The Eagle E-Edition, Nov. 17, 2022

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LIFESTYLES

This witty play, show the process on how to write a non-offensive play Please see pages 8-9 SPORTS >>

Women’s basketball

loses third home game

The Eagles lost the most recent game in a close battle against Wayne State 84-71, Wednesday night Please see page 16 >>

Photo by Kamryn Kozisek

Giving INDEX

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Chancellor Turman visited campus to talk to students, faculty, alumni and community members about the search for a new president Please see page

e CSC football team was overcome by a wave of quick passes and tough runs over the weekend as a record setting performance by the Eagle defense was not enough to stop the o ense of the South Dakota Mines Hardrockers.

Even after a less than stellar season from the

Eagles, the team was hoping to use the last game against rival South Dakota Mines as a springboard into next season. However, nothing seemed to go right for the team in Rapid City as the Hardrockers, led by a well-constructed o ense, took the Eagle-Rock Trophy for the rst time ever, beating the Eagles 7-28.

e game started o very similarly to many of the Eagles’ other contests. Defense was the name of the game and seemed to be the only thing the

Eagles could get right. However, they could not stop the Hardrockers from scoring on the opening drive of the game with 75-yard touchdown drive, put together by Mines quarterback Jayden Johannsen, sophomore of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Please see,

Football, page 13

A TEARFUL

Eagles rocked in season closer

NSCS’s Turman holds pre-search sessions for presidential post

 By Aubrie Lawrence Editor-in-Chief

Nebraska State College System (NSCS) Chancellor Paul Turman spoke with faculty and students about the upcoming CSC presidential search during the all constituents listening session Wednesday afternoon.

During the meeting Turman gave a timeline to students and faculty said that the presidential search will launch in December, with recruitment and application reviews ending by early February. Interviews will begin in mid-February and end in mid-March. By early April, the search committee will have nalist selected, with the new president

will step in on July 1.

“Ultimately, it does need to be someone I need to work with, but it also needs to be someone the college community supports,” Turman said.

He said that the new president will be taking over a lot of construction and improvement projects that will be underway on campus over the next few years, such as the renovation of Memorial Hall, which is already being planned, and the demolition and building of a new High Rise.

“I want to make sure the next president understands the system’s goals and can translate them to the college,” Turman said.

Please see, Turman, page 4

Senate appoints new justice to Constitutional Court

 By Kenzi Garner Reporter

Student senate appointed a new justice to the constitutional court and swore in a new senator in its 4 p.m. meeting Monday.

Mekenna Fisher, freshman of Hershey, was appointed to the constitutional court which serves under Chief Justice Megan Hodgson, sophomore of McCook, when she needs a constitutional review.

“I’ve always had a really big interest in legal process, and I really wanted to be involved with senate, but being on the rodeo team didn’t allow that,” Fisher said. “Being on the court, I could manage both so that’s why I thought this would be a really fun opportunity.”

Following the appointment, Hodgson swore in Hannah Pfei y, junior of Stromsburg, as Eagle Ridge’s dorm senator after she moved from Andrews Hall.

Additionally, at Large Senator Katherine Hoeke, sophomore of Rapid City, South Dakota, resigned due to unnamed reasons and Andrews’ Hall Senator Viraj Faria of Mumbai, of India, resigned after he announced he will be moving out of Andrews Hall.

In other news:

> Senate allocated $6,190 to choir for its American Choir Directors Association(ACDA) conference Feb. 22-26, 2023, in Cincinnati.

> Senate allocated $450 to the Health and Well-Being committee for Night-Cap scrunchies that prevent common date rape drugs from being put in drinks.

u By Ahlonte Hair Reporter

Members of The Big Event staff volunteered at six jobsites around the Chadron community as a portion of the Mini Big Event, Tuesday.

The volunteers helped community members wash windows, vacuum, sort school supplies and clean up sticks in yards at residencies and businesses around town.

“I think overall it went well,” Student Director Kinsey Smith, senior of Windsor, Colorado, said. “We had to make last minute changes to jobsites because of the snow, but it all worked out in the end. It was a great way to give back to the com munity.”

The Jobsites where the volunteers were located at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Chadron Intermediate School, Chadron Public Library, and two residences.

“I’m really excited for the Big Event and she loves seeing the school come togeth er to serve Chadron,” Smith said. “We always have a great turnout so I’m looking forward to that again this year and just making this year’s event one to remember.”

A Mini Big Event volunteer picks up sticks in a residential yard Tuesday.

