Sports

BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The Sutton Mustangs rebounded from the first loss of the season in Centennial Sept. 14 by shutting out the previously undefeated Doniphan- Trumbull Cardinals in the Mustangs’ homecoming game Sept. 21.

Sutton established the pace of the game with two TDs in the first quarter. The first came via quarterback Jackson Perrien’s rush over the TD line as the clock read 7 minutes, 6 seconds in the first quarter. He added the points after with his feet as well to put the Mustangs up 8-0.

Senior Brett Simonsen accounted for the second TD with 2:15 left in the first quarter. Sophomore Cade Wiseman ran in the two extra to extend Sutton’s lead to 16-0 after the first quarter.

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BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The Harvard Cardinals and the South Central Unified Red Raiders competed at the large Fillmore Central Invite, Thursday, Sept. 13. The Red Raiders also competed at the Adams Central meet Tuesday, Sept. 11.

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BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The Fillies went 1-2 at the Fillmore Central Invite Saturday. Sutton first defeating Wilber-Clatonia in two sets, 26-24 and 25-22, before falling to Hastings St. Cecilia in two, 25-5 and 25-15, which landed the Fillies in the third/fourth-place match.

There the Fillies fell to Milford, 25-20 and 25-12, to finish fourth in the tournament.

In three games, the Fillies earned eight ace serves, 41 kills, 15 blocks, 35 assists and 51 digs.

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BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The Harvard Cardinals earned their second win of the season in spectacular fashion Thursday evening in front of the home crowd against a Class C-2 opponent.

“With (Thursday’s) game being our home opener, I told the girls that this was our house,” Head Coach Kevin Medrano said. “We needed to play hard to protect our home court. The girls played the part. Our home crowd definitely added a lot of energy in to our game, cheering for us and supporting us point-by-point.”

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No. 3 Sutton blisters Falcons for 483 total yards Friday to improve to 3-0

BY TORY DUNCAN

Soggy field conditions, following a week of rain and cool temperatures may have slowed the Sutton Mustangs offense for the first quarter Friday night. Although, once the Mustangs gained traction, Sutton used a potent rushing attack and a stingy defensive effort to outscore the visiting Freeman Falcons 40-0 in the final three quarters of play. The Mustangs improve to 3-0 with the 40-point win at the final horn.

Despite the slow paced opening quarter for both teams, it would be the passing game that would help put the first points on the scoreboard for Sutton, as junior quarterback Jackson Perrien hit a wide-open senior James Griess on a 60-yard touchdown pass, at the 9 minute, 24 second mark of the second quarter, to lift Sutton to a 6-0 lead, following a missed twopoint conversion try.

BY JORDYN HULINSKY

Harvard totals 446 offensive yards in 38-point victory over S-E-M

The Harvard Cardinals’ football team extended its winning record with a 52-14 victory over the Sumner-Eddyville- Miller Mustangs Friday evening.

The Cardinals scored easily in the first quarter with the first TD coming via senior Cory Marshall with an extra two by junior Noah Okraska.

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BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The Lady Cougars of Sandy Creek went 1-1 in the first triangular of the season, hosted at Sandy Creek with Wilber- Clatonia and Heartland.

Sandy Creek defeated Wilber-Clatonia in two sets, 25-16 and 25-15, but then fell to Heartland in two, 25-14 and 28-26.

“That first game the girls stated they were ‘nervous,’” Head Coach Josey VonSpreckelsen said. “It was our first game of the season and we had to get all of our jitters out. The difference between the first game and the second game was intensity. We played somewhat slower in our first game and became more confident and sped up our offense in the second game. The teams we played did very different things so we made adjustments throughout each set and got better each point.”

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42-point second quarter leads Mustangs to big win Friday

BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The Sutton Mustangs earned a dominating 43-point victory over North Platte St. Patrick’s in the season opener at home Friday.

Sutton took the game 50-7 against the Irish, backed by junior quarterback Jackson Perrien’s four touchdowns.

Perrien started the scoring in the first quarter with a rushing touchdown as the clock read 9 minutes, 36 seconds remaining in the quarter.

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BY TORY DUNCAN

A 12-point run in the second quarter and a 16-12 second-half run by the visiting Eagles of Southern Valley High School would leave the 2018 Sandy Creek Cougars on the short end of a 28-18 Class C-2 bout Friday, Aug. 24.

The Cougars, after shaking off some early nerves on their third drive of the first quarter, would give Cougar fans a big excitement, when junior defensive back Connor Crumbliss put some thrill in the stands with a 45-yard pick-six interception return to lift Sandy Creek to a 6-0 lead at the 5 minutes, 37 second mark of the opening stanza.

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Sandy Creek coaching staff features some new faces that look to get back the Cougar football tradition

BY TORY DUNCAN

Jack Shadley and Cole Wiseman have a knack of knowing what each other is thinking. So when the opportunity came for the Doane University football standouts to teach and coach together after their college careers ended, they didn’t pass up the chance.

“We never once thought that we’d ever end up at the same school to start our teaching and coaching careers, but I guess, here we are,” Shadley said.

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