Lady Cougars Drop Two in Holiday Tournament

By Clare Wiltse

Sports Contributor

LDNE              11        6          3          11        -31

S-S                  13        8          10        14        -45

 

                        2pt       3pt       FT        F          TP

Madie              1          0          0/0       2          2

Darcey             1          2          2/2       2          10

Brianne            3          0          1/2       4          7

Haley               0          0          1/2       0          1

Lexie                0          2          1/2       1          7

Vanessa           1          0          1/2       0          3

Abby                0          0          1/2       1          1

Team                6          4          7/12     10        31

S-S                  12        4          9/10     9          45

 

LDNE              11        10        6          10        -37

Mercy              11        9          18        10        -48

 

                        2pt       3pt       FT        F          TP

Madie              2          0          1/2       2          5

Darcey             0          1          0/4       4          3

Kelly                0          0          0/0       1          0

Brianne            3          2          6/8       0          18

Haley               1          0          2/2       4          4

Lexie                0          0          0/0       1          0

Libby               0          1          0/0       0          3

Vanessa           0          0          2/9       2          2

Abby                0          0          2/2       0          2

Team                6          4          13/27   15        37

Mercy              15        4          6/12     15        48

 

 

The Lady Cougars lost both games in the Lyons-Decatur Holiday Tournament.  Scribner-Snyder won 45-31 on the opening night.  Omaha Mercy won the consolation game 48-37.

 

Darcey Simonsen had 8 of her team-high 10 points in the first quarter against  (4-3) Scribner-Snyder.  A three point third quarter doomed the Cougars who trailed by four at the half.

 

In the consolation game,  Breanne Haskell had a big game with 18 points.  Sidnea Brown led the Mercy girls with 16.

 

Northeast led at the half by the score of 21-20.  They went 7 for  17 from the line in the first half. The girls fared little better in the second half as they ended up with 13 of 27 from the charity stripe.

 

The Cougars start the New Year with a January 3 contest against(2-4)  Allen.

Lady Cougars Win One, Lose One

By Clare Wiltse

Sports Contributor

LDNE              10        13        23        14        -60

Bergan             6          6          5          7          -24

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Madie              4          0          0/0       4          1          8

Darcey             0          0          3/6       5          0          3

Kelly                1          0          0/1       1          1          2

Brianne            7          0          2/4       2          1          16

Haley               1          2          2/4       3          3          10

Tessie               0          0          2/2       1          2          2

Lexie                1          0          0/0       2          1          2

Libby               2          0          0/0       2          1          4

Vanessa           4          0          3/4       7          1          11

Abby                1          0          0/0       2          0          2

Team               21        2          12/21   29        11        60

Bergan            9          0          6/10     17        14        24

 

 

H-D                 21        21        12        19        -73

LDNE              8          6          9          13        -36

 

2PT      3PT      FT        Rb        F          TP

Madie              0          0          5/10     –           4          5

Darcey             1          0          1/1       –           3          3

Kelly                0          0          0/0       –           1          0

Brianne            2          0          2/2       –           2          6

Haley               1          0          0/0       –           2          2

Tessie               0          0          0/0       –           2          0

Lexie                1          2          0/0       –           1          8

Libby               0          0          2/2       –           1          2

Vanessa           0          0          2/2       –           1          2

Abby                0          0          0/0       –           0          0

Team               10        2          112/19 –           17        36

H-D                 29        2          9/13     –           15        73

 The Lady Cougars won on the road and lost on the home court during the last week.  The split brings their record to 2-4 going into the Holiday break.  They are till looking for a win against East  Husker Conference opponents.

 

On December 17 they travelled to Fremont to take on the (1-6)Bergan Knights.  Northeast had a comfortable 23 to 12 half time lead and put the game away with 23 third quarter points.  The final score was 60-24.

 

The Cougars had eight player put points in the book in the third period.  Haley Bacon led the way with a trey and two free shots   while  Madie Ronnfeldt was close behind with 4 point on two goals.

 

Haley Bacon was Coach Cronin’s choice for the player of the game for Max Preps.  The Senior forward ;had 10 points 2 assists, 3 rebounds and 5 steals in the win.

 

Brianne Haskell had twelve of her game-high 16 points in the first half.  Vanessa Peterson  chipped in with 11 points while having a team-leading 7rebounds.

