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GLES NOTES: CONFESSIONS OF A BEGINNING BROADCASTER

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GLES NOTES
Mike Glesinger speaking of sports (and more…)

 

I WISH I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW..OR CONFESSIONS OF A BEGINNING BROADCASTER

 

We’ve all heard the saying..” I wish I knew then what I know now”.  I find myself saying that a lot. This year marks my 30th season of broadcasting High School sports and through the years I think I’ve experienced every sort of weather, location and technical problem there is.  This takes me back to my first year as a sportscaster working for my first commercial radio station.  I started working at KNLV Radio in Ord, Ne. in May of 1982,  fresh out of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and ready to become “Boy Wonder” of radio.  While I was in college, broadcasting students would call play by play of the Cornhusker games on the student radio station, KRNU-FM. We did football, Freshman football, Men’s and Women’s basketball and baseball.   We just did home games so we were spoiled by the first class facilities and all the perks, like lunch in a nice press box, a press room with stats, rosters, programs etc, all the pop you can drink and a great view of the games, out of the elements.  When you get into the real world…this all changes.

I thought it was a great thing to have on your resume and audition tape that you broadcast University of Nebraska sports and I always tried to work that in a conversation..”Yea..I used to broadcast the Huskers”.  I don’t know if that helped in landing my first job, but it was all I had.  So…football season 1982, I’m ready to go. My first assignment…8 man football..Arcadia at Sargent. “All right”..let’s get going!  “OK..who’s keeping stats..who’s spotting..who’s engineering?   My partner says..”well it’s just you and me, we’ve only got a 2 man crew and we do our own stats and spotting”.   “Oh..when I did the Huskers..we had a 6 man crew”…”note to self”….get the rosters and starters in advance and make a bunch of enlarged copies.

Well we get to the  game site and I walk up and say  ” I’m here to broadcast the game..where do I set up in the press box”?  The local Athletic Director says ” Well, we have a very small crows nest and there’s only room for the clock operator and public address announcer… If I’d have known you were comming I would have made arrangements to have a flat bed truck or somthing for you”.  “Oh, when I did the Huskers, we always had a spot in the press box.”  “Humm..note to self..”it might be a good idea to call ahead and let them know you are comming.”  “OK, where would you like us to set up?    “You can stand on top of the crows nest and run your cables down to the phone jack inside”    “OK..how about chairs?”

“Again, If I had known you were comming , I would have had chairs for you.”  By the way, do you have any coats or anything, it might rain”.  “Oh, when I was doing the Huskers, we had a heated press box..  “note to self…”it might be a good idea to bring coats and plastic sacks to protect the equipment.”

So we crawl up on top of the crows nest with small raindrops falling and a big gust of wind blows my roster off the roof…”Humm..note to self…it might be a good idea to tape the rosters to a board of some sort so they don’t blow away”.

So the game goes along and it’s a pretty good game..A Sargent player makes a long run and I say…”he’s to the 30..the 40..the 50…the…30…what!!  This field is only 80 yards long!…”Humm..note to self…it might be a good idea to study the 8-man football rules”.

So the game ends and needless to say, I’m a little bit humbled. It was certainly a lot different than I thought it would be.  No perks..No comfort..NO FREE FOOD AND POP!  But then it dawned on me, it’s the game and the kids and the hometowns that are the most important,  I was just the messenger, to bring the game to Grandparents and fans and anybody who couldn’t attend.  It’s not about me. It’s all those other folks and more.   So I can talk about broadcasting the Huskers, all I want, but it doesn’t matter and that is a lesson I learned very early.  So like I said at the beginning…”I wish I knew then, what I know now”.

 

HUSKERS TO BATTLE NORTHWESTERN SATURDAY

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Lincoln, Neb. – The Nebraska football team began to wrap up preparations for this week’s game on Thursday afternoon, practicing in helmets and sweats in the Hawks Championships Center. The team worked out for just over 90 minutes as they continued to gear up for this weekend’s Big Ten Legends Division matchup against Northwestern in Evanston, Ill.

Following practice, Head Coach Bo Pelini met with the media and discussed what kind of mental advantage a bye-week gives to young players trying to make a jump.

“I think (it helps) with everybody,” Pelini said. “The more reps you get at it, the more understanding you get, the more comfortable you get and the more confident you get. That translates to playing better football. I keep telling our guys, the more time you put into it on the field, off the field, spending time thinking about it, going over your notes and the details, it’s going to allow you to have greater success.”

