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WRESTLING FINAL: ALLIANCE 37, CHADRON 27

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Alliance hosted Chadron in dual wrestling Thursday night.  The Bulldogs defeated the Cardinals by a team score of 37-27.

Individual Results:

106: Daniel Goings, Chadron, defeated Cristian Hulsey, Alliance, 6-4

113: Kane Wellnitz, Chadron, won by forfeit

120: Devin Ushio, Alliance,  defeated Paul Watak, Chadron, by pin in 4:30

126: Walker Johnson, Alliance,  defeated Trace Strothide, Chadron, 4-2

132: DJ Weare, Alliance,  defeated Thomas McClure, Chadron, 16-10

138: Tyler Smith, Alliance, defeated Tyler Reitz, Chadron, 10-3

145: Tate Cullers, Chadron, defeated Manny Cabello, Alliance, 9-4

152: Tyson Dowler, Alliance, defeated Willy Cogdill, Chadron..11-3

160: Colby Riesen, Chadron,  defeated Dawson Johnson, Alliance, 9-5

170: Chance Bila, Chadron, won by forfeit

182: Alex Doescher, Chadron, won by forfeit

195: Kyson Schnell, Alliance,  won by forfeit

220: Donald Red Nest, Alliance,  won by forfeit

285: Jacob Baldwin, Alliance, won by forfeit

Junior Varsity Results..

120: Truen Henderson, Alliance, defeated Tim McClure, Chadron, by pin

132: .Branson Stinnette, Alliance,  defeated Trevyn Waldron, Chadron, 14-10

160: Curtis McMann, Chadron,  defeated Sage Macke, Alliance by pin

126: Truen Henderson, Alliance,  defeated Isaac Brodrick, Chadron, by pin

160: Tyler Gunderson, Alliance,  defeated Curtis McMann, Chadron, by pin

Alliance will participate in the Scottsbluff Invitational Saturday, Jan. 5, while

Chadron travels to Douglas, WY Saturday.

CSC MEN, WOMEN HOST FT LEWIS, ADAMS STATE THIS WEEKEND

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Both Chadron State College basketball teams will return to action this weekend by hosting Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference rivals in Armstrong Gymnasium.

Fort Lewis will visit on Friday and Adams State on Saturday.  Each doubleheader will start at 6 p.m.

Both Chadron State teams have many new pieces and won only one of their 10 games during the 2012 segment of their seasons. But the coaches say the players continue to work hard and are intent on becoming more competitive during the next two months.

The CSC women’s basketball team has benefited as its players have become healthier. Three Eagles, including the only senior, Sadie Waugh, and guards Kate Simonton and Lisa Durden, missed several early-season games or had their playing time limited because of various ailments.

The CSC men seemed to be rounding into form, but suffered a setback when leading scorer Zac Bargen sustained a sprained ankle on Dec. 12 at Regis. The Christmas break has given him considerable recovery time, but his status for this weekend is still not certain.

The CSC men, in particular, will be meeting teams with impressive records. The Fort Lewis men are 6-1, losing only to Adams State 82-76 on Dec. 8, and the Adams State Grizzlies are 7-1.

Fort Lewis opened with two non-conference wins over Northern New Mexico by comfortable margins and an 89-82 victory in overtime over Dixie State of Utah.

Since beginning RMAC play, the Skyhawks have edged Colorado-Colorado Springs 72-69 and CSU-Pueblo 82-80 in overtime and defeated Colorado Mesa 71-61 the next game after falling to Adams State.

Fort Lewis’s top scorer is Nick Tomsick, a 6-foot-1 junior guard who is averaging 17.3 points and has made 21 of 48 3-point shots. Also averaging in double figures are 6-10 sophomore Alex Herrera at 12.7 points and 5-11 senior Marcus Ayala at 12.1. Herrera is also averaging eight rebounds a game.

The Adams State men were 7-0 before losing to Division I Colorado State in Fort Collins 80-55 last Saturday afternoon while shooting just 29 percent from the field and making only six of 16 free throws.   The Rams are now 11-2.

