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ON THE COVER n Scottsbluff High School seniors Dru Kuxhausen (left) and Landon Walker are aiming to help lead the Bearcat boys basketball team back to the Class B state tournament for a seventh straight year. Both were named to the Class B all-state teams last season as juniors. Scottsbluff reached the state championship game before finishing runner-up to Gretna. The Bearcats are off to a 3-0 start after winning the Western Conference Tournament championship last weekend. — Photo by RANDY HENRY/Star-Herald

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ALLIANCE TIMES-HERALD

Pictured are the members of this season’s Alliance High School boys basketball team.

Class: B District: B-6 Conference: Western Last year’s record: 14-7 Last year’s district finish: Lost to Sidney in semifinals Head coach: Roger Trennepohl Years coaching at school/record: Fourth (32-34) Years coaching overall/record: 8 (14675) Returning starters: (6) Austin Luger, 6-9, senior, forward/post, 14.0 PPG, 8.0 RPG, 3.0 APG, all-conference first team, all-district, all-state honorable mention; Brody Brennan, 6-4, senior, forward, 8.0 PPG, 7.0 RPG, 4.0 APG, all-conference first team, all-district, all-state honorable mention; Kyle King, 5-11, senior, point guard, 7.0 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 4.0 APG; Trevor Ridenour, 6-3, senior, forward, 5.0 PPG, 4.0 RPG, all-conference honorable mention;

Jack Matulka, 6-0, senior, guard/forward, 3.0 PPG,, 3.0 RPG; Brendan Brehmer, 6-0, senior, guard/forward, 3.0 PPG, 2.0 RPG Returning varsity letter winners/ newcomers: Tyler Adamson, 6-1, senior, guard; Owen Shelmadine, 5-10, junior, guard, 2.0 APG; Mason Hiemstra, 5-8, sophomore, point guard Season outlook: “We are very excited about the expectations for this group of boys this season,” Coach Trennepohl said. “These boys have put in the time and work every year for four years in the offseason. If who we beat this summer is an indication of how competitive we will be with the top teams in the state, then we will be right there in the hunt for a state berth with the opportunity to bring home some hardware. This group of young men is very fast, athletic, and extremely competitive. Our athleticism and length should really help us play defense the way we want to, which

will support the pace we like to play. This should make us very fun to watch. This is a great group of young men who have great character, work ethic, attitudes, and belief in each other. They look forward to coming to work every day and getting better. I think what I am most excited about is the chemistry of these young men. In my 27 years of coaching, I’ve never had a greater excitement for a season. Not just because these boys will have success on the court, but because I get to spend every day with these incredible young men for fourth months.” Top competition: “I think the last few years the B-6 district has been the toughest district in Class B in the state. This year will be no different,” Trennepohl said. “We have one of the toughest schedules in Class B probably next to Scottsbluff. Our toughest opponents outside of our district

will be Saint Thomas More out of Rapid City.” Schedule Dec. 9 at Gering Dec. 10 DOUGLAS, S.D. Dec. 16 ST. THOMAS MORE, S.D. Dec. 17 SIDNEY Dec. 29-30 ALLIANCE HOLIDAY Jan. 6 SCOTTSBLUFF Jan. 13 CHADRON Jan. 17 at Gordon-Rushville Jan. 20 at Ogallala Jan. 21 WHEATLAND Jan. 27 GERING Jan. 28 at Hot Springs, S.D. Jan. 31 at Chadron Feb. 3 at Scottsbluff Feb. 4 SPEARFISH, S.D. Feb. 9 at North Platte Feb. 10 at Lexington Feb. 11 at McCook Feb. 17 at Sidney

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ALLIANCE TIMES-HERALD

Pictured are the members of this season’s Alliance High School wrestling team.

Class: B District: B-4 Last year’s dual record: 19-0 Last year’s district finish: Third Last year’s state finish: 15th Head coach: Scott Ruff Years coaching at school: Third Assistant coaches: Duane Dobson, Bryan Wilson Returning state qualifiers: Evan Steggs, junior, 113, 27-20 record last year; Jorgen

Johnson, junior, 132, 37-16 record last year, sixth-place state finish; Lane Applegarth, junior, 145, 30-18 record last year; Rey Valdez, senior, 145-152, 36-14 record last year; Danny Vallejo, senior, 152-160, 43-10 record last year; Bryant Wilson, senior, 170-182, 46-9 record last year, thirdplace state finish; Nathan Lauder, junior, 285, 23-24 record last year Returning varsity letter winners: Braden Wilson, sophomore, 126, 21-17 record

last year; Baily Hood, sophomore, 195, 20-23 record last year; Lane Lauder, senior, 220, 20-22 record last year; Braden Siedler, junior, 120, 8-20 record last year Season outlook: “We only lose one senior this year, so we should be a strong dual and tournament team,” Coach Ruff said. Team strengths: “Very strong from 132-170,” Ruff said. Team goals: “Team goal is state duals,” Ruff noted.

Schedule Dec. 6 at Hot Springs Dec. 8 SCOTTSBLUFF Dec. 16-17 Valentine Invite Jan. 5 CHADRON Jan. 6-7 Douglas Invite Jan. 14 UNK Duals Tournament Jan. 20-21 Chadron Invite Jan. 24 at Gering Jan. 27 McCook Duals Tournament Jan. 31 TORRINGTON Feb. 4 at Southeast Duals Tournament

Alliance Grocery Kart STAR-HERALD PHOTO GALLERIES n Check out the Star-Herald’s photo galleries throughout the winter sports season to find photos of your favorite teams and players from around the region. The galleries can be found at starherald.com/photos.

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ALLIANCE GIRLS BASKETBALL

ALLIANCE TIMES-HERALD

Pictured are members of this season’s Alliance High School girls basketball team.

Class: B District: B-6 Conference: Western Last year’s record: 7-13 Last year’s district finish: Second Head coach: Dave Sautter Years coaching at school/record: Ninth (124-60) Years coaching overall: 37th Assistant coach: Heidi Manion Returning starters: (4) Kaylee McDonald, 5-8, junior, point guard, 3.3 APG, 2.3 SPG, 4.3 RPG, 5.0 PPG; MaKayla Davidson, 5-7, junior, guard, 6.5 PPG, two-year starter; Marque Crowe, 5-8, junior, guard/ forward, 9.1 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 61 FT percent; Taylor Hopp, 6-0, junior, forward/post

Returning varsity letter winners/newcomers: Jenni Figueroa, 5-5, senior, guard, 3.0 PPG; Sidney Nordeen, 5-6, junior, guard; Emersen Cyza, 6-1, sophomore, center, 5.0 PPG, 4.0 RPG; Ryley Rolls, 5-11, sophomore, forward; Blythe Boness, 5-11, sophomore, center; Jaynae Shoemaker, 5-8, sophomore, guard Season outlook: “Alliance will be improved from an experience standpoint,” Coach Sautter said. “We will lack that senior who has started a couple years to provide some stability. We will have to rely on each player to stay focused throughout the game and become leaders on the court as the season progresses. The girls compete hard and we hope to be improved in scoring from the outside. We also plan to work

hard to improve our inside game from last Shootout will be good competition for us as season. Defensively we should be improved, North Platte plays a tough Class A schedbut one area we’ll need to concentrate on ule.” Schedule will be rebounding. We were disappointed Dec. 9 at Gering in that last season. It will be a scramble for Dec. 10 DOUGLAS AFB a B-6 district title and we plan to be in the Dec. 17 SIDNEY mix come February.” Dec. 29-30 ALLIANCE HOLIDAY SCOTTSBLUFF Top competition: “Mitchell will be the Jan. 6 team to beat in the Panhandle this season. Jan. 12 CHEYENNE CENTRAL 13 CHADRON They return all players from their state Jan. Jan. 17 at Gordon-Rushville tournament team last season,” Sautter said. Jan. 20 at Ogallala “Chadron and Sidney will also be solid with Jan. 21 WHEATLAND my returning players. Gering will be im- Jan. 24 HEMINGFORD proved also. New to our schedule this year Jan. 27 GERING will be Hemingford for home and home Jan. 31 at Chadron 3 at Scottsbluff games the next two years. They have a sol- Feb. Feb. 9 NORTH PLATTE id core of returners and this team could Feb. 10 LEXINGTON give Mitchell a run for the team to beat in Feb. 11 MCCOOK the Panhandle. As always, the East-West Feb. 17 at Sidney

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WRESTLING 12/03/16...........................Cozad Invite 12/06/16....................... @ Hot Springs 12/08/16............................ Scottsbluff 12/16-17/16 ............@ Valentine Invite 01/05/17................................ Chadron 01/06-07/17 . @ Douglas, WY Tourney 01/14/17.......... @ UNK Midwest Duals 01/22-23/17 .............@ Chadron Invite 01/24/17............................... @ Gering 01/24-27/17 .............@ McCook Duals 01/31/17.............................Torrington 02/04/17.............Southeast, WY Duals

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12/01-03/16 Western Conference Tourn. 12/09/16.................................@ Gering 12/10/16.................................. Douglas 12/16/16............ St. Thomas More, SD 12/17/16.................................... Sidney 12/29-30/17 ... Alliance Armed Forces ...........................Holiday Tournament 01/06/17............................. Scottsbluff 01/13/17................................. Chadron 01/17/17................@ Gordon-Rushville 01/20/17.............................. @ Ogallala 01/21/17.............................. Wheatland 01/28/17.....................................Gering 01/28/17..................@ Hot Springs, SD 01/31/17..............................@ Chadron 02/03/17...........................@ Scottsbluff 02/04/17............................... Spearfish 02/11/17 .............................. @ McCook 02/17/17 ................................@ Sidney

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anner County Wildcats

Class: D-2 Sub-district: D2-11 Conference: Minuteman Activities Last year’s record: 4-16 Last year’s conference finish: Seventh Head coach: Chad Miller Years coaching at school: First Years coaching overall: 12 Assistant coach: Jessica Harvie Returning starters: MaKenna Dahlgrin, forward/center, 9.1 PPG, 10.4 RPG, 1.7 SPG, 1.3 BPG; Courtney Knisley, guard/forward, 4.1 PPG, 5.2 RPG, 2.2 SPG; Savannah Jordan, guard, 1.6 PPG, 3.0 RPG, 1.4 SPG Returning varsity letter winners: Emily Singleton, guard/forward, 3.1 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 1.0 SPG; Jayden Cross, guard/forward, 2.6 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 1.0 SPG; Bailee Underhill, forward/center Newcomers: Rylie Mason, guard/forward; Courtney Rundell, forward; Nevaeh William, forward Team strengths: “Team unity and having each other’s back, especially when times get tough,” Coach Miller said. “It shows great strength and character to get right back up after getting knocked down and we have ladies on this team that emobody that quality for the betterment of our team.” Expectations of returning players: “Leadership on and off the court,” Miller said. “Positive and humble attitudes that others want to emulate through words and deeds. To know their strengths and weaknesses while working hard to overcome difficult obstacles and challenges on their way to achieving their goals and missions of success.”

BANNER COUNTY GIRLS BASKETBALL

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Members of Banner County’s girls basketball team include (front row, from left) Naveah William, Jadyn Cross, and Rylie Mason. Pictured in back are Emily Singleton, Savannah Jordan, MaKenna Dahlgrin, Courtney Knisley, and Bailee Underhill. Not pictured is Courtney Rundell.

Biggest challenges: “One of the biggest challenges this year will be getting used to a new coach and all the nuances that come with that,” Miller said. “Understanding our roles and expectations throughout the season can also be a challenge for us as well as knowing how each one of us can improve ourselves for the betterment of our whole team.”