When asked if the team was in a similar mentality coming off the bye week as they were coming out of fall camp, Pelini said the players are ready to roll.

“There’s a lot of things that go into the situation we’re in,” Pelini said. “The motivations are what they are. They may be a little different for each guy, but we know what we have to do.”

Pelini also stated that senior running back Rex Burkhead will be available against the Wildcats this weekend.

“Rex is ready to go,” Pelini said. “He’s about as 100 percent as he’s going to get. He’s feeling good and ready to roll.”

Overall, Pelini said he feels good about what the team was able to achieve this week and stated the team is ready to play.

“I thought it was a good week of practice,” Pelini said. “We’ve still got some things to clean up, but I thought overall it was a good week. We’re ready to go and looking forward to the game.”

Nebraska will conduct a final walkthrough practice tomorrow before traveling to Illinois to face Northwestern. Saturday’s matchup between the Huskers and the Wildcats is slated for a 2:30 p.m. CDT kickoff and will be broadcast regionally on ABC and ESPN2.   Radio coverage includes AM 1400, KCOW in Alliance.

ATHLON NAMES HOOPER 2ND TEAM PRE-SEASON ALL AMERICAN

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Lincoln – Nebraska’s Jordan Hooper claimed second-team All-America honors in Athlon Magazine’s preseason listing of the nation’s top women’s basketball players this week.

Hooper, a 6-2 junior forward from Alliance, Neb., was one of 10 players nationally recognized by the publication on its first- and second-team All-America squads. Hooper earned honorable-mention All-America accolades from the Associated Press last season, while shooting a young Nebraska team to a top-20 final national ranking by the AP.

Hooper, who became the first sophomore in Nebraska history to reach the 1,000 point scoring mark in her career, was a first-team All-Big Ten pick while helping the Huskers to a 24-9 overall record in 2011-12.

Last season, Hooper was a midseason candidate for the Wade and Naismith trophies, and she has already been chosen as one of 25 players on the 2013 Wade Watch List this season. She is joined by teammate Lindsey Moore on that select list of national player-of-the-year candidates.

Hooper averaged 18.9 points and a Big Ten-best 9.3 rebounds per game as a sophomore. She also led the Big Ten with 14 double-doubles on the year. Hooper was one of three Big Ten Conference players named to the Athlon All-America teams, joining Penn State’s Maggie Lucas and Ohio State’s Tayler Hill.

Nebraska, which advanced to the 2012 NCAA Tournament, was ranked No. 21 in the Athlon preseason poll. The Huskers open their 2012-13 exhibition season by taking on Pittsburg State on Monday, Oct. 29 at the Devaney Center in Lincoln.

2013 Athlon Preseason All-America Teams
First Team
Elena Delle Donne (Delaware), Skylar Diggins (Notre Dame), Brittney Griner (Baylor), A’dia Mathies (Kentucky), Odyssey Sims (Baylor)

Second Team
Jordan Hooper (Nebraska), Tayler Hill (Ohio State), Maggie Lucas (Penn State), Chiney Ogwumike (Stanford), Elizabeth Williams (Duke)

Athlon Preseason Rankings

  1. Baylor
  2. Duke
  3. Connecticut
  4. Ohio State
  5. Stanford
  6. Maryland
  7. Georgia
  8. Notre Dame
  9. Kentucky
  10. Penn State
  11. Louisville
  12. Vanderbilt
  13. Delaware
  14. California
  15. Miami
  16. DePaul
  17. West Virginia
  18. Wisconsin-Green Bay
  19. Texas A&M
  20. Oklahoma
  21. Nebraska
  22. Michigan
  23. St. John’s
  24. Middle Tennessee State
  25. Tennessee

