Sports

Strong efforts by the Sutton Mustangs on the track, where a total of 14 medals would be earned, propelled the Mustangs to their second straight meet title, as the Mustangs outscored second place Hastings St. Cecilia 125-81 to win the Heartland Invite, one week after winning the Sandy Creek meet.

All three relays for Sutton would earn gold, starting off with a dominating win in the 3,200-meter relay, finishing the event in 9:09.27. Team members included Wyatt Bergen, Quenton Jones, Nate Andres and Colton Haight.

To end the day, both the 400 and 1,600-meter relay teams cashed in for gold. The 400 meter relay, made up by James Griess, Kyle Baumert, Maury Bautista and Jacob Rogers, earned gold by nearly one full second, with a winning time of 46.4 seconds. Second place St. Cecilia finished in a time of 47.2 seconds.

Another strong performance, both on and off the track, would gain the Sandy Creek girls a sixthplace team finish with 53 total points, as the Cougars gained seven medals on the day, four of which came on the track and another three in field events.

Hastings St. Cecilia outscored second place Sutton by 47 points, 116-69, with the Cougars trailing the Fillies by just 16 points.

Freshman Leah Hatch accounted for 18 individual points, winning the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.17 seconds, while in the 200, Hatch placed second with a time of 28.17 seconds. Event winner Jenna Esch of St. Cecilia finished in a winning time of 27.58 seconds.

Hatch aided the Cougars’ 400-meter relay team in placing third in the event with a time of 54.59 seconds. St. Cecilia and Blue Hill finished ahead of the Cougars, as the Hawkettes gained gold in 54.16 seconds, while Blue Hill edged Sandy Creek with a time of 54.28 seconds.

Sutton senior Jordan Davis signed a letter of intent on Wednesday, April 3, to play basketball with Midland University in Fremont. Pictured, in front, is his mother Stephanie Davis, Davis is pictured in the center, while his father, Derrick, is at the left. In the back is Matthew Davis and Sutton’s head basketball coach Jon Ladehoff.

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Sutton’s annual men’s basketball and women’s volleyball tournaments are slated to be played May 3-4, at Sutton Public Schools and in the Sutton Community Center.

Action will begin Friday, May 3 with basketball and volleyball being played at the school and additional vollyeball at the community center that evening.

All tournament action for both will be played at SPS on Saturday, May 4..

Both tournaments will guarantee at least three games or matches per team.

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Sutton senior Garrett Nuss led the post-season honors list for Clay County, following the 2018-19 basketball season.

Nuss was tabbed as a second team all-state selection by both the Omaha World-Herald and the Lincoln Journal-Star for his efforts to help the Sutton Mustangs to their first state tournament berth since 2014, and guiding the Mustangs to a 24-3 record.

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Harvard Public Schools hosted a unique state championship tournament this past Saturday, as Class D schools in Nebraska that field a powerlifting team invaded the HPS gymnasium for the championship challenge.

The Cardinal girls would claim top honors in the tournament, led by senior Jayleesa Wilkerson’s first place finish in the 198+ weight class.

Helping to add to the girls’ title run, Breonna Julich and Makenz Smith both earned runner-up finishes, Julich in the 198+ weight class and Smith in the 198 weight class. Mackenzie Wagner placed fourth overall in the 148 pound class.

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It was a banner basketball season for the Sutton Mustangs, winners of the David City Holiday tournament, the Southern Nebraska Conference tournament, the C2-2 Sub-District tournament and the C2-3 Sub-State final.

Sutton, who finished the season with a 24-3 record, following a 55-45 loss at the hands of eventual state runner-up Yutan in the first round of the C-2 state tournament, would avenge both of their earlier losses to Centennial and Milford in the SNC tournament.

Sutton began the year, winning their first nine games before a 53-45 set back to Centennial would hit.

The Mustangs then reeled off six more wins before dropping a 49-42 decision at Milford, taking Sutton into the conference tournament where they would upended Fairbury in the first round 63-34, then taking down Milford in the semifinals, 71-60, before beating Centennial on their home floor in the SNC title game 62-47.