very hard workers,� Kniss said. “They know they get what they put in at practice. Strong group of freshmen that may be able to place in events.�

Team goals: “Win the MAC conference [and] finish in the top half of the WTC,� Kniss said.

Schedule March 21...CSC Indoor March 28...Morrill Early Bird Meet April 2........Bayard C-D April 10.......... Chappell Tri-State April 18.W TC at Bayard April 24.Mitchell/Morrill Invite or Scottsbluff Twilight

Nickname: Cardinals Class: B Conference: Western District: 6 Head coach: Clint Fernandez (8th season) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Eric Calkins, Clete Budler, Blakelee Hoffman, Brandon Girard Returning state qualifi-

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ers: Jackson Dickerson, sr., 100, 200, long jump Other returning letter winners: Brendihn Sayaloune, so., sprints, long jump; Joe Ritzen, so., pole vault, triple jump; Marc Fernandez, so., hurdles, triple jump ; Tanner Kickland, sr., throws; Alex Fritzler, sr., throws; Alex Eisenbarth, jr., hurdles; Harli Kennel, jr., pole vault, middle distance; Seth Sloan, jr., distance; Josh Hyer, jr., distance; Dexter Applegarth, so., distance Season outlook: “We do not have a lot of depth in the upper classes, but the kids we do have should be strong competitors with the ability to score points,� coach Fernandez said. “We will be looking to build a good foundation for the future. We h ave g o o d n u m b e r s in our freshmen and sophomore classes. We believe some of them should be able to make an impact this year.�

Team strengths: “Good upperclassmen leadership,� Fernandez said.

Team goals: “To continue to work hard, grow as a team, gain confidence, and take one meet at a time,� Fernandez said.

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discus Other returning letter winners: Josh Harris, jr., sprints; Joe Kriz, sr., sprints; Andrew Smith, sr., 3,200, 1,600 Top newcomers/transfers: Kain Forbes, jr., shot put, discus; Austin Kennedy, fr., hurdles; Aaron Alcorn, fr., jumps; Trevor Welling, fr., sprints, shot put, discus; Trevor Nelson, fr., distance; Spencer Jones, fr., jumps, 400 Season outlook: “Our track team will be greatly improved from last year,� coach Rick Barry said. “We will be young, but the talent and desire should be good for this team.�

Team strengths: “Positive outlook, hard work, will to win,� Barry said.

Te a m g o a l s : “ Wo r k hard every day, overac hieve, an d b e to p three at conference, and top half at districts,� Barry said.

Last year’s highlights: “Taylor Alcorn qualifying for the state track meet,�

Barry said.

Schedule March 28............Morrill April 2........Bayard C-D April 9.....Mitchell Invite April 18.......Alliance (at Scottsbluff) April 25.Chadron Invite May 1......... Panhandle Conference at Morrill May 8.... Bayard B-C-D

Nickname: Rams Head coach: Rick Barry (8th year) Garden County Conference: Panhandle Nickname: Eagles Last year’s conference Class: D meet placing: Fifth Conference: MAC District: 11 Last year’s conference L a s t ye a r ’s d i s t r i c t placing: First meet placing: 10th District: 11 V a r s i t y a s s i s t a n t L a s t ye a r ’s d i s t r i c t coaches: Sadie Waugh, meet placing: First Walt Nelson Head coach: Zach MalReturning state quali- colm (First) fiers: Taylor Alcorn, jr., V a r s i t y a s s i s t a n t

coaches: Tiffany Rice, Tony Hoesing Returning state qualifiers: Ryan Smith, sr., 200, 400 (fifth), 4x100; Dustin Bleidt, sr., discus (12th); Matt McCarthy, jr., triple jump (16th), 4x100 Other returning letter winners: Tate Cross, so., 3,200, 1,600; Chris Wheeler, jr., 800; Aaron Wheeler, so., 100, 200, 400 Top newcomers/transfers : Noah L ake, fr., throws; Blake McCormick, fr., hurdles; Nick Koppman, fr., sprints; Declan Jef feries, fr., middle distance (transfer); Owen Rogers, fr., middle distance; Peyton Stanczyk, fr., distance; Mark Schwartz, fr., middle distance Season outlook: “I have big shoes to fill after head coach Jamie McColloch retired from the program,� c oac h Malcolm said. “We look to stay on top of the leaderboard producing another winner. I like the number of kids committing to the team so far and look forward to getting to work with the coaching staff, helping the young men reach their track goals. With any sport to be good it takes lots of work in practice and that is what we are gearing up for here at Garden County.�

Team strengths: Middle distance Team goals: “To work hard and win MAC and the district,� Malcolm said.

Last year’s highlight: Winning districts Schedule April 4......Bayard Invite April 11.Perkins County Invite April 14.... Creek Valley

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High School Boys Track & Field Summaries Continued Invite May 14........Districts at Upp, sr.; Jheru Mon- Bayard tanez, sr.; Nolan Nelson, May 22-23....... State at jr.; Alex Duncan, so.; Omaha Ke ato n Eb b er s, s o. ; Wade Blue, fr.; Xavier Hay Springs Arellano, fr.; Jacob Rocheleau, fr.; Tyler Pszan- Nickname: Hawks ka, fr.; Luciano Palomo, Class: D Conference: Panhanfr.; Cody Ybarra, fr. dle Season outlook: “We District: 11 have around 50 boys Last year’s district meet a n d 5 0 g i r l s o u t fo r placing: Seventh trac k,” c oac h Rand y Head coach: Jon LordiP l u m m e r s a i d . “ W e no (first) have a great coaching V a r s i t y a s s i s t a n t staff to work with the coach: Bert Newman athletes. Our athletes Returning letter winare willing to work hard, ners: Kolten Marx, sr., and because of that, 100, 200, hurdles we are optimistic about Top newcomers/transthe season. We have fers: Kaelob Marx, fr., quality athletes in every 100, 200, long jump, event. We just need to h i g h j u m p ; T h o m a s get them in shape, and Sherbarth, fr., shot put, we are confident we discus will be competitive. Our Season outlook: “This goals, as always, are to season is going to be make sure we have the a rebuilding season,” athletes in the events c o a c h J o n L o r d i n o they can be the most said. “We graduated a successful in, to coach big class last year, and them to the best of our our roster numbers are ability, and to maximize down. Although with their potential.” low numbers we have a Former athletes com- handful of athletes that peting in college: Dillon are hard workers and DeMott, track at Wart- will put up big numbers burg College in Iowa for this season and will c o nt i n u e to i m p r ove Gordon-Rushville eac h meet. We lo ok forward to this year and Nickname: Mustangs hope to take a few kids Class: C Conference: Western to the state track meet in May.” Trails Team strengths: “Our Last year’s conference team strengths are defimeet placing: Fifth nitely centered on the District: 11 field events with a lot of Last year’s district meet sprinters,” Lordino said. placing: Seventh “ We are a fast team Head coach: Matt Stetand a very strong team. son (1st year) Our distance program V a r s i t y a s s i s t a n t is lacking in the numcoaches: Angie Hoag- bers, but we are hoping land, Joel Nelson, Brian next year we will have Felker, April Schneider a strong group of freshReturning state qualifi- men coming up.” ers: Micah Scherbarth, Team goals: “Our goal sr., 800 this year is to improve Other returning letter our marks every meet,” winners: Tristan Tuma, sr., sprints, hurdles ; Lordino said. “Getting David Birkbeck, jr., dis- better in practice while tance; Shane Child, jr., the ultimate goal is to sprints; Rhett Conroy, jr., send a few athletes to hurdles; Justice Flick, jr., state this year. We are distance; Caleb Peters, also recruiting kids to jr., jumps, sprints; Ethan come out for track as Yauney, jr., shot put, well to make our team sprints; Juan Sanchez, stronger and more well so., distance; Peyton rounded.”

Other comments: Simmons, so., sprints Top newcomers/trans- L o r d i n o s a i d Ko l t e n fers: Corby Campbell, Marx, who is going to fr., sprints, jumps walk-on to the Chadron Season outlook: “We State football team next have a hard -working fall, is a “hard worker group of boys who want and will produce big to be successful,” coach m ar k s t h i s ye ar.” ...

Matt Stetson said. “We Lor d ino s ai d Kaelo b will focus on improving Marx “has the ability eac h m e et an d l o o k to place big marks in forward to having the the jumps this year.” ... yo u n g an d in ex p er i Lordino said Sherbarth enced athletes grow.” is a “very strong freshSchedule March 21...CSC Indoor man [and] will produce March 28.Sidney Invite for our team.”