 

The (5-3) Jaguars raced to a 42-14 half time lead as they won 73-36.  Howell – Dodge had four in double figures. Guards Jill Rocheford . Breanne Brester, and Leah Grovijohn  had 36 of their team’s points   Center Emily Brichacek  had 10. Rocheford was the top scorer with 15.

 

Vanessa Peterson led the Cougars with 10 points.  Lexie Bacon came off the bench to score 8 points in the second half.  She was named the S&W Player of the game for Northeast by 107.9The Bull radio station.

 

After a short break for Christmas the girls return to action on December 27.  They will take on Scribner-Snyder in the Lyons-Decatur Holiday Tournament. In the other bracket is Emerson-Hubbard and Omaha Mercy.

Cougars fall to Jaguars

By Clare Wiltse

Sports Contributor

The Northeast boys ran into a buzz saw as they closed out their pre Christmas schedule in basketball.  They found the D-1’s defending state champion team from Howells-Dodge to be the real deal in a 75-38 defeat.  The Jaguars have an 8-0 record.  Northeast slips to 2-3.

 

“They are the best team that I have coached against here at Lyons-Decatur,” proclaimed Coach Lahm.  “They don’t have any weaknesses.  They play tough defense.  We tried to force outside shots and they buried them and when we went out to challenge their shooters  they beat us in the paint.”

 

The Jaguars were led by 6′ 5″Luke Hegemann  who had 17 points and15 rebounds.  Jesse Faltys was close behind with 15 points.

 

Bobby Simpson and Marcus Hegy were the top Cougars with 10 points each.   Dakota Riecken added 8 points.

 

The Jaguars hits  30 of 60 shots.  They had 22 two pointer and 8 treys.  Northeast struggled with 15 of 46 shooting.  They missed ten treys before Marcus Hegy found the range on two in the fourth quarter.

 

The taller Howells-Dodge team  out rebounded LDNE 41 to21.

 

Northeast will host a Holiday Round Robin after the Christmas break.  With the co-op of Humphrey and Lindsay Holy Family they chose to play in Lindsay’s holiday tournament .  That leave three teams for Lyons-Decatur.   The Cougars will play Scribner-Snyder on December 27.  They will play Emerson-Hubbard on December 30.

 

H-D     22        17        17        19        -75

L-D      9          14        2          13        -38

 

                        2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Chevy H           0          0          2/4       2          4          2

Alex B              3          0          0/0       2          1          6

Bobby S           5          0          0/0       2          1          10

Taylor F           0          0          0/0       0          1          0

Dakota R         3          0          2/3       6          0          8

Marcus H         1          2          2/4       3          1          10

David B            0          0          0/1       4          2          0

Montana R       0          0          o/o       1          1          0

Dylan H            0          0          0/0       0          0          0

Alec A             1          0          0/0       1          0          2

Team               13        2          6/12     21        12        38

H-D                 22        8          7/13     41        16        75B

Cougars Receive Football Honors

By Clare Wiltse

Sports Contributor

The state’s two largest newspapers recognized Cougar Senior Quarterback Alex Brehmer as a part of their All-Nebraska D-2 team.  Brehmer was selected by both papers as a defensive back.  Brehmer was one of four quarterbacks listed on the All State team by the Omaha World-Herald.  The first team quarterback spot went to state champion Falls City Sacred Heart’s Chaz Dunn.  The other three rested  on their merits as a defensive player.

 

The honor was a repeat notation by the Omaha World-Herald and a first for the Lincoln Journal Star.

 

Brehmer ended the year on the Bobby Mills 1000 Yard Club with 1808 yards, eleventh best in Nebraska High Schools. He was the second best rusher in D-2.  Brehmer was one of three to log a 1000-yard rushing season for the third time.  He also passed for 844 yards this seasonll state.

 

Brehmer’s defensive numbers were worthy of honors as he was second on the team with 123 tackles from his defensive back position.  He has four interceptions and caused one fumble.

 

Six schools including Northeast had two 1000 yard rushers.  Chevy Henneman joined Brehmer with 1265 yards. Henneman was named honorable mention by both papers.

