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During a light week of action, the Sutton Fillies volleyball team took on a monumental task in their lone match of the week, traveling to the home of the Class C-2 top ranked Hastings St. Cecilia Hawkettes.

The Hawkettes set the Fillies back to 8-9 with a straight sets 25-15, 25-13, 25-10 win in the end.

Sutton had a tough time at the net offensively, committing 28 hitting errors, as the Fillies converted on 44 of 72 attacks (61.1%). In all, Sutton had 19 kills, led by Lydia Rogers with seven, Kate Griess, six, and Reagan Vavricek with four.

Rogers, Griess, Vavricek and Tara Overturf had one ace in the loss, as Sutton was 39-41 in the service lane (95.1%).

Overturf and Griess both put up nine assists in the match, while Dayvie Perrien led the team in digs with 11, with Rogers and Vavricek both collecting seven digs

The Sandy Creek volleyball team took on a pair of Class C-1 volleyball teams in triangular action at Central City, with the Cougars falling in a hard fought three set match with Central City, 26-24, 21-25, 22-15, while against the Ord Chants, Sandy Creek was handed a 25-16, 25-16 two set loss, dropping the Cougars to 1-14 on the year.

In the battle with the host Bison, junior Jaden Claycamp accounted for 16 of the Cougars’ 30 kills in the match, while Maryn Martin and Jenna Heinz both added five kills. As a team, the Cougars had 17 hitting errors in 117 attempts (85.5%).

Setting up the attack would see Martin put up 25 assists, as she was 88-89 setting the ball.

Three gained one ace each in the match, including Claycamp, Kirstyn Sherbeck and Mackenzie Dane. Sandy Creek was 60-70 in the service lane (85.7%).

Caileigh Tripe had a team high 13 digs, while Claycamp added 10.

The Class C-2 fifth ranked Sutton Mustangs used the legs of senior running back Jackson Perrien and a stealthy defensive effort to put itself in the drivers seat of the C2-5 District title in Doniphan Friday night. The Mustangs, behind 204 rushing yards from Perrien, staved off Doniphan-Trumbull to improve to 5-0, while dropping the Cardinals to 4-1 with a 22-16 road win.

Sutton posted eight points in each of the first and second quarters, as Perrien scored twice in the win, with his fourth quarter four-yard touchdown that would give Sutton the six-point cushion and eventual win.

Sutton’s passing game would see junior quarterback Cade Wiseman go 3-6 for 36 yards, with one of those completions being a 27-yard touchdown pass to senior Maury Bautista in the first half.

Sutton’s defense allowed two long D-T scoring drives in the second quarter, covering over 65 yards on each drive, but that would be all that the Mustangs would allow to help secure the win.

The South Central Red Raider cross country team proves to be making strong strides in the 2019 season, as five Red Raiders, including two girls and three boys, brought home individual hardware from the Thayer Central Invite Sept. 26, in Hebron.

Teagan Jarosik continues to lead the girls side of the South Central squads, as the freshman placed fifth overall with a time of 22 minutes, 15.21 seconds. Event winner Alayna Vargas of Hastings St. Cecilia would win the race in a time of 19:36.47, guiding the Hawkettes to a runner-up team finish, behind the host Thayer Central girls, as the Titans outscored the Hawkettes, 27-35, for the team title.

Joanie Schultz also medaled for the girls, as Shultz placed 16th overall in a time of 23:41.18 to help the girls to a fifth place team finish, scoring 70 team points.

Jessica Himmelberg finished the race in 30:32 to place 35th, while Kacie Herbek placed 38th with a time of 32:09.

In typical fashion, the Harvard Cardinals wasted very little time to show the Lewiston Tigers why the Cardinals are the top-ranked six-man football team in the State of Nebraska, as Harvard, behind runs of 30-0 in the first quarter and 20-0 in the second period would race out to a 50-0 halftime lead, and outscore the Tigers 22-21 in the second half, to post a 72-21 win in non-district action for the Cardinals.

Havard posted three rushing scores in the first frame and added a passing score for the early 30-0 lead.

David Reazola scored twice on the ground with scores from 41 and three-yards out to open the game.

Freshman Noah Roberts then hit Reazola for a 73-yard touchdown pass midway through the first period, before Ryan Harms set sail on a 22-yard touchdown run to gain the 30-point lead at the end of the first.

Many thought that Friday night’s clash with Centennial would be a defensive battle, but in the end, it proved to be an offensive explosion in Sutton Sept. 20, as the game became one of tension and sitting on the edge of your seats excitement.

A total of 947 all-purpose yards, including rushing, passing and return yards, highlighted an explosive battle between the Mustangs and Broncos.

In the end, Sutton used a 36-yard pass from junior quarterback Cade Wiseman to junior Tyler Baldwin to set up a fiveyard touchdown by junior running back Wyatt Bergen, to give Sutton their first win over the Broncos in four years.

After three straight losses to Centennial, Sutton walked off the field with a hard fought 43-35 win, improving to 4-0, while Centennial fell to 2-2.

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The normally fast starting Harvard Cardinals took a different path to their fourth win in as many games this past week, as the Cardinals, who held a narrow 15-14 first half lead, shot down the Sterling Jets in the second half, outscoring the Jets 22-0 in the third quarter and drawing to an even 20-20 fourth quarter with Sterling to gain a 57-34 win.

Sterling grabbed an early lead over the Cardinals, as the Jets, with 5:54 left in the first quarter scored on a 27 yard run, and with the added two-point kick to take the 8-0 lead.

Just 18 seconds later, however, the potent Harvard offense scored the first of five passing touchdowns, when senior quarterback Noah Okraska found the speedy junior receiver Ethan Piper on a 50-yard touchdown through the air, cutting the Jets lead to 8-7 with 5:36 left in the first.