Cougars Winning Streak Ends

January 30, 2014 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse

Contributor to Kat Country Hub

The Northeast Cougars had a three game winning streak come to an end.   They took on three teams with an above.500 record.  They beat (8-4) Cedar Bluffs on Tuesday, but lost to (9-8) Humphrey/LHF and (12-5) Stanton over the weekend.

 

LDNE has a 7-7 record with two games this week plus the start of the EHC tournament on Saturday. They host St. Edward on Tuesday.  Thursday, the Knights of O-C will come to Lyons.  On Saturday, the Cougars have a tough draw in (13-3) Twin River in the EHC tournament.

 

The Cougars used a strong start to upend the Wildcats.  The Maroon clamped a tight man to man defense on Cedar Bluffs that allowed Northeast to open with an 11-0 run. The final score had the Cougars on top by 11, 52-41.

 

“It was really fun to watch the team get after them at the start of the game,” said Coach Lahm.  “These seniors have really bought into the idea of playing tough defense and the whole team tries to live up to their standards.”

 

While the Cougars defense put shackles on  the Wildcats Northeast had the offense rolling with scores on five straight possessions.  Dakota Riecken opened the scoring and Chevy Henneman added a trey.  Northeast  got  two three-point plays as Riecken and Alex Brehmer brought the total to 11.  After Cedar Bluffs finally scored Marcus Hegy added a thirteen point as the Cougars led by 10.

 

Northeast had a nine point lead at the quarter, 19-10.  It reached 17 as Northeast had 8-0 run to start the second period.  Henneman and Riecken had goals while Brehmer and Fuston added a pair of free shots.

 

After trailing 27-10, Cedar Bluffs out scored the Cougars 12 to 4.   They had two three pointers in the last minute as they trailed 31-22 at the half.

 

The Cougar defense did its thing again in the fourth quarter  They held Cedar Bluffs without a shot in the first four minutes.  It took the Wildcats until the 3:03 mark to score.  Both team added 6 points and the led stayed at nine.

 

The fourth quarter the Cougars protected their lead despite making only two of eight shots from the field.  They were deadly at the line.  L-D converted eleven of twelve.  The Cougars sent the Wildcats to the line 18 times and they made 13.

 

Dakota Riecken topped the team with 16 points.  Alex Brehmer added 11 points.

 

Cedar Bluffs     10        12        6          13        -41

LDNE              19        12        6          15        -52

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Chevy H           1          1          2/2       2          4          7

Alex B              4          0          3/5       2          4          11

Bobby S           1          0          4/4       1          3          4

Taylor F           1          0          2/2       1          2          4

Dakota R         6          0          4/5       4          1          16

Marcus H         2          0          2/2       6          2          6

David B            0          0          0/0       0          1          0

Dylan H            0          0          0/0       1          1          0

Alec A             0          0          2/2       3          0          2

Team                15/30   1/7       19/24   20        22        52

Cedar Bluffs     7/17     4/13     15/21   27        17        41

 

The Friday contest against Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family went down to the fourth quarter where a two minute scoring drought did them in as the Bulldogs pulled out a 48-41 win.

 

The Cougars showed their grit to make it a game against the taller Humphrey team. After an 8-8 first quarter, the visitors  opened nine point lead.  They rattled off nine straight points to start the second quarter. The Cougars got eight points as Hegy got a three point play, Brehmer scored two  and Simpson nailed a bomb.  The half ended with the Bulldogs leading 24-19.

 

The Bulldogs got the lead up to ten points as they scored the first five points of the half.
The score stood at 29-19 before Chevy Henneman nailed  a three.  Bobby Simpson kept the Cougars in the game with 10 points.  Riecken made the last points of the quarter, but H/LHF still led 36-34.

 

The Cougars had one more surge to make in the game.  Free throws by Hegy and Henneman tied the game.  With 3:45 left,  Simpson gave the Cougars a 39-36 lead with a shot from outside the arc.  After missing six straight the Bulldogs regained momentum with four straight hits to make it 46-39.  The Cougars offense faltered and despite the heroics of Alex Brehmer’s four steals, the Cougars managed to add only one score from Taylor Fuston in the closing minutes.

 

Bobby Simpson had a big offensive game for the Cougars with 16 points including  4 three pointers.  Riecken had  8 points and 10 rebounds.

 

H/LHF             8          16        12        12        -48

LDNE              8          11        15        7          -41

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Chevy H           1          2          1/2       0          3          9

Alex B              1          0          0/0       6          4          2

Bobby S           2          4          0/0       1          2          16

Taylor F           1          0          0/0       1          2          2

Dakota R         2          0          4/6       10        3          8

Marcus H         1          0          2/3       2          2          4

David B            0          0          0/0       1          1          0

Alec A             0          0          0/0       10        1          0

Team                8/15     6/24     7/11     21        18        41

H/LHF             15/37   3/10     9/16     28        13        52

 

The Cougars lost to Stanton on Saturday, 70-44.  “They are a really good team that we do not  match up against very well.  They have two big posts who are 6’7 and 6’5.  We were able to do much in the paint or stop their inside game.” was a comment by Coach Lahm.

