OUR WINNERS FOR NOVEMBER 11TH, 2009

The West Holt Huskies were defeated in five games by Bancroft-Rosalie on Friday night in the C2-3 District Final but boy did Becky Freichs have a night.  19 kills and 11 service points with two aces for the senior.

The Ewing Tigers went on the road for a 28-to-12 win in the quarterfinals over Hampton and Philip Thramer would have a stellar day. Thramer would hook up on 13-of-18 passing attempts for 148 yards and three touchdowns. He would also rush for 58 yards on the ground and a rushing touchdown.

OUR WINNERS FOR NOVEMBER 4TH, 2009

Sophomore running back Peter Walnofer came off the bench to rush for 116 yards and a touchdown as Chambers defeated Stuart 50-22 in 1st round playoff action Thursday night in Chambers. The Coyotes, who ran their record to (7-2), lost standout Matt Hoffman to an ankle injury late in the 1st quarter.

Stuart kocked out Lynch in the sub-districts in three games and Lauren Olberding did alot of damage.  She totaled 14 kills in the win.

OUR WINNERS FOR OCTOBER 28TH, 2009

Send a shout out to Austin Hamm of the Bloomfield Bees.  This sophomore turned in a Championship performance in the D Three District Cross Country Tournament with a 17:03.  He then followed up with a state medal run of 17:40.6 and took tenth place in the State D field.

From the O'Neill Cross Country Camp and fantastic freshman came running in. Lizzie Price who medalled at the Ainsworth Invite 6th, 8th at the O'Neill Invite, 9th at the UNK Invite, 3rd at the West Holt 3rd, and 12th Bloomfield Invite, turned in a great postseason efffort.  She ran a great sixth at districts and turned in a 13th at state.

OUR WINNERS FOR OCTOBER 21ST, 2009

While West Holt took Creighton to five sets on Thursday Becky Frerichs was on fire despite the loss.  She totaled 13 kills with a 25-for-26 serving effort.  Add in four aces and a string of 13 points in game one and this is a solid effort.

Matt Hoffman of Chambers gets a nod from the fans for his efforts in the Coyotes 49-to-44 loss to Ewing on Friday night.  Hoffman ran for 211 yards rushing and three touchdowns against defending state champs.

OUR WINNERS FOR OCTOBER 14TH, 2009

The St. Mary's Cardinals picked up a win at Stuart on Friday night 48-to-18 thanks in part to senior Tanner Timmerman.  Timmerman rolled for 207 yards on 27 carries while scoring four rushing touchdowns.  Hed added an interception, seven unassisted tackles, nine assisted tackles and four tackles for losses in the win.

Senior Demi Devall had a rough tournament at the Class B Three District in Blair on Thursday and Friday.  Devall scores three runs and collected two hits but played in every inning despite a badley infected tooth.  After an emergency trip to a dentist on Friday morning she was still in the starting lineup for the Friday afternoon game despite a very intenst amount of pain.

OUR WINNERS FOR OCTOBER 7TH, 2009

While the Creighton Bulldogs rolled up a 43-to-nothing win on Thursday night over Lutheran High Northeast, the Bulldog offense hooked their wagon to their big horse Landon Pospisil.  He rushed for 203 yards on 31 carries.  His average stood at 6.5 yards-per-carry as he rushed for four touchdowns including scoring runs from 30, 23, 11 and one yard away.

Alex Hedlund gets a nod this week as she set a new ace serves per match volleyball record last Thursday  evening against the Ainsworth Bulldogs.  The record of 10 aces  replaces one for 9 aces by Shelby Gutshall (2006) and ties the sideout  volleyball record of 10 aces per match with Gwen Carroll (1978).  Score Hedlund with 14 points, six kills, two blocks, seven digs, and nine serve receives.

OUR WINNERS FOR SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2009

The Stuart Broncos would capture a Week Four win over the Verdigre Hawks on Friday night and junior Ben Kaup was flat everywhere. He throw three touchdown passes and rush for two more. He completed nine-of-16 passes and despite throwing an interception he threw for 176 yards and rushed seven times for 32 more, giving him well over 200 all-purpose yards for the game. Kaup would also be devestating on defense with two interceptions and one fumble recovery.

Sophomore Allison Depko gets a nod this week.  She set the 18 hole O’Neill High School Girl’s Golf record last Thursday at the Valentine Invite by shooting a 42-38 for a total of 80.  Besting the record by one shot.  She finished 1st for the invite as well as leading the team to a 1st place finish.  The team was just a few strokes off the school team record for 18 holes.  And we always wonder what could have been, she had an out of bounds on the front 9, and she also missed 3 makeable birdie putts on the final 3 holes.  She has had a good year so far with no finish less than 5th in any of the golf meets.  And with the 80 last week at Valentine, she seems to be peaking at the right time, heading into districts next week.

OUR WINNERS FOR SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2009

While the O'Neill Eagles dropped to oh-and-three with a loss to the St. Paul Wildcats, the Eagles did not go without highlights. 

Freshamn Michal Hedlund would go two-of-four in his field goal attempts but the big one of night came with just nine seconds left to go in the first half.  Hedlund would hit from 42-yards on a kick that would break the O'Neill High School record formerly held by Nick Oberly at 41-yards.  Hedlund would also hit from 26-yards in the third quarter.