Photo by Kamryn Kozisek

News

Turman,

from page 1

Following Turman’s explanation of the NSCS’s search plans, he opened the oor with questions about what people at the meeting thought the next president should be like.

Faculty and students at the meeting expressed that they would like to have a president that nd ways to keep enrollment up, add new programs like computer science, change existing programs to evolve with the work force, and align resources to help with some departments being short sta ed.

Student Senate President Olivia Bryant, 21, senior of Anselmo, said that she would like to see someone with an expertise on rst generation and international students.

Ted Tewahade, associate athletic director, said that he wanted to see the next president be involved in the community.

“I think part of their personality we’re looking for would be to embrace our tight-knit community, be part of the student body, be seen going to the arts, athletics or community events,” Tewahade said. “I think this person needs to be part of the community instead of on top of it. ey need to be engaging with the students.”

After the all constituents listening session, Turman met with CSC alumni and Chadron community members in an individual listening session. He will meet with students and faculty in separate listening sessions on ursday.

Mini Big Event, from page 3

A Mini Big Event volunteer cleans up sticks in a residential yard Tuesday.

Javier Zamora, junior of Limon, Colorado, dusts shelves at the Chadron Public Library during the Mini Big Event Tuesday.

Photo by Aubrie Lawrence

LEFT: A Mini Big Event volunteer cleans a window Tuesday at the Immanuel Lutheran Church.

Photo by Kamryn Kozisek

Photo by Aubrie Lawrence

As We See It

Are women really safe on U.S. campuses?

No. Women are not safe on college campuses. And we never have been and never will be if there aren’t changes.

Women abide by the ridicu lous unspoken rules that we’re told but there’s only so much we can do.

We only go places in pairs, al ways carry pepper spray, cross the street to where there are lights or to avoid strangers who could hurt us, wear the most covering clothes in our closets every day, be nice to everyone but also not too nice so we don’t lead them on and always let them down easy. Don’t take drinks from people, always watch your drinks, always lock your doors, ignore it if some one marks your car- get in and drive away, step into your car far enough away so no one can grab you if they’re hiding beneath it, don’t go with someone you don’t know well, and give your friends your location or always tell them your plans.

But even with following every single one of these things to our best ability and taking our safety

upon ourselves it won’t and can’t guarantee our safety.

Compared to women of all ages women from ages 18-24 that go to college are three times more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted and those in the same age range who aren’t in college are four times more likely. And to add to that college women are twice as likely to be sexually as saulted than robbed. Of the wom en who are assaulted, only 20% of them will report their assaults to law enforcement, with one of the most common reasons being they believed it wasn’t important enough to report, according to rainn.org.

They don’t think that some thing that can be incredibly traumatic and changes their lives forever, whether they want it to or not, is important enough to report.

If you can’t read the subtext on that here it is: they don’t think that they are important enough for someone to care about what happened to them or care to help them. And the worst

part is that they’re almost right. You can literally watch it happen right now.

At Texas A&M University’s College Station campus, women are posting and spreading knowl edge about what they know to be happen ing while nothing has even made headlines. I encourage you to look this up, my article might still be one of the only things mentioning this.

The police let out a statement on facebook but are telling people not to worry about it, so it won’t create panic.

Fine, they don’t want people to panic but not increasing security on campus or doing anything to help besides giving vague information isn’t helping either. It’s putting the responsibility on women to keep themselves safe until -hopefully- you catch the serial rapist.

Women on the campus have become aware of the serial rapist

As You Said It!

“It was a terrible season that didn’t go how we wanted it to go. But we have a lot of young students and we’ll have good players coming back next year.”

and are expected to just take care of themselves and try their best to stay safe. There are videos of women in College Station trying to find pepper spray in bare aisles and locking and boarding up windows and doors.

They are taking ev ery possible precaution, but it won’t stop anything until other people stand up to help.

The women who live in College Station, are taking every extra precaution so that they can be safe while everyone else blissfully ignores what could happen to them.

We have to stop expecting women to be the only thing keep ing themselves safe. Take care of the women in your life, and make them feel like their lives are worth protecting. Hold the men or women in your life accountable. Do something. Because women have protected themselves from people forever and obviously, we could use a little extra help.

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We asked: How do you feel about the end of the football season?

Ali Musa 22, senior, San Diego

Mariah Markus 21, junior, Loup City

“Did we even win?”

