In Part 2 of his weekly radio show, Sports Information Director Alex Helmbrecht interviews Chadron State wide receiver Nathan Ross and linebacker Shea Koch.
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EAGLE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF TICKETS NOW ON SALE
By Alex Helmbrecht, Sports Information Director
CHADRON – Fans wanting to purchase tickets to Saturday’s NCAA Division II First Round Playoff game between Chadron State College and West Texas A&M can do so by calling the college’s business office at 308-432-6240 beginning Tuesday morning.
Kickoff between the Eagles and Buffalos is set for noon at Elliott Field.
The cost is $12 for adults, $8 for students and seniors, and $4 for children, ages 10 and under. No passes or student IDs will be accepted.
Following Tuesday, the business office will sell tickets from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. through Friday.
Tickets will be available Saturday morning at will call, which is the southwest corner of the Nelson Physical Activity Center at 9 a.m.
Tickets may also be purchased in Chadron at three local banks: First National Bank of Chadron, First National Bank-North Platte and Security First.
THIS WEEK’S CSC FOOTBALL RADIO SHOW
Chadron State SID Alex Helmbrecht interviews head coach Jay Long about the Eagles’ 20-14 win over Colorado Mines. The two also discuss the Eagles’ first round playoff game with West Texas A&M.
BAYARD LOOKING AT NEW TRACK FACILITY
Bayard Public Schools is seeking support for a public/private partnership to replace the track and field facilities at the sports complex at Bayard High School.
The track at Bayard High School is approximately forty years old and is in a state of deterioration.
Bayard Supt. of Schools Travis Miller says, “Over the life of the all-weather track, three separate “top-coats” have been applied to extend the life of the track. Unfortunately, the asphalt base below these top-coats has deteriorated and top-coating the track is no longer a viable maintenance option. The cost of completing this project is expected to be approximately $450,000.”
The sports complex provides many educational and health benefits to students in physical education classes and also benefits members of the community whouse the track for their own health, fitness, and recreation activities. Countless regional athletes have participated in track meets hosted at the sports complex, with the Bayard BCD track meet being the most well-known of these events.
Because of cuts to state aide and limited district resources, the school is in need of financial assistance to make the replacement of the track at the sport complex possible. A fund has been established to provide an opportunity to secure the resources to replace the track and field facility.
Local community members have already committed to volunteering to help complete the demolition of the track which is anticipated to represent a considerable cost savings. Additionally, the members of a fund advisory committee have been writing for grants to help fund the project.
In early efforts of the capital campaign, the committee has found great receptiveness to the idea of a private/public partnership with several individuals and area businesses indicating an interest in providing support for this important health and sports project.
It is hoped that regional community members, alumni, and area businesses and organizations will continue to join in the efforts to help replace this important school and community facility.
Anyone who is interested in contributing to this project can contact Bayard Public Schools at 308-586-1325 for additional information
EAGLES DROP OPENER TO LOPERS
By Alex Helmbrecht, CSC Sports Information Director
CHADRON – Jon Henderson scored 30 points and three other Lopers joined him in double figures as the University of Nebraska-Kearney turned back Chadron State 96-75 in the Eagles’ home opener Monday evening at Armstrong Gymnasium.
While Henderson stole the show – he scored 18 in the first half and finished 12 of 18 from the field in the game – he received plenty of help from his teammates. Mike Dentlinger scored 24 points and had a game-high 10 rebounds, Pierre Newton had 14 points and Drew Sankey added 10 points and seven boards.
The Eagles led twice at 3-2 and 5-4, but found themselves down by 18 at 39-21 with 4:46 to go in the first half. They trimmed the deficit to 9 at intermission at 45-36 and to 8 in the first minute of the second, only to see UNK push the margin back to 15.
CSC got back to with 7 twice, the last at 72-65 with 9:03 remaining, but then went cold. They missed their next 5 field goal attempts and closed out the game making just 3 of 11 shots and 1 of 4 free throws as they were outscored 24-10.
Although the Eagles weren’t able to make the plays down the stretch – UNK went on a 13-4 scoring run in the second half once CSC cut the Lopers’ lead to 72-65 with nine minutes to play – there were plenty of positives. Five players scored in double figures and five others found the scoring column.
