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27
Dec
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Hot shooting D-T Cards hand Cougars their 1st loss of the season

Hot shooting D-T Cards hand Cougars their 1st loss of the season

Even a tough defensive stand by the Sandy Creek boys basketball team couldn’t keep the steamrolling offense of Doniphan-Trumbull from taking care of business in a 57-34 loss to the Cardinals. Pictured JASON BROCKMAN | CLAY COUNTY NEWS

The Cougar boys basketball team had a true test of their abilities Tuesday, Dec. 19, as the fast-paced Doniphan-Trumbull Cardinals came calling on Sandy Creek, in the Cougars Den.

Sandy Creek was unable to find their rhythm offensively, and dropped a 57-34 decision to the Cardinals, dropping Sandy Creek to 6-1 after their first loss of the young 2023-24 season.

Doniphan-Trumbull played an up-tempo game and could really shoot from the three-point line and the Cougars just couldn’t find the bottom of the net.

Sandy Creek was 15-40 from the field (37.5%), and missed all four of their attempted foul shots, while sinking four of 15 threepoint shots (26.7%).

The Cougars’ leading scorer was junior Jack Clark, as he had 12 points, while sophomore Oliver Oglesby added 10 points in the loss.

Sandy Creek brought down 17 rebounds with junior Ethan Shaw leading the Cougars with six.

Wed
20
Dec
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Fillies crush BDS 41-21

Fillies crush BDS 41-21

Kaci Yost (30), and Madylinn Bautista (25) clamp down on the defense during the Fillies’ 41-21 win over BDS Dec. 12. ANDI LANDENBERGER | CLAY COUNTY NEWS

It didn’t take the Sutton Fillies long to establish their dominance during their Dec. 12 home clash with the Bruning-Davenport/ Shickley girls, as the Fillies pressed hard on both the offensive and defensive side of the game to produce a crushing 41-21 win over the Eagles to improve to 4-1 on the year.

Sutton held the Eagles to just six first half points, while outscoring BDS 17-6 during the first-half.

The offens and defens continued into the third quarter, where the Fillies held a 15-6 scoring edge to lead 32-12 going into the final eight minutes. Both teams tallied nine fourth quarter points to produce the 20 point win for Sutton.

Sophomore Miranda Nuss led all scorers in the game, hitting for 13 points, while shooting 75 percent, making six of eight shots, and hitting on one of two foul shots.

Juniors Jacee Haight and Avery Robinson added eight points each to the win.

Wed
20
Dec
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Cougars hold off late Holdrege run, win 43-36

Cougars hold off late Holdrege run, win 43-36

Junior Ethan Shaw looks to score two of his 10 points in Sandy Creek’s 43-36 win over Holdrege, Tuesday, Dec. 12 in the Cougars Den. Jacob Petr (13) is also shown for the Cougars. JASON BROCKMAN | CLAY COUNTY NEWS

Cougars won a physical battle against the Holdrege Dusters, Tuesday, Dec. 12, as Sandy Creek held off a fourth-quarter Dusters rally to claim a 43-36 victory and run their record to 5-0, while taking over the top spot in the Nebraska School Activities Association’s power points standing in Class C-2.

In the first half ,it was a tight one with Cougars winning the paint battle and the Dusters starting to fall back on the three-point shot. Sandy Creek, behind a 13-11 first-quarter run, and an 8-5 secondquarter run held the halftime lead, 21-16.

Right out of halftime break, the Cougars came out running, outscoring Holdrege 12-5 in the third quarter but the Dusters refused to quit, as Holdrege played a very physical fourth-quarter, as the Cougars were rushed and couldn’t get their offense rolling, as they did in the first three quarters, but coming down the stretch Sandy Creek made some key free throws to close out the game and gain the seven-point win.

Wed
20
Dec
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Mustangs hold off BDS Eagles 48-45

Mustangs hold off BDS Eagles 48-45

Junior Aidan Jones tossed in 21 points during Sutton’s 48-45 win over BDS inside the Sutton Dome, Tuesday, Dec. 12 to lead the Mustangs to a 2-2 record at the time. ANDI LANDENBERGER | CLAY COUNTY NEWS

In the final home game for the 2023 portion of the Sutton Mustangs basketball season proved to be a big night, as the Mustangs drew their young season record to an even 2-2, after holding off the Bruning-Davenport/Shickley Eagles 48-45 in the Sutton Dome, Tuesday, Dec. 12.