Jahvonte

Hair 23, junior, Live Oak, Florida

“I feel like we’ll go to the playoffs next year.”

Gunnar

Jones 24, graduate student, Rogersville, Alabama

“We’ll have a winning season next year.”

Raquelle Moore 19, freshman, Beatrice

“I feel lied to, I was under the impression we were gonna be good. And if there aren’t serious changes to administration then they’re trippin’.”

Nebraska Press Association

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Opinion

As We See It

Let’s move in together

u By Kamryn Kozisek Staff Editor

I am the child of divorced parents who are each now married to di vorced people. I definitely understand the consequences of divorce.

So let’s talk about cohabita tion or moving in together before getting married.

Now if you Google the right thing it will tell you that if you move in together before marriage you have a higher divorce rate. But if you dig a little deeper you will find that this is only if you plan on getting married regardless. Couples that move in together, who consider themselves partners that are under no legal obli gations, are more successful.

Statistics from the Pew Research Center, show that this is a common thought in our generation, in fact 78% of 18-29 year-olds think it is perfectly OK to move in with a part

ner, regardless of if marriage is in the couple’s future.

Some statistics show that cou ples that move in together before marriage have higher divorce in the far future, even if they are happier in the beginning.

But let’s consider that there were a lot less people in the past that lived together before marriage, meaning we are just now gathering a big study group. Getting married is a huge step and commitment, you are forming more than a legal obligation, one that can not be ended whenever you want.

Cohabitation, in my opinion, is a great thing for those that want to form and grow a stronger relation ship. This doesn’t mean that you have to share a bed or even a room (even though you can), you are just living together, like roommates.

Moving in together can be a great financial decision, much like getting

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a roommate, you split groceries, bills and rent.

It also makes it possible for you to see how your partner handles finances, if they spend a lot or if they are frugal. Either way this might be a deal breaker later down the line.

You get to see how someone works up close, how they handle anger, sickness and when things just

are not going right. Do they lash out? Create bad habitats?

In their safe space, you see the truest version of the person. A person you are thinking about spending your life with. Why would you want to be surprised? Without fail someone is going to find the Pew Research article I mentioned and ask why I didn’t add in the rest of the statistics abut how married couples have stronger relationships. So here is why, it doesn’t matter.

Those statistics, which are all very close anyway, are not good for com paring if you should move in together before marriage.

Cohabitation, in this case, and marriage are supposed to be differ ent. Obviously couples that are living together, feel like their relationships are not as set in stone as married couples do.

That is the equivalent of compar

ing couples that are dating and those that are married, it has nothing to do with the success rate.

Now, I know that there is always the struggle of religion. I’m sure many people will disagree with this because of religion. Religious rules do not often support moving in together.

The religious divorce rates are slightly lower than non-religious peo ple, but this isn’t the point. Divorce rates and the happiness in relation ships are not the same.

Those that have religious rules surrounding their ability to get divorced are more likely to stay in unhappy relationships.

So here’s the deal, be happy, move in together or don’t but remember the only person who gets an opinion on it is you. As a couple if you want to move-in together, please do. It might just create a stronger relation ship later down the road.

My freezing cold take on winter

u By Chase Vialpando Guest Columnist

I don’t like cold weather.

In fact, there’s words I’d like to use which can’t be printed in a newspaper to express the severity of this feeling. It’s only mid-No vember and snow has already shown up to the party multiple times, despite its embarrassing his tory of acting like a wasted toddler.

The air is already chapping hands and reddening noses. And like clockwork, the older residents of Chadron have cut their average driving speed in half.

Gone are the days of walking carelessly past our coats as we

leave for society each morning. No longer do we get to drive off the second we start our vehicles. We may as well forget about tank tops and spring dresses.

It’s only a matter of time before Mariah Carey and Michael Buble escape their caves and hold the radio hostage with holiday tunes. I’m realizing now what I realize every year around this time. I took the heat for granted.

This isn’t a column about win ter tips or hacks to beat the cold because I don’t know any. Some times thoughtful complaining can spread empathy between both the complainer and listener.

I read that somewhere and now you have to too.

However, just as Yin and Yang serve as each others’ morally-para sitic hosts, nothing can be all bad or good. Cold weather is no exception.

For starters, cold weather brings a sense of unity that you just don’t

get when people are comfortable.

When you walk past a fellow student in a subzero climate, no body cares who voted for whom.

If you were to see another per son trudging through a blanket of snow wearing shorts and crocs, you’d visibly wince with empathy.