Zac Bargen, the coach’s son, finished with a team-high 15 points, Grant Stone scored 14 off the bench, including four 3-pointers, Justyn Anderson had 11 points, and Chris Taylor and Kendrick Holliman each scored 10. Holliman also had a game-high five assists.
Both teams shot over 50 percent from the field but the Lopers made eight more free throws than the Eagles and they also outscored them on second chance points, 10-0.
Chadron State will play at Division I Colorado State University Thursday. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.
UNK 45 51 – 96
CSC 36 39 – 75
HILL, ARIAS, DEBUS PLACE IN TOP 5 AT COLORADO MESA INVITE
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Chadron State College’s Mike Hill, Leandro Arias and Jordan Debus had solid performances at the Colorado Mesa Wrestling Invitational Saturday in Grand Junction, Colo.
Hill, a sophomore from Lingle, Wyo., dropped his first match at 285 pounds but strung together four straight wins in the consolation bracket to claim third place. He pinned his first two foes and then earned a sudden victory decision before dispatching Western State’s Kyle Graulus by a 4-2 decision in the third place match.
Arias went 4-1 at 141 pounds. He won his first two matches before suffering a tight 2-1 decision to Cody Cole of Western State. Arias rebounded, though, and won two straight decisions to claim third place.
Debus, a junior from Mitchell, easily won his first two matches at 184 but Zack Slotten earned a 3-2 decision to drop him to the wrestlebacks. While there, Ryan Swanson outscored Debus 16-12 but Debus claimed fifth place after picking up a forfeit victory over Khymba Johnson.
Five CSC wrestlers won at least two matches Saturday, including Josh McCance and Perry McAfee at 133, Bryce Wiedeman at 157, Tyler Smart at 165 and Devan Fors at 184.
CSC Results
- 125 – Jonathon Stelling, Colorado Mesa, pinned Spencer Hunt, CSC, 6:43; Hunt dec. Cory Carter, Colorado Mines, 4-2; Adrian Avelar, Western Wyoming, dec. Hunt, 7-4. (Hunt 1-2)
- 133 – Josh McCance, CSC, major dec. Eli Perez, Western State, 10-2; McCance dec. Joshua Metivier, Utah Valley, 8-4; Zach Shank, UA, pinned McCance, 1:00; Chaz Lovato, Western Wyoming, dec. McCance, 7-6. (McCance 2-2)
- 133 – Perry McAfee, CSC, dec. Chaz Lovato, Western Wyoming, 11-4; McAfee dec. Brandon Gallagher, UA, 8-5; Daniel Salazar, Colorado Mesa, dec. McAfee, 4-2; Tyler Adams, Western State, pinned McAfee, 2:43; Travis Roberts, Sierra College, dec. McAfee, 8-7 (McAfee 2-3)
- 133 – Daniel Salazar, Colorado Mesa, pinned Bobby West, CSC, 6:15; West major dec. Joshua Metivier, Utah Valley, 12-4; Colby Watters, Colorado Mines, dec. West, 11-4 (West 1-2)
- 141 – Leandro Arias, CSC, dec. Zack Denney, UA, 2-0; Arias pinned Shannon Maris, UA, 6:33; Cody Cole, Western State, dec. Arias, 2-1; Arias, dec. Denney, 3-2; Arias dec. Andy Jones, UA, 12-6 for third place. (Arias 4-1)
- 141 – Gable Prach, Colorado Mines, pinned Jesse Larralde, CSC, 6:18; Zack Denney, UA, pinned Larralde, 3:00. (Larralde 0-2)
- 149 – Reed Burgener, CSC, pinned Robbie Workman, Embry Riddle, 1:00; Tucker Ray, Utah Valley, pinned Burgener, 3:01; Josh Chang, Embry Riddle, technical fall Burgener, 17-1 (Burgener 1-2)
- 157 – Zachary Young, Colorado Mines, dec. Bryce Wideman, CSC, 6-4; Wiedeman pinned Eric Bach, UA, 3:40; Wideman dec. Garrett Adams, UA, 9-7; Wideman pinned Austin Harris, Western State, 3:23; Juan Alvararado, N.M. major dec. Wiedeman, 12-4. (Wiedeman 3-2)