April 2........Bayard C-D Last year’s highlights: “We had a very strong Invite April 11.Perkins County 400 and 1,600 meter relay teams last year,” Invite April 18... WTC Meet at Lordino said. “We are going to try and repeat Bayard April 25.Chadron Invite that this year with a posMay 8.... Bayard B-C-D sible state appearance.”

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Hemingford Nickname: Bobcats Class: C C o n f e r e n c e s : W TC and PAC Last year’s conference meet placings: First in PAC; Third in WTC District: 11 L a s t ye a r ’s d i s t r i c t meet placing: Third Last year’s state meet placing: Seventh Head coach : Randy Hiemstra (second year) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Jake Brummer, Cindy Ahrens, Lisa Janssen Returning state qualifiers: Brady Turek, sr., 100 (sixth), 200 (fifth), 4x10 0 ( f i r s t ) , 4x4 0 0 (third); Ethan Skinner, sr., 400 (second), 4x100 (first), 4x400 (third); Colt Foster, sr., discus, 4x100 (first); Cody Laursen, jr., 110 hurdles, 4x400 (third); Jamey Wood, so., (alternate for state boys relay last year) O ther returning letter winners: Matthew Wood, sr., throws; Asa C ar s o n, s r., t h r ows ; Joseph Rozmiarek, sr., distance; Tanner Benge, jr., throws; Johnny Manning, jr., middle distance; Jason Randolph, jr., middle distance, distance; Gavin Kersley, jr., distance; John Mazanec, jr., distance; Jamey Woo d, so., s pr ints, jumps; Dylan Ernesti, so., sprints, jumps; Austin Wobig, so., hurdles, sprints; Denton Payne, so., throws; Tarin Jespersen, so., middle distance Top newcomers/transfers: Layne Huss, sr., middle distance (transfer); Kade Weber, jr., hurdles (transfer); Troy Isom, jr.; Tim Finnell, jr., throws; Cole Walters, jr., jumps; Brandon Chancellor, fr. throws, jumps; Dylan Connell, fr., mi d d le d ist an c e ; Liam Swires, fr., hurdles; Konnor Weber, fr., hurdles, jumps; Miles Davis, fr., distance; Connor Swanson, fr., middle distance; Tyler Huddle, so., distance Season outlook: “We feel like we can have a very good track and field season,” coach Randy H i e m s t r a s a i d . “ We have quite a few returning state qualifiers and place winners, including three legs of our gold medal 4x100 relay team.

We also have a number of other very good athletes we feel will help us contend for conference, district and state championships. We need to stay healthy, develop some talent and depth in the middle distance, distance, throws, and jumps to get where we think we can compete for team titles. Our senior leadership will be a huge factor in helping us achieve our goals.”

Team strengths: “We have great athletes who are willing to put the work in to compete at a high level,” Hiemstra said.

Team goals: “Develop our guys as best we can to maximize their potential as athletes and track and field competitors,” Hiemstra said. “We use this season as a springboard into our summer workouts to try to stay at a highly competititve level in all sports. We want to c om pete for conference championships and compete for a district championship by qualifying as many athletes as we can in as many events possible for Omaha. Then, ultimately, we would like to win a state championship in track and field.”

Last year’s highlights: “Qualifying and competing well at state track,” H i e m s t r a s a i d . “ We scored 31 points to finish in seventh place in Class C. I feel we grew as a team as the season progressed to truly have buy in that we could compete at a high level in track and field.”

Kimball Nickname: Longhorns Class: C Conferences : SPVA and WTC Last year’s conference meet placings: 4th in WTC; 4th in SPVA District: 11 L a s t ye a r ’s d i s t r i c t meet placing: Fifth Head coach: Gene Mohr (second season) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Jim Reeves, Wade Brashear, Dane Wurdeman Returning state qualifiers: Jaden Withrow, so., triple jump Other returning letter winners: Ryan Muneio, sr., 400-800; Damien Rutledge, sr., shot put; Benjamin Sauter, sr., discus; Colton Stull, sr., long jump ; Jonathon Withrow, sr., triple jump; Ethan Land, jr., high jump; Justin Mohr, sr., pole vault; Tyrus Gawith, so., pole vault; Trent Rutledge, jr., pole vault Season outlook: “Twenty-eight athletes out this year [including] eight seniors and 10 freshmen,” coach Mohr said. “ We should be leading most meets after the field events; we are very strong in that area.

We will have to develop our running events to get enough points to hold on.”

Team strengths: “Field events,” Mohr said.

Team goals: “Place first or second in the conference meets and get more athletes to state,” Mohr said.

Other comments: Last year at state Jaden Withrow placed 17th in the

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Saturday, March 21. .......................................CSC Indoor Invite Saturday, March 28 ............................... Morrill Early Bird Invite Thursday, April 2 ............................................. Bayard CD Invite Thursday, April 9 ..................................................Mitchell Invite Friday, April 10 ..................... Okie Blanchard Invite at Cheyenne Saturday, April 11 ................................Guernsey-Sunrise Invite Saturday, April 18 ................................................Alliance Invite Saturday, April 25 ........................................... Pine Bluffs Invite Tuesday, April 28............ Best in the West Classic at Scottsbluff Friday, May 1......................... Wyoming Track Classic at Casper Saturday, May 2 ........................Goshen Co. Invite at Torrington Saturday, May 9 ...............................................SEWAC at Burns Friday-Saturday, May 15-16 .................... Regionals at Sheridan Thursday-Saturday May 21-23...........................State at Casper

Leyton Nickname: Warriors Class: D Conference: MAC Last year’s conference meet placing: Fourth District: 11 L a s t ye a r ’s d i s t r i c t meet placing: Sixth Head coach: Glen Lipska (4th year) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coach: Rob Shoopman Returning letter winners: Drew Brenner, so., high jump, triple jump; Blake Draper, jr., 800, 1,600 ; Rhett Dye, jr., 1,600, 3,200; Jacob Ernest, jr., shot put, discus; Kenny Ernest, jr., high jump, 300 hurdles, triple jump; Jacob Frerichs, jr., 1,600; Zach Hellie, fr., 200, discus, high jump; Cody McKay, sr., triple jump, long jump, 400; Teghan Osborne, jr., triple jump, 400; Aaron Schrotberger, jr., 800; Jare d West m an, sr., 100, 200; Jeff Deal, jr., distance Top newcomers/transfers: James Rushman, s r., 8 0 0, l o n g j u m p ; Teghan Brogren, so., shot put, discus; Skylar Schumacher, so., shot p u t , d i s c u s ; J ae d o n Wann, jr., distance; Kordell Maestas, jr., sprints; Morley Haley, jr., sprints, middle distance; Jay Taktemit, so., jumps; Max Suess, so., jumps, sprints; Kort Dye, fr., distance; Triston Hume,

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fr., distance; Brandon Spence, fr., distance, throws Team strengths: Leyton has 23 boys out for track and field. Coach Glen Lipska said events that might be strengths for the Warriors include distance, throws, and jumps Te a m g o a l s : “ H ave s o m e o n e q u a li f y for state,” Lipska said.

Lingle-Ft. Laramie Nickname: Doggers Class: 1A Head coach : Mike Lashley, 24th season ( jum ps, s pr ints, and relays) Conference: SEWAC Last year’s conference meet placing: First Regional: 1A East Last year’s regional meet placing: First Last year’s state meet placing: Second Assistant coaches: Brandon Gifford (distance), Shaylee Mortimore (hurdles), Chris Sherwood (pole vault), Dylan Wisroth (weights) Returning state qualifiers: Barry Greenwald, sr., shot put (first), discus (third); Chastin Hill, sr., 100 (second), 200 (second), 4x100 (second), 4x400 (third); Blain Prado, jr., discus ( e i g ht h ) ; B r o c k L ay, jr., 800, 1,600, 3,200, 4x800 (second); Colten Gilchriest, jr., 1,60 0, 4x800 (second); Bradley Green, jr., discus; K.C. Henry, jr., discus; Dallen Fleenor, so., long jump (sixth), 4x100 (second), 4x400 (third); Tyler Hunt, so., shot put (fifth); Taylor Wagner, so., 110 hurdles, 300 hurdles, pole vault, 4x800 (second) Other returning letter winners: Evan Engelbrecht, so., pole vault Top newcomers/transfers: Elliott Lemmon, sr., middle distance; Colten Wunder, jr., long jump, sprints; Jared Shepardson, so., sprints; Landon Fuller, fr., middle distance; Kelly Peterson, fr., distance; Matthew Wagner, fr., distance; Clay Peterson, fr., middle distance; Elias Dodson, fr., throws; Duncan Caruthers, fr., throws; Pr e s to n M c C ar t , fr., sprints; Antonio Prado, fr., throws; Rhett Greenwald, fr., hurdles Season outlook: “With See BOYS TRACK, page 10

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Last year’s highlights: “ O ur d i s tr i c t i s ver y tough, but the way we competed at districts mad e the team ver y proud,” Mohr said.