 

Coach Lahm added that they could be a surprise team in the EHC tournament.

 

The (12-5) Mustangs had nine players score 4 or more points while have 18 assists divided among the team.  Kyle Sperl led them with 15 points while 6′ 7″ Heppner added 12.

 

Chevy Henneman led Northeast with 12 while Dakota Riecken had 10.

 

 

LDNE              11        10        7          16        -44

Stanton 19        13        19        19        -70

 

 

2pt       3pt       FT        F          TP

Chevy H           1          3          1/4       4          12

Alex B              1          0          0/0       4          2

Bobby S           1          1          0/0       1          5

Dakota R         3          0          4/6       2          10

Marcus H         2          0          5/7       2          9

Alec A             2          0          2/2       0          6

Team                10        3          12/19   13        44

Stanton 24        3          13/20   15        70

 

 

 

Northeast had an easy time defeating winless St Edward on Tuesday, January28.  They routed the Beavers 74-40.  This improved their record to 8-7.

 

St. Edward nailed two threes at the start of the game as they led 6-0.  It took 2:30 for the Cougars to take the lead.  Dakota Riecken scored twice before Chevy Henneman hit a three pointer which gave L-D the lead for good.  They had a 12-0 run before the next Beaver score.  The first quarter ended with the Cougars up by 21-12.

 

Northeast had a 17-3 run in the third quarter.  They hit 11 of 15 shots in the period top build a 60 to 26 lead  The fourth quarter was reserve time as 10 of the 14 points came from the bench.

 

Marcus Hegy led the scoring with 16 and rebounding with 8.  Dakota Riecken had 12 and  Chevy Henneman added 13 points.

 

Starter Bobby Simpson sat out most of the game with a leg injury.

 

St. Edward                   12        6          8          14        -40

LDNE                          21        14        25        14        -74

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP
Chevy H           1          2          5/5       1          4          13

Alex B              4          0          1/2       6          0          9

Taylor F           4          0          0/1       1          0          8

Dakota R         5          0          2/4       7          1          12

Marcus H         6          0          4/5       8          2          16

David B            2          0          0/0       0          4          4

Montana R       1          0          2/3       0          0          4

Alec A             3          0          0/0       4          1          6

Tyler H 1          0          0/0       2          0          2

Cole C             0          0          0/o       1          0          0

Team                27        2          14/19   30        11        74

St. Edward       15        3          1/6       22        19        40

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Lady Cougars Raise Record

January 30, 2014 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse

Sports Contributor for Kat Country Hub

The Lady Cougars raised their record 6-11 as they had a two win and two loss week.  They had wins over (7-12) Cedar Bluffs  and (1-12) St. Edward.  Their losses came from (16-1) Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family and (12-5) Stanton.

 

The Cougars got off to a good start with a 17 point first quarter against the Wildcats.  Tessie Collins, Lexie Bacon, and Haley Bacon gave the team a boost with three pointers at the end of the period.

 

After being down by as much as twelve points,  Cedar Bluffs worked their way back into the game as they trailed by 40-37 in the fourth quarter.

 

Haley Bacon started off the fourth quarter with a three point play.  Darcey Simonsen added another three point play and followed that with a goal and pair of free shots to build a 50-37 lead.  After the Wildcats scored twice the Cougars closed out the scoring with a 10-0 run  and claimed a 60-41 win.

 

Haley Bacon had 16 points to lead the team.

 

Facing a State rated C-2 team proved difficult for the Cougars as they fell to Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family 65-30.  The fifth rated Bulldogs were led by a Division  basketball scholarship athlete.  6′ 4″ Kaylee Jensen scored 39 game-high points.

 

“Our game strategy did not work too well,” said Coach Cronin. “We planned to let Jensen get her points and try to stop the rest of the team.  We hoped to keep them in the 40s, near what our offense scores.  We did not hold the rest of the team or score near our average.”

 

Brianne Haskell was the top Cougar with 14 points.  Abby Peterson had six rebounds.

 

Stanton rolled to a 40 to 17 half time lead behind the shooting of Becca Unger.  Unger had 21 points as she had 4 first half trifecta.

 

The Fillies picked up a 63-33 win.

 

The Cougars suffered as blow as leading scorer and point guard Brianne Haskell was injured in the first half.  She finished the game with just two points.

 

Haley Bacon and Kelley Wakeley led the team with 7 points.  Lexie Bacon had two threes for six points.