 

The Cougars’ top tackler, Dakota Riecken, earned an honorable mention from each publication.  Dakota had 175 tackles, 2 interceptions and a fumble recovery.  He caught 26 passes and scored 8 touch downs.

 

The World-Herald also gave honorable mention to David Bishop.   The 155 pound senior anchored one end of the line for the Cougar defense.  He had 57 tackles and an interception.

 

The Cougars finished the 2013 season with an 8-2 record.  The Omaha World-Herald rated them at number seven in D-2 in their final ratings.

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Cougars Play Two Tough Games

Lyons-Decatur Northeast went head to head with Scribner-Snyder last Thursday in a hard fought basketball game.

Seven Cougars hit the hoops for the Cougars. Dakota Riecken had 20 points and two rebounds. He also went six for ten at the line.

Henneman had six points, Brehmer 4, Simpson seven, Hegy five, Bishop five and Montana Riecken had two.

Despite all of their efforts, the Cougars lost 57-52. “Scribner-Snyder is a good team that is always improving. We must continue to learn and accept our roles,” stated Head Coach Derek Lahm.

Saturday night LDNE played Bancroft Rosalie. This game wasn’t quite the match-up as the Scribner-Snyder game was as the Cougars lost 84-60.

Despite the loss, the Cougars had four players hit double figures, with Dakota Riecken leading the way again this game with 21 points and eight rebounds.

Henneman and Brehmer each had ten points, Simpson had eight, and Hegy had ten.

Brehmer went five for seven at the line, D. Riecken went six for ten and Hegy hit four out of six.

The score is not a reflection of the effort the Cougars made. “The game was a 10-point game until the 6:30 mark of the 4th quarter. We need to eliminate silly mistakes and turnovers and make some adjustments in terms of our effort on defense and rebounding,” said Derek Lahm.

The Cougars next round of action is on Fri.. Dec. 20^th at home against Howells-Dodge. Games begin with JV hitting the court at 4:30 p.m.

 

 

LDNE Volleyball Season Wrap-Up

By Clare Wiltse

Sports Contributor

The Lyons-Decatur Volleyball team finished the year with a District Runner-Up Plaque, but a rugged schedule that included three State qualifiers eliminated them from a winning record. Two EHC teams were in the elite eight.  Howells-Dodge and Humphrey/LHF each beast LDNE twice.

 

Northeast finished with an 11-23 record.  The team with four seniors had five more wins that in 2012. They had a three match winning streak early in October. The Cougars finished with a 3-8 mark against EHC teams.  At the EHC tournament, they took twelfth in the sixteen team contest.  They got encouragement with an win over a D-2 team, Bancroft-Rosalie who would be in their sub-district.

 

After playing against larger schools during the year, Northeast’s move to the NSAA D-2 playoffs seemed like a snap.  Northeast had a pair of 3-1 wins to move to the District finals.  They had wins over Winside and Bancroft-Rosalie, who had as winning record. Their season came to an end as fourth rated Mead defeated the L-D girls in three hard fought sets.

 

The 2013 rotation included four seniors, two sophomores, a junior and freshman.  Senior Hannah Christiansen and junior Darcey Simonsen were named honorable mention members of the EHC  All Conference team.  Hannah led the team in Ace Serves and Blocks.  Darcey was a provided a stable ball handler as she had had 453 Set Assists.

 

Team leaders were Brianne Haskell with 245 kill while Hannah Christiansen followed with 130.  Hannah topped the team with 41 aces with Brianne having 36.  Brianne topped the team in digs with 395 while libero Sarah Alford had 338.  Blocking found Vanessa Peterson on top with 122 with Hannah at 98.

 

The team says goodbye to four seniors.  Haley Bacon, Vanessa Peterson and Hannah Christiansen had three years on varsity.  Sarah Alford was on varsity the last two years.

 

The 2014 team will look forward to a team with four experienced players.  Darcey Simonsen will be a senior setter. Brianne Haskell and Maddie Ronnfeldt will be juniors and Kelly Wakeley will be coming off a learning freshman year.

Cougars’ season comes to an end

 

Northeast’s football season came to an end as the Irish  of Falls City Sacred Heart eliminated them in the second round of the State Playoffs by the score of 56-14.