Schedule March 21...CSC Indoor Meet March 28.Kimball Invite April 2........Bayard C-D April 10.... Creek Valley Invite April 18.W TC at Bayard April 24.Morrill/Mitchell Invite April 28........Best in the West Classic May 1.SPVA at Hershey May 8.... Bayard B-C-D Invite May 14........Districts at Bayard May 22-23....... State at Omaha

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around 25 boys out for tr ac k , we s h o u l d b e able to cover all events a n d h ave ver y s o l i d depth across the board,” c o a c h M i ke L a s h l ey said. “While we do return eight state placers, providing us with valuable ex perien c e, we also have a large group of younger, inexperienced athletesss. The key to our success at regionals and state will be the development of these novice tracksters.”

Team strengths: “We return almost our entire crew of shot putters and discus throwers, and will also be solid in the sprints,” Lashley said.

“We should also perform well in the jumps and relays. Our distance crew will be fairly young this season, but has great potential. I am excited to see what these guys are able to accomplish by the end of the season.”

Team goals: “One of our primary goals this season is to win a state championship,” Lashley said. “We have earned a state runner-up finish the last three seasons and are determined to win a state championship this year. We also aim to repeat as both S E WAC c o n f e r e n c e champions and 1A East Regional champions.

These are lofty and will require a great amount of work, but I believe that it is possible for our team to achieve each of these goals.”

Other comments: Lingle-Ft. Laramie has won six boys state track and field meet titles.

Last year’s highlights: “ The Doggers had a very successful season in 2014,” Lashley said.

“Our athletes improved each week, and we

competed very well at every track meet we entered. We were crowned S E WAC c o n f e r e n c e c h a m p i o n s, 1A Ea s t Regional champions, and Wyoming state runner-up.”

Former athletes competing in college: Hank Jackson, Chadron State Schedule March 27.Natrona Invite April 2........Bayard C-D Invite April 9.....Mitchell Invite April 11.........................

Guernsey-Sunrise Invite April 18.. Alliance Invite April 24....... Pine Bluffs Invite April 28........Best in the West Classic May 1..Wyoming Track Classic May 2. Goshen County Invite at Torrington May 9.SEWAC at Lusk May 15-16....... 1A East Regional at Sheridan May 21-23....... State at Casper

Minatare Nickname: Indians Class: D Conference: Minuteman Activities Last year’s conference meet placing: Third District: 11 L a s t ye a r ’s d i s t r i c t meet placing: Fourth Head coach: Matt Korkow (2nd year) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t c o a c h e s : J J Ozu n a , S t eve n Fo s t e r, Ky l e Metzger, Kyle Cotton Returning state qualifiers: Juan Garfio, sr., 100 (state qualifier), 300 hurdles, long jump Other returning letter winners: Tyler Koke, sr., 110 high hurdles, 300 hurdles, high jump, long jump, triple jump; Miguel Martinez Jr., sr., discus, shot put; Zach Gibbons, so., long jump, 100 Top newcomers/transfers: Rome Lerma, so.,

discus, shot put; Adam Moreno, fr., 800, 1,600; Jon Park, jr., 100, 300 hurdles, long jump; Destin Standley, so., 400; J.C. Standley, fr., long jump; Joseph Zammarripa, jr., 300 hurdles, 100 Season outlook: “We are not as big of a team this year as we were last year,” coach Matt Korkow said. “However, I feel that the team will be pretty decent and have a chance at bringing home some hardware.

Right now, there is a lot of competition, determination, and motivation to keep the boys improving every day at practice.”

Team strengths: “The biggest strength that o ur team h a s i s t h e willingness to sacrifice themselves to become a better team, whether it is doing events that they do not like to do to get points for the team or pushing each other in practice to better themselves.”

Team goals: “ [Strive] to be in the top three at districts this year,” Korkow said.

Last year’s highlights: “We have one returning state qualifier from last year,” Korkow said.

Schedule March 28.Kimball Invite April 2......Bayard Invite April 10.... Creek Valley Invite April 18.. Alliance Invite April 24...Mitchell Invite May 2...... Creek Valley Invite May 8..... Kimball Invite May 13........Districts at Morrill May 22-23....... State at Omaha

meet placings: First in WTC; Fourth in WC District: 6 Head coach: Michelle Peters (4th year) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Mike Harriger, Jayson Gregor y, Glen Eberspecher, Joe Yauney Returning state qualifiers: Drew Gilliland, jr., 110 hurdles; Christian Perez, so., 200, 400; E d w a r d G r e n t z , j r. , 4x800 relay; Chase Watson, jr., 4x800 relay Other returning letter winners: Colby Eberspecher, jr., shot put, discus; Cody Mueller, jr., middle distance; Abe Hernandez, so., middle distance Top newcomers/transfers: Drake Gilliland, fr., hurdles, sprints; Dawson Reifschneider, fr., shot put, discus Season outlook: “We return some talented, hard-working individuals,” coach Michelle Peters said. “ We will also be joined by some strong ninth graders that will complement our team well. We will be able to place many of our talented athletes in three to four events and should be able to score points in various places, including the weights, sprints, and distance races.”

Team strengths: “The biggest strength our team has this season is that these kids are willing to work hard and be committed to getting b et ter,” Peter s s ai d.

“These boys will compete hard at every meet.

We have some great leaders in this group that Mitchell want to win.”

Team goals: “Win WTC Nickname: Tigers and be competitive in Class: B C o n f e r e n c e s : W TC WC. ... Improve distance and times, and peak at and WC Last year’s conference the right time,” Peters

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Former athletes competing in college: Levi Avila, Chadron State; Tate Harvey, Iowa Western Community College

Morrill Nickname: Lions Class: D C o n f e r e n c e s : W TC and PAC Head coach: Rick Sides (first year) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Bobby Wiegel, Niki Fredrickson, Chris Baltz Returning state qualifiers: Matt Hessler, jr., shot put; Josh Harvey, so., high jump; Jorge Lara, jr., pole vault (19th place) Other returning letter winners: Jake Hoffman, sr., vault, 100, 4x100 Season outlook: “The Lions look to have a competitive, successful season,” coach Rick Sides said. “We have eight returning let ter winners from last year.

Five out of these eight were also state qualifiers last year [Matt Hessler, Jorge Lara, Josh Harvey, Jessica Harvey, and Shaylyn Lackey] so we have some great returning leaders on our team. We also have seven freshmen who will play a big part on our team; plus, we will have a few kids that are coming back to the track team after taking a year or two off. As of right now, we have 20 student athletes on our team.

Each one of these kids works hard and is a lot of fun to work with. With these student-athletes, we will be able to have some great performances both individually and in the relay race as well.

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Potter-Dix Nickname: Coyotes Class: D Conference: Minuteman Activities Last year’s conference meet placing: Third District: 11 Last year’s district meet placing: Second Last year’s state meet placing: Tied for 28th Head coach: Robert Hilpert (6th year) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Amee Hicks, Dale Frerichs, Robyn Hicks Returning state qualifiers: Jake Johnson, sr., 1,600 (14th), 800 (15th), 4x8 0 0 ( 6 th) , 4x40 0 See BOYS TRACK, page 11

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“As a team, we look to improve each individual athlete’s performance throughout the season.

By doing this, we will be able to bring in more team p oints at eac h track meet we attend, and it will increase our opportunities for that m a ny m o r e at h l e te s to make that long trip across the state for our state track meet.”

