CHADRON – Chadron State’s Chris Leak has been named to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Preseason Wrestling All-Conference team at 197 pounds.

Leak, a senior from Omaha, Neb., was a unanimous selection. He finished last season with an 11-13 record and was sixth at the RMAC/Super Region Four tournament.

The RMAC Preseason Wrestler of the Year is Grand Canyon’s Kyle McCrite, the defending national champion at 125 pounds.

Grand Canyon received eight first place votes and is picked to finish first in the preseason coaches poll.

Chadron is picked to finish seventh.

Last season, the Eagles finished ninth at the regional tourney. In addition to Leak, Chadron State returns several veteran grapplers.

Jordan Debus, a junior from Mitchell, is a two-time national qualifier.

Four other starters had winning records in 2011-12. They are Leandro Arias, Dustin Stodola, Mike Hill and Bret Klopp.

The Eagles, who began practice last week will open their season Saturday, Oct. 27 with a public practice scheduled for 8:30 a.m. in the Nelson Physical Activity Center.

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The annual Sidney Cross Country Invite was held Thursday, Oct. 4

Alliance Girls

Kelsey Adamson – 6th place – 16:48  (personal best)

Alliance Boys Varsity

7th – Ryan Waggner 18:54

11th – Tristan Stephenson 19:34

13th – Truen Henderson 19:50

16th – Jacob Johnston 21:41

17th – Jose Vasquez 24:23

Team Results

1 – Sidney 13

2 – Chadron 30

3 – Alliance 47

Aliance Boys Junior Varsity

3rd – Gaige Lehl 19:57

8th –  Eli Rischling 21:24

Brady Shimp and Colton Rolls did not run due to injury.

Alliance Middle School

22nd – Easton O’Gorman 16:07 (3,000 m)

“Our kids had their best meet of the year so far,” said coach Dan Carlson.  “Everyone ran a personal best. The runners ran any where from 20 seconds to one minute faster from a week ago on the same course. The Sidney course is very hilly and challenging. This meet ends our regular season with districts next week and state the following week.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The annual Western Conference Volleyball Tournament was played Saturday, Oct. 6 at the Alliance High School and Middle School.

Sidney won the championship, with Alliance placing third and Gering finishing 5th.

Pool A at Alliance High School

Alliance defeated Scottsbluff, 25-23, 25-11
Chadron defeated Alliance, 25-14, 25-17
Chadron defeated Scottsbluff, 25-19, 25-20

Pool B at Alliance Middle School

Mitchell defeated Gering, 25-22, 25-23
Sidney defeated Gering, 25-7, 25-17
Sidney defeated Mitchell, 25-13, 25-16

Fifth Place — at Middle School

Gering defeated Scottsbluff, 25-23, 22-25, 28-26

Third Place — at High School

Alliance defeated Mitchell, 25-13, 25-17

Championship — at High School

Sidney defeated Chadron, 25-20, 25-23

The District B-4 Golf Tournament was held Monday, Oct. 1 in Holdrege.  

The State Tournament will be held in Grand Island on October 8-9.

Individual State Qualifiers:

1. Kaitlyn Krzyzanowski (12), Gering, 81

2. Megan Pilkington (11), Scottsbluff, 86

3. Megan Vetrovsky (11), McCook, 86

4. Kaylee Samway (12), McCook, 88

5. Breanna Redl (11), McCook, 88

6. Ashlee Pilkington (12), Scottsbluff, 94

7. Samantha Rahmig (10), Gering, 94

8. Brenna Gnuse (11), Holdrege, 95

9. Danielle Brennan (12), Alliance, 97

10. Kendall Bayne (11), Gering, 99

T10. Jordan York (10), Scottsbluff, 99

Qualifying Teams:

McCook, 371

Coach: Randy Ryser

Megan Vetrovsky (11), 86
Breanna Redl (11), 88
Kaylee Samway (12), 88
Jacqui Hager (12), 109
Karlie Dueland (11), 149

Gering, 378

Coach: Annie Boggs

Kaitlyn Krzyzanowski (12), 81
Samantha Rahmig (10), 94
Kendall Bayne (11), 99
Amber Fertig (11), 104
Ashlyn Schultz (10), 107

Scottsbluff, 384

Coach: Mike Klein

Megan Pilkington (11), 86
Ashlee Pilkington (12), 94
Jordan York (10), 99
Kimberly Moore (11), 105
Hannah Holloway (9), 106

Individual Qualifiers:

Holdrege

Coach: Tim Mattson

Brenna Gnuse (11), 95

Alliance

Coach: Nate Lanik

Danielle Brennan (12), 97

Final Team Scores:

McCook, 371

Gering, 378

Scottsbluff, 384

Sidney, 416

Holdrege, 418

Cozad, 501

Alliance, 522

Lexington, 555

Tuesday, Oct. 2, was a good night for Hemingford and Alliance Volleyball!

At Hemingford: The Hemingford JV defeated Crawford, 25-15, 25-18, while the Hemingford Varsity won in three straight sets, 25-12, 25-17, 30-28. The Varsity Cats are now 9-9 for the season, and will play Bayard and Morrill at the Morrill Triangular on Thursday, Oct. 11.

In Gering: The Alliance JV defeated Gering, 25-16, and 25-15, while the Alliance Varsity downed Gering, in 3 of 5: 21-25, 19-25, 25-13, 26-24, 15-9. The Alliance Varsity is now 10-9 on the season and will host the Western Conference Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 6.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Western Conference Cross Country Meet was held Saturday, Sept. 29 at Sidney.