Team’s offensive outlook: “Offensively I see our team continually working hard on improving our skill sets in all areas,” Miller said. “We need to realize that not all of us need to be shooters to be effective on offense and that there are other skills that are just as important on the offensive end.” Team’s defensive outlook: “I see a group of ladies that will be working hard

to improve communication on the defensive side so that we can work in a more cohesive manner,” Miller said. “It is essential that we work as a unit and not as individuals.” Additional comments: “I look forward to being part of this year’s ladies basketball team here in Banner County and want to thank all of the school staff, parents, and community members for all their support throughout the season,” Miller said. “Our team appreciates everyone involved in making our season a successful one and can’t wait to see all of your support in the stands. One of our biggest goals will be to represent our community with class and dignity all the while showing a positive attitude that we all can be proud of. Go Wildcats!” Schedule Dec. 6 at Minatare Dec. 8 BAYARD Dec. 10 at Pawnee, Colo. Dec. 16 LEYTON Dec. 17 at Creek Valley Dec. 19-20 Sioux County Holiday Tournament Jan. 6 HAY SPRINGS Jan. 9 HYANNIS Jan. 13 at Crawford Jan. 14 MINATARE Jan. 16-21 MAC Tournament at Bridgeport Jan. 24 GUERNSEY-SUNRISE Jan. 28 MORRILL Feb. 3 SOUTH PLATTE Feb. 4 at Sioux County Feb. 10 at Potter-Dix

BANNER COUNTY BOYS BASKETBALL Class: D-2 Sub-district: D2-11 Conference: Minuteman Activities Last year’s record: 0-17 Last year’s conference finish: Eighth Head coach: Cole Wyatt Years coaching at school: Third Assistant coach: Trey Mosbey Returning starters: Cole Blanke, 6-1, senior, center; James Sandberg, 5-10, junior, guard; Micah Wicker, 6-1, senior, forward; Seth Dvorak, 5-10, sophomore, forward Top newcomers: Payton Wick, 5-11, junior, guard; Quentin Munoz, 5-9, junior, guard; Steven McDonnell, 6-1, sophomore, forward; San Juan Whelchel, 6-0, sophomore, forward Season outlook: “We look to compete in every game and place in our conference tourney,” Coach Wyatt said. Team strengths: “Our strengths will be playing hard defense and out-hustling our opponents, Wyatt said. Schedule Dec. 6 at Minatare Dec. 10 at Pawnee, Colo. Dec. 16 LEYTON Dec. 17 at Creek Valley Dec. 19-20 Sioux County Holiday Tournament Jan. 6 HAY SPRINGS Jan. 9 HYANNIS Jan. 13 at Crawford Jan. 14 MINATARE Jan. 17-21 MAC Tournament at Bridgeport Jan. 24 GUERNSEY-SUNRISE Jan. 28 MORRILL Feb. 3 SOUTH PLATTE KARI GIFFORD/Banner County High School Feb. 4 at Sioux County Members of Banner County’s boys basketball team include (front row, from left) Payton Wick and James Sandberg. Pictured in back are manager Eli Wolf, Seth Dvorak, Cole Blanke, Micah Wicker, and Steven McDonell. Not Feb. 10 at Potter-Dix pictured are Quentin Munoz and San Juan Whelchel. Feb. 17 BAYARD

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12/06.................... @ Minatare 10/10.............. @ Pawnee, CO 12/16........................... Leyton 12/17.............. @ Creek Valley 12/19-20 .......Sioux Cty Tourn. 01/06.................. Hay Springs 01/09......................... Hyannis 01/13....................@ Crawford 01/14........................ Minatare 01/17-21 ................... MA Conf 01/24 Guernsey-Sunrise, WY 01/28............................ Morrill 02/03.................. South Platte 02/04............. @ Sioux County 02/10.................. @ Potter-Dix 02/17........................... Bayard

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Class: D District: D-4 Conference: Western Trails Last year’s dual record: 6-7 Last year’s conference finish: Fourth Last year’s district finish: Third Last year’s state finish: Eighth Head coach: Randy McKibbin Years coaching at school: 17 Years coaching overall: 32 Assistant coach: Cory Barker Returning state qualifiers: Alex Araujo, 113, 45-7 record last year, third-place state finish; Mitch McKibbin, 120, 41-7 record last year, two-time state qualifier; Karsen Hunter, 138, 15-9 record last year Returning varsity letter winners: Steven Tobacco, 152; Joe Burris, 113; Jacob Dailey, 120 Season outlook: “We will need to develop some young wrestlers if our team is going to be successful,” Coach McKibbin said. Schedule Dec. 8 BAYARD TRIANGULAR Dec. 10 Gordon-Rushville Invite Dec. 16 ARCADIA/LOUP CITY Dec. 17 Sutherland Invite Jan. 5 WTC Tournament at Mitchell Jan. 7 Ogallala Duals Tournament Jan. 14 Chase County Invite Jan. 20-21 Chadron Invite Jan. 28 Boone Central Invite at Albion Feb. 4 Southeast Duals Tournament

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BAYARD BOYS BASKETBALL

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Members of this season’s Bayard boys basketball team are (front row, from left) Jaden Serda and Ryan Liakos. Pictured in the second row are Justin Whitebear, Lane Hargens, Payton Oliverius, Tanner Rafferty, Dawson Kriha, Alan Ouderkirk, and Adam Ouderkirk. Pictured in the back row are Caleb Skinner, Aiden Harimon, Bryce Burry, Joe Ferrero, and Xzavier Gallegos.

Class: C-2 Sub-district: C2-12 Conference: Western Trails, Minuteman Activities Last year’s record: 3-17 Head coach: Mike Simons Returning starters: Bryce Burry, 5-10, junior, guard; Peyton Oliverius, 6-4, sophomore, center Returning varsity letter winners: Joe Ferrero, 5-8, senior, guard; Hayden Scherbarth, 6-0, senior, forward; Dawson Kriha, 5-6, sophomore, guard

Season outlook: “This year’s Bayard High School basketball team will need to fill a few holes left by the previous year’s graduating class,” Coach Simons said. “We will return two starters from the previous year in junior Bryce Burry and sophomore Payton Oliverius. We will also be returning some talented players in seniors Hayden Scherbarth and Joe Ferrero, and sophomores Dawson Kriha, Lane Hargens, and Justin Whitebear. With the graduation of such a strong crew from last

season’s team, we will need some of our younger players to step up and perform well if we are to achive our team goals this season. How quickly some of our players mature and catch on will dictate our team’s success this season.” Schedule Dec. 9 at Bridgeport Dec. 10 CREEK VALLEY Dec. 16 GARDEN COUNTY Dec. 17 at Kimball Dec. 20 at Southeast

Jan. 3 MITCHELL Jan. 6 POTTER-DIX Jan. 7 at Gordon-Rushville Jan. 10 at Morrill Jan. 13 at Hemingford Jan. 17-21 MAC Tournament at Bridgeport Jan. 27 at South Platte Jan. 28 BRIDGEPORT Feb. 2-4 WTC Tournament Feb. 7 LEYTON Feb. 10 at Minatare Feb. 17 at Banner County

BAYARD GIRLS BASKETBALL Class: C-2 Sub-district: C2-12 Conference: Western Trails, Minuteman Activities Last year’s record: 7-16 Head coach: Zach Nesbitt Years coaching at school: First Returning starters: Lauren Petersen, 5-9, senior, forward; Avery Kildow, 5-4, junior, guard; Shaley Petersen, 5-9, junior, forward Returning varsity letter winners: Liz Marker, 5-9, sophomore, forward; Kylie Stuart, 5-9, sophomore, forward; Sierra Sauer, 5-5, sophomore, guard Season outlook: “We want to be able to score points and keep the other team to scoring their low scores for the year. Defense wins big games and that is what we want to do this year,” Coach Nesbitt said. “We want to learn and get better throughout the year so we are ready to win the big games. If we can put this all together, we will have a very successful year.” Schedule Dec. 8 at Banner County Dec. 9 at Bridgeport Dec. 10 CREEK VALLEY Dec. 16 G A R D E N COUNTY Dec. 17 at Kimball Dec. 20 at Southeast Jan. 3 MITCHELL Jan. 6 POTTER-DIX Jan. 7 at Gordon-Rushville Jan. 10 at Morrill Jan. 13 at Hemingford Jan. 16-21 M A C Tournament at Bridgeport Jan. 27 at South Platte Jan. 28 BRIDGEPORT STEPHANIE BARKER/Bayard High School Feb. 2-4 WTC Tournament Members of this season’s Bayard girls basketball team are (front row) Lauren Petersen. Pictured in the second row are Avery Kildow and SaFeb. 7 LEYTON mantha Trevino. Pictured in the third row are Bailee Lake, Sierra Sauer, Kylie Stuart, Lizabeth Marker, and Christina Mascher. Pictured in the back row are Leah Albro and Jessica Whitebear. Feb. 10 at Minatare

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ridgeport Bulldogs BRIDGEPORT WRESTLING

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Pictured are the members of this season’s Bridgeport wrestling team. Pictured from left to right are Abraham Ramos, Joseph Weibert, Logan Coalson, Ramon Dominguez, Marce Vasquez, Casey Benavides, Charles Lange, Devin Bell, and Dylan Schnell. Not pictured are Tyler Franklin, Jakob Keim, Mason Weibert, Jerzie Menke, Nathaniel Cooper, Jerrod Fedorchik, and Curtis Freeze.

Class: C District: C-4 Conference: Western Trails, SPVA Last year’s dual record: 6-1 Last year’s conference finish: First in WTC, first in SPVA Last year’s district finish: Fourth Last year’s state finish: 12th Head coach: Craig Johnson Years coaching at school: 26th Assistant coaches: Tony McGrath, Zach Malcolm Returning state qualifiers: Joe Weibert, senior, 152-160, 36-13 record last year; Jerrod Fedorchik, senior, 182, 36-6 record last year, third-

place state finish Returning varsity letter winners: Ramon Dominguez, senior, 120-126; Dylan Schnell, sophomore, 145152; Max Cooper, sophomore, 152160, 18-12 record last year; Logan Coalson, junior, 170, 31-15 record last year; Marce Vasquez, junior, 195, 26-12 record last year; Tyler Franklin, junior, 220, 23-20 record last year; Curtis Freeze, junior, 285 Top newcomers: Casey Benavides, freshman, 106; Mason Weibert, freshman, 113; Devon Bell, sophomore, 120-126; Jerzie Menke, freshman, 126-132; Charles Lang, sophomore,

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160; Abraham Ramos, sophomore, 220 Team strengths: “We have several very good upper classmen with two and three years of varsity experience,” Coach Johnson said. Team goals: “We try to be competitive at every meet, but our primary emphasis is on conference and districts,” Johnson said. Last year’s highlights: Bridgeport won both the Western Trails and SVPA conference titles. Schedule Dec. 1 Garden County Triangular with Chase County

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BRIDGEPORT GIRLS BASKETBALL

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Members of this season’s Bridgeport girls basketball team are front row Ashley Weborg (left) and Riley Hall. Pictured in the second row are Payton Alexander, Karissa Benavides, Brittney Newkirk, Brittany Nelson, Nicole Schmunk, Kaitlin Mohrman, and Jocelyn Pohl. Pictured in the back row are Jenna Mitchell, Kaeli McVicker, Jayden Kelly-Vergil, Cassie Leithead, Evy Loomis-Goltl, Emily Baxter, Falen Jeffries, Caitlin Sheldon, and Claryssa Moss. Not pictured are Alexis Corman, Kaitlyn Nein, and Grace Dobrinski.

Class: C-1 Sub-district: C1-12 Conference: Western Trails, SPVA Last year’s record: 6-16 Last year’s sub-district finish: Second Last year’s conference finish: Sixth Head coach: Bryan Schluterbusch Years coaching at school/record: 21 (262-169) Assistant coaches: Troy Malone, Kim Malone, Stephanie Schmidt Returning starters: Ashley Weborg, 5-7, senior, forward, 9.4 PPG, 4.7 RPG, all-conference WTC and SPVA; Riley

Hall, 5-5, senior, forward, 6.5 PPG, 4.2 RPG, all-conference honorable mention WTC and SPVA; Emily Baxter, 5-7, junior, guard, 3.9 PPG, 2.3 SPG; Brittney Newkirk, 5-5, junior, guard, 8.8 PPG, 2.3 SPG, all-conference WTC and SPVA Returning varsity letter winners: Alexis Corman, 5-7, senior, guard, 3.6 PPG; Kaitlyn Nein, 5-5, junior, guard; Brittany Nelson, 5-5, sophomore, guard; Cassie Leithead, 5-7, sophomore, guard; Grace Dobrinski, 5-6, sophomore, forward; Jayden Kelly-Vergil, 5-7, sophomore, forward

Season outlook: “We have some experienced girls back that play with a lot of heart,” Coach Schluterbusch said. “We lost a lot of close games last year and hope those experiences will help turn those losses into wins. We need to develop depth and offensive explosiveness.” Team strengths: “Experience, hungry for success, team chemistry, togetherness,” Schluterbusch noted. Team goals: “Finish top half of WTC and SPVA,” Schluterbusch said. Schedule Dec. 9 BAYARD

Dec. 10 at Sutherland Dec. 16 HEMINGFORD Dec. 29-30 Alliance Holiday Jan. 5 OGALLALA Jan. 7 at Hershey Jan. 10 at Leyton Jan. 13 KIMBALL Jan. 14 at Mitchell Jan. 17-21 SPVA Tournament Jan. 27 at Chase County Jan. 28 at Bayard Feb. 2-4 WTC Tournament Feb. 9 at Morrill Feb. 10 GORDON-RUSHVILLE

BRIDGEPORT BOYS BASKETBALL

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Members of this season’s Bridgeport boys basketball team are (front row, from left) Jacob Papow, Nate Rahmig, David Argamosa, and Alex Barnette. Pictured in the middle row are Adam Bustinza, Trey Janicek, Casey Clinger, and Kaleb Lussetto. Pictured in the back row are Nate Schmunk, Logan Nichols, Austin Hartman, Seth Loomis-Goltl, Eric Stevens, and Connor Wiggins. Not pictured are Declan Jeffries and Diego Sandoval.

Class: C-1 Sub-district: C1-12 Conference: Western Trails, SPVA Last year’s record: 21-5 Last year’s conference finish: Second in WTC, First in SPVA Last year’s sub-district finish: First, lost to Amherst in district final Head coach: Nick Broz Years coaching at school/record: 7th (93-49) Assistant coach: Dave Baxter Returning starters: Eric Stevens, 6-5, junior, forward, all-conference honorable mention; Austin Hartman, 6-3, senior, forward Returning varsity letter winners: Connor Wiggins, 6-5, senior, post

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Top newcomers: Trey Janicek, 5-7, senior, guard; Nate Schmunk, 6-2, senior, guard; Seth Loomis-Goltl, 6-6, senior, post; Declan Jefferies, 6-0, junior, guard; Logan Nichols, 6-2, sophomore, forward; Kaleb Lussetto, 5-6, sophomore, guard Season outlook: “I feel like this team has a chance to be competitive in every game this season,” Coach Broz said. “We are breaking in a lot of kids who do not have a lot of varsity game experience. I am excited to see how these guys respond to the challenges that are about to present themselves. I think we have a chance to compete with the top teams in our conference.” Team strengths: “I think we are going

to have a balanced scoring attack,” Broz said. “We have a variety of guys that can score the ball. I think we are going to have a strong inside post game with Connor and Seth. On the outside we have solid guards and forwards who can stretch the floor and be creators for others. Also, we are going to have great length on the court at the post and forward positions. Our rebounding and paint games on both sides of the court should be a plus for us this year.” Last year’s highlights: Bridgeport won the Class C-2, Sub-district 12 Tournament championship, won the SPVA Tournament, and was ranked as high as fourth in the state by the Omaha World-Herald.

