Saturday, May 18

State Track and Field Report

To hear the complete report from KBRB's Larry Rice, click on the audio link below.

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Friday, May 17

Thursday, May 16

The low scratch round Thursday during men's league golf at the Ainsworth Golf Course belonged to Graig Kinzie, who carded an even-par 36. Cam Palmer finished with a 1-over 37, and Jeff Konkoleski and Todd Kicken each shot 38.
The low net round, which takes handicap into account, belonged to Heath Rudnick and Jeff Konkoleski with net scores of 30. Wes Luther had a net 31, Kade Gracey a 32, and Cam Palmer, Noah Graff and Chris Osterman finished with net rounds of 33 Thursday.
Through the first two weeks, the team of Kade Gracey, Chris Osterman and Roger Magary lead the league standings with 30 points. The team of Bill Burchell, Malcolm Smith and Wes Luther sit second with 22 points, and the Team of Cam Palmer, Scott Steinhauser and Rod Worrell are third with 21 points.
The low round Thursday during women's league golf at the Bassett Country Club belonged to Kayla Fischer, who shot a 41. Tricia Anderson finished with a 42, Jina Wright and Vickie Friedrich had rounds of 43, Jeana Harmon a 48, and Jan Foster finished with a 49.

Wednesday, May 15

Claire Kozisek carded the low round during women's league golf Wednesday at the Ainsworth Golf Course with a 4-over par round of 40. Jennifer Martin fired a 45, followed by Monica Wiehn with a 47 and Ann Hoch with a 48.

Tuesday, May 14

The low round during men's league golf Tuesday at the Bassett Country Club was a 2-under par 34, fired by Brady Foster. Daniel Frank finished with a 1-over par 37, followed by rounds of 38 from Clay Fischer, Jim Hoch and Graig Kinzie, and rounds of 39 by Robert Magill, Kyle Jackman and Brett Knoetzel.

Monday, May 13

Class C-5 District Golf

Meadowlark Hills, Kearney

Team Scores (top three qualify for state)

1. Valentine, 334; 2. Kearney Catholic, 343; 3. Chase County, 365; 4. Perkins County, 365; 5. Southern Valley, 369; 6. Bayard, 373; 7. Mitchell, 377; 8. Ainsworth, 381; 9. North Platte St. Patrick's, 387; 10. Bridgeport, 396; 11. Dundy County-Stratton, 405; 12. Franklin, 410; 13. Kimball, 427; 14. Hershey, 428

Individual state qualifiers

1. Sam Sommers, Kearney Catholic, 73; 2. Henry Heeg, Kimball, 75; 3. Hunter Quinn, Southern Valley, 76; 4. Austin Thelander, Perkins County, 78; 5. Cameron Bancroft, Valentine, 79; 6. Frederick Kasselman, Chase County, 80; 7. Brooks Coleman, Valentine, 81; 8. Tie between Lane Hildebrandt, Valentine, and Trae Blanco, Bayard, 82; 10. Joshua Siel, Franklin, 85.

Ainsworth (381)

Rob Maxwell 86

Jake Wilkins 90

Nick Martin 100

Jayden Philben 105

Willie Kackmeister 107

Valentine (334)

Cameron Bancroft 79
Brooks Coleman 81
Lane Hildebrandt 82
Alex Dredge 92
Bradley Michalek 92

Class C-3 District Golf

Indian Hills, Beemer

Team Scores (top three qualify for state)

1. Laurel-Concord, 338; 2. Hartington Cedar Catholic, 349; 3. Stanton, 367; 4. Plainview, 371; 5. Wisner-Pilger, 392; 6. Creighton, 399; 7. Lutheran High Northeast, 402; 7. Bloomfield, 407; 8. Crofton, 414; 9. West Holt, 417; 10. Ponca, 420; 11. Wakefield, 430; 12. Niobrara/Verdigre, 454.

Individual state qualifiers

1. Sam Meuret, Plainview, 76; 2. Mitchell Klooz, Laurel-Concord, 77; 3. Lucas Bradfield, Wisner-Pilger, 80; 4. Payton Baker, Lutheran High Northeast, 80; 5. Brook Klinetobe, Stanton, 83; 6. Grant Howell, Hartington Cedar Catholic, 84; 7. Dalton Lammers, Hartington Cedar Catholic, 86; 8. Jamy McCoy, Laurel-Concord, 86; 9. Brendan Groene, Laurel-Concord, 87;

10. Tie between Nathan Schmitt, Laurel-Concord, Tanner Homan, Creighton, and Logan Schumacher, Hartington Cedar Catholic, 88.

Class D-3 District Golf

Hartington Golf Course

Team Scores (top three qualify for state)

1. Hartington, 356; 2. Ewing, 380; 3. Osmond, 381; 4. Pender, 387; 5. Boyd County, 399; 6. Clearwater-Orchard, 402; 7. North Central, 420; 8. Neligh-Oakdale, 425; 9. Randolph, 428; 10. Chambers/Wheeler Central, 431; 11. Spalding/Spalding Academy, 437; 12. Burwell, 477; 13. Santee, 482.

Individual state qualifiers

1. Ethan Steiner, Hartington, in a playoff over Andrew Lechtenberg, Boyd County, 84; 3. Laura Hynes, Ewing, 86; 4. Kolby Jueden, Hartington, 88; 5. Mitchell Mailloux, Pender, 89; 6. Blake Krienert, Osmond, 89; 7. Robert Nordby, Ewing, 89; 8. Tie between Nathan Tunink, Randolph, and Mitchell Atkinson, Boyd County, 90; 10. Tie between Derek Jueden, Hartington, Austin Svoboda, Burwell, and Zachary Kumm, Osmond, 91.
North Central (420)

Jake Friedrich - 96
Kyle Jackman - 97
Troy Gibson - 113
Dillon Fales - 114
Darren Allen - 127

Thursday, May 9

Class C-7 District Track and Field

West Holt

Girls Team Scores

1. Ainsworth, 174; 2. Chambers/Wheeler Central, 121; 3. West Holt, 69; 4. Burwell, 50; 5. Elgin/Elgin Pope John, 39; 6. Neligh-Oakdale, 33; 7. Niobrara-Verdigre; 8. Boyd County.

Individual Results

Long Jump – 1. Kelley Carden, N-O, 16-feet-10.75; 3. Laura Peters, AHS, 15-3; 6. Arianna Fletcher, AHS, 13-8.5.

Triple Jump – 1. Lydia Allen, AHS, 32-11.25; 3. Megan Wenner, WH, 32-5.

High Jump – 1. Kelley Carden, N-O, 5-4; 2. Logan Clark, AHS, 5-0; 3. Taylor Mitchell, WH, 4-8; 5. Jessica Mohnsen, WH, 4-6; 6. Schylar Philben, AHS, 4-4.

Pole Vault – 1. Dori Haskell, AHS, 8-6; 4. Shayden Platt, AHS, 6-6.

Shot Put – 1. Shandan Platt, AHS, 41-7.5; 3. Shelby Weber, WH, 34-8; 4. Hailey McBride, AHS, 33-3.

Discus – 1. Shandan Platt, AHS, 128-0; 2. Shelby Weber, WH, 116-10; 6. Hailey McBride, AHS, 101-3.

100-meter hurdles – 1. Schylar Philben, AHS, 15.6 seconds; 4. Logan Clark, AHS, 17.9; 5. Megan Wenner, WH, 18.4.

300 hurdles – 1. Schylar Philben, AHS, 49.0; 3. Logan Clark, AHS, 51.6; 4. Laura Peters, AHS, 51.6.

100 meters – 1. Jordan Wietzke, CWC, 12.9; 4. Dori Haskell, AHS, 13.6; 5. Arianna Fletcher, AHS, 14.1; 6. Dana Judge, WH, 14.1.

200 meters – 1. Meagan Carr, CWC, 27.8; 4. Caitlin Cole, WH, 28.7; 5. Dori Haskell, AHS, 29.3; 6. Lydia Allen, AHS, 29.4.

400 meters – 1. Meagan Carr, CWC, 1:02.2; 4. Samantha Garcia, WH, 1:05.5.

800 meters – 1. Paxton Fiala, AHS, 2:29.3; 3. Samantha Garcia, WH, 2:34.3; 5. Jessica Thiele, WH, 2:41.1; 6. Lauren Allen, AHS, 2:45.5.

1600 meters – 1. Alyssa Kinning, AHS, 5:42; 2. Shaely Thiele, WH, 5:51.8; 4. Sydney Fling, AHS, 6:20.6.

3200 meters – 1. Alyssa Kinning, AHS, 12:23.4; 4. Jayne Barrow, AHS, 14:44; 6. Sara Salzman, AHS, 14:46.5.

400 relay – 1. Chambers/Wheeler Central, 51.1; 2. Ainsworth (Dori Haskell, Arianna Fletcher, Laura Peters and Lydia Allen), 54.1; 3. West Holt (Caitlin Cole, Logan Judge, Megan Wenner and Dana Judge), 55.3.

1600 relay – 1. Ainsworth (Schylar Philben, Laura Peters, Shandan Platt and Paxton Fiala), 4:16.6; 4. West Holt (Jessica Mohnsen, Samantha Garcia, Taylor Mitchell and Dana Judge), 4:29.6.

3200 relay – 1. Ainsworth (Paxton Fiala, Logan Clark, Lauren Allen and Alyssa Kinning), 10:26.8; 4. West Holt (Jessica Mohnsen, Jessica Thiele, Kassidy Jelinek and Taylor Mitchell), 11:41.1.

Boys Team Scores

1. Ainsworth, 161; 2. West Holt, 114; 3. Burwell, 89; 4. Chambers/Wheeler Central, 73; 5. Elgin/Elgin Pope John, 48; 6. Boyd County, 21; 7. Neligh-Oakdale, 11; 8. Niobrara-Verdigre, 10.

Individual Results

Long Jump – 1. Landon Welke, AHS, 19-feet-9; 3. Bo Jensen, WH, 19-2.5; 4. Wyatt Cole, AHS, 18-8.

Triple Jump – 1. Landon Welke, AHS, 40-9.75; 5. Bo Jensen, WH, 37-11; 6. Wyatt Cole, AHS, 37-5.5.

High Jump – 1. Steven Marcellus, CWC, 5-10; 3. Dillon Larby, WH, 5-8; 4. Jose Garcia, AHS, 5-5; 5. James Worden, AHS, 5-5; 6. Connor Osborne, WH, 5-5.
Pole Vault – 1. Landon Welke, AHS, 14-4; 5. Cole Gibbens, WH, 10-6; 6. Hunter Martin, AHS, 10-0.

Shot Put – 1. Marcus Marcellus, WH, 53-0; 2. Ben Allen, AHS, 47-1; 3. Kody Rathe, AHS, 46-2.

Discus – 1. Marcus Marcellus, WH, 154-3; 3. Brandon Clark, AHS, 137-4.

110-meter hurdles – 1. Blake Schrage, EPPJ, 16.5 seconds; 5. Hayes Chohon, AHS, 18.6; 6. Riley Bilstein, WH, 18.7.

300 hurdles – 1. Cole Gibbens, WH, 41.6; 6. Hayes Chohon, AHS, 47.4.

100 meters – 1. Josh Coyle, WH, 11.5; 3. James Worden, AHS, 11.7; 4. Holden Smith, AHS, 11.9; 5. Kody Rathe, AHS, 11.9.

200 meters – 1. Josh Coyle, WH, 23.1; 3. James Worden, AHS, 24.0; 4. Holden Smith, AHS, 24.6.

400 meters – 1. Jake Barrett, BUR, 51.7; 3. Josh Finley, 54.2.

800 meters – 1. Brett Pacha, WH, 1:58.9; 3. Josiah McAllister, WH, 2:04.1; 4. Austin Harthoorn, AHS, 2:07.8; 5. Hunter Martin, AHS, 2:10.7; 6. Marcus Osborne, AHS, 2:10.8.

1600 meters – 1. Brady Delimont, AHS, 4:44.3; 2. Keaton Gracey, AHS, 4:44.5; 4. Brett Pacha, WH, 4:50.2; 5. Josiah McAllister, WH, 4:59.2; 6. Alec Masters, AHS, 5:04.

3200 meters – 1. Keaton Gracey, AHS, 10:10.4; 2. Zach Welch, AHS, 10:24; 3. Hunter Martin, AHS, 10:26.

400 relay – 1. West Holt (Cole Gibbens, Connor Osborne, Trey Rossman and Josh Coyle), 45.0; 2. Ainsworth (Landon Welke, James Worden, Holden Smith and Kody Rathe), 45.7.

1600 – 1. West Holt (Cole Gibbens, Brett Pacha, Connor Osborne and Josh Coyle), 3:30.6; 4. Ainsworth (Josh Finley, Marcus Osborne, Keaton Gracey and Hayes Chohon), 3:43.4.

3200 relay – 1. Burwell, 8:32.9; 3. Ainsworth (Austin Harthoorn, Marcus Osborne, Patrick Westerberg and Brady Delimont), 8:50.1; 4. West Holt (Ryan Linders, Tony Bohnet, Luke Welborn and Josiah McAllister), 9:38.

Ainsworth Golf Invitational

Team Scores

1. Valentine, 329; 2. Ainsworth, 338; 3. O’Neill, 362; 4. West Holt, 365; 5. North Central, 375; 6. Ewing, 382; 7. Sandhills/Thedford, 384; 8. Boyd County, 402.

Top 10

1. Rob Maxwell, AHS, 76; 2. Cameron Bancroft, VAL, 78; 3. Alex Fritz, WH, 79; 4. Tie between Lane Hildebrandt, VAL, Laura Hynes, EWG, and Kyle Jackman, NC, 82; 7. Tie between Nate Gotschall, O’N, Alex Dredge, VAL, and Austyn Ramm-Lech, WH, 84; 10. Brooks Coleman, VAL, 85.

Valentine (329)

Cameron Bancroft 78

Lane Hildebrandt 82

Alex Dredge 84

Brooks Coleman 85

Brad Michalek 90

Ainsworth (338)

Rob Maxwell 76

Nick Martin 86

Willie Kackmeister 87

Jake Wilkins 89

Jayden Philben 104

West Holt (365)

Alex Fritz 79

Austyn Ramm-Lech 84

Cameron Schmuecker 95

Marcus Osborne 107

Matt McDermott 119

North Central (375)

Kyle Jackman 82

Jake Friedrich 87

Troy Gibson 97

Darren Allen 109

Dillon Fales 118

Ainsworth Men's League Golf
The low round Thursday during the first week of men's league golf at the Ainsworth Golf Course belonged to Doug Weiss with a 1-under par 35. Graig Kinzie shot a 1-over par 37, and Rod Worrell and Mark Kozisek both finished with rounds of 39.

The low round during women's league golf at the Bassett Country Club Thursday belonged to Tricia Anderson with a 45, followed by Vickie Friedrich with a 46 and Jan Foster with a 47.

Wednesday, May 8

Class D-6 District Track and Field

O’Neill

Girls Team Scores

1. O’Neill St. Mary’s, 209; 2. Stuart, 77; 3. Fullerton, 67; 4. Cedar Valley, 51; 5. Spalding/Spalding Academy, 34; 6. Tie between Elba/North Loup-Scotia and Clearwater-Orchard, 30; 8. Ewing, 18; 9. Elkhorn Valley, 10; 10. St. Edward, 1.

Individual Results

Long Jump – 1. Emily Everitt, STM, 16-feet-0.5; 3. Monique Schafer, STU, 15-1.5.

High Jump – 1. Emily Everitt, STM, 5-3; 2. Caitlin Kunz, STU, 5-0; 4. Hailey Paxton, STU, 4-10.

Triple Jump – 1. Ranee Keehn, EV, 33-0; 6. Caitlin Kunz, STU, 30-9.

Shot Put – 1. Jessi Pongratz, STM, 37-7; 4. Trina Swanson, STU, 31-6.

Discus – 1. Jessi Pongratz, STM, 116-8; 3. Brittany Hanzlik, STU, 92-5; 5. Jaden Schafer, STU, 91-7; 6. Megan Riha, STU, 91-3.

Pole Vault – 1. Mackenzie Wecker, STM, 10-11.

100-meter hurdles – 1. Mackenzie Wecker, STM, 16.0 seconds; 6. Caitlin Kunz, STU, 18.1.

300 hurdles – 1. Skyler Erickson, CV, 48.8.

100 meters – 1. Ryann Ickes, C-O, 12.7.

200 meters – 1. Emily Everitt, STM, 27.6.

400 meters – 1. Jessi Simons, STM, 1:01.2; 2. Emily Kaup, STU, 1:01.9; 6. Hailey Paxton, STU, 1:07.3.

800 meters – 1. Emily Kaup, STU, 2:25; 6. Hailey Paxton, STU, 2:39.9.

1600 meters – 1. Emily Kaup, STU, 5:46.8; 6. Shyenne Dickau, STU, 6:30.3.

3200 meters – 1. Alejandra Kersenbrock, STM, 12:32.8; 5. Kayla Bouska, STU, 15:50.2.

400 relay – 1. St. Mary’s, 52.1.

1600 relay – 1. St. Mary’s, 4:22.6; 4. Stuart (Hailey Paxton, Emily Kaup, Shelby Paxton and Monique Schafer), 4:32.2.

3200 relay – 1. St. Mary’s, 10:16.1; 3. Stuart (Kayla Bouska, Shyenne Dickau, Allaura Luebbe and Shelby Paxton), 12:01.7.

Boys Team Scores

1. O’Neill St. Mary’s, 142.5; 2. Cedar Valley, 70; 3. Clearwater-Orchard, 62; 4. Fullerton, 58; 5. Stuart, 55.5; 6. Elkhorn Valley, 40; 7. Spalding/Spalding Academy, 37; 8. Elba/North Loup-Scotia, 30; 9. Ewing, 23; 10. St. Edward, 9.

Individual Results

Long Jump – 1. Kyle Loecker, STM, 20-feet-4.5.

High Jump – 1. Andy Kerkman, C-O, 5-11; 3. Chase Broders, STU, 5-8; 6. Connor Paxton, STU, 5-6.

Triple Jump – 1. Aaron Ohri, STM, 41-10.5; 6. Andrew Broders, STU, 36-11.

Pole Vault – 1. Ty Eiler, STM, 11-6.

Shot Put – 1. Wil Hupp, STM, 45-5.5; 5. Trevor Ramm, STU, 40-2.

Discus – 1. Connor Connot, STM, 131-3; 2. Trevor Ramm, STU, 126-5.

110-meter hurdles – 1. Trent Braun, CV, 15.7 seconds.

300 hurdles – 1. Trent Braun, CV, 41.7.

100 meters – 1. Michael Knievel, EV, 11.3; 3. Cole Pease, STU, 11.8.

200 meters – 1. Kyle Pardun, STM, 23.9; 3. Alex Kunz, STU, 24.5; 6. Cole Pease, STU, 25.1.

400 meters – 1. Kyle Pardun, STM, 52.5.

800 meters – 1. Ernest Short, C-O, 2:06.4; 3. Tate Schmaderer, STU, 2:17.1.

1600 meters – 1. Ernest Short, C-O, 4:53.7.

3200 meters – 1. Ernest Short, C-O, 10:40.8.

400 relay – 1. St. Mary’s, 46.3; 2. Stuart (Andrew Broders, Trevor Ramm, Alex Kunz and Cole Pease), 47.9.

1600 relay – 1. St. Mary’s, 3:40.9; 3. Stuart (Tate Schmaderer, Mitchell Dvorak, Conner Paxton and Chase Broders), 3:52.8.

3200 relay – 1. Clearwater-Orchard, 8:54.3; 4. Stuart (Aaron Ammon, Micah Dexter, Tate Schmaderer and Mason Dexter), 9:45.6.

Class D-9 District Track and Field

Broken Bow High School

Boys Team Scores

1. South Loup, 130; 2. Stapleton/McPherson County, 110; 3. Mullen, 85; 4. Cody-Kilgore, 54; 5. Anselmo-Merna, 48; 6. North Central, 46; 7. Sandhills/Thedford, 17; 8. Hyannis, 16; 9. Arthur County, 8.

Individual Results

Long Jump – 1. Austin Starr, SMC, 21-feet-7.

Triple Jump – 1. Austin Starr, SMC, 44-10.5.

High Jump – 1. Austin Starr, SMC, 6-0; 3. Matt McLeod, S/T, 5-10.

Pole Vault – 1. Brady Weinman, SL, 14-0.

Shot Put – 1. Josh Vinton, MUL, 46-3; 5. Cole Taylor, S/T, 42-7.

Discus – 1. Tye Spies, MUL, 139-4; 4. Cole Taylor, S/T, 129-3.

110-meter hurdles – 1. Laramie Fowler, SMC, 16.7 seconds.

300 hurdles – 1. Garret Dockweiler, SL, 43.1; 6. Andrew Hollenbeck, NC, 46.5.

100 meters – 1. Derek Hildebrandt, SL, 11.0; 5. Joel Van Diest, S/T, 12.0.

200 meters – 1. Austin Starr, SMC, 23.0; 4. Charton Clark, NC, 24.8; 6. Joel Van Diest, S/T, 25.4.

400 meters – 1. Casey Lamle, C-K, 53.3; 3. Carter Camp, NC, 53.4; 6. Tyler Knox, NC, 57.2.

800 meters – 1. Kyle Pierce, SL, 2:13.8; 5. Cash Cosgrove, NC, 2:18.6; 6. Sage Osborn, NC, 2:18.9.

1600 meters – 1. Kyle Pierce, SL, 4:56; 3. Colin Erickson, NC, 5:00.8; 5. Thomas Peterson, S/T, 5:22.7.

3200 meters – 1. Waylon Carpenter, MUL, 10:39.9; 6. Phillip Lewis, NC, 11:29.3.

400 relay – 1. South Loup, 44.6; 2. North Central (Alex Sybrant, Trevor Ferguson, Justin Palmer and Carter Camp), 46.0.

1600 relay – 1. South Loup, 3:37; 2. North Central (Carter Camp, Dillon Hunt, Trevor Ferguson and Justin Palmer), 3:39.2.

3200 relay – 1. South Loup, 8:26.6; 2. North Central (Carter Camp, Trevor Ferguson, Collin Erickson and Justin Palmer), 8:30.3.

Girls Team Scores

1. South Loup, 92; 2. Mullen, 84; 3. Anselmo-Merna, 74; 4. North Central, 73; 5. Hyannis, 57; 6. Stapleton/McPherson County, 51; 7. Cody-Kilgore, 44; 8. Arthur County, 18; 9. Sandhills/Thedford, 11.

Individual Results

Long Jump – 1. Shayla Dockweiler, SL, 16-feet-11.75.

Triple Jump – 1. Jordan Rush, SL, 33-8.

High Jump – 1. Shayla Dockweiler, SL, 5-2; 2. Tristen Mueller, NC, 5-0.

Pole Vault – 1. Haley Reed, SL, 6-6

Shot Put – 1. Addie Shaw, NC, 39-8.25.

Discus – 1. Megan Max, A-M, 110-2; 4. Jaci Badura, NC, 95-3; 5. Addie Shaw, NC, 91-7.

100-meter hurdles – 1. Madison Tomlinson, MUL, 16.2 seconds.

300 hurdles – 1. Madison Tomlinson, MUL, 48.7.

100 meters – 1. Madison Tomlinson, MUL, 12.8; 4. Keyanna Micheel, NC, 13.8.

200 meters – 1. Amber Frerichs, NC, 27.0.

400 meters – 1. Jessie Schwanebeck, HYA, 1:03.4; 4. Kelsey Higgins, S/T, 1:05.7; 6. TelRae Sherman, S/T, 1:11.

800 meters – 1. Tessa Gale, C-K, 2:27.2; 5. Saresse Clay, NC, 2:50.7.

1600 meters – 1. Natalie Jones, SMC, 5:52.6; 5. Kara Bruns, NC, 6:23.7.

3200 meters – 1. Elizabeth Cramer, A-M, 12:34; 6. Tori Davis, NC, 16:05.1.

400 relay – 1. North Central (Keyanna Micheel, Breanna Schrantz, Jamie Turpin and Amber Frerichs), 54.3; 3. Sandhills/Thedford (Kelsey Higgins, Avery Taylor, Keesha Albrecht and TelRae Sherman), 58.6.

1600 relay – 1. North Central (Amber Frerichs, Jamie Turpin, Tristen Mueller and Breanna Schrantz), 4:28.4.

3200 relay – 1. North Central (Amber Frerichs, Jamie Turpin, Saresse Clay and Breanna Schrantz), 10:41.9.

Tuesday, May 7

The low round during the first week of men's league golf at the Bassett Country Club belonged to Steve Camp, who fired an even-par 36. Brett Knoetzel finished with a 37, Graig Kinzie shot 38, and Brady Foster and Butch Fischer each finished with rounds of 39.