 

The Lady Cougars raised their record 6-11 as they had a two win and two loss week.  They had wins over (7-12) Cedar Bluffs  and (1-12) St. Edward.  Their losses came from (16-1) Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family and (12-5) Stanton.

 

The Cougars got off to a good start with a 17 point first quarter against the Wildcats.  Tessie Collins, Lexie Bacon, and Haley Bacon gave the team a boost with three pointers at the end of the period.

 

After being down by as much as twelve points,  Cedar Bluffs worked their way back into the game as they trailed by 40-37 in the fourth quarter.

 

Haley Bacon started off the fourth quarter with a three point play.  Darcey Simonsen added another three point play and followed that with a goal and pair of free shots to build a 50-37 lead.  After the Wildcats scored twice the Cougars closed out the scoring with a 10-0 run  and claimed a 60-41 win.

 

Haley Bacon had 16 points to lead the team.

 

Facing a State rated C-2 team proved difficult for the Cougars as they fell to Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family 65-30.  The fifth rated Bulldogs were led by a Division  basketball scholarship athlete.  6′ 4″ Kaylee Jensen scored 39 game-high points.

 

“Our game strategy did not work too well,” said Coach Cronin. “We planned to let Jensen get her points and try to stop the rest of the team.  We hoped to keep them in the 40s, near what our offense scores.  We did not hold the rest of the team or score near our average.”

 

Brianne Haskell was the top Cougar with 14 points.  Abby Peterson had six rebounds.

 

Stanton rolled to a 40 to 17 half time lead behind the shooting of Becca Unger.  Unger had 21 points as she had 4 first half trifecta.

 

The Fillies picked up a 63-33 win.

 

The Cougars suffered as blow as leading scorer and point guard Brianne Haskell was injured in the first half.  She finished the game with just two points.

 

Haley Bacon and Kelley Wakeley led the team with 7 points.  Lexie Bacon had two threes for six points.

 

After a competitive first half, the Cougar pulled away for a 55-32 win over St. Edward.

 

The Beaver trailed 25-21 at the half.  The Cougars held them to just two points in the third quarter.  They out scored them by ten and led 37-23 going into the final period.

 

A 9-2 run put the game out of reach for the Beavers.  With a 46-25 lead the teams traded points down the stretch as the Cougars went on to win by 23 points.

 

It was another good night for Haley Bacon who had 12 points.

 

Freshman Lexie Bacon added another pair of three pointers to her season’s total.  She has 22 for the year which ties her for fifth on the Lady Cougars’ chart for Three Pointers in a Season.

 

The team played without injured Brianne Haskell.

After a competitive first half, the Cougar pulled away for a 55-32 win over St. Edward.

 

The Beaver trailed 25-21 at the half.  The Cougars held them to just two points in the third quarter.  They out scored them by ten and led 37-23 going into the final period.

 

A 9-2 run put the game out of reach for the Beavers.  With a 46-25 lead the teams traded points down the stretch as the Cougars went on to win by 23 points.

 

It was another good night for Haley Bacon who had 12 points.

 

Freshman Lexie Bacon added another pair of three pointers to her season’s total.  She has 22 for the year which ties her for fifth on the Lady Cougars’ chart for Three Pointers in a Season.

 

The team played without injured Brianne Haskell.

Cedar Bluffs                 5          16        13        7          -41

LDNE                          17        14        9          18        -60

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Madie R           1          0          0/0       3          0          2

Darcey             2          0          4/5       0          3          8

Kelly W           0          0          0/3       1          2          0

Brianne H         4          0          3/6       1          4          11

Haley B            2          1          9/10     6          2          16

Tessie C           0          1          0/0       0          0          3

Lexie B            1          2          0/0       1          1          8

Vanessa P        3          0          2/6       11        3          8

Abby P            2          0          0/1       8          2          4

Team                15        4          18/31   33        17        60

Cedar Bluffs     12        2          11/18   30        21        41

 

 

 

H/LHF             22        18        14        11        -65

LDNE              7          7          11        5          -30

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Madie R           0          0          2/4       0          3          2

Darcey S          1          0          1/2       3          0          3

Brianne H         2          3          5/9       4          5          14

Haley B            1          0          1/1       2          4          3

Tessie C           0         0          0/0       3          0          0

Lexie  B           0          0          1/2       0          1          1

Vanessa P        2          0          0/2       3          2          4

Abby P            1          0          3/4       6          0          5

Team                7          3          13/24   21        14        30

H/LHF             27        1          8/14     27        13        65

 

 

LDNE              8          9          7          9          -33

Stanton           17        23        10        13        -63

 

2pt       3pt       FT        F          TP

Madie R           1          0          2/4       5          4

Darcey S         0          0          2/4       3          2

Kelly W           1          1          2/2       3          7

Brianne H         1          0          0-3       1          2

Haley B            2          1          0/0       2          7

Tessie C           1          0          0/0       0          2

Lexie B            0          2          0/0       2          6

Vanessa P        1          0          0/0       1          2

Abby P            0          0          1/4       2          1

Team                7          4          7/17     17        33

Stanton           19        5          10/20   17        63

 