Sutton raced out to a 10-6 lead at the end of the first quarter, and held a 23-18 halftime lead before the Eagles battled back in the third quarter to cut Sutton’s lead to just one point at the end of the third, 34-33.

Sutton then stretched their eventual winning margin to three points with a 14-12 fourth-quarter run.

Junior Aidan Jones went wild from the floor, hitting on eight of 12 shots, including a 5-7 effort from three-point land to score 21 points.

Wed
13
Dec
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Cougars run record to 4-0 last week with wins over Broncos and Huskies

Cougars run record to 4-0 last week with wins over Broncos and Huskies

Defensive pressure and a hot shooting hand by Ethan Shaw led the Cougars to their current 4-0 record with a 65-40 win over Shelby-Rising City Saturday, Dec. 9. Here, Shaw, right, attempts to deflect a pass with his foot, while Oliver Oglesby (25) adds pressure in the first half of the 25-point win. Shaw finished with 25 points in the victory. TORY DUNCAN | CLAY COUNTY NEWS

Cougars run record to 4-0 last week with wins over Broncos and Huskies

Owen Oglesby got a break-away dunk against Shelby-Rising City in the first half of the Cougars’ 25-point win over the Huskies. Oglesby finished with nine points in the win. TORY DUNCAN | CLAY COUNTY NEWS

The Sandy Creek boys basketball team snuck away with a nail-biting double overtime win Thursday, Dec. 7, against the Centennial Broncos, as Sandy Creek claimed a low-scoring 3734 win to remain unbeaten at 3-0 in the Southern Nebraska Conference clash at Centennial.

It was a defensive showdown between the two teams, as in the first quarter the game was tied at five before the Cougars found a little rhythm in the second and third quarters, to hold a 30-27 lead, but the Broncos hung around all game to outscore Sandy Creek 5-2 in the fourth quarter and force overtime.

In the first bonus period, nobody scored, so the two teams headed to a second “free basketball” period where the Cougars got some open driving lanes and made some easy buckets, and made a couple offree throws to pull out the 37-34 overtime win.

Ethan Shaw finished the game with a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds, and Sandy Creek finished with 33 total rebounds.

Wed
13
Dec
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Mustang wrestlers battle in always tough Wood River Invite, head to Johnson Co. Central Saturday

Mustang wrestlers battle in always tough Wood River Invite, head to Johnson Co. Central Saturday

The Sutton Mustangs, fresh off of a runner-up finish at the season-opening Harvard Invitational, Dec. 2, entered into what could possibly be one of the toughest regular-season meets of the 2023-24 season.

The Wood River Invitational boasts the names of some traditionally rich wrestling programs, with the likes of Aquinas Catholic, O’Neill, Valentine, and Amherst, and the action proved to be tough for the Mustangs, especially without two of their leaders, Korey Poppe and Landon Scheidemann, who missed the tournament for the national finals rodeo in Las Vegas.

Nonetheless, Sutton tallied 37 team points, but would fall short of having a medalist in Wood River, while placing 14th in the 18-team meet.

Wed
13
Dec
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Shaw, Rempe lead Fall Sports post-season honors

Shaw, Rempe lead Fall Sports post-season honors

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Shaw, Rempe lead Fall Sports post-season honors

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A pair of Sandy Creek standouts on the football field lead Clay County’s post-season fall sports honors this year, as juniors Ethan Shaw and Connor Rempe were both honored by the Omaha World-Herald as first-team Class D-1 All-State first-team selections by the daily newspaper.

Shaw was tabbed as a firstteam all-state linebacker, while Rempe landed on the first team as an all-state defensive back.

The duo led a long list of honors by the 12-1 Cougars, who finished third in the final post-season polls in Class D-1, behind Stanton and EMF.

Earning Class D-1 honorable mention honors for Sandy Creek’s football team were Jack Watts, Kaeden Schmidt, Alston Clark, and Wes Biltoft.

Sutton had two players finish with honorable mention honors, as well, with juniors Weston Ohrt and Gabe Gwennap earning honors in Class D-1.

