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ALLIANCE WRESTLERS 6TH AT SCHUYLER TOURNAMENT

Team Scores:
Madison  191
Schuyler 163.5
Valentine 150.5
Blair  144
West Point-Beemer 142
Alliance  117.5,
Aquinas  117.5,
Tekamah-Herman 85
Malcom 80
Boys Town 63
Wayne 57.5
Columbus Lakeview 33
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Individual Results:
120 Devin Ushio 2nd,
126 Walker Johnson 1st,
138 Tyler Smith  3rd,
152 Tyson Dowler 1st,
160 Dawson Johnson 2nd,
195 Kyson  Schnell 5th
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There was no team score kept on the JV side
Individual Results:
120 Truen Henderson 2nd,
132 Branson Stinnette 3rd,
138 James  Long 2nd,
145 Kody Fletcher 1st,
145 Kade Weber 3rd,
152  Francis Jaramillo 3rd,
152 Jeff Heusman 1st,
220 Jacob Baldwin  3rd
160 Cameron Nagaki  1st
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Results for Alliance @ Schuyler Invite on 01/12/2013.

Cristian Hulsey (2-2) - DNP - Team Points: 2.0 106: Cristian Hulsey (Alliance) won by decision over Nolan Helgoth (Aquinas Catholic) 7-6. 106: Jason Hansen (Tekamah-Herman) won by pin over Cristian Hulsey (Alliance) 1:27. 106: Cristian Hulsey (Alliance) received a bye. 106: Luis Gonzalez (Schuyler) won by tech fall over Cristian Hulsey (Alliance) 4:44 16-1.

Devin Ushio (3-1) - 2nd - Team Points: 20.0 120: Devin Ushio (Alliance) received a bye. 120: Devin Ushio (Alliance) won by pin over Jarod Carnell (Blair) 3:43. 120: Devin Ushio (Alliance) won by decision over Hunter Schroeder (West Point-Beemer) 4-2. 120: Takoda Batenhorst (Madison) won by decision over Devin Ushio (Alliance) 8-1.

Walker Johnson (4-0) - 1st - Team Points: 23.0 126: Walker Johnson (Alliance) won by decision over Justin Hansen (Tekamah-Herman) 5-3. 126: Walker Johnson (Alliance) received a bye. 126: Walker Johnson (Alliance) won by major decision over Logan Rodehorst (Columbus Lakeview) 11-2. 126: Walker Johnson (Alliance) won by decision over Colt Wakefield (Blair) 7-6.

Tyler Smith (3-1) - 3rd - Team Points: 11.0 138: Tyler Smith (Alliance) won in tie breaker 1 over Nate O'Kief (Valentine) 2-1. 138: Tyler Smith (Alliance) won by decision over Jesus Cervantes (West Point-Beemer) 5-2. 138: Jesus Cervantes (West Point-Beemer) won by pin over Tyler Smith (Alliance) 5:18. 138: Tyler Smith (Alliance) received a bye.

Emmanuel Cabello (1-2) - DNP - Team Points: 0.0 145: Emmanuel Cabello (Alliance) received a bye. 145: Marcus Nelson (Valentine) won by tech fall over Emmanuel Cabello (Alliance) 4:30 16-0. 145: Blake Dunkle (Blair) won by pin over Emmanuel Cabello (Alliance) 2:15.
Tyson Dowler (4-0) - 1st - Team Points: 27.0 152:

Tyson Dowler (Alliance) won by pin over Logan Reinke (Wayne) 3:41. 152: Tyson Dowler (Alliance) won by pin over Ben Dostal (Malcolm) 1:43. 152: Tyson Dowler (Alliance) won by decision over Kalen Kasik (Schuyler) 8-4. 152: Tyson Dowler (Alliance) won by major decision over Triston Eklund (Valentine) 16-5.

Dawson Johnson (3-1) - 2nd - Team Points: 20.0 160: Dawson Johnson (Alliance) received a bye. 160: Dawson Johnson (Alliance) won by pin over Hunter Randles (Madison) 1:42. 160: Dawson Johnson (Alliance) won by decision over Alexander Reimers (Aquinas Catholic) 5-0. 160: Josue Osuna (West Point-Beemer) won by decision over Dawson Johnson (Alliance) 12-7.