Monday, May 6

Highway 20 Golf Tournament

Bassett Country Club

Team Scores

1. Valentine, 312; 2. Elgin/Elgin Pope John, 322; 3. Ainsworth, 342; 4. West Holt, 347; 5. Clearwater-Orchard, 354; 6. North Central, 359; 7. Boyd County, 369; 8. Neligh-Oakdale, 379; 9. O'Neill, 380.
Top 10

1. Cameron Bancroft, VAL, 71; 2. Jake Friedrich, NC, 77; 3. Tie between Alex Dredge, VAL, Jake Wilkins, AHS, Andrew Heithoff, EPPJ, and Cameron Schmuecker, WH, 78; 7. Tie between Mitchell Atkinson, BC, and Kyle Heithoff, EPPJ, 80; 9. Brooks Coleman, VAL, 81; 10. Tie between Nick Heithoff, EPPJ, Lane Hildebrandt, VAL, Brad Michalek, VAL, Trent Hoefer, EPPJ, and Cody Belzer, O'N, 82.
Valentine (312)

Cameron Bancroft 71
Alex Dredge 78

Brooks Coleman 81

Lane Hildebrandt 82

Brad Michalek 82
Ainsworth (342)
Jake Wilkins 78
Rob Maxwell 84
Nick Martin 86
Dominic Henry 94
Willie Kackmeister 97

West Holt (347)

Cameron Schmuecker 78

Austyn Ramm-Lech 85

Alex Fritz 85

Marcus Osborne 99

Matt McDermott 108

North Central (359)

Jake Friedrich 77

Kyle Jackman 86

Troy Gibson 98

Darren Allen 98

Dillon Fales 102

Saturday, May 4

1^st and 2^nd Grade Boys Long Jump

1^st        Gaige Haskell             9-7.5

2^nd       Colton Orten              9-6

3^rd       Jensen Williams         9-4

4^th        Trey Appelt                8-9     

5^th        Mason Titus               8-1

6^th        Caleb Kinkaid             8-1

3^rd and 4^th Grade Boys Long Jump

1^st        Cameron Adkisson    11-2

2^nd       Grant Taylor              10-8

3^rd       Gabriel Allen              10-6

4^th        Colton Troxel                        10-2

5^th        Maverick Stutzman   9-8

6^th        Landon Nilson                       8-11

5^th and 6^th Grade Boys Long Jump

1^st        Gage Delimont           11-8

2^nd       Grant Stec                  11-6

3^rd       Dyllon Graff               10-9

4^th        Braden Ludemann    10-7

5^th        Tate Fernau               10-4

6^th        Weston Haskell         9-11

1^st and 2^nd Grade Boys High Jump

1^st        Gaige Haskell             2-8

3^rd and 4^th Grade Boys High Jump

1^st        Cameron Adkisson    3-6

2^nd       Atley Titus                  2-10   

5^th and 6^th Grade Boys High Jump

1^st        Gage Delimont           4-0

2^nd       Tate Fernau               3-8

3^rdT     James Polen               3-6

3^rdT     Ben Arens                  3-6     

5^th        Dyllan Graff               3-6

6^th        Ty Conroy                  3-0

1^st and 2^nd Grade Boys Shot Put (2 lbs)

1^st        Jensen Williams         21-4

2^nd       Beau Wiebelhaus      19-0

3^rd       Caleb Kinkaid             17-10

4^th        Dalton Jones              17-6

5^th        Mason Titus               16-0

6^th        Colten Orten              15-0

3^rd and 4^th Grade Boys Shot Put (3 lbs)

1^st        Gabriel Allen              29-9

2^nd       Colton Troxel                        23-8

3^rd       Maverick Stutzman   22-2

4^th        Ben Barrow               20-1

5^th        John Bunch                18-5

6^th        George Chamberlain 17-0

5^th and 6^th Grade Boys Shot Put (6 lbs)

1^st        Braden Ludemann    21-8

2^nd       Colt Temple               19-7

3^rd       Jacob Finley               13-0

1^st and 2^nd Grade Boys 50m Dash

1^st        Bo Wiebelhaus          9.4

2^nd       Gaige Haskell             10.1

3^rd       Dalton Jones              10.5

4^th        Jensen Williams         10.6

5^th        Ian Finley                   11.0    

6^th        Zac Parker                 11.1

3^rd and 4^th Grade Boys 50m Dash

1^st        Maverick Stutzman   8.5

2^nd       Caleb Allen                 9.6

3^rd       Landon Nilson                       10.2

4^th        Gabe Allen                  10.3

5^th        Michael Parker          10.9

1^st and 2^nd Grade Boys 100m Dash

1^st        Bo Wiebelhaus          18.7

2^nd       Gaige Haskell             19.2

3^rd       Colten Orten              19.9

4^th        Dalton Jones              20.0

5^th        Trey Appelt                20.6

6^th        Ian Finley                   20.9

3^rd and 4^th Grade Boys 100m Dash

1^st        Cam Adkisson                        16.3

2^nd       Grant Taylor              17.0

3^rd       Colton Troxel             17.8

4^th        Caleb Allen                 18.8

5^th        Landon Nilson                       19.2

6^th        Ben Flynn                   19.3

5^th and 6^th Grade Boys 100m Dash

1^st        James Polen               15.1

2^nd       Ben Arens                  15.7

3^rd       Grant Stec                  16.2

4^th        Ty Conroy                  17.1

5^th        Braden Ludemann    17.2

6^th        Henry Beel                 17.3

1^st and 2^nd Grade Boys 200m Dash

1^st        Beau Wiebelhaus      42.8

2^nd       Colten Orten              45.2

3^rd       Trey Appelt                48.3

4^th        Zac Parker                 55.1

3^rd and 4^th Grade Boys 200m Dash

1^st        Cam Adkisson                        36.8

2^nd       Grant Taylor              40.0

3^rd       Ben Flynn                   43.6

4^th        Ben Barrow               45.3

5^th        Atley Titus                  46.8

6^th        George Chamberlain 47.3

5^th and 6^th Grade Boys 200m Dash

1^st        Ben Arens                  32.9

2^nd       James Polen               33.2

3^rd       Tate Fernau               35.7

4^th        Ty Conroy                  36.5

5^th        Henry Beel                 39.6

6^th        Weston Haskell         42.1

1^st and 2^nd Grade Boys 400m Run

1^st        Traegan McNally       1:46.3

2^nd       Trey Appelt                1:50.0

3^rd and 4^th Grade Boys 400m Run

1^st        Grant Taylor              1:30.6

2^nd       Caleb Allen                 1:32.8

3^rd       Ben Barrow               1:40.0

5^th and 6^th Grade Boys 400m Run

1^st        Ben Arens                  1:19.3

2^nd       Oren Pozehl               1:20.7

3^rd       Gage Delimont           1:20.8

4^th        James Polen               1:27.0

5^th        Tate Fernau               1:29.5

6^th        Braden Ludemann    1:37.9

5^th and 6^th Grade Boys 800m Run

1^st        Gage Delimont           2:56.2

2^nd       Oren Pozehl               3:12.0 

1^st and 2^nd Grade Girls Long Jump

1^st        Katherine Kerrigan   9-8

2^nd       Cameron Goochey    9-4

3^rd       Cheyan Temple         8-11

4^th        Dakota Stutzman       7-9.5

5^th        Dawson Deibler        7-7

6^th        Jaycily Johnson          7-4.5

3^rd and 4^th Grade Long Jump

1^st        Madison Welch          11-0

2^nd       Katrina Beel               10-2.5

3^rd       Montea Haskell          10-1

4^th        Madelyn Goochey     9-10.5

5^th        Molly Salzman           9-10   

6^th        Cailin Orton                9-10

5/6^th Grade Girls Long Jump

1^st        Megan Appelt                        12-8

2^nd       Rylee Rice                  11-5

3^rd       Tory Cole                   10-7

4^th        Miah Wiebelhaus      10-6

5^th        Erin Kuchera             9-5

6^th        Mackenzie Kovar       8-11

1^st and 2^nd Grade Girls High Jump

1^st        Savannah Holmes     2-8

2^nd       Tatum Nickless          2-8

3^rd       Cheyan Temple         2-6

3^rd and 4^th Grade Girls High Jump

1^st        Bria Delimont                        2-10

2^nd       Cailin Orton                2-8

3^rd       Montea Haskell          2-8

4^th        Maia Flynn                 2-6

5^th and 6^th Grade Girls High Jump

1^st        Shelby Jones              4-0

2^nd       Mackenzie Kovar       3-4

3^rd       Jenna Williams           3-0     

1^st and 2^nd Grade Girls Shot Put (2 lbs)

1^st        Saylen Young             22-4

2^nd       Dakota Stutzman       20-2

3^rd       Kendyl Delimont       16-4

4^th        Jocelyn Good             15-5

5^th        Katherine Kerrigan   12-6

6^th        Moriah Cheatum       12-1

3^rd and 4^th Grade Girls Shot Put (3 lbs)

1^st        Cheyenne Bunch       20-4

2^nd       Madelynn Goochey   18-8

3^rd       Aubree Rice               18-5

4^th        Josie Ganser               18-0

5^th        Shaley Starkey           17-2.5

6^th        Sheyenne Rydberg    16-5

5^th and 6^th Grade Girls Shot Put (6 lbs)

1^st        Erin Kuchera             20-5 (2^nd Throw)

2^nd       Shania Johnson         20-5

3^rd       Bailey Kinnick            18-5

1^st and 2^nd Grade Girls 50m Dash

1^st        Cheyan Temple         9.5

2^nd       Emma Sears               9.8

3^rd       Tatum Nickless          9.9

4^th        Savannah Holmes     10.0

5^thT     Saylen Young             10.1    

5^thT     Ally Conroy                10.1

3^rd and 4^th Grade Girls 50m Dash

1^st        Madelyn Goochey     8.7

2^ndT    Ellie Welke                 9.2

2^ndT    Bria Delimont                        9.2

4^th        Molly Salzman           9.4

5^th        Monah Beel                9.7

6^th        CeeAnna Beel                        9.9 

1^st and 2^nd Grade Girls 100m Dash

1^st        Cheyan Temple         19.4

2^nd       Tatum Nickless          19.7

3^rd       Saylen Young             20.1

4^th        Gracie Kinney                        21.1

5^th        Emma Sears               21.4

6^th        Savannah Holmes     21.5

3^rd and 4^th Grade Girls 100m Dash

1^st        Montea Haskell          17.9

2^ndT    CeeAnna Beel                        18.0

2^ndT    Madelyn Goochey     18.0

4^th        Molly Salzman           18.4

5^th        Ellie Welke                 18.8

6^th        Katrina Beel               19.2

5^th and 6^th Grade Girls 100m Dash

1^st        Rylee Rice                  15.5

2^nd       Miah Wiebelhaus      15.8

3^rd       Tory Cole                   16.5

4^th        Erin Kuchera             16.6

5^th        Shelby Jones              18.4

6^th        Jenna Williams           19.1

1^st and 2^nd Grade Girls 200m Dash

1^st        Dakota Stutzman       43.2

2^nd       Cameryn Goochey     44.4

3^rd       Kendyl Delimont       45.5

4^th        Moriah Cheatum       47.2

5^th        Katherine Kerrigan   47.5

6^th        Jaycilly Johnson         51.4

3^rd and 4^th Grade Girls 200m Dash

1^st        Bria Delimont                        39.9

2^nd       Madison Welch          40.1

3^rd       Cailin Orton                40.2

4^th        Katrina Beel               42.1

5^th        Mila Pozehl                44.3

6^th        Sheyenne Young       44.7

5^th and 6^th Grade 200m Dash

1^st        Rylee Rice                  33.7

2^nd       Megan Appelt                        34.3

3^rd       Shania Johnson         35.6

4^th        Moriah Wiebelhaus  35.6

5^th        Tory Cole                   35.8

1^st and 2^nd Grade Girls 400m Run

1^st        Kendyl Delimont       1:48

2^nd       Cameryn Goochey     1:49

3^rd       Moriah Cheatum       2:00

4^th        Dakota Stutzman       2:04

3^rd and 4^th Grade Girls 400m Run

1^st        Montea Haskell          1:30.0

2^nd       Caleb Orton                1:32.2

3^rd       Madison Welch          1:33.0

4^th        Molly Salzman           1:34.0

5^th        Moriah Beel               1:37.6

6^th        Katrina           Beel                1:40.0

5^th and 6^th Grade Girls 400m Run

1^st        Rylee Rice                  1:16.7

2^nd       Megan Appelt                        1:23.1

3^rd       Shania Johnson         1:29.0

4^th        Shelby Jones              1:31.0

5^th and 6^th Grade Girls 800m Run

1^st        Shebly Jones              3:23.0

2^nd       Shania Johnson         3:59.8

Friday, May 3

Southwest Conference Golf Tournament

Cozad Golf Course

Team Scores

1. Broken Bow, 316; 2. Valentine, 325; 3. Cozad, 343; 4. Minden, 351; 5. Ainsworth, 361; 6. Gothenburg, 375; 7. Ogallala, 381.
Top 15

1. Tanner Johnson, BB, 71; 2. Cameron Bancroft, VAL, 76; 3. Tie between Marcus Miller, BB, Austin Reynolds, BB, and Alex Dredge, VAL, 79; 6. Devin Wilkins, COZ, 81; 7. Brooks Coleman, VAL, 83; 8. Tie between Rob Maxwell, AHS, Zach Rehtus, MIN, and Matt Extrom, MIN, 84; 11. Jack Cornelius, COZ, 87; 12. Ryan Hauserman, MIN, 86; 13. Tie between Adam McGinnis, COZ, Dalton Schnase, BB, and Lane Hildebrandt, VAL, 87.

Valentine (325)

Alex Dredge 42-37 – 79

Lane Hildebrandt 45-42 – 87

Cameron Bancroft 37-39 – 76

Brooks Coleman 43-40 – 83

Brad Michalek 46-45 – 91

Lucas Stoeger 44-51 – 95

Ainsworth (361)

Rob Maxwell 42-42 – 84

Jake Wilkins 49-45 – 94

Nick Martin 49-45 – 94

Willie Kackmeister 46-43 – 89

Jayden Philben 54-46 – 100

Dominic Henry 48-49 – 97

Valentine Track and Field Invitational

Girls Team Scores

1. Ainsworth, 177; 2. North Central, 118; 3. Valentine, 98; 4. Cody-Kilgore, 89; 5. Ainsworth JV, 28; 6. St. Francis, S.D., 2.
Individual Results

High Jump – 1. Tristen Mueller, NC, 4-feet-10; 2. Brittany O’Kief, VAL, 4-8; 3. Logan Clark, AHS, 4-6.25; 4. Lindsay Fay, VAL, 4-6; 5. Schylar Philben, AHS, 4-4.

Pole Vault – 1. Dori Haskell, AHS, 7-6; 2. Shayden Platt, AHS, 6-6; 3. Savannah Dean, VAL, 5-6.

Long Jump – 1. Emily Perrett, VAL, 14-8.5; 2. Melissa Franklin, AHS, 13-4; 3. Arianna Fletcher, AHS, 13-0.25; 4. Macy Mathis, VAL, 12-10.5; 6. Jentrie Maurer, NC, 12-8.75.

Triple Jump – 1. Lydia Allen, AHS, 30-9; 2. Tristen Mueller, NC, 30-1.5; 3. Brittany O’Kief, VAL, 29-5; 5. Arianna Fletcher, AHS, 28-10.75; 6. Taryn Adams, VAL, 27-9.5.

Shot Put – 1. Shandan Platt, AHS, 44-0; 2. Addie Shaw, NC, 37-8; 3. Hailey McBride, AHS, 33-1; 4. Sydney Belville, VAL, 31-3.5; 5. Haley Hoch, AHS, 29-11; 6. Shayden Platt, AHS, 29-5.

Discus – 1. Shandan Platt, AHS, 128-7; 2. Hailey McBride, AHS, 90-3; 3. Addie Shaw, NC, 89-6; 4. Haley Hoch, AHS, 88-3; 5. Hollie Morton, NC, 86-9; 6. Jaci Badura, NC, 86-6.

100-meter hurdles – 1. Schylar Philben, AHS, 16.21 seconds; 2. Logan Clark, AHS, 18.2; 3. Lindsay Fay, VAL, 18.42; 4. Bailey Morrow, AHS, 18.67.

300 hurdles – 1. Schylar Philben, AHS, 50.52; 2. Brittany O’Kief, VAL, 52.34; 3. Logan Clark, AHS, 53.78; 5. Lindsay Fay, VAL, 56.74; 6. Bailey Morrow, AHS, 58.16.

100 meters – 1. Amber Frerichs, NC, 13.14; 2. Allison Collier, VAL, 13.4; 3. Dori Haskell, AHS, 13.48; 5. Breanna Schrantz, NC, 13.83; 6. Emily Perrett, VAL, 14.21.

200 meters – 1. Tessa Gale, C-K, 27.56; 2. Breanna Schrantz, NC, 28.53; 3. Allison Collier, NC, 28.56; 5. Keyanna Micheel, NC, 29.11; 6. Dori Haskell, AHS, 29.4.

400 meters – 1. Amber Frerichs, NC, 1:04.3; 2. Keyanna Micheel, NC, 1:10.6; 3. Tristen Mueller, NC, 1:10.9; 4. Heather Martin, AHS, 1:16.2; 6. Taryn Adams, VAL, 1:17.3.

800 meters – 1. Paxton Fiala, AHS, 2:35.3; 3. Lauren Allen, AHS, 2:51.5; 4. Savannah Dean, VAL, 2:59.5; 5. Katrina Clay, NC, 3:09.5; 6. Saresse Clay, NC, 3:21.1.

1600 meters – 1. Alyssa Kinning, AHS, 5:44.7; 4. Kara Bruns, NC, 6:36.1; 6. Tori Osterman, VAL, 6:52.4.

3200 meters – 1. Katie Compton, C-K, 13:30.2; 3. Jayne Barrow, AHS, 15:12.6; 4. Sara Salzman, AHS, 15:22.4; 5. Tori Osterman, VAL, 15:45.6; 6. Tori Davis, NC, 16:24.5.

400 Relay – 1. North Central (Keyanna Micheel, Breanna Schrantz, Jamie Turpin and Amber Frerichs), 54.78; 2. Ainsworth (Dori Haskell, Arianna Fletcher, Laura Peters and Lydia Allen), 56.65; 3. Valentine, 56.79.

1600 Relay – 1. North Central (Keyanna Micheel, Breanna Schrantz, Saresse Clay and Jamie Turpin), 4:39.4; 2. Ainsworth (Alyssa Kinning, Lisa Ludemann, Paxton Fiala and Arianna Fletcher), 4:50; 4. Valentine, 5:06.9.

3200 Relay – 1. Ainsworth (Logan Clark, Lauren Allen, Amanda Pike and Sydney Fling), 11:34.9; 2. North Central (Jamie Turpin, Kara Bruns, Saresse Clay and Tori Davis), 11:39; 3. Valentine, 12:30.7.

Boys Team Scores

1. Ainsworth, 163; 2. North Central, 113; 3. Valentine, 99; 4. Cody-Kilgore, 68; 5. Ainsworth JV, 61.
Individual Results

High Jump – 1. Quin Conner, VAL, 6-feet-4; 3. James Worden, AHS, 5-4.25; 4. Matt Kovar, AHS, 5-4; 5. Jose Garcia, AHS, 5-2.

Pole Vault – 1. Landon Welke, AHS, 14-0; 2. Hunter Martin, AHS, 10-0.25; 3. AJ Wrage, VAL, 10-0; 4. Braxton Coleman, VAL, 9-6; 5. Ty Wolken, VAL, 8-0.

Long Jump – 1. Kolton Brown, VAL, 19-4; 2. Landon Welke, AHS, 19-0; 3. Wyatt Cole, AHS, 17-9.5; 4. Michael Ripley, NC, 17-3.5; 5. Holden Smith, AHS, 16-9.25; 6. Jose Garcia, AHS, 16-1.

Triple Jump – 1. Wyatt Cole, AHS, 38-5.5; 2. Sage Osborn, NC, 37-2.25; 3. Jose Garcia, AHS, 34-7.75; 4. Christopher Coulter, NC, 33-10; 5. Charton Clark, NC, 33-2; 6. Ty Wolken, VAL, 29-6.5.

Shot Put – 1. Ben Allen, AHS, 46-4; 2. Brandon Clark, AHS, 41-7; 3. Kody Rathe, AHS, 41-5; 4. Gunner Hitchcock, VAL, 38-5; 5. Chet Tetherow, VAL, 37-0; 6. Jedd Raymond, AHS, 36-10.

Discus – 1. Brandon Clark, AHS, 130-11; 2. Gunner Hitchcock, VAL, 116-2; 3. Jedd Raymond, AHS, 111-10; 4. Ben Allen, AHS, 109-8; 5. Chet Tetherow, VAL, 103-0; 6. Taylor Monroe, VAL, 102-9.

110-meter hurdles – 1. Kalen Hollopeter, VAL, 16.5 seconds; 2. Marcus Nelson, VAL, 16.51; 3. Landon Welke, AHS, 17.78; 4. Andrew Hollenbeck, NC, 17.96; 5. Hayes Chohon, AHS, 19.07.

300 hurdles – 1. Kalen Hollopeter, VAL, 43.43; 2. Marcus Nelson, VAL, 44.96; 3. Andrew Hollenbeck, NC, 45.16; 5. Hayes Chohon, AHS, 47.96; 6. Joe McNair, 48.91.

100 meters – 1. Carter Camp, NC, 11.66; 2. Holden Smith, 11.68; 3. James Worden, AHS, 11.74; 4. Kolton Brown, VAL, 11.86; 5. Kody Rathe, AHS, 11.88; 6. Quin Conner, VAL, 12.15.

200 meters – 1. James Worden, AHS, 23.64; 2. Justin Palmer, NC, 23.69; 3. Josh Finley, AHS, 24.58; 4. Dillon Hunt, NC, 24.7; 5. Quin Conner, VAL, 24.74; 6. Wyatt Cole, AHS, 24.87.

400 meters – 1. Carter Camp, NC, 53.64; 2. Trevor Ferguson, NC, 53.99; 4. Justin Palmer, NC, 55.51; 5. Josh Finley, AHS, 56.93; 6. Lane Johnson, AHS, 58.93.

800 meters – 1. Jalen Grant, C-K, 2:09.2; 2. Hunter Martin, AHS, 2:11.1; 3. Austin Harthoorn, AHS, 2:13.1; 4. Brady Delimont, AHS, 2:16.2; 5. Colin Erickson, NC, 2:17; 6. Marcus Osborne, AHS, 2:19.

1600 meters – 1. Keaton Gracey, AHS, 4:46.5; 2. Brady Delimont, AHS, 4:47.1; 4. Hunter Martin, AHS, 4:56.3; 5. Alec Masters, AHS, 5:13; 6. Colin Erickson, NC, 5:15.

3200 meters – 1. Jalen Grant, C-K, 11:07.3; 2. Phillip Lewis, NC, 11:17.1; 4. Alec Masters, AHS, 11:30.2; 5. Atsushi, Nishizaka, NC, 12:40.9.

400 Relay – 1. North Central (Alex Sybrant, Trevor Ferguson, Justin Palmer and Carter Camp), 46.14; 2. Ainsworth (Landon Welke, James Worden, Holden Smith and Kody Rathe), 46.29; 3. Valentine, 47.78.

1600 Relay – 1. North Central (Charton Clark, Dillon Hunt, Cash Cosgrove and Tyler Knox), 3:50.5; 2. Ainsworth (Josh Finley, Hayes Chohon, Joe McNair and Keaton Gracey), 3:55.3; 3. Ainsworth JV (Lane Johnson, Aaron Goodloe, Austin Harthoorn and Patrick Westerberg), 4:01.2.

3200 Relay – 1. Cody-Kilgore, 9:00.7; 2. North Central (Phillip Lewis, Atsushi Nishizaka, Cash Cosgrove and Tyler Knox), 9:37.1.

Tuesday, April 30

Stuart Bronco Stampede Track and Field Meet

Team Scores Not Kept
Schools participating included North Central, Stuart, West Holt, O'Neill St. Mary's, Cody-Kilgore, Clearwater-Orchard, Niobrara-Verdigre, Bloomfield, Ewing and Elgin/Elgin Pope John.

Girls Individual Results

High Jump – 1. Emily Everitt, STM, 5-feet-1; 2. Tristen Mueller, NC, 5-0; 3. Tie between Hailey Paxton, STU, and Caitlin Kunz, STU, 4-10;

Triple Jump – 1. Marin Heithoff, EPPJ, 31-5.75; 3. Caitlin Kunz, STU, 30-1.

Long Jump – 1. Emily Everitt, STM, 16-5; 5. Monique Schafer, STU, 14-1.25.

Shot Put – 1. Addie Shaw, NC, 36-7.75.

Discus – 1. Jessi Pongratz, STM, 122-5; 2. Addie Shaw, NC, 106-8; 3. Megan Riha, STU, 101-5; 5. Jaci Badura, NC, 96-11.