St. Edward       9          12        2          9          -32

LDNE              10        15        12        18        -55

 

2pt       3pt       FT        F          TP

Madie R           0          0          1/2       2          1

Darcey S          3          0          0          2          6

Kelly W           2          1          1/2       0          8

Blair P              0          0          0/0       1          0

Haley B            5          0          2/5       1          12

Tessie C           2          1          0/0       0          7

Lexie B            1          2          0/0       1          8

Libby H            0          0          0/0       2          0

Vanessa P        3          0          3/4       1          9

Abby P            2          0          0/1       2          4

Team                18        4          7/14     12        55

St. Edward       11        2          4/7       14        32

 

 

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East Husker Conference Basketball Standings

January 29, 2014 Leave a comment


ELKHORN DIVISION – BOYS

 

Howells-Dodge            15-0     10-0

Bancroft-Rosalie           14-1     5-0

Oakland-Craig             8-8       7-1

Clarkson/Leigh            9-7       4-5

Lyons-Decatur             7-7       3-5

Scribner-Snyder           6-7       3-5

Humphrey/LHF            9-8       2-6

Pender                         1-16     1-8

 

 

ELKHORN DIVISION – GIRLS

 

Pender                         16-1     9-0

Humphrey/LHF            16-1     8-1

Howells-Dodge            10-6     7-3

Oakland-Craig             9-8      6-5

Bancroft-Rosalie           10-5     4-3

Scribner-Snyder           8-7      4-5

Clarkson/Leigh           6-11     2-7

Lyons-Decatur             5-11     0-8

 

PLATTE DIVISION – BOYS

 

West Point-Beemer      13-4     7-2

Twin Rivers                  13-3     4-2

Stanton                        12-5     8-3

Wisner-Pilger               10-5     6-3

Madison                       7-9       2-6

North Bend Central      3-11     2-6

Tekamah-Herman         3-12     2-7

Logan View                 0-15     0-8

 

 

 

PLATTE DIVISION –  GIRLS

 

Twin Rivers                  10-7     5-1

Tekamah-Herman         11-6     7-3

Stanton                          12-5     6-5

West Point-Beemer      6-11     4-5

Wisner-Pilger               6-11     4-7

North Bend Central      7-7       3-5

Madison                       5-12     1-7

Logan View                  0-15     0-7

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Basketball Tournament Brackets Announced

January 28, 2014 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse

Sports Contributor

The East Husker Conference announced their brackets for the 2014 Basketball Tournament.  The girls’ play starts on Friday, January 31 with the boys action beginning the next night.

 

With an even number of 16 teams in the EHC this year, there will be four sites during the first round.  The top four seeds get home court advantage on the opening night.  The second  round and semi finals will be hosted by the highest remaining seed in the bracket.  Finals and consolation finals will be held at Central Community College in Columbus.

 

The seeding was set by a poll of the coaches..  The girls bracket is topped by Pender and Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family.  Howells-Dodge and Stanton get the third and fourth seeds.  Howells-Dodge is the number on seed on the boys’ side, followed by Bancroft-Rosalie, West Point Beemer, and Wisner-Pilger.

 

The Cougars were placed in the twelve seed for the boys.  They will play at Wisner.  They are pitted against Twin River, the number five seed, on Saturday February 1. A win would place them against the Wisner-Pilger/Tekamah-Herman winner.  A loss means playing the loser between Stanton and Scribner-Snyder on Friday

 

The girls drew Howells-Dodge for their first game on January 31.  The game is at Dodge.  The winner is bracketed with the Twin River-West Point -Beemer winner.  The loser plays against the Stanton vs. Clarkson/Leigh loser on Thursday.

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Lady Cougars Have Up and Down Weekend

January 23, 2014 2 Comments


It was a weekend of lows and highs as the Lady Cougars were broadsided by the defending C-2 State Champions, Pender, on Friday, but put in their best game of the season on Saturday as they defeated another C-2 team in Wakefield.

 

The (13-1) Pendragons coasted a 63-20 win as 10 players put in points for C-2’s power points leader.  (8-6) Wakefield had to play catch up after the Cougars took an eight point lead at half .  The Trojans came up short 49-47.

 

Pender had a 14 point lead after one quarter and by  half the Cougars faced a 28 point deficit.  The offense never got going as the teams scored a season-low 20 points. Vanessa Peterson was a team leader with 8 points and 8 rebounds.

