Archive - 2011 - Sports Article
December 28th
By
Dennis Driscoll, Chief Sports Editor
Arcadia 51
Heartland Lutheran 41
ARCADIA--Arcadia outscored Heartland Lutheran 18-1 in the second quarter and went on to post a 51-41 victory over the Red Hornets.
Besides the 18-1 second quarter the contest was otherwise close.The Red Hornets won the scoring battle in the first quarter and third quarter, 11-10 and 16-10 and both teams scored 13 points in the fourth quarter. However, the second quarter ultimately proved to be the difference.
Sapphire Sillivan led the Lady Huskies with 23 points and Gabriela Ritz contributed 12 points.
Other games played last week:
By
Dennis Driscoll, Chief Sports Editor
Broken Bow 70
Ainsworth 51
BROKEN BOW--The Broken Bow basketball team earned their first win with a 70-51 route over Ainsworth; it was also the first career win for Broken Bow coach Anthony Blum.
December 10th
BOYS BASKETBALL
Adams Central 72, Centura 38
Ainsworth 63, West Holt 55
Alma 50, Wilcox-Hildreth 35
Amherst 66, Loomis 60
Chadron 40, Gordon/Rushville 30
Columbus Scotus 48, Grand Island Central Catholic 43
Elm Creek 51, Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 49
Elwood 69, Pleasanton 60
Fullerton 47, Elba/North Loup Scotia 33
Grand Island 48, Fremont 40
Hershey 55, Cozad 52
Kearney 75, Lincoln East 53
Kearney Catholic 64, Ord 44
Lincoln Southeast 40, North Platte 36, OT
Loup City 53, Gibbon 40
November 22nd
By
Dennis Driscoll, Sports Editor
LINCOLN--It was a made for television special: No. 1 Howells against No. 2 Sargent. Both teams came into the 2011 NSAA Class D2 State Championship undefeated with identical 12-0 records.
Howells was looking to win title number 10.
Sargent wanted to remove the disappointing feeling after being blown out by this same Howells team just one year ago.
The Bulldogs did just that and dropped Howells 21-18 and in the process ended Howells’ 34-game win streak.
November 17th
By
Dennis Driscoll, Sports Editor
It's been one week since the firing of legendary coach Joe Paterno for failing to morally do the right thing and report child abuse.
The man who was known for winning, and winning the right way did not do the right thing and it cost him his job, tarnished his reputation, and changed the way many of us will now look at athletics.
I'm a Christian and it's hard for me to come to terms with this and wrap my mind around it. Fortunately, the child predator was caught.
Unfortunately, he wasn't caught soon enough.
Numerous questions will probably never be answered.
November 15th
Sargent dropped Loomis 48-0 last night. The Bulldogs advance to the Class D2 state championship and will take on Howells in a rematch of last years state championship final. Kickoff is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 21 at 2:30 p.m. at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln.
November 8th
Sargent downed Medicine Valley 58-13 to advance to the D2 state semi-finals. They will host Loomis Monday night in Sargent.
South Loup suffered a 30-0 loss to top-ranked Elgin/Elgin Pope John. South Loup finishes their season with a 9-2 mark.
November 3rd
For the rest of the year the editorial staff at the Custer County Chief will pick the winners of college football games.
Winner is in CAPS.
Deb McCaslin:
#1 LSU vs. #2 Alabama: ALABAMA
#17 Michigan vs. Iowa: IOWA
#10 Kansas State vs. Oklahoma State: OKLAHOMA STATE
Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest: NOTRE DAME
Northwestern vs. #9 Nebraska: NEBRASKA
Tie-Breaker: Nebraska 35, Northwestern 7
Ellen Mortensen
#1 LSU vs. #2 Alabama: ALABAMA
#17 Michigan vs. Iowa: MICHIGAN
#10 Kansas State vs. Oklahoma State: OKLAHOMA STATE
Notre Dame vs. Wake Forest: NOTRE DAME
November 2nd
Class C-1
Minden 21, Boone Central 12
Norfolk Catholic 35, Chadron 13
Pierce 30, Valentine 13
Platteview 55, Columbus Scotus 28
Class C-2
Crofton 37, Perkins County 9
Hastings St. Cecilia 35, West Holt 21
Lincoln Christian 27, Wilber-Clatonia 16
North Platte St. Patrick's 31, Cambridge 20
Oakland-Craig 20, Hartington Cedar Catholic 19
Tri County 44, Elmwood-Murdock 12
Class D-1
Second Round
Bruning-Davenport/Shickley 22, Freeman 20
Creighton 36, Nebraska Christian 6
Elgin Public/Pope John 40, Overton 12
Garden County 58, Shelton 52, 3OT
By
Dennis Driscoll, Sports Editor
Last week I went to The Bonfire and I sat down next to a couple of older folks. Being the nosey person I am, I listened to their conversation because they were talking about college football.
We will call them Bill and Bob...because I don't know their names.
They were talking about Taylor Martinez's inability to throw a football correctly and how the loss of Jared Crick for the season might be a good thing because he wasn't a force to be reckoned with.
Then the conversation went like this:
" Exactly who's our rival, Bob?" - Bill
" You know, I don't know. "- Bob