Wed
06
Dec
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Mustang grapplers tie for 2nd at Saturday’s Harvard Invite

Mustang grapplers tie for 2nd at Saturday’s Harvard Invite

Sutton’s Korey Poppe was one of three Mustangs that earned runner-up finishes in the season-opening Harvard Invite, Saturday, Dec. 2. Here, Poppe battles to take down Trevin Smith of Red Cloud/Blue Hill, a match won by Poppe by way of a 20-second pinfall.

Mustang grapplers tie for 2nd at Saturday’s Harvard Invite

Billy Marshall cashed in for a third-place finish in Harvard, winning three of five matches. Here, Marshall works towards a 2:38 pinfall win over Brandt McLaughlin of Lawrence-Nelson. TORY DUNCAN | CLAY COUNTY NEWS

Mustang grapplers tie for 2nd at Saturday’s Harvard Invite

The Sutton Mustangs’ wrestling team, powered by six individual medalists opened the 2023-24 mat season with a bang, wrapping up action at the Harvard Invitational in a two-way tie for second place, as a team, with the Warcats of Red Cloud/Blue Hill, both teams tallied 113 team points to trail team champion, Johnson County Central, who captured team gold with 120.5 team points.

RUNNER-UP FINISHES

The Mustangs three lightweight wrestlers, Korey Poppe, Lane Shore, and Connor Hinrichs led individually, as all three gained runner-up finishes in their respective weight classes.

Poppe’s run in the 113-pound class gained him four wins in five matches. Poppe opened with four straight pinfall wins, pinning Josh Russel of Alma in 41 seconds, Trevin Smith of Red Cloud/ Blue Hill in 20 seconds, Trevin Huskey of Johnson County Central in 46 seconds, and Chanze Mattison of Shelton in just nine seconds.

Wed
06
Dec
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Cougars open year with 2-0 start, defeat Wood River, David City

Cougars open year with 2-0 start, defeat Wood River, David City

Sophomore Oliver Oglesby goes up for two of his team-high 17 points during Sandy Creek’s 44-37 win over the Wood River Eagles, played Thursday, Nov. 30, in the Cougars Den. Oglesby also added 11 points in a 50-40 win over David City, Dec. 2.

Cougars open year with 2-0 start, defeat Wood River, David City

Sandy Creek went 2-0 during the opening week of the 2023-24 basketball season with two hard-fought victories over both Wood River and David City.

In the first game of the season, against the Eagles Nov. 30, the Cougars came out on top 44-37 with a healthy amount of scoring from sophomore Oliver Oglesby, as he would end the night with 17 points going 6-8 from the floor (75%).

Then, a little help from the free throw line as the Cougars ended the night going 11 for 16 (69%).

The Cougars also had a strong night rebounding with three offensive rebounds and then 23 defensive rebounds, with Jack Clark always finding the basketball on the rebound, as he would end the night with 11 total rebounds to record a double-double, as he also added 12 points in the win.

Wed
06
Dec
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Fillies hold off Freeman

Fillies hold off Freeman

Junior Jacee Haight drives the lane while battling two Freeman defenders en route to scoring two of her team high 13 points in a 39-32 win over Freeman. Two nights earlier, Haight added 10 points in a 52-39 win over Superior to help the Sutton Fillies begin the 2023-24 season at 2-0. Haight, in the two wins, also had 12 rebounds. TORY DUNCAN | CLAY COUNTY NEWS

Fillies hold off Freeman

Coming off their 52-39 Southern Nebraska Conference win over Superior, Nov. 30, the Sutton Fillies looked to add to their early season winning ways Saturday, Dec. 2, when the Freeman Falcons invaded the Sutton Dome for a matinee performance in front of the Fillies home crowd.

Sutton’s winning ways, in the end, continued, as a steady offensive surge, combined with 17 Freeman turnovers led the Fillies to a 2-0 start with a 39-32 victory to gain their first non-conference win of the 2023-24 season.

First-half action produced a 20-15 halftime lead, with the Fillies scoring 10 points in each of the first two quarters.

The two teams battled close throughout the second half, with Sutton holding the scoring edge in the third and fourth quarters, outscoring the Falcons 19-17 to secure the seven-point victory.

Junior Jacee Haight paced the Sutton offense with 13 points, while sophomore Kyla Griess and senior Reagan Robinson both hit for eight points.

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