That, or you’d nudge someone nearby and ask what was wrong with the croc-wearer. Either way, the cold unites people.

If the idea of bonding over a foolish snow-goer doesn’t con vince you there’s some positives to winter, consider this.

According to selecthealth. org, a colder climate benefits your body. In his article from the website, “5 Surprising Benefits of

even improve brain function.

Though one obvious benefit the article doesn’t mention is be ing able to skip the ice bath after an insane workout.

Perhaps cold weather’s best quality is also its worst. Winter isn’t comfortable but it gives us the perspective to appreciate other seasons, even if they seem too short sometimes. Above all, cold weather is just another panel on a wonder ful spanning spectrum of nature.

Realistically, how boring would it be if the sun never took a break?

Cold Weather”, Chakell Wardleigh highlights some of these health perks. Not only can the cold boost your immune system and improve sleep quality, it can

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&Range Ag

HPAI found in twelve flocks in Nebraska

u By Kamryn Kozisek Ag & Range Editor

Nebraska has lowered its egg production by 25% this year alone, ending with 113 million eggs pro duced. This shortage has been blamed on an highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) outbreak that oc curred earlier this year.

The disease ended in a loss of 1.3 million laying hens in the state with a total of 6 million chickens

dead from Avian Influen za.

Dropping the popula tion of laying hens from 6.48 million down to 8.19 million.

Unlike previous years, in the holiday season, egg demand has dropped this year, most likely to blame are the high egg prices.

According to the Unit ed States Agriculture Ser vice (USDA), egg prices are double what they were going into the holiday sea son last year.

As of Oct. 20, there are

cases of HPAI in commer cial flocks in Butler, Knox, Dixon and York counties.

There have been twelve cases of HPAI in the state of Nebraska since the early outbreak last year.

Avian influenza cas es have been continuing since last March with the first commercial flock case occurring March 22 in a flock of 570,000 broilers.

The most recent case, in York county is a flock of 33,500 gamebirds. Fol lowing the diagnosis of the disease the flock was de

populated and disposed of. A 6.2 mile quarantine zone was also established.

Only one backyard flock within Dawes coun ty was effected, protocols were followed to depopu late the flock.

According to the CDC, in order to stop the spread of HPAI, flocks should have limited access to wildlife, access to the flock should be restricted and extra cleaning measures may need to be imple mented.

CSC Wildlife Club hosts special speaker

u By Whitley Reder Reporter

The Wildlife Club reached out to Emily Munter, U.S. Fish and WildlifeBiologist, in the Range land Complex on Nov. 15, to ed ucate the club about career oppor tunities in wildlife conservation over Zoom.

The mission of the US Fish and Wildlife Service is to work with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. Munter’s presentation was de layed by 20 minutes due to tech nical audio issues. Munter, on the

other hand, delivered an informa tive message to the club.

Munter, a CSC alumni, is a Habitat Restoration Biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser vice in Kenai, Alaska. The North Platte River, which ran through her childhood home, inspired her passion for Fish and Wildlife.

“When an opportunity comes knocking, don’t be afraid to take risks, you might be surprised,” Munter said.

Munter explained how hard work and perseverance will help you land your dream job. Munt er, for instance “hugging brown bears.”

Photo courtesy USDA

A flock of chickens stand in a barn. Laying hen populations in Nebraksa have decreased.

Photo by Kamryn Kozisek

A calf stands with the rest of its herd in a feild near Toadstool Geological Park in August.

LEFT: Jaxton, played by Brayden Schuelke, freshman of Rapid City, South Dakota prac tices yoga during The Thanksgiving Play rehearsal, Tuesday in the Black Box Theatre.

RIGHT: Jaxton, played by Brayden Schuelke, freshman of Rapid City, South Dakota, acts out a scene while Caden, played by Levi O’Dell a senior of Piedmont, South Da kota covers his dum mies’ eyes and looks at him apalled during The Thanksgiving Play theatre in the Black Box theatre.

For the that is lets give

“The Thanksgiving Play” one possible and making sure

While the set in the Black warmth, you can’t help but energy is anything but.

As you walk in and sit and bright colored walls your seat.

This play is tackling some ity and gender and everything

It is one of those plays one else is too.

We open with yoga and tell that the idea of being woke Logan, played by Olivia show. Logan is a teacher that giving for elementary schoolers.