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(15th); Cooper Hicks, sr., high jump, 800 (19th), 4x800 relay (6th), 4x400 relay (15th); Cameron Purcell, sr., 4x800 relay (6th), 4x400 relay (15th); Kelsey Rozelle, jr., long jump (23rd), triple jump (22nd) Other returning letter winners: Sam Bogert, j r., p o l e v a u l t , l o n g jump, triple jump, middle distance; Coby Hicks, jr., pole vault, hurdles; Noah Nelson, so., pole vault, long jump, triple jump, middle distance Top newcomers/transfers: Cole Christensen, j r. , h i g h j u m p , h u rdles; Ed Barnes, so., weights, mid dle dis tance Season outlook: “To i m p r ove i n d i v i d u a l l y e a c h we e k ,” c o a c h Robert Hilpert said.

Team strengths: “Returning state qualifiers to lead the way in the relays [and] individual events,” Hilpert said.

Team goals : “ It will be hard to challenge for championships, but we’ll hopefully be in the mix for conference and district titles,” Hilpert said.

Other comments: Last season Bogert was on Potter-Dix’s 4x800 relay that won the district t it l e. ... Chr i ste n se n was injured both his freshman and sophomore years.

Schedule March 28........Kimball Invite April 2....Bayard Invite April 11... E. Lee Todd Invite at Grant April 18.Alliance Invite at Scottsbluff April 24..... Pine Bluffs Invite April 28..... Best in the West Classic May 2.... MAC Conference meet at Bayard May 8........ Cheyenne County Invite at Sidney May 13........District 11 meet at Morrill May 22-23...... State at Omaha

Scottsbluff Nickname: Bearcats Class: B Conferences: Western and GNAC Last year’s conference meet placings: 3rd in Western; 7th in GNAC

District: 6 L a s t ye a r ’s d i s t r i c t meet placing: Second Last year’s state meet placing: Fourth Head coach: Jim Barker (8th season) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Shelby A a b er g, M ike B urda, Katy Burton, Aaron Carrizales, Linda Meininger, Todd Menghini, Warren Osborn, Meghan Schneider Returning state qualifiers: Matthew Barraza, sr., 800, 1,600, 3,200, 320 0 relay; Shane B u r k e y, s r. , 1, 6 0 0 , 3,200, 3200 relay; Ramon Chavez, sr., 100, Traceten Halley, jr., 300 hurdles; Ben Heggem, jr., 20 0 ; Brian Johnston, sr., triple jump; Collin Maag, jr., 3200 relay O ther returning letter winners: Joe Collett, so., sprints; Isaac De Lo s Santo s, s o., throws; Trevor Garcia, j r., vau l t ; J o s h H e rgenreder, so., distance; Matthew Holloway, jr., hurdles; Alonso Lopez, so., distance; Robbie Price, so., vault; Shane Smith, jr., throws Top newcomers/transfers: Matt Richardson, s r., d i s t a n c e ; J e s s e Jaramillo, fr., distance; B r a d J o h n s t o n , j r. , sprints Season outlook: “We will be very competitive on the track and in the f i e l d . We ’r e l o o k i n g forward to a great 2015 campaign,” coach Jim Barker said.

Team strengths: “Fifty boys out, state meet experience, event depth, team atmosphere, and coaching staff,” Barker said.

Team goals: “Be competitive, have fun, place team before ‘I,’ improve each week, avoid injuries, have a solid district meet, and improve on last year ’s four th place at state,” Barker said.

Other comments: Last year at state, Barraza placed first in the 1,600, third in the 800, and fourth in the 3,200.

Burkey was sixth in the 3,200 and eighth in the 1,600. Barraza, Burkey, and Maag were on the 3,200 relay that placed third at state. ... Richardson placed seventh in the state cross coun-

try meet last fall. Jaramillo was also part of the cross country state championship team.

Last year’s highlights: “Placing second at the district meet, placing fourth at the state meet, Matthew Barraza winning the state meet 1, 6 0 0 , a n d R a m o n C h avez w i n n i n g t h e state meet Special Olympics 100,” Barker said.

Former athletes competing in college: Isaiah C a s t e l l a w, C h a d r o n State ; Warren Eubanks, Doane; Tayler James, UNK; Matt Klein, Chadron State; Ben Willis-Teff, Missouri; Luke Worden, South Dakota

District: 6 L a s t ye a r ’s d i s t r i c t meet placing: First Last year’s state meet placing: Second Head coach: John Ganser (11th season) Va r s i t y a s s i s t a n t coaches: Roger Gallaway, Beau McConnell, M a t t M c K a y , To n y Neels, Teresa Rolls, Pat Welch Returning state qualifiers: Alex Linneman, so., long jump, sprints, relays; Chance Anglin, s r. , s p r i n t s , r e l a y s ; Hayden Lienemann, sr., middle distance, relays Hunter Se c rest , jr., long jump, relays ; Jachob Wiedeburg, sr., distance, relays; Jake Heeren, jr., shot put; Logan Uhlir, jr., middle distance, relays ; Sidney Michael Banaszak, jr., Nickname: Red Raid- sprints, relays; Brody ers McKnight, sr., middle distance, relays Class: B O ther returning letConference: Western Last year’s conference ter winners : Brenner Keane, jr.; Brian Rolls, meet placing: First

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Te a m g o a l s : “ W e would like to repeat as c o n fe r e n c e c h a m p i ons and have another good district and state meets,” Ganser said.

Other comments: Last year at state, Heeren placed third in the shot put, and Lienemann was sixth in the 800.

Linneman and Anglin were on the 4x100 relay that placed third at state; and Lienemann and Banaszak were on the 4x40 0 relay that placed second. Lienemann, Wiedeburg, Uhlir, and McKnight were on the 4x800 relay that placed sixth at state.

Last year’s highlights: Placing first in the Dutch Zorn Invite, Western Conference, and district meets.

Sidney earned second place at state.

Former athletes competing in college: Lucas Rosenbaum, Missouri S&T; Logan Lewis, Barrett Browne, Chadron

sr.; Garrett Deer, sr.; Ian Wag ner, sr. ; Jac o b S c hau b, jr. ; Jarod Luptak, so.; John Bramer, jr. ; Manjesh Mogallapalli, sr. ; Michael Muggli, sr.; Ryan Aurich, so.; Colby Dickman, jr.

Top newcomers/transfers: Brett Jaggers, fr.; Colby Haas, fr.; Derek Robb, fr.; Jake Sager, s r. ; J o n h S m i t h, fr. ; Josh Schaub, fr.

Season outlook: “We should be able to fill all events on the track with three deep, but need to grow and mature in the jumps and hurdles,” coach John Ganser said.

Team strengths: “Fort y-three boys out. ...

We shoul d be ver y competitive on the track in sprints, middle distance, and distance,” Ganser said.

“With our numbers and depth, our relays can be strong. In the field, it would be our throws.”

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High School Boys Track & Field Summaries Continued May 22-23...... State at Invite Omaha April 24..... Scottsbluff S t ate ; N i c k C o n g e r, Twilight Hastings College Torrington April 28..... Best in the Schedule West Classic Nickname: Blazers March 21.CSC Indoor Class: 3A March 28.Sidney Invite May 2...... Conference Conference: East April 2.. Ogallala Invite meet-Gering May 8............. Bayard Last year’s regional April 9...Mitchell Invite May 14..........Districits meet placing: Fifth April 16....Gothenburg

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Last year’s state meet placing: Seventh Head coach: Mark Sims (11th season) Returning state qualifiers : Trey Faessler, sr., 400, 4x100, 4x400; Jordan Britton, jr., 1,600, 3,200 ; Logan Harris,

so., shot put ; Sk yler Miller, jr., long jump, triple jump, 4x100, 4x400; Zachary Bearnsen, jr., 4x400 Other returning letter winners: Jace Canaday, jr., 300 hurdles; Tristan Demott, so., pole vault; Juan Gomez, sr., shot

put, discus; PD Miller, sr., discus; Francisco Chavarria, jr., discus; Mondell Tolman, so., sprints Top newcomers/transfers: Patrick Carr, sr., sprints; Mathew Garcia, f r., d i s t a n c e ; A a r o n Borger, fr., distance

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gan Coalson, freshman; Kyle Kildow, freshman; Chris Detweiler, freshman; Kaden Hall, senior; Seth Loomis-Goltl, sophomore Season outlook: “I have a positive outlook on this season,” Coach Janicek said. “We return four letter winners from last year, and other key newcomers.”

Team strengths: “Good wor k et h i c s,” C o ac h Janicek said. “We return a fair amount of experience and depth to the team.”

Team g oals : Coac h Janicek listed his team’s goals as improve every week, work on consistency and short game, and qualify for the state tournament.