The Grizzlies defeated Iowa Wesleyan and Northern New Mexico before opening their RMAC schedule with five victories, four of them by six or fewer points.

Besides the win over Fort Lewis, coach Lewis Wilson’s team nipped Pueblo in overtime, 77-73, Colorado Springs 67-65 and Mesa 84-79.  The Grizzlies’ lone blowout in conference action was a 101-76 thumping of Western State.

James Lake, a 6-2 senior, is the team’s leading scorer at 16.7 points, followed by Norvell Arnold, a 6-5 senior, at 14.0 and Kaimyn Pruitt, a 6-8 senior, at 12.6. Pruitt is also averaging nearly 14 rebounds a game, tops in the RMAC.

John Jackson, a 6-2 senior, who was averaging 7.2 points, made his first start against Colorado State and led the Grizzlies with 17 points.

The Fort Lewis women are 2-6 for the season and 1-3 in the RMAC. The Skyhawks opened with a 64-53 win over McMurry of Texas, then lost five straight, three of them by eight or fewer points, before downing Adams State 69-55 at home on Dec. 8. The Skyhawks fell to Colorado Mesa, perhaps the best women’s team in the RMAC, 77-62 on Dec. 16, their last game in 2012.

Three Skyhawks are averaging in double figures for coach Jason Flores, led by 5-8 junior Ashley Kuchar at 12.5 points. She’s 20 of 50 from 3-point range. Christie Groh, a 6-1 junior, is averaging 11.5 points and 7.3 rebounds.

The Adams State women are 4-5 and have won just one conference game, a 53-45 decision over Western State.

Besides the loss to Fort Lewis, the Lady Grizzlies have been stopped by Pueblo 67-55, Colorado Springs 69-45 and Mesa 65-51.

Keyondra White, a 5-5 guard, is the averaging 12 points a game to lead Adams State women in scoring.

CSC Sports Information

CSC WRESTLERS RETURN TO ACTION IN PHOENIX

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The Chadron State wrestling team will return to action Friday and Saturday during a busy weekend in the Phoenix area.

The Eagles are slated to dual Embry-Riddle on Friday and then participate in the Grand Canyon University duals on Saturday.

The opponents on Saturday will include the host Antelopes, along with Minot State of North Dakota, California Baptist and Simon Fraser of British Columbia.

CSC coach Brett Hunter noted Grand Canyon is ranked No. 2 in NCAA Division II and Cal Baptist is ranked first in the National Collegiate Wrestling Association that is made up of non-NCAA programs.

Hunter said 14 Eagles will make the trip. Two starters at the beginning of the season, C.J. Clark at 149 pounds and Bret Klopp at 174, will not go because of leg injuries. Clark is out for the season and Klopp may not return until at least mid-January, the coach said.

Both Grand Canyon and Simon Fraser will be among the teams competing in the NCAA Super Region 4 Championships that Chadron State will host Feb. 22-23.

Grand Canyon is moving up to Division I next year, when Cal Baptist will come into the region, Hunter said.

Con Marshall, Information Services

COMMISSIONERS TAKING OATHS OF OFFICE

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      The first Thursday of January is traditionally the day Nebraska county officials elected in November take the oath of office, but it’s not actually set in statute.

The Panhandle this year took full advantage of the flexibility allowed with at least one county conducting its swearing-in Wednesday and at least one doing it Friday.

Getting the jump on things Wednesday was Sioux County, which used an already-scheduled meeting of the board of commissioners to administer the oath to Commissioner Josh Skavdahl…the only county official elected last year.

Coming in later on Friday will be Dawes County, scheduling the oath for Commissioner Webb Johnson’s second term to coincide with another previously-scheduled board meeting. Public Defender Paul Wess, reelected to a third term, is tentatively slated to take the oath tomorrow afternoon.

Box Butte, Scotts Bluff and Sheridan counties all administered the oath Thursday morning. For Box Butte County, it was a new face joining the board of commissioners…Republican Doug Hashman of Berea, who defeated former commissioner Marv Toedli.