NEBRASKA PREP VOLLEYBALL SCORES – OCT. 18

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Aquinas def. East Butler, 25-20, 21-25, 25-19, 25-19
Bennington def. Wahoo, 25-22, 25-23, 25-23
Brady def. Hitchcock County, 25-18, 25-19, 25-22
Concordia def. Douglas County West, 28-26, 16-25, 25-23, 25-16
Elkhorn South def. Omaha Skutt Catholic, 26-24, 25-18, 18-25, 25-12
Friend def. Lawrence-Nelson, 25-15, 13-25, 25-20, 25-21
Gering def. Bridgeport, 25-14, 25-21, 25-18
Howells/Dodge def. Tekamah-Herman, 25-14, 25-14, 16-25, 25-16
Lindsay Holy Family def. Burwell, 25-23, 25-19, 24-26, 25-14
Medicine Valley def. Hayes Center, 25-16, 22-25, 15-25, 28-26, 15-5
Millard South def. Omaha Central, 27-29, 25-11, 25-13, 25-22
Millard West def. Omaha Westside, 25-10, 28-26, 25-22
Minatare def. Bayard, 27-25, 28-26, 27-25
Nebraska Christian def. Humphrey St. Francis, 26-28, 25-13, 25-16, 25-21
Norris def. Crete, 25-16, 25-17, 25-14
Omaha Northwest def. Omaha South, 25-18, 17-25, 25-15, 22-25, 15-11
Papillion-LaVista def. Omaha Benson, 25-7, 25-12, 25-7
Pender def. Oakland-Craig, 25-19, 25-12, 25-16
Seward def. Ashland-Greenwood, 25-23, 25-14, 25-15
Stanton def. Twin River, 25-14, 25-23, 25-13
Superior def. Red Cloud, 25-19, 25-22, 25-13
West Holt def. Neligh-Oakdale, 25-19, 25-22, 17-25, 15-25
Wynot def. Niobrara/Verdigre, 25-20, 25-13, 25-14
Beatrice Triangular
Beatrice def. Nebraska City, 25-9, 25-5
Lincoln Pius X def. Beatrice, 25-19, 28-26
Lincoln Pius X def. Nebraska City, 25-9, 25-8
CRC Tournament
Third Place
Exeter/Milligan def. Hampton, 25-20, 27-25, 25-17
Championship
Giltner def. Bruning-Davenport/Shickley, 21-25, 25-18, 25-20, 25-22
Fillmore Central Triangular
Fillmore Central def. York, 25-13, 25-17
Fillmore Central def. Schuyler, 25-9, 25-22
York def. Schuyler, 25-14, 25-18
Frontier Conference Tournament
Fifth Place
Parkview Christian def. College View Academy, 25-16, 25-20
Third Place
Omaha Brownell-Talbot def. Nebraska Lutheran, 25-19, 25-21
Championship
Cedar Bluffs def. Omaha Christian Academy, 25-15, 25-19, 25-19
Gibbon Triangular
Wood River def. Gibbon, 23-25, 25-15, 25-18
Wood River def. St. Paul, 25-18, 25-19
Heartland Athletic Conference Tournament
Seventh Place
Lincoln East def. Lincoln High, 25-23, 25-13, 20-25, 25-11
Fifth Place
Fremont def. Grand Island, 25-18, 22-25, 25-23, 23-25, 15-9
Third Place
Lincoln Northeast def. Lincoln North Star, 25-15, 24-26, 25-23, 25-17
Championship
Lincoln Southeast def. Lincoln Southwest, 25-23, 25-22, 25-23
Homer Triangular
Homer def. Winnebago, 25-18, 25-23
Wakefield def. Winnebago, 25-11, 25-16
Wakefield def. Homer, 25-15, 25-16
Kearney Catholic Triangular
Holdrege def. Cambridge, 25-12, 25-10
Kearney Catholic def. Holdrege, 25-15, 25-8
Kearney Catholic def. Cambridge, 25-10, 25-11
Norfolk Triangular
Hastings def. Lexington, 25-10, 25-9
Hastings def. Norfolk, 13-25, 25-17, 25-16
Silver Lake Tournament
First Round
Deshler def. Axtell, 28-26, 25-21
Silver Lake def. Heartland Lutheran, 25-13, 25-10
Championship
Silver Lake def. Deshler, 25-16, 25-15
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Alliance vs. Sidney, ppd.
Chadron vs. Hot Springs, S.D., ccd.
Creek Valley Triangular
South Platte vs. Creek Valley, ccd.
Garden County vs. South Platte, ccd.
Garden County vs. Creek Valley, ccd.