Last year’s highlights: Last year Bridgepor t fini s h e d t hir d at t h e Western Trails Conference Tournament. The Bulldogs also posted third-place finishes at tournaments in Bayard, Bridgeport and Alliance.

Schedule April 7......Bayard Invite April 14...Mitchell Invite April 16.BRIDGEPORT INVITE April 21..... Morrill Invite April 25.. Alliance Invite April 28.Garden County Invite May 1... SPVA at Grant May 2.W TC at Crawford May 5...... Creek Valley Invite May 7..... Kimball Invite May 19...C-5 District at Cambridge May 27-28....... State at Lincoln

Nickname: Bulldogs Class: B Conference: Western District: B-4 Last year’s district finish: Fourth Head coach : Ryan Waters Ye a r s c o a c h i n g a t school: First Returning star ters: Logan Dietrich, senior; Ethan Halstead, senior; Anthony Hare, junior; Michael Gomez, junior Season outlook: “Although we lost two state qualifiers, we still have four returning starters that should be able to step up and fill those spots,” Coach Waters said. “It should be an interesting battle for the fifth starting spot with some freshmen coming in and a couple of others who have taken time off and are now planning on returning.”

Team strengths: “Our upperclassmen are our team strengths,” Coach Waters said. “We have two returning seniors and two returning juniors who have varsity experience and the potential to greatly improve from last season. With no sophomores, they will need to carry the load until our incoming freshmen get the practice and experience they need to be able to compete at a high level of competition.”

Team goals: “Overall, we a r e s h o o t i n g fo r c o n s i ste n cy,” C oac h Waters said. “We have multiple players capable Chadron of shooting in the top 10 in every tournament. Nickname: Cardinals Last year they seemed Class: B to take turns, only plac- Conference: Western ing one or two in the top District: B-4 10 for each tournament. Last year’s district finOur goal for this year is ish: Sixth to get all of them play- Head coach : Randy ing their best golf at the Burk same time. Not only to Ye a r s c o a c h i n g a t place individually, but as school: Third a team as well.”

Returning star ters: Keenan Johnson, seBridgeport nior, best score last year 77; Jayden Stack, junior, Nickname: Bulldogs best score last year 79; Class: C Conference: Western Cody Ray, junior, best Trails, South Platte Val- score last year 90 Returning varsity letter ley Association winners: Taylor Wild, seDistrict: C-5 Last year’s conference nior; Tyler Reitz, senior, best score last year 103; finish: Third Last year’s district fin- Andrew Smith, junior, best score last year 92; ish: Seventh Head coach: Todd Jan- Corbin Johnson, sophomore, best score last icek Ye a r s c o a c h i n g a t year 101 Season outlook: “We’re school: 21st R e t u r n i n g s t a r t e r s : hoping to build on the Taylor Janicek, senior, solid year we had last best score last year 80 season,” Coach Burk at Alliance; Cole Retch- said. “We were able to less, junior, best score place someone in the last year 84 at Morrill; top 10 in a majority of Todd Widener, junior, the meets we played, best score last year 88 b u t t h i s i s a l ways a at Alliance; Ty Weborg, tough district so a repeat senior, best score last of that result would be great.” year 96 at Kimball Returning non-letter Team strengths: “Three winners: Lance Nolte, players from our district senior, best score last team return this year, year 106 at Bridgeport; along with four other Nate Schmunk, soph- players with at least omore, best score last some varsit y experiyear 118 at Bridgeport; ence,” Coach Burk said.

Trey Janicek, sopho- “We’re hoping that expemore, best score last rience will help us have year 121 at Chappell; another good year.”

Collin Fellhoelter, junior, Team goals: “We hope best score last year 132 to be c o m petitive in at Chappell all of our tournaments Top newcomers: Eric this year and get a few Stevens, freshman; Lo- medals along the way,”

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Coach Burk said. “We will be aiming for a solid finish at districts, and ho p efully qualif y for state.”

Schedule March 31.Alliance Quad April 7...... Sidney Invite April 14...Mitchell Invite April 16....... ALLIANCE DUAL April 21..... Morrill Invite April 25.. Alliance Invite April 27....... Scottsbluff Invite April 30........... Western Conference at Chadron May 7...... Gering Invite May 14..Ogallala Invite May 18...B-4 District at Sidney May 27-28....... State at Grand Island

Crawford Nickname: Rams Class: D Conference: Panhandle District: D-5 Last year’s conference finish: Third Head coach: Julie Micheel Ye a r s c o a c h i n g a t school: 12th Returning star ters: Colton Micheel, senior, district champion, eighth-place finish at state, best score last year 80; Blendon Olson, senior, best score last year 88, seventh-place finish at Gering; Haley H a n k s , s e n i o r, b e s t score last year 120 Top newcomers: Blaine Flack, freshman; Bryce Oetken, freshman; Trevor Morava, freshman; Nic Presson, freshman; Caiden Lemmon, senior; Wyatt Mader, senior; Seth Oetken, sophom o r e ; Et h a n H ar r i s , freshman Season outlook: “We bring back two strong senior leaders that have been golfing all four years of high school,” Coach Micheel said. “ B l en d o n O l s o n an d Colton Micheel will be great leaders on the

c o ur s e. We b r i n g i n s o m e fr e s h m e n t h at have been golfing on their own for many years and come from golfing families.”

Team strengths: “Three seniors will help with golf etiquette and rules this season,” Coach Micheel said. “We return Colton Micheel, who placed eighth at the state meet last year and won districts.”

Team goals: “We hope to medal at every tournament and we would like to be in the running for some team placings,” Coach Micheel said.

“We want to win our conference, and we would love to qualify as a team for state.”

Last year’s highlights: Colton Micheel placed first in conference and district tournaments, and finished eighth at state. Blendon Olson m e d a l e d s eve n t h i n Gering.

Schedule April 7......Bayard Invite April 14...Mitchell Invite April 16........Bridgeport Invite April 21..... Morrill Invite April 25.. Alliance Invite April 30.Chadron Invite May 2.W TC at Crawford May 5......... Panhandle Conference at Crawford May 7...... Gering Invite May 14....CRAWFORD INVITE May 18...D-5 District at Sutherland May 27-28....... State at Kearney

Garden County Nickname: Eagles Class: D Conference: Minuteman Activities District: D-5 Last year’s conference finish: Third Last year’s district finish: 12th Head coach: Doug Leopold Years coach at school: 12th

Returning star ters: Dustin Dikes, senior, best score last year 101; McLane Beck, junior, best score last year 100; Jeremy Hart, junior, best score last year 105; Estephon Reinhart, junior, best score last year 105 Top newcomers: Brexton Roberson, freshman; Tenton Martinez, sophomore; John Allen Kleist, junior Season outlook: “Should be better than w e w e r e l a s t y e a r,” Coach Leopold said.

Team strengths: “People who want to golf and try to improve,” Coach Leopold said.

Team goals: Qualify for state, win conference.

Last year’s highlights: Garden County placed third in the MAC Tournament.

Gering Nickname: Bulldogs Class: B Conference: Western District: B-4 Last year’s conference finish: Fourth Last year’s district finish: Eighth Head coach: Keaton Green Ye a r s c o a c h i n g a t school: Fifth Returning star ters: Kraiger Ebbers, senior, best score last year 75 at Cozad; Alex Lupher, senior, best score last year 86 at Cozad; Grant Maser, sophomore, best score last year 81 at Alliance Returning varsity letter winners: Mason Marsh, junior, best score last year 89 at Mitchell Season outlook: “Three golfers returning with varsit y experience.

All three spent a lot of time practicing since last season, so I expect to see much improvement,” Coac h Green said. “Ten freshmen will join the roster this year, so there will be a lot of

learning and improvement throughout the season.”

Team strengths: “We will have good tournament experience coming into the season with a few of our older players,” Coach Green said.

“There are great leadership qualities in our seniors. With 20 on the roster, the competition for positions will make us better.”

Team goals: “Be competitive, win medals, and qualify for state,” Coach Green said. “Improve from week to week and keep lowering individual and team scores.”

Last year’s highlights: Gering finished second at the North Platte Invite. The Bulldogs also placed third at tournaments in Alliance and Ogallala.