Kyson Schnell (4-2) - 5th - Team Points: 14.5 195: James Burruss (Malcolm) won by decision over Kyson Schnell (Alliance) 8-4. 195: Kyson Schnell (Alliance) won by tech fall over David Morfin (Columbus Lakeview) 4:47 19-2. 195: Austin Svoboda (Aquinas Catholic) won by pin over Kyson Schnell (Alliance) 1:06. 195: Kyson Schnell (Alliance) received a bye. 195: Kyson Schnell (Alliance) won by pin over Tyler Brabec (Schuyler) 1:37. 195: Kyson Schnell (Alliance) won by pin over Darrin Eisenhauer (West Point-Beemer) 3:15.

Donald Red Nest (1-2) - DNP - Team Points: 0.0 220: David DelaCruz (Madison) won by pin over Donald Red Nest (Alliance) 1:29. 220: Donald Red Nest (Alliance) received a bye. 220: Eric Hundahl (Blair) won by pin over Donald Red Nest (Alliance) 0:34.

Results for Alliance @ Schuyler JV Tournament on 01/12/2013.

Truen Henderson (2-1) - DNP - Team Points: 8.0 120: Truen Henderson (Alliance) won by pin over Ben Hockett (Blair) 2:59. 120: James Hernandez (Logan View) won by pin over Truen Henderson (Alliance) 0:32. 120: Truen Henderson (Alliance) won by pin over Alexandra Jerez (Schuyler) 3:32.

Branson Stinnette (1-0) - DNP - Team Points: 2.0 132: Branson Stinnette (Alliance) won by major decision over Casey Schroder (Omaha Westside) 9-1.

James Long (2-1) - DNP - Team Points: 8.0 138: James Long (Alliance) won by pin over Eric Abney (Bishop Neumann) 2:17. 138: DeAaron Ross-Mays (Boys Town) won in tie breaker 1 over James Long (Alliance) 12-11. 138: James Long (Alliance) won by pin over Alberto Lopez (Schuyler) 2:00.

Kody Fletcher (3-0) - DNP - Team Points: 10.0 145: Kody Fletcher (Alliance) won by decision over Jamin Thomas (Malcolm) 7-0. 145: Kody Fletcher (Alliance) won by pin over Zach Nutsch (Omaha Westside) 2:33. 145: Kody Fletcher (Alliance) won by pin over David Svododa (Schuyler) 0:38.

Kade Weber (1-0) - DNP - Team Points: 3.5 145: Kade Weber (Alliance) won by major decision over Owen George (Seward) 14-0.

Jeffrey Heusman (3-0) – DNP – Team Points: 9.5 152: Jeffrey Heusman (Alliance) won by pin over Marco Niebuhr (Schuyler) 4:29.

152: Jeffrey Heusman (Alliance) won by major decision over John Simpson (Seward) 14-1. 152: Jeffrey Heusman (Alliance) won by decision over Guillgume Leclou (Omaha Westside) 6-2.

Francis Jaramillo (1-2) - DNP - Team Points: 4.0 152: Josh Martin (Seward) won by pin over Francis Jaramillo (Alliance) 4:30. 152: Jamal Johnson (Madison) won by decision over Francis Jaramillo (Alliance) 4-3. 152: Francis Jaramillo (Alliance) won by pin over Austin Lebron (Boys Town) 0:17.

Cameron Nagaki (3-0) - DNP - Team Points: 12.0 160: Cameron Nagaki (Alliance) won by pin over Chase Nielsen (Logan View) 4:29. 160: Cameron Nagaki (Alliance) won by pin over Lucas Gurnsey (Schuyler) 1:53. 160: Cameron Nagaki (Alliance) won by pin over Mike Dworak (Seward) 1:29.

Jacob Baldwin (0-2) - DNP - Team Points: 0.0 220: Ryan Fetters (Blair) won by pin over Jacob Baldwin (Alliance) 1:23. 220: Thorin McBride (Wayne) won by decision over Jacob Baldwin (Alliance) 3-2.

MISS WYO LEXIE MADDEN 3rd RUNNERUP AT MISS AMERICA

23-year old Miss New York Mallory Hytest Hagan was crowned Saturday as Miss America, but Miss Wyoming Lexie Madden of Torrington was named 3rd-runnerup. It’s the best finish by a Miss Wyoming since Carol Held was the first runner-up 65 years ago.