For Alliance High School:

Girls

Kelsey Adamson – 9th place – time 17:28
Destiny Hobbs-Galvin – 25th place – time 20:43

Varsity Boys

Place – Name – Time

22 – Ryan Waggener; 20:07
32 – Tristan Stephenson; 21:12
33 – Gaige Lehl; 21:55
34 – Colton Rolls; 22:56
35 – Eli Rischling; 22:56
36 – Brady Shimp; 26:53

Team Results
1 Scottsbluff 17
2 Sidney 32
3 Mitchell 47
4 Gering 57
5 Chadron 91
6 Alliance 121

Junior Varsity

10 – Truen Henderson; 20:50 – Personal Best
19 – Jacob Johnston; 22:41 – Personal Best
38 – Jose Vasquez; 25:16 – Personal Best

Middle School (3,000 meters)

27 Easton O’Gorman; 16:27 – Personal Best

 

 

Box Score
CHADRON – Five Colorado School of Mines attackers had at least six kills as the No. 16-ranked Orediggers swept Chadron State 25-19, 25-21, 25-19 in a tightly played Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference match Saturday in Chadron.

Colorado Mines’ offense was balanced throughout the match, which featured 15 ties and 10 lead changes.

The Orediggers, now 11-4 overall and 5-1 in the conference, hit .186 as a team, while limiting the Eagles to .095.

Melanie Wannamaker paced Mines with a match-high 13 kills. Sarah Pekarek and Holly Hutchison each had eight, Jackie Stabell finished with seven and Laura Beckmann had six.

Chadron State, which falls to 3-12 overall and 1-5 in the RMAC, played the highly ranked Orediggers well but couldn’t put them away. The Eagles owned leads in each set, including a 6-point advantage in the third, but Mines’ service game – the Orediggers finished with five aces – proved to be the deciding factor.

Erika Roybal and Mallory Irvine had seven kills apiece to pace CSC and Mollie Jones added five kills and seven digs.

Both of Chadron State’s setters finished with double digit assists. Justine Ackie had 17, while Alyssa Bauer provided 10.

Kristina Harter had a match-high 20 digs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Alliance Varsity Tennis Team defeated Gering and Scottsbluff Tuesday afternoon in Gering.

In Singles action:

Keagan Hill (A) won, 6-1, 6-0, over Brian Doll (G).

Hill also defeated Xavier Perez (S), 6-0, 6-0.

Alex Elston (A) won, 6-3, 6-1, over Jason Doll (G).

Elston also defeated Eric Olsen (S), 6-1, 6-0.

In Doubles play:

Kyler Kaping and Keith Sanders (A), defeated Noah Miller and Alex Lupher (G), 6-0, 6-1.

Kaping and Sanders also defeated Traver Pettijohn and Jean Mercer-Smith (S), 6-0, 6-1.

Brodie Fielding and Brian Gould (A), defeated Anthony Ramierez and Vince Moreno, 6-1, 6-3.

Fielding and Gould also defeated Logan Woodward and Blake Wilberger (S), 6-3, 6-2.

Alliance JV vs. Scottsbluff

 

In Doubles play:

Ian Nelson and Chase Thompson (A) defeated Owen Parra and Court Muhr (S), 7-6, 7-2.

Parker Cyza and Anthony Hare (A) defeated Ethan Dudden and Juan Rios (S), 6-0.

In Singles action:

Michael Gomez (A) defeated Jackson Frank (S), 6-1.

Alliance JV vs. Gering

In Singles action:

Ian Nelson (A) defeated Dan Olmstead (G), 6-0.

In Doubles play:

Anthony Hare and Michael Gomez (A) defeated Alex Munez and Jarrin Rasnic (G), 7-5.

Best of the West Results. The tournament was held on Wed., Sept. 26 at the Monument Shadows Golf Course – Gering.

1. Kaitlyn Krzazanowski (GER) 85 (won on second playoff hole)
2. Kelli Haynes (CHAD) 85
3. Sam Rahmig (GER) 88
4. Danielle Brennan (ALL) 91
5. Amber Fertig (GER) 93
6. Ashlyn Schultz (GER) 94
7. Jada Huck (B’PORT) 95
8. Rachel Petik (SID) 96
9. Jessica Campbell (SID) 96
10. Karson Langley (SID) 99
11. Kimberly Mueller (B’PORT) 100
12. JaLee Pilkington (BAY) 101
12. Tara Harding (B’PORT) 101
14. Ashtyn Shrewsbury (ALL) 102
15. Kendall Bayne (GER) 103
15. Emily Snyder (MIT) 103
15. Katelin Cole (SID) 103

“First of all it is a great honor to even compete in this golf tournament, as you have to quaify during the season by shooting a score lower than 100,” said AHS coach Nate Lanik.

“Danielle and Ashtyn did that for the entire season so hats off to them.”

“To separate the field the course was set up to challenge the girls, and you can tell that happened by the scores that were turned in by these girls. They moved the tees back and made the course longer and then there were some tricky pin placements.”

“Now it is time to correct the minor mistakes and prepare for Districts on Monday in Holdrege. This will be one of the toughest tournaments of the year with very good competition, with a majority of the kids that place in our District tournament going on and placing at the State meet. We will have to be at the top of our game when we take the course on Monday.”