 

Back on the home court the Cougars played some their best ball on both ends of the court to take a well earned win.  Three players scored in double figures and the team had a decisive advantage in rebounds and steals as Northeast picked up its fourth win of the season .

on Saturday

“Mead was a nice win for us,” said Coach Cronin. “But this was a huge win for us.  We are learning how to win.  The lead slipped away from us ,but we regrouped, came back, and rebuilt out lead.:”

 

Sophomore Brianne Haskell had her hands full on defense as she guarded Wakefield’s Lauren Lehmkuhl who is averaging over 20 points a game.  Lehmkuhl got 25 points, 15 coming in the fourth quarter rally by the Trojans.  Haskell sank six free throws in a row in the fourth quarter to help keep an eight point lead.  She finished with 13 points.

 

Coach  Cronin gave a tip of the hat top Haskell.   “Brianne did an outstanding job of defending tonight against  a senior who is one of the best girl players in the state.  She put a lot of effort into that and stilled scored in double figures.”

 

After the first period ended in tie, Darcey Simonsen put the Cougars on top as she started the quarter with as basket.  The Cougars gained as much a ten point advantage as Simonsen scored 8 of her team-high 17 points.  Northeast lead 22-14 at the half.

L-D                  6          2          8          4          -20

Pender             20        16        16        11        -63

 

                        2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Madie R           0          0          2/2       0          3          2

Darcey S         0          0          0/0       2          2          0

Kelly W           0          1          0/0       1          0          3

Brianne H         1          0          0/0       6          0          2

Blair P              0          0          0/0       0          1          0

Haley B            0          0          0/1       4          4          0

Tessie C           0          0          0/0       0          1          0

Lexie B            0          1          0/0       1          0          3

Libby H            0          0          0/0       0          0          0

Vanessa P        4          0          0/1       8          3          8

Abby P            1          0          0/0       2          1          2

Team               6          2          2/4       24        14        20

Pender            23        4          4/10     –           11        63

 

Wakefield         6          8          13        20        -47

LDNE              6          16        10        17        -49

 

                        2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Madie R           0          0          0/0       1          2          0

Darcey S          3          2          5/9       5          2          17

Brianne H         2          0          9/14     2          4          13

Haley   B          3          2          2/4       6          2          14

Tessie C           0          0          0/0       0          0          0

Vanessa P        2          0          1/2       12        3          5

Abby P            0          0          0/0       7          3          0

Team               10        4          17/29   33        16        49

Wake.             10        6          9/17     27        17        47

 

 

 

Wakefield closed to within four  points early in the third quarter.   Haley Bacon’s trey was the first Cougar points after three and half minute scoring drought.  With 2:09 left the Trojans tied the score at 25 and on their next possession  they finished off a 9-0 run to take a 27-25 lead.

 

In the last 90 seconds the Cougars went on a 7-0 run to build a 32-27 lead.  Darcey Simonsen got a deuce.   Halley Bacon followed with a trey  and Simonsen added two free throws.

 

The Cougar lead seemed comfortable as it grew to ten points.  With 3:35 a Lehmkuhl three made it 43-36.   Northeast would score six more points, all from the free throw line. Wakefield added another trey, two deuces and a free shot to put to within 49-44 with 23 seconds to play.

 

Haskell’s touch at the free line deserted her.  After making six in a row, the sophomore drew iron on four straight.  She came up empty with 20 seconds and 7 seconds left in the game.  Wakefield got another Lehmkuhl three before time ran out.

 

The Cougars got 44 of their points from their guards.  Simonsen had 17, Bacon 14 and Haskell 13.  Vanessa Peterson had 12 rebounds and her sophomore sister  Abby had 7.

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Cougars Take a Pair of Wins

January 23, 2014 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse

Sports Contributor

The Cougars boys took a pair of wins over the weekend.  They earned an EHC victory over (1-13) Pender and dropped (7-7) Wakefield on a Saturday night game.

 

The Pendragons were eager to break a nine game losing streak.  They racked up 12 points as they scored on each of their first five possessions   The Cougars found themselves down 12-4,but ended the period with a 14 to 4 run.  Alex Brehmer had a pair of baskets while Bobby Simpson added a trey and deuce.  David Bishop’s score made it 18-16 at the quarter.

 

The game’s tempo slowed as both teams went to zone defenses in the second period.  Pender got a pair of three pointers to reclaim the lead, but a Simpson trey and Alec Anderson basket gave Northeast a 25-24 half time lead.

 

After the third quarter ended with the teams tied at 33 the Cougars made an 8 to1 in the first half of the fourth quarter.  While Pender had four turnovers and missed on the front end of a one and one Northeast got goals from Hegy, Henneman, and Brehmer along with two free shots from Riecken to create breathing room.   Both teams score eight points in the last half of the periods Northeast took a 49-42 win.

 

Bobby Simpson topped the team with 12 points.  Brehmer each had 8 points and 8 rebounds..

 

The Cougars took Wakefield out of the game with an early barrage of points.  LDNE jumped out to a 15-2 lead on the way to a 48-29 win.