The 21-year old Madden…who attends the University of Wyoming…played an original composition on the piano as her talent, and has a  pageant platform of “Raising Awareness of the Importance of Physical Activity in Youth.” Her career goal is to be a pediatric physical therapist and provide rehabilitation care for children.

Failing the make the cut as finalists were Miss Nebraska Mariah Cook of Chadron…a senior at Chadron State College…and Miss South Dakota Calista Kirby…a recent graduate of the University of Nebraska Medical Center and a 3-year cheerleader at Nebraska-Lincoln.

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This year’s Miss America Pageant had 16 finalists. Miss Montana Alexis Wineman won the ABC America’s Choice, an online competition where each contestant prepared a short video and viewers picked one finalist, while Miss Washington Mandy Schendel was the Judge’s Choice…a surprise on-air joint addition by the judges.

Only 12 of the 16 finalists advanced to Eveningwear, 10 made it to Talent, and just 5 reached the on-stage question. Madden was the last of the 5 to be questioned, asked by co-host McKayla Maroney if parents are being too quick to medicate for attention deficit disorder.

Her answer: “It comes down to a parent’s choice. but ultimately if they want to medicate their child they also need to look for alternative options to truly fix the problem and not just cover it up with medication.”

 

NEBRASKA PREP BASKETBALL SCORES – FRIDAY, JAN. 11

BOYS BASKETBALL
Amherst 68, Pleasanton 40
Anselmo-Merna 65, Sandhills/Thedford 57
Aquinas 54, Grand Island Central Catholic 50
Arapahoe 66, Elwood 52
Aurora 61, Central City 42
Bancroft-Rosalie 68, Allen 34
Beatrice 50, Holdrege 36
Bertrand 80, Southwest 46
Bishop Neumann 62, St. Albert, Council Bluffs, Iowa 53
Boone Central/Newman Grove 62, Madison 39
Brady 53, Hayes Center 34
Cambridge 54, Sutherland 32
Centura 50, Broken Bow 41
Clearwater/Orchard 51, Humphrey 34
Columbus Lakeview 51, Centennial 39
Columbus Scotus 67, Lincoln Christian 59
Creighton 68, Laurel-Concord 55
CWC 34, Boyd County 29
David City 58, Cross County 20
Doniphan-Trumbull 53, Gibbon 52, OT
Dundy County-Stratton 53, Medicine Valley 44
Elgin Public/Pope John 60, Stuart 34
Elkhorn South 55, Norris 48
Fairbury 49, Auburn 40
Giltner 46, Osceola 31
Gothenburg 53, Chase County 37
Grand Island Northwest 50, Adams Central 37
Guardian Angels 68, Battle Creek 56
Hampton 49, Shelby/Rising City 44
Hartington 59, Osmond 35
Hartington Cedar Catholic 50, Pierce 42
High Plains Community 74, Dorchester 26
Hitchcock County 60, Alma 45
Howells/Dodge 58, Wisner-Pilger 49
Humphrey St. Francis 44, Clarkson/Leigh 40
Kenesaw 51, Lawrence-Nelson 28
Lincoln Lutheran 63, Wilber-Clatonia 44
Lincoln North Star 52, Lincoln Southeast 46
Lincoln Northeast 65, Grand Island 40
Lincoln Pius X 54, Elkhorn 48
Lincoln Southwest 35, Fremont 32
Lindsay Holy Family 62, Niobrara/Verdigre 60
Logan View 54, Scribner-Snyder 42
Loup City 60, Wood River 43
Lyons-Decatur Northeast 37, Pender 32
Maryville, Mo. 52, Falls City 46
McCook 52, Hastings 36
McCool Junction 49, Deshler 36
Milford 62, Tri County 34
Millard South 48, Bellevue East 45
Millard West 72, Omaha Northwest 51
Mullen 66, SMC 37
Norfolk 60, Lincoln High 52
North Central 47, Twin Loup 38
North Platte St. Patrick’s 68, Overton 44
Oakland-Craig 55, Omaha Nation 42
Omaha Central 96, Lincoln East 53
Omaha Christian Academy 53, Omaha Brownell-Talbot 32
Omaha Creighton Prep 47, Omaha Westside 46
Omaha Roncalli 55, Elkhorn Mount Michael 39
Omaha Skutt Catholic 55, Omaha Gross Catholic 44
Papillion-LaVista 65, Omaha Burke 47
Papillion-LaVista South 52, Millard North 35
Paxton 69, Wallace 47
Perkins County 47, Wauneta-Palisade 42
Plainview 55, Elkhorn Valley 51
Plattsmouth 55, Blair 53
Ravenna 56, Shelton 41
Raymond Central 67, Ashland-Greenwood 50
Red Cloud 48, Blue Hill 46
Scottsbluff 71, Cheyenne East, Wyo. 68
Seward 42, Schuyler 26
Silver Lake 66, Harvard 39
South Loup 51, Maxwell 39
St. Paul 83, Ord 78, 3OT
Stanton 51, Tekamah-Herman 40
Sutton 39, Thayer Central 22
Wahoo 59, Platteview 32
Wakefield 74, Winside 33
Wausa 59, Randolph 51
Waverly 45, Bennington 41
Wilcox-Hildreth 60, Loomis 37
Wynot 58, Winnebago 57
York 40, Crete 33
Yutan 56, Malcolm 47

