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Four South Central Red Raiders were able to extend their wrestling seasons this past week, as Brayton Jarosik, John Brodrick, Logan Sanders and Jacob Hagemeier all earned medals in the C3-A Sub-District wrestling meet in David City at Aquinas Catholic High School on Friday, Feb. 5.

The four medalists helped the Red Raiders tally 49 team points to place sixth overall in the eight-team meet, with the host Monarchs outscoring second-place Milford 243.5-201, to claim the top two team spots in the meet.

Senior Brayton Jarosik led the way for South Central, scoring 18 points, while placing second in the 170-pound weight class.

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Brayton Jarosik and John Brodrick accounted for all 25 team points for the South Central Red Raider wrestlers in action at the 2021 Southern Nebraska Conference meet in Wilber Jan. 30.

Jarosik gained 15 points with a third-place finish in the 170-pound weight class, while Brodrick added 10 points with a fourth-place finish in the 126-pound class.

Jarosik ran his season record to 32-5 with the consolation title, winning three of four matches on the day.

The senior opened with a quick pin over Alan Odvody of Wilber-Clatonia, pinning Odvody in just 47 seconds, before Christopher Scdoris of Milford gained a 1:43 pinfall win over Jarosik to send him to the consolation semifinals.

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Senior Joe Hinrichs capped his career in the Southern Nebraska Conference as a four-time medalist Saturday afternoon, as Hinrichs pinned his way to the 160-pound weight class title, as the Mustangs lone medalist in the 2021 SNC championship meet Saturday, Jan. 30 in Wilber.

Hinrichs won SNC runner-up titles in the 126-pound class as a freshman and in the 152-pound class as a sophomore, before gaining back-to-back championship titles with his gold medal run Saturday in Wilber, as Hinrichs claimed gold in the 152-pound class a season ago.

In his three matches on the mats this season, Hinrichs scored 24 of the Mustangs’ 27 team points.

He opened with a 43-second pinfall win over Ty Cummings of David City, before gaining a semifinal pinfall win over Lane Vesely of Wilber-Clatonia, with the semifinal pin coming in just 62 seconds.

Strong offensive efforts by the Sutton Mustangs in the second and third quarters, combined with a 22-point performance by Mustang senior Cade Wiseman led the Sutton boys past Sandy Creek in their annual county battle Thursday, Jan. 28.

Sutton’s 55-38 win was fueled by runs of 17-8 in the second quarter and 19-7 in the third quarter to help the Mustangs improve to 12-4 with the win, while the Cougars fell to 5-11 with the loss.

The Cougars opened the game with a 9-8 first-quarter lead, but the 36-15 run in the middle two quarters gave Sutton a 44-24 lead going into the final period. Sandy Creek cut the margin of victory to 17 points for Sutton with a 14-11 fourth quarter run.

Wiseman’s 22 points and another 11 points from fellow senior Jackson Anderson accounted for 33 of the Mustangs’ 55 points.

The Sandy Creek boys ran their season record to 5-10 by claiming one of three wins this past week, as following a 55-41 loss to Doniphan-Trumbull and a 55-39 road loss to Blue Hill, the Cougars rebounded Saturday at Thayer Central to earn a commanding 68-54 win over the Titans.

The opening game of the past week would see the D-T Cardinals use strong first and fourth quarter runs to gain the 14-point win over the Cougars.

The Cardinals held a 15-6 first-quarter lead and a 28-18 halftime lead, before a high scoring 18-17 Sandy Creek run in the third set the game at a 45-36 D-T lead.

The Cardinals then went on a 10-5 fourth-quarter run to seal the 55-41 victory.

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A challenging January for the Sutton Fillies, outside of a pair of losses to state-ranked Centennial and Wood River, has brought the Fillies to a strong 12-4 record, while gaining the second seed as Sutton heads into next week’s Southern Nebraska Conference tournament.

Last week a trip to Ravenna and yet another big challenge with the Bluejays gained the Fillies a hard fought 59-53 overtime win over the Jays. A return home for the first time since a 36-20 win over Centura on Jan. 5, Sutton used a strong second-half defensive effort to claim a 53-38 win over SNC foe Fairbury.

Sutton held a 23-20 halftime lead at Ravenna before the Jays kicked their offensive attack in high gear in the second half, outscoring Sutton 13-11 in the third and 16-15 in the fourth to force overtime, tied at 49.

One little girl idolized a high school girl during one of the most storied runs in Nebraska high school girls basketball history at Sandy Creek High School.

Their relationship together started when Bailey Morris witnessed a 95-game win streak as an elementary student at Sandy Creek, before moving to Silver Lake and ultimately returning to Sandy Creek to help the Cougars win the 2010 Class C-2 state title.

Carrie (Hofstetter) Eighmey was a player during that 95-game winning streak at SC, as well as helped the Cougars earn four state titles.

As players during their days of competition in high school and college, success was day-to-day, it was dominant because of years of hard work and the players that they both played with who worked hard to be successful in high school and college.

The Sandy Creek Cougars had a strong dose of goodness happen this past week, as the Cougars went 2-0 to improve to 4-8 on the year, picking up wins over Deshler, who at the time owned an 8-2 record, as the Cougars edged the Dragons 32-31 at home, before heading south to Superior to gain revenge for a 59-50 loss to the Wildcats on Dec. 30 with a 52-41 win on the Wildcats home floor.

The Tuesday night battle with the Dragons gave the Cougars leads of 13-10 after the first and 17-16 at halftime before Deshler, behind a 12-8 third quarter rally took a 28-25 lead into the final eight minutes, where Sandy Creek went on a 7-3 run to claim the much needed 32-31 win.

Junior Josh Shaw led the Cougars offensive attack with 11 points, while Keifer Anderson added seven and Sam VonSpreckelsen, six.

Two alumni members of Sandy Creek High School are in the midst of a strong season as coaches at the University of Nebraska-Kearney women’s basketball team. Carrie (Hoffstetter) Eighmey, right, and Bailey Morris, left, have their Loper squad at a perfect 10-0 this year. With a 59-35 win over Northwest Missouri State University Saturday, Eighmey gained her 100th career win at UNK, while compiling an overall career record of 168-88 with her six years at UNK and three seasons at Hastings College. Pictured with Eighmey and Morris is Eighmey’s husband Devin, center. Stay tuned to next week’s Clay County News for a feature about Eighmey and Morris. TORY DUNCAN | CLAY COUNTY NEWS

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