Logan hires Jaxton, played Dakota, a street performer

TOP: Alicia, played by Izzy Ashley a sophomore of Rapid City, South Dakota holds her bags after arriving on ‘the set’ of The Thanksgiving Play, during rehearsal, Tuesday in the Black Box Theatre.

LEFT: Caden, played by Levi O’Dell, senior of Piedmont, South Da kota holds up a fake turkey while rehearsing a fake Thanksgiving din ner during rehersal of The Thanksgiving Play, Tuesday in the Black Box theatre.

The pair attempt to write American Heritage Month, They are joined by a history Piedmont, South Dakota more of Rapid City, South

The play is very different actors each one is so different, them.

In a way there is no box their own thing. The best for character growth.

Sure we see Logan become cized a bit but overall, all

We see music stylings that dren would during scene changes. site of what they would usually

The facial expressions well and are not overacted.

There is something so striking something is nothing.

Now I do believe that there fortable then you better be Nothing is safe and no thought you would.

Photos and review

the love of all is offensive, give thanks

by Kamryn Kozisek, Staff Editor

Play” is nothing short of the perfect comedy, offending every sure the audience leaves with a laugh. Black Box Theatre is nothing short of amazing, bringing the but remember from your elementary school classroom, the down you will be greeted with upbeat background music and floors, give it ten minutes you will be squirming in some big issues, everything from racism to veganism, sexual everything in between. that makes you laugh, while looking around to see if every and one stressed teacher, from the language you can already woke is the punchline of every joke. Olivia Freeze, junior of Bridgeport seems to be the star of the that is about to be fired, hired to put on a play about Thanks schoolers. played by Brayden Schuelke, freshman of Rapid City, South performer as a cheap actor. write a play, that offends no one and is focused on Native Month, but as non-natives.

history professor, Caden, played by Levi O’Dell, senior of and aspiring actress Alicia, played by Izzy Ashley, sopho Dakota. different from past CSC performances, while there are only four different, I have no doubt you could make a play about each of box required for the characters in this show, everyone is doing part of the entire show is that well there really isn’t much become more accepting of Alicia as she is and Jaxton is criti characters leave just as they entered. that are so unlike other plays, the actors are singing as chil changes. The cast does a great job, doing exactly the oppo usually do during musical numbers, sing functionally. of every actor are beautifully done, they fit the characters overacted. striking about a play meant to teach you something and that there is a warning at hand, if you can’t handle being uncom be prepared. no ones is safe. Be prepared to confront things you never

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Jaxton, played by Brayden Schuelke, freshman of Rapid City, South Dakota gets ready to argue after a comment from Logan, played by Olivia Freeze, junior of Bridgeport during The Thanksgiving Play rehersal in the Black Box theatre.

Logan played by Olivia Freeze, junior of Bridgeport and Alicia, played by Izzy Ashley a sophomore of Rapid City, South Dakota stare at the ceiling to make them more simplistic during The Thanksgiving Play rehersal in the Black Box theatre, Tuesday.

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Lifestyles

Dummy Roping fun

“Morbius:” an action movie almost t for the history books

 By Chase Vialpando Contributor

Years later, Morbius invents a cure splicing bat DNA with humans’ and sets out to test it on himself aboard a boat in international waters, for some important yet vague reason.

What do Orsen Welles’ “Citizen Kane”, Francis Ford Coppola’s “ e Godfather”, and Michael Curtiz’s “Casablanca” have in common? One: they stand as immortal gems of American lm. Two: they all mimic a fraction of the cinematographic masterpiece that is “Morbius”.

Directed by Daniel Espinosa, Morbius follows the titular vampiric character of Doctor Michael Morbius, portrayed expertly by the objectively-best actor in recent or distant history- Jared Leto.

‘Leto truly taps into his monstrous side by gazing melancholically o into the distance mid-sentence and maintaining a beard so clean you’d swear it was drawn on via sharpie marker. Not to mention his trademark superhero physique, which suggests a rigorous workout routine of pleiades and a strict diet of kale and acorns.

Morbius su ers from a rare blood disorder that leaves him frail and weak. But because this is a movie based on a Spider-Man villain, it’s only a matter of time before he becomes endowed with amazing powers. Fortunately for us viewers, we get to wait nearly half an hour into the movie for this to happen, building tasteful suspense.

At the start of the lm, we’re introduced to Morbius and his surrogate brother, Milo (Matt Smith). Well, Morbius nicknames him Milo upon their meeting and it seems to become legally-binding for the rest of his life. ey share the same terminal blood disorder and as Morbius grows up, he becomes a brilliant geneticist striving to cure himself and Milo

And, because there must be at least one violent feeding scene in every vampire movie, a swarm of nameless mercenaries join Morbius and his assistant on the trip.