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Banner County vs. Crawford, ppd. to Jan 22.
Bayard vs. Hemingford, ppd. to Jan 24.
Chadron vs. Alliance, ppd. to Jan 17.
Gordon/Rushville vs. Hay Springs, ppd.
Kimball vs. Bridgeport, ppd. to Jan 15.
Maywood vs. Arthur County, ppd.
Mitchell vs. Morrill, ppd. to Jan 14.
Ogallala vs. Sidney, ppd.
Valentine vs. Hershey, ppd.

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Alma 61, Hitchcock County 35
Amherst 66, Pleasanton 25
Aquinas 61, Grand Island Central Catholic 30
Arapahoe 70, Elwood 52
Ashland-Greenwood 39, Raymond Central 29
Aurora 41, Central City 31
Bancroft-Rosalie 49, Allen 34
Beatrice 64, Holdrege 58, 2OT
Bellevue East 38, Millard South 23
Blair 46, Plattsmouth 32
Blue Hill 46, Red Cloud 25
Boone Central/Newman Grove 61, Madison 32
Boyd County 49, CWC 47
Brady 67, Hayes Center 44
Centura 42, Broken Bow 34
Columbus Lakeview 45, Centennial 14
Columbus Scotus 40, Lincoln Christian 28
Cross County 54, David City 16
Deshler 70, McCool Junction 18
Douglas County West 55, Boys Town 37
Dundy County-Stratton 66, Medicine Valley 26
Elgin Public/Pope John 44, Stuart 40
Elkhorn 55, Lincoln Pius X 52, 3OT
Elkhorn South 48, Norris 46
Fairbury 49, Auburn 28
Gibbon 51, Doniphan-Trumbull 43
Giltner 55, Osceola 31
Gothenburg 49, Chase County 16
Grand Island Northwest 68, Adams Central 36
Gretna 43, Omaha Benson 42
High Plains Community 68, Dorchester 39
Howells/Dodge 59, Wisner-Pilger 23
Humphrey 66, Clearwater/Orchard 44
Humphrey St. Francis 41, Clarkson/Leigh 30
Kenesaw 30, Lawrence-Nelson 22
Lincoln Lutheran 64, Wilber-Clatonia 26
Lincoln Northeast 45, Grand Island 31
Lincoln Southeast 68, Lincoln North Star 29
Lincoln Southwest 54, Fremont 23
Lindsay Holy Family 62, Niobrara/Verdigre 34
Loomis 50, Wilcox-Hildreth 36
Loup City 39, Wood River 28
Malcolm 63, Yutan 48
Maryville, Mo. 41, Falls City 31
McCook 62, Hastings 35
Milford 50, Tri County 19
Millard North 66, Papillion-LaVista South 34
Millard West 55, Omaha Northwest 51
Mullen 60, SMC 37
Norfolk 56, Lincoln High 39
Norfolk Catholic 58, Wayne 30
North Platte St. Patrick’s 63, Overton 28
Oakland-Craig 51, Omaha Nation 21
Omaha Brownell-Talbot 43, Omaha Christian Academy 28
Omaha Central 58, Lincoln East 31
Ord 38, St. Paul 28
Osmond 56, Hartington 39
Papillion-LaVista 56, Omaha Burke 35
Pender 63, Lyons-Decatur Northeast 33
Perkins County 38, Wauneta-Palisade 28
Pierce 33, Hartington Cedar Catholic 15
Plainview 46, Elkhorn Valley 40
Ponca 56, Emerson-Hubbard 42
Randolph 66, Wausa 27
Ravenna 67, Shelton 17
Sandhills/Thedford 50, Anselmo-Merna 30
Scribner-Snyder 54, Logan View 34
Seward 74, Schuyler 36
Shelby/Rising City 70, Hampton 57
Silver Lake 74, Harvard 22
South Sioux City 59, Ralston 36
Southwest 52, Bertrand 38
St. Albert, Council Bluffs, Iowa 49, Bishop Neumann 31
Sutherland 57, Cambridge 22
Sutton 54, Thayer Central 33
Syracuse 57, Arlington 48
Twin Loup 51, North Central 31
Wahoo 41, Platteview 35
Wakefield 54, Winside 26
Waverly 56, Bennington 20
Wynot 59, Winnebago 35
York 41, Crete 38
MUDECAS Class A Tournament
Consolation
Diller-Odell 37, Bruning-Davenport/Shickley 36
Freeman 44, Palmyra 31
Third Place
Southern 40, Sterling 36
Championship
Falls City Sacred Heart 35, Exeter/Milligan 25
MUDECAS Class B Tournament
Consolation
Lewiston 33, Humboldt/Table Rock-Steinauer 20
Meridian 39, Parkview Christian 19
Third Place
Pawnee City 50, Johnson-Brock 36
Championship
Nebraska City Lourdes 50, Johnson County Central 27

