The Chadron Boys and Girls team had no trouble with Gordon-Rushville on Tuesday night at Gordon, as both Cardinal teams won by more than 35 points…the girls 80-44 and the boys 71-34.

The girls game was close through the first quarter, with Chadron up by just 4 at 16-12, but it was all Lady Cardinals after that. The margin moved to 37-23 at the half, then Chadron outscored Gordon-Rushville 43-21 after intermission.

Four Chadron players reached double figures, outscoring the entire Mustang team 61-44. Peyton Hinn led with 17 points,  Bailea Kerr 16, Ashlea Kerr 15, and Briley Hannaford 13. Sara Marlatt was the only Gordon-Rushville player in double figures with 10 points.

 

The boys game was never in doubt as Chadron jumped out to a 13 point lead by the end of the first quarter. The margin grew to 16 by the half at 34-18, then to 24 at the end of the third quarter and 37 at the end of the game.

Chadron’s Spencer Eliason led all scorers with 19 points, but 3 other Cardinals reached double digits including Von Sayaloune, whose 11 points included a trio of 3-pointers. Cy Rayhill also had 11, while Bo Westlake chipped in with 10.

The Chadron boys and girls have two games this weekend, hosting Sidney on Friday night and traveling to Rapid City for Saturday afternoon games at Douglas.

The Alliance Bulldog Wrestlers traveled to Gering Tuesday night and downed the valley’s Bulldogs, 54-12.

Individual Results:

106: Cristian Hulsey, ALLI, tech. fall Garret Allbaugh, GERI, 2:00 15-0.

113: Baily Hort, GERI, forf. .

120: Devin Ushio, ALLI, dec. Marcelino Ramos, GERI, 8-1.

126: Walker Johnson, ALLI, pinned Kelsey Hutson, GERI, 2:55.

132: Damian Hort, GERI, dec. DJ Weare, ALLI, 9-4.

138: Tyler Smith, ALLI, pinned Devin DeLosSantos, GERI, 0:41.

145: Quentin Timblin, GERI, dec. Emmanuel Cabello, ALLI, 7-5.

152: Tyson Dowler, ALLI, pinned Johnathan Sayaloune, GERI, 3:10.

160: Cameron Nagaki, ALLI, pinned Weston Hutson, GERI, 1:01.

170: Dawson Johnson, ALLI, pinned Elijah Timblin, GERI, 2:21.

182: Fernando Lopez, ALLI, dec. Blake Rains, GERI, 5-3.

195: Kyson Schnell (ALLI), dec. Christian Pester (GERI) 10-8.

220: Jacob Baldwin, ALLI, forf.

285: Donald Red Nest, ALLI, maj. dec. Garrett Rahmig, GERI, 11-3.

Alliance will compete at the McCook Invite Friday, Jan. 25

Gritt Ryder had a double double and the Western Nebraska Community College women’s basketball team converted 33 of 51 free throws in staying unbeaten in the South Sub-Region with a 69-52 win over Eastern Wyoming College Tuesday night at Cougar Palace.

Ryder poured in 24 points and pulled down 12 rebounds, but it was her sizzling free throw shooting that was evident. Ryder converted 11 of 14 free throws. Ashley Stevens also had another top night, finishing with 18 points.

The win moved the Cougars to 5-0 in the sub-region while Eastern Wyoming falls to 4-3. The winner of the sub-region hosts the regional tournament in March.

But, more importantly, what helped the Cougars was their sizzling shooting from the charity stripe especially in the first half. The Cougars ran out to a 29-19 halftime lead thanks to connecting on 17 of 25 free throws.

Shalisa Moffit, who had a near double-double on the night of nine points and seven rebounds, said they executed well and made their free throws.

“As a team, we had more heart and rebounded well,” Moffit said. “It was pretty physical out there and there was a lot of fouling. The free throw shooting was a huge factor.”

To say the least free throws and fouls made a difference in the game. The two teams combined for 48 fouls and 48 of 81 shooting.  Field goal shooting also played a part in the contest. The Cougars shot just 20 percent in the first half and 29 percent for the game.

The Lancers were 28 percent in the first half and 30 percent for the game. EWC also connected on five 3-pointers, while WNCC had just two both coming with under four minutes to play in the game.

Just like Moffit said, rebounding also played a big factor in the Cougars’ win. WNCC out-rebounded the Lancers 53-42. Ryder led the way with 12 boards followed by Moffit and Ashley Stevens with seven each.

Eastern Wyoming, however, hung tough with the Cougars and actually held an 18-13 lead after a bucket by Jeileen Mas with about four minutes to play in the opening half. The Cougars came back and out-scored the Lancers 16-1 over the final four minutes and most of the damage was down at the free throw line where they went 11 of 12 during that stretch before Ashley Stevens hit the teams’ first field goal in over four minutes. WNCC led 29-19 at halftime.

The second half saw the Cougars jump out to a 43-27 lead before Eastern Wyoming ran off eight straight to cut the deficit to 43-35 with 10 minutes to play. WNCC came back and went on an 18-6 run to grab a 61-41 lead on a Moffit 3-pointer. Moffit’s trey with five minutes to play was the Cougars’ first of the game.

WNCC put just two in double figures, led by Ryder’s 24 points. Stevens also finished with 18 points. Ryder had just six points at intermission – all free throws, while Stevens had 12 points in the first half.