Schedule Dec. 9 BAYARD Dec. 10 at Sutherland Dec. 16 HEMINGFORD Dec. 29-30 Alliance Holiday Jan. 5 OGALLALA Jan. 7 at Hershey Jan. 10 at Leyton Jan. 13 KIMBALL Jan. 14 at Mitchell Jan. 17-21 SPVA Tournament Jan. 27 at Chase County Jan. 28 at Bayard Feb. 2-4 WTC Tournament Feb. 9 at Morrill Feb. 10 GORDON-RUSHVILLE Feb. 17 PERKINS COUNTY

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Class: C-1 Sub-district: C1-12 Conference: Western Last year’s record: 18-5 Last year’s conference finish: First Last year’s district finish: Second, lost to Pierce in first round at state tournament Head coach: Jonn McLain Years coaching at school/record: Third (38-12) Assistant coaches: Mike Sandstrom, Katie O’Boyle, Lexus Ferguson Returning starters: Jadyn McCartney, 5-10, senior, forward, 17.0 PPG, 7.0 RPG, Star-Herald All-Region First Team; Teagan Westemeier, 5-9, senior, forward, 4.0 PPG Returning varsity letter winners: Danielle Johnson, 5-7, senior, guard; Dana Dunbar, 5-7, junior, guard Top newcomers: Carstyn Hageman, 5-6, sophomore, guard; True Thorne, 5-10, sophomore, post; Peyton Underwood, 5-8, sophomore, post; Alpine Hickstein, 5-8, junior, post; Shea Bailey, 5-8, freshman, guard Season outlook: “We hope to be competitive this year, but play a very difficult schedule,” Coach McLain said. “Returning players include Jadyn McCartney and Teagan Westemeier, who were starters for our team a season ago. Also back is Dan-

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Pictured are the members of this season’s Chadron girls basketball team.

ielle Johnson and Dana Dunbar, who have contributed at the varsity level in years past. We hope that these players will be leaders for the team and step up in the coming season. Newcomers who could contribute include Carstyn Hageman, True Thorne, Peyton Underwood, Alpine Hickstein, and possibly a few freshmen.”

Team goals: “Have fun, improve as the year progresses, and win state,” McLain said. Last year’s highlights: “State tournament appearance. Western Conference champions,” McLain noted. Schedule Dec. 9 GORDON-RUSHVILLE Dec. 10 at Torrington

Dec. 12 at Hot Springs, S.D. Dec. 16 SCOTTSBLUFF Dec. 17 GERING Dec. 29-30 CHADRON ROTARY HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT Jan. 6 vs. Gothenburg at Sidney Jan. 7 MITCHELL Jan. 10 HEMINGFORD

Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Jan. 21 Jan. 27 Jan. 28 Jan. 31 Feb. 3 S.D. Feb. 7 Feb. 10

at Alliance at Gering at Gordon-Rushville SIDNEY at Douglas, S.D. ALLIANCE ST. THOMAS MORE, VALENTINE at Sidney

CHADRON BOYS BASKETBALL Class: C-1 Sub-district: C1-12 Conference: Western Last year’s record: 10-12 Last year’s sub-district finish: Lost in sub-district final Head coach: Eric Calkins Years coaching at school: Fifth Returning starters: (4) Michael Gieseler, 5-10, senior, guard; Marcus Fernandez, 6-5, senior, forward; Keegan Shuck, 6-2, senior, forward; Brendinh Sayaloune, 5-9, senior, guard Returning varsity letterwinners: Jeff Cerny, 5-11, junior, guard; Coy Bila, 6-2, junior, guard; Marquis Burwell, 5-10, senior, forward; Spencer Margetts, 5-11, senior, guard; Joe Matt, 6-3, junior, forward Season outlook: “I think this year’s team will be much improved from last year. Whether that improvement equals a lot more wins will be seen,” Coach Calkins said. “Our schedule once again is made up mostly of Class B opponents. Several of them will be among the top Class B teams in the state.” Team strengths: “Our team strengths should be experience and depth,” Calkins said. “We return four players who started

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at different times during last season. Michael Gieseler missed the second half of last year with an injury and is back at full speed. Marcus Fernandez and Keegan Shuck both started last year in the post and provide us with some size and rebounding. Brendinh Sayaloune did some nice things this summer and should build off

of the experience he gained from starting every game last year. Our junior class had a great summer and have shown tremendous improvement from last year. Jeff Cerny, Coy Bila, Logan Tiensvold, and Joe Matt will be fighting for a starting spot and for varsity minutes.” Schedule

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12/01-03/16 ..Western Conference 12/09/16 ........Gordon-Rushville 12/10/16 .......... @ Torrington, WY 12/12/16 .........@ Hot Springs, SD 12/16/16 ................ Scottsbluff 12/17/16 ..................... Gering 12/29-30/15 Chadron Rotary CSC 01/06/17 ............... Gothenberg 01/07/17 ................... Mitchell 01/10/17 ...............Hemingford 01/13/17 ...................... @ Alliance 01/20/17 ........................@ Gering 01/21/17 .......@ Gordon-Rushville 01/27/17 .....................Sidney 01/28/17 ...............@ Douglas, SD 01/31/17 ................... Alliance 02/03/17 ...St. Thomas More, SD 02/07/17 ..................Valentine 02/10/17 ........................@ Sidney

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Dec. 9 GORDON-RUSHVILLE Dec. 10 at Torrington Dec. 12 at Hot Springs, S.D. Dec. 16 SCOTTSBLUFF Dec. 17 GERING Dec. 29-30 CHADRON ROTARY HOLIDAY TOURNEY Jan. 6 vs. Gothenburg at Sidney Jan. 7 MITCHELL

12/03/16 ....................Cozad Tournament 12/08/16 ..............Chadron Triangular 12/10/16 ..Gordon-Rushville Tournament 12/16-17/16 .........Valentine Tournament 01/05/17 ..................................... Alliance 01/06-07/17 ............................... Douglas 01/14/17 ..................UNK Midwest Duals 01/20-21/17 ............... Chadron Invite 01/26/17 ................... Douglas Triangular 02/02/17 .....................................Mitchell 02/0/17 ............... Southeast Tournament

Jan. 10 Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Jan. 21 Jan. 27 Jan. 28 Jan. 31 Feb. 3 Feb. 7 Feb. 10

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CHADRON WRESTLING

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Members of the Chadron wrestling team are (front row, from left) Oliver Fox, Damien Andres, Clark Riesen, and Joe Ritzen. Pictured in the back row are Lance Cattin, Ozzy Fernau, Zac Swanson, Jake Lemmon, and Greg Downing.

Class: B District: B-4 Head coach: Jamie Slingsby Returning state qualifiers: Joe Ritzen, senior, 126, state-runner up, three-time state qualifier, 111-24 career record

Returning varsity letter winners: Jake Lemmon, sophomore, 132; Clark Reisen, sophomore, 145 Top newcomers/transfers: Zac Swanson, senior, 145-152; Oliver Fox, freshman, 113-120

Schedule Dec. 8 CHADRON TRIANGULAR with Gordon-Rushville, Valentine Dec. 10 Gordon-Rushville Invite Dec. 16-17 Valentine Invite Jan. 5 at Alliance

Jan. 6 Shane Shatto Memorial Tournament at Douglas, Wyo. Jan. 14 UNK Midwest Duals Jan. 20-21 CHADRON INVITE Jan. 26 Custer Triangular with Custer, Douglas, S.D.

ering Bulldogs GERING BOYS BASKETBALL

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Members of the Gering boys basketball team are (front row, from left) Dylan Radzymski, Tyler Fultz, Keaton Ebbers, Alex Duncan, Christian Rogers, Trey Winkler, and Tanner Wengler. Pictured in the second row are Quinton Janecek, Tommy Ganos, Walker Cook, Kyle Schroeder, Cody Ferguson, and Emanuel Campos. Pictured in the back row are Nick Watkins, Jake Rocheleau, Riley Schilz, Tyler Pszanka, Xavier Horst, and Logan Moravec. Not pictured is Dalton Scott.

Class: B District: B-6 Conference: Western Last year’s record: 15-9 Last year’s district finish: Lost to Scottsbluff in semifinals Head coach: Randy Plummer Years head coaching at school/record: 11th (131-102) Years coaching overall: 38th Assistant coaches: Steve Land, Armand Castaneda, John Boswell Returning starters: Trey Winkler, 5-10, senior, 11.5 PPG; Christian Rogers, 6-2, senior, 5.5 PPG; Tyler Pszanka, 6-5, junior,

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5.9 PPG; Keaton Ebbers, 6-6, senior, 2.0 PPG Returning varsity letter winners: Tanner Wengler, 5-10, senior; Alex Duncan, 6-0, senior; Dalton Scott, 6-0, senior; Dylan Radzymski, 5-11, senior; Jake Rocheleau, 6-0, junior Top newcomers: Tyler Fultz, 6-1, senior; Riley Schilz, 6-6, sophomore Season outlook: “We have several players with varsity experience,” Coach Plummer said. “We have eight or nine players who can come in and contribute. We have some decent height and several offensive weapons. That being said, we

have to get better defensively if we want to contend. We play a very difficult schedule with Scottsbluff, Alliance, Sidney, North Platte, Sterling, Colorado, and Casper Kelly Walsh the most challenging. ALl the teams on our schedule are tough. We do not have an easy game.” Schedule Dec. 8 at Mitchell Dec. 9 ALLIANCE Dec. 13 WHEATLAND Dec. 17 at Chadron Dec. 28-30 Cabela’s Holiday Tournament at Sidney Jan. 6 SIDNEY

Jan. 13 Jan. 14 Jan. 20 Jan. 21 Jan. 24 Jan. 27 Jan. 28 Jan. 31 Feb. 3 Feb. 9 Feb. 10 Feb. 11 Feb. 17

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GERING GIRLS BASKETBALL

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Members of the Gering girls basketball team are (front row, from left) Courtney Conn, Mariah Conn, Jocyeln Nuss, Emma Sterkel, and Kaylee Bohnsack. Pictured in the second row are Mercy McAndrew, Morgan Van Anne, Taylor Philbrick, Kenna Culek, Jayda Ahrens, Jade Garcia, Paige Lopez, Kelly Snelling, Brittney Spreier, Lauren Rairigh, and Kelsey Bohnsack. Pictured in the back row are Faith Kennedy, Avery Mitchell, Jasmine Johnson, Avery Dishman, Emily Harrison, Zoee Smith, Makenzie Dunkel, Evelyn Anderson-Saenz, Carlee Brester, Arianna Mitchell, Olivia Schaub, Jenna Balthazor, and Victoria Schwartz.

Class: B District: B-6 Conference: Western Last year’s record: 7-16 Last year’s district finish: Lost in first round Head coach: Adam Freeburg Years coaching at school: 7th Years coaching overall: 7th Returning starters: (6) Mariah Conn, 5-9, senior, forward, 11.5 PPG, 5.9 RPG; Victoria Schwartz, 5-8, junior, guard, 5.3 PPG, 6.1 RPG; Mackenzie Dunkel, 5-9, sophomore, forward, 5.1 PPG, 6.1 RPG; Paige Lopez, 5-4, sophomore, guard, 3.6 PPG, 2.3 APG; Kaylee Bohnsack, 5-9, senior, guard, 3.0 PPG; Courtney Conn, 5-9,

senior, guard, 2.4 PPG Returning varsity letter winners/newcomers: Jocyeln Nuss, 5-9, senior, post; Brittney Spreier, 5-7, junior, guard; Carlee Brester, 5-9, junior, forward; Arianna Mitchell, 6-0, sophomore, forward; Emma Sterkel, 5-6, senior, guard Season outlook: “We return girls with lots of varsity experience that all have great attitudes,” Coach Freeburg said. “These girls put in the work last summer in the weight room and on the court. We are looking to be more consistent with our performance this season. We have improved our depth and that will result in more competitive practices, which will make us a better team come game time.

Basketball is important to these girls and I know that they are excited for the season to start.” Competition: “Every team in our district will be very competitive and everyone has the talent and ability to beat anyone else in the district on any given night,” Freeburg said. “Most of the teams in our district return plenty of varsity experience. The overall strength of our district has risen over the last couple of years and continues on an upward trend with teams that are all very well coached.” Schedule Dec. 8 at Mitchell Dec. 9 ALLIANCE Dec. 13 WHEATLAND

Dec. 17 at Chadron Dec. 28-30 Cabela’s Holiday Shootout in Sidney Jan. 6 SIDNEY Jan. 10 SCOTTSBLUFF Jan. 13 at Wheatland Jan. 14 CASPER KELLY WALSH Jan. 20 CHADRON Jan. 24 TORRINGTON Jan. 27 at Alliance Jan. 28 at Gordon-Rushville Jan. 31 at Ogallala Feb. 3 at Sidney Feb. 9 LEXINGTON Feb. 10 MCCOOK Feb. 11 NORTH PLATTE Feb. 17 at Scottsbluff

GERING WRESTLING

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Pictured are the members of this season’s Gering wrestling team. Members of this season’s Gering wrestling team are (front row, from left) Donovan DeLosSantos, Jr. Aguilar, Jaylin Chun, Eric Blue, Tyler Coleman, Conrad Sibal, Gavin Grant, and Tony Maldonado. Pictured in the middle row are Eric Radomski, Logan Murdock, Austin Garcia, Austin Duncan, Tim Bernhardt, and JinLee Sayloune. Pictured in the back row are Julian Corona, Aaron Tovar, Jordan Overlin, Draven Steel, Josh Audlee, Esteban Avalos, Cody Ybarra, Quintien Onstott, Andres Canales, Ricky Saenz, and Connor Grant.