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Banner County vs. Crawford, ppd. to Jan 22.
Bayard vs. Hemingford, ppd. to Jan 24.
Chadron vs. Alliance, ppd. to Jan 17.
Gordon/Rushville vs. Hay Springs, ppd.
Kimball vs. Bridgeport, ppd. to Jan 15.
Leyton vs. Potter-Dix, ppd.
Maywood vs. Arthur County, ppd.
Ogallala vs. Sidney, ppd.
Scottsbluff vs. Cheyenne Central, Wyo., ppd.
Valentine vs. Hershey, ppd.

 

NJCAA REJECTS WNCC APPEAL

Jess Samorodova

The National Junior College Athletic Association has rejected an appeal by Western Nebraska Community College and upheld its decision last month to declare a Lady Cougar basketball player ineligible and forfeit WNCC’s first 13 victories of the season.

A majority vote of the NJCAA Executive Committee stood by the December 7th ruling that Evgenia “Jess” Samorodova is not eligible to compete as an amateur because she played in Israel on either a professional team or one with professionals on it.

WNCC still has one option left…a 20-day period during which it can request arbitration…a move the school is considering.

The NJCAA committee vote disappointed WNCC officials. College vice president of student services Dr Sue Yowell says she felt the 100-plus page appeal submitted by the school adequately disproved the initial claim through official rosters and box scores of the official organization of professional basketball in Israel.

WNCC had the option of the written appeal or a hearing before the NJCAA, and Yowell says that “in hindsight,” a hearing might have given the school a better opportunity to refute any “possible documentation or testimony not disclosed in NJCAA’s initial letter.”

The problem, according to Yowell, was that it might have been several months before a hearing was scheduled while the NJCAA had to respond to the written appeal within 21 days.

Samorodova’s ineligibility and the 13 forfeits don’t affect WNCC’s eligibility for post-season play, and none of the games were Region IX contests…leaving the Cougars fully in the hunt to host the regional tournament. WNCC is officially now 4-13 on the year, 1-0 in South Sub-Region play heading into a home game Friday night with McCook Community College.

 

MAY TRIAL DATE FOR HOT SPRINGS MAN CHARGED WITH KILLING HIS MOTHER

Catherine Tornquist

A May trial date has been set for a Hot Springs man accused of killing his mother…who disappeared from Hot Springs 15 months ago.