- 157 – Nick Swanson, UA, major dec. Bruce Zurek, CSC, 14-2; Zurek pinned Aaron Demay, Sierra; Jesse Routsong, Embry Riddle, pinned Zurek. (Zurek 1-2)
- 165 – Tyler Miles, Colorado Mesa pinned Taylor Pownall, CSC, 2:15; Horaciao Vialpando, UA, pinned Taylor Pownall, 4:25. (Taylor Pownall 0-2)
- 165 – Tyler Smart, CSC, dec. Willy Holdren, UA, 6-0; Smart, dec. Joshua Brown, Colorado Mesa, 6-2; Travis Saxon, N.M., dec. Smart, 3-1 in sudden victory; Smart, forfeit Jake Eggers, UA, Caleb Wyatt, Colorado Mesa, dec. Smart, 6-3 (Smart 3-2)
- 165 – Jessie Hoffschneider, UA, pinned Tyler Pownall, CSC, 1:02; Jake Eggers, UA, pinned Tyler Pownall, 1:28 (Pownall 0-2)
- 174 – No CSC entry
- 184 – Devan Fors, CSC, pinned Hunter Murry, Dixie State, 6:17; Nick Petersen, Colorado Mesa, major dec. Fors, 12-4; Fors pinned Dylan Turley-Rule, Northern Colorado; Ryan Swanson, Colorado Mines, dec. Fors, 7-0. (Fors 2-2)
- 184 – Jordan Debus, CSC, major dec. Dylan Turley-Rule, Northern Colorado, 16-4; Debus pinned Khymba Johnson, Sierra College, 3:00; Zak Slotten, Colorado Mesa, dec. Debus, 3-2; Ryan Swanson, dec. Debus, 16-12; Debus forfeit Khymba Johnson, Sierra, for fifth place. (Debus 3-2)
- 197 – Paul Wilson, major dec. Chris Leak, 13-0; Leak pinned Sam Johnstone, Embry Riddle, 1:50; Leak dec. Troy Kilgore, Embry Riddle, 10-4; Riley Argyle, Western Wyoming, dec. Leak, 7-1 (Leak 2-2)
- 285 – Josh Atkinson, UA, dec. Ryley Dawson, CSC, 3-1; Alexander MacKenzie, Colorado Mines, pinned Dawson, 2:39. (Dawson 0-2)
- 285 – Daniel Gusez, Sierra, dec. Mike Hill, CSC, 4-0; Mike Hill, CSC, pinned Cody Marquez, N.M. Highlands; Hill pinned Alexander MacKenzie, Colorado Mines, 4:07; Hill dec. Zac Jensen, Utah Valley, 3-1 in sudden victory; Hill dec. Kyle Graulus, Western State, 4-2 for third place (4-1)
METRO STATE TURNS BACK CSC
CHADRON – Alysa Heath and Lauren Quijano each had 10 kills to help lift No. 23-ranked Metro State to a 25-17, 25-19, 25-19 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference victory over Chadron State Saturday evening at Armstrong Gymnasium.
The match was the season finale for both teams.
Chadron State ends its season with a 5-24 record, including a 2-17 mark in the conference, while Metro State advances to the RMAC playoffs with a record of 18-9 overall and 13-6 in the RMAC.
The Roadrunners controlled things early and often Saturday by hitting .235 as a team. They also played solid defensively, limiting the Eagles to a team hitting percentage of .080.
Mallory Irvine, who had a match-high five blocks, and Jessica Jester each led the Eagles with eight kills apiece and Mollie Jones chipped in seven more.
Both Justine Ackie, who had a team-high 16 set assists, and libero Kristina Harter finished with 14 digs.
Alex Helmbrecht, Sports Information Director
HUSKER MEN DOWN SOUTHERN, 66-55
Lincoln — The debut of new Nebraska men’s basketball coach Tim Miles was a successful one, as the Huskers topped Southern, 66-55, in the season opener Sunday night at the Devaney Center.
Brandon Ubel paced the Big Red (1-0) with his second career double-double, totaling 21 points on 8-of-12 shooting and 12 rebounds. The 6-foot-10 senior forward set career bests in both points and caroms, as Nebraska shot 51.9 percent from the floor.
Ubel took over in a key second-half run, scoring nine of his points in an 11-3 Husker spurt after Southern pulled to within 31-28 in the opening minute of the half. The senior, who was NU’s only returning starter from last season, scored seven straight points, as his 3-point play gave NU a 38-28 lead.