In Sheridan County, the only newly-elected official was county commissioner Dan Kling, while Scotts Bluff County had two commissioners take the oath….Ken Meyer and Steve Stratton. Meyer, Stratton, and Kling are all starting their third 4-year terms as county commissioners.

 

JOHANNS SAYS 1-YEAR FARM BILL EXTENSION WAS BEST OPTION

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      Nebraska Republican Senator Mike Johanns says he has the same feelings about the 1-year extension of the farm bill that was included as part of the fiscal cliff compromise that he has about the overall compromise itself; it’s not ideal, but it’s a lot better than the alternative.

The farm bill had expired at the end of September, reverting U-S ag policy back to a 1949 law that would have forced a return to parity pricing and mandatory land set aside. Johanns says no one would have been happy with that.

The Senate easily passed a new 5-year farm bill with strong bipartisan support last year, but the House chose to work on its own version…which never reached a floor vote. Johanns thinks the Senate bill will be the foundation for work this year.

House action on the farm bill last year got hung up in efforts to reduce the budget, with members pushing for more than the $23-billion dollars in cuts in the Senate version…especially in the area of food stamps.

Johanns thinks any new version this year will stay fairly close to the Senate figure, with the key being able to come up with a farm bill proposal that’s acceptable to a majority of the House members.

Johanns will be right in the middle of the farm bill fight as a member of the Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee. He’s also been named to Appropriations…Veterans Affairs…and Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

He says he’s honored to serve on those committees because of their importance to both the nation and Nebraska, and because they’ll allow him to continue working on his priorities: reining in spending, seeing a reform-minded farm bill signed into law and providing the military and veterans with the services they need.

 

HOOPER SCORES 14 AS HUSKERS OPEN BIG 10 PLAY

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Lincoln – (Huskers.com) Lindsey Moore scored 26 points and tied a career high with five three-pointers to lead the No. 25/19 Nebraska women’s basketball team past Wisconsin, 70-52, in the Big Ten opener on Wednesday night.

With the victory, Nebraska improved to 11-3 overall and 1-0 in the Big Ten, while the Badgers slipped to 8-6 and 0-1 in the conference.

Moore, a 5-9 senior point guard from Covington, Wash., hit her first four three-point attempts of the game to lead a Nebraska attack that hit a season-high 12 threes on the night. She added four assists and four steals in a tremendous all-around effort, while hitting 5-of-8 threes on the night.

Emily Cady added 13 points and a career-high 14 rebounds for her first double-double of the season and fourth of her career. The 6-2 sophomore forward from Seward, Neb., also hit a season-high three-pointers.

Junior forward Jordan Hooper added 14 points, six rebounds and two steals, including three more three-pointers for the Huskers.

Cassie Rochel led Wisconsin with a double-double of her own with 15 points and 10 rebounds, while Jacki Gulczynski finished with 13 points, including three second-half three-pointers. Tiera Stephen added 10 points, six rebounds, six assists and three steals for the Badgers.

Nebraska hit 40.4 percent (23-57) from the field, including 44.4 percent (12-27) from three-point range. The Huskers also made 85.7 percent (12-14) of their free throws. NU matched the Badgers on the glass and won the turnover battle, 20-13, committing only five turnovers in the second half.

Wisconsin outshot NU from the floor, hitting 42 percent (21-50) from the floor, but just 3-of-15 from three-point range. The Badgers also struggled to hit just 7-of-13 free throws.

Moore shot Nebraska to a 37-26 halftime lead with 14 points to go along with two assists and three steals. Moore hit all three of her first-half three-point attempts in the opening 6:22 to help the Huskers run to a 19-5 lead.

But Wisconsin answered with a 17-5 surge of its own to cut NU’s lead to 24-22 with 3:26 left. The Huskers answered with a 13-4 run to close the half, sparked by back-to-back baskets from Hailie Sample off assists from Moore, and back-to-back buckets from Rachel Theriot, before Tear’a Laudermill scored her only two of the half with 48 seconds left.

Moore then closed the half with a tough one-on-one finish under the rim against Stephen as time expired.