27-year old Matthew Tornquist is charged with 1st-degree murder, an alternate count of 2nd-degree murder, and grand theft. He was indicted by a Fall River County grand jury last July and remains in custody.

Catherine Tornquist disappeared in October 2011 after getting several thousand dollars from the bank to go to Rapid City to purchase a camper. She never arrived at the camper dealership and has not been seen since.

Several extensive searches in the Hot Springs area at different times of the past 15 months have failed to turn up any sign of Catherine Tornquist or the money.

The grand jury that indicated Matthew Tornquist heard testimony from 14 witnesses before handing down the indictment. The 1st-degree murder charge alleges premeditation while the alternate count of 2nd-degree murder drops the allegation of premeditation.

1st-degree murder carries the death penalty or a mandatory life sentence, and Matt Brown of the South Dakota Attorney General’s office…who is prosecuting the case…has already said he won’t pursue the death penalty. 2nd-degree murder also carries a mandatory life sentence

 

PELTZ TO HAVE SEASON-ENDING SURGERY

Nebraska Men’s Basketball Coach Tim Miles announced Friday afternoon that junior guard Mike Peltz will undergo season-ending knee surgery.

The 6-foot-2 junior guard from Alliance, Neb., has played in 14 of the Huskers’ first 16 contests, averaging 2.1 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.1 points per game in over 15 minutes of action per contest.

Peltz will have a patella tendon debridement on his left knee, and the typical rehab schedule for the surgery is three to four months, allowing him to be at 100 percent for off season workouts.

Coach Miles also announced that senior Brandon Ubel will be out for Sunday’s game against No. 22 Michigan State because of an elbow injury. Ubel suffered the injury in the final minutes of Wednesday’s loss at No. 2 Michigan and will not play against the Spartans. The 6-foot-10 senior is Nebraska’s leading rebounder at 6.8 rebounds per game and third-leading scorer at 12.1 points per game.

ALLIANCE FFA PRESIDENT SELECTED FOR HAITI TRIP

An Alliance High Senior has been selected to attend an agriculture mission trip to Haiti.

18-year-old Ashtyn Shrewsbury, who serves as president the Alliance High FFA, and is also the reigning Box Butte County Fair Queen, is planning to travel to Haiti this summer to participate in the FFA to Haiti Project.

Shrewsbury is the daughter of Justin and Amy Shrewsbury of Alliance.

On January 12, 2010, Haiti endured a devastating earthquake at a catastrophic magnitude of 7.0. There were an estimated 300 thousand buildings destroyed in the earthquake, making one million people homeless within one day.

Brett Nelson, safety director and grain bin builder for Sukup Manufacturing in Sheffield, Iowa, and his wife decided to design a shelter out of grain bin components. After seeing the destruction, and after contacting the Haiti Relief Fund for media help, the Sukup Safe-T-Home was born.

The Sukup Safe-T-Home is a highly-modified 18 foot steel grain bin. The system has a double roof system that functions as a heat shield, and rainfall collection system. It also has built in solar panels that power a set of LED lights. The anchor system uses three ballast boxes around the outside of the home. The boxes can also be used as a raised garden. The Safe-T-Home has been tested to endure up to 130 mile per hour winds, and has a zero seismic load making it practically earthquake proof. The cost for a standard 18 foot Safe-T-Home is $5,700 each with a life expectancy of over 75 years. Fourteen standard units can fit in one shipping container, and each unit can be assembled in about 10 hours with a team four people.

I applied for it in December because it sounded like a wonderful opportunity to get out and truly make a difference,” Ashtyn said. “The dates I will be going will, hopefully, be June 24-July 2.  However, that’s still up in the air. While we are down there we will help build homes, deliver meals, and teach Haiti citizens about how they can utilize what little agricultural resources they have. I was informed of the trip by a friend in eastern Nebraska and once I started looking into I knew it was the opportunity of a lifetime. I’m so extremely excited to get the chance to go!”

The cost of the trip, including airfare, is estimated to be about $2,000. Shrewsbury says she is already working on coordinating fundraisers, which she will announce in the near future.

Shrewsbury also plays trumpet in the AHS band and was a member of the AHS golf team.