Class: B District: B-4 Last year’s dual record: 15-17 Last year’s district finish: Ninth Last year’s state finish: 31st Head coach: Jj Behrens Years coaching at school: Fourth Assistant coaches: Jared Berger, Elijah Timblin, Randy Donelson, Marcelino Ramos Returning state qualifiers: Cody Ybarra, junior, 182, 33-17 record last year; Austin Garcia, sophomore, 152, 27-5 record last year; Carmelo Ozuna, junior, 160, 32-18 record last year Returning varsity letter winners: Aaron Tovar, junior, 126, 16-12 record last year, state qualifier in 2015; Julian Corona, junior, 138, 19-18 record last year; Draven Steel, junior, 145, injured last season Season outlook: “Maturity and experience are finally on our side this year. We

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have a wealth of experience coming back this season and a lot of young guys that are willing to work hard in order to meet their expectations in and out of the room,” Coach Behrens said. “Numbers should definitely be one of our strengths this year, as we are looking at close to 30 guys out. We only lost two seniors last year and bring back a vast amount of guys that saw varsity time. We have put a lot of work in these last few years. Not only myself, but the coaches expect our guys to be competitive at every weight this season. The weight room has also been a point of emphasis this last year. All in all this has also helped develop several of our guys into some great leaders for the upcoming season that has set the expectations that every wrestler leave it all on the mat every match.” Team strengths: “Our unity and work ethic,” Behrens said. “We have a good

core of guys that have really bought in to the ‘Gering wrestling style.’ With this being the start of my fourth year as head coach, we are starting to get a culture and system established at all levels.” Team goals: “As with any season, our goal is to improve on last season,” Behrens said. “We need to focus on our academics because it has haunted us the last two seasons. We have a few lingering injuries from football season, but hope to be full strength after Christmas.”

Schedule Dec. 9-10 Charlie Lake Duals Tournament Dec. 13 at Wheatland Dec. 16-17 Valentine Invite Jan. 3 at Cheyenne East Jan. 7 Ogallala Duals Jan. 14 UNK Midwest Duals Jan. 19 SCOTTSBLUFF Jan. 20-21 Chadron Invite Jan. 24 ALLIANCE Jan. 26 at Torrington Feb. 2 Sidney Triangular with Fort Morgan Feb. 4 Southeast Duals

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emingford Bobcats HEMINGFORD GIRLS BASKETBALL

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Members of this season’s Hemingford girls basketball team are (front row, from left) Tatum Swanson, Jori Stewart, Ashley Mutchie, Kaitlyn Fritzler, Lauren Gasseling, Storm Jespersen, Makenzy Chancellor, Josie Stewart, and Lora Wurst. Pictured in the back row are head coach Steve Morava, Marisa Craig, Kelli Horstman, Faith Rohrbouck, Natalie Gasseling, Brooke Turek, Kaitlyn Kumpf, Carli Cullan, Brooke Galles, Emily Hansen, and assistant coach Lisa Janssen.

Class: C-2 Sub-district: C2-12 Conference: Western Trails, Panhandle Last year’s record: 21-3 Last year’s sub-district finish: First, district champion Last year’s state finish: Lost in first round Head coach: Steve Morava Years coaching at school: Second

Returning starters: Brooke Turek, 5-7, senior, guard, 13.9 PPG, 7.4 RPG, 5.2 APG; Natalie Gasseling, 6-0, senior, forward, 13.3 PPG, 9.3 RPG; Faith Rohrbouck, 5-7, senior, guard, 15.2 PPG, 4.0 SPG; Kaitlyn Kumpf, 5-6, senior, guard; Emily Hansen, 5-10, senior, post Returning varsity letter winners: Brooke Galles, 5-7, senior, guard; Kelli Horstman, 5-8, junior, guard; Lauren Gasseling, 5-11,

sophomore, forward; Anna Manning, 5-6, junior, guard Schedule Dec. 10 at Mitchell Dec. 13 at Hay Springs Dec. 16 at Bridgeport Dec. 17 LEYTON Dec. 29-30 Chadron Rotary Holiday Jan. 3 CRAWFORD Jan. 5 at Garden County

Jan. 6 MINATARE Jan. 10 at Chadron Jan. 13 BAYARD Jan. 14 at Sioux County Jan. 16-21 Panhandle Conference Jan. 24 at Alliance Jan. 28 EDGEMONT, S.D. Feb. 2-4 WTC Tournament Feb. 7 MORRILL Feb. 10 KIMBALL

HEMINGFORD WRESTLING

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Members of this season’s Hemingford wrestling team are (front row, from left) Creel Weber, Dylan Ernesti, Conner Swanson, Denton Payne, Kobe Coryell, Cade Payne, Jack Sellman, and Michael Cornish. Pictured in the back row are assistant coach Scott Delsing, Hunter Ernesti, Gabe Brown, Luke Honstein, Carter Buchheit, Jaydon Walker, Isaiah Bryner, Gage Franklin, and head coach Pete Gomez. Not pictured is Justin Davis.

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HEMINGFORD BOYS BASKETBALL

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Members of this season’s Hemingford boys basketball team are (front row, from left) John Ansley, Xavier Robb, Elijah Walters, Alex Plog, Hunter Childers, Aaron Far-

ritor, Gregory Randolph, Boston Goodsell, Luke Cullan, Hunter Stevens, and Jon Mayer. Pictured in the back row are assistant coach Joe Collins, Jace Stumpff, Austin Farritor, Austin Wobig, Miles Davis, Jameson Wood, Brandon Chancellor, Kyler Stevens, Ezra Ray, Casey Lashley, Austin Huddle, and head coach Brennan Vogel.

Class: C-2 Sub-district: C2-12 Conference: Western Trails, Panhandle Last year’s record: 16-7 Head coach: Brennan Vogel Years coaching at school: Second Returning starters: Jameson Wood, 6-0, senior, guard, 9.4 PPG, all-conference

honorable mention; Brandon Chancellor, 6-2, junior, post, 7.8 PPG, all-conference honorable mention; Casey Lashley, 5-11, sophomore, guard Returning varsity letter winners: Austin Wobig, 6-2, senior, post Schedule Dec. 10 at Mitchell

Dec. 13 at Hay Springs Dec. 16 at Bridgeport Dec. 17 LEYTON Dec. 29-30 Chadron Rotary Holiday Jan. 5 at Garden County Jan. 6 MINATARE Jan. 10 at Chadron Jan. 13 BAYARD

Jan. 14 at Sioux County Jan. 16-21 Panhandle Conference Jan. 28 EDGEMONT, S.D. Feb. 2-4 WTC Tournament Feb. 7 MORRILL Feb. 10 KIMBALL Feb. 17 at Crawford Feb. 18 MITCHELL

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Class: C District: C-4 Conference: Western Trails, SPVA Head coach: Wade Brashear Years coaching at school: Sixth Returning varsity letter winners: Logan Stahla, senior, 145; Eric Escajeda, senior, 285; Jordan Cluff, sophomore, 106; Garrett Pedersen, junior, 120; Jake Jen-

kins, sophomore, 126; Trevor Ryschon, sophomore, 113-120; Zachary Wagner, sophomore, 132; Toby McManigal, sophomore, 152-160 Top newcomers: Zavyer White, freshman, 106; Stephen Bateman, freshman, 195 Season outlook: “We have several returning wrestlers,” Coach Brashear said. “I

intend to have a tough, well-conditioned team as always. Head-to-head we should be able to compete with any individual wrestler, but competing for dual wins will be difficult against teams with full lineups.” Schedule Dec. 10 Banner County Invite Dec. 17 Bridgeport-Sidney Invite

Dec. 20 KIMBALL TRIANGULAR with Hershey, Chase County Jan. 5 WTC Tournament at Mitchell Jan. 7 Garden County Invite Jan. 14 Chase County Invite Jan. 20 Lingle-Ft. Laramie Invite Jan. 27 at Mitchell Jan. 28 Mitchell Invite Jan. 31 SPVA TOURNAMENT

BOYS BASKETBALL 12/2-3 ............... Kimball Tourn. 12/9.................. Perkins County 12/10 ................................@ Morrill 12/16 .........................Hershey 12/17 .......................... Bayard 1/5 ............................. Sidney 1/7 ........................ @ Chase County 1/10........................ Potter-Dix 1/13 ........................... @ Bridgeport 1/14 .................@ Gordon-Rushville 1/16-21.... SPVA Conference Tourn. @ North Platte Comm. College 1/24 ................................@ Mitchell 1/27 ........................... @ Sutherland 1/28...... North Platte St. Patrick’s 2/2-4............... Western Trails Conf. @ WNCC 2/7 .................. Pine Bluffs, WY 2/10 ......................... @ Hemingford 2/17 ................................@ Mitchell

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12/1 ..........................................@ Bayard 12/3 ............... Akron Tourn @ Akron, CO 12/10 ...... Banner Cnty Inv. @Harrisburg 12/17 ... Bridgeport-Sidney Inv. @ Sidney 12/20 ..............Hershey Tri @ Kimball 12/20 ....... Chase County Tri @ Kimball 1/5 ........... Western Trails Inv. @ Mitchell 1/7 ...Garden County Inv. @ Oshkosh, NE 1/14 ............................ Chase County Inv. 1/20 ...................Lingle-Fort Laramie Inv. 1/27 ........................................ @ Mitchell 1/28 ........................Mitchell Inv. Mitchell 1/31 ..........SPVA Conf. Tourn. @ Kimball

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Pictured are the members of this season’s Kimball girls basketball team.

Pictured are the members of this season’s Kimball boys basketball team.

Class: C-2 Sub-district: C2-12 Conference: Western Trails, SPVA Last year’s record: 17-7 Last year’s conference finish: Second in WTC, first in SPVA Last year’s sub-district finish: Lost in semifinals Head coach: Chauncey Pedersen Years coaching at school/record: 4th (42-33) Years coaching overall: 8 Returning starters: (2) Alex Reader, 5-8, junior, point/shooting guard, 11.0 PPG, 3.7 RPG, 2.0 SPG, 2.3 APG, WTC all-conference, SPVA all-conference, all-state honorable mention, all-region fourth team; Kate Reader, 5-10, sophomore, forward/ guard, 11.2 PPG, 8.1 RPG, 2.9 SPG, 1.8 APG, SPVA all-conference, WTC honorable mention, all-state honorable mention, all-region honorable mention Returning varsity letter winners/newcomers: Shauntae Daily, 5-10, senior; Hannah Biesecker, 5-10, junior; Justine Heeg, 5-6, junior; Jannel Fiehtner, 5-8, senior

Class: C-2 Sub-district: C2-12 Conference: Western Trails, SPVA Last year’s record: 7-14 Last year’s sub-district finish: Lost in first round Co-head coaches: Nick Kuxhausen, Gene Mohr Years coaching at school: Kuxhausen (5th), Mohr (12th) Returning starters: Jordan Greenwood, 6-0, senior, guard, 12.6 PPG, 2.2 SPG, WTC all-conference, SPVA all-conference honorable mention; Jaden Withrow, 5-11, senior, guard, 8.9 PPG, 1.5 SPG Returning varsity letter winners: Brandon Barker, 5-11, senior, guard, 3.9 PPG; Edward Barnes, 6-2, senior, forward, transfer from Potter-Dix; Izaac Reuter, 6-1, sophomore, forward, 0.8 PPG Season outlook: “We are returning two strong players, Jordan Greenwood and Jaden Withrow,” Coach Kuxhausen said. “We will have to develop players to go around them. Brandon Barker will fill one

Season outlook: “We will have a very tough schedule this year as both conferences will be very strong with plenty of talent returning,” Coach Pedersen said. “We were hit hard with graduation last season and will be very young. We will rely heavily on our two returning starters, Alex Reader and Kate Reader, at the beginning of the season. We will also look to our three seniors, although they don’t have a lot of varsity experience, they will provide us with great leadership. We will look to develop some younger players and set goals to improve every game, hoping to peak at the right time.” Top competition: “Both the WTC and SPVA is loaded with plenty of talent this year,” Pedersen said. “Our toughest competition in the WTC will be Hemingford, Mitchell, and Gordon-Rushville. All three teams return a number of starters and experience. Our toughest competition in the SPVA will be North Platte St. Pat’s and Chase County as they both return plenty of experience and returning starters.”

of these roles. Transfer Edward Barnes will help. The other positions will be filled by underclassmen and one new senior. We will have to rely on speed and athleticism to make up for our lack of size. I think we will be in the hunt to play well in both our conferences and we like our district matchup.” Schedule Dec. 9 PERKINS COUNTY Dec. 10 at Morrill Dec. 16 HERSHEY Dec. 17 BAYARD Jan. 5 SIDNEY Jan. 7 at Chase County Jan. 10 POTTER-DIX Jan. 13 at Bridgeport Jan. 14 at Gordon-Rushville Jan. 17-21 SPVA Tournament Jan. 27 at Sutherland Jan. 28 NORTH PLATTE ST. PAT’S Feb. 2-4 WTC Tournament Feb. 7 PINE BLUFFS Feb. 10 at Hemingford Feb. 17 at Mitchell

eyton Warriors LEYTON GIRLS BASKETBALL

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Members of this season’s Leyton girls basketball team are (front row, from left) Kelsey Miller, Tayor Berner, Abbe Draper, and Bailey Miller. Pictured in the middle row are Mayson Rowan, Madelyn Watchorn, Megan Ernest, and Mariah Draper. Pictured in the back row are Janessa Carley, Carly Fortune, Destinee Henke, Danielle Higgins, Kelcie Van Anne, Alyssa Powell, and Sierra Nickel. Not pictured are Alyson Holt, Kathren McConnel, Taylee Gartner.