 

Coach Lahm was elated about the wins. “We’re back above .500!  We’ve won 4 of 5 games since Christmas to get there.  It’s going to be a tough week for us to stay above .500. We take on Cedar Bluffs, Humphrey and Stanton, all are winning teams.”

 

The Cougars clamped a tight man defense on the Trojan.  Wakefield made only 8 of 32 shots.  L-D connected on 18 of 32. They out rebounded the Trojans 28 to19.

 

In the opening period Northeast got rolling with Henneman connecting on deuce and trey and Hegy coming off the bench to score 5 points.  Brehmer and Simpson had a pair of baskets.

 

Bobby Simpson topped the team with 14 points.  Hegy and Dakota Riecken chipped in  with 11 points.  Riecken got  7 in the second half.   Hegy had 8 rebounds.

 

Northeast has a 6-5 record.  They  are 3-3 in the EHC.

 

LDNE              18        7          8          16        -49

Pender             16        8          9          9          -42

 

 

 

2PT      3PT      FT        Rb        F          TP

Henneman        3          0          1/3       0          1          7

Brehmer           4          0          0/2       8          1          8

Simpson           1          3          1/2       1          1          12

Fuston              0          0          0/0       0          0          0

Riecken            2          0          4/10     7          3          8

Hegy                3          0          0/0       5          3          6

Bishop              1          0          0/1       3          2          2

Anderson         3          0          0/0       4          3          6

Team                17        3          6/18     28        14        49

Pender             9          6          8/16/    20        17        42

 

 

Wake.  12        2          6          9          -29

L-D      19        6          11        12        -48

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Chevy H           1          2          0/0       4          3          87

Alex B              1          0          1/2       5          4          3

Bobby S           3          1          4/6       3          1          14

Taylor              0          0          0/0       0          0          0

Dakota R         5          0          1/2       4          1          11

Marcus H         4          0          3/8       8          2          11

David B            0          0          0/0       1          0          0

Montana R       0          0          0/1       2          1          0

Dylan H            1          0          0/0       0          0          2

Alec A             0          0          0/0       1          0          0

Team                15        3          9/19     28        12        48

Wake.              8          0          13/18   19        13        29

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Cougars win one, lose one

January 15, 2014 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse

Sports Contributor

The Cougar boys had one win and one loss  during the second week’s action in January.  Northeast took a win over EHC foe Tekamah-Herman, but lost on the road to Mead.  For the year they have a 4-5 record.   They are 2-3 in the EHC.

 

Northeast got a 46-30 win over (3-8) Tekamah-Herman.  The’ teams started the game off by trading points.  Dakota Riecken, Chevy Henneman, and Bobby Simpson each scored while the Tigers used their 6′ 4″ posts to pull off a high low play to get three scores for Dustin Schmidt.

 

The Cougar defense adapted to their foe and shut them down after that.  LDNE had a 15-8 first quarter lead.

 

5′ 11″guard Alex Brehmer moved inside to take on one of the 6′ 4″posts while Dakota Riecken took on the other.  “These two guys have to be the best defenders in the conference,” said Coach Lahm.  “They have all the fundamentals down and stay low.  It’s a pleasure to see them play defense.”

 

Northeast tacked on four more points to their lead halftime.  The score was 25-14 at intermission.

 

In the second half  Northeast had as many as a 17 point lead.  They score the last 5 points after the Tigers had closed to within 11 points.

 

Dakota Riecken led the team with 16 points.  He was 6 for 7 from the field and 4 for 4 at the line.  He made it a double-double with 12 rebounds.  Alex Brehmer added 10 points.

 

 

T-H      8          6          2          14        -30

L-D      15        10        4          17        -46

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Chevy H           1          1          3/4       3          1          8

Alex B              5          0          0/2       2          3          10

Bobby S           1          1          4/4       3          2          9

Taylor F           0          0          0/0       1          1          0

Dakota R         6          0          4/4       12        4          16

Marcus H         0          0          1/4       1          5          1

David B            0          0          0/0       1          2          0

Dylan H            1          0          0/0       0          0          2

Alec A             0          0          0/0       1          0          0

Team                14        2          12/18   24        19        46

T-H                  7          2          10/23   15        15        30

 

“We played one of our best games,” commented Coach Lahm about the loss to Mead.  “They were just the better team on Saturday night.  We were down by twelve in the second half and got back to within one point.  We just could not finish it off.”

Bobby Simpson was instrumental in the come back.  He led the team with nineteen points.  The senior guard had 5 three-pointers.