The Huskers hit 48.1 percent (13-27) of their shots in the half, including 5-of-12 three-pointers. NU also connected on 6-of-8 free throws. Nebraska outrebounded Wisconsin 16-14, led by nine boards from Cady. The Huskers also won the first-half turnover battle 10-8.

Wisconsin hit 45.8 percent (11-24) of its shots, but went 0-for-4 from three-point range. The Badgers were also just 4-of-8 at the free throw line in the half.

In the second half, Moore hit her fourth three-pointer to match NU’s biggest lead at 14 points on the first possession of the second half, but the Badgers refused to quit. UW trimmed NU’s margin to 46-42 on a Gulczynski three with 11:43 left, before Moore scored five straight, including her career-high matching fifth three-pointer. She then found Hooper for another three-pointer moments later to push the Husker margin back to 10 at 54-44. The lead was never less than double digits again, as NU led by 19 points before settling for the 18-point victory.

Tear’a Laudermill played a strong second half, snagging all four of her steals after halftime. She added four points and a block off the bench.

Nebraska concludes its four-game homestand on Saturday when they play host to No. 14 Purdue at the Devaney Center. Tip-off between the Huskers and Boilermakers is set for 1 p.m. (CST) with live national television coverage on CBS. Tickets are available now at Huskers.com.

REGIONAL ECONOMY REMAINS WEAK, BUT RECESSION NOT EXPECTED

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Creighton economist Ernie Goss

The overall index in Creighton University’s month survey of supply managers in the 9-state Mid-America region came in below the growth-neutral point of 50 for the fifth time in the past six months in December.

Economist and survey head Ernie Goss says the 49.5 index was up 1-1/2 points for the month and up 3 full points from November, pointing to slightly negative to zero growth for the region in the next three to six months, but still no recession.

Goss says there are a lot of factors involved in the regional slowdown, but puts much of the blame on the struggling global economy reducing demand for ag products from the Mid-America region.

Goss also blames the uncertainty caused by the gridlock in Washington over a variety of key issues including the implementation of Obamacare and the fiscal cliff…the expiring tax cuts and coming spending cuts avoided with the compromise passed Monday and Tuesday.

The region’s employment gauge dipped below growth neutral to 48.0 while the prices-paid index, which track inflation through the cost of raw materials and supplies, fell about a point to 63.5.

The confidence index, how the supply managers see things 6 months ahead, rose 6-1/2 points to reach growth-neutral…which Goss thinks is simply a result of things in December not being as bad as the supply managers had feared a month earlier.

The Creighton survey offers numbers for each of the 9 states as well as for the region as a whole. Nebraska, like the region, had its overall index improve slightly…1.1 points…but still come in below growth-neutral for the 5th time in 6 months at 48.4. The various components of the index were also below 50, including employment at 46.7.

Goss says Nebraska was one of only three states in the region to expand its labor force over the last year, but still was able to add jobs at a pace that reduced its unemployment rate to the second lowest in the nation.

Nebraska gained almost 3,000 manufacturing jobs since the national recovery began in July 2009, but Goss expects no more than slow job gains for the first half of 2013 in both the manufacturing and non-manfacturing sectors.

South Dakota’s overall index rose above 50 for the first time in 6 months, but only to tepid 51.9. All the components except inventories were also above 50, with employment at 54.3.

The state’s labor force shrank by approximately 2,600 workers, allowing the unemployment rate to drop despite almost no job growth.

South Dakota has added more than 4,000 manufacturing jobs during the recovery, but Goss says the survey points to a reversal of those gains over the next 6 months with no change in manufacturing jobs and very slow increases in nonmanufacturing jobs.

FELONY ARSON CHARGES FILED AGAINST ALLIANCE MAN

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An Alliance man has been charged with one count of felony arson for allegedly setting fire to his home last month.

The Alliance Times-Herald reports that 40-year-old Isaac Gonzalez is accused of setting fire to the house at 1107 Grand Avenue that he rented from Barry Harris of Alliance.  The fire was reported around 3:15 on the morning of December 13.

The interior of the house was destroyed.   The home was valued at just over $58,000.