Class: D-2 Sub-district: D2-11 Conference: Minuteman Activities Last year’s record: 11-9 Last year’s conference finish: Second (Regular season), Fourth (Tournament) Head coach: Nick Newkirk Years coaching at school/record: 4th year (33-31) Years coaching overall/record: 4th (33-31) Returning starters: (3) Taylor Berner, senior, guard/post, 4.7 PPG, 5.6 RPG, 2.2 SPG; Abbe Draper, senior, guard, 5.8 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 2.2 SPG, all-conference; Bailey Miller, senior, guard/post, 3.8 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 0.9 BPG Returning letter winners/newcomers: Danielle Higgins, sophomore, guard; Destinee Henke, sophomore, post; Kelcie Van Anne, sophomore, guard; Carly Fortune, sophomore, post; Mariah Draper, sophomore, guard; Madelyn Watchorn,

freshman, guard/post; Megan Ernest, freshman, guard Season outlook: “Our team will be extremely young and inexperienced,” Coach Newkirk said. “We return three players that played quality minutes this past season. Seniors Abbe Draper, Taylor Berner, and Bailey Miller will need to improve on last year’s statistics if we’d like to meet our preseason goals. I expect contributions from many of our sophomores and potentially a couple of our incoming freshmen. We may struggle to score the basketball, but our defensive effort and offensive rebounding should stand out every night. We had the opportunity to play some games this summer at multiple camps, which enabled us to grow as a team over a short span. I’m excited for the opportunity to coach such a young team.”

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Pictured are the members of this season’s Leyton boys basketball team.

Class: D-2 Sub-district: D2-11 Conference: Minuteman Activities Last year’s record: 10-9 Last year’s conference finish: First in regular season Last year’s sub-district finish: Second Head coach: Gary Oltmann Years coaching at school/record: 9 (107-73) Years coaching overall/record: 27 (379-222) Returning starters: Kenny Ernest, 6-4, senior, center, 11.0 PPG, 8.0 RPG, all-con-

ference, two-year starter; Zack Hellie, 6-2, senior, forward/guard, 12 PPG, 7 RPG, all-conference, two-year starter; Skylar Schumacher, 6-2, senior, forward/guard, 11 PPG, 6 RPG, all-conference honorable mention; Morley Haley, 5-10, senior, guard, 2 PPG, 2 RPG; Drew Brenner, 5-10, senior, guard (injured last season) Returning varsity letter winners: Teagan Brogren, 6-3, senior, center, 2 PPG, 2 RPG; Jaydin Gartner, 6-0, junior, forward/ guard, 2 PPG, 2 RPG Newcomers: Kort Dye, 5-7, junior; Josh

Kruse, 5-10, sophomore; Aaron Schrotberger, 5-9, senior; Matej Gargula, 6-4, senior (exchange student) Season outlook: “Hopefully we will be better than last year,” Coach Oltmann said. “We now have more experience and depth, which should help this season. We will also drop from D-1 to D-2. The only game we want to win is the next one.” Schedule Dec. 8 PEETZ, COLO. Dec. 9 SOUTH PLATTE Dec. 13 at Potter-Dix Dec. 16 at Banner County

ingle-Ft. Laramie Doggers

Class: 1A Regional: 1A Southeast Conference: SEWAC Last year’s record: 11-16 Last year’s conference finish: Second Last year’s regional finish: Third, 0-2 at state tournament Head coach: Matthew Cornelius Years coaching at school/record: 6 (101-59) Returning starters: Makenna Greenwald, 5-9, senior, power forward, all-conference, three-year starter; Georgia Wollert, 5-9, senior, power forward, all-conference, three-year starter; Kaylynn Jefferson, 5-8, senior, guard, all-conference, three-year starter Returning varsity letter winners: Morea Shipley, 5-4, senior, guard; Jade Cooper, 5-4, junior, guard; Amanda Riley, 5-9, junior, center Season outlook: “At a school our size, it is always nice to have one or two

LINGLE-FT. LARAMIE GIRLS BASKETBALL kids that are competitive in each class,” Coach Cornelius said. “This year we are extremely lucky to not only have a great core of senior leadership and experience, but also all other classes a nice supporting cast as well as a new group of upcoming freshmen. The current senior group has been looking forward to playing together this season. Hopefully that leads to a fast start, but our SEWAC conference is double-tough again so we have to concentrate on getting better through the regular season. We also expect there to be some very solid teams in 1A Wyoming, so if we are rested and healthy we might make some neat things happen this postseason.” Top competition: “Pine Bluffs wills be a very good team in 2A this year,” Cornelius said. “Also every SEWAC team will be very Pictured are the members of this season’s Lingle-Ft. Laramie girls basketball team. competitive.”

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12/09-10 .................... Burns Winter Classic 12/12...................................... JV-Southeast 12/16-17 ........................... LFL Invitational 12/21...................................... JV-Southeast 01/06............................................. Crawford 01/07.............................Guernsey-Sunrise 01/13................................................... Lusk 01/14............................................Southeast 01/16.............................FR/SO Tournament 01/19............................................ Guernsey 01/24.................................................Morrill 01/27................................................. Burns 01/28...........................................Pine Bluffs 02/02............................................Southeast 02/03.................................................... Lusk 02/10................................................Kaycee 02/11 ......................................... Rock River 02/17.................................................. Burns 02/18......................................... Pine Bluffs 02/23-25 ................... Regionals @ Douglas 03/02-04 ............................ State @ Casper

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Pictured are the members of this season’s Lingle-Ft. Laramie boys basketball team.

Pictured are the members of this season’s Lingle-Ft. Laramie wrestling team.

Class: 1A Regional: 1A East Conference: SEWAC Last year’s conference finish: Second Last year’s regional finish: First Last year’s state finish: Seventh Head coach: Steve Zimmerman Years coaching at school: Fifth Assistant coach: Bill Edwards Returning starters: Garrett Cooper, 6-1, senior, wing, all-conference; Justice Madayaag, 6-3, senior, guard Returning varsity letter winners: Branden Hill, 6-2, junior, post; Taylor Wagner, 6-0, senior, wing; Ty Mueller, 6-2, sophomore, guard; Rhett Greenwald, 5-11, junior, wing Top newcomers: Dallon Fleenor, 5-8, senior, guard; Mason McFadden, 6-6, junior, post; Jacob Korrell, 5-8, junior, guard Season outlook: “The Doggers look forward to the season as they will have good size this year to go with some nice

Class: 2A Regional: 2A East Last year’s dual record: 5-7 Last year’s regional finish: Fourth Head coach: Brandon Gifford Years coaching at school: Fourth Assistant coach: John Gibson Returning state qualifiers: Kash Kaufman, senior, 120-126, second-place finish at state, 43-5 record, three-time state medalist; Todd Walker, senior, 138, second-place state finish, 39-4 record, twotime state medalist; Christian Burton, junior, 113, 21-28 record; Jared Shepardson, senior, 145, 16-6 record Returning varsity letter winners: Gaven Niles, junior, 120-126 Top newcomers: Zane Rising, freshman, 126-132; Alex Pugsley, freshman, 113 Season outlook: “Our team is again lower on numbers, however, we have a solid group of seniors who the team will look to for leadership,” Coach Gifford said. “Among

athleticism,” Coach Zimmerman said. “The returning players gained quite a bit of experience last year providing major contributions to a successful season. The team will be led by senior Garrett Cooper known for his physical rebounding. The Doggers will need to build depth on the bench. Several young players look forward to contributing here. Perimeter play will be the area that the Doggers will need to solidify. The Doggers have an opportunity to be a formiddable team. By the end of the season, this team could come together and be one of the better 1A teams in Wyoming.” Team strengths: “Size, rebounding, perimeter shooting, post play, depth of bench is improving,” Zimmerman said. Last year’s highlights: “Last year was the fifth year in a row the Doggers have qualified for state — a school record,” Zimmerman noted.

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Class: D-2 Sub-district: D2-11 Conference: Minuteman Activities Last year’s record: 1011 Head coach: Kyle Cotton Years coaching at school: Fifth Returning starters: Gilbert Rodriguez, 5-8, junior, guard; Adam Moreno, 5-10, junior, guard; Kyler Lane, 6-2, senior forward Returning varsity letter winners: Adolfo Benavides, 6-0, forward; Jesus Ramirez, 5-11, guard; Marco Martinez, 5-8, guard Schedule Dec. 6 B A N N E R COUNTY Dec. 9 at Sioux County Dec. 13 at Crawford Dec. 16 A R T H U R COUNTY Jan. 6 at Hemingford

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Pictured are the members of this season’s Minatare boys basketball team.

Jan. 7 at Creek Valley Jan. 13 MORRILL Jan. 27 at Leyton Jan. 10 G A R D E N Jan. 17-21 M A C Jan. 28 POTTER-DIX COUNTY Tournament Feb. 2 OELRICHS, S.D.

BOYS BASKETBALL 12/09/16 ...........................@ Sioux County 12/13/16 ................................. @ Crawford 12/16/16 ............................. Arthur County 01/06/17 ............................. @ Hemingford 01/07/17 ........................... @ Creek Valley 01/10/17 .......................... Garden County 01/13/17 ...........................................Morrill 01/14/17 ....................... @ Banner County 01/17-01/21 ................................................. (To Be Determined) 01/27/17 ......................................@ Leyton 01/28/17 .................................... Potter-Dix 02/02/17 ................................ Oelrichs, SD 02/03/17 .............................. Sioux County 02/07/17 .................................Hay Springs 02/10/17 .........................................Bayard 02/11/17 .................................... @ Hyannis 02/17/17 .................................@ Potter-Dix

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that group are two returning state finalists who provide us with some invaluable experience wrestling on the big stage. It will be important for us to make improvement each week in order to accomplish the goals that we have set out to do. I have been proud of how hard our team works every day in the practice room and it is time for them to start reaping the rewards from that hard work.” Team strengths: “Our leadership from our senior group will be our strengths,” Gifford said. “We will look to our two returning finalists for support and to provide a spark to the rest of the team. Lastly, these group of young men are willing to work hard and give full effort which will go a long way to accomplishing their individual and team goals.” Team goals: “Our team goals are to improve and peaks by the end of the season to attempt to medal over 50 percent of our team and have multiple state champions,” Gifford noted.

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WRESTLING

12/04 ....................... Crawford Invitational 12/12 ............. Banner County Invitational 12/19 ...............Bridgeport-Sidney Invitate 1/09 ........................Garden County Invite 1/16 .......................... Chase County Invite 1/22-1/23 ...........................Chadron Invite 1/30 ............................ Mitchell Invitational 2/06 .......................... Southeast, WY Duals

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itchell Tigers MITCHELL GIRLS BASKETBALL

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Members of this season’s Mitchell girls basketball team are (front row, from left) Rici Ayala, Kenzey Kanno, Jori Peters, Anabelle Gillen, and Bethany Sterkel. Pictured in the back row are Jessica Cotant, Celeste Cardona, Madi Watson, Keyana Wilfred, and Olivia Armstrong.

Class: C-1 Sub-district: C1-12 Conference: Western, Western Trails Last year’s record: 20-7 Last year’s sub-district finish: Sub-district champion, district champion, lost in first round of state tournament Head coach: Brock Ehler Years coaching at school/record: Fifth (66-31) Assistant coaches: Shawn Harvey, Jeremy Powell, Marty Gillen, Rod Ehler Returning starters: (6) Celeste Cardona, 5-7, senior, guard, 9.0 PPG, 3.0 SPG, 4.0 RPG; Madison Watson, 5-7, senior,

guard, 4.0 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 2.0 APG; Jori Peters, 5-4, junior, guard, 7.0 PPG, 5.0 APG, 3.0 SPG, 3.0 RPG; Anabelle Gillen, 5-7, sophomore, guard, 6.0 PPG, 4.0 RPG, 3.0 APG; Keyana Wilfred, 6-3, sophomore, forward/center, 10.0 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 101 blocks; Kenzey Kanno, 5-3, sophomore, guard, 6.0 PPG, 3.0 APG, 2.0 SPG Returning varsity letter winners: Olivia Armstrong, 5-7, junior, guard; Bethany Sterkel, 5-6, junior, guard; Jessica Cotant, 5-9, post; Ricci Ayala, 5-7, guard; Miah Buckley, 5-7, forward Season outlook: “We are really looking forward to this season and the girls

have high expectations,” Coach Ehler said. “They are excited to compete and we would like to improve again as we have year after year.” Team strengths: “We return a lot of experience and competitive leadership,” Ehler said. “We will continue to be a fast and aggressive team who looks to be disciplined, team oriented, fast, and exciting.” Team goals: “The girls have set high goals, and that is to improve on last year’s performance,” Ehler noted. Schedule Dec. 8 GERING Dec. 10 HEMINGFORD

Dec. 17 at Morrill Dec. 20 at Scottsbluff Dec. 29-30 Alliance Holiday Tournament Jan. 3 at Bayard Jan. 7 at Chadron Jan. 10 BURNS Jan. 12 TORRINGTON Jan. 14 BRIDGEPORT Jan. 24 KIMBALL Jan. 27 GORDON-RUSHVILLE Jan. 31 at Southeast Feb. 2-4 WTC Tournament Feb. 10 at Ogallala Feb. 11 SIDNEY