 

It all came down to the Cougars’ inability to stop the run.   After a fruitless first three possessions of trying to pass on the Cougars, the Irish turned to the ground game.  They got their opening scoring on a read option from 23 yards out.

 

Northeast had the lead for a short part of the first quarter.  After the Northeast’s ground attack was stuffed by FCSH, they went to the air.  Alex Brehmer connected with Taylor Fuston for a 50 yard gain.  Alex Brehmer finished off the drive with a 10 yard run.  A PAT pass to Marcus Hegy had LDNE on top 8-7.

 

FCSH came roaring back with three breakaway TD runs.  Another read option run by Chaz Dunn covered 39 yards.  It was followed by two sprints by Sawyer Kean from beyond midfield.

 

Northeast broke into the scoring column shortly before half.  Marcus Hegy made a one hand catch in the back of the end zone.  The half ended with the Cougars trailing 29-14.

 

The second half was all Irish as Kean scored four times.  The 165 pound junior had a career-high night as he finished with 6 touchdowns.  He carried the ball 20 times and gained 288 yards.

 

Northeast made it to the Red Zone three times in the second half.  They turned the ball over on downs each time.  In the third quarter FCSH wrestled an interception away from a Cougar receiver on a 4th and 11 from the twelve yard line. The last drive of the game ended  when FCSH broke up a pass to  Dakota Riecken on a fourth and goal.

 

“Our lack of size hurt us in the Red Zone,” said Coach Maresh.  “We were losing the battle up front.  Our running game was not as effective as in previous games and Alex had no time to pass.”

 

The coach gave the FCSH team many compliments. “They were a complete team. Their kicker gave them hidden yards as returns were hard to come by.  Their defense was very good  and aggressive.  Their roster was deep.  They wore us down.”

 

Alex Brehmer finished his career with 144 rushing yards on 28 carries.  He was forced to pass 34 times and competed 10 for another 133 yards.  Chevy Henneman had a tough night as he gained only 32 yards, 22 coming on one run, while carrying the ball 11 times.  He did complete a halfback pass for 25 yards.

 

Henneman caught 1 pass for 17 Yards.  Dakota Riecken caught 6 passes for 56 yards.  Marcus Hegy snagged 2 throws for 10 yards. and Taylor Fuston 2 for 75 yards.

 

The Cougars had 331 totals yards.  A season low of 173 came from rushing and 158 from passing.  The Irish totaled 403 yards- 360 rushing and 43 passing.

 

Dakota Riecken finished off a stellar defensive career with 15 tackles.  Brehmer had 8 including 2 TFLs. Chevy Henneman had 9.  Taylor Fuston picked off a pass shortly before half time.

 

After finishing with  8-2 record Maresh added, “We had a rooster of 17 this season.  I don’t think that we could have gotten any more out of them.  It’s sad to  see the season end. It was really enjoyable the way the community backed us.  The road trip to Daykin and way the town turned out to cover our field with plastic before the rain shows what small town life is about.”

FCSH              15        14        20        7          -56

LDNE              8          6          0          0          -14

 

 

 

First Quarter

 

LDNE              0          FCSH  7

Dunn                            23 Yard Run

                                    PAT    Haralabidis Kick

 

LDNE              8          FCSH              7

Brehmer                       10 Yard Run

                                    PAT     Hegy Pass Reception

 LDNE              8          FCSH              15

Dunn                            39 Yard Run

                                    PAT     Kean Run

 

Second Quarter

 

LDNE              8          FCSH              22

Kean                            48 Yard Run

                                    PAT  Haralabidis Kick

 

LDNE              8          FCSH              29

Kean                            45 Yard Run

                                    PAT Haralabidis Kick

 

LDNE              14        FCSH              29

Hegy                            9 Yard Pass from Brehmer

                                    PAT  failed

 

Third Quarter

 

LDNE              14        FCSH              36

Kean                            1 Yard Run

                                    PAT Haralabidis Kick

 

LDNE              14        FCSH              43

Kean                            57 Yard Run

                                    PAT Haralabidis Kick

 

LDNE              14        FCSH              49

Kean                            9 Yard Run

                                    PAT   Kick blocked

Fourth Quarter

 

LDNE              14        FCSH              56

Kean                            3 Yard Run

                                    PAT Haralabidis Kick