Schedule March 27.. North Platte Invite April 7...... Sidney Invite April 14...Mitchell Invite April 23......Gothenburg Invite April 25.. Alliance Invite April 27....... Scottsbluff Invite April 30........... Western Conference at Chadron May 7.GERING INVITE May 14..Ogallala Invite May 18...B-4 District at Sidney May 27-28....... State at Grand Island

Hay Springs Nickname: Hawks Class: D Conference: Panhandle District: D-5 Head c oac h : Jason Badje Ye a r s c o a c h i n g a t school: Fifth Returning star ters: Eli Badje, senior, best scores last year low 90s; Drew Letcher, sophomore, state qualifier, best scores last year upper 80s See GOLF, page 13

Thu, Apr 2...............................Bayard Invitational Thu, Apr 9.................................... Mitchell Invite Sat, Apr 11.............................. Guernsey HS Meet Sat, Apr 18............................ Alliance Invitational Fri, Apr 24 ............................George Calvert 2015 Tue, Apr 28 ...................... Best in the West Classic Fri, May 1 ................... Panhandle Conference 2015 Fri, May 8 ..................................... Bayard B-C-D Wed, May 13 ...................................District D-11 Fri, May 22 ..........Class D State Championship Meet Sat, May 23..........Class D State Championship Meet

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Returning varsity letter winners: Sydney Tlustos, sophomore; Tanna Badje, sophomore Top newcomers: Austin Reed, junior; Jordan Encinia, senior; Tony Toof, freshman ; Ciara Mc Cance, freshman; Jaydlyn Riggs, freshman Season outlook: “We have t wo returning star ters ( Eli Badje, Drew Letcher) with the addition of two upperclassmen transferring from track (Austin Reed, Jordan Encinia) that could be in the mix. One girl returner (Sydney Tlustos) shot in the 90s last year as a freshman,” Coach Badje said. “The other five are novices at the game, but hopefully will be a building point for future teams. Letcher is a state qualifier as a freshman. Eli Badje fell short at districts, but hopes to make it to state this year.”

Schedule April 7......Bayard Invite April 16........Bridgeport Invite April 21..... Morrill Invite April 25.. Alliance Invite May 5......... Panhandle Conference at Crawford May 6... Chadron Invite May 14.Crawford Invite

Hemingford Nickname: Bobcats Class: D Conference: Panhandle, Western Trails District: D-5 Last year’s district finish: Eighth Head coach: Joe Collins Ye a r s c o a c h i n g a t school: Fifth Returning star ters: Jacob Horstman, junior, best score last year 83, four th-place finish at Panhandle Conference;

Lee Jespersen, junior, April 22..... Morrill Invite Kearney best score last year 107; April 25.. Alliance Invite Rober t Heule, junior, April 30.Chadron Invite Mitchell best score last year 111; May 2.W TC at Crawford Nickname: Tigers Joshua Milne, sopho- May 5......... Panhandle Class: C more, best score last Conference at Crawford Conference: Western May 14.Crawford Invite year 112 Season outlook: “Our May 18...D-5 District at Trails, Western District: C-5 season outlook is one Sutherland May 27-28.......

State at that is filled with optiLast year’s conference mism and potential,” Coach Collins said. “We look to push each other in practice and become more individually motivated and focused. The young men are very excited to get the season rolling. The excitement is there, we are just hoping to get enough golf in by districts to be playing our best at that time.”

Team strengths: “Jacob Horstman returns for his SATURDAY, MARCH 28 junior year having been our No. 1 golfer for the Sidney Invite past two years,” Coach FRIDAY, APRIL 24 Collins said. “He will provide our team with George Calvert 2015 much needed leadership in order for us to TUESDAY, APRIL 28 achieve our team goals.”

Best in the West Classic Team goals: “Our goals for this year are to beSATURDAY, MAY 2 come better golfers by the end of the season in MAC Conference all aspects of the game,” FRIDAY, MAY 8 Coach Collins said.

“We want to be able to Cheyenne County Invite compete for our conference championships and the district championship. We have a lot of ground to cover, but with the young mens’ MEMBER excitement, optimism, FDIC focus and hard work, the results will take care of themselves.”

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finish: Second in WTC, fourth in Western Last year’s district finish: Second Last year’s state finish: Eighth H ead c o ac h : B r o c k Ehler Ye a r s c o a c h i n g a t school: Fifth

Assistant coaches: Rick Rein, Russ Hamer Returning star ters: Seth Marcoe, sophomore, best score last year 85 Top newcomers: Bailey Branson, sophomore; See GOLF, page 14

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Sat., March 28 . 9AM ...................... Sidney Invite Thu., April 2 ..... 11AM .CDT Buffalo Bill @N. Platte Thu., April 9 ..... 11AM ................... Mitchell Invite Thu., April 18.. 9AM...................Alliance Invite Fri., April 24 ..... 12:30PM ...... Scottsbluff Twilight Tue. April 28 .... 4PM ................ Best of the West @ Scottsbuff Sat., May 2 ...... 9AM .. West. Conf. @ Scottsbuff Fri., May 8 ....... 8:30AM ................Bayard B-C-D Thu., May 14 ..................................B-6 Districts Fri. & Sat., May 22 & 23 State Track @ Omaha

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Tue., March 31 ..... 2PM ........................... Gering Thu., April 2 .......... 9AM CDT ......N. Platte Invite Tue., April 7 .......... 2PM ..................... Scottsbluff Tue, April 14 ......... 9AM CDT ....Lexington Invite Tue., April 21 ....... 2PM .......Scottsbluff/Gering Fri., April 24......... Noon .......................Gillette Sat., April 25 ......... 9AM ............Scottsbluff Invite Tue., April 28 ........ 2PM ..............Scottsbluff (JV) Fri., May 1 ............ 2PM CDT ................McCook Sat., May 2 ........... 2PM CDT ... St. Cecilia Invite Thu., May 7 .......... 9AM CDT ..Kearney Catholic Thu. & Fri., May 21 & 22 State Tennis @ Lincoln

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Thu., March 26 4PM ...........................Bridgeport Tue., March 31 4PM .....................Alliance Quad Thu., April 2 ..... 4PM ...............................Bayard Tue., April 7 ..... 9AM ..................... Sidney Invite Tue., April 14 ... 9AM .................... Mitchell Invite Sat., April 25... 10AM ...............Alliance Invite

Mon., April 27 .. 9AM .................Scottsbluff Invite Fri., May 1 ....... 9AM ....................Chadron Invite Thu., May 7 ..... 9AM .......................Gering Invite Thu., May 14 ... 9AM ..............................Ogallala Mon., May 18.................................. District Golf Wed. & Thu., May 27 & 28 ................ State Golf

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Cleveland Barnett, sophomore; Ethan Einfalt, sophomore; Noah Hernandez, sophomore; Tyler Trimble, sophomore; Darian Betancur, senior; Riley Reisig, freshman; Hunter Craig, freshman Season outlook: “We will be very young and inexperienced,” Coach Ehler said. “ Many of these kids will be starting golf for the first time o r o n l y h ave a ye ar under their belt. We will look to improve both our knowledge and playing

of the game.”

Team strengths: “This is a great group of kids who are enthusiastic about learning the game of golf,” Coach Ehler said. “They understand the difficulty of the game and will set reasonable shor t-term and longterm goals. These student/athletes are coachable and very respectful towards all of our community members.”

Team goals: “To continually improve over the course of the year while having fun and gaining valuable life time skills,” Coach Ehler said. “To

learn how to be competitive within oneself.”

Last year’s highlights: Mitchell placed second in the C-5 district tournament to qualify for state. Mitchell earned an eighth-place finish at state.

Scottsbluff Nickname: Bearcats Class: B Conference: Western, GNAC District: B-4 Last year’s conference finish: First in Western, second in GNAC Last year’s district fin-

ish: First Last year’s state finish: Third Head coach : Mike Klein Ye a r s c o a c h i n g a t school: Fourth Returning starters: Koy Potthoff, senior, best score last year 72; Jonah Wright, junior, best score last year 75; Sean Mercer-Smith, senior, best score last year 75; Jared Pilkington, junior, best score last year 76 Returning varsity letter winner: Craig Smith, junior, best score last year 88 Top newcomers: Bailey

Hor t, senior, transfer from Gering Season outlook: “We should have good d e pt h,” C o ac h K l e in said. “All of the top five have shot scores in the 70s.”

Team goals: “Play our best golf in late May,” Coach Klein said.

Last year’s highlights: Scottsbluff won the B-4 district championship and finished third at state.

Former players currently competing in college: Andrew Holloway, Creighton

Schedule April 7...... Sidney Invite April 10........ Cheyenne Invite April 14...Mitchell Invite April 23......Gothenburg Invite April 25.. Alliance Invite April 27.........................