Once injected with the serum, Morbius loses his physical weaknesses as well as his control. He murders all the mercenaries and sucks them dry like juice boxes, all without spilling a drop of blood.

You see, the movie is rated PG-13 so it can’t show gore, which is perfect. Blood scares me. Obviously, the ideal vampire, or even monster movie wouldn’t show stu like that. Who would expect or want that?

Morbius gains a handle on his sanity and realizes he needs to drink blood every few hours or his disease returns. Luckily, he’d previously invented synthetic blood he can consume. is way, us viewers don’t think Morbius is a bad guy for drinking people.

Personally, I hate it when monsters and villains are bad guys. But Morbius knows the blood substitute won’t satisfy him for long.

I don’t want to spoil anything, but another character with a rare blood disorder that’s close to Morbius decides he doesn’t want to die and injects himself with the vampire cure, leading to obvious strife with the titular anti-hero. e drama throughout this lm is so strong it could be lit on re.

Because movies based on comic books must have mostly CGI climax ghts, Morbius engages in an epic showdown poets will cite for centuries to come. Of course, it was probably epic, you can’t see much through a confusing blurry of digital bats and shadows.

Photo by Kayden Singpiel

A CSC student ropes the practice dummy at the RLA and Pre-Vet Dummy Roping event Tuesday.

Men’s

Eben Rosentrater

The CSC men’s basketball team are search ing for their first win after a rough weekend on the road in Texas against the Texas A&M Inter national Dustdevils, of Laredo, and the Texas A&M-Kingsville Javelinas.

The Eagle offense in both matches was very strong, recording nearly .500 in field goal shoot

loses two shootouts in TX

ing over the weekend. However, this was not enough to overcome the huge deficit left by the Dustdevils and the Javelinas as Chadron lost 6671 on Friday and 76-82, in overtime, on Saturday.

The first game of the weekend against the Dustdevil started off tight with back-and-forth scoring throughout the first half. However, A&M International jumped out to a commanding lead, going on a 10-0 run with around six minutes left in the half, after the Eagles missed five shots in a row and turned the ball over three times.

However, the Eagles would not give up. The Dustdevils led by 17 with 12 minutes left in the game. The Eagles stayed strong and went on an 18-point run cutting the A&M lead to two. But after a handful of free throws sank by the Dust devils, the deficit became too much for the Ea gles to overcome, losing 66-71

Hometown: Longmont, Colorado

Sophomore

was a saving grace last weekend against the Javelinas, Dustdevils, and Wildcats. She was able to score 50 points between the three games, leading the Eagles in field goal shooting, averaging .490 over the week.

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CSC forward Porter Anderson (30), junior of Russellville, Arkansas, fights to score during a 2021 game against the Texas A&M-Kingsville Javelinas in the Chicoine Center.

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Sports

Football from Page 1

Luckily for the Eagles, linebacker Joey Geil, junior of Casper, Wyoming, forced Johannsen to fumble as he scrambled away from the pocket. Linebacker Ritchie McCormack, freshman of Tucson, Arizona, was quick and scooped up the ball near the 50-yard line. The Eagle offense swiftly took advantage of the Hardrocker turn over. Quarterback Heath Beemiller, junior of Chandler, Arizona, led the offense with a handful of quick strikes to tight end Peter Krohn, sophomore of Fort Collins, Colorado, including a four-yard passing touchdown, the Eagles only score of the game.

Tied 7-7, the Eagle defense ramped up its produc tion. For much of the second quarter, the Hardrockers saw nothing but Eagle defenders flying towards them. Johannsen was sacked seven times. The Hardrocker run game was shut down by 13 tackles-for-loss from the Ea gles. However, even this couldn’t stop them from out scoring Chadron.

South Dakota Mines fought down the field towards the end of the first half and scored another touchdown on a 49-yard run from Johannsen. In the third quarter, the Hardrockers found the end zone a third time on an other 10-yard pass touchdown to Isaiah Eastman, soph omore of Gilbert, Arizona, and then again in the fourth on a 12-yard pass to Jake Leone, junior of Fort Collins,

Colorado. The Eagle offense could not make up the dif ference and the team lost 7-28.