Pole Vault – 1. Mackenzie Wecker, STM, 9-0; 4. Dana Judge, WH, 7-0.

100-meter hurdles – 1. Mackenzie Wecker, STM, 16.35 seconds; 5. Caitlin Kunz, STU, 17.95.

300 hurdles – 1. Mackenzie Wecker, STM, 48.28; 4. Jessica Mohnsen, WH, 52.98; 5. Caitlin Kunz, STU, 53.64.

100 meters – 1. Bridget Schneider, STM, 13.0; 6. Keyanna Micheel, NC, 14.0.

200 meters – 1. Amber Frerichs, NC, 27.57; 5. Monique Schafer, STU, 28.74.

400 meters – 1. Emily Kaup, STU, 1:02.1; 6. Hailey Paxton, STU, 1:07.7.

800 meters – 1. Emily Kaup, STU, 2:24.6; 4. Hailey Paxton, STU, 2:40.7; 5. Jamie Turpin, NC, 2:42.6.

1600 meters – 1. Emily Kaup, STU, 5:38.1.

3200 meters – 1. Alejandra Kersenbrock-Vergara, STM, 12:42.5.

400 Relay – 1. St. Mary’s, 53.72; 3. North Central, 55.51.

400 Throwers Relay – 1. North Central, 1:01.9; 3. Stuart, 1:04.28.

1600 Relay – 1. St. Mary’s, 4:22.7; 2. North Central, 4:27; 4. Stuart, 4:39.7; 6. West Holt, 4:44.1.

3200 Relay – 1. St. Mary’s, 10:13; 2. North Central, 11:04.3; 5. Stuart, 12:04.8.

Boys Results

High Jump – 1. Logan Fay, C-K, 5-feet-10; 3. Chase Broders, STU, 5-6; 6. Connor Paxton, STU, 5-4.

Long Jump – 1. Kyle Loecker, STM, 20-0.25; 4. Michael Ripley, NC, 17-8.5; 6. Andrew Broders, STU, 17-3.25.

Triple Jump – 1. Aaron Ohri, STM, 41-10.5; 4. Andrew Broders, STU, 38-1.5; 5. Tyler Knox, NC, 37-2.

Pole Vault – 1. Ty Eiler, STM, 12-6; 3. Cole Gibbens, WH, 10-6; 5. Troy Childress, WH, 9-6.

Discus – 1. Zach Polk, EPPJ, 134-7; 3. Trevor Ramm, STU, 129-3.

Shot Put – 1. Chet Beckman, BLM, 40-8.5; 5. Trevor Ramm, STU, 37-10.

110-meter hurdles – 1. Dakota Burgerhoff, BLM, 16.0 seconds; 4. Mitchell Dvorak, STU, 19.0; 5. Riley Bilstein, WH, 19.09.

300 hurdles – 1. Blake Schrage, EPPJ, 42.0; 5. Mitchell Dvorak, STU, 46.1; 6. Riley Bilstein, WH, 50.0.

100 meters – 1. Dakota Burgerhoff, BLM, 11.28; 3. Alex Kunz, STU, 11.66; 4. Cole Pease, STU, 11.74.

200 meters – 1. Evan Koertje, BLM, 23.43; 3. Carter Camp, NC, 23.93; 4. Alex Kunz, STU, 24.05; 5. Bo Jensen, WH, 24.1; 6. Cole Pease, STU, 24.13;

400 meters – 1. Kyle Pardun, STM, 52.33; 3. Alex Kunz, STU, 54.95.

800 meters – 1. Jalen Grant, C-K, 2:06.3; 5. Justin Palmer, NC, 2:15.9; 6. Tate Schmaderer, STU, 2:16.6.

1600 meters – 1. Jalen Grant, C-K, 4:54.4; 3. Colin Erickson, NC, 5:15.3; 6. Phillip Lewis, NC, 5:37.7.

3200 meters – 1. Jalen Grant, C-K, 10:33.9; 4. Phillip Lewis, NC, 11:16.3; 6. Atsushi Nishizaka, NC, 12:06.2.

400 Relay – 1. West Holt, 45.25; 3. North Central B, 46.14; 5. Stuart, 47.74; 6. North Central A, 49.08.

400 Throwers Relay – 1. St. Mary’s, 52.6; 2. North Central, 52.7.

1600 Relay – 1. North Central, 3:40.9; 4. West Holt, 3:55.

3200 Relay – 1. North Central, 8:48.4; 4. West Holt, 9:58.3; 6. Stuart, 10:21.

Stuart Bronco Stampede Track and Field

Junior High Girls Results

Long Jump – 1. Kinzly Macke, C-O, 13-feet-4.25; 2. Megan Erickson, NC, 12-7.75.

High Jump – 1. Rebecca Hiatt, BC, 4-7; 3. Harlee Fischer, STU, 4-2; 6. Caitlin Orton, NC, 4-0.

Triple Jump – 1. Rachel Kaup, STU, 28-10.25; 3. Elana Tiefenthaler, NC, 27-8.

Shot Put – 1. Jaycee Fleming, NC, 33-6; 2. Trisha Fox, STU, 29-2.

Discus – 1. Trisha Fox, STU, 99-4.5; 2. Jaycee Fleming, NC, 93-3.5; 5. Emma Teel, NC, 67-5.

Pole Vault – 1. Kendra Kozisek, STM, 6-6.

100-meter hurdles – 1. Rachel Stewart, NC, 17.31 seconds; 4. Skylar Cosgrove, NC, 19.23.

300 hurdles – 1. Rachel Stewart, NC, 49.35; 2. Skylar Cosgrove, NC, 55.19.

100 meters – 1. Kinzly Macke, C-O, 14.0; 2. Taylor Kubik, STU, 14.4.

200 meters – 1. Kylie Thiele, C-O, 28.37.

400 meters – 1. Rachel Stewart, NC, 1:03.2; 2. Rachel Kaup, STU, 1:04.1; 5. Rachael Calvo, NC, 1:12.2.

800 meters – 1. Harlee Fischer, STU, 2:39.7; 3. Rachel Kaup, STU, 2:43.4; 4. Megan Erickson, NC, 2:46.2; 5. Caitlin Orton, NC, 2:49.3; 6. Alexa Heyden, NC, 2:53.3.

1600 meters – 1. Harlee Fischer, STU, 5:57.8.

400 Relay – 1. St. Mary’s, 57.91; 3. North Central, 1:00.9.

400 Throwers Relay – 1. Cody-Kilgore, 1:04.2; 2. North Central, 1:07.6; 6. Stuart, 1:24.6.

1600 Relay – 1. Stuart, 4:39; 2. North Central, 4:39.1.

3200 Relay – 1. North Central, 11:23; 5. Stuart, 12:46.

Junior High Boys Results

Long Jump – 1. Braydon Caldwell, NC, 15-feet-6.5; 5. Jack Gale, NC, 14-11.

Triple Jump – 1. Caleb Rihanek, BC, 33-3.5.

High Jump – 1. Tyler Regan, STM, 5-0; 3. Connor Jarman, STU, 4-8.

Shot Put – 1. Chance Sholes, STM, 43-1; 2. Austin Moore, STU, 33-2.

Discus – 1. Walker Shaw, NC, 112-8; 2. Austin Moore, STU, 102-3.5.

Pole Vault – 1. Jack Reiman, STM, 7-0.

100-meter hurdles – 1. Kane Swanon, BC, 17.5 seconds.

300 hurdles – 1. Jayden Schmit, C-K, 49.7.

100 meters – 1. Bryce Summers, EWG, 12.87; 4. Braydon Caldwell, NC, 13.3; 6. Walker Shaw, NC, 13.64.

200 meters – 1. Chance Sholes, STM, 25.69; 3. Jack Gale, NC, 26.75.

400 meters – 1. Jack Gale, NC, 59.8; 5. Andrew Olson, STU, 1:05.9; 6. Aaron Sybrant, NC, 1:07.6.

800 meters – 1. Jared Schmit, C-K, 2:29.8; 3. Connor Jarman, STU, 2:36.8; 4. Andrew Olson, STU, 2:40.7; 6. Aaron Sybrant, NC, 2:46.8.

1600 meters – 1. Jared Schmit, C-K, 5:20.1; 2. Connor Jarman, STU, 5:38.7; 4. Griffin Smith, NC, 5:56.3.

400 Relay – 1. St. Mary’s, 51.57; 3. North Central, 56.62.

400 Throwers Relay – 1. Cody-Kilgore, 57.56.

1600 Relay – 1. Ewing, 4:30.7; 3. North Central, 4:32.2; 4. Stuart, 4:53.8.

3200 Relay – 1. Stuart, 11:13.

Ainsworth Quadrangular Golf Tournament

Team Scores

1. Valentine, 328; 2. Ainsworth, 348; 3. North Central, 384; 4. West Holt, 388.
Top 5
1. Lane Hildebrandt, VAL, 80; 2. Brooks Coleman, VAL, 82; 3. Tie between Alex Dredge, VAL, and Cameron Bancroft, VAL, 83; 5. Jake Wilkins, AHS, 85.
Valentine (328)

Lane Hildebrandt, 80; Brooks Coleman, 82; Alex Dredge, 83; Cameron Bancroft, 83; Brad Michalek, 95.
Ainsworth (348)

Jake Wilkins, 85; Rob Maxwell, 86; Nick Martin, 87; Willie Kackmeister, 90; Jayden Philben, 96.
North Central (384)

Kyle Jackman, 86; Jake Friedrich, 93; Troy Gibson, 99; Dillon Fales, 106; Darren Allen, 106.
West Holt (388)

Alex Fritz, 89; Cameron Schmuecker, 94; Austyn Ramm, 100; Marcus Osborne, 105; Matt McDermott, 123.

Monday, April 29

Niobrara Valley Conference Golf Tournament at Niobrara

Team Scores

1. Elgin/Elgin Pope John, 309; 2. North Central, 352; 3. Clearwater/Orchard, 353; 4. Ewing, 358; 5. Boyd County, 360; 6. Niobrara/Verdigre, 380; 7. Chambers/Wheeler Central, 419.
Top 15
1. Jake Friedrich, NC, 75; 2. Tie between Andrew Heithoff and Kyle Heithoff, EPPJ, 76; 4. Tie between Kyle Jackman, NC, and Nick Heithoff, EPPJ, 78; 6. Trent Hoefer, EPPJ, 79; 7. Cody Bernt, BC, 81; 8. Tie between Mitchell Atkinson, BC, Dalton Williby, C-O, and Tate Schutt, C-O, 83; 11. Tie between Tyler Childers, EPPJ, and Andrew Lechtenberg, BC, 84; 13. Tie between Laura Hynes, EHS, and Coy Reynolds, N-V, 86; 15. Robert Nordby, EHS, 87.
North Central (352)
Jake Friedrich 38-37 - 75
Kyle Jackman 40-38 - 78
Troy Gibson 45-51 - 96
Darren Allen 50-53 - 103
Dillon Fales 59-48 - 107

Saturday, April 27

Southwest Conference Track and Field

Broken Bow

Boys Team Scores

1. Cozad, 109; 2. Ogallala, 100; 3. Broken Bow, 92; 4. Minden, 78; 5. Tie between Ainsworth and Gothenburg, 71; 7. Valentine, 5.

Individual Results

Long jump – 1. Isaac Carlson, MIN, 21-feet-1.75; 4. Kolton Brown, VAL, 19-5.

Triple jump – 1. Isaac Carlson, MIN, 41-4; 2. Landon Welke, AHS, 39-11.5; 5. Wyatt Cole, AHS, 37-9.

High jump – 1. Jordan Lemburg, BB, 5-10; 6. James Worden, AHS, 5-6.

Discus – 1. Jacob Stallbaumer, COZ, 146-8; 6. Brandon Clark, AHS, 135-8.

Shot put – 1. Tanner Borchardt, GOTH, 53-7; 4. Ben Allen, AHS, 46-1; 5. Kody Rathe, AHS, 44-2.

Pole vault – 1. Landon Welke, AHS, 13-7.

110-meter hurdles – 1. Tanner Briggs, BB, 15.0 seconds.

300 hurdles – 1. Colin Wetovick, COZ, 40.7; 6. Kalen Hollopeter, VAL, 43.8.

100 meters – 1. Dru Estrada, OGA, 11.1; 6. Holden Smith, AHS, 11.61.

200 meters – 1. Alex White, BB, 22.8; 5. James Worden, AHS, 23.8.

400 meters – 1. Nate Bubak, COZ, 53.6; 4. Josh Finley, AHS, 55.7.

800 meters – 1. Dillon McKeag, OGA, 2:01.2; 6. Marcus Osborne, AHS, 2:14.2.

1600 meters – 1. Dillon McKeag, OGA, 4:38.9; 3. Brady Delimont, AHS, 4:44.3; 4. Keaton Gracey, AHS, 4:51.

3200 meters – 1. Dillon McKeag, OGA, 10:00.8; 2. Keaton Gracey, AHS, 10:09.9; 4. Hunter Martin, AHS, 10:36; 5. Zach Welch, AHS, 10:37.

400 relay – 1. Broken Bow, 44.3; Ainsworth (Landon Welke, James Worden, Holden Smith and Kody Rathe), 46.0.

1600 relay – 1. Minden, 3:32.7; 6. Ainsworth (Josh Finley, Marcus Osborne, Aaron Goodloe and Austin Harthoorn), 3:57.6.

3200 relay – 1. Minden, 8:35.2; 2. Ainsworth (Austin Harthoorn, Brady Delimont, Patrick Westerberg and Marcus Osborne), 8:48.7.
 

Girls Team Scores

1. Gothenburg, 136; 2. Cozad, 108; 3. Minden, 88.5; 4. Ainsworth, 87.5; 5. Ogallala, 72; 6. Broken Bow, 24; 7. Valentine, 11.
Individual Results

Long jump – 1. Tiani Reeves, GOTH, 17-feet-9; 4. Emily Perrett, VAL, 14-9.75; 5. Laura Peters, AHS, 14-6.

Triple jump – 1. Tiani Reeves, GOTH, 37-6; 3. Lydia Allen, AHS, 32-5.

High jump – 1. Hannah Gilg, COZ, 5-1; 3. Logan Clark, AHS, 4-11; 6. Schylar Philben, AHS, 4-8.

Discus – 1. Ciara Voycheske, OGA, 125-0; 4. Shandan Platt, AHS, 116-8; 5. Sydney Belville, VAL, 116-6.

Shot put – 1. Shandan Platt, AHS, 42-11.

Pole vault – 1. Aryn Meisinger, GOTH, 9-6; 3. Dori Haskell, AHS, 8-6.

100-meter hurdles – 1. Reilly Goings, COZ, 16.9 seconds.

300 hurdles – 1. Schylar Philben, AHS, 48.8; 6. Brittany O’Kief, VAL, 51.4.

100 meters – 1. Addison Woodward, MIN, 12.6.

200 meters – 1. Tiani Reeves, GOTH, 25.2; 6. Allison Collier, VAL, 28.5.

400 meters – 1. Tiani Reeves, GOTH, 59.5.

800 meters – 1. Krisha Scott, BB, 2:28.5; 4. Paxton Fiala, AHS, 2:38.4.

1600 meters – 1. Alyssa Kinning, AHS, 5:38.6.

3200 meters – 1. Alyssa Kinning, AHS, 12:24.8; 6. Sara Salzman, AHS, 14:53.4.

400 relay – 1. Minden, 51.3; 5. Ainsworth (Dori Haskell, Arianna Fletcher, Laura Peters and Lydia Allen), 54.0.

1600 relay – 1. Minden, 4:12; 3. Ainsworth (Schylar Philben, Laura Peters, Alyssa Kinning and Paxton Fiala), 4:26.5; 6. Valentine (Savannah Dean, Nicole Lurz, Allison Collier and Taryn Adams), 5:12.3.

3200 relay – 1. Ainsworth (Alyssa Kinning, Logan Clark, Lauren Allen and Paxton Fiala), 10:36.6; 5. Valentine (Taryn Adams, Savannah Dean, Tori Osterman and Nicole Lurz), 12:35.4.

West Holt Golf Invitational

Team Scores

1. Plainview, 327; 2. Elgin/Elgin Pope John, 328; 3. O’Neill, 340; 4. Clearwater-Orchard, 356; 5. Ewing, 366; 6. Ainsworth, 373; 7. North Central, 388; 8. Creighton, 393; 9. West Holt, 393; 10. Neligh-Oakdale, 399; 11. Niobrara/Verdigre, 402; 12. West Boyd, 405; 13. Chambers/Wheeler Central, 408; 14. Burwell and Santee, no team score.

Top 15

1. Sam Meuret, PLA, 69; 2. Nick Heithoff, EPPJ, 75; 3. Tie between Colin Wright, PLA, Corby Forbes, PLA, and Andrew Lechtenberg, WB, 80; 6. Tie between Andrew Heithoff, EPPJ, Nate Gotschall, O’N, and Tristan Strong, O’N, 83; 9. Tie between Kyle Heithoff, EPPJ, and Kyle Jackman, NC, 84; 11. Laura Hynes, EW, 85; 12. Tie between Tate Schutt, C-O, Adam Soukup, O’N, and Trent Hoefer, EPPJ, 86; 15. Tie between Jake Friedrich, NC, and Jake Wilkins, AHS, 87.
Ainsworth (373)

Jake Wilkins, 87; Nick Martin, 92; Rob Maxwell, 96; Jayden Philben, 98; Willie Kackmeister, 99.
North Central (388)

Kyle Jackman, 84; Jake Friedrich, 87; Troy Gibson, 104; Dillon Fales, 113; Darren Allen, 113.
West Holt (393)

Austyn Ramm, 94; Cameron Schmuecker, 94; Marcus Osborne, 101; Matt McDermott, 104; Derek Dohrman, 125.

Thursday, April 25
 

Northeast Nebraska Track and Field Classic

Boys results

Discus – 1. Logan Kampschneider, Howells/Dodge, 167-feet-6; 4. Marcus Marcellus, West Holt, 151-9.
Shot put – 1. Nathan Bazata, Howells/Dodge, 58-9; 2. Marcus Marcellus, West Holt, 52-7.5.
High jump – 1. Grant Anderson, Wayne, 6-5.
Long jump – 1. Kyle Loecker, O’Neill St. Mary’s, 21-2.25.

Triple jump – 1. Aaron Ohri, O’Neill St. Mary’s, 43-5.25.

Pole vault – 1. Landon Welke, Ainsworth, 13-4.
100 meters – 1. Travis Wright, Battle Creek, 10.9 seconds.

200 meters – 1. Kenneth Johnson, Norfolk, 22.2.

400 meters – 1. Patrick Meuret, Norfolk, 50.9.

800 meters – 1. Pat Wortmann, Hartington, 2:01.9; 4. Brett Pacha, West Holt, 2:02.2.

1600 meters – 1. Derrick Hostert, O’Neill, 4:42.4; 4. Brady Delimont, Ainsworth, 4:46.9.

3,200 meters – 1. Benjamin Protzman, Norfolk, 10:17; 3. Hunter Martin, Ainsworth, 10:24.1; 4. Keaton Gracey, Ainsworth, 10:25.2; 5. Zach Welch, Ainsworth, 10:30.8.

110-meter hurdles – 1. Trent Spieker, Pierce, 15.2.

300-meter hurdles – 1. Tate Laursen, O’Neill, 41.3.

400 relay – 1. Battle Creek, 43.9.

1600 relay – 1. O’Neill, 3:31; 3. West Holt, 3:37.

3200 relay – 1. Hartington, 8:30.8; 3. North Central, 8:40.7.

Girls results

Discus – 1. Michaela Dendinger, Hartington, 151-feet-3 (new meet record); 5. Shandon Platt, Ainsworth, 123-4.

Shot put – 1. Samantha Liermann, Wisner-Pilger, 43-8.75; 3. Shandon Platt, Ainsworth, 39-2.75.

High jump – 1. Jaci Brahmer, Pierce, 5-6 (ties meet record).

Long jump – 1. Taleah Williams, Norfolk, 17-6.5.

Triple jump – 1. Alyssa Frauendorfer, Humphrey, 36-8.5.

Pole vault – 1. Courtney Schindler, Norfolk Catholic, 10-0.

100 meters – 1. Dani Riesberg, Crofton, 12.3 seconds.

200 meters – 1. Taleah Williams, Norfolk, 25.7.

400 meters – 1. Dani Riesberg, Crofton, 1:01.5.

800 meters – 1. Hailey Pollard, Ponca, 2:23.8; 2. Emily Kaup, Stuart, 2:24; 6. Paxton Fiala, Ainsworth, 2:30.

1600 meters – 1. Emily Kaup, Stuart, 5:39.7.

3,200 meters – 1. Allison Arens, Crofton, 11:55.7; 2. Alyssa Kinning, Ainsworth, 11:58.4 (new school record).

100 hurdles – 1. Katie Atkins, Pierce, 15.5; 3. Schylar Philben, Ainsworth, 15.9.

300 hurdles – 1. Chelsea Johnson, Norfolk, 46.4.

400 relay – 1. Chambers/Wheeler Central, 50.9.

1600 relay – 1. Norfolk, 4:11.1; 6. West Holt, 4:26.7.

3200 relay – 1. Crofton, 10:17.6.

Tuesday, April 23

Seniors Schylar Philben and Keaton Gracey received the coveted John Nelson Sportsmanship Award during the All-Sports Tailgate Party Tuesday in McAndrew Gymnasium.
Philben and Gracey were selected by the school’s coaches as exhibiting exemplary sportsmanship while representing Ainsworth Community Schools during sporting activities.

The presentation of the sportsmanship awards concluded an awards presentation that included each coach showing a video of the season and introducing the team roster and the most valuable players.
The Bryan Moody Memorial Football Most Valuable Player Award was presented to Joe McNair by Coach Wade Alberts. McNair was also named the Lifter of the Year.

Zach Welch and Keaton Gracey were selected as the co-MVPs of boys cross country by Coach Jared Hansmeier. Logan Clark and Alyssa Kinning shared the girls cross country Most Valuable Player Award.

In volleyball, seniors Haley Hoch and Philben were named the co-MVPs by Coach Kelli Kral.

Serena Frew was named the girls golf MVP for the 2012 season by Coach Brenda Konkoleski.

During the winter sports, Ely Sharkey and Blaine Finney, both state medal winners, were named the co-MVPs of the school’s wrestling team by coach Todd Pollock.

Sophomore Ellie Carr, a first team Southwest Conference selection, received the girls basketball MVP award from coach Lanay Hansmeier.

Senior Nick Martin, also a first team Southwest Conference player, was named the boys basketball MVP by coaches Harlin Welch and Brian Delimont.

Hansmeier presented the 2012 track and field Most Valuable Player awards to Shandan Platt and Landon Welke.

Six Ainsworth seniors were recognized as 12-sport athletes, playing three sports during each of their four years of high school. Those seniors were Brandon Clark, Paxton Fiala, Gracey, Hoch, Lane Johnson and Martin.

Following the meal served by the Ainsworth Lions Club, Ainsworth Booster Club members selected new members to the board of directors. Elected to the Booster Club Board were Brad Schlueter, Jason Adkisson, Chris and Heather Walnofer, and Scotty and Toby Clark.

Board members completing their terms on the Booster Club are Tony and Michelle Beck, Dave and Karen Kackmeister, and John and Rylee Pierce.

Monday, April 15

Ord Triangular Track and Field Meet
Girls Team Scores
1. Ord, 192.5; 2. Ainsworth, 157.5; 3. O'Neill, 138.
Individual results
Pole vault - 1. McKenna Sheldon, ORD, 8-feet; 3. Dori Haskell, AHS, 7-0; 4. Shaydon Platt, AHS, 7-0.
High jump - 1. Logan Clark, AHS, 4-10; 2. Schylar Philben, AHS, 4-8; 5. Heather Martin, AHS, 4-2.
Triple jump - 1. Elizabeth Gronewold, ORD, 32-11.5; 2. Lydia Allen, AHS, 31-7.5; 6. Arianna Fletcher, AHS, 27-11.5.
Discus - 1. Shandon Platt, AHS, 120-6; 3. Haley Hoch, AHS, 96-10; 6. Lydia Allen, AHS, 85-1.
Shot put - 1. Shandon Platt, AHS, 41-3.75; 4. Hailey McBride, AHS, 33-10.25.
Long jump - 1. Jordan Kuck, ORD, 15-4.25; 2. Laua Peters, AHS, 14-7.25; 5. Arianna Fletcher, AHS, 13-1; 6. Melissa Franklin, AHS, 13-0.25.

100-meter hurdles - 1. Schylar Philben, AHS, 15.9 seconds; 5. Logan Clark, AHS, 18.8; 6. Bailey Morrow, AHS, 20.6.

300 hurdles - 1. Tori Beran, ORD, 47.7; 4. Schylar Philben, AHS, 51.6; 5. Laura Peters, AHS, 52.0; 6. Logan Clark, AHS, 53.5.

