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Harvard football players had another week off due to a forfeit by Hampton Friday, Oct. 25.

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Dominant line play by Sandy Creek’s big boys up front helped lead the Cougars to their first three-win season since 2015 Friday night.

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Sandy Creek junior Brayton Jarosik finished in the top half of 96 other competitors during the state cross country meet in Kearney, Friday, Oct. 25.

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The Sutton Mustangs used a 421-yard rushing night to set sail into the 2019 Class C-2 state football playoffs, as the Mustangs routed C2-5 district foe Hastings St. Cecilia 54-0, closing out the regular season with an 8-1 record, while earning the top seed in the post-season pairings.

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The final road game of the 2019 regular season proved to be a white washing of the Superior Wildcats, as the Mustangs, behind 32 first-quarter points and 22 points in the second quarter, claimed a 54-0 win in C2-5 District play.

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Monday night’s opening round of the Southern Nebraska Conference Tournament would produce the Sandy Creek volleyball team their second win of the 2019 season, as the Cougars rallied after a first set 25-12 loss to Sutton, to deal the Fillies losses in the second and third sets, downing Sutton 25-13, 25-18 to improve to 2-24 on the year, while Sutton fell to 12-15.

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For the second straight year, South Central’s Brayton Jarosik, a junior at Sandy Creek High School, will make his way to the Nebraska State Cross Country championships, after qualifying for the big show with a sixth-place finish at the C-3 District meet, Thursday, Oct. 17, at Aurora’s Streeter Park.

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The Sutton Fillies bounced back in a strong way following an early week loss to state ranked Thayer Central, as the Fillies surpassed their win total from a year ago, improving to 10-11 with a pair of three-set wins over David City and Fairbury at home Thursday, Oct. 10.

David City earned a first set win over the Fillies to open the triangular, beating Sutton 25-23, before the Fillies bounced back to gain wins of 25-17, 25-13 to take the match.

Sophomore Reagan Vavricek led the hitting attack with 14 kills. Junior Kylie Baumert added nine, while senior Lydia Rogers added eight.

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After a scoring threat early in the first quarter by the Sandy Creek Cougars, following a quick 8-0 lead by the Sutton Mustangs, that left Sandy Creek just short of answering the Mustangs’ opening kickoff, Sutton ran past the Cougars in a C2-5 district clash in Sutton this past Friday night.

Sutton used a 22-0 first quarter run and an 18-0 run in the second frame to race out to a 40-0 halftime lead and move closer and closer to their 10th straight Class C-2 state football playoff appearance, with the C2-5 district title, with a 52-7 win over the Cougars.

Sutton’s offensive attack was led by it’s powerful rushing attack, as the Mustangs outgained the Cougars 339-105 on the ground, while Sandy Creek held a slight edge in the passing game, holding a 99-63 yard edge through the air.

Deweese’s Roman Skalka edged out threetime winner, Kevin Perrien of Sutton in a tough set of Pigskin Picks during week-6 of the Clay County News gridiron contest.

Both Skalka and Perrien missed two games, with Skalka missing the Columbus Scotus win over Bishop Neuman and the Kearney Catholic win over Sutton, while Perrien missed the Florida win over Auburn and the KCHS and Sutton game.

Skalka predicted that the KCHS and Sutton game would produce 48 points, when in fact, the game produced 41 points. Perrien guessed that 52 points would be scored.

Sutton’s Amy Skalka edged out three other contestants that missed three games for the third place spot. Missing three with Skalka were Jon Ladehoff, Jess Hinrichs and David Yost.