Offensively, the Eagles were led by Beemiller, who recorded 186 yards on 21 completions and one touch down. However, Beemiller threw two interceptions, making scoring difficult for the Eagles. The rushing game was led by Jalen Starks, senior of Chicago, who rushed for 32 total yards. As for the receiving corps, they were led once again by Ahlonte Hair, junior of Live Oak, Florida, who recorded 72 yards on eight recep tions, one of his strongest performances of the year.

Defensively, the Eagles were led by Hunter O’Con nor, sophomore of Broomfield, Colorado. O’Connor was a standout player. He recorded 13 total tackles, in cluding nine tackles-for-loss. He also had a career-high five sacks, giving him 16 on the season and setting the single-season sack record by a CSC defender. His per formance was also good enough to earn him RMAC Defensive Player of the Week.

The Eagles finish the season 3-8 in regular season play, 3-6 in RMAC play, and finish eighth in the con ference.

Team activites will return in the spring semester with winter conditioning in January 2023

Members of the CSC offensive line drop back into pass protection as quarterback Health Beemiller (5), junior of Chandler, Arizona, looks downfield to pass during last Saturday’s game in Rapid City, South Dakota.

CSC cornerback Harvey Reynolds, junior of West Palm Beach, Florida, wraps up on Mines receiver Jeremiah Bridges, senior of Atlanta, Georgia, during last Saturday’s game against South Dakota Mines, in Rapid City.

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by Kamryn Kozisek

Women’s B’ball falls in three straight home games

u By Eben Rosentrater Sports Editor

The CSC women’s basketball had a tough opening week after three straight nights of subpar play against the Texas A&M-Kingsville Javelinas, the Texas A&M International Dustdevils, of Laredo, and the Wayne State College Wildcats, of Wayne.

Hopes were high for the Eagle women’s basketball team after an improved season last year, led by lots of young talent, promised success this year.

However, after a less than stellar week at home, it seems like the team might have a tough road ahead of them for the 2022-2023 season.

Friday’s game against the Javelinas started off well. For the majority of the first quarter, the Eagles were neck-and-neck with A&M-Kingsville. However, a nine-point run by the Javelinas made the difference in the first quarter.

The second quarter was no better for the Eagles. A&M-Kingsville was unbelievable from the threepoint line, shooting .462 from the arc. A constant fire that would burn the Eagles for the rest of the game.

Going into halftime, the Javelinas led 40-32. How ever, an eight-point lead would quickly extend over the course of the second half.

The Javelinas’ three-point shooting continued to be unstoppable. The Eagles’ shooting struggled, av eraging .391 in field goal shooting. The Javelinas ran away with the game, defeating the Eagles 63-80.

The Eagles fared no better on Saturday. The Dust devil offense was also near unstoppable, averaging .443 in field goal shooting.

The Dustdevils’ scoring spree, coupled by a .850 free throw percentage was too much for the Eagles. Chadron never held the lead, and A&M-International ran away with the game 73-46.

Wednesday’s game against the Wayne State Wild cat showed better shooting than the weekend, but it was team defense that was unable to stop the Wild

cats from running away with another of the Eagles’ games.

The first half against the Wildcats was strong. An other tight match of back-and-forth scoring. The two teams were neck-and-neck for the first quarter.

The Eagles led after the first, 23-21. However, the stout Wayne State defense showed up, holding the Eagles to just 15 points in the second.

The Wildcats continued to extend the lead. Their shooting was relentless, both in field goals and the free throw line.

They out scored the Eagles by 14 points in the third.

The fourth quarter was full of more back-andforth scoring, however, this was not enough for the Eagles to overcome the Wildcat deficit, losing the game 71-84.

Overall, the team averaged .363 in field goal shoot ing.

Rebounding was the only thing that the Eagles could seem to get right over the weekend, recording 117 over the week.

Offensively, the Eagles were led by Ashayla Pow ers, sophomore of Longmont, Colorado. Powers was a saving grace through the week, scoring 50 points between the three matches.

Samiyah Worrell, senior of Fountain, Colorado, was another big help, scoring another 27 points.

Turnovers became the Eagles’ biggest problem over the week. The ball was taken away 42 times over the three games.

The Eagles also struggled defensively, recording 10 blocks over the three games. However, the Eagles did take away the ball 34 times.

The Eagles will take the court again today against the University of Kearney Lopers, in Chadron, at the Chicoine Center.

After that, the team will travel to Orange City, Iowa, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota to take on the Raiders of Northwestern College on Saturday, and the Vikings of Augustana College on Sunday.