100 meters - 1. Brandi Walters, O'N, 13.1; 5. Dori Haskell, AHS, 13.7.

200 - 1. Randi Pinkerman, O'N, 28.2; 6. Lydia Allen, AHS, 29.4.

400 - 1. Katherine Lansman, ORD, 1:03; 5. Lisa Ludemann, AHS, 1:11.

800 - 1. Paxton Fiala, AHS, 2:35.8; 5. Lauren Allen, AHS, 2:55.6.

1600 - 1. Alyssa Kinning, 5:36.4; 4. Sydney Fling, AHS, 6:46.7; 5. Amanda Pike, AHS, 7:04.8.

3200 - 1. Alyssa Kinning, AHS, 12:18.8.

400 relay - 1. Ord, 53.5; 3. Ainsworth, 55.8.

1600 relay - 1. Ord, 4:22.2; 2. Ainsworth, 4:37.9.
3200 relay - 1. Ord, 10:49.1; 2. Ainsworth, 12:38.4.

Boys Team Scores
1. Ord, 215; 2. Ainsworth, 140; 3. O'Neill, 130.
Individual Results
Pole vault - 1. Landon Welke, AHS, 13-feet-6.
Long jump - 1. Brock Schueth, O'N, 19-8; 4. Wyatt Cole, AHS, 17-11.25.
Triple jump - 1. Landon Welke, AHS, 39-6; 4. Wyatt Cole, AHS, 35-10; 6. Jose Garcia, AHS, 32-5.
High jump - 1. Flagan Petska, ORD, 5-6; 2. Matt Kovar, AHS, 5-4; 3. Jose Garcia, AHS, 5-0.
Discus - 1. Clayton Lange, ORD, 141-8; 2. Brandon Clark, AHS, 140-8; 5. Lane Garrison, AHS, 120-10; 6. Ben Allen, AHS, 109-11.
Shot put - 1. Clayton Lange, ORD, 49-10.25; 3. Lane Garrison, AHS, 43-8; 5. Ben Allen, AHS, 43-5; 6. Kody Rathe, AHS, 42-4.5.

110-meter hurdles - 1. Cole Svoboda, ORD, 17.8 seconds; 2. Hayes Chohon, AHS, 18.1.
300 hurdles - 1. Tate Laursen, O'N, 40.4; 5. Hayes Chohon, AHS, 49.4.

100 - 1. Tate Laursen, O'N, 11.5; 2. Landon Welke, AHS, 11.6; 5. Kody Rathe, AHS, 12.2.

200 - 1. Nick Valla, ORD, 24.4; 2. Josh Finley, AHS, 24.9; 4. Kody Rathe, AHS, 25.5; 5. Wyatt Cole, AHS, 25.7.

400 - 1. Michael Hedlund, O'N, 54.0; 4. Josh Finley, AHS, 56.6.

800 - 1. Philip Langthaler, ORD, 2:06; 3. Patrick Westerberg, AHS, 2:20.1; 4. Marcus Osborn, AHS, 2:20.2.

1600 - 1. Andrew Fields, ORD, 4:41.4; 2. Brady Delimont, AHS, 4:53.7; 4. Austin Harthoorn, AHS, 5:23.

3200 - 1. Andrew Fields, ORD, 10:05; 2. Keaton Gracey, AHS, 10:25.7; 3. Hunter Martin, AHS, 10:31.3; 4. Zach Welch, AHS, 10:36.4.

400 relay - 1. Ord, 46.2.

1600 relay - 1. O'Neill, 3:37.2; 3. Ainsworth, 3:57.7.

3200 relay - 1. Ord, 8:34.8; 3. Ainsworth, 8:56.8.

Tuesday, April 2

Ainsworth Quadrangular Golf Meet
Team Scores
1. Valentine, 167; 2. Ainsworth, 175; 3. West Holt, 188; 4. North Central, 194.
Valentine (167) - Cameron Bancroft, 39 (medalist); Lane Hildebrandt, 41; Alex Dredge, 43; Brooks Coleman, 44; Brad Michalek, 44.
Ainsworth (175) - Nick Martin, 41; Jake Wilkins, 42; Rob Maxwell, 43; Willie Kackmeister, 49; Jayden Philben, 50.
West Holt (188) - Alex Fritz, 43; Cameron Schmuecker, 44; Austyn Rammlech, 48; Marcus Osborne, 53; Matt McDermott, 60.
North Central (194) - Jake Friedrich, 41; Kyle Jackman, 46; Troy Gibson, 50; Darren Allen, 57; Dillon Fales, 60.

Ainsworth Track and Field Snowball Relays
Girls Team Scores
1. Ainsworth, 100; 2. West Holt, 80; 3. Valentine, 65; 4. O'Neill, 63; 5. Winner, S.D., 62; 6. Stuart, 28; 7. Cody-Kilgore, 23.
Individual Results

Long Jump - 1. Katie Mathis, WIN, 15-feet-5.75; 2. Monique Schafer, STU, 14-8; 3. Laura Peters, AHS, 14-1.
High Jump - 1. Caitlin Kunz, STU, 4-8; 2. Skylar Mathis, VAL, 4-8; 3. Tie between Schylar Philben, AHS, Hailey Paxton, STU, and Logan Clark, AHS, 4-8.
Triple Jump - Megan Wenner, WH, 31-5; 2. Lydia Allen, AHS, 30-9.25; 3. Arianna Fletcher, AHS, 30-7.
Discus - 1. Sydney Belville, VAL, 115-4; 2. Lindsey Appleby, O'N, 108-8; 3. Shandan Platt, AHS, 99-5; 5. Brittany Hanzlik, STU, 96-4; 6. Shelby Weber, WH, 95-5.
Shot Put - 1. Shandan Platt, AHS, 43-0; 2. Lindsey Appleby, O'N, 34-4.5; 3. Haley Hoch, AHS, 32-0.5; 4. Hailey McBride, AHS, 31-10.5; 6. Shelby Weber, WH, 30-10.5.
Pole Vault - 1. Dani Barelmann, O'N, 8-0; 2. Bailee Dougherty, O'N, 7-0; 3. Tie between Dori Haskell, AHS, and Shayden Platt, AHS, 6-6.
Distance Medley - 1. Winner, 13:56; 2. Ainsworth (Paxton Fiala, Lisa Ludemann, Logan Clark and Alyssa Kinning), 14:12; 3. West Holt (Samantha Garcia, Jessica Thiele, Mariah McAllister and Shaely Thiele) 14:13; 4. Stuart (Hailey Paxton, Monique Schafer, Shelby Paxton and Emily Kaup), 14:29.
800-yard Relay - 1. West Holt (Mariah McAllister, Logan Judge, Caitlin Cole and Dana Judge), 1:58.7; 3. Valentine, 2:03.8; 5. Ainsworth (Dori Haskell, Lisa Ludemann, Heather Martin and Arianna Fletcher), 2:05.6.
180-yard Shuttle Hurdle Relay - 1. Valentine, 33 seconds; 2. Ainsworth (Schylar Philben, Bailey Morrow and Abbey Doyle), 33.2; 3. West Holt (Megan Wenner, Dana Judge and Caitlin Cole), 34.3.
3200 Relay - 1. Winner, 10:44.3; 2. West Holt (Jessica Thiele, Shaely Thiele, Jessica Mohnsen and Samantha Garcia), 10:57.7; 3. Stuart (Hailey Paxton, Emily Kaup, Allaura Luebbe and Shelby Paxton), 11:13; 6. Ainsworth (Jayne Barrow, Lauren Allen, Sydney Fling and Amanda Pike), 12:25.4.
400 Relay - 1. O'Neill, 54.8; 2. Ainsworth (Lydia Allen, Arianna Fletcher, Dori Haskell and Laura Peters), 55.6; 3. West Holt (Mariah McAllister, Logan Judge, Megan Wenner and Dana Judge), 56.8.
400 Freshman Relay - 1. Winner, 59.1; 3. Stuart (Jaden Schafer, Monique Schafer, Ashley Kramer and Taylor Malone), 1:03.2.
1600 Sprint Medley - 1. O'Neill, 4:55.8; 2. Ainsworth (Dori Haskell, Lydia Allen, Shayden Platt and Paxton Fiala), 5:05.3; 4. West Holt (Logan Judge, Shelby Weber, Shaely Thiele and Kassidy Jelinek), 5:10.

585-yard Shuttle Hurdle Relay - 1. Ainsworth (Laura Peters, Logan Clark and Schylar Philben), 1:36.3; 3. West Holt (Megan Wenner, Jessica Mohnsen and Caitlin Cole), 1:43.

1600 Relay - 1. Ainsworth (Schylar Philben, Laura Peters, Alyssa Kinning and Paxton Fiala), 4:34.9; 2. West Holt (Mariah McAllister, Taylor Mitchell, Jessica Mohnsen and Samantha Garcia), 4:36.2; 4. Stuart (Hailey Paxton, Emily Kaup, Monique Schafer and Shelby Paxton), 4:41.9.

Boys Team Scores
1. West Holt, 102; 2. Ainsworth, 91; 3. O'Neill, 71; 4. Winner, 68; 5. Valentine, 42; 6. Stuart, 22; 7. Cody-Kilgore, 21.
Individual Results
Long Jump - 1. Brock Schueth, O'N, 19-feet-11; 2. Josh Coyle, WH, 18-10; 3. Cole Gibbens, WH, 17-8.75; 6. Andrew Broders, STU, 16-11.5.
High Jump - 1. Quinn Conner, VAL, 6-feet; 3. Dillon Larby, WH, 5-6; 4. Alex Kunz, STU, 5-6; 5. Connor Osborne, WH, 5-4.
Triple Jump - 1. Landon Welke, AHS, 39-2.5; 3. Bo Jensen, WH, 37-0.75; 5. Wyatt Cole, AHS, 35-10.5.
Pole Vault - 1. Jon Marvin, O'N, 11-6; 2. Cole Gibbens, WH, 10-0; 4. Jacob Tasler, WH, 9-6.
Discus - 1. Marcus Marcellus, WH, 147-2; 2. Ben Borer, WH, 133-10; 4. Brandon Clark, AHS, 122-3.
Shot Put - 1. Marcus Marcellus, WH, 47-6; 2. Ben Allen, AHS, 43-3.5; 3. Lane Garrison, AHS, 42-6; 5. Ben Borer, WH, 40-10.

Distance Medley - 1. O'Neill, 11:28.1; 2. West Holt (Josiah McAllister, Josh Coyle, Luke Welborn and Brett Pacha), 11:33.1; 3. Ainsworth (Hunter Martin, Josh Finley, Brady Delimont and Keaton Gracey), 11:40.5; 5. Ainsworth B (Zach Welch, Marcus Osborn, Patrick Westerberg and Alec Masters), 12:22.4.

800 Relay - 1. Winner, 1:36; 2. Ainsworth (Stevie Parker, Josh Finley, Holden Smith and James Worden), 1:39.1; 3. West Holt (Dillon Larby, Jacob Tasler, Connor Osborne and Josh Coyle), 1:41.

3x64-meter Shuttle Hurdle Relay - 1. West Holt (Cole Gibbens, Jacob Tasler and Riley Bilstein), 32.5 seconds; 2. Ainsworth (Landon Welke, Joe McNair and Hayes Chohon), 33.6.
3200 relay - 1. Ainsworth (Hunter Martin, Marcus Osborn, Brady Delimont and Keaton Gracey), 8:55.9; 2. West Holt (Sawyer Williams, Luke Welborn, Josiah McAllister and Brett Pacha), 9:20.1; 5. Ainsworth B (Patrick Westerberg, Alec Masters, Seth Taylor and Zach Welch); 6. Stuart (Tate Schmaderer, Mason Dexter, Mitchell Dvorak and Chase Broders), 10:00.2.

400 Relay - 1. Ainsworth (Landon Welke, James Worden, Stevie Parker and Holden Smith), 47.2; 4. West Holt (Grant Wallinger, Dillon Larby, Bo Jensen and Connor Osborne), 49.2; 5. Stuart (Mason Dexter, Alex Kunz, Trevor Ramm and Cole Pease), 49.6.

400 Freshman Relay - 1. West Holt (Grant Wallinger, Connor McDermott, Dakota Herring and Riley Bilstein), 52.9; 2. Ainsworth (Dusty Worden, Matt Kovar, Seth Taylor and Ben Allen), 52.9.

1600 Sprint Medley - 1. O'Neill, 3:56.4; 3. Ainsworth (Holden Smith, Jose Garcia, Joe McNair and Austin Harthoorn), 4:13.9; 4. West Holt (Grant Wallinger, Bo Jensen, Ryan Linders and Tony Bohnet), 4:19.2.

585-meter Shuttle Hurdle Relay - 1. Valentine, 1:25.3; 4. West Holt (Cole Gibbens, Riley Bilstein and Jacob Tasler), 1:30; 5. Ainsworth (Joe McNair, Josh Finley and Hayes Chohon), 1:31.1.

1600 Relay - 1. O'Neill, 3:37.4; 2. West Holt (Dillon Larby, Brett Pacha, Connor Osborne and Josh Coyle), 3:39.4; 4. Ainsworth (Josh Finley, Hayes Chohon, Keaton Gracey and Stevie Parker), 3:53.9; 6. Stuart (Tate Schmaderer, Alex Kunz, Mitchell Dvorak and Mason Dexter), 3:59.8.

Friday, March 29

Highway 20 Golf Scramble
Bassett Country Club
Three-man scramble results
1. Valentine No. 2, 64; 2. Valentine No. 1, 65; 3. Ainsworth No. 1 (Nick Martin, Rob Maxwell and Jake Wilkins), 66; 4. North Central No. 1, 68; 5. West Holt No. 1, 74; 6. West Holt No. 2 and Valentine No. 3, 77; 8. Ainsworth No. 2 (Willie Kackmeister, Ely Sharkey and Jayden Philben), 79; 9. North Central No. 2, 88; 10. Valentine No. 4, 91; 11. Ainsworth No. 3 (Kyle Lane, Justin Keller and Dominic Henry), 99; 12. North Central No. 3, 109.

Tuesday, March 26

Dan Lennon Track and Field Invitational
Hosted by the University of South Dakota
Dakota Dome, Vermillion, S.D.
Ainsworth medalists

Boys
1600 meters - 3. Hunter Martin, 4:54.8; 4. Brady Delimont, 4:54.89.
3200 meters - 1. Keaton Gracey, 10:35; 2. Hunter Martin, 10:40; 4. Zach Welch, 10:47.
Shot Put - 5. Ben Allen, 45-feet-8.
Pole Vault - 1. Landon Welke, 14-0.
Girls
60-Meter Hurdles - 5. Schylar Philben, 9.93 seconds.
1600 meters - 5. Alyssa Kinning, 5:51.
Shot Put - 1. Shandan Platt, 40-feet-9; 3. Addison Shaw, North Central, 37-4.

Thursday, March 14

Southwest Conference Basketball
Boys All-Conference

First Team
Ainsworth - Nick Martin, senior.
Valentine - Anthony Fast Horse, senior; Quinn Conner, junior.
Gothenburg - Logan Koehler, senior.
Minden - Issac Carlson, senior.
Second Team
Ainsworth - Tanner Fuelberth, junior.
Cozad - Jacob Rush, junior.
Minden - RJ Watson, senior.
Gothenburg - Tanner Borchardt, sophomore.
Broken Bow - Marcus Miller, junior.
Third Team
Ainsworth - Brady Delimont, freshman.
Ogallala - Ty Neill, senior.
Valentine - Dillon Eklund, senior; Matt Kluender, senior.
Minden - Jonas Lovin, junior.
Girls All-Conference
First Team
Ainsworth - Ellie Carr, sophomore guard.
Valentine - Allie Millard, senior forward.
Minden - Brooke Kissinger, junior guard; Jamie Kissinger, junior guard.
Gothenburg - Brittyn Munster, senior guard.
Second Team
Ainsworth - Lydia Allen, sophomore forward.
Gothenburg - Reigan Geiken, senior forward.
Cozad - Kaylea Reyes, senior guard.
Broken Bow - Halie Jones, senior forward.
Minden - Rebecca Stewart, freshman forward.
Third Team
Ainsworth - Laura Peters, sophomore guard.
Valentine - Emily Perrett, junior guard; Skylar Mathis, senior forward.
Ogallala - Jessica Paloucek, senior guard.
Gothenburg - Jacey Wiggins, senior guard.

Niobrara Valley Conference Basketball
Boys All-Conference

First Team
North Central - Carter Camp, senior.

St. Mary's - Adam Moon, junior; Ty Eiler, senior.
Boyd County - Dexter Black, senior.
Clearwater/Orchard - Travis Kester, senior; Andy Kerkman, freshman.
Ewing - Jake Walton, junior.
Niobrara/Verdigre - Steven LaPointe, sophomore.

Second Team
Stuart - Andrew Broders, senior.

North Central - Tyler Knox, sophomore.
Boyd County - Eric Lechtenberg, senior.

Ewing - Blake Cunningham, junior.
Clearwater/Orchard - Trevor Mlnarik, sophomore; Travis Martin, senior.
Elgin-Elgin Pope John - Ross Schindler, senior.
St. Mary's - Connor Connot, senior.
Honorable Mention
Stuart - Trevor Ramm, junior; Alex Kunz, sophomore.
Boyd County - Beau Purviance, senior; Trevor Krugman, senior.
Ewing - Robert Nordby, junior; Tad Fry, senior; Damian Summers, senior.
Elgin-Elgin Pope John - Trent Hoefer, senior; Nick Heithoff, senior; Zach Polk, senior.
Niobrara/Verdigre - Lance Vakoc, senior.
Chambers/Wheeler Central - Brady Dierks, senior; Brenden Pelster, freshman; Skylar Franssen, senior.
St. Mary's - Kyle Pardun, junior; Aaron Ohri, senior.
Clearwater/Orchard - Tate Schutt, junior.

Girls All-Conference

First Team
St. Mary's - Brooke Bauer, junior; Bridget Schneider, sophomore.
Elgin-Elgin Pope John - Stephanie Bode, junior; Chelsi Mescher, senior.
Clearwater/Orchard - Emily Filsinger, junior.
Ewing - Katie Koenig, sophomore.
Boyd County - McKenna Rossmeier, senior; Hannah Sobotka, junior.

Second Team
St. Mary's - Justine Bllumenstock, junior; Emily Everitt, junior.
Niobrara/Verdigre - McKayla Eisenhauer, junior; Tessa Ives, senior.
Ewing - Riley Funk, junior.
Clearwater/Orchard - Ryann Ickes, junior; Kelsey Knust, senior.
Chambers/Wheeler Central - Marissa Koenig, sophomore.
Honorable Mention
Stuart - Brittany Hanzlik, sophomore; Caitlin Kunz, senior; Jaden Schafer, freshman.
North Central - Sadie Stec, junior; Jamie Turpin, junior.
Boyd County - Macy Ahlers, junior; Brittany Reiman, senior; Natalie Rihanek, junior.
Ewing - Laura Hynes, senior.
Chambers/Wheeler Central - Tami Marcellus, freshman; Jordan Wietzki, senior.
Elgin-Elgin Pope John - Jenna Parks, freshman.
Clearwater/Orchard - Hannah Rittscher, junior.

Saturday, Feb. 23

Prep Basketball
Girls District Finals Scores
Class C1-5 at Ord: Kearney Catholic def. Ainsworth, 67-52.

Friday, Feb. 22

Prep Basketball
Girls District Finals Scores
Class C1-6: Chadron 76, Gothenburg 49
Class C2-4: Crofton 76, Homer 50
Class D1-4: St. Mary's 55, Ansley-Litchfield 31
Class D2-6: Sandhills/Thedford 55, Sioux County 51

Boys Subdistrict Finals
Class C2-8: Crofton 46, Creighton 38
 

Wednesday, Feb. 20

Prep Basketball
Boys Subdistrict Finals Scores

* Class C1-10 at Rock County: O'Neill def. Valentine, 61-58, in double overtime.
* Class D2-6 at Randolph: Wausa def. Ewing, 56-40.

Tuesday, Feb. 19

Prep Basketball
Boys Subdistrict Scores

* Class C1-10 at Rock County: O'Neill def. Ainsworth, 67-59. Valentine def. Ord, 56-39.
* Class C2-8 at O'Neill: Creighton def. West Holt, 43-26. Crofton def. Boyd County, 32-26.

* Class D1-7 at Atkinson: O'Neill St. Mary's def. North Central, 56-31. Clearwater-Orchard def. Chambers/Wheeler Central, 54-50.
* Class D2-6 at Randolph: Ewing def. Stuart, 48-46. Wausa def. Osmond, 51-23.

* Class D2-11 at Valentine: Sandhills/Thedford def. Cody-Kilgore, 71-31. Mullen def. Hyannis, 61-37.

Other subdistrict scores of interest
Burwell 63, South Loup 32
Cozad 48, Ogallala 28
Gothenburg 50, Chase County 40
Kimball 69, Gordon-Rushville 26 

Monday, Feb. 18

Prep Basketball
Boys Subdistrict Scores

* Class C1-10 at Rock County: Ord def. Broken Bow, 51-38.
* Class C2-8 at O'Neill: West Holt def. Niobrara/Verdigre, 43-39.
* Class D2-6 at Randolph: Osmond def. Santee, 60-47.

* Class D2-11 at Valentine: Cody-Kilgore def. Arthur County, 40-31.

Saturday, Feb. 16

Class C State Wrestling
Final Team Scores

1. Central City, 135; 2. O'Neill, 115.5;  3. Kearney Catholic, 88.5; 4. Valentine, 85; 5. Madison, 80.5;  8. Ord, 62; 16. Ainsworth, 37; 20. Sargent-Burwell, 34.5; 23. West Holt, 30.
Ainsworth (37)
113 - Keaton Gracey: WBD over Wyatt Phillips, David City, 8-4; LBF to Joseph Gillham, O'Neill, 2:15; WBF over Dawson Messenger, South Central Consolidated, 3:55; LBF to Damon Rodriguez, Kearney Catholic, 3:35.
120 - Ely Sharkey (fourth): WBD over Nick Gonzalez, Wakefield, 8-3; WBMD over Dustin Monroe, Malcolm, 13-4; LBD to Jon Marvin, O'Neill, 6-4 in sudden death; WBMD over Steven Bader, Centennial, 11-2; LBD to Christian Lewis, Southern Valley, 6-4.
285 - Blaine Finney (third): WBF over Connor Ksionzek, Wilber-Clatonia, 3:05; LBD to Casey Johnson, Battle Creek, 6-2 in overtime; WBD over Joe Lopez, Norfolk Catholic, 1-0: WBF over Michael Swanson, Yutan, 3:48; WBD over Dakota Divine, Sargent-Burwell, 4-1 in overtime; WBD over Casey Johnson, Battle Creek, 5-1.
West Holt (30)
145 - Cole Gibbens: LBMD to Dylan Field, Norfolk Catholic, 16-5; WBD over Johnathan Heinz, Fort Calhoun, 8-6; LBF to Devin Prochaska, David City, 2:07.
160 - Trey Rossman: WBD over Andrew Bader, Centennial, 10-3; LBMD to Nate Gray, Battle Creek, 10-1; WBF over Chris Gillming, Shelton/Kenesaw, 3:41; LBD to Tate Laursen, O'Neill, 7-4.
182 - Josh Coyle (State Champion): WBMD over Eli Schreier, Creighton-Verdigre, 9-1; WBD over James Buresh, David City Aquinas, 8-2; WBD over Gage Hartline, Fort Calhoun, 7-2; WBD over Ben Lodema, Raymond Central, 6-3.

195 - Caleb Akins: LBD to Tyler Shumaker, Louisville, 4-3; WBD over Alvaro Sarmiento, Wakefield, 3-2; LBF to Cory Assarson, Valentine, :43.
Valentine (85)
126 - Trevor Bukaske: WBF over William Breitkreutz, Wisner-Pilger, 5:08; LBF to Vince Hartline, Fort Calhoun, 5:17; WBD over Jake Smith, Wilber-Clatonia, 6-0; LBF to Justin Hansen, Tekamah-Herman, 1:32.
132 - Jacob Hand: LBF to Jordan Wescoatt, Wood River, 3:53; WBF over Mike Theisen, Fort Calhoun, 3:50. WBD over David Gross, St. Paul, 7-5; LBF to Evan Gideon, Sargent/Burwell, 2:11.
145 - Marcus Nelson (State Champion): WBF over Bailey Fletcher, Scribner-Snyder, 3:52; WBD over Devin Prochaska, David City, 6-0; WBD over Alex Metzler, Tekamah-Herman, 5-3; WBMD over Isaac Bergquist, Southern Valley, 11-0.
152 - Triston Eklund (fourth): WBMD over Tristan Weitzenkamp, Scribner-Snyder, 11-2; WBD over Tyler Schmitt, Raymond Central, 7-0; LBF to Lucas Wiechman, Wisner-Pilger, 5:51; WBD over Taylor Hancock, South Central Consolidated, 7-5; LBD to Dusty Staab, Ord, 5-4.
160 - Lance Hockenbary: LBF to Grant Dawson, Cross County, 5:18; LBF to Tate Laursen, O'Neill, 3:24.
182 - Jake Fulton: LBF to Trevor Jenner, North Bend Central, 3:39; WBF over Jacob Eckel, Gibbon, 2:33; LBF to Braydon Wiedeman, Mitchell, 2:52.
195 - Cory Assarson: WBD over Nick Maschman, Wilber-Clatonia, 16-10; LBD to Houston Huss, Stanton, 8-1; WBF over Caleb Akins, West Holt, :43; LBF to Chris Svoboda, St. Paul, 1:36.
220 - Trent Osnes (State Champion): WBF over Cole Curtis, Fillmore Central, :32; WBF over Evan French, Logan View, 4:34; WBF over Pat Cleary, Louisville, 5:04; WBF over Travis Wright, Battle Creek, 2:36.

