Sports

BY ASHLEY D. SWANSON

When the rain started coming down on Duncan Field in Hastings Friday night, where the Sandy Creek Cougars took on the St. Cecilia Bluehawks, there was no stopping it.

Despite Mother Nature’s wrath, SC fans watched as the Cougars battled close to their first win of the season, falling just short of three points at the end.

Continued efforts by Sandy Creek’s offensive side resulted in the first touchdown of the evening at the 2:36 mark, when junior Dylan Schweer rushed to the end zone, taking the 7-0 lead, with the kick. 

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BY JORDYN HULINSKY

Harvard’s Brizeth Medina earned the second-place spot at the conference meet hosted at Clay Center’s golf course Thursday, Sept. 28. She followed behind Red Cloud/Blue Hill’s Hazen Ladell for the second spot.

Medina crossed the line at 22 minutes, 36.1 seconds.

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BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The Harvard Cardinals defeated the Elwood Pirates in the gridiron battle Friday, 62-20. Harvard scored in every quarter to secure the win.

“Everyone stood out in some way during the game,” Head Coach Scott Trimble said. “Tucker Scherbarth had good vision and made key plays on offense. Overall the team did great when they were making their blocks. Noah Okraska also threw nice throws even with pressure.”

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BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The South Central Unified cross country teams battled the weather at the Thayer Central Cross Country Invite at Hebron Thursday.

“There are only two words to describe this meet: hot, windy,” Head Coach Randi Fox said. “The kids and myself are getting tired of this warm and windy weather, but even with this weather, the kids continue to run improved.”

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BY ASHLEY D. SWANSON

Going into Friday’s signature six-man game, Harvard, the second ranked team in the Six-Man rankings, and Deshler, the fourth ranked team in the league, shared identical 3-0 records on the season.

Throughout the first half, it looked as if the Dragons were going to add another win to the season; however, in true Harvard fashion, the Cardinals weren’t about to go down without a fight, and ended the night with a comeback 32-20 win.

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BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The South Central Unified cross country girls’ and boys’ teams finished 10th and 16th, respectively, at the Fillmore Central meet Thursday.

“The Fillmore Central meet is a very big meet with some large schools,” Head Cross Country Coach Randi Fox said. “Many of the kids were discouraged by how they placed, but I reminded them to look at the times they ran and see that they are continuing to get faster.”

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Mustangs run past Sandy Creek 64-7 during Clay County gridiron match Friday

BY JORDYN HULINSKY

Sutton earned the “W” in the Clay County Rivalry game at Sandy Creek Friday night. “Their speed hurt us  tonight,” Sandy Creek Head Coach Jeremy Borer said. “We had a few guys out of position because of injury and they got us.”

Sutton scored 64 points in the match, compared to Sandy Creek’s 7.

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BY JORDYN HULINSKY

Sandy Creek won three of four games last week. One Tuesday, Sept. 5 against Centennial and two at the Sandy Creek Tournament Saturday.

SANDY CREEK TOURNAMENT

The Cougars volleyball team faced three teams at the Sandy Creek–hosted tournament, Saturday. Sandy Creek won two of the three games: beat Ravenna 25-21 and 25-11, lost to Arcadia/ Loup City 25-20 and 25- 22, and beat Fillmore Central 25-21 and 25-23.

In the first game against the Ravenna Bluejays, Sandy Creek totaled 26 kills, five ace serves, nine blocks, and 45 digs.

Senior Coree Lipovsky led the team with seven kills, two ace serves, and 15 digs. Junior Grace Messenger also tallied two ace serves, and led with eight total blocks.

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The Mustangs improve to 3-0, defeating St. Cecilia 24-6 at home Friday

BY JORDYN HULINSKY

Sutton’s football team’s undefeated season remains alive and well as the Mustangs, behind a 16-point third quarter performance, improved to 3-0 with a 24-6 win Friday night over the Hastings St. Cecilia Bluehawks.

The Bluehawks kicked off to begin the game, deferring to the second half. Sutton, in turn, went on an 11-play drive with six first downs. Junior Brett Simonsen took the first five rushes for two first downs. The Mustangs initial drive, however, ended with an interception on the first pass play of the game.

St. Cecilia quickly handed the ball back with a threeand- out. Sutton earned another first down in the next five-play drive, which ended in a senior Chandler Stone punt.

BY JORDYN HULINSKY

Sutton dropped the first two matches of the 2017 volleyball season at the Nebraska Lutheran triangular in Waco, falling in straight sets to both the host Lady Knights and to McCool Junction Thursday, Aug. 31. First-year head coach, Shelli Mohnike came away with some positive aspects from the night.

“We saw a lot of good throughout the two matches against both Nebraska Lutheran and McCool Junction,” Mohnike said. “Senior Alyssa Schurman was a good constant, solid all-around player for the two matches.

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