NEBRASKA PREP FOOTBALL SCORES – OCT. 18

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Anselmo-Merna 46, Elwood 0
Aquinas 47, Malcolm 0
Archbishop Bergan 34, Centennial 6
Bertrand 50, Eustis-Farnam 7
Blair 14, Bennington 0
Bloomfield 40, Plainview 8
Boone Central/Newman Grove 41, Grand Island Central Catholic 7
Boys Town 26, Bishop Neumann 21
Brady 64, Hitchcock County 42
Burwell 43, Clearwater/Orchard 0
Cambridge 62, Dundy County-Stratton 14
Centura 28, Southern Valley 20
Chase County 28, Minden 15
Columbus Lakeview 37, Columbus Scotus 21
Crofton 27, West Holt 0
David City 35, Madison 21
Doniphan-Trumbull 40, Ravenna 14
East Butler 34, Cross County 8
Elkhorn 15, Elkhorn South 7
Elm Creek 58, Southwest 22
Elmwood-Murdock 45, Humboldt/Table Rock-Steinauer 0
Falls City Sacred Heart 80, Deshler 6
Fort Calhoun 28, Concordia 8
Freeman 22, Friend 14
Fullerton 61, Pleasanton 0
Gretna 51, Elkhorn Mount Michael 13
Hartington Cedar Catholic 34, Wisner-Pilger 12
Hastings St. Cecilia 28, Thayer Central 14
Humphrey 30, Scribner-Snyder 0
Kearney Catholic 31, Gothenburg 0
Kimball 27, Bayard 21
Laurel-Concord def. Homer, forfeit
Lawrence-Nelson 20, Amherst 18
Loomis 30, Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 22, OT
Louisville 12, Weeping Water 6
Loup City 44, Ansley-Litchfield 20
Lutheran High Northeast 53, Battle Creek 22
Medicine Valley 51, Hayes Center 12
Milford 43, Auburn 0
Nebraska City Lourdes 26, Johnson-Brock 20
Norfolk Catholic 35, Wayne 0
North Platte St. Patrick’s 32, Hershey 0
Oakland-Craig 47, Stanton 19
Omaha Brownell-Talbot 30, Conestoga 0
Ord 21, O’Neill 0
Osmond 56, Stuart 20
Overton 64, Alma 30
Pierce 53, West Point-Beemer 16
Raymond Central 27, Logan View 0
Shelton 74, Wilcox-Hildreth 6
SMC 40, Paxton 26
Southern 32, Johnson County Central 22
St. Edward 57, Maywood 18
Sterling 46, Diller-Odell 6
Sutton 58, Superior 13
Syracuse 44, Lincoln Lutheran 14
Wakefield 20, Ponca 14
Wilber-Clatonia 41, Fairbury 6
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
South Platte vs. Mullen, ppd. to Oct 19.
Ogallala vs. Cozad, ppd. to Oct 19.
Morrill vs. Sutherland, ppd. to Oct 19.

COUGAR VOLLEYBALL & SOCCER TEAMS IN ACTION THIS WEEKEND

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It will be a busy weekend for the Western Nebraska Community College volleyball and soccer teams. All three teams will host their last home games of the season on Friday and Saturday.

The Cougar volleyball team can wrap up the South Sub-region No. 1 seed with a win Friday night against Northeastern Junior College at 7 p.m. After that, the second-ranked Cougars will host Casper College on Saturday at 7 p.m. for the final home game for the six sophomores.

Friday night’s contest will also be “Think Pink” Breast Cancer Awareness night. Breast cancer survivors will be admitted free to the game and those wearing pink will receive $1 off the price of admission. Also, Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman will be in attendance to watch the Cougar volleyball team as teams and fans celebrate the special night.

As for the match itself, the Cougars enter with a 31-2 record and an 8-0 conference mark. The Plainswomen are 17-16 overall and 7-1 in the conference after falling to Otero Junior College last weekend. If the Cougars win on Friday, they are guaranteed the No. 1 seed in the Nov. 1-3 South Region IX volleyball tournament that will be played in McCook.

Saturday’s home match against Casper will be the final home match for sophomores – Danika Youngblood, Alex Rivera, Kat Agson, Tasha Meyer, Taylor VanderWerff, and Megan Johnson. The sophomores have lost just four matches in their two years at WNCC. They have a combined 72-4 record.

The Cougar volleyball team will wrap up the regular season on Oct. 24 when they travel to Northeastern Junior College to face the Plainswomen in Sterling, Colo.

The WNCC men’s and women’s soccer teams will also be hosting their final regular season matches of the year at the Landers Soccer Complex. On Friday, the two teams will battle Trinidad State Junior College with the women kicking things off at 1 p.m. followed by the men’s contest. Then, on Saturday, Otero Junior College comes to town with the men starting things at 12 noon followed by the women’s game at 2 p.m. Saturday is also AYSO day as AYSO players get in free to the contest and have a chance to meet the players and get autographs before and after the matches.