SCOTTSBLUFF INVITE April 30........... Western Conference at Chadron May 1.Torrington Invite May 8............ GNAC at Lexington May 14..Ogallala Invite May 18...B-4 District at Sidney May 27-28....... State at Grand Island

High School Girls Soccer Summaries Gering Nickname: Bulldogs Class: B Conference: GNAC District: B-8 Last year’s record: 8-10 Last year’s district finish: Second Head coach: Lisa Freeburg Ye a r s c o a c h i n g a t school: Sixth Assistant coaches: Pedro Sulu, Laura Van Housen, Brooke Satur, Kelsea Prieels, Ashley Heimbouch Returning star ters: Abby Kiesel, junior, defense/forward, six goals and one assist last year; Noemi Amaro, junior, midfield /forward, nine goals and two assists last year; Morgan Wallace, junior, defense; McKenna Copsey, junior, defense/goal keeper, 141 saves last year; Zoe Van Dyke, junior, defense, one assist last year; AnnMarie Sebastiani, junior, defense; Hadley Kirk, junior, midfield, two goals and one assist last year; Ashlie Hennings, senior, forward, one goal last year; Katie Martindale, junior, midfield, two goals last year Returning varsity letter winners: Leah Martin, sophomore, goal keeper; Sydney Heimbouch, sophomore, defense; Jaylee Staman, sopho-

more, forward; Shelley Reza, sophomore, wing; Megan Copsey, junior, defense Top newcomers: Brittany Spreier, freshman, midfield Season outlook: “We are pumped to get out on the field,” Coac h Freeburg said. “We are looking forward to building a solid team.”

Team strengths: “The girls work really well together and focus on creating a team environment that is positive and encouraging,” Freeburg said.

Te a m g o a l s : 1) B e physical on the field. 2) Be physically in shape to play 80 minutes. 3) Create a team environment.

Last year’s highlights: “The way the girls pulled together at the end of the season beating Scottsbluff in overtime on our field and taking Holdrege into overtime in the district championship game,” Freeburg said.

Former players currently competing in college: Brooke Satur, WNCC Schedule March 31......................

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Sat, March 28 9:00AM ................. Morrill Invite Thur, April 2 9:00AM ............ CD Bayard Invite Thur, April 9 12:00pm.................Mitchell Invite Sat, April 18 9:00AM ................. Alliance Invite Sat, April 25 9:00am................. Chadron Invite Tues, April 28 4:00am ........... Best in the West Fri, May 1 10:00am .....Panhandle Conference Fri, May 8 9:00am ..................... BCD - Bayard Wed May 13 9:00am ................Districts Morrill May 22 & 23 TBA .......State Omaha Burke HS

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Sat, March 28 9:00AM .................Morrill Invite Thur, April 2 9:00AM ............CD Bayard Invite Thur, April 9 12:00pm................ Mitchell Invite Sat, April 18 9:00AM .................Alliance Invite Sat, April 25 9:00am.................Chadron Invite Tues, April 28 4:00am ...........Best in the West Fri, May 1 10:00am .... Panhandle Conference Fri, May 8 9:00am .....................BCD - Bayard Wed May 13 9:00am ............... Districts Morrill May 22 & 23 TBA ...... State Omaha Burke HS

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April 10-11.GNAC Tournament at Lexington April 16... at Newcastle, Wyo. April 20....at Scottsbluff April 21.... at Torrington April 24....... NORFOLK LUTHERAN April 27.........................

SCOTTSBLUFF

Scottsbluff Nickname: Bearcats Class: B Conference: GNAC District: B-8 L a s t ye ar ’s r e c o r d : 6-11-1 Last year’s district finish: Eliminated in semifinals Head coach: Chad Larson Ye a r s c o a c h i n g a t school: Ninth Assistant coaches: Bethany Conde, Ryan Larson, Carrie Snyder Returning star ters: Kelli Wentz, junior, midfield /wing, 20 goals last year, Star-Herald All-Region Player of the Year; Courtney Wills, junior, defense; Chloey Reifschneider, junior, midfield; Livvy Michael, j u n i o r, g o a l ke e p e r ;

Claire Holsinger, junior, defense; Hannah Holloway, junior, forward; Aubree Ford, senior, forward Returning letter winners: Alisha Gutierrez, sophomore, defense Top newcomers: Morgan Smith, junior, midfield / d efense, trans fer from Gering; Madi Barraza, freshman, midfield; Kaylee Bentley, freshman, midfield/ w i n g ; A l y Ca m ac h o, j u n i o r, d efe n s e / g o a l keeper; Erin Willats, freshman, forward; Abby Ty g a r t , s o p h o m o r e , defense; Marrissa Espinoza, freshman, defense; Breana Villagrano, freshman, forward Season outlook: “We welcome a talented group of freshmen to this year’s squad,” Coach Larson said. “Looking to mix them in with our veteran players to produce more offensive output this year.”

Team strengths: “Very competitive group of girls that push each other daily,” Larson said.

Team goals: “To play as one solid unit and develop an attacking style

of play,” Larson said.

Schedule March 28.at Torrington April 2..........at Laramie April 6...............Lexington, Northwest at North Platte April 7......... DOUGLAS April 10-11.GNAC Tournament at Lexington April 14.... at Cheyenne Central April 20.......... GERING April 21.. NEWCASTLE April 24.TORRINGTON April 25.....CHEYENNE EAST April 27..........at Gering May 1... at North Platte

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ter, sophomore, midfield Returning varsity letter winners: Alyssa Riley, sophomore, midfield ; Abby Mitchell, sophomore, midfield Season outlook: “This year the Lady Blazers are expecting to make a run at state,” Coach Arnusch said. “We will have mostly underclassmen and we are looking fo r wa r d t o wat c h i n g them grow together for not only this year, but next year. With a multitude of returning juniors, s o p h o m o r e s L a s h ay Fitzwater and Abby

Nickname: Trail Blazers Class: 3A Region: 3A Southeast L a s t ye ar ’s r e c o r d : 7-6-1 Head coach: Jeshua Arnusch Ye a r s c o a c h i n g a t school: First Returning starters: Brittney Anderson, junior, defense; Maddy Werner, junior, wing, all-conference; Stacy Guiteriez, junior, wing ; Natalie Booth, senior, defense; Yanni Saucedo, junior, defense; Lasha Fitzwa-

High School Boys Soccer Gering Nickname: Bulldogs Class: B Conference: GNAC District: B-8 L a s t ye ar ’s r e c o r d : 10-9 Last year’s district finish: Eliminated in semifinals Head c oac h : Justin Clark Ye a r s c o a c h i n g a t school: 13th Assistant coach: Jesus Duque Returning star ters: B r e n t B a r g e, j u n i o r, midfield, two goals and school record 11 assists last year; Ethan Parks, sophomore, defense, 1,365 minutes played last year; Brandon Wallace, senior, defense, 1,499 minutes played l a s t ye ar ; M ar c e l i n o Ramos, senior, forward,

two goals and one assist last year Returning varsity letter winners: Javier Campos, junior, midfield, five goals and one assist last year; Jacob Pieper, junior, defense; Josh Parra, junior, midfield, one goal last year; Nic Bibb, senior, forward, one assist last year; Ty Romey, junior, forward; Carlos Perez, senior, midfield; Mitch Martin, junior, midfield; Matt Wolfe, senior, midfield, two assists last year Top newcomers: Chris B a r t o w, j u n i o r, g o a l keeper, transfer from Scottsbluff Season outlook: “After graduating a very talented and competitive group of seniors, we will look to rebuild and reload for another successful season,” Coach

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Clark said.

Team strengths: “Many of this year’s players, while not starters, saw a good deal of varsity playing time and will be ready to compete,” Clark said.

Team goals: “To challenge for a district title,” Clark said.

Last year’s highlights: Gering set many individual and team records, including for most wins in a season with 10.

Former players currently competing in college: Alex Clark, Midland University Schedule March 26..CHEYENNE CENTRAL March 31.at Torrington April 6.Northwest, Lexington at North Platte April 7.......CHEYENNE EAST

March 7 ............................................................Bayard Apr. 14 ............................................................ Mitchell Apr. 16 ........................................................Bridgeport Apr. 18 ...................................................Chase County Apr. 21 .............................................................. Morrill Apr. 27 ....................................................... Scottsbluff May 1 ..................................................................Grant May 2 ................................................... Alliance (WTC) May 7 .............................................. Kimball Week of 18th ..........................................Districts TBA May 27-28 ...........................................................State

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Team strengths: Defense, goal keeping Team goals: “To win our quadrant along with getting to and winning state,” Arnusch said.