Class D State Wrestling

195 - Justin Dearmont, North Central, LBF to Dylan Gage, Maxwell, 2:36; LBF to Clay Seifer of Stapleton-McPherson County, 3:46.

Friday, Feb. 15

Prep Basketball
Boys Scores
Ainsworth def. Anselmo-Merna, 92-72.
North Central def. Stuart, 48-41.

Valentine 91, Gordon-Rushville 33

Sandhills/Thedford 61, Brady 36
Burwell 85, CWC 43
Clearwater/Orchard 53, Boyd County 49 
Gothenburg 49, Ogallala 44
Minden 65, Broken Bow 47
O'Neill 86, Battle Creek 63
Ravenna 40, Ord 36 
St. Mary's 67, Elgin Public/Pope John 54

Thursday, Feb. 14

Prep Basketball
Girls Subdistrict Finals
Class C1-10 at Rock County: Ainsworth def. O'Neill, 51-36.
Class C1-9: Kearney Catholic def. Minden, 72-48. Kearney Catholic will face Ainsworth next week in the Class C1-5 District Final.

Class C2-8 at O'Neill: Crofton def. West Holt, 87-29.

Class C1-11: Gothenburg 45, Ogallala 27

Class D1-7 at Atkinson: St. Mary's 73, Clearwater/Orchard 26
Class D2-6 at Randolph: Osmond 59, Ewing 49
Class D2-11 at Valentine: Sandhills/Thedford 64, Mullen 52

Wednesday, Feb. 13

Girls basketball subdistricts
Class D2-11 at Valentine: Mullen def. Cody-Kilgore, 51-14; Sandhills/Thedford def. Hyannis, 62-27.

State Wrestling first-round pairings

113 – Keaton Gracey (8-4), AHS senior, vs. Wyatt Phillips (26-13), David City freshman.

120 – Ely Sharkey (30-2), AHS senior, vs. Nick Gonzalez (37-8), Wakefield sophomore.

126 – Trevor Bukaske (26-13), VAL junior, vs. William Breitkreutz (25-14, Wisner-Pilger senior.

132 – Jacob Hand (23-14), VAL sophomore, vs. Jordan Wescoatt (41-2), Wood River senior.

145 – Marcus Nelson (30-4), VAL senior, vs. Bailey Fletcher (25-9) Scribner-Snyder, sophomore.

145 – Cole Gibbens (27-5) WH senior, vs. Dylan Field (30-5), Norfolk Catholic senior.

152 – Triston Eklund (29-8), VAL junior, vs. Tristan Weitzenkamp (32-15), Scribner-Snyder junior.

160 – Trey Rossman (21-6) WH senior, vs. Andrew Bader (4-3) Centura junior.

160 – Lance Hockenbary (10-4) VAL junior, vs. Grant Dawson (38-5) Cross County senior.

182 – Jake Fulton (16-11) VAL junior, vs. Trevor Jenner (29-2), North Bend Central senior.

182 – Josh Coyle (29-2) WH junior, vs. Eli Schreier (26-18), Creighton-Verdigre senior.

195 – Cory Assarson (28-9) VAL senior, vs. Nick Maschman (30-13) Wilber-Clatonia sophomore.

195 – Caleb Akins (29-4) WH senior, vs. Tyler Shumaker (29-7) Louisville senior.

195 – Justin Dearmont (21-16) NC sophomore, vs. Dylan Gage (36-3), Maxwell senior.

220 – Trent Osnes (29-2) VAL senior, vs. Cole Curtis (26-16) Fillmore Central senior.

285 – Blaine Finney (26-11), AHS junior, vs. Connor Ksionzek (12-7), Wilber-Clatonia junior.

Tuesday, Feb. 12

Girls Basketball Subdistricts
Class C1-10 at Bassett: Ainsworth def. Broken Bow, 48-23; O'Neill def. Valentine, 53-45.
Class C2-8 at O'Neill: West Holt def. Boyd County, 58-55; Crofton def. Creighton, 77-19.
Class D1-7 at Atkinson: O'Neill St. Mary's def. North Central, 53-17; Clearwater-Orchard def. Chambers/Wheeler Central, 57-53.
Class D2-6 at Randolph: Ewing def. Stuart, 51-42; Osmond def. Wausa, 64-44.
Class D2-11 at Valentine: Cody/Kilgore def. Arthur County, 45-33.

Other Subdistrict scores
Class C1-9: Kearney Catholic def. St. Paul, 80-20; Minden def. Gibbon 59-35.
Ansley-Litchfield 54, Burwell 40
Chadron 56, Gordon-Rushville 29
Elgin Public/Pope John 44, Plainview 40
Gothenburg 45, Chase County 23
Ogallala 41, Cozad 35 (OT)

Monday, Feb. 11

Girls Basketball Subdistricts
Class C1-10: Broken Bow def. Ord, 51-43. Broken Bow faces Ainsworth at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Class C2-8: Creighton def. Niobrara-Verdigre, 67-42.
Class D2-6: Wausa def. Santee, 48-8.

Saturday, Feb. 9

Wrestling
Class C-4 District at Southern Valley
Matches through the consolation semifinals
Team Scores 
1. Valentine, 188.5; 2. Sargent-Burwell, 138.5; 3. Ord, 116; 4. Mitchell, 112; 5. Kearney Catholic, 104; 6. Southern Valley, 92; 7. North Platte St. Patrick's, 89; 8. Gordon-Rushville, 87;  9. West Holt, 85; 10. Loomis-Bertrand, 76; 11. Hershey, 71; 12. Ainsworth, 54; 13. Bridgeport, 45; 14. Dundy County, 41; 15. Kimball, 16; 16. Chase County, 9.5.
Top four individuals in each class qualify for state
Ainsworth (54, three qualifiers)
106 - Dominic Henry: LBF to Jacob Calvert, DC, 3:41; LBMD to Bryan Sliger, VAL, 13-2.
113 - Keaton Gracey (fourth): WBF over Caleb Bubak, CC, :24; WBF over Cameron Perrett, VAL, 3:50; LBD to Garrett Shadbolt, G-R, 5-4 in overtime; WBF over Jesse Thompson, L-B, 2:06; lost by injury default to Nathan Chrisman, NPSP.
120 - Ely Sharkey (second): WBTF over Cole Witt, G-R, 15-0; WBD over Teak Edwards, L/B, 7-1; LBD to Christian Lewis, SV, 8-7 in overtime.
126 - Wyatt Killion: WBTF over Justin Mohr, KIM, 16-0; LBF to Chayton Crow, HER, 1:37; WBF over Troy Childress, WH, 4:51; LBF to Jake Gregg, L-B, 1:39.
132 - Pryce Pinney: LBF to Jacob Hand, VAL, :44; WBF over Mark Peterson, DC, :20; LBD to Todd Widener, BRI, 7-5.
138 - Joseph McNair: LBF to Casey Glassgow, G-R, 5:44. LBMD to Tyrell Reichert, DC, 11-0.
145 - Kieron Rice: LBTF to Jacob Lueth, CC, 16-0; LBF to Micah Scherbarth, G-R, 2:06.
152 - Clint Ruegge: LBF to Dusty Staab, ORD, :56; LBF to Tristan Carruthers, KIM, :48.
182 - B.J. Norton: LBF to Brock Alejos, S-B, :17; LBF to Matt McGahan, HER, 1:17.
195 - Kyle Erthum: LBF to Caleb Akins, WH, 1:15; LBF to Blake Bandur, ORD, :56.
285 - Blaine Finney (third): WBD over Bryan Shurigar, NPSP, 3-2 in overtime; LBD to Jonathan Johnson, DC, 2-1; WBD over Lane Richardson, HER, 2-1 in overtime; WBD over Dakota Divine, S-B, 3-2 in overtime.
West Holt (85, four qualifiers)
126 - Troy Childress: LBF to Daniel Sandberg, DC, 3:18; LBF to Wyatt Killion, AHS, 4:51.
132 - Dalton Hopson: LBF to Evan Gideon, S-B, 1:26; LBF to Cody Mueller, MIT, 3:47.
145 - Cole Gibbens (third): LBD to Jacob Thompson, HER, 10-4; WBF over Troy Isom, BRI, :43; WBF over Austin Brown, L-B, 2:09; WBD over Rowdy Moon, S-B, 10-8; WBF over Jacob Thompson, HER, :51.
152 - Jonathan Emme: LBF to Dusty Staab, ORD, :41; WBF over Khristofer Kulhman, CC, 1:29; LBF to Colton Snyder, MIT, 2:14.
160 - Trey Rossman (champion): WBD over Tristan Tuma, G-R, 8-5; WBF over Dalton Refior, L-B, 2:44; WBD over Joel Melton, NPSP, 5-4.
170 - Austyn Ramm-Lech: LBF to Gage Smedra, ORD, :46; LBF to Ken Graham, G-R, 1:43.
182 - Josh Coyle (champion): WBF over Blake Smith, BRI, 4:29; WBF over Jake Fulton, VAL, 3:38; WBF over Braydon Wiedeman, MIT, 4:26.
195 - Caleb Akins (second): WBF over Kyle Erthum, AHS, 1:15; WBD over Trace Gumb, S-B, 2-1; WBD over Thomas Sandoz, G-R, 3-2; LBD to Cory Assarson, VAL, 6-2.
Valentine (188.5, seven qualifiers)
106 - Bryan Sliger: WBD over Jason Palmer, L-B, 8-2; LBD to Alex Cantral, KC, 3-2; WBMD over Dominic Henry, AHS, 13-2; WBD over Rowdy Keller, KIM, 6-3 in overtime; LBD to Tucker Hicks, HER, 2-0.
113 - Cameron Perrett: LBF to Keaton Gracey, AHS, 3:50; WBF over Garrett Ryan, KIM, 3:37; WBD over Sam Hunt, SV, 9-7 in overtime; LBD to Nathan Chrisman, NPSP, 6-4.
120 - Caleb Grooms: WBF over Kam Jordan, NPSP, 5:12; LBF to Christian Lewis, SV, 3:18; WBD over Nathan Spellman, KC, 6-2; LBMD to Josh Zulkoski, MIT, 12-0.
126 - Trevor Bukaske (champion): WBF over Ben Palmer, KC, 2:46; WBD over Kale Gideon, S-B, 8-2; WBD over Dillon Hunt, SV, 7-5; WBF over Chayton Crow, HER, 1:22.
132 - Jacob Hand (fourth): WBF over Pryce Pinney, AHS, :44; LBF to Adam Pasquinelly, NPSP, 1:51; WBMD over Griffon York, SV, 16-6; WBF over Cody Mueller, MIT, 2:30; WBF over Brennen Lech, ORD, 2:16; LBF to Adam Pasquinelly, NPSP, 1:17.
138 - Nate O`Kief: WBTF over Joseph Sheets-Sanford, HER, 15-0; LBMD to Brandon Nichols, BRI, 9-1; WBD over Cade Svoboda, ORD, 5-0; LBF to Tyrell Reichert, D-C, 5:58.
145 - Marcus Nelson (champion): WBF over Jacob Lueth, CC, 5:29; WBTF over Jacob Thompson, HER, 15-0; WBD over Isaac Bergquist, SV, 8-4.
152 - Triston Eklund (champion): WBF over Tristan Carruthers, KIM, 2:45. WBTF over Coby Cassidy, S/B, 15-0; WBD over Dusty Staab, ORD, 3-2.
160 - Lance Hockenbary (third): WBF over Cole Svoboda, ORD, 5:22; LBF to Joel Melton, NPSP, 1:54; WBD over Tristan Tuma, G-R, 15-8; WBF over Cole Svoboda, ORD, 2:22.
170 - Nick Ormesher: LBF to Brendan Swanson, MIT, :52; WBD over Logan Evans, DC, 9-4; WBF over Jared Denny, L-B, 2:17; LBF to Sage Gideon, S-B, 4:39.
182 - Jake Fulton (fourth): WBF over Brock Alejos, S-B, 1:46; LBF to Josh Coyle, WH, 3:38; WBF over Matt McGahan, HER, 3:28; LBF to Brock Alejos, S-B, 2:57.
195 - Cory Assarson (champion): WBF over Garrett Sterkel, MIT, 1:13; WBD over Blake Bandur, ORD, 5-0; WBF over Adam Steffes, HER, :50; WBD over Caleb Akins, WH, 6-2.
220 - Trent Osnes (champion): WBF over Joseph Daake, KC, :30; WBF over Spencer Rien, MIT, 1:07; WBF over Devon Hernandez-Cronk, ORD, 1:24.
285 - Quincy Eggleston: LBF to Dakota Divine, S-B, 1:39; LBF to Nick Brungardt, KC, :35.

Class D-2 District at Neligh-Oakdale
Team Scores
1. Pender, 209; 2. Plainview, 149; 3. Neligh-Oakdale, 99; 4. Howells-Dodge, 81; 5. Fremont Bergan, 80;  6. Randolph, 77; 7. Winside, 68; 8. Laurel-Concord, 59; 9. Oakland-Craig, 51; 10. Elgin-Elgin Pope John, 50; 11. Cedar Valley, 49; 12. Lutheran High Northeast, 44; 13. Osmond, 39; 14. Fullerton, 34; 15. Sandhills/Thedford, 23; 16. Clearwater/Orchard, 22; 17. Elkhorn Valley, 17.5; 18. North Central, 17.
Top four individuals in each class qualify for state
North Central (17, one qualifier)
138 - Tanner Stec: LBD to Scot Gubbels, OSM, 6-2; WBF over Tjade Rodocker, S-T, 1:22; WBD over Drew Lunz, L-C, 7-0. LBD to Garrett Allemang, N-O, 8-1.
145 - Troy Gibson: LBF to Brinnon Schukei, S-T, 1:28; LBF to Tyler Thomsen, PEN, 4:53.
170 - Charton Clark: LBF to Patrick Herink, FB, 1:36; LBF to Viktor Jonseth, N-O, 2:25.
195 - Justin Dearmont (fourth): WBF over Shane Lewis, S-T, :49. Next match is the semifinals; LBD to Caleb Lienemann, WIN, 10-7; WBF over Jayden Meyer, FUL, 3:23; LBF to Tyler Brunssen, RAN, :39.

Friday, Feb. 8

Prep basketball
Girls Scores
Ainsworth, 43 Gothenburg, 37
Ewing 30, Stuart 27

Boys Scores
Ainsworth, 58 Gothenburg, 55
Stuart, 59 Ewing, 45

Thursday, Feb. 7

Prep basketball
Girls scores 
St. Mary's 58, West Holt 31
Valentine 42, North Central 24
CWC 59, Burwell 30 
Elgin Public/Pope John 38, Clearwater/Orchard 36
Minden 58, Wood River 39
Sandhills/Thedford 53, Arthur County 25 

Boys scores
St. Mary's 58, West Holt 28 
Valentine 78, North Central 43
Clearwater/Orchard 65, Elgin Public/Pope John 56 
Minden 67, Wood River 34
Sandhills/Thedford 78, Arthur County 23 

Tuesday, Feb. 5

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Ainsworth 53, Stuart 30
North Central 37, Colome, SD 27
West Holt 53, Niobrara/Verdigre 35
Cozad 40, Gibbon 21
Elgin Public/Pope John 48, CWC 38
Gothenburg 48, Ogallala 36
O'Neill 57, Plainview 53 
Ord 44, Broken Bow 36
St. Mary's 62, Boyd County 37

Boys scores
Ainsworth 66, Stuart 48
North Central 64, Colome, SD 47
O'Neill 80, Plainview 44
St. Mary's 45, Boyd County 37
Clearwater/Orchard 55, Ewing 45
Elgin Public/Pope John 45, CWC 42
Gibbon 70, Cozad 63 (OT)

Saturday, Feb. 2

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Ainsworth, 64, Neligh-Oakdale, 43
Cozad 42, Perkins County 21
Hyannis 46, Cody-Kilgore 30
Minden 66, Gothenburg 41
Nebraska Christian 44, Burwell 31
Ogallala 49, Broken Bow 32
Niobrara Valley Conference Tournament
Championship - Boyd County 57, St. Mary's 48
Consolation - Clearwater/Orchard 66, Elgin Public/Pope John 50

Boys scores
Ainsworth 88, Neligh-Oakdale 25
Broken Bow 59, Ogallala 39
Burwell 50, Nebraska Christian 11
Cozad 65, Perkins County 60 (Overtime)
Hyannis 50, Cody-Kilgore 47
Minden 65, Gothenburg 47
Valentine 79, Bennett County, SD 34
Wayne 55, O'Neill 45
Niobrara Valley Conference Tournament
Championship - St. Mary's 61, Clearwater/Orchard 55
Consolation - Ewing 48, CWC 33

Friday, Feb. 1

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Crawford 57, Cody-Kilgore 27
Gothenburg 49, Valentine 26 
McCook 60, Ogallala 46
Mullen 42, Sandhills/Thedford 31    

Boys scores
Boone Central/Newman Grove 44, O'Neill 34
Cozad 70, Minden 48
Crawford 43, Cody-Kilgore 35 
McCook 68, Ogallala 32
Sandhills/Thedford 54, Mullen 39 
Valentine 58, Gothenburg 35
West Holt 40, Elkhorn Valley 39  

Wrestling
Southwest Conference Tournament
Team Scores
1. Valentine, 180; 2. Cozad, 121.5; 3. Gothenburg, 90; 4. Ogallala, 80; 5. Ainsworth, 70; 6. Minden, 57.5; 7. Broken Bow, 31.
Championship Matches
106 - Bryan Sliger, VAL, WBMD over Austin Olson, MIN, 11-2.
113 - Cameron Perrett, VAL, WBF over Wyatt Killion, AHS, :48.
120 - Ely Sharkey, AHS, WBD over Brian Messersmith, COZ, 5-4.
126 - Jacob Hoffman, COZ, WBD over Trevor Bukaske, VAL, 8-2.
132 - Clay Trejo, COZ, WBF over Jacob Hand, VAL, 4:28.
138 - Nate O`Kief, VAL, WBF over Zackery Sanchez, BB, 5:37.
145 - Marcus Nelson, VAL, WBTF over Kieron Rice, AHS, 17-1.
152 - Logan Hunke, COZ, WBF over Triston Eklund, VAL, 4:31.
160 - Lance Hockenbary, VAL, WBMD over Jedidiah Birnie, MIN, 16-6.
170 - Quin Rutt, MIN, WBMD over Skyler Kottwitz, GOTH, 18-8.
182 - Brody Cleveland, OGA, WBF over Samuel Fiest, MIN, 4:45.
195 - Alex Boryca, COZ, WBF over Cory Assarson, VAL, 3:18.
220 - Trent Osnes, VAL, WBF over Hank Pflaster, COZ, 2:57.
285 - Simon Rangel, COZ, WBD over Blaine Finney, AHS, 1-0.
Ainsworth (70)
106 - Dominic Henry (1-1, third): LBTF to Austin Olson, MIN, 18-3; WBF over Hayden Hubbard, GOTH, 3:43.
113 - Wyatt Killion (1-1, second): WBF over Tyler Alvarez, GOTH, 5:55; LBF to Cameron Perrett, VAL, :48.
120 - Ely Sharkey (3-0, champion): WBTF over Toray Smith, OGA, 18-3; WBTF over Brandon Stevens, GOTH, 19-4; WBD over Brian Messersmith, COZ, 5-4.
132 - Pryce Pinney (0-2): LBF to Jayden Miller, GOTH, 5:09; LBF to Elkanah Riley, OGA, 4:14.
138 - Joe McNair (2-2, fourth): WBD over Nick Cullers, COZ, 9-3; LBF to Nate O'Kief, VAL, 2:56; WBF over Talbot Buchholz, GOTH, 1:42; LBD to Luke Tinnon, OGA, 5-4.
145 - Kieron Rice (1-1, second): WBD over Dade Brock, GOTH, 13-7; LBTF to Marcus Nelson, VAL, 17-1.
152 - Clint Ruegge (0-2): LBF to Logan Hunke, COZ, :30; LBF to Dillon Larson, GOTH, :55.
182 - B.J. Norton (0-2): LBF to Brody Cleveland, OGA, 1:03; LBF to Dalton Goodwin, GOTH, :38.
195 - Kyle Erthum (0-2): LBF to Matthew Skinner, OGA, 1:27; LBF to Tyson Miller, GOTH, 2:41.
285 - Blaine Finney (2-1, second): WBF over Bradley Clinesmith, OGA, 1:19; WBF over Charles Davis, BB, 4:41; LBD to Simon Rangel, COZ, 1-0.

Cyclone Wrestling Invitational at Clearwater-Orchard
Team Scores
1. Plainview, 126; 2. West Point-Beemer, 115; 3. Winside, 87; 4. Howells-Dodge, 67.5; 5. Osmond, 50; 6. Lutheran High Northeast, 48; 7. Clearwater-Orchard, 46; 8. Elkhorn Valley, 40; 9. Elgin/Elgin Pope John, 37.5; 10. Fullerton, 30; 11. Humphrey St. Francis/Lindsay Holy Family, 27; 12. North Central, 18.
North Central (18)
138 - Tanner Stec (2-3, fourth): WBF over Tyler Childers, ELG, 5:01; WBF over Noah Rutjens, EV, 2:30; LBF to Tristan Bettenhausen, WP/B, 1:49; LBF to Evan Aschoff, PLA, 1:04; LBF to Scot Gubbels, OSM, 3:30.
170 - Charton Clark (1-4): LBF to Cole Batenhorst, WP/B, :51; LBF to Brandon Wragge, H-D, 3:02; WBD over Luke Moen, PLA, 8-6; LBMD to Gage Main, WIN, 9-1; LBD to Colt Kremlacke, FUL, 11-5.
195 - Justin Dearmont (2-2, fourth): LBF to Darren Eisenhauer, WP/B, 1:14; WBF over Reed Schaefer, LHN, :35; LBF to Caleb Lienemann, WIN, 1:25; WBF over Jayden Meyer, FUL, 1:04.

Thursday, Jan. 31

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Niobrara Valley Conference Tournament semifinals
St. Mary's 67, Clearwater/Orchard 34
Boyd County 58, Elgin Public/Pope John 31
Other girls scores
Hartington Cedar Catholic 62, O'Neill 39 
Mullen 46, Twin Loup 32
Sandhills/Thedford 53, Ansley-Litchfield 50
West Holt 50, Neligh-Oakdale 43  

Boys scores
Niobrara Valley Conference Tournament semifinals
St. Mary's 59, Ewing 47
Clearwater/Orchard 56, CWC 40
Other boys scores
Mullen 47, South Loup 40 
Sandhills/Thedford 63, Anselmo-Merna 39

Wrestling
Neligh-Oakdale def. Ainsworth, 45-36, in a dual
106 - Dominic Henry, AHS, WBF ovre Justin Bellar, N-O, 3:13.
113 - Wyatt Killion, AHS, WBF over Louis Herley, N-O, 3:31.
120 - Ely Sharkey, AHS, WBF over Wyatt Knievel, N-O, 2:24.
126 - Kyle Wilkinson, N-O, forfeit.
132 - Pryce Pinney, AHS, forfeit.
138 - Garrett Allemang, N-O, WBD over Joe McNair, AHS, 5-4.
145 - Kieron Rice, AHS, WBF over Collin Harrison, N-O, 5:21.
152 - Garrett Jacobsen, N-O, WBF over Clint Ruegge, AHS, :38.
160 - Tyler Knievel, N-O, forfeit.
170 - Viktor Jonseth, N-O, forfeit.
182 - Taylor Chance, N-O, forfeit.
195 - Connor Bentley, N-O, forfeit.
220 - Chad Henn, N-O, forfeit.
285 - Blaine Finney, AHS, forfeit.