 

Alex Brehmer had a second straight game with double digit scoring.  He put in 10 points.
The Cougars also got 12 points from Riecken and 10 points from Hegy

 

L-D      8          9          20        16        -53

Mead   13        12        19        13        -57

 

 

2pt       3pt       FT        RB       F          TP

Chevy H           1          0          0/0       0          1          2

Alex B              5          0          0/1       3          4          10

Bobby S           2          5          0/0       4          2          19

Taylor F           0          0          0/0       0          3          0

Dakota R         4          0          4/5       5          3          12

Marcus H         4          0          2/2       7          3          10

Team                16/32   5/19     6/8       20        17        53

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Lady Cougars Lose in Overtime

January 15, 2014 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse

Sports Contributor

“We played eight and a half quarters of hard all out basketball this weekend” was how Coach Cronin evaluated his girls play this past weekend.  The Lady Cougars came away with a heart breaking overtime loss to Tekamah-Herman and a well earned road win at Mead.

 

Northeast got the jump on (7-5) Tekamah-Herman as they opened with a 9-0 run.  With Vanessa Peterson leading the way with two baskets the Cougars had a comfortable lead until the Tiger offense kicked in.  T-H scored the next ten points and took a 10-9 lead into the second quarter.

 

The Tigers would score six from the line and six from the field as they took a 22-15 lead at half time.  The Cougars struggled through the quarter with 3 for 13 shooting and missed all three of the free shots.

 

After being out scored by two in the third quarter, the Cougars were down by 13 early in the fourth quarter when  T-H knocked down their first two shots of the period.  With T-H leading 34-21 Haley Bacon got the ball rolling with a trey with 6:20 to play.  With two minutes to play the score stood at 34-30 after Bacon added two free throws and Darcey Simonsen and Vanessa Peterson made baskets.

 

With  Tekamah Herman missing their last nine shots of the quarter, the Cougars were poised to take the game.  Haley Bacon got the lead down to two, 34-32, on a score with 1:29 to play.  Brianne Haskell knotted the game up with a drive of the lane at the 52 second mark.

 

Both teams failed to score in the fading seconds of the game.  The Cougars had the best shot a win when Darcey  Simonsen  was fouled hard while driving the lane.  Simonsen had to leave the game as she came  up gimpy.  Coach Cronin inserted Haley Bacon to take her free shots on a one and one situation.  Bacon’s first shot rimmed off and T-H rebounded.

 

In over time the Cougars put up six shots , but none of them found the mark.  The Tigers got a free shot early in the overtime and later added a basket for as three point lead.  The game was not decided until Hannah Tobin’s free shot made it a two possession game with 7 seconds to play.

 

Haley Bacon was the Max Prep player of the game.  She scored 11 points while dishing 3 assists and grabbing 5 rebounds.

 

T-H      10        12        8          4          4          -38

L-D      9          6          6          13        0          -34

 

\                       2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Madie R           1          0          0/0       2          5          2

Darcey S          1          0          1/2       5          0          3

Kelly W           0          0          0/0       0          0          0

Brianne H         2          0          1/5       8          3          5

Haley   B          3          1          2/5       5          3          11

Tessie C           0          0          2/2       1          1          2

Lexie B            0          1          0/0       0          0          3

Vanessa P        3          0          0/1       12        3          6

Abby P            1          0          0/1       3          3          2

Team                11/33   2/10     6/16     36        20        34

T-H                  13-/39  1/1       9/17     30        18        38

 

The Saturday night game at Mead took some of the sour taste from the teams’ mouth as defeat the (5-5) Mead Raiders.  A solid team effort game them a 41-38 victory.

 

The Cougars shot 42% on two points shots to overcome a 7 for 17 night at the free throw line.  They had two three pointers.

 

Senior Vanessa Peterson took player of the game honors with double-double of 13 points and 13 rebounds.  Brianne Haskell led the team with 16 points.

 

Coach Cronin was elated to claim a 2-1 mark against D-2 schools.  “When we play against schools our size we are very competitive.  It’s tough to go against larger school with a bigger player pool.  I wouldn’t trade these girls, though.  They are a pleasure to work with and are giving it their all.”

 

For the year the girls have a 3-8 record.  They are 0-5 against EHC opponents.

 

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Madie R           0          0          3-6       3          4          3

Darcey S          0          1          0/0       1          0          3

Kelly W           0          0          0/0       0          0          0

Brianne H         6          1          1/3       5          4          16

Haley B            0          0          0/o       3          3          0

Tessie C           1          0          1/2       1          0          3

Lexie B            0          0          0/0       1          1          0

Vanessa P        6          0          1/2       13        2          13

Abby P            1          0          1/2       1          0          3

Team                14/32   2/10     7/17     30        14        41

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Cougars dominate Allen

January 9, 2014 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse

Sports Contributor

Both Photo Credit/Rhonda Hansen, LDNE.

Both Photo Credit/Rhonda Hansen, LDNE.