Last year’s highlights: Torrington beat Scottsbluff for the first time in school history.

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April 10-11.GNAC Tournament at Lexington April 16.... at Newcastle April 18...............Grand Island Central Catholic, Luthern High at Grand Island April 20.........................

SCOTTSBLUFF April 21.TORRINGTON April 27....at Scottsbluff

Scottsbluff Nickname: Bearcats Class: B Conference: GNAC District: B-8 Last year’s record: 12-7 Last year’s district finish: Eliminated in semi-

finals; lost to Hastings in sub-state round Head coach: Nate Rock Ye a r s c o a c h i n g a t school: Eighth Assistant coach: Brad Wright Returning star ters: M at t Mi c key, senior, goal keeper, set school record for saves in a season last year; Tristan Donelson, senior, midfield ; Bruno Flores, senior, forward; Owen Parra, junior, midfield; Eseah Ingram, junior, forward; Jackson Thoma s , j u n i o r, m i d f i e l d ; Patrick Madden, junior, forward; Jake Anderson,

sophomore, defense; Ben Rodriguez, sophomore, defense Returning varsity letter winners: Jordan Salazar, senior, defense; TJ Albright, sophomore, forward; Brady Sindt, sophomore, defense; Nik Hubbard, junior, defense Top newcomers: Isaac Bowman, freshman, midfield; Cade Witmer, freshman, defense; Kaleb Kautz, freshman, defense; Thomas Madden, freshman, midfield; Jan Eissner, senior, forward; Oscar Maldonado, senior, midfield Season outlook: “We

High School Girls Tennis Summaries Alliance Nickname: Bulldogs Class: B Head coach: Kathy Underwood Ye a r s c o a c h i n g a t school: First Assistant coach: Linda Dean Returning starters: Bailey O’Connor, junior; Kayla Tritle, junior; Ashley Fattig, junior; Courtney Little Hoop, sophomore Season outlook: “We started our season with double the amount of players than we had from last season,” Coach Underwood said. “Right now we are just trying to figure out who to place with who for doubles and who is going to play singles. We are thinking about switching up some things and are pretty excited about starting the season.”

Team strengths: “Our strengths are going to be the top four letter winners from last year,” Underwood said. “They have the most experience. We also have some underclassmen that just started this year that show improvement with each practice we have, and that is exciting to us.”

Team goals: “Our goals are to improve with each dual and meet that we attend,” Underwood said.

“We want to finish all our games positive and strong. We want to show team support and great sportsmanship.”

Schedule April 1...... Dual at North Platte April 2.North Platte Invite April 7.................Dual at Scottsbluff April 14.Lexington Invite April 21.....................ALLIANCE TRIANGULAR with Scottsbluff, Gering April 24.........GILLETTE DUAL April 25.....at Scottsbluff Invite May 1...Dual at McCook May 2......... Hastings St. Cecilia Invite May 7...Dual at Kearney Catholic May 21-22.........State at Lincoln

Gering Nickname: Bulldogs Class: B Last year’s dual record: 8-4 Head coach: Justin Reinmuth Ye a r s c o a c h i n g a t school: Third Returning starters: Carolyn How ton, senior; Samantha Gutherless, senior; Katlyn Wagoner, junior; Annessa Escamilla, sophomore; Allie Wilson, sophomore Season outlook: “We are a young team with a lot of potential,” Coach Reinmuth said. “We are also looking forward to a new season and a great year of competition from the valley.”

Team strengths: “Work well with each other and the upperclassmen

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stepped it up and started to mentor younger players to maximize their ability,” Reinmuth said.

Team goals: “Finish the regular season above .500, and to make it to the second round at the state tournament,” Reinmuth said.

Schedule April 7.at Scottsbluff Triangular with Scottsbluff, Alliance April 13... Duals at Kearney, Kearney Catholic April 14.Lexington Invite April 21........................... at Alliance Triangular with Alliance, Scottsbluff April 24......... MCCOOK DUAL April 25.Scottsbluff Invite May 2......McCook Invite May 16..........at Ogallala Triangular with Ogallala, Alliance May 21-22.........State at Lincoln

Scottsbluff Nickname: Bearcats Class: B Last year’s dual record: 7-7 Head coach: Cassie Behnke Ye a r s c o a c h i n g a t school: Seventh Assistant coach: Maddie Burford Returning starters: Zoe Holscher, junior, 37-10 record at No. 1 singles last year; Christina Villarreal, junior, 25-21 record at No. 2 singles last year; Sarah Cloud, junior, doubles; Stacea Pauli, junior, doubles Season outlook: “This year’s team returns many familiar faces as well as many new faces,” Coach Behnke said. “Our newcomers are eager to learn and show a strong desire to compete on this team this season. They have shown great determination and dedication in the first few practices of the season and will be a valuable part of our team as they challenge and push our returning players in a competitive atmosphere.

Our returning players have improved greatly over the summer and winter, and we look forward to seeing how they step up and compete for varsity positions. We are looking forward to some of our big invites to meet some of the excellent competition from the east side of the state.

The North Platte Invite is always a good invite to see what the GNAC Conference will look like.

Having four returning letter winners who have two years of varsity tennis experience makes us eager to see how they compete this season.”

Team strengths: “Experience, desire and athleticism,” Behnke said.

Team goals: “Focusing on the fundamentals and competing at a higher level,” Behnke said.

Last year’s highlights:

“Our team finishing fifth and Zoe Holscher finishing second at GNAC,” Behnke said. “Our dual record and watching Christina Villarreal transition into a competitive No. 2 singles player after finishing the previous season with only two wins.

But ultimately, watching our team develop into strong tennis players is always the highlight for us as coaches.”

Coach note: “I would just like to publicly thank Rich Peterson and Nate Lewis for their years of dedication to the Scottsbluff tennis program,” Behnke said. “Rich moved in January to be closer to family and Nate will soon be leaving as well. Without them I would not still be coaching and I would not have the fundamentally sound team that I have.

They stuck with me and I am forever indebted to them for their generosity and time that they gave the girls and boys tennis programs.”

Former players currently competing in college: Madeline Holscher, Unive r s i t y o f N e b r a s k a Omaha

gr ad u ate d s o m e to p talent last year in leading goal scorer Anthony Parra and defensive organizer Blake Wills. This year we may lack some of the speed and power we had last year, but can make up for it with players that are ver y good technically,” Coach Rock said. “The defensive line will be young, but Matt Mickey is experienced in goal which should help while the underclassmen learn.

The spine of the team is as strong as it has ever been. There is a lot of incoming freshmen talent as well.”

Team strengths: “We

are gifted technically and have a work ethic that is unique,” Rock said. “The team is relatively young and very coachable.”

Team goals: Winning districts, sub-state and the state championship.

Last year’s highlights: Scottsbluff qualified for the first sub-state round, falling at Hastings. The Bearc ats hosted the GNAC Tournament and tied the school record for most wins in a season with 12.

Former players currently playing in college: Blake Wills, WNCC; Jordan Gealy, UNO

Schedule March 28.at Torrington April 2...........LARAMIE April 6...............Lexington, Northwest at North Platte April 7......... at Douglas April 10-11.GNAC Tournament at Lexington April 14.....CHEYENNE CENTRAL April 18.... Grand Island CC, Norfolk Lutheran at Grand Island April 20..........at Gering April 21.. NEWCASTLE April 24.TORRINGTON April 25.... at Cheyenne East April 27.......... GERING May 1.NORTH PLATTE

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Mar. 28 ................Kimball Invite Apr. 2 ............. Bayard (C-D) Inv Apr. 10 .....Tri-States Invitational Chappell Apr. 18 ....... Alliance Invitational Apr. 24 ..............George Calvert Apr. 28 ............Best in the West May 2.............MAC Conference May 8........... Cheyenne County Invitational at Sidney May 13...................District D-11

BOYS’ GOLF 4-07-15 Bayard Invite 4-14-15 Mitchell Invite 4-16-15 Bridgeport Invite 4-21-15 Morrill Invite 4-27-15 Scottsbluff Invite 5-02-15 Crawford WTC 5-02-15 Gordon Rushville High School WTC 5-05-15 Panhandle Conference 05-07-15 Kimball Invite 05-14-15 Crawford Invite 05-18-15 District TBA

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