McKenzie Connot had 19 kills, 16 digs, 2 ace serves, 2 ace blocks against Elgin on Thursday.  The 19 kills tied the St. Mary's record.

Connot would break an St. Mary's record on Tuesday night with 11 ace serves in one game in a win over Lynch.

OUR WINNERS FOR SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2009

Nash Schindler is one of our nominees this week.  He scored on runs of 25, 9, 16, 5, and 5 as Elgin beat Verdigre 60-8.  He also scored 2, two point conversions and finished with over 100 yards rushing for the Eagles. As just a sophomore, Schindler tips the scales at 155 for the Eagles.

While the Pope John Crusaders swept the Niobrara Triangular on Tuesday night Pope John's Kasi Stoltz was on fire from the service line.  She went 24-for-28 in two matches totalling 21 points, and 11 aces.  Toss in three kills, many many set assists and a block to round out the numbers.

OUR WINNERS FOR SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2009

Senior Brandi Sorenson was one of the many reasons the Creighton Bulldogs opened their volleyball season two-and-oh.  On Thursday September 9th, Sorenson racked up 13 kills, 11 service points, and three aces while going 13-for-16 behind the service line.

While the Ewing Tigers would get their first win on the year, Phillip Thramer would have an outstanding game going through the air 233 yard while completing 14-of-20 attempts and throwing one interception. He would throw five touchdown passes, four to Austin Kaczor and one to Troy Thramer, rush for a touchdown, kick three PAT's and rush for another.

OUR WINNERS FOR SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2009
While the Chambers Coyotes opened the 2009 Football Season with a 66-to-22 win over the Stuart Broncos, senior running back Matt Hoffman took a first step in what could be a 1,000 season.  Hoffman toted the ball 18 times for 184 yards and four touchdowns on Friday August 28th.  He also added an interception.

The Eagles swept the 2009 Wisner-Pilger Invitational thanks in part to a stellar pitching effort from Sophomore Rachel Price.  Price would go three-and-oh from the mound allowing just seven runs, five earned runs on 19 hits and 16 strikeouts.  With all that said, the most impressive notes maybe just two walks issued in three games and she did not allow an extra-base hit.  Her ERA for the tournament was a meger 2.06 with her WHIP at just 1.235.

OUR WINNERS FROM THE SPRING OF 2009

-- Savannah Wakeley, Wausa

--  Matt Osborne, West Holt

--  John Kersenbrock, St. Mary's

--  Demi Devall, O'Neill

--  Sydney Pokorny, Clearwater

--  Shaely Thiele, West Holt

--  Dillon Barta, Verdigre

--  Brett Kaczor, Ewing

OUR WINNERS FROM THE WINTER OF 2008/2009

-- Cody Eiler, St. Mary's
-- Austin Kaczor, Ewing Tigers
-- Laura Burtwistle, Chambers Lady Coyotes
-- Abbey Scheuth, Ewing Lady Tigers
-- Katie Rich, Elkhorn Valley Lady Falcons
-- Zach Sibbel, St. Mary's Cardinals
-- Chelsea Herbolsheimer, Elkhorn Valley Lady Falcons
-- Tiffany Thramer, Ewing Lady Tigers
-- Dylan Heitoff, Pope John Crusaders Wrestling
-- Cody Havel, Wheeler Central Broncos
-- Josh Beckman, Pope John Crusaders
-- Maddie Borer, West Holt Lady Huskies
-- Colby Legate, Neligh-Oakdale Warriors Wrestling
-- Kasi Stoltz, Pope John Lady Crusaders
-- Chris DeWald, Elgin Eagles
-- Hayley Thramer, Ewing Lady Tigers
-- Luke Thiele, Clearwater Cardinals
-- Jessica Welsh, West Holt Lady Huskies
-- Matt Osborne, West Holt Huskies
-- McKenzie Connot, St. Mary's Lady Cardinals
-- Cody Curtis, Clearwater Cardinals
-- Shelby Wilhelmsen, West Boyd Lady Spartans
-- Matt Peter, O'Neill Eagles Wrestling
-- Shelby Dempster, Orchard Lady Orioles
-- Amelia Shane, West Holt Lady Huskies

OUR WINNERS FROM THE FALL OF 2008

-- Hayley Thramer, Ewing
-- Brett Kaczor, Ewing
-- Beau Fry, Ewing
-- Luke Thiele, Clearwater/Orchard
-- Amber Thomas, Creighton
--Tad Henkenius, Elgin
-- Abbey Schueth, Ewing
-- Zach Sibbel, St. Mary's
-- Ashli Kunz, Stuart
-- Jacob Olson, West Holt
-- Cole Stoltenburg, Stuart
-- Allison Depko, O'Neill
-- Josiah Switzer, Ewing
-- Chaney Black, West Boyd
-- Skyler Strope, Clearwater/Orchard
-- Randi Miller, Chambers
-- Becky Frerichs, West Holt
-- Jodi Schroeder, West Holt
-- Rachel Price, O'Neill
-- Brady Wakefield, O'Neill