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Allen                4          6          7          9          -26

LDNE              15        14        9          14        -62

 

 

2pt       3pt       FT       Rb       F          TP

Chevy  H         1          2          2/2       1          3          10

Alex B              1          0          0/1       4          2          2

Bobby  S          0          4          0/0       0          0          12

Taylor  F          2          0          1/1       4          2          5

Dakota R         6          0          2/2       23        3          14

Marcus H         2          0          1/2       4          3          5

David   B         2          0          0/0       8          3          4

Montana R       0          1          0/0       0          1          3

Dylan H            0          1          0/0       0          2          3

Alec A             2          0          0/1       3          2          4

Tyler H             0          0          0/0       0          0          0

Team               16        8          6/9       28        19        62

Allen               7          1          9/22     11        13        26

 

The Cougars boys had an easy warm-up for 2014 with a 62-26 drubbing of winless Allen on January 3.  The Eagles fall to 0-8 while the Cougars stand at 3-4.

 

The coach took little pleasure in the easy win as the heart of the season starts in January.

“The next six games will be key for our season,” said Coach Lahm.  We could be 9-4 or we could be 3-13.  They are all winnable, but we have to play our best.  They are all going to be well contested.”

 

The opponents for the Cougars in the next three weeks are (3-6) Tekamah-Herman, (6-2) Mead, (4-5) Wakefield, (6-3) Cedar Bluffs, and (4-6) Humphrey Lindsay/Holy Family.

 

The Cougars never trailed against Allen.  Five different Players put in points as Northeast opened a 15-4 first quarter lead.  Bobby Simpson led the way with two treys.

 

By half time the lead grew to 39-10.  In the second half Coach Lahm turned the game   over to the underclassmen.  They outscored Allen 23-16.  “It was nice to give them a chance to play.  We are hoping that some of the other players will be inspired to work for a varsity uniform.”

 

Northeast connected on 24 of 43 shots while holding Allen to 8 of  26 shooting.  Dakota Riecken, Bobby Simpson and Chevy Henneman scored in double figures.  LDNE  had a 28-11 advantage in rebounding with David Bishop leading the way with 8.

 

Northeast hosts Tekamah-Herman next Friday.  On Saturday,  they travel to Mead for a 2:00 PM contest.

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New School Record Set by Lady Cougar Lexie Bacon

January 9, 2014 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse

Sports Contributor

The Lady Cougars started the 2014 year with a loss to (4-5) 58-45.  They head into a busy January with contests against seven teams with winning records.  Included in the schedule are two C-2 power houses (8-1) Pender and (10-0) Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family.

 

The Cougars got off to a great start as they got points from five players in the first period.

Darcey Simonsen, Brianne Haskell, Abby Peterson, and Kelly Wakeley all scored goals.  With Vanessa Peterson free shot they tied the Eagles at eleven.

 

The wheels slowed in the second period.  Allen stepped up the pressure with their zone defense.  After an early score by Haley Bacon the team went to the four minute mark before Brianne Haskell added a free throw.  Allen had gained a three point advantage.  Another Haskell basket brought it back to 17-16.  Allen had a 12 to 3 run  to close out the half.

 

Allen moved out to a 33 to 19 lead in the third period as they scored the first six points of the half. The Bacons scored all the points for the Cougars as  freshman Lexie scored five points and senior Haley closed scoring with a basket.  Northeast trailed 39-26.

 

Allen rattled off seven straight points to start the fourth period as they build a twenty point lead.  The Cougars turned to the long ball to try and reel in the high flying Eagles.

.Northeast  made four three pointers in the last two minutes to cut a twenty two point deficit down to the final score of 58-45.  Lexie Bacon hit on five of eight attempts from behind the arc in the fourth period.  Classmate Kelly Wakeley closed the scoring with a three pointer.

 

Lexie Bacon had a game-high 20 points to lead the Cougars.  She had six three pointers along with a deuce.  Her six threes is a new school record.  It erased the mark of five set by Brandi Bovee in 1998 against Dodge and matched by Ashley Bacon against Logan View in 2010.

 

Northeast will take on  (5-4)Tekamah-Herman and (5-2) Mead this weekend.

 

Allen

Photo Credit/Rhonda Hansen, LDNE

Photo Credit/Rhonda Hansen, LDNE

11        16        12        18        -58

LDNE              11        8          7          19        -45

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\

2PT      3PT      FT        F          TP

Madie  R          0          0          0/0       1          0

Darcey S         1          0          0/0       2          2

Kelly    W        1          1          0/0       0          5

Brianne  H        2          0          1/2       5          5

Haley B            3          0          0/0       3          6

Tessie C           0          0          0/0       0          0

Lexie B            1          6          0/0       1          20

Libby H            0          0          0/0       1          0

Vanessa P        1          0          3/6       3          5

Abby P            1          0          0/0       0          2

Team                10        7          4/8       16        45

Allen                15        5          13/18   13        58

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