HOOPER SCORES 11 IN ROUT OF HOOSIERS

Bloomington, Ind. – Rachel Theriot scored a career-high 14 points and dished out six assists, while Jordan Hooper and Emily Cady added double-doubles to lead Nebraska to a 67-38 win at Indiana on Thursday night.

With the victory, Nebraska improved to 12-4 overall and 2-1 in the Big Ten, while Indiana slipped to 10-6 and 1-2 in the conference.

Theriot, a 6-0 guard from Middleburg Heights, Ohio, hit 7-of-9 shots from the field, including 5-of-5 in the first half to produce the best game of her career.

Hooper, a 6-2 junior forward from Alliance, Neb., added 11 points and 11 rebounds in just 23 minutes for her seventh double-double of the season and 24th of her career. Cady, a 6-2 sophomore forward from Seward, Neb., pitched in 11 points and 10 boards for her second double-double of the year.

Sophomore guard Tear’a Laudermill also came off the bench to ignite a suffocating Husker defense. Laudermill repeatedly prevented the Hoosiers from initiating their offense during a 24-3 surge for the Huskers that spanned the halves. Laudermill also matched her career high with 14 points to go along with two steals.

Fellow sophomore Katie Simon added eight points off the bench for the Huskers in Nebraska’s most complete game of the season, building a 62-24 lead with more than seven minutes left.

Nebraska hit 42.9 percent (27-63) of its shots from the field, including 4-of-15 threes, while hitting 9-of-11 free throws. The Huskers outworked the Hoosiers from end to end, dominating the boards, 50-27. NU also grabbed 17 offensive boards.

The Huskers held Indiana to just 15-of-53 shooting from the field, including 3-of-15 from long range. The Hoosiers also hit just 5-of-10 free throws. Aulani Sinclair led Indiana with 15 points and nine rebounds, while Simone Deloach added 14 points off the bench. Jasmine McGhee (7) and Andrea Newbauer (2) were the only other Hoosiers to score in the game.

Nebraska worked its way to a 9-1 lead out of the gate by holding the home-standing Hoosiers without a field goal for the game’s first 8:25. The Huskers maintained a nine-point lead with 2:30 left in the half, before erupting on an 11-0 run to close the period.

Laudermill scored five points during the closing run, including a three-pointer, while Theriot capped the first-half scoring with a backdoor layup with three seconds left. The shot wrapped up a 5-for-5 shooting half for Theriot, who finished with 10 first-half points to go along with four assists and a steal.

Laudermill added seven points on 3-of-4 shooting, while Cady pitched in seven points by hitting both of her field goal attempts and both of her free throws. Simon and Meghin Williams also combined for six first-half points on perfect shooting to help the Huskers hit 55.6 percent (15-27) of their field goal attempts. NU was also 5-of-6 at the free throw line, while going 2-of-7 from three-point range.

The Huskers opened the game just 5-of-14 from the field, but hit 10-of-13 shots to end the half. Nebraska led by 20 points despite Lindsey Moore and Hooper combining for just five points on 2-of-9 shooting.

Nebraska’s defense also shut down the Hoosiers. Indiana went just 7-of-24 from the field (29.2 percent), including 2-of-9 from long range. The Hoosiers were also 1-of-2 at the line. NU outrebounded Indiana, 19-9 in the half, and won the turnover battle 7-6.

The Huskers put the game away with a 17-3 surge to open the second half and never looked back.

The Huskers continue their two-game Big Ten road swing when they travel to University Park, Pa., to take on No. 8 Penn State on Sunday. Tip-off between Nebraska and the Lady Lions is set for 1 p.m. (CT), with live national television coverage on ESPN2. 

ONLY LAST REHEARSAL AND FINALS LEFT FOR MISS AMERICA CONTESTANTS

This a day of rest, of sorts, for the 53 young women competing in Las Vegas for the title of Miss America. The preliminary rounds of competition are over, the last rehearsal is tonight, and the finals are tomorrow night.

The contestants include Miss Nebraska Mariah Cook of Chadron, Miss Wyoming Lexie Madden of Torrington, and Miss South Dakota Calista Kirby…who was a cheerleader at the University of Nebraska.

They were in the same competition pool and last night faced off in Talent…Cook and Madden with piano solos and Kirby a tumbling routine.