The Lancers were led by Brittany Cross with a double-double of 10 points and 11 rebounds. Hazel Doe and Brittani Colberg each nine points.

WNCC, who won its eighth straight, will be back in action Saturday when they travel to Casper College. The Lancers will be back in action Saturday when they travel to face Northwest Kansas Technical College.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — These days, Jack Harbaugh stays away from game-planning chatter or strategy sessions with his Super Bowl-bound coaching sons. Baltimore’s John Harbaugh and little brother, Jim, of the San Francisco 49ers, have been doing this long enough now to no longer need dad’s input.

Yet, the father does offer one basic mantra: “Get ahead, stay ahead.” And the boys still call home regularly to check in with the man who turned both on to the coaching profession years ago, and the mother who has handled everything behind the scenes for decades in a highly competitive, sports-crazed family — with all the routine sports clichés to show for it.

The Harbaugh brothers will become the first siblings to square off from opposite sidelines when their teams play for the NFL championship Feb. 3 at the New Orleans Superdome.

CHADRON – Zac Bargen of Chadron State and Addy Roller of Wayne State are the Nebraska Division II Men’s and Women’s Basketball Players of the Week.

Bargen, a 6-foot-5 junior guard from Chadron, averaged 26.5 points on the Eagles 2,000-mile 2-game Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference road trip to New Mexico last week.

He 33 points, including six 3-pointers to go along with 7 rebounds in an 89-86 double overtime loss at New Mexico Highland on Friday, and 20 points and 6 rebounds in a 75-65 loss Saturday at Western New Mexico.

Bargen is the leading scorer in the RMAC at 18.9 points per game, shooting 46% from three-point range and leading the Eagles in rebounding at 5.5 per game.

Roller, a 5-8 freshman guard from Purdy, Mo., averaged 17 points, three assists and three steals per game for the #22 Wildcats in two games over the weekend.

She scored 12 points, all in the second half, during Friday’s 51-44 win over Minot State and added a career-high 22 points on seven of 12 shooting, including four treys, in Saturday’s 57-54 loss to the University of Mary.

For the weekend, Roller was 6 of 11 from three-point range and hit all 10 of her free throws.

 

Wyoming schools dominated the annual Chadron High Invitational Wrestling Tournament over the weekend. Gillette-Campbell County took the championship with 308 points, Cheyenne East was 2nd with 249, and Casper Natrona finished 4th with 140.

Fossil Ridge of Fort Collins, CO, claimed 3rd with 172.5 while Alliance, Valentine, and host Chadron finished 5-7 with 131, 121, and 98.5 points respectively.

Gillette put 6 wrestlers into the finals and 5 claimed titles including the first 4 wrestled…106, 113, 120, and 132…along with 160.

The Camels’ only loss in the finals came at 152 pounds where Jordan Fischer lost 5-1 to Tyson Dowler of Alliance. Dowler extended his season record to a perfect 22-0 by going 5-0 with 3 pins and a technical fall leading into the finals.

Chadron provided the only other champion from the Panhandle: Chance Bila at 170. Bila also kept an undefeated season going in strong fashion as he followed an opening round bye with a pin, a technical fall, and a major decision before taking the title with another major decision 15-7.

One other area wrestler also claimed at championship at the Chadron Invitational, Martin-Bennett County’s 182-pound Dalton McCollam…who beat Cooper Cogdill of Chadron. McCollam improved to 24-1 as he scored two pins and a technical fall before getting an 8-4 decision over Cogdill, who lost for just the third time in 19 matches.

Bila, a senior who is 28-0 on the year, took honors as the Outstanding Wrestler in the heavier weight classes while another senior, Taylor Killion of Fossil Ridge, took lower weight honors. Killion improved his season mark to 17-0 with a pin in the 138 title match.

26 schools from 4 state took part in the Chadron Invitational. Full tournament results are available online at www.trackWrestling.com and enter Chadron Wrestling Invitational into the search box.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 2nd-ranked Chadron High Girls continued to roll Friday as they dominated Gering 49-29 after a slow start, but the Gering Boys avenged the loss by taking a 56-55 thriller over the Cardinal boys.

The Chadron boys jumped out to a 16-8 lead after the 1st quarter, but the Bulldogs dominated the second quarter to lead 36-25 at the half.

Chadron responded to close to within 2 points to end the 3rd quarter, and led 50-46 to set up a back-and-forth final 4:00.

Gering scored 6 straight to go up 52-50, Chadron regained the lead 53-52 with :59 remaining, the Bulldogs grabbed the lead back at 54-53, but Chadron’s Von Sayeloune made 2-of-3 free throws with :29 left to put the Cardinals up 55-to-54.

The final heroics belonged to Gering, though, as sophomore Joses Palomo pulled up in the lane with :06 to go and hit a jumper to put the Bulldogs on top 56-55.

Chadron had one last chance, but an effort by Matt Lordino went awry and Gering held on for its 8th win of the year despite Chadron getting a double-double from Spencer Eliason of 25 points and 10 rebounds. The Cardinals are 5-8.

The girl’s game saw both teams struggle to score in the 1st quarter as Chadron led just 4-2, but the Lady Cardinals outscored Gering 21-9 in the 2nd period and never looked back.

No one from Gering reached double digits in scoring while Chadron had two…Peyton Hinn with 15 and Ashlea Kerr with 13. Chadron is now 13-1 while Gering falls to 7-7.

The Chadron boys and girls are at Gordon-Rushville on Tuesday.