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Saturday’s game against the Javelinas was just as close as Friday’s. The Eagles quickly jumped ahead, going on an 8-point run to start the game.

However, the Javelinas were not content with letting the Eagles run away with the game and swiftly regained the lead. Towards the end of the first half, Chadron went on a scoring spree, leading by 10.

After one half of play, the Eagles led 3828. The Javelinas quickly brought the game back after the Eagles went scoreless for nearly six minutes. It was another shootout after that.

Down by three with 30 seconds left to go, Eagle guard Isaiah Wyatt, junior of Fort Worth, Texas, sank a three-pointer to send the game to overtime. In overtime, the Ea

gles struggled to stop the Javelinas momen tum scoring only seven to A&M-Kingsville’s 13, losing the game 76-82.

Over the weekend, the Eagles were led offensively by Wyatt, who recorded 30 points, including six three-pointers, averag ing .443 in field goal shooting.

Bryce Latimer, junior of Stone Moun tain, Georgia, and Marcus Jefferson, senior

of Lewisville, Texas, also racked up another 29 points each over the weekend.

The Eagles will take the court again, looking for their first win against the Uni versity of Sioux Falls Cougars, on Saturday, and the University of Nebraska-Kearney Lopers, of Tuesday, in Chadron, at the Chi coine Center.

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CSC forward Awoti Akoi (left), senior of Sioux Falls, South Dakota jumps up to take a shot while a Wayne State defender flies in her face to contest it during a game against the Wildcats on Wednesday in the Chicoine Center.

Men’s wrestling duals defending NCAA champs

u By BreAnne Benson Reporter

The CSC men’s wrestling team fought well in Laramie, Wyoming at the University of Wyoming Cowboy Open, but were unable to overcome the University of Nebraska-Ke arney Lopers in a dual over the weekend.

CSC had three placers at the Cowboy Open in Laramie, Wyoming, on Saturday.

Logan Berger, freshman of Hartsville, South Carolina, at 165 lbs, earned fifth place and was Chadron’s highest finisher.

Next was Dean Neff, sophomore of Jeffer son, Wisconsin, at 165 lbs, ended sixth after a first-period pin from teammate Berger.

125 pounder Yusef Nelson, junior of Auburn, Washington also placed sixth for Chadron State.

On Sunday, the Eagles traveled to Kear ney to take on the Lopers and were far less successful against the defending NCAA Di vision II champions.

“UNK is a powerhouse and the defending national champions, and we made them earn

it on Sunday,” CSC Men’s Wrestling Coach Brett Hunter said. “It was great seeing the guys compete hard and wrestle with effort.”

Quade Smith, sophomore of Layton, Utah, Quentrevion Campbell, junior of Tif ton, Georgia, Ethan Leake, senior of Clo vis, California, and Luke Goncalves, a red shirt-freshman of Worland, Wyoming led with a strong early showing.

The Eagles scored the first 10 points of the dual, leading 13-7 halfway through 10 matches against the Lopers

CSC wrestled strong against top ranked opponents but fell short by close margins in the latter four of the five final matches.

The Lopers pulled away with a 24-13 win.

Campbell’s performance, however, was good enough to earn him RMAC Wrestler of the Week. Campbell was an All-American honorable mention last year wrestling for North Iowa Area Community College.

The Eagles travel to Sterling, Colorado, today to wrestle against Northwest College and Northeastern Junior College, then back to Kearney on Saturday for the Younes Hos pitality Open.

Two CSC wrestlers scramble to get the upper hand against each other during a scrimmage match at the CSC Black and Cardinal classic at the Chicoine Center on Nov. 3.

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Two CSC wrestlers shake hands out of respect before a scrimmage match at the Black and Cardinal Classic in the Chicoine Center on Nov. 3.

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LEFT: CSC football team members hug after losing their last game of the season to South Dakota Mines, Saturday in Rapid City, South Dakota.

RIGHT: Peter Krohn (87), sophomore of Fort Collins, Colorado holds out the ball after scoring the Eagle’s sole touchdown against South Dakota Mines, Saturday in Rapid City, South Dakota.

Ahlonte Hair (1), junior of Live Oak, Florida looks to catch the ball thrown by Heath Beemiller (5), junior of Chandler, Arizona during CSC rivalry game against South Dakota School of Mines, during Saturday’s game in Rapid City, South Dakota.

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Members of South Dakota Mine football team hold up the Eagle-Rock Trophy after beating the Eagles in Rapid City, South Dakota.