Tuesday, Jan. 29

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Niobrara Valley Conference Tournament quarterfinals
Boyd County 59, Stuart 49 
Clearwater/Orchard 48, CWC 42
Elgin Public/Pope John 45, Ewing 31
St. Mary's 83, Niobrara/Verdigre 36
Other girls scores
Winner, S.D. 58, Ainsworth 53
Gering 35, Ogallala 24
Hershey 57, Valentine 39 
Kearney Catholic 69, Ord 21 

Boys scores
NENAC Tournament semifinals
Randolph 58, Plainview 28
Laurel-Concord 54, Creighton 47
Other boys scores
Winner, S.D. 66, Ainsworth 59 in overtime
Adams Central 70, Ord 37
Burwell 68, Fullerton 33 
Lexington 47, Broken Bow 41
O'Neill 55, Pierce 54
Sandhills/Thedford 84, Arcadia 25
Valentine 64, Hershey 26

Monday, Jan. 28

Prep basketball
Girls scores
NENAC Tournament semifinals
Laurel-Concord 50, West Holt 42
Creighton 40, Elkhorn Valley 27
Other girls scores
Pierce 62, O'Neill 14
Sandhills/Thedford 48, Anselmo-Merna 20

Boys scores
Niobrara Valley Conference Tournament quarterfinals
Clearwater/Orchard 51, Boyd County 46
Ewing 59, North Central 47
St. Mary's 58, Elgin Public/Pope John 55 (OT)
Chambers/Wheeler Central 70, Stuart 58 

Saturday, Jan. 26

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Southwest Conference Tournament
Championship - Gothenburg 57, Ainsworth 46
Consolation - Minden def. Valentine.
Niobrara Valley Conference Tournament first round
Niobrara/Verdigre 34, North Central 33
Boyd County 76, Santee, 43
NENAC Tournament first round
West Holt 46, Elkhorn Valley 20
Laurel-Concord 58, Creighton 47
Neligh-Oakdale 37, Plainview 27 

Boys scores
Southwest Conference Tournament
Championship - Minden 73, Ainsworth 55
Consolation - Valentine 67, Broken Bow 39
Niobrara Valley Conference Tournament first round
Boyd County 78, Santee 46
Elgin Public/Pope John 50, Niobrara/Verdigre 40
NENAC Tournament first round
Laurel-Concord 56, West Holt 38
Crofton 57, Battle Creek 33
Plainview 48, Elkhorn Valley 36
Randolph 61, Neligh-Oakdale 17

Wrestling
Ainsworth Invitational
Team Scores
1. Amherst, 239; 2. Valentine, 184; 3. Central City, 155; 4. Burke/Gregory, S.D., 141; 5. Sargent/Burwell, 114; 6. Winside, 84; 7. Ainsworth, 78.5; 8. Gordon/Rushville, 69.5; 9. North Central, 8.
Championship matches
106 - Bryan Sliger, VAL, WBD over Dominic Henry, AHS, 8-3.
113 - Bryan Wietjes, AMH, WBF over Mikel McCann, CC, 2:54.
120 - Ely Sharkey, AHS, WBF over Colten Bergt, AMH, 3:55.
126 - Kolby Lenhart, CC, WBF over Brandt Florell, AMH, 5:15.
132 - Levi Schonebaum, B/G, WBD over Evan Gideon, S-B, 10-6.
138 - Devin Dibbern, AMH, WBF over Kyle Sutton, CC, 4:40.
145 - Mason Klingelhoefer, AMH, WBD over Marcus Nelson, VAL, 5-3.
152 - Jake Anderson, CC, WBTF over Triston Eklund, VAL, 20-3.
160 - Jake Brown, CC, WBF over Brian Greunke, WIN, 1:13.
170 - Stuart Hircock, AMH, WBF over Sage Gideon, S-B, 3:06.
182 - Kris Rasmussen, AMH, WBF over Brock Alejos, S-B, 2:48.
195 - Caleb Lienemann, WIN, WBF over Cory Assarson, VAL, 1:52.
220 - Trent Osnes, VAL, WBF over Gatlin Jensen, WIN, 0:15.
285 - Blaine Finney, AHS, WBD over Dakota Divine, S-B, 5-4.
Ainsworth (78.5)
106 - Dominic Henry (2-1, second): WBF over Dawson Trampe, AMH, 5:05; WBD over Andrew Myers, CC, 9-8; LBD to Bryan Sliger, VAL, 8-3.
113 - Wyatt Killion (1-2): LBF to Mikel McCann, CC, 5:39; WBF over Shane Weber, S-B, 2:36; LBF to Cameron Perrett, VAL, 2:06.
120 - Ely Sharkey (2-0, champion): WBTF over Cole Witt, G-R, 17-2; WBF over Colten Bergt, AMH, 3:55.
145 - Kieron Rice (3-2, fourth): LBTF to Marcus Nelson, VAL, 18-3; WBF over Braxton Green, VAL, :32; WBF over Wrangler Youel, G-R, 2:34; WBD over Micah Scherbarth, G-R, 8-6 in overtime; LBF to Noah Beck, B-G, 2:15.
145 - Clint Ruegge (0-2): LBF to Micah Scherbarth, G-R, 1:50; LBF to Jake O'Kief, VAL, 3:00.
182 - B.J. Norton (0-2): LBF to Kris Rasmussen, AMH, :43; LBF to Zach Jones, WIN, 2:20.
195 - Kyle Erthum (0-2): LBF to Caleb Lienemann, WIN, 3:51; LBF to Payton Schake, AMH, 1:26.
285 - Blaine Finney (3-0, champion): WBF over Brice Stangle, G-R, 1:34; WBD over Tanner Hircock, AMH, 3-1; WBD over Dakota Divine, S-B, 5-4.
North Central (8)
138 - Tanner Stec (1-2): LBF to Casey Glassgow, G-R, 1:08; WBD over Chet Hinton, S-B, 11-9 in overtime; LBF to Nate O'Kief, VAL, 4:41.
145 - Troy Gibson (0-2): LBD to Rowdy Moon, S-B, 9-4; LBF to Wrangler Youel, G-R, 3:33.
170 - Charton Clark (0-2): LBF to Skye Soesbe, B-G, 5:03; LBF to Colby Lamb, VAL, 3:35.
195 - Justin Dearmont (1-2): WBF over Jacob Martenson, AMH, 1:09; LBF to Cory Assarson, VAL, 1:32; LBF to Payton Schake, AMH, 3:30.
Valentine (184)
106 - Bryan Sliger (3-0, champion): WBMD over JW Schroder, S-B, 12-4; WBD over Atlas Willuweit, B-G, 6-0; WBD over Dominic Henry, AHS, 8-3.
113 - Cameron Perrett (2-2, fourth): WBF over Garrett Shadbolt, G-R, 2:39; LBF to Bryan Wietjes, AMH, 1:46; WBF over Wyatt Killion, AHS, 2:06; LBMD to Joseph Veskrna, B-G, 12-0.
126 - Trevor Bukaske (4-1, third): WBF over Laddy Johnson, B-G, 1:09; WBD over Kale Gideon, S-B, 4-3; LBF to Kolby Lenhart, CC, 2:46; WBF over Marcos Escalera, WIN, :23; WBD over Jacob Klingelhoefer, AMH, 10-4.
132 - Jacob Hand (3-2, fourth): WBF over Kyle Mousseau, G-R, :49; WBD over Cody Darnell, G-R, 15-10; LBF to Evan Gideon, S-B, 5:14; WBD over Jonah Peterson, CC, 8-5; LBF to Logan Dibbern, AMH, 2:45.
138 - Nate O'Kief (2-2, fourth): WBF over Derek Stukel, B-G, 2:30; LBD to Devin Dibbern, AMH, 4-0; WBF over Tanner Stec, NC, 4:41; LBD to Casey Glassgow, G-R, 9-8.
145 - Marcus Nelson (2-1, second): WBTF over Kieron Rice, AHS, 18-3; WBTF over Rowdy Moon, S-B, 16-1; LBD to Mason Klingelhoefer, AMH, 5-3.
152 - Triston Eklund (2-1, second): WBF over Kaden Russell, G-R, 3:19; WBD over Coby Cassidy, S-B, 16-5; LBTF to Jake Anderson, CC, 20-3.
160 - Lance Hockenbary (2-2, fourth): LBF to Jonah Beck, B-G, 5:21; WBTF over Morgan Ostendorf, AMH, 17-2; WBD over Tristan Tuma, G-R, 9-5; LBF to Jonah Beck, B-G, 3:00.
170 - Colby Lamb (2-2): LBF to Sage Gideon, S-B, 5:40; WBF over Charton Clark, NC, 3:35; WBF over Jacob Cassidy, B-G, :16; lost by injury default to Ken Graham, G-R.
182 - Jake Fulton (3-1, third): WBF over Sam Wolfe, WIN, :51; LBD to Brock Alejos, S-B, 14-9; WBF over Zach Jones, WIN, :46; WBF over Brody Boes, B-G, :23.
195 - Cory Assarson (2-1, second): WBF over Corey Murn, CC, 1:34; WBF over Justin Dearmont, NC, 1:32; LBF to Caleb Lienemann, WIN, 1:52.
220 - Trent Osnes (2-0, champion): WBF over Justin Macke, CC, :59; WBF over Gatlin Jensen, WIN, :15.

Friday, Jan. 25

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Mullen 50, Brady 37
Sandhills/Thedford 52, SMC 39

Boys scores
Southwest Conference Tournament
Ainsworth 75, Broken Bow 42
Minden 54, Valentine 45
Other boys scores
Sandhills/Thedford 44, Mullen 41

Wrestling
Amherst def. Ainsworth, 65-12 in a dual. Winners for Ainsworth were Dominic Henry, Ely Sharkey and Blaine Finney. KBRB will have updates throughout the day Saturday from McAndrew Gymnasium during the Ainsworth Wrestling Invitational.

Thursday, Jan. 24

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Southwest Conference Tournament
Ainsworth 52, Valentine 51
Gothenburg 76, Minden 74 (OT)
Other girls scores
Boyd County 42, South Central, SD 21
Mullen 43, Sandhills/Thedford 27
St. Mary's 77, Stuart 25
West Holt 46, O'Neill 35

Boys scores
Ewing 46, Osmond 45
Mullen 62, Brady 37
O'Neill 61, West Holt 46
Sandhills/Thedford 58, SMC 34
South Central, SD 33, Boyd County 18
St. Mary's 71, Stuart 40

Tuesday, Jan. 22

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Boyd County 50, Spalding/Spalding Academy 27 
Ewing 36, North Central 27
Norfolk Catholic 53, O'Neill 29
Sandhills/Thedford 55, Arthur County 32
St. Mary's 82, Creighton 42 
West Holt 41, Neligh-Oakdale 32

Boys scores
Southwest Conference Tournament
Ainsworth 73, Ogallala 54
Broken Bow 58, Cozad 55
Minden 52, Gothenburg 46
Other boys scores
Ewing 47, North Central 35
Neligh-Oakdale 37, West Holt 35
Norfolk Catholic 50, O'Neill 43
St. Mary's 72, Creighton 67 (OT)

Monday, Jan. 21

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Southwest Conference Tournament
Ainsworth 56, Cozad 21
Gothenburg 38, Ogallala 34
Valentine 56 Broken Bow 29
Other girls scores
Neligh-Oakdale 58, Stuart 49

Boys scores
Mullen 47, Arthur County 26
SMC 40, Cody-Kilgore 14  

Saturday, Jan. 19

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Ainsworth 55, Ogallala 32
Boyd County 57, Elkhorn Valley 25 
CWC 63, Twin Loup 39
Holdrege 48, Cozad 21
Ord 40, Loup City 31

Boys scores
Ainsworth 68, Ogallala 41
Boyd County 55, Elkhorn Valley 19
CWC 47, Twin Loup 43 
Cozad 64, Holdrege 60
Ord 55, Loup City 54
Valentine 62, Broken Bow 59

Wrestling
Neligh-Oakdale Invitational
North Central Results
Tanner Stec (3-2) - 5th - Team Points: 17.0
138: Tanner Stec (North Central) won by pin over Matthew Swanson (Nebraska Christian) 3:19.
138: Scot Gubbels (Osmond) won by decision over Tanner Stec (North Central) 5-2.
138: Tanner Stec (North Central) won by major decision over Noah Rutjens (Elkhorn Valley) 14-2.
138: Garrett Allemang (Neligh-Oakdale ) won by decision over Tanner Stec (North Central) 7-4.
138: Tanner Stec (North Central) won by pin over Tyler Childers (Elgin Public/Pope John) 0:51.

Troy Gibson (0-2)
145: Bailey Fletcher (Scribner-Snyder/GACC) won by pin over Troy Gibson (North Central) 1:39.
145: Austin Weaver (Wayne ) won by decision over Troy Gibson (North Central) 11-5.

Charton Clark (0-2)
170: Demetrius Alexander (Wayne ) won by pin over Charton Clark (North Central) 1:09.
170: Colt Kremlacek (Fullerton ) won by decision over Charton Clark (North Central) 5-2.

Justin Dearmont (3-2) - 6th - Team Points: 14.0
195: Justin Dearmont (North Central) won by pin over Jesse Schlecht (Scribner-Snyder/GACC) 0:31.
195: Braden Forker (Creighton/Verdigre) won by pin over Justin Dearmont (North Central) 1:00.
195: Justin Dearmont (North Central) won by pin over Alex Olivan (Clearwater-Orchard) 3:30.
195: Justin Dearmont (North Central) won by pin over Jayden Meyer (Fullerton ) 4:43.
195: Connor Bentley (Neligh-Oakdale ) won by pin over Justin Dearmont (North Central) 0:43.

Friday, Jan. 18

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Anselmo-Merna 23, North Central 20 
Stuart 54, Arcadia 31
Laurel-Concord 62, West Holt 31
Boone Central/Newman Grove 54, Ord 34 
Ewing 55, Elgin Public/Pope John 47
Gordon-Rushville 65, Cody-Kilgore 24
Gothenburg 38, Broken Bow 30 
Minden 46, Holdrege 41
Ogallala 44, Alliance 41

Boys scores
North Central 58, Anselmo-Merna 51
Stuart 51, Arcadia 38
Laurel-Concord 54, West Holt 52
Alliance 52, Ogallala 39
Boone Central/Newman Grove 62, Ord 44
Ewing 42, Elgin Public/Pope John 41
Gordon-Rushville 65, Cody-Kilgore 40
Gothenburg 55, Broken Bow 39
Holdrege 59, Minden 53 
Mullen 47, Twin Loup 37 

Wrestling
Gothenburg Invitational
Team Standings
1. Holdrege; 2. North Platte St. Patrick's; 3. Gothenburg; 4. High Plains; 5. Broken Bow; 6. Ainsworth.
Ainsworth Dual Results
High Plains def. Ainsworth, 35-27; Holdrege def. Ainsworth, 72-11; Gothenburg def. Ainsworth, 54-27; North Platte St. Patrick's def. Ainsworth, 63-6; Broken Bow def. Ainsworth, 60-24.
Individual results
106 - Dominic Henry (2-2): LBF to Trey Dodson, NPSP, 5:59; WBD over Tyson Fate, HP, 11-9; LBF to Devin Logston, HOL, 1:08; WBF over Hayden Hubbard, GOTH, 3:04.
113 - Keaton Gracey (1-0): WBF over Hunter Sharman, HP, 5:58.
113 - Wyatt Killion (2-2): LBF to Jacob Fuehrer, HOL, :27; WBD over Tyler Alvarez, GOTH, 5-0; LBF to Nathan Chrisman, NPSP, :52; WBF over Tyler Baker, BB, :22.
120 - Ely Sharkey (4-0): WBD over Brandon Burruss, HP, 6-0; WBTF over Quentin Hayden, HOL, 20-5; WBF over Brandon Stevens, GOTH, 2:17; WBF over Spencer French, BB, :56.
132 - Pryce Pinney (0-5): LBF to Jayden Miller, GOTH, 1:02; LBF to Chase Govier, BB, 4:15; LBF to Adam Pasquinelly, NPSP, 1:32; LBF to Lane Church, HP, 5:36; LBF to Hayden Logston, HOL, 2:39.
138 - Joe McNair (0-2): LBF to Jacob Pfeifer, HOL, 1:23; LBTF to Cale Bolton, HP, 17-2.
145 - Clint Ruegge (0-4): LBF to Mattew Ferguson, NPSP, :35; LBF to Derek Goodwin, HOL, :47; LBF to Dade Brock, GOTH, 1:10; LBF to Austin French, BB.
182 - B.J. Norton (0-5): LBF to Henry Aufdenkamp, NPSP, 1:26; LBF to Cole Church, HP, 1:28; LBF to Chase Christensen, HOL, 1:03; LBF to Dalton Goodwin, GOTH, 2:21; LBF to Tommy McCormick, BB, :19.
195 - Kyle Erthum (1-3): LBF to Pedro Martinez, NPSP, 4:31; LBF to Austin Pistulka, HOL, :47; WBF over Tyler Miller, GOTH, 2:17; LBF to Ben Nelson, BB, :31.
285 - Blaine Finney (3-1): LBD to Bryan Shurigar, NPSP, 5-3; WBD over Kyle Beck, HP, 3-1; WBF over Luke Wilke, HOL, 1:13; WBF over Scott Davis, BB, 3:27.

Thursday, Jan. 17

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Ainsworth 52, Valentine 48
Sandhills/Thedford 65, Hyannis 30 
Stuart 39, North Central 34
West Holt 50, Boyd County 46
Cozad 57, Lexington 39
Ewing 56, Bloomfield 46
Mullen 46, Brady 43

Boys scores
Valentine 62, Ainsworth 61
Cozad 48, Lexington 35
Ewing 55, Bloomfield 52
Mullen 44, Brady 37 
Sandhills/Thedford 89, Hyannis 35

Tuesday, Jan. 15

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Ainsworth, 55 Chambers/Wheeler Central 44
Boyd County 52, Stuart 40
Niobrara/Verdigre 43, North Central 28
Sandhills/Thedford 43, SMC 34
West Holt 52, Plainview 33
O'Neill St. Mary's 103, Santee 5
Wagner, S.D., 60, O'Neill 21

Boys scores
Ainsworth 81, Chambers/Wheeler Central 67
Niobrara/Verdigre 53, North Central 49
Stuart 45, Boyd County 35
Sandhills/Thedford 55, SMC 34
West Holt 68, Plainview 53
O'Neill 71, Wagner, S.D., 43
St. Paul 69, Minden 65

Wrestling
Ord 60, Ainsworth 14
106 - Clinton O'Neel, Ord, WBF over Dominic Henry, AHS, 5:38.
113 - Wyatt Killion, AHS, WBF over Paiton Lech, Ord, 3:24.
120 - Ely Sharkey, AHS, WBTF over Cody Proskocil, Ord, 19-4.
126 - Dalton Coufal, Ord, won by forfeit.
132 - Pryce Pinney, AHS, WBD over Brennen Lech, Ord, 9-3.
138 - Cade Svoboda, Ord, WBD over Joe McNair, AHS, 6-4.
145 - Tucker Tonniges, Ord, WBF over Clint Ruegge, AHS, 4:11.
152 - Dusty Staab, Ord, won by forfeit.
160 - Cole Svoboda, Ord, won by forfeit.
170 - Gage Smedra, Ord, won by forfeit.
182 - Jason Felton, Ord, WBF over B.J. Norton, AHS, :38.
195 - Blake Bandur, Ord, WBF over Kyle Erthum, AHS, 1:36.
220 - Devon Hernandez-Cronk, Ord, won by forfeit.
285 - Clayton Lange, Ord, WBD over Blaine Finney, AHS, 3-1 in overtime.

Sunday, Jan. 13

Elks District Hoop Shoot
Two Ainsworth youth advanced to the Elks State Hoop Shoot by winning their division Sunday during the district shoot, which was held in Ainsworth's McAndrew Gymnasium.
Gage Delimont will represent Ainsworth in the boys 12-13 year-old division after winning the district hoop shoot Sunday. Cameron Adkisson of Ainsworth advances to state by winning the boys 10-11 year-old division.
Four Ainsworth shooters finished as the district runners-up, including Libby Wilkins in the 8-9 year girls division, Carson Anderson in the 8-9 year boys division, Madison Welch in the 10-11 year girls division, and Shania Johnson in the 12-13 year girls division.
Shooters from the Ainsworth, Broken Bow and Grand Island Elks lodges competed in the district shoot.
The Elks State Hoop Shoot is scheduled for 10 a.m. Feb. 9 at York. State winners advance to the regional competition at Denver, Colo., in March.

Saturday, Jan. 12

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Ainsworth 53, Cozad 47 
Hershey 51, Broken Bow 27
Mullen 35, Arthur County 17
O'Neill 61, Creighton 56
St. Mary's 76, CWC 40

Boys scores
Ainsworth 72, Cozad 63 
Hershey 61, Broken Bow 58 (3 ot)
Mullen 49, Arthur County 23 
O'Neill 69, Creighton 61 
St. Mary's 60, CWC 42 

Wrestling
West Holt Invitational
Team Scores
1. O'Neill, 161.5; 2. Norfolk, 149.5; 3. Sargent-Burwell-Loup County, 137; 4. Plainview, 132; 5. West Holt, 86; 6. Howells, 66; 7. Creighton-Verdigre, 60; 8. Ainsworth, 55; 9. St. Paul, 44.
Ainsworth (55)
106 - Dominic Henry (2-1, third): LBF to Garret Zimmerer, C-V, 1:41; WBF over Shad Simpson, S-B, 2:03; WBD over Ibriam Salinas, NOR, 8-3.
113 - Wyatt Killion (1-2): LBD to TeJai Clausen, NOR, 8-5; WBMD over Clayton Suckstorf, S-B, 14-4; LBD to Shane Weber, S-B, 4-2.
120 - Ely Sharkey (3-0, champion): WBTF over Miguel Ochoa, O'N, 20-3; WBD over Jon Marvin, O'N, 8-4; WBTF over Dillon Paczosa, STP, 16-1.
126 - Pryce Pinney (1-2): LBF to Caleb Licking, NOR, 3:49; WBF over Caleb Ross, O'N, 2:38; WBD to Dion Nemec, O'N, 10-3.
132 - Joe McNair (0-2): LBD to David Gross, STP, 4-1; LBD to Kaleb Fritz, C-V, 2-0.
145 - Clint Ruegge (0-2): LBF to Cole Gibbens, WH, 1:54; LBTF to Marcus McNichols, O'N, 17-2.
182 - B.J. Norton (0-2): LBF to Cody Merchant, NOR, :22; LBF to Joey Jonah, STP, 2:52.
195 - Kyle Erthum (1-2): LBF to Caleb Akins, WH, 3:33; WBF over Yobany Medina, O'N, 1:46; LBF to Chris Svoboda, STP, :18.
285 - Blaine Finney (1-1, second): WBD over Dakota Divine, S-B, 3-2 in overtime; LBF to Nathan Bazata, HOW, 1:45.
West Holt (86)
132 - Dalton Hopson (0-2): LBF to Blake Walters, O'N, 2:37; LBTF to Josh Kohl, NOR, 15-0.
138 - Dakota Herring (0-2): LBF to Owen Pavelka, C-V, :41; LBMD to Avery Alder, NOR, 13-0.
145 - Cole Gibbens (3-0, champion): WBF over Clint Ruegge, AHS, 1:54; WBF over Peter Gubbels, PLA, 3:16; WBF over Daniel Kumm, NOR, 2:00.
152 - Jonathan Emme (0-2): LBF to Lane Helgoth, S-B, 1:54; LBF to Ryan Volquardsen, C-V, 1:28.
160 - Trey Rossman (3-1, second): WBF over Daniel Christensen, C-V, 5:59; WBF over Timothy Lechtenberg, O'N, 5:48; WBF over Ben Ruda, NOR, 1:31; LBF to Tate Laursen, O'N, 5:31.
182 - Josh Coyle (2-0, champion): WBF over Brock Alejos, S-B, 5:01; WBD over Cody Merchant, NOR, 8-3.
195 - Caleb Akins (2-1, second): WBF over Kyle Erthum, AHS, 3:33; WBF over Braden Forker, C-V, 2:43; LBMD to Kyle Temple, NOR, 9-1.

Sandhills-Thedford Invitational
North Central results
138 - Tanner Stec (3-0, champion): WBF over Kyle Van Pelt, Southwest, :10; WBF over Jake Johnson, Hay Springs, 1:42; WBF over Tyler Childers, Elgin/Elgin Pope John, 1:18.
145 - Troy Gibson (0-2): LBF to Ryley Dugan, Cedar Valley, 4:32; LBD to Grady Stunkel, Ansley/Litchfield, 8-4.
182 - Charton Clark (3-1, third): WBF over Will Jack, Eustis-Farnam, 5-4; LBF to Quinten Chancellor, Medicine Valley, :52; WBF over Shane Lewis, Sandhills-Thedford, 4:24; WBF over Will Jack, Eustis-Farnam, 6-5.
195 - Justin Dearmont (2-1, third): WBF over Cory Merrigan, Medicine Valley, 3:24; LBF to Garhett Nielsen, Eustis-Farnam, 1:59; WBF over Austin Miller, Southwest, :43.