Taking the preliminary Talent honors, though, was Miss North Dakota Rosie Sauvageau for her Vocal/Piano Solo performance “To Make You Feel My Love,” which brought her a $2,000 scholarship. Miss Washington Mandy Schendel was the preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness winner and receive a $1,000 scholarship.

There’s still time to go online and vote for your choice of contestant to automatically advance the semifinal round of 15. Each woman has a roughly 3:00 self-made video on the Miss America website in which she makes her case.

Mariah Cook used her video to confess that she’s a huge collector of rubber ducks, but is actually selling them off as a fundraiser for the Children’s Miracle Network…a partner of the Miss America Pageant…in honor of a young Nebraska girl…one of her Miss Nebraska Little Sisters…suffering from leukemia.

Cook…who postponed her student teaching-professional studies year at Chadron State to serve as Miss Nebraska…also used her video to praise her birth mother for the hard decision to give her up for adoption to have a better life and to praise the adopted parents who raised her. Cook’s birth and adopted families are both very active in her life today.

Tomorrow nights finals will be broadcast on ABC…live in the Eastern and Central time zones, tape-delayed to 8 pm in the Mountain Time Zone after the same lead-in show as the rest of the country: a special edition of 20/20 that offers a behind-the-scenes look at the pageant and contestants.

Pageant Confidential: The Road To Miss America saw film crews given exclusive, unfettered access to the 53 contestants over 6 months. The result was a series of what ABC calls “candid moments of their journeys as they are transformed from state beauty queens to the polished Miss America contenders seen on stage.”

 

CSC WRESTLER STAGE COMEBACK, BEAT CSU-PUEBLO

CHADRON – Thanks to three consecutive victories to close the match, the Chadron State College wrestling team earned a 25-18 win over Colorado State University-Pueblo in their dual Thursday evening at the Nelson Physical Activity Center.

The win was the first home victory for the Eagles, 5-3 overall and 1-1 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, this season.

“We had a great crowd tonight and I was happy we wrestled well in front of them. Getting that first win at home always feels good,” interim head coach Brett Hunter said. “Pueblo is a well-coached team and we knew we had to come out ready to compete. I’m proud we matched their intensity and we earned this win as a team.”

The match started out quickly in Pueblo’s (1-3) favor when No. 1 ranked Jesse Hillhouse pinned Jace Johnson at 125 pounds in the first period.

However, the Eagles posted bonus points in their next two bouts when Perry McAfee won by injury default at 133 and Leandro Arias followed with a pin over Pueblo’s Adam Ortivez early in the third period at 141.

Pueblo’s Jimmy Chase tied the dual at 12-12 after pinning Reed Burgener at 149 late in the third period and the ThunderWolves proceeded to take the lead after Nick Stahler earned a gritty 4-3 decision over Bryce Wiedeman at 157.

Dylan Fors at 165 responded for the Eagles when he gutted out a 5-3 decision over Trevor Grant but the ThunderWolves went back on top after Ray Hall claimed a narrow 3-2 decision over Devan Fors at 174 pounds.

The Eagles then took control of the match, beginning with Jordan Debus‘ strong 5-2 decision over Adam Carey at 184.

Chris Leak followed with an inspired 18-6 major decision at 197 over Bill Gray and Michael Hill won by a 2-0 decision over Niko Bogojevic at heavyweight.

Chadron State will host Colorado Mesa University next Thursday, Jan. 17. The first match will begin at 7 p.m.

Alex Helmbrecht, Sports Information Director
Chadron State 25, CSU-Pueblo 18
125 – No. 1 Jesse Hillhouse, CSUP, pinned Jace Johnson, 2:39
133 – Perry McAfee, CSC, won by injury default over James Harvey
141 – Leandro Arias, CSC, pinned Adam Ortivez, 5:16
149 – Jimmy Chase, CSUP, pinned Reed Burgener, 6:33
157 – Nick Stahler, CSUP, dec. Bryce Wiedeman, 4-3
165 – Dylan Fors, CSC, dec. Trevor Grant, 5-3
174 – Ray Hall, CSUP, dec. Devan Fors, 3-2
184 – Jordan Debus, CSC, dec. Adam Carey, 5-2
197 – Chris Leak, CSC, major dec. Bill Gray, 18-6
285 – Michael Hill, CSC, dec. Niko Bogojevic, 2-0

 

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