This weekend’s soccer games are especially important for the Cougar men for Region IX playoff seedings. If the men win both matches, they couldl move up to No. 5 and a first-round contest with Western Wyoming Community College in Rock Springs, Wyo. Otherwise, the Cougar men will be the No. 6 seed and face Northwest College in the first round in Powell, Wyo. The first-round regional matches are slated for Oct. 24.

The Cougar men are 4-10 on the season while Trinidad State enters with a 5-7-1 record. The Trojans are 3-6-1 in conference play, while the Cougars are 2-8. Otero, Saturday’s opponent, enters with a 13-1-2 record.

The Cougar women will wrap up their season this weekend. Because of a revamped regional/district tournament format, only the top four teams qualify for the post-season tournament. The Cougar women are mathematically eliminated from the post-season, but will try to finish off the season on a positive note heading into next season.

WNCC enters Friday’s match against Trinidad with a 2-8-1 record while the Trojans come in with a 1-7-1 record. The Otero women, who are in their first year in Region IX, have a perfect 13-0 record and have allowed just four goals all season. In conference play, Otero is 8-0 and have outscored its opponents 29-0.

COLORADO-PUEBLO DOWNS CSC IN FIVE SETS

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CHADRON – Angela McAdams had 14 kills and Brianna Bryant added 10 more as the ThunderWolves withstood a spirited Chadron State squad to win a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference match 25-17, 13-25, 19-25, 25-23, 15-11 Thursday evening in Chadron.

With the win, Pueblo improves to 12-11 overall and 3-9 in the RMAC.

Chadron State (4-16, 2-9 RMAC) will host Western State tonight (Friday) in a match designated as Pink Out. All fans are encouraged to wear pink to support breast cancer awareness and local breast cancer survivors will be acknowledged before the match. First serve is set for 7 p.m.

Although the Eagles came out flat in the opening set, they found their groove in the second and third frames. CSC had a team hitting percentage of .278 and .351 in those sets and the Eagles also dominated the play at the net with their intimidating front line block.

However, Pueblo managed to survive a fourth set that featured seven ties and three lead changes to force a fifth set. In the final set, the ThunderWolves hit .333 and Marissa Calvillo led the offense with three consecutive kills.

For the match, Jessica Jester and Mallory Irvine each had eight total blocks, Lexi Hoagland chipped in seven and Mollie Jones finished with five.

The Eagles had a big advantage in blocks, finsihing with 31 compared to 14 for Pueblo. The Eagles also registered more kills (58-51).

Irvine also finished with a match-high 18 kills and hit a whopping .421. Erika Roybal joined her in double digit kills with 11 and Hoagland had 10 more.

Additionally, Kristina Harter finished with a match-high 25 digs and Justine Ackie had 25 set assists and 13 digs. 

EAGLE FOOTBALL TEAM TO BATTLE N.M. HIGHLANDS

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CHADRON – There’s a new challenger for supremacy in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference this fall.  It’s New Mexico Highlands, the team the Chadron State Eagles will play in Las Vegas on Saturday. Kickoff will be at 1 p.m.After more than a decade of not being competitive in the RMAC, the Cowboys are riding high this fall.  They have a 6-1 overall record, losing only to Division I-AA Southern Utah 45-23 on Sept. 15, and racking up a 5-0 conference mark.

Highlands and Colorado State-Pueblo, the nation’s No. 1 ranked Division II team this week after previous leader Pittsburg State was knocked off Saturday, lead the RMAC with their perfect records in the conference.

Chadron State, which is 5-2 overall, is next with a 4-1 conference record.

Highlands opened the season by downing arch-rival Eastern New Mexico 42-14 and has defeated Fort Lewis 50-0, Colorado Mines 42-37, Colorado Mesa 40-36, Western State 31-17 and Adams State 34-20 in conference clashes.

“They’re very talented and very athletic,” CSC head coach Jay Long told the Eagles Booster Club on Monday. “They’re a very good football team.  We’ll need to play very well to beat them.”

The Cowboys definitely have a high-powered offense, led by quarterback Emmanuel Lewis.  A 6-foot-3, 190-pound senior from Bakersfield, Calif., Lewis is averaging 406.8 yards a game to lead Division II in total offense.

He’s completed 164 of 283 passes for 2,306 yards and 19 touchdowns.  He’s thrown just four interceptions. He’s also run for 130 yards, despite losing 116 yards while being sacked.