Friday, Jan. 11

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Twin Loup 51, North Central 31
Elgin Public/Pope John 44, Stuart 40
Boyd County 49, CWC 47
Centura 42, Broken Bow 34  
Gothenburg 49, Chase County 16 
Mullen 60, SMC 37
Ord 38, St. Paul 28
Sandhills/Thedford 50, Anselmo-Merna 30

Boys scores
Anselmo-Merna 65, Sandhills/Thedford 57
CWC 34, Boyd County 29 
Centura 50, Broken Bow 41
Elgin Public/Pope John 60, Stuart 34
Gothenburg 53, Chase County 37
Mullen 66, SMC 37
North Central 47, Twin Loup 38
St. Paul 83, Ord 77 (3 OT)

Thursday, Jan. 10

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Ainsworth 66, O'Neill 44
West Holt 29, North Central 24
Gothenburg 44, Cozad 38
Ord 51, Burwell 28
St. Mary's 68, Ewing 28

Boys scores
North Central 60, West Holt 42
O'Neill 64, Ainsworth 50
Burwell 79, Ord 50
Cozad 58, Gothenburg 41
Hastings St. Cecilia 52, Minden 49
Hay Springs 46, Cody-Kilgore 38 
St. Mary's 81, Ewing 31

Tuesday, Jan. 8

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Ainsworth 53, Boyd County 44 
Arcadia 42, North Central 31 
CWC 62, Stuart 49
Randolph 49, West Holt 48
Ewing 40, Elkhorn Valley 20
Gothenburg 58, Arapahoe 47
Howells-Dodge 68, Elgin Public/Pope John 29 
Minden 51, Ravenna 24
St. Mary's 81, Hartington 39  

Boys scores
Ainsworth 54, Boyd County 52 
North Central 51, Arcadia 36
Stuart 55, CWC 47
Randolph 63, West Holt 35
Valentine 52, Winner, SD 49
Arapahoe 62, Gothenburg 52
Ewing 80, Elkhorn Valley 47
Minden 62, Ravenna 60
St. Mary's 66, Hartington 45
Wood River 61, Broken Bow 47 

Dual Wrestling Results
Valentine 66, Ainsworth 12
106 – Brian Sliger, VAL, WBMD over Dominic Henry, AHS, 19-11.
113 – Cameron Perrett, VAL, WBF over Wyatt Killion, AHS, 1:28.
120 – Ely Sharkey, AHS, received a bye.
126 – Trevor Bukaske, VAL, WBF over Pryce Pinney, AHS, 1:42.
132 – Jacob Hand, VAL, WBF over Joe McNair, AHS, 4:42.
138 – Nate O’Kief, VAL, received a bye.
145 – Marcus Nelson, VAL, WBTF over Clint Ruegge, AHS, 16-1.
152 – Triston Eklund, VAL, WBD over Kieron Rice, AHS, 8-2.
160 – Nick Ormesher, VAL, received a bye.
170 – Colby Lamb, VAL, received a bye.
182 – Jake Fulton, VAL, WBF over Banning Norton, AHS, :36.
195 – Cory Assarson, VAL, WBF over Kyle Erthum, AHS, 1:10.
220 – Trent Osnes, VAL, received a bye.
285 – Blaine Finney, AHS, WBF over Bret Mayhew, VAL, 4:22.

Saturday, Jan. 5

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Boyd County 50, Stuart 44
Broken Bow 43, Gibbon 36
Burwell 56, South Loup 31 
CWC 44, Ord 25
Ewing 53, Niobrara/Verdigre 28
Gothenburg 61, Centura 44
Minden 68, Valentine 61
North Platte St. Patrick's 40, Cozad 30
O'Neill 43, Elgin Public/Pope John 39
St. Mary's 89, Cody-Kilgore 19
West Holt 38, Elkhorn Valley 29

Boys scores
Boyd County 46, Stuart 28
Burwell 70, South Loup 29
CWC 58, Ord 43
Gibbon 52, Broken Bow 32
Gothenburg 39, Centura 36 
North Platte St. Patrick's 60, Cozad 31
O'Neill 65, Elgin Public/Pope John 51
St. Mary's 87, Cody-Kilgore 20 
Valentine 71, Minden 42
West Holt 56, Elkhorn Valley 39

Friday, Jan. 4

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Boone Central def. O'Neill, 44-39.
Crofton def. West Holt, 61-32.
Minden def. Ainsworth, 64-52.
Mullen def. Sandhills/Thedford, 55-36.
North Central def. Cody/Kilgore, 39-19.
O'Neill St. Mary's def. Elgin/Elgin Pope John, 76-40.
Stuart def. Santee, 52-19.

Prep basketball
Boys scores 
Crofton def. West Holt, 62-30.
Minden def. Ainsworth, 70-68.
North Central def. Cody-Kilgore, 62-19.
O'Neill def. Boone Central/Newman Grove, 48-45.
Stuart def. Santee, 51-32.

Wrestling
Sargent-Burwell Invitational
Team Scores
1. Sargent-Burwell, 154; 2. Wood River, 111; 3. Loomis/Bertrand, 93; 4. Ainsworth, 81.5; 5. West Holt, 58; 6. Broken Bow, 76; 7. Cross County, 73; 8. Sumner-Eddyville-Miller, 46; 9. Anselmo-Merna, 44; 10. Tie between Centura and Crofton, 38; 12. Elm Creek, 37.5; 13. Ravenna, 35; 14. North Central, 21.5.
Ainsworth (81.5)
106 - Dominic Henry (2-1, second): WBF over Stephon Friesen, CC, 1:01; WBF over J.W. Schroder, S-B, 1:57; LBMD to Lucas Miller, CRO, 21-8.
113 - Wyatt Killion (2-2, fourth): WBF over Ty Baker, BB, 1:26; LBD to Jesse Thompson, L-B, 12-7; WBF over Michael Neville, CEN, 4:29; LBF to Shane Weber, S-B, 3:59.
120 - Ely Sharkey (3-0, champion): WBTF over Yantsy Claflin, SEM, 19-2; WBF over Justin Miller, S-B, 4:50; WBD over Taylor Erpelding, WR, 4-2.
132 - Joe McNair (2-2, fourth): WBD over Sam Thompson, L-B, 4-2; LBMD to Jordan Wescoatt, WR, 15-5; WBF over Logan Plock, CC, 1:15; LBD to Brandon Kusek, RAV, 8-2.
145 - Kieron Rice (2-2): WBF over Troy Gibson, NC, 2:32; LBD to Austin Brown, L-B, 9-2; WBD over Austin French, BB, 11-10; LBF to Sam Folkers, RAV, 1:55.
145 - Clint Ruegge (0-2): LBF to Rowdy Moon, S-B, :48; LBF to Sam Folkers, RAV, :19.
182 - Banning Norton (0-2): LBF to Tommy McCormick, BB, :11; LBF to Ben Rickert, WR, :25.
195 - Kyle Erthum (1-2): won by forfeit over Trace Gumb, S-B; LBF to Brady Steffen, CRO, 5:33; LBD to Justin Dearmont, NC, 9-3.
285 - Blaine Finney (2-1, second): WBF over Caleb Ripp, BB, 2:00; WBD over Grant Clausen, SEM, 7-4; LBD over Colby Spiehs, WR, 2-1 in overtime.
North Central (21.5)
138 - Tanner Stec (2-2): WBTF over Patrick Cure, EC, 21-3; WBMD over Casey Walkup, CC, 15-4; LBF to Andrew Abramson, L-B, :53; LBTF to Hayden Geis, EC, 18-3.
145 - Troy Gibson (1-2): LBF to Kieron Rice, AHS, 2:32; WBF over Ace Bloom, EC, 2:51; LBF to Cody Ducker, BB, :33.
170 - Charton Clark (0-2): LBMD to Justin Wells, A-M, 14-4; LBF to Dustin Langenberg, L-B, 2:16.
195 - Justin Dearmont (4-2, fourth): WBF over Levi Kamphaus, S-B, :19; LBF to Ben Nelson, BB, :54; WBF over Parker Storms, BB, :44; WBF over Anthony Gutierrez, EC, :39; WBD over Kyle Erthum, AHS, 9-3; lost by forfeit to Ben Nelson, BB.
West Holt (58)
132 - Dalton Hopson (0-2): LBF to Jordan Wescoatt, WR, 4:29; LBMD to Sam Thompson, L-B, 14-1.
138 - Dakota Herring (0-2): LBF to Andrew Abramson, L-B, 1:07; LBF to Hayden Geis, EC, :33.
145 - Cole Gibbens - (2-1, second): WBF over Gage Pollard, BB, :47; WBF over Austin Brown, L-B, 2:36; LBD to Eric Oquist, CC, 4:00.
152 - Jonathan Emme (0-2): LBF to Jacob Porter, BB, 4:34; LBF to Lane Helgoth, S-B, 4:21.
152 - Kordell Sukup (0-2): LBF to Coby Cassidy, S-B, :25; LBF to Brady Stoner, WR, :55.
160 - Trey Rossman (4-1, third): WBF over Andrew Osburn, CEN, 1:18; WBD over Jason Buoy, S-B, 9-5; LBF to Jake Wells, A-M, 2:45; WBF over Brook Jeffres, S-B, 3:53; won by forfeit over Garrett Ulmer, BB.
160 - Tony Meyer (0-2): LBF to Chantz Klein, SEM, 1:56; LBF to Jason Buoy, S-B, 1:34.
182 - Josh Coyle (2-0, champion): WBF over Tommy McCormick, BB, 3:15; WBF over Brock Alejos, S-B, 3:37.
195 - Caleb Akins (3-0, champion): WBF over Anthony Gutierrez, EC, :15; WBF over Ben Nelson, BB, 4:53; WBF over Brady Steffen, CRO, :32.
220 - Jaret Laible (0-2): LBF to Brady Heusinkvelt, CEN, :51; LBF to Preston Sanchez, BB, 2:02.

Saturday, Dec. 29

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Chadron Holiday Tournament Consolation - Bayard def. Hemingford, 38-35. Championship - Chadron def. Valentine, 70-43.

Prep basketball
Boys scores 
Chadron Holiday Tournament Consolation - Hemingford def. Bayard, 56-43. Championship - Valentine def. Chadron, 48-35.

Friday, Dec. 28

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Stuart Holiday Tournament Consolation - North Central def. Cody-Kilgore, 39-26. Championship - Ainsworth def. Stuart, 54-40.

Stanton Holiday Tournament Consolation - Stanton def. Madison, 47-27. Championship - West Holt def. O'Neill, 59-49.

Chadron Holiday Tournament - Chadron def. Hemingford, 70-24. Valentine def. Bayard, 69-30.

Prep basketball
Boys scores 
Stuart Holiday Tournament Consolation - North Central def. Cody-Kilgore, 55-26. Championship - Ainsworth def. Stuart, 47-29.

Stanton Holiday Tournament Consolation - West Holt def. Madison, 50-49. Championship - O'Neill def. Stanton, 73-48.

Chadron Holiday Tournament - Valentine def. Bayard, 49-33. Chadron def. Hemingford, 50-30.

Thursday, Dec. 27

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Stuart Holiday Tournament - Ainsworth def. North Central, 49-26. Stuart def. Cody-Kilgore, 63-27.
Stanton Holiday Tournament - West Holt def. Stanton, 42-32. O'Neill def. Madison, 43-39.

Prep basketball
Boys scores 
Stuart Holiday Tournament - Ainsworth def. North Central, 78-68. Stuart def. Cody-Kilgore, 43-18.
Stanton Holiday Tournament - Stanton def. West Holt, 57-40. O'Neill def. Madison, 57-44.

Friday's Stuart Holiday Tournament games begin at 3 p.m. with the North Central vs. Cody-Kilgore girls in the consolation game, followed by North Central vs. Cody-Kilgore in the boys consolation, Ainsworth vs. Stuart in the girls championship game and Ainsworth vs. Stuart in the boys championship game.
The Stanton Holiday Tournament will pit Stanton vs. Madison in the girls consolation, followed by West Holt vs. Madison in the boys consolation, O'Neill vs. West Holt in the girls championship and O'Neill vs. Stanton in the boys championship.

Tuesday, Dec. 18

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Ainsworth 73, Burwell 45
Crofton 69, O'Neill 29
McCook 41, Gothenburg 40
North Platte St. Patrick's 68, Sandhills/Thedford 43
Stuart 70, Santee 24
West Holt 52, Ord 34

Prep basketball
Boys scores 
Burwell 69, Ainsworth 49
Crofton 59, O'Neill 51
North Platte St. Patrick's 55, Sandhills/Thedford 45
Ord 58, West Holt 49
Stuart 61, Santee 42

Saturday, Dec. 15

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Boone Central/Newman Grove 50, West Holt 47
Boyd County 78, Elgin Public/Pope John 66
CWC 51, Sandhills/Thedford 38
Centura 49, Ord 33
Clearwater/Orchard 31, North Central 25
Hershey 50, Ogallala 28 
Minden 74, Central City 48
South Central, SD 39, Stuart 37
Wayne 55, O'Neill 35

Prep basketball
Boys scores
Boone Central/Newman Grove 61, West Holt 28
Boyd County 51, Elgin Public/Pope John 31
Broken Bow 52, St. Paul 48
Centura 47, Ord 45
Clearwater/Orchard 59, North Central 33 
Cozad 62, Southern Valley 54
Hershey 50, Ogallala 40
Minden 63, Central City 29
Sandhills/Thedford 62, CWC 31
Wayne 55, O'Neill 51

Valentine Wrestling Invitational
Team Scores
1. Pierre, S.D., 191.5; 2. Philip, S.D., 141; 3. Valentine, 131.5; 4. Plattsmouth, 127; 5. Winner, S.D., 100; 6. Ord, 90; 7. O'Neill, 86.5; 8. Chadron, 85.5; 9. David City, 82.5; 10. Alliance, 64; 11. Ainsworth, 39.5; 12. Gordon/Rushville, 35; 13. McCook, 30; 14. Broken Bow, 10.
Ainsworth (39.5)
113 - Keaton Gracey (1-2): WBTF over Andrew Null, Plattsmouth, 20-3; LBD to Patrick Aeschbacher, Winner, 2-1; lost by injury default to Rance Johnson, Phillip, 2:42.
120 - Ely Sharkey (2-1, second): WBD over Truen Henderson, Alliance, 14-8; WBMD over Trevor Bukaske, Valentin, 9-1; LBD to Nick Donnelly, Phillip, 6-4.
132 - Joe McNair (2-2, fourth): WBF over Jacob Hand, Valentine, 1:49; LBF to Tanner Monfore, Pierre, :49; WBD over Grady Carley, Phillip, 2-0; LBTF to Blake Walters, O'Neill, 15-0.
145 - Kieron Rice (0-2): LBF to A.J. Dorschner, Pierre, 2:52; LBF to Micah Scherbarth, Gordon-Rushville, 4:25.
285 - Blaine Finney (1-2): WBF over Lucas Irving, Gordon-Rushville, :40; LBF to Mitch Collicott, McCook, 2:6; LBF to Octavio Gaytan, Plattsmouth, 3:53.
Valentine (131.5)
106 - Bryan Sliger (2-2): LBF to Clinton O'Neel, ORD, 3:15; WBF over Ty Bolton, WIN, :58; WBD over Daniel Goings, CHA, 5-2; WBF to Spencer Sarringar, PRE, 2:54.
113 - Cameron Perrett (1-2): WBD over Wyatt Phillips, DC, 7-5; LBF to Jebben Keyes, PRE, 4:22; LBF to Andrew Null, PLA, 3:52.
120 - Trevor Bukaske (4-1, third): WBF over Blaine Geppert, PRE, 4:48; WBF over Jon Marvin, O'N, 3:28; LBMD to Ely Sharkey, AHS, 9-1; WBTF over Colton Pfeifer, PLA, 18-2; won by forfeit over Jon Marvin, O'N.
126 - Tom Harvey (2-2): LBMD to Aaron O'Day, PRE, 12-0; WBF over Shane Child, G-R, 1:51; WBF over Avery Gilchrist, WIN, 1:55; LBF to Walker Johnson, ALL, 4:22.
132 - Jacob Hand (2-2): WBF over Coy Terry, MC, 1:29; LBF to Joe McNair, AHS, 1:49; WBF over Chase Govier, BB, :40; LBD to DJ Weare, ALL, 6-5.
138 - Nate O'Kief (0-2): LBD to Casey Glassgow, G-R, 6-0; LBD to Cade Svoboda, ORD, 4-2 in overtime.
145 - Marcus Nelson (2-1, second): WBF over Marcus McNichols, O'N, :42; WBMD over Nolan Donahue, WIN, 11-1; LBD to Lucas Lias, PLA, 11-7.
152 - Triston Eklund (4-2, fourth): WBF over Jacob Porter, BB, 4:41; LBD to Dusty Staab, ORD, 9-5; WBF over Jesse Albarran, O'N, 2:39; WBD over Gage Orton, PLA, 9-4; WBD over Willy Cogdill, CHA, 8-4; lost by forfeit to Dusty Staab, ORD.
160 - Nick Ormesher (0-2): LBD to Cole Svoboda, ORD, 6-3; LBF to Tristan Tuma, G-R, 3:30.
170 - Colby Lamb (0-2): LBD to Forrest Cerv, WIN, 4-0; LBF to Gage Smedra, ORD, 1:56.
182 - Jake Fulton (2-2): LBMD to Spencer Knopp, O'N, 10-0; WBMD over Dakota McBride, MC, 14-6; WBF over Austin Koch, ORD, :51; LBF to Wyatt Kastl, DC, :55.
195 - Cory Assarson (3-1, second): WBF over Daniel Tresler, DC, :46; WBF over Logan Boerner, WIN, 1:53; WBD over Thomas Sandoz, G-R, 9-5; LBMD to Trey Maier, PRE, 9-5.
220 - Trent Osnes (1-1, second): WBF over Devin Hernandez-Cronk, ORD, :54; LBF to Lane Lettau, PRE, 2:55.
285 - Bret Mayhew (3-1, third): WBF over Octavio Gaytan, PLA, 1:40; LBF to Clayton Lange, ORD, :30; WBF over Trevor Fozzard, DC, 1:21; WBD over Octavio Gaytan, PLA, 5-3.

Elgin/Elgin Pope John Wrestling Invitational
Team Scores
1. Pender, 193.5; 2. Plainview, 125; 3. Palmer, 85; 4. West Holt, 81.5; 5. Randolph, 70; 6. Cross County, 66; 7. Cedar Valley, 55.5; 8. Elgin/Elgin Pope John, 51.5; 9. Fullerton, 47; 10. Clearwater-Orchard, 46.5; 11. Pleasanton, 35; 12. Tie between Hartington Cedar Catholic and Battle Creek JV, 24; 14. North Central, 23; 15. Humphrey St. Francis/Lindsay Holy Family, 18; 16. Elkhorn Valley, 5.
West Holt (81.5)
145 - Cole Gibbens (3-0, champion): WBMD over Christ Peterson, EV, 12-4; WBF over Eric Oquist, CC, 3:04; WBF over Garrett Sonderup, FUL, :56.
160 - Austyn Ramm (0-2): LBF to Grant Dawson, CC, 2:00; LBF to Luke Moen, PLA, 3:20.
170 - Trey Rossman (2-1, second): WBMD over Grant Brunssen, RAN, 13-3; WBTF over Christopher Kai, PEN, 16-1; LBF to Ziah Jensen, PAL, 1:47.
182 - Josh Coyle (2-1, second): WBF over JJ Oltmer, HSF/LHF, 3:16; WBD over Dylan Loberg, RAN, 5-4; LBD to Ben Burmester, PEN, 3-1.
195 - Caleb Akins (3-0, champion): WBF over Jeremy Pirok, PEN, 5:37; WBF over Justin Dearmont, NC, 6-5; WBD over Tyler Brunssen, RAN, 6-4.
220 - Jaret Laible (0-2): LBF to Joshua Zern, PLA, 5:37; LBF to Dieonisio Tapia, PLS, :23.
North Central (23)
138 - Tanner Stec (2-1, second): WBF over Jase Sorenson, Pender, 1:17; WBD over Casey Walkup, Cross County, 12-5; LBF to Jacob Sebade, Pender, :53.
145 - Troy Gibson (0-2): LBF to Garrett Sonderup, Fullerton, 2:22; LBD to Chris Peterson, Elkhorn Valley, 6-2.
182 - Charton Clark (1-2): LBF to Brett Santin, Palmer, 1:17; WBF over Orlando Roman, Clearwater-Orchard, 1:50; LBF to Dylan Loberg, Randolph, :13.
195 - Justin Dearmont (1-2): WBF over Alex Olivan, Clearwater-Orchard, 1:38; LBF to Caleb Akins, West Holt, 1:08; LBF to Jaden Meyer, Fullerton, 1:41.

Elks Hoop Shoot Results
Girls 12-13 - 1. Shania Johnson, 20-25.
Boys 12-13 - 1. Gage Delimont, 20-25. 2. Luke Peters. 3. Sam Wilkins.
Girls 10-11 - 1. Madison Welch, 8-25. 2. Bailey Kinnick.
Boys 10-11 - 1. Cameron Adkisson, 15-25.
Girls 8-9 - 1. Libby Wilkins, 13-25. 2. Mila Pozehl. 3. Madelyn Goochey.
Boys 8-9 - 1. Carson Anderson, 16-25. 2. Gabriel Allen. 3. Caleb Allen.
The winners of each of the divisions Saturday advance to the district hoop shoot, which will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, at Ainsworth.

Friday, Dec. 14

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Adams Central 56, Ord 46
Ainsworth 52, Broken Bow 34
Boyd County 57, Ewing 54 (Ot)
Cozad 39, Central City 37
Holdrege 59, Gothenburg 36
Mullen 69, Cody-Kilgore 25
North Platte St. Patrick's 68, Valentine 51
O'Neill 59, Battle Creek 38
St. Mary's 65, North Central 18  

Prep basketball
Boys scores
Adams Central 60, Ord 34
Ainsworth 56, Broken Bow 55
Boyd County 52, Ewing 43
Cozad 57, Central City 46 
Holdrege 56, Gothenburg 48 
Mullen 58, Cody-Kilgore 30
St. Mary's 84, North Central 35
Valentine 55, North Platte St. Patrick's 53 

Tuesday, Dec. 11

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Valentine def. Ainsworth, 46-41.
Clearwater-Orchard def. Stuart, 45-43.
South Central, S.D., def. North Central, 37-21.
Sandhills/Thedford def. Arcadia, 66-16.
Pierce def. O'Neill, 56-30.
West Holt def. Chambers/Wheeler Central, 42-25.
O'Neill St. Mary's def. Neligh-Oakdale, 59-18.

Boys scores
Valentine def. Ainsworth, 70-68, in overtime.
South Central, S.D., def. North Central, 52-48 in overtime.
Chambers/Wheeler Central def. West Holt, 36-21.
Clearwater-Orchard def. Stuart, 56-46.
O'Neill def. Pierce, 48-39.
Sandhills/Thedford def. Arcadia, 77-33.
O'Neill St. Mary's def. Neligh-Oakdale, 69-17.

Saturday, Dec. 8

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Ainsworth 44, Gordon-Rushville 38
Boyd County 58, Elba/North Loup-Scotia 37
Gothenburg 46, Perkins County 37
Sandhills/Thedford 54, North Central 32 
Valentine 50, Cozad 45
West Holt 52, Burwell 31

Boys scores
Ainsworth 96, Gordon-Rushville 56
Boyd County 87, Elba/North Loup-Scotia 34
Burwell 67, West Holt 43
O'Neill 85, Madison 50 
Perkins County 51, Gothenburg 41 
Valentine 45, Cozad 42
Burwell 67, West Holt 43

Gordon-Rushville Wrestling Invitational

Team Scores

1. Valentine, 177.5; 2. Chadron, 150; 3. Bennett County, S.D., 83; 4. Ainsworth, 82; 5. Mitchell, 73; 6. Gordon-Rushville, 72.5; 7. Sidney, 69.5; 8. Perkins County, 58; 9. Hay Springs, 47; 10. Mullen, 40; 11. Ogallala, 32; 12. Pine Ridge, S.D., 22.

Championship Matches

106 – Austin Thelander, PC, WBF over Drew Gilliland, MIT, 3:20.

113 – Keaton Gracey, AHS, WBMD over Dalton Zimmerman, MUL, 10-0.

120 – Ely Sharkey, AHS, WBD over Trevor Bukaske, VAL, 6-3.

126 – Trace Strotheide, CHA, WBF over Levi Ray HS, :28.

132 – Michael Muggli, SID, WBD over Thomas McClure, CHA, 6-0.

138 – Sam Ireland, BC, WBD over Nate O’Kief, VAL, 4-2.

145 – Marcus Nelson, VAL, WBF over Tate Cullers, CHA, :56.

152 – Willy Cogdill, CHA, WBD over Tristan Eklund, VAL, 11-4.

160 – Colby Reisen, CHA, WBF over Joe Merrival, BC, 3:08.

