Cougars Fall Short for District Championship