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TIGER WRESTLING 12/08 ........................................... Bayard Triangular 12/10 ................................. Gordon-Rushville Invite 12/17 ................................ Bridgeport-Sidney Invite 01/05 Western Trails Invite 01/10 .......................................... @ Wheatland, WY 01/14 ...................................................Gibbon Invite 01/20 ................................................ Chadron Invite 01/27 ............................................................ Kimball 01/28 ..................................................Mitchell Invite 02/02 ......................................................@ Chadron 02/04 ..............................................Southeast Invite

12/08 .............................................................................. Gering 12/10 ......................................................................Hemingford 12/17 ..........................................................................@ Morrill 12/29-30 ....................................Alliance Holiday Tournament 01/03 ......................................................................... @ Bayard 01/07 .......................................................................@ Chadron 01/10 ....................................................................... Burns, WY 01/12 ................................................................Torrington, WY 01/14 ........................................................................Bridgeport 01/27 ............................................................ Gordon-Rushville 01/31 ............................................................@ Southeast, WY 02/02-04 ....................................... Western Trails Conference 02/10 ........................................................................@ Ogallala 02/11 ..............................................................................Sidney 02/17 .............................................................................Kimball 02/18 .................................................................@ Hemingford

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MITCHELL WRESTLING Class: C District: C-4 Conference: Western Trails Last year’s dual record: 7-4 Last year’s conference finish: Second Head coach: Joe Yauney Assistant coaches: Anthony Chancellor, Todd Westover Returning state qualifiers: Abe Hernandez, senior, 170, state runner-up; Darryn Walters, senior, 132 Returning varsity letter winners: Ty Chasek, junior, 138, 28-11 record last year; Drake Gilliland, junior, 160, 7-8 record last year; Lane Chasek, sophomore, 182, 8-14 record last year; Bailey Branson,

senior, 285, 4-11 record last year; David Miller, senior, 120; Marcus Carrillo, junior, 138 Top newcomers: Nick Coley, freshman, 220; Brancyn Scoot, freshman, 106; Caymon Knotts, freshman, 106; Colin Houk, freshman, 120 Season outlook: “We have a very diverse room this season,” Coach Yauney said. “We have a returning medalist and state qualifiers and wrestlers who haven’t been in the room much. We will have some great individual success this season and even some dual wins with a full to nearly-full lineup. Our goal is to continue to grow our numbers, get experience for

our younger kids, and to build a solid program in the years to come.” Team strengths: “We have a lot of youth and wrestlers with lots of experience to bring them to where they need to be,” Yauney said. “We have great leadership in the room this season.” Team goals: “Our goal is to send our upperclassmen to the state tournament and to have them bring home some hardware,” Yauney said. “We also look to have our younger crew get as much experience as possible.” Last year’s highlights: “Placing two great wrestlers in the state tournament and finishing runner-up at Western

Trails,” Yauney noted. Schedule Dec. 8 Bayard Triangular with Bridgeport Dec. 10 Gordon-Rushville Invite Dec. 17 Bridgeport-Sidney Invite Jan. 5 WTC TOURNAMENT Jan. 10 at Wheatland, Wyo. Jan. 14 Gibbon Invite Jan. 20-21 Chadron Invite Jan. 27 KIMBALL Jan. 28 MITCHELL INVITE Feb. 2 at Chadron Feb. 4 Southeast Duals Tournament

MITCHELL BOYS BASKETBALL Class: C-1 Sub-district: C1-12 Conference: Western Trails, Western Last year’s record: 5-19 Last year’s conference finish: Fourth in WTC Head coach: Jayson Gregory Years coaching at school: Fourth

Returning starters: Joe Pieper, 6-6, senior, post, 7.0 PPG, 8.0 RPG, all-conference honorable mention; Cleveland Burnett, 6-4, senior, post, 8.0 PPG, 5.0 RPG, all-conference honorable mention; Seth Marcoe, 5-10, senior, guard; Christian Perez, 5-10, senior, guard Returning varsity letter winners: Riley

Dupre, 5-11, sophomore, guard; Riley Reisig, 6-0, junior, guard; Andrew Mayse, 5-11, junior, guard Season outlook: “We are looking to learn and build from last season,” Coach Gregory said. “We believe we grew as basketball players and are striving to take the next step. We have a core of seniors who have put in a lot of game time minutes. We

will be relying on them to be positive leaders for our program.” Team strengths: “Outside of strong leadership, we feel like we have quite a bit of size inside and speed on the perimeter,” Gregory said. “We will need to focus on using our underclassmen to build depth as the season progresses and continue to get better fundamentally.”

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Class: D-1 Sub-district: D1-12 Conference: Western Trails, Panhandle Last year’s record: 14-8 Last year’s sub-district finish: Lost to Dundy County-Stratton in final Last year’s conference finish: Fifth in WTC, second in Panhandle Head coach: Josh Guerue Years coaching at school/record: Fourth (39-31) Assistant coaches: Brad Cole, Scott Brandt, Jessica Aratani Returning starters: Jessica Harvey, 5-7, senior, point guard, all-conference WTC and Panhandle, Chadron State College signee; Shalyn Lackey, 5-6, senior, guard, all-conference honorable mention WTC and Panhandle; Kaitlyn Margheim, 5-7, senior, forward, all-conference honorable mention WTC and Panhandle; Bailee Steiner, 5-8, senior, guard; Stefani Tarin, 5-5, junior, guard

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Members of this season’s Morrill girls basketball team are (front row, from left) Hailey Smith, Peyton Gibson, Laura Sherrod, Shandie Hess, Teresa Cantu, Michelle Lara, and Andrea Lashley. Pictured in the back row are Sadie Cooley, Lily Martin, Joana Valles, Stefani Tarin, Jessica Harvey, Shalyn Lackey, Bailee Steiner, Jada West, Tara Ramirez, Kaitlyn Margheim, Hayli Hubbard, and Ashton Hoffman.

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a great start to the season,” Coach Guerue said. “Our practices are extremely competitive and fast paced. Senior leadership is at an all-time high this year. With five seniors on the roster, and four of them being three-year starters, we will lean on their experience. We play a tough schedule and feel like we can compete with everyone we play. We are going into the season with high expectations, including conference and district championships.” Team goals: “We want to play for our conferences championships, win sub-districts and districts, and make it to the state tournament,” Guerue said. “It is important that we use the game of basketball to learn life lessons that are going to help our girls become successful and productive members of society. We want to work hard for each other this year and develop into a strong group that succeeds by helping each other reach their full potential.”

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MORRILL BOYS BASKETBALL

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Pictured are the members of this season’s Morrill boys basketball team.

Class: D-1 Sub-district: D1-12 Conference: Western Trails, Panhandle Last year’s record: 3-17 Head coach: Craig Hall Years coaching at school: First Assistant coach: Sheldon Le Returning varsity letter winners: Keaton Robb, 5-10, sophomore, guard; D’marco Ayala, 5-6, sophomore, guard; Johnny Hessler, 6-0, junior, forward; Andrew Avila, 6-0, sophomore, guard/forward Top newcomers: Cole Lane, 5-11, junior, forward; Tanner Whetham, 6-3, freshman, forward Season outlook: “This year we will have a very young squad, but we look to have

good depth,” Coach Hall said. “We have limited experience, so we are going to have to be fundamentally sound and use an aggressive style of play to make up for our lack of size. We have to focus on getting better each day we are in the gym in order to turn this into a successful season.” Team strengths: “I believe we have very good team speed and a group who are optimistic about the future of Morrill Lions basketball,” Hall said. Team goals: “We want to get better and better each and every day we step foot into the gym,” Hall said. “Our guys believe in the process we have laid out for them and if we follow that process we will look to have a very successful season.”

MORRILL WRESTLING Class: D District: D-4 Conference: Western Trails Last year’s district finish: Eighth Last year’s conference finish: Seventh Head coach: Willie Schwartzkopf Years coaching at school: First

Assistant coaches: Ryan Burnison, Willie Schwartzkopf Jr., Lupe Gonzales Returning state qualifiers: Will Howell, junior, 182, 21-12 record last year; Holden Schleve, sophomore, 120, 20-15 record last year Top newcomers: Nathan Murrillo,

freshman, 106; Mason Coward, freshman, 113; Jose Verdugo, sophomore, 126; Cody Miller, junior, 170; Andy Gomez, freshman, 220; Ben Cantu, senior, 220; Jon Hill, junior, 285 Season outlook: “We want to improve weekly and continue to grow and learn,”

Coach Schwartzkopf said. Team strengths: “Young team with steady mat time,” Schwartzkopf said. Team goals: “Qualify all for state and get better each week of the season,” Schwartzkopf noted.

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Pictured are the members of this season’s Potter-Dix girls basketball team.

Members of this season’s Potter-Dix boys basketball team are (front row, from left) Gage Soucie, Terell Gray, Michael Steele, Sheign Krafczik, and Damian Wheelock. Pictured in the back row are Dylan Nielsen, Tyrus Gawith, and Connor Williams. Not pictured is JT Herboldsheimer.

Class: D-2 Sub-district: D2-11 Conference: Minuteman Activities Last year’s record: 18-3 Last year’s conference finish: First Last year’s sub-district finish: First, district runner-up Head coach: Jeff Einspahr Years coaching at school: Sixth Assistant coach: Lance Juelfs Returning starters: Alexus Rozelle, 5-11, senior, forward, all-conference first team; Dawson Sharman, 5-9, senior, guard, all-conference second team; Audrey Juelfs, 5-10, junior, point guard, all-conference first team; Trinity Langley, 6-0, junior, forward, all-conference honorable mention; Payge Hoffman, 5-8, junior, guard Season outlook: “We have a strong team returning with all our starters coming back from a team that went 18-3 and was runner-up in the D2-6 district final,”

Class: D-2 Sub-district: D2-11 Conference: Minuteman Activities Last year’s record: 8-13 Last year’s conference finish: Second Last year’s sub-district finish: Second Head coach: Ryan Mumm Years coaching at school/record: Second (8-13) Assistant coach: Ryan Coffey Returning starters: Tyrus Gawith, 6-1, senior, guard; Dylan Nielsen, 6-2, junior, guard/forward; JT Herboldsheimer, 6-0, junior, guard; Connor Williams, 5-8, junior, guard Top newcomers: Terell Gray, 6-2, freshman, forward; Gage Soucie, 5-6, freshman, guard Season outlook: “One challenge we won’t be able to change is our lack of depth. The team has been working very hard during practices to be in the best condition possible,” Coach Mumm said.

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Coach Einspahr said. “Two seniors return that will be four-year starters, Alexus Rozelle and Dawson Sharman. Our other three returning starters are juniors Audrey Juelfs, Trinity Langley, and Payge Hoffman. Our two returning senior starters, Alexus Rozelle and Dawson Sharman, are outstanding all-around players and athletes that will look to lead this team this year on and off the court as captains. Our juniors include three-year starter and point guard Audrey Juelfs, who leads our team on the court with her great ball-handling and passing. Last year she set a school record with 152 assists. We have high expectations for 6-foot junior post Trinity Langley as she will need to use her height and athleticism to help the team reach new heights this year. Payge Hoffman is our other junior starter that brings tenacity to the defense and we look for her to improve her all-around basketball skills.”

“While we lack numbers, we have quality players who want to work hard and play for each other. Although early in the season, this group has a lot of potential and we hope to get better as the season progresses to make a run into the postseason.” Team strengths: “The group we have works well together,” Mumm said. “This will be the second season in our new system, so the players will be more familiar with things. Those we have returning played a good deal of varsity time, so that experience will be beneficial for the team.” Team goals: “We want to make another run during the conference tournament,” Mumm said. “It’s always an exciting week of basketball with many close games. Our boys have set their sights on that week and hope to do well that week. Our sub-district has all MAC schools, teams we know well, so we want to be competitive during that tournament as well.”

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cottsbluff Bearcats SCOTTSBLUFF BOYS BASKETBALL

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Members of this season’s Scottsbluff boys basketball team are (front row, from left) Vince Quijas, Jasiya DeOllos, Jack Darnell, Devin Buderus, and Noah Bruner. Pictured in the back row are Connor McCracken, Braden Lofink, Sam Clarkson, Landon Walker, Evan Hughes, Dru Kuxhausen, Gabe Patton, and Mason Rahmig.

Class: B District: B-6 Conference: Western, GNAC Last year’s record: 24-4 Last year’s conference finish: Tied for first regular season Last year’s district finish: First Last year’s state finish: Second, lost to Gretna in state final Head coach: Scott Gullion Years coaching at school/record: First Assistant coaches: Nick Goranson, Zach Boness, Candon Ehler, Zach Clemens Returning starters: Dru Kuxhausen, 6-0, senior, guard, 22.0 PPG, 5.0 RPG,

Star-Herald All-Region Player of the Year, Class B all-state, all-conference; Landon Walker, 6-8, senior, post, 13.0 PPG, 9.0 RPG, Star-Herald All-Region First Team, Class B all-state, all-conference Returning varsity letter winners: Evan Hughes, 6-4, senior, forward; Braden Lofink, 5-10, senior, guard; Devin Buderus, 6-1, junior, guard; Noah Bruner, 5-11, junior, guard; Conner McCracken, 6-3, junior, forward Season outlook: “We have a great group of seniors, including the top two scorers from last year,” Coach Gullion said. “We are inexperienced, but have talent. We will have to play inside out, share the ball, and

play great team defense to reach full potential.” Team strengths: “Offensively — shooting the ball, post presence,” Gullion said. “Defensively — good size and length and physical guards.” Team goals: “Trust the process and get better every day,” Gullion noted. Last year’s highlights: Scottsbluff won a sixth straight district title, finished runner-up in the state tournament, and finished with a final record of 24-4. Schedule Dec. 8-10 Remax Camel Tournament at Gillette, Wyo. Dec. 16 at Chadron

Dec. 20 DOUGLAS, WYO. Dec. 28-30 GNAC Tournament at Norfolk Jan. 6 at Alliance Jan. 13 CHEYENNE EAST Jan. 14 at Cheyenne Central Jan. 20 at Sidney Jan. 21 at Gering Jan. 28 RAPID CITY STEVENS Feb. 3 ALLIANCE Feb. 4 SIDNEY Feb. 9 at McCook Feb. 10 at North Platte Feb. 11 at Lexington Feb. 17 GERING Feb. 18 at Rapid City Central

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Members of this season’s Scottsbluff girls basketball team are (front row, from left) Shelby Bewley, Aubrey Krentz, Logan Hernandez, Devaney Halley, and Rudi Salazar. Pictured in the back row are Sarah Lewis, Taylor Noe, Yara Garcia, Sally Welsh, Jacque Valdez, head coach David Bollish, Kieyerah Twombly, Morgan Mickey, Avery Krentz, Sydnee Strain, and Katlyn Daugherty.

