Archive - 2011 - Sports Article
February 17th
Forty-one area wrestlers walk into the Omaha Qwest Center today for the opening rounds of the State Wrestling Tournament.
February 16th
WAYNE -- Wayne State College head football coach Dan McLaughlin announced today that 16 student athletes have signed national letters of intent and/or written offers of admission and financial aid to attend Wayne State College and continue their football careers with the Wildcats. The 2011 recruiting class includes 14 high school recruits and two transfers. Seven of the 14 high school signees are from Nebraska with two more from Iowa.
By
Tim Brown, Sports Editor
BROKEN BOW -- While the basketball season ended for eight area teams, three teams advance to the subdistrict finals, just two wins away from the State Tournament.
The Ansley Lady Warriors advanced to the D2-8 subdistrict final with a 59-39 win over Arcadia Tuesday night. The Lady Warriors will play North Loup-Scotia who was a 49-40 winner over Sargent.
The Mullen Lady Broncos will play Cody-Kilgore Thursday night for the D2-12 subdistrict title. The Lady Broncos were 61-23 winners over South Platte while Cody-Kilgore defeated Hyannis 42-17.
February 15th
COZAD -- The Broken Bow Lady Indians scored back-to-back baskets within nine seconds to break open a 32-32 tie game with less than two minutes remaining in the game. The Lady Indians held on to win 38-33 and advance to the Class C1-11 subdistrict semifinals against top seed, Hershey tonight at 6 p.m. in Lexington. The second game in the C1-11 subdistrict will pair Southern Valley against Cozad.
COZAD -- The Broken Bow Lady Indians scored back-to-back baskets within nine seconds to break open a 32-32 tie game with less than two minutes remaining in the game. The Lady Indians held on to win 38-33 and advance to the Class C1-11 subdistrict semifinals against top seed, Hershey tonight at 6 p.m. in Lexington. The second game in the C1-11 subdistrict will pair Southern Valley against Cozad.
February 11th
Girls sub-district pairings have be set with area teams to begin play Monday and Tuesday. Match-ups and game times are as follows:
C1-11 @ Lexington
Feb. 14, 6 p.m. - #4 Broken Bow vs #5 Gothenburg
Feb. 15, 6 p.m. - Broken Bow, Gothenburg winner vs #1 Hershey
Feb. 15, 7:45 p.m. #2 Southern Valley vs Cozad
C2-10 @ Kearney Catholic
Feb. 14, 7 p.m. - #4 Burwell vs #5 South Loup
Feb. 15, 6 p.m. - Burwell, South Loup winner vs #1 Ravenna
Feb. 15, 7:45 p.m. - #2 Arapahoe vs #3 Shelton
D1-11 @ Gothenburg
Feb. 14, 6:30 p.m. - #4 Maxwell vs #5 SMC
February 10th
The Litchfield Trojans became the 2011 Loup Valley Conference champions last Friday night. In the boy’s championship game, the Mullen Broncos jumped out to an early 15-10 first quarter lead but the Litchfield Trojans took over the lead in the second quarter to lead 24-21 at halftime.
The Mullen Lady Broncos became the 2011 Loup Valley Conference champions last Friday night. The Lady Broncos edged the Ansley Lady Warriors 53-52 for the girl’s championship while the Trojans held on for a 53-45 win over the Mullen Broncos for the boy’s championship.
February 2nd
Saturday (2/5/2011)
FORT KEARNY CONFERENCE TOURNMENT
GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP
Amherst 40, Wilcox-Hildreth 33
GIRLS CONSOLATION
Elm Creek 38, Eustis-Farnam 28
BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP
Pleasanton 63, Overton 58
BOYS CONSOLATION
Eustis-Farnam 56, Loomis 34
Friday (2/4/2011)
BOYS
FORT KEARNY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Overton 50, Eustis-Farnam 46 (OT)
Pleasanton 68, Loomis 47
Thursday (2/3/2011)
GIRLS
FORT KEARNY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Amherst 61, Elm Creek 51
Wilcox-Hildreth 36, Eustis-Farnam 30
Wednesday (2/2/2011)
BOYS
FORT KEARNY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Pleasanton 61, Elwood 23
Friday (2/4/2011)
LOUP VALLEY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP
Mullen 53, Ansley 52
GIRLS CONSOLATION
Sandhills/Thedford 45, Sargent 31
BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP
Litchfield 53, Mullen 45
BOYS CONSOLATION
Sandhills/Thedford 71, South Loup 54
Thursday (2/3/2011)
GIRLS
LOUP VALLEY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Ansley 54, Sargent 19
Mullen 46, Sandhills/Thedford 36
Thursday (2/3/2011)
BOYS
LOUP VALLEY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Mullen 62, Sandhills/Thedford 42
Litchfield 52, South Loup 36
Wednesday (2/2/2011)
BOYS
LOUP VALLEY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Mullen 64, Loup County 27