“When he gets his feet set, he can throw darts,” said CSC defensive coordinator Jeff Larson.  “He’s dangerous. We’ll give him some different looks and try to mix up our defenses against him, but he’ll give us some trouble, I’m sure.”

Like many RMAC teams, the Cowboys largely depend on the pass for their offense. Larson said Lewis spreads the ball around to several receivers and all of them appear to have excellent speed.

“We’ll have to do well with our coverages and do a good job of making tackles in the open field,” Larson added.

The top receiver is Darius Davis, who has 41 catches for 725 yards and eight touchdowns.  Another major threat is Kevon Williams, who has 42 receptions for 574 yards and four TDs.

The leading rusher through seven games is Lavelle Peterson, who has 54 carries for 219 yards. He shares playing time with Wayne Jacobs, who has 46 totes for 131 yards.

The Cowboys have some kingpins on defense, too.  Among them is senior linebacker Jordan Campbell, who was the RMAC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year and received this week’s RMAC Defensive Player of the Week honor after making 17 tackles, including 3.5 for lost yardage, against Adams State last Saturday.

Another standout is cornerback Abdul Kanneh, who leads the RMAC with six pass interceptions.

Highlands got off to a fast start last fall, winning its first four games. However, injuries wiped out three quarterbacks and the Cowboys lost their last seven games.  Lewis led them to their first two victories and his successors were at the controls during victories the next two weeks.

But, by the time Highlands came to Chadron to play the Eagles on Oct. 15, Clint Barnard, a converted linebacker, was calling the signals.  The Cowboys had eight turnovers in the game, including five fumbles that the Eagles recovered in the first quarter, when CSC built a 24-0 lead en route to a 42-12 triumph.

The Eagles have won 17 of the 20 games in the series. Highlands’ last win over CSC was in 1998 by a 31-28 score on a late field goal.

Williams, the wide receiver, and Toni Cognasi, a guard, are the only returning starters on the Highlands’ offense from a year ago when the Cowboys came to Chadron.  Besides Campbell and Kanneh, just two others who start this year were in the starting defensive lineup a year ago against the Eagles.

Saturday’s game has some major implications for both teams. The winner has a good shot at making the Division II playoffs, particularly if it can win the remaining three games. However, the loser on Saturday could have a rough time reaching the postseason.

Left on the Eagles’ schedule after Saturday are Western New Mexico, Fort Lewis and Colorado Mines.  The Cowboys will still have to play Black Hills State, CSU-Pueblo and Western New Mexico.

ALLIANCE AT SIDNEY VOLLEYBALL GAMES CALLED OFF

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Due to the high winds, the Alliance at Sidney volleyball games scheduled for today in Sidney have been called off.

Rescheduling of the games, which included freshman, JV, and varsity is pending.

The Alliance bus was scheduled to leave at 2 p.m., but law enforcement is advising against high profile vehicles traveling today due to winds that have been clocked in Box Butte County at 77 mph.

The high wind warning remains in effect until 7 p.m.

CSC VB READIES FOR 3 MATCHES IN 3 NIGHTS

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CHADRON – After playing just two of its first 19 matches at home this season, the Chadron State College volleyball team has 3 this week and 7 of its final 10.

The Eagles host Colorado State-Pueblo on Thursday, Western State on Friday and 24th-ranked Adams State on Saturday. All three matches will start at 7 p.m.

Friday night has been designated as a Pink-Out with all fans encouraged to wear pink to support breast cancer awareness. Several breast cancer survivors will be honored prior to the match.

Head coach Janel Baily is optimistic about the Eagles’ chances. They’re coming off a 4-set victory at New Mexico Highlands Saturday, after playing close in the 3 prior matches…Western New Mexico, Fort Lewis, and Colorado Mesa.

CSC is just 2-8 in the conference and 4-15 overall, but Pueblo is only 2-9 in the RMAC…although the Thunderwolves are 11-11 on the season…and Western State is winless in 11 conference matches and 1-18 for the season.

Adams State should be the biggest challenge. #24 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association poll, the Grizzlies lead the RMAC West at 8-3 and have a 15-4 season record.

Chadron State has a balanced offensive attack. Mallory Irvine leads the team with 180 kills and a .237 hitting percentage and 79 total blocks. Three others have at least 138 kills: Erika Roybal, Mollie Jones and Jessica Jester.

Libero Kristina Harter paces the squad with 305 digs, averaging nearly five a set.

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