Class: B District: B-6 Conference: Western, GNAC Last year’s record: 10-13 Last year’s conference finish: Third Last year’s district finish: First, lost to Platteview in first round at state Head coach: David Bollish Years head coaching at school: First Years coaching overall: Eighth Returning starters: (4) Avery Krentz, 5-9, senior, wing, three-year starter; Sally Welsh, 5-11, senior, wing, three-year starter; Rudi Salazar, 5-6, senior, guard, two-year starter; Taylor Noe, 5-10, junior, guard, two-year starter

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Returning varsity letter winners/ newcomers: Devaney Halley, 5-2, junior, guard; Jacque Valdez, 6-0, junior, guard; Kieyerah Twombly, 5-8, sophomore, wing; Morgan Mickey, 5-7, sophomore, post Season outlook: “Our girls are a tough and coachable group,” Coach Bollish said. “We have strong athletes that are committed to the team and cause. We look to make teams earn every point this year and to control what we can control, namely attitude and effort. I believe our team could be described as tough, resilient, and competitive.” Competition: “We look forward to great competition throughout the district,”

Bollish said. “We know that Sidney will always be well coached and great competitors. We have played many hard fought, high stakes games in the last few years and these girls are coming off of a powerful volleyball season. We look for them to be energized coming into basketball. Also, Gering’s young players are talented. This combined with a high powered transfer student and the added tension of the ‘river town rivalry’ always makes these contests some of our most exciting all season.” Schedule Dec. 10 at Douglas, Wyo. Dec. 16 at Chadron Dec. 20 MITCHELL

Dec. 28-30 GNAC Tournament at Norfolk Jan. 6 at Alliance Jan. 10 at Gering Jan. 13 CHEYENNE EAST Jan. 14 at Cheyenne Central Jan. 20 at Sidney Jan. 28 RAPID CITY STEVENS Feb. 3 ALLIANCE Feb. 4 SIDNEY Feb. 9 MCCOOK Feb. 10 NORTH PLATTE Feb. 11 LEXINGTON Feb. 17 GERING Feb. 18 at Rapid City Central

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SCOTTSBLUFF WRESTLING

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Members of the Scottsbluff wrestling team are (front row, from left) Trayton Travnicek, Devontae Gutierrez, Mario Ybarra, Sabastian Harsh, Louis Vasquez, Kevin Price, and Jerryd Hernandez. Pictured in the second row are Santos Longoria, Genaro Gurrola, Garrett Nelson, Kobe Paez, Joe McCloud, Salem Harsh, Rob Price, Ben Rodriguez, and Elijah Blanco.

Class: B Conference: GNAC District: B-4 Last year’s dual record: 12-13 Last year’s district finish: Second Last year’s state finish: Fourth Head coach: James Miller Years coaching at school: Sixth Assistant coaches: Matt Parsley, Brian Adams, Steve Lopez Returning state qualifiers: Devontae Gutierrez, sophomore, 126, second-place state finish; Jerryd Hernandez, sophomore, 120; Mario Ybarra, junior, 132, state champion; Rob Price, senior, 138, thirdplace state finish; Ben Rodriguez, senior,

145, third-place state finish; Elijah Blanco, junior, 160; Salem Harsh, senior, 182, third-place state finish in 2015; Kobe Paez, senior, 195; Genaro Gurrola, senior, 285 Returning varsity letter winners: Kevin Price, sophomore, 113; Garrett Nelson, sophomore, 220 Top newcomers: Sabastian Harsh, freshman, 170 Season outlook: “I am very excited to coach this wrestling team,” Coach Miller said. “I think that we have a lot of great wrestlers in our program. It will be exciting to see how we perform and how the wrestlers handle the level of competition that we will face this year. I think that if

we can get guys to where they need to be and keep everyone healthy, there is no reason why we can’t do better than we did last year. We have a ton of experience in our room this year. There is a good core of returning starters and letter winners, along with some very experienced underclassmen.” Team strengths: “I expect us to have great leadership this year,” Miller said. “We have a lot of guys in the room with a lot of experience.” Team goals: “We want to qualify as many guys for state as we can, so we can set ourselves up for the best performance possible,” Miller said.

Schedule Dec. 8 at Alliance Dec. 15 at Douglas, Wyo. Dec. 16-17 Pat Weede Duals Tournament at Gillette, Wyo. Dec. 22 SCOTTSBLUFF TRIANGULAR Jan. 7 North Platte Triangular Jan. 12 at Cheyenne East Jan. 13-14 Thoman Duals Tournament at Green River, Wyo. Jan. 19 at Gering Jan. 20-21 Top of the Rockies at Centaurus, Colo. Jan. 27-28 Rocky Welton Invite at Garden City, Kan. Feb. 4 GNAC Tournament at Kearney

SCOTTSBLUFF/GERING SWIMMING AND DIVING

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Members of the Scottsbluff/Gering swimming and diving team are (front row, from left) Kaya Von Berg, Brisa Rios, Erin Hayhurst, Kaitlyn Hayhurst, Samantha Galindo, Hailey Sanderson, Lia Selvey, Trevon Konley, and Joe Maag. Pictured in the second row are Steph Woolsey, Kayla Deblieck, Mana Garcia, Bailey Kreider, Shainne Shaver, Hailey Rickey, Jaylee Stamen, Kaylee Weinmeister, and Dominick Grey. Pictured in the third row are Sayf Thewawalia, Logan Fox, Mikeil Thewawalia, Ian Galindo, Tito Garcia, Alonzo Lopez, David Garner, Taleria Kinzey, and Nick Perrin. Pictured in the back row are McKay Lake, Jacob Weatherman, Ian Paupenfus, John Stark, Travis Zeiler, Avery Bailey, Chris Quirez, and Adam Soto.

Boys Class: A Conference: GNAC Last year’s conference finish: 2nd Last year’s state finish: 16th Head coach: Mike Hayhurst Years coaching at school: 16th, 62-4 dual record, nine GNAC titles, seven top10 state finishes Assistant coaches: Judy John, John Galindo, Kim Holloway (Diving coach) Returning state qualifiers: Ian Galindo, senior, team captain, 200 IM, 100 fly, 100 free, state relay consolation finalist, GNAC champion in 200 IM and 400 free relay; Tito Garcia, senior, 200 IM, 50 free, 100 free, 100 back, state relay consolation finalist, GNAC champion in 400 free relay; Avery Bailey, senior, diver, state relay finalist, GNAC finalist; McKay Lake, junior, 50 free, 100 free, state finalist in 100 free, consolation finalist in 50 free, 200 free relay, 400 free relay, GNAC champion in 50 free, 100 free, 400 free relay; John Stark, senior, 200 free, 500 free, state relay consolation finalist, GNAC champion in 500 free and 400 free relay; Jacob Weatherman, sophomore, 200 free, 200 IM, 500 free, GNAC finalist

Season outlook: “We have a very strong senior class with four state qualifiers,” Coach Hayhurst said. “We are looking to go undefeated in our dual meet schedule, to challenge for the GNAC title, and look to return to the top 10 at the state meet.” Team strengths: “Very strong in diving with a state finalist and three new divers with a lot of potential,” Hayhurst said. “The Seacats will be tough in the 200 and 400 free relays, the 200 IM, and all of the freestyle events. Strong senior class will hope to carry the team.” Schedule Dec. 9 McCook Duals with North Platte, Hastings Dec. 16 SCOTTSBLUFF/GERING DUALS with North Platte, McCook Jan. 3 at Cheyenne Central dual Jan. 7 Kearney Invite Jan. 14 Cheyenne Invite Jan. 20-21 TWIN CITY INVITE Jan. 27-28 Omaha Westside Invite Feb. 10-11 GNAC at Kearney Feb. 23-25 State at Lincoln Girls Class: A Conference: GNAC

Last year’s conference finish: 3rd Head coach: Mike Hayhurst Years coaching at school: 16th, 66-2 dual record, 10 GNAC titles, four top-10 state finishes Assistant coaches: Judy John, John Galindo, Kim Holloway (Diving coach) Returning state qualifiers: Mana Garcia, junior, diver, 17th-place state finish, GNAC champion; Hailey Sanderson, senior, 200/500 free, GNAC finalist; Kaitlyn Hayhurst, junior, 200/500 free, GNAC finalist; Kayla Deblieck, sophomore, 50/100 free, 100 back, GNAC finalist; Lia Selvey, junior, 50/100 free, 100 back, two-time Special Olympic 50 free champion Returning varsity letter winners: Baily Kreider, senior, 200 IM, 100 breast, GNAC scorer Top newcomers: Alaana Becker, freshman, 200 IM, 50/100 free, 100 fly, 100 back, 100 breast; Samantha Galindo, freshman, 200 IM, 100 fly, 100 back; Hailey Rickey, freshman, 100 back, 500 free; Stephanie Woolsey, freshman, freestyles Season outlook: “Our women’s team lost a lot of experience to graduation, but

brings in four long-time club swimmers, many with times close to or better than state-qualifying times,” Coach Hayhurst said. “Our numbers are solid and we have some new swimmers and divers with potential. We will be striving to continue our undefeated dual streak, which dates back to 2001, and are hoping to challenge for the GNAC title and a top-20 state finish.” Team strengths: “Good numbers to build some depth with to go along with some high quality swimmers and divers,” Hayhurst said. “Our 200 and 400 free relay could be state scorers and our freshman class is outstanding, and with some experience could provide a number of state finalists.” Schedule Dec. 9 McCook Duals with North Platte, Hastings Dec. 16 SCOTTSBLUFF/GERING DUALS with North Platte, McCook Jan. 3 at Cheyenne Central dual Jan. 7 Kearney Invite Jan. 20-21 TWIN CITY INVITE Jan. 27-28 Omaha Westside Invite Feb. 10-11 GNAC at Kearney Feb. 23-25 State at Lincoln

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idney Red Raiders SIDNEY BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM

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Pictured are the members of this season’s Sidney boys basketball team.

Class: B District: B-6 Conference: Western Last year’s record: 22-5 Last year’s conference finish: First in conference tournament Last year’s district finish: Runner-up Last year’s state finish: Lost to Aurora in first round Head coach: Austin Lewis Years coaching at school: First

Overall coaching record: 107-67 Assistant coaches: Shawn Dillehay, Bryan Schoening, Colton Ehler Returning starters: Zack Means, 6-6, senior, center, all-conference honorable mention Returing varsity letter winners: Mitch Porter, 6-3, junior, guard; Yeager Price, 6-2, senior, guard; Jon Smith, 5-9, junior,

point guard; Tyler Bergstrom, 6-4, junior, forward Season outlook: “We will be a younger team with two returning seniors that played varsity and one junior who had significant playing time last year,” Coach Lewis said. “We do have a nice blend of bigs and guards. I see a young team that can be competitive if they are able to adapt quickly to the level they will need to play

night in and night out to be successful. Several teams on our schedule will be more experienced than us, so we’ll need to mature quickly.” Team strengths: “Good group of kids with great attitudes,” Lewis said. Team goals: “Get better every day and earn everything,” Lewis said. “We play in a conference and district that you have to bring it every night or probably get beat.”

SIDNEY WRESTLING Class: B District: B-4 Last year’s dual record: 13-4 Last year’s district finish: Fifth Last year’s state finish: 10th Head coach: John Ganser Years coaching at school: 39th Assistant coaches: Beau McConnell Returning state qualifiers: Trey Arellano, sophomore, 120, third-place state finish, 46-1 record last year; Kaden Vowers, junior, 126, fifth-place state finish, 48-7 record last year; Derek Robb, junior, 152, state champion, 40-1 record last year Returning varsity letter winners: KC Higer, sophomore, 132, 27-17 record last year; Jack Feddersen, senior, 152, 27-17 record last year; Colton Peckham, junior, 126, 24-17 record last year; Nathan Cuello, senior, 170, 14-16 record last year; Bret Jaggers, junior, 145, 14-22 record last year; Tristan Ahrendt, sophomore, 126, 13-8 record last year; Dante Petersen, sophomore, 138, 11-6 record last year; Jack Hinrichs, junior, 195, 6-10

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Pictured are the members of this season’s Sidney boys basketball team.

record last year; Isaiah Votruba, senior, 160, 6-5 record last year Top newcomers: Jacob Peckham, freshman, 113; Paul Houser, freshman, 106; JJ Tuzicka, freshman, 113; Brody Raines, freshman, 138; Corbin Didier,

freshman, 145; Nathan Hofrock, freshman, 182; Hayden Hofrock, freshman, 220 Season outlook: “We have a tougher schedule this year and feel we can be competitive in all tournaments and duals,” Coach Ganser said.