Court documents state that Alliance police were twice contacted to conduct a welfare check on Gonzalez, who was allegedly sending text messages to a woman that were suicidal in nature.

Police spotted the fire at Gonzalez’ residence and contacted the fire department. Police pulled Gonzalez from a basement window. He was taken to Box Butte General Hospital and then transported to Regional West Medical Center for treatment.

An arrest warrant has been issued for Gonzalez and bond has been set at $150,000.

SEIFKE TRIAL SET FOR MARCH 5-7

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A Hemingford woman accused of being an accessory in the death of former Alliance resident Josh Bullock will stand trial in early March.

Box Butte County District Court Judge Travis O’Gorman set aside three days for the trial of 20-year-old Rose Seifke.

During a pre-trial court hearing Wednesday morning, the attorneys in the case, Larry Miller and Kathleen Hutchinson, agreed to hold the trial March 5, 6, 7.

Bullock’s body was found south of Chadron last summer. 27-year-old Andy Gonzalez of Alliance told law enforcement during a June 12 standoff in downtown Alliance that he had killed Bullock in Alliance in December of 2011, and then transported his body to Dawes County and buried it in the Pine Ridge forest south of Chadron.

Seifke allegedly assisted Gonzalez by traveling with him to the area where Gonzalez burned a pickup truck with Bullock’s body inside. Two days later the couple allegedly returned to the burned truck and Gonzalez buried Bullock’s remains in a different location.

Seifke remains free of bond.

EAGLES DOMINATE OWH ALL-NEB FB SELECTIONS

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OMAHA – Following a successful season, several members of the Chadron State College football team were selected to the Omaha World-Herald’s All-Nebraska Division II Team.

In all, 15 Eagles comprise the 26-member team. The University of Nebraska-Kearney has six selections and Wayne State has five.

Sophomore quarterback Jonn McLain and senior linebacker Kevin Lindholm are the honorary captains for the offensive and defensive squads, while Wayne State punter Randy Weich is the special teams captain.

Including McLain, seven CSC players help make up the offensive unit. They are tailback Glen Clinton, inside receiver Cody Roes, wide receiver Nathan Ross, and offensive linemen Garrett Gilkey, Brandon Ratcliff and Jake McCrary.

The Eagles landed six on the defensive team. They are defensive linemen Keifer Burke and Jan Karlos Medina, linebackers Shea Koch and Lindholm, and defensive backs Lane Haller and Bryce Huebner.

On special teams, kicker Alex Ferdinand and punt returner Trelan Taylor round out CSC’s selections.

In addition, three CSC players – all Rapid City, S.D., natives – earned honorable mention. They are Conor Casey, Chapman Ham and Allan Schmaltz.

All-Nebraska Division II Team
Offense
QB: Jonn McLain, CSC
RB: Glen Clinton, CSC
TE: Cody Roes, CSC
WR: Matt Berry, UNK
WR: Nathan Ross, CSC
WR: Tommy Flanagan, UNK
OL: Garrett Gilkey, CSC
OL: Brent Schlote, WSC
OL: Cole Manhart, UNK
OL: Brandon Ratcliff, CSC
OL: Jake McCrary, CSC

Defense
DL: Keifer Burke, CSC
DL: Jan Karlos Medina, CSC
DL: Justin Thiel, UNK
DL: Richard Daniel, WSC
LB: Kevin Lindholm, CSC
LB: Shea Koch, CSC
LB: Kellen Werner, UNK
DB: Lane Haller, CSC
DB: Sam Kuck, UNK
DB: Bryce Huebner, CSC
DB: Austin Pomajzl, WSC

Special Teams
P: Randy Weich, WSC
K: Alex Ferdinand, CSC
KR: Kevin Paulsen, WSC
PR: Trelan Taylor, CSC

Honorable Mention
Conor Casey, Chapman Ham, Allan Schamltz, Chadron State; Pete Kropp, Dex Schwieger, Pete Trausch, Ricky Trinidad, UNK; Charlie Davidson, Max Martin, Jeff Pokorny, Nick Pulscher, Wayne State.

 

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