170 – Brendan Swanson, MIT, WBF over Colby Lamb, VAL, 1:49.

182 – Cooper Cogdill, CHA, WBD over Brody Cleveland, OGA, 6-1.

195 – Thomas Sandoz, G-R, WBF over Cory Assarson, VAL, 4:41.

220 – Trent Osnes, VAL, WBF over Stevin Horrocks, HS, :45.

285 – Vinny Ross, PC, WBF over Sawyer Rous, BC, :43.

Ainsworth (82)

106 – Dominic Henry (0-2): LBD to Daniel Goings, CHA, 10-8; LBD to Bryan Sliger, VAL, 11-7.

113 – Keaton Gracey (2-0, champion): WBTF over Garrett Shadbolt, G-R, 16-0; WBMD over Dalton Zimmerman, MUL, 10-0.

120 – Ely Sharkey (2-0, champion): WBTF over Paul Watak, CHA, 22-7; WBD over Trevor Bukaske, VAL, 6-3.

126 – Pryce Pinney (2-2, fourth): WBF over Trey Johnson, PC, 2:07; LBF to Trace Strotheide, CHA, :49; WBD over Shane Philips, PR, 6-5; LBF to Trey Johnson, PC, 1:44.

132 – Joe McNair (3-1, third): WBD over Cody Darnell, G-R, 9-2; LBD to Michael Muggli, SID, 8-1; WBF over Jake Johnson, HS, 3:40; WBD over Cody Darnell, G-R, 6-2.

152 – Kieron Rice (2-2, fourth): LBMD to Brady Hicks, BC, 14-3; WBF over Taylor Hood, G-R, 3:41; WBF over Garrett Cox, MUL, 1:57; LBF to Brady Hicks, BC, 1:53.

195 – Kyle Erthum (0-2): LBF to Cory Assarson, VAL, 2:19; LBF to Braydon Weideman, MIT, 1:46.

285 – Blaine Finney (2-2, fourth): LBF to Jess Trueblood, PR, 4:52; WBF over Brice Stangle, G-R, 1:40; WBF over Brett Mayhew, VAL, 3:16; LBF to Jess Trueblood, PR, :51.

Valentine (177.5)

106 – Bryan Sliger (1-2, fourth): LBD to Drew Gilliland, MIT, 5-0; WBD over Dominic Henry, AHS, 11-7; LBD to Daniel Goings, CHA, 5-4.

113 – Cameron Perret (3-1, third): WBD over Zacharia Sanabria, MIT, 13-12; LBF to Dalton Zimmerman, MUL, 3:04; WBF over Tagg Petrick, BC, 2:25; WBF over Zacharia Sanabria, MIT, 1:46.

120 – Trevor Bukaske (2-1, second): WBF over Justin Hilliker, G-R, 1:30; WBF over Kory Phillips, MUL, 1:29; LBD to Ely Sharkey, AHS, 6-3.

126 – Thomas Harvey (1-2): WBF over Shane Child, G-R, 2:48; LBF to Levi Ray, HS, :57; LBD to Trey Johnson, PC, 6-0.

132 – Ethan Osnes (0-2): LBF to Michael Muggli, SID, 3:06; LBF to Cody Darnell, G-R, 4:32.

138 – Nate O’Kief (2-1, second): WBF over Nathaniel Votruba, SID, 5:30; WBD over Casey Glassgow, G-R, 6-5; LBD to Sam Ireland, BC, 4-2.

145 – Marcus Nelson (3-0, champion): WBTF over Micah Scherbarth, G-R, 18-1; WBF over Chandler Bakley, BC, :59; WBF over Tate Cullers, CHA, :56.

152 – Tristan Eklund (2-1, second): WBF over Chris Gallegos, OGA, :29; WBF over Garrett Cox, MUL, 5:55; LBD to Willy Cogdill, CHA, 11-4.

160 – Nicholas Ormesher (1-2): WBMD over Tanner Wemsman, SID, 12-2; LBD to Joe Merrival, BC, 7-4; LBF to Tristan Tuma, G-R, 2:13.

170 – Colby Lamb (1-1, second): WBF over Ken Graham, G-R, 1:59; LBF to Brendan Swanson, MIT, 1:49.

182 – Jake Fulton (2-1, third): LBD to Brody Cleveland, OGA, 8-4; WBF over Kendrick Vincent, G-R, :48; WBF over Kane Taylor, SID, 2:33.

195 – Cory Assarson (2-1, second): WBF over Kyle Erthum, AHS, 2:19; WBF over Matt Skinner, OGA, 1:11; LBF to Thomas Sandoz, G-R, 4:41.

220 – Trent Osnes (3-0, champion): WBF over Todd VanderMay, BC, :44; WBF over Scott Kelsey, SID, 1:48; WBF over Stevin Horrocks, HS, :45.

285 – Brett Mayhew (1-2): WBF over Devin Mitchell, CHA, 3:29; LBF to Sawyer Rous, BC, 4:00; LBF to Blaine Finney, AHS, 3:16.

Anselmo-Merna Wrestling Invitational

North Central Results

138 - Tanner Stec (2-2): LBF to Jaden William, Grand Island JV, 5:33; WBF over Efrain Garcia, Grand Island JV, 1:43; WBD over Chet Hinton, Sargent-Burwell, 11-4; LBD to Timmy Reis, Grand Island JV, 8-5.

145 - Troy Gibson (1-2): WBF over Hunter Mowry, Cambridge, :30; LBMD to Tjade Rodocker, Sandhills/Thedford, 8-0; LBD to Grady Stunkel, Ansley/Litchfield, 9-7 in overtime.
152 - Austin Beard (1-2): WBF over Chantz Klein, Sumner/Eddyville/Miller, 4:40; LBD to Taten Banzhaf, Cambridge, 6-3; LBTF to Isaac Ascherl, Stapleton/McPherson County, 18-3.
182- Charton Clark (2-1, second): WBF over Tanner Freeman, Sandhills/Thedford, 5:23; WBF over John Osterhoudt, Grand Island JV, 3:11; LBF to Brock Alejos, Sargent/Burwell, 1:43.
195 - Justin Dearmont (3-1, third): WBF over Justin Henry, North Platte JV, :54; LBF to Trace Gumb, Sargent-Burwell, 3:32; WBF over Austin Skibinski, Arcadia/Loup City, :32; WBF over Allen Svoboda, Grand Island JV, 2:37.

Friday, Dec. 7

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Ainsworth 60, West Holt 51 
Arthur County 59, Cody-Kilgore 39
CWC 42, North Central 25 
Stuart 50, Twin Loup 36
Elgin Public/Pope John 43, Plainview 41
Hartington Cedar Catholic 56, O'Neill 43
Hershey 47, Cozad 30
Minden 67, Broken Bow 27
Ravenna 48, Burwell 35
Sandhills/Thedford 42, Ansley-Litchfield 36
Sutherland 65, Ogallala 46 
Todd County, SD 47, Valentine 43 

Boys scores
Ainsworth 65, West Holt 56
Burwell 67, Ravenna 60
CWC 57, North Central 40
Sandhills/Thedford 50, Ansley-Litchfield 31
Stuart 40, Twin Loup 30
Todd County, SD 70, Valentine 65
Cody-Kilgore 34, Arthur County 17
Cozad 57, Hershey 44 
Elgin Public/Pope John 59, Plainview 27
Kearney Catholic 68, Ord 38
O'Neill 67, Hartington Cedar Catholic 64
Ogallala 57, Sutherland 53 

Tuesday, Dec. 4

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Ainsworth 61, Anselmo-Merna 26
Boyd County 56, Clearwater/Orchard 49
Elgin Public/Pope John 42, Neligh-Oakdale 36
Ewing 38, CWC 34
Sandhills/Thedford 51, Maxwell 35
St. Mary's 87, Niobrara/Verdigre 37

Boys scores
Elgin Public/Pope John 54, Neligh-Oakdale 21 
Ewing 47, CWC 40
Minden 64, Lexington 39 
Sandhills/Thedford 67, Maxwell 32 
St. Mary's 77, Niobrara/Verdigre 57 

KBRB's Cody Goochey spoke with Ainsworth girls basketball coach Lanay Hansmeier prior to the team's season-opener. To hear the complete report, click on the audio link below.

audio clips/AHS GBB Preview.mp3

Randy Brudigan spoke with North Central boys basketball coach Luke Bulau prior to the Knights opener. To hear the complete report, click on the audio link below.

audio clips/11-27-12 LUKE BULAU BBB @ NORTH CENTRAL.mp3

Saturday, Dec. 1

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Boyd County 61, Wausa 19
Sandhills/Thedford 50, Twin Loup 30 
St. Mary's 68, St. Edward 30
Valentine 67, West Holt 43

Boys scores
Minden 80, Ogallala 41
Ord 48, Central City 47
Ravenna 68, Broken Bow 39
Sandhills/Thedford 63, Twin Loup 27
St. Mary's 72, St. Edward 15 
Valentine 71, West Holt 31 

Wrestling
O'Neill Invitational
Team scores
1. Valentine, 246.5; 2. O'Neill, 181.5; 3. Chamberlain, S.D., 108.5; 4. Ainsworth, 92.5; 5. Pierce, 88; 6. Boone Central, 77.5; 7. Tie between Wisner-Pilger and Norfolk Catholic, 42; 9. West Holt, 41.

Championship matches
106 - Brian Sliger, VAL JV, WBD over Caleb Grooms, VAL, 1-0.
113 - Joseph Gillham, O'N, WBF over Cameron Perrett, VAL, 2:56.
120 - Ely Sharkey, AHS, WBD over Jon Marvin, O'N, 4-1.
126 - Tom Harvey, VAL, WBD over Jim Bob Ellsworth, CHAM, 8-5.
132 - Blake Walters, O'N, WBD over Russell Felicia, CHAM, 8-5.
138 - Nate O'Kief, VAL, WBD over Cory Rowse, O'N, 5-3.
145 - Marcus Nelson, VAL, WBD over Lucas Wiechman, W-P, 9-2.
152 - Triston Eklund, VAL, WBD over Kalen Hollopeter, VAL JV, 9-3.
160 - Nick Ormesher, VAL, WBMD over Dillon Dickey, PIER, 8-0.
170 - Aaron Hanlin, PIER, WBD over David Fox, O'N, 5-3.
182 - Josh Coyle, WH, WBF over Mitch Hoferer, NC, 3:45.
195 - Spencer Knopp, O'N, WBD over Caleb Akins, WH, 3-2.
220 - Trent Osnes, VAL, WBF over Austin Cheney, CHAM, :55.
285 - Joe Lopez, NC, WBD over Blaine Finney, AHS, 9-2.

Ainsworth (92.5)
106 - Dominic Henry (2-2, fourth): WBTF over Joel Meyer, BC, 17-2; LBD to Brian Sliger, VAL JV, 10-5; WBF over Andy King, BC, 1:59; LBF to Garrett Wicket, PRC, 5:00.
113 - Wyatt Killion (2-1, third): LBF to Cameron Perrett, VAL, 1:17; won by injury default over Parker Wallin, BC; WBF over Spencer Kirkpatrick, CHAM, 3:27.
120 - Ely Sharkey (2-0, champion): WBF over Trevor Bukaske, VAL, 1:27; WBD over Jon Marvin, O'N, 4-1.
126 - Pryce Pinney (1-2): WBD over Angel Castro, 8-6 in double overtime; LBF to Tom Harvey, VAL, 1:47; LBF to Dion Nemec, O'N, 3:28.
132 - Joe McNair (2-2, fourth): WBF over Ethan Osnes, 5:11; LBTF to Russell Felicia, CHAM, 16-1; won by injury default over Ethan Osnes; LBF to Jacob Hand, VAL, 3:25.
152 - Kieron Rice (2-2): LBF to Kalen Hollopeter, VAL JV, 1:26; WBD over Matt Hauke, CHAM, 2-1; WBF over Paul Orr, 1:52; LBF to Johnnie Huff, PIER, 3:32.
195 - Kyle Erthum (0-2): LBF to Michael Liermann, W-P, 1:20; LBD to Caden Billings, 6-4.
285 - Blaine Finney (3-1, second): WBF over Shawn Zephier, 1:34; WBF over Sean Wood, CHAM, 1:27; WBD over Evan Harrod, PIER, 5-0; LBD to Joe Lopez, NC, 9-2.

Valentine (246.5)
106 - Caleb Grooms (2-1, second): WBMD over Devan Breuer, 13-1; WBD over Kenny Baker, W-P, 6-5 in double overtime; LBD to Brian Sliger, VAL JV, 1-0.
113 - Cameron Perrett (2-1, second): WBF over Wyatt Killion, AHS, 1:17; WBF over Steven Arreguin, BC, 3:43; LBF to Joseph Gillham, O'N, 2:56.
120 - Trevor Bukaske (3-1, third): WBF over Sammy Stopak, BC, 3:59; LBF to Ely Sharkey, AHS, 1:27; WBF over Devon Lockman, NC, 5:13; WBF over Cody Shanno, BC, 2:20.
126 - Tom Harvey (4-0, champion): WBF over Levi Sudbeck, PIER, 3:04; WBF over William Breitkreutz, W-P, :53; WBF over Pryce Pinney, AHS, 1:47; WBD over Jim Bob Ellsworth, CHAM, 8-5.
132 - Jacob Hand (2-1, third): LBF to Blake Walters, O'N, 4:40; WBF over Andrew Rasmussen, BC, 2:01; WBF over Joe McNair, AHS, 3:25.
138 - Nate O'Kief (2-0, champion): WBTF over Joe Scott, BC, 17-2; WBD over Cory Rowse, O'N, 5-3.
145 - Marcus Nelson (3-0, champion): WBF over Logan Hamik, 1:33; WBD over Dakota Ruhnke, 6-0; WBD over Lucas Wiechman, W-P, 9-2.
152 - Triston Eklund (3-0, champion): WBF over Matthew Brtek, NC, 3:49; WBF over Johnnie Huff, PIER, 4:15; WBD over Kalen Hollopeter, VAL JV, 9-3.
160 - Nick Ormesher (3-0, champion): WBD over Lance Hockenbary, 4-0; WBF over Jesse Albarran, O'N, 3:11; WBMD over Dillon Dickey, PIER, 8-0.
!70 - Colby Lamb (2-2, fourth): WBF over Peter Lux, 2:56; LBF to Aaron Hanlin, PIER, 2:33; WBF over Derek Holmquist, 2:30; LBF to Mike Hauke, CHAM, 1:39.
195 - Cory Assarson (2-2, fourth): WBF over James Geppert, CHAM, :57; LBD to Spencer Knopp, O'N, 3-2; WBF over Caden Billings, :58; LBD to Nate Meier, PIER, 8-6.
220 - Trent Osnes (2-0, champion): WBF over Nick Claussen, CHAM, :40; WBF over Austin Chaney, CHAM, :55.
285 - Bret Mayhew (4-1, third): LBD to Joe Lopez, NC, 5-0; WBD over Brock Donelson, BC, :52; WBF over Sean Wood, CHAM, :31; WBF over Keith Sandall, O'N, 1:21; WBF over Evan Harrod, PIER, :55.

West Holt (41)
160 - Jonathan Emme (1-2): LBF to Jesse Albarran, O'N, 5:11; WBF over Tanner Prothman, 1:25; LBF to Lance Hockenbary, 3:56.
182 - Josh Coyle (2-0, champion): WBF over Drew Merrill, 1:15; WBF over Mitch Hoferer, NC, 3:45.
195 - Caleb Akins (3-1, second): WBD over Kody Sock, BC, 2-1; WBD over Caden Billings, 5-0; WBD over Michael Liermann, W-P, 9-5; LBD to Spencer Knopp, O'N, 3-2.

Friday, Nov. 30

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Ainsworth 51, Ord 40
North Central 27, Burwell 23
Clearwater/Orchard 47, CWC 40
Elgin Public/Pope John 50, Niobrara/Verdigre 36
Ewing 45, Spalding/Spalding Academy 42
Hay Springs 42, Cody-Kilgore 26
Hershey 54, Gothenburg 31
Mullen 45, Anselmo-Merna 19
North Platte St. Patrick's 74, Broken Bow 20
Ogallala 40, Lexington 37

Boys scores
Ainsworth 68, Ord 63
Burwell 74, North Central 39
Clearwater/Orchard 45, CWC 29
Cody-Kilgore 51, Hay Springs 17
Gothenburg 53, Hershey 39
Lexington 41, Ogallala 28 
Mullen 53, Anselmo-Merna 40
Niobrara/Verdigre 34, Elgin Public/Pope John 29
Spalding/Spalding Academy 80, Ewing 37

Thursday, Nov. 29

Prep basketball
Girls scores
Boyd County def. North Central, 54-32. Niobrara/Verdigre def. Stuart, 48-43. Valentine def. O'Neill, 79-30. West Holt def. Creighton, 51-29. Chambers-Wheeler Central def. Arcadia, 64-34. Ewing def. Neligh-Oakdale, 45-33. Minden def. Southern Valley, 74-49. Mullen def. Stapleton-McPherson County, 30-17. Sandhills/Thedford def. Burwell, 44-36. O'Neill St. Mary's def. Clearwater/Orchard, 61-34. Sutherland def. Broken Bow, 55-32.

Boys scores
North Central def. Boyd County, 50-37. Stuart def. Niobrara/Verdigre, 43-41. Creighton def. West Holt, 52-41. O'Neill def. Valentine, 61-51. Burwell def. Sandhills/Thedford, 70-43. Broken Bow def. Sutherland, 62-37. Chambers/Wheeler Central def. Arcadia, 40-22. Cozad def. Chase County, 49-47. Ewing def. Neligh-Oakdale, 49-34. Lexington def. Gothenburg, 40-38, in overtime. Mullen def. Stapleton-McPherson County, 57-42. Southern Valley def. Minden, 74-65. O'Neill St. Mary's def. Clearwater/Orchard, 64-47.

Ainsworth wrestling triangular with West Holt and Sargent-Burwell
To hear the report from the triangular, click on the audio link below.

audio clips/AHS wrestling triangular report.mp3

Wednesday, Nov. 21

Prep volleyball
Southwest Conference
First Team
Morgan Reed and Kendall Schroer, Ogallala; Jacey Wiggins and Tiani Reeves, Gothenburg; Ali Rowse and Carlie Bauer, Minden.
Second Team
Allie Millard and Skylar Mathis, Valentine; Carlie Kay and Brooke Robertson, Ogallala; Halie Jones, Broken Bow; Alaina Bourdreau, Minden.
Honorable Mention
Reagan Geiken, Gothenburg; Sidney Mell, Ogallala; Amanda German, Cozad; Sydney Stadler, Minden; Taylor Duncan and Kelsie Myers, Broken Bow.

Prep football
Class C1-8 All-District
Offense
OL - Jake Fulton, Valentine; Devin Cronk and Blake Bandur, Ord; Thomas Shipporeit, O'Neill; Aaron Smith, Broken Bow.
TE - Anthony Fast Horse, Valentine; Dusty Staab, Ord.
RB - Kolten Brown, Valentine; Nick Valla, Ord; Tate Laursen, O'Neill.
QB - Michael Hedlund, O'Neill.
WR - Derrick Hostert, O'Neill; Hunter Campbell, Broken Bow.
Defense
DL - Blaine Finney, Ainsworth; Clayton Lange, Ord; Spencer Knopp, O'Neill; Nathan Evans and Jeremy Christner, Broken Bow.
LB - Trent Osnes and Marcus Nelson, Valentine; Dylan Smedra and Gage Smedra, Ord; Tad Fry, O'Neill; Grayson Minnick, Broken Bow.
DB - Kamron Dawe, Ord; Dillon Eklund, Valentine; Jordan Lemburg, Broken Bow.
Honorable Mention
QB - Marcus Miller, Broken Bow; Jessi Owen, Valentine; Trevor Fahrenholz, Ord.
OL - Tanner Johnson, Broken Bow; Michael Collins, O'Neill.
TE - Cole Svoboda, Ord.
DL - Cory Assarsson, Valentine; Radil John, Ord.
LB - Zak Harper, Broken Bow; Donald McCleary, Valentine; James Worden, Ainsworth; Robert Nordby, O'Neill.
DB - Joe McNair and Marcus Osborn, Ainsworth; Charley Burtwhistle, O'Neill.

Class D2-4 All-District
First Team
Alex Kunz and Andrew Broders, Stuart; Marcus Claussen, Trevor Wakeley, Austin Conn and Spencer Rosberg, Wausa; Carlin Kreinert, Andrew Folkers and Michael Vargas, Osmond; Jackson Sudbeck, Davis Wieseler, Nathan Wieseler and Scott Foxhoven, Wynot; Caleb Lieneman and Ryan Greunke, Winside; Andrew Hoesing, Newcastle.
Honorable Mention
Trevor Ramm and Nick Kunz, Stuart; Hunter Vanness, Matt Koehler, Tanor McFarland and Adam Kleinschmidt, Wausa; Cody Kralicek, Daniel Wiese, Josh Hofmann and Adam Swallow, Osmond; Kyle Bruening, Joe Harold, Cody Stratman and Kyle Beckman, Wynot; Gage Maine, Ghatlin Jensen, Dylan Tweedy and Garrett Watters, Winside; Jeremy Attema and Jonah Lee, Newcastle.

2012 Hunting Season Photo Gallery

Email JPEG photos from your hunt to kbrb@sscg.net to be included in the gallery. Include the hunter's name, the date harvested, information on the deer (number of points, score, whitetail/mule etc.) and the approximate location of the hunt (you don't have to be too specific, the county name will suffice.

Eric Sorensen used his muzzleloader to harvest this massive 5x5 buck in Cherry County Dec. 6.

Jayden Philben had tremendous success during the 2012 bow season with this massive buck.

Jayden Philben shot this 3x3 buck with his bow on the Clapper Ranch the day before the firearm season began.

Kole Denny shot a 5x5 whitetail north of Ainsworth during the firearm season.

Lane Clapper shot this doe Oct. 5 in Keya Paha County during the youth antlerless season.

Keya Paha County was the place to be for large deer this year. Blaine Colgrove harvested this 7x7 mule deer Friday, Nov. 16.

Bill Richey waited until the final day of the firearm season to bag this 6x5 whitetail in Keya Paha County.

Greg Richey set the bar high for his dad Bill with this monster 5x5 whitetail taken Nov. 17 in Keya Paha County.

Chad Hollenbeck shot this 5x5 whitetail on Nov. 14 in Rock County.

Parker James' first deer was this split brow tine 5x4 buck taken Nov. 17 in southern Keya Paha County.

Joe McCall found this 5x5 whitetail buck in his sights Nov. 16 north of Ainsworth.

Adrianna Shaw's first deer was this tall 5x5 whitetail taken in Keya Paha County.

Schuyler Privett shot  a 5x4 whitetail during the firearm deer season.

Steve Cole found a nice buck during the 2012 deer season.

Ty Richardson tracked down this massive 6x7 whitetail in southern Brown County on the opening morning of the firearm deer season.

Savannah Clapper shot this 4x4 buck on the opening day of deer season.

Schyler Dodd took this 4x5 whitetail buck on Sunday, Nov. 11, in Brown County.

Chance Cole waited until Monday, the third day of the season, before bagging this 4x5 whitetail in Brown County.

Frank and CeeAnna Beel worked together to find this 5x5 whitetail on opening day in western Brown County.

Ned, Matt and Oren Pozehl had a successful opening weekend hunting north of Long Pine.

Cole Sundquist shot this 4x5 mule deer near Curtis.

Rhett Taylor found a non-typical whitetail buck with the coveted "Christmas tree antlers" during the opening weekend of the firearm deer season.

John Pierce scored this 4x5 whitetail buck Nov. 10 with his bow.

John Pierce's first archery buck of the bow season, taken Sept. 17, was no slouch either.

During the family's annual hunting trip to Colorado, Greg Lanka harvested this 6x6 bull elk Oct. 15.

Zach Lanka also filled his elk tag in Colorado with this 5x5 bull shot Oct. 17.

The Welch family had another successful bow season. Harlin Welch scored this mature 5x4 whitetail buck with his bow, the first of two during the season.

Harlin Welch's other archery deer was a nice 4x5 whitetail.

Ainsworth High School student Zach Welch harvested another nice whitetail buck with his bow during the 2012 season.

Young Madison Welch is now a bow hunter, harvesting her first deer with an archery permit.

Walker Shaw shot this 5x5 buck on Sunday in Keya Paha County.

Miah Wiebelhaus shot this nice 5x5 buck on opening morning north of Ainsworth.

Henry Beel, 11, shot this 5x6 whitetail buck Sunday on the Beel Ranch in western Brown County.

Darrin Kremer shot this large buck with his bow Nov. 2 north of Ainsworth.

Bill Cole had quite a one-day hunt. On Nov. 4, he harvested a 5x6 mule deer and a 5x5 whitetail with his bow.

KBRB's Graig Kinzie found this 5x4 whitetail on the family farm in Boyd County on Sunday, Nov. 11.