Ubel was one of three Huskers in double figures in the victory. Junior guard Ray Gallegos, who redshirted in 2011-12, had a career-high 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting while Dylan Talley added 17 points and seven rebounds for Nebraska, which shot 51.9 percent from the field and held Southern to 39.6 percent shooting.
Gallegos and Talley played major roles in getting the Huskers off to a quick start, as Nebraska scored the first nine points, including four by Talley, and built a 12-2 lead after a Gallegos 3-pointer. Southern pulled to within 16-14, but Nebraska went on an 11-2 run, taking a 27-15 lead after a 3-pointer and a layup from Gallegos and took a six-point lead into the locker room.
Derick Beltran, who paced Southern (0-2) with 17 points, made it a 3-point game with a shot from long range on their first possession of the half, but the Huskers would allow one field goal over the next seven minutes and rely on Ubel to regain a cushion.
Nebraska eventually built a 16-point lead at 52-36 after a Ubel 3-point play with 8:58 remaining, but Southern would go on one last run.
The Jaguars, who were picked second in the preseason SWAC poll, used a 12-2 run to cut NU’s lead to 56-48, but would get no closer, as Ubel’s 3-point play and a Gallegos junper quickly pushed the lead back to 61-48 with 3:00 remaining, and Nebraska’s advantage would remain in double figures the rest of the way.
Alliance High graduate Michael Peltz played 11 minutes. He did not score but did pull down two rebounds.
The win was the 1,400th in program history, while Nebraska has now won its last 12 season openers and its final 23 home openers in the Devaney Center.
The Huskers return to action Thursday evening, when they take on Valparaiso in the opening game of the Joe Cipriano Nebraska Classic at the Devaney Center. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. and the game will be televised on the Big Ten Network and also carried on the Husker Sports Network.
MONTANA STATE – BILLINGS DOWNS CSC WOMEN, 79-64
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CHADRON – Montana State University-Billings guard Bobbi Knudsen scored 30 points and handed out six assists and four others scored in double-digits as the Yellowjackets earned a 79-64 win over Chadron State in the Eagles’ home opener Sunday afternoon at Armstrong Gymnasium.
Knudsen hit 12 of 15 field goals and also added four steals and three rebounds to lead a balanced Billings offense. Kayleen Goggins scored 13, Janiel Olson had 12 points and 10 rebounds and Quinn Peoples and Brooke Tolman each scored 10 in the Yellowjackets’ first win of the season.
Kattie Ranta led Chadron State with a career-high 22 points and eight rebounds. The junior guard from Rapid City, S.D., made nine of 14 field goals and all three of her attempts from the foul line.
Also for Chadron State, Dallas Shaw scored 17 points and had eight rebounds, Hattie Guzman scored 11 points and Jazmin Lopez added eight points, eight boards and seven assists.
The Eagles actually shot better than the Yellowjackets (47 percent to 41 percent) but MSU-Billings went to the charity stripe 22 times, making 19 of them. Chadron State, on the other hand, made four of six free throws.
EAGLE FOOTBALL TEAM TO HOST WEST TEXAS A&M NOV. 17
CHADRON – The season isn’t over for the Chadron State College football team.
The Eagles, who defeated Colorado School of Mines 20-14 in a snowstorm Saturday, are the third seed in Super Region 4 of the NCAA Division II Playoffs and will host sixth seed West Texas A&M this Saturday at Elliott Field.
Kickoff is set for noon. Tickets will go on sale Tuesday with information on how to purchase them following.
The Eagles, 9-2 overall and 8-1 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, are making their eighth appearance in the D-II playoffs and their first since 2008. Chadron State is 4-10 all-time in playoff games.
West Texas A&M finished the regular season with a 9-2 record, including a 7-1 mark in the Lone Star Conference.
The two teams last met in the 2006 playoffs in Chadron. The Eagles won, 43-17.
No. 1 Colorado State University-Pueblo earned the top seed in Super Region 4, while Ashland is the second seed. The winner between Chadron State and West Texas A&M will play at Ashland on Saturday, Nov. 24.
CSU-Pueblo will play the winner of Indianapolis vs. Midwestern State on Nov. 24, as well.
Alex Helmbrecht, Sports Information Director