Team strengths: “We feel like we are solid from 113-170,” Ganser said. Team goals: “Improve on last year’s district and state finishes,” Ganser noted. Last year’s highlights: “Good dual record and top 10 finish at the state tournament,” Ganser said.

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1/20/2017 .................................... Scottsbluff 1/21/2017 ................................... Sterling CO 1/27/2017 ....................................@ Chadron 1/28/2017 ...................................... Brush CO 2/3/2017 ............................................. Gering 2/4/2017 ..................................@ Scottsbluff 2/10/2017 ........................................ Chadron 2/11/2017 ..................................... @ Mitchell 2/17/2017 ......................................... Alliance

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12/9/2016 .......................... @ Chase County 12/16/2016 .....................@ Fort Morgan CO 12/17/2016 ...................................@ Alliance 12/28-12/30 ...................(To Be Determined) 1/5/2017 ....................................... @ Kimball 1/6/2017 .........................................@ Gering 1/7/2017 ........................................... McCook 1/13/2017 ......................................... Ogallala 1/14/2017 ................................. @ Lexington 1/20/2017 .................................... Scottsbluff 1/21/2017 ................................... Sterling CO 1/27/2017 ....................................@ Chadron 1/28/2017 ...................................... Brush CO 2/3/2017 ............................................. Gering 2/4/2017 ..................................@ Scottsbluff 2/10/2017 ........................................ Chadron 2/11/2017 ..................................... @ Mitchell 2/11/2017 ..................................... @ Mitchell 2/17/2017 ......................................... Alliance

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SIDNEY GIRLS BASKETBALL

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Pictured are the members of this season’s Sidney girls basketball team.

Class: B District: B-6 Conference: Western Last year’s record: 17-7 Last year’s district finish: Lost in semifinals Last year’s conference finish: Second Head coach: Tyler Shaw Years coaching at school/record: 11th (145-82)

Assistant coaches: Matt McKay, Mitch Pope, Dan Dorwart Returning starters: Kelsey Knight, 5-7, senior, guard, 10.6 PPG, all-conference, all-state honorable mention; Annalise Lecher, 5-10, senior, forward, 6.8 PPG, 6.2 RPG, all-state honorable mention; Madi Porter, 5-9, senior, forward, 6.6 PPG, 6.1 RPG; Janay Brauer, 5-7, sophomore, guard, 6.6 PPG, 3.3 RPG

Returning varsity letter winners: Abbey Mills, 5-5, senior, guard; Natalie Radcliffe, 5-6, junior, guard; Katelyn Sylvester, 5-8, sophomore, forward; Meaghan Ross, 5-3, sophomore, guard Season outlook: “We lost three seniors from last year’s team, but we will return four starters and four others that played important minutes last year,” Coach Shaw said. “Our returning team is a group of

hard working players that will need to grow and develop throughout the season. Our lack of size has always been an obstacle that we will need to overcome. We will try to overcome that by utilizing our team quickness and emphasizing team play.” Team goals: “We want to play our best at the end of the season and qualify for the state tournament,” Shaw said.

outheast Cyclones SOUTHEAST GIRLS BASKETBALL

SOUTHEAST BOYS BASKETBALL

ERICK STARKEY/Torrington Telegram

Pictured are the members of this season’s Southeast girls basketball team.

Pictured are the members of this season’s Southeast boys basketball team.

Class: 2A Regional: 2A East Conference: SEWAC Last year’s record: 23-3 Last year’s regional finish: First Last year’s state finish: Second Head coach: Jennifer Scheer Years coaching at school: Second Returning starters: Emily Buchanan, 5-6, senior, guard, 15.5 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 2.0 APG, all-conference, allstate Returning varsity letter winners: Shelby Shainost, 5-5, junior, guard; Whitney Foos, 5-5, junior, guard;

Class: 2A Regional: 2A East Conference: SEWAC Last year’s regional finish: Third Last year’s conference finish: Third Head coach: Crockett Herring Years coaching at school: First Assistant coach: Jeff Fullmer Returning starters: Chance Werner, 5-10, senior, guard, all-conference; Connor Humphrey, 5-11, senior, guard; Jacob Schmitt, 6-4, senior, post; Dalton Keller, 5-8, senior, guard; Kaden Malm, 5-9, junior, guard Returning varsity letter winners:

Hailey Anderson, 5-8, junior, guard; Kylie Carson, 5-6, sophomore, forward; Kaci Schmick, 5-9, sophomore, post; Elli Schmidt, 5-8, sophomore, post Season outlook: “Our numbers are down, but as the season develops we hope to continue to advance,” Coach Scheer said. “We must find a way to replace the leadership of last year’s seniors. As always we will rely on defense to make us competitive.”

Brady Fullmer, 6-1, junior, post; Sterling Werner, 6-2, junior, post; Ryley Lane, 5-9, senior, guard Season outlook: “We should be very competitive in the SEWAC,” Coach Herring said. “We have seven athletes back from a team that finished third in conference and third at the 2A East districts.” Team strengths: “Our team strength should be our seniors,” Herring said. “They have been in the program for four years and we should be able to draw on their leadership.” Team goals: “To improve every day and every game,” Herring noted.

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December 8, 9, 10 ...................................... Burns High School December 16 & 17 ............................... Shoshoni High School December 20 ........................................................... Bayard January 5, 6 & 7................................................................... TBA January 14 ......................................................................... Lingle January 20 ...................................................................Lusk January 24 ..........................................................................Burns January 28 ........................................................... Glenrock January 31 ............................................................. Mitchell February 2......................................................................... Lingle February 3................................................................. Pine Bluffs February 10 .........................................................................Lusk February 11...............................................................Burns February 17.......................................................Pine Bluffs February 18 .................................................................Glenrock February 23, 24 & 25 ................................................. Regionals March 2, 3 & 4.....................................................................State

WRESTLING

December 9 ....................................................Lusk Invitational December 10 ..............................Banner County Tournament December 17 ..............................................Wright Invitational January 7 .................................... Garden County Tournament January 13 .................................................... Mullen Triangular January 14 ............................................. Sandhills Tournament January 20, 21.............................................. Lingle Invitational January 28 ................................................ Mitchell Invitational February 4...................................... Southeast Invitational February 10, 11 ....................................... Saratoga Invitational February 17 ..................................................................Regional February 24, 25 ...................................................................State

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BOYS BASKETBALL December 8, 9 & 10 .............................. Burns Invitational December 16, 17 ............................. Shoshoni Invitational December 20 ..................................................... Bayard January 6 ................................. Southeast Tournament January 14 ......................................................................TBA January 20 ............................................................. Lusk January 24 ................................................................... Burns January 28 ......................................................Glenrock January 31 ....................................................... Mitchell February 2.......................................................... Lingle February 3...........................................................Pine Bluffs February 10 ...................................................................Lusk February 11.........................................................Burns February 17................................................. Pine Bluffs February 18 ...........................................................Glenrock Feburary 23, 24 & 25 ...........................................Regionals March 2, 3 & 4.............................................................. State

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orrington Trailblazers TORRINGTON GIRLS BASKETBALL

ERICK STARKEY/Torrington Telegram

Pictured are the members of this season’s Torrington girls basketball team.

Class: 3A Regional: 3A East Conference: ABSARAKA Last year’s regional finish: Fourth Last year’s state finish: Consolation runner-up Head coach: Jeff Halley Years coaching at school/record: 11th (171-104) Years coaching overall/record: 19th (277-189)

Assistant coaches: Chris Strampe, Chelsi Jackson Returning starters: (1) Logan Murphy, 5-8, junior, post Returning varsity letter winners: (6) Sydney Hill, 5-11, senior, post; Adia Sherbeyn, 5-6, junior, guard; Taylor Walsh, 5-3, junior, guard; Brooklyn Tucker, 5-5, junior, guard; Chrissy Lira, 5-6, junior, forward; Kaelyn Riley, 5-8, sophomore, forward

Top newcomers/transfers: (1) Shelby Prusia, 5-5, senior, guard Season outlook: “We have some big shoes to fill losing four starters and five seniors from last year’s team,” Coach Halley said. “We have a good core of kids back that were very successful at the JV level. Those younger girls are going to have to grow up in a hurry to take over those varsity roles. We will be a little more of a balanced team with a little speed and a little

size, but our depth is going to have to grow up in a hurry. I expect us to be in the hunt for a state tourney berth when March rolls around if we can stay healthy.” Team strengths: “Defense,” Halley listed. “We should be able to give people a variety of looks depending on the personnel in the game.” Team goals: “Continue to improve the entire season,” Halley said. “Be in the top two of our quad and earn another trip to the state tournament.”

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Pictured are the members of this season’s Torrington wrestling team.

Class: 3A Last year’s dual record: 6-3 Last year’s regional finish: Third Head coach: Doyle Meyer Years coaching at school: 15 Returning state qualifiers: Tristan Kingsley, 113, fifth-place state finish; Trey Rodriguez, 126, third-place state finish; Tyger Rodriguez, 145, third-place state finish; Lane Johnson, 285, sixth-place state finish; Jacob Wamboldt, 285, sixth-place state finish Returning varsity letter winners: Chase Dominguez, 152; Matthew Garcia, 138; Esequiel Rodrigues, 113; Quentin Meyer, 132; Jacob Polkowske, 145; Austin Fox, 145; Casey Britton, 160; Josh Kingsley, 171 Season outlook: “The Trailblazers will be led by two three-time state placers in Trey Rodriguez

and Tyger Rodriguez. Trey has been an excellent leader of the team and with his expereince at the state meets he will be a pivotal leader of the squad,” Coach Meyer said. “The squad will be strong in the middle weights and in the two upper weights. In the middle weights we have returning state placers in Tristan Kingsley, Trey Rodriguez, and Tyger Rodriguez. Helping to shore up the middle weights will be Matthew Garcia, Quentin Meyer, Jacob Polkowske, and Chase Dominguez. The upper weights will be solid because of senior Lane Johnson and junior Jacob Wamboldt. I look for Matthew Garcia, Chase Dominguez, and Casey Britton to have breakout years this year. These wrestlers have put in the time and energy to become exceptional wrestlers for the team.”

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December 6 ................................JV/V Maroon & Silver Duals December 8 ........................JV/V Duals @ Cheyenne South HS December 9-10......JV Dual Mt/V Bracket Tourn. @ Chey. East December 16-17........Northern Colorado Tourn., Loveland, CO December 17 ..........................................................JV @ Wright December 30 ..................... Bison Bonanza @ Cheyenne South January 6-7 ..............................Shane Shatto Invite @ Douglas January 12.........................JV/V Duals vs. Cheyenne Central January 14...........................Blazer Duals vs. Various Teams January 17..........................................JV/V Quad @ Wheatland January 20-21 ...........................JV Tourn. @ Lingle-Ft Laramie January 20-21 ...................................V Tourn. @ Lander Valley January 26............................................JV/V Duals vs. Gering January 27-28 ....................................... JV/V Tourn. @ Mitchell January 31........................................................ JV/V @ Alliance February 3-4 ...................................Ron Thon Invite @ Riverton February 9 ..............................................JV/V Duals @ Rawlins February 11 .........................................Wrestling Club @ TMS February 17-18 ...............Varsity Regional Tourn. @ Wheatland February 24-25 ........................................... Varsity State Tourn. @ Casper Classical Academy

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Saturday, December 10.............................................. Chadron Friday, December 16 ..................................................@ Lander Saturday, December 17 ..............................................@ Lander Wednesday-Friday, December 28-30 Cabela’s Basketball Tournament @ Sidney Friday, January 6 ..................................................... Newcastle Tuesday, January 10 ..................................................@ Alliance Thursday, January 12.................................................@ Mitchell Saturday, January 14 ................................................@ Riverton Monday, January 16 ..............................................@ Pine Bluffs Friday, January 20.................................................@ Wheatland Tuesday, January 24 ................................................... @ Gering Friday, January 27 .......................................................Douglas Friday, February 3 .....................................................@ Worland Saturday, February 4........................................... @ Hot Springs Monday, February 6 .................................................... @ Sidney Friday, February 10 ...................................................@ Douglas Saturday, February 11............................................@ Newcastle Friday, February 17 .................................................Wheatland Saturday, February 18................................................. Rawlins Friday, February 24 .......................................................Buffalo Thursday-Saturday, March 2-4................. Regional Tournament Thursday-Saturday, March 9-11 @ Casper – State Tournament

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Saturday, December 10.............................................. Chadron Friday & Saturday, December 16-17 ...............Douglas Classic Wednesday-Friday, December 28-30 Cabela’s Basketball Tournament @ Sidney Friday, January 6 ..................................................... Newcastle Tuesday, January 10 ..................................................@ Alliance Thursday, January 12.................................................@ Mitchell Saturday, January 14 ................................................@ Riverton Monday, January 16 ..............................................@ Pine Bluffs Friday, January 20.................................................@ Wheatland Tuesday, January 24 ................................................... @ Gering Friday, January 27 .......................................................Douglas Friday, February 3 .....................................................@ Worland Saturday, February 4........................................... @ Hot Springs Monday, February 6 .................................................... @ Sidney Friday, February 10 ...................................................@ Douglas Saturday, February 11............................................@ Newcastle Friday, February 17 .................................................Wheatland Saturday, February 18................................................. Rawlins Friday, February 24 .......................................................Buffalo Saturday, February 25........................@ Worland – Conference Thursday-Saturday, March 2-4 .............................@ Buffalo - Regional Tournament Thursday-Saturday, March 9-11 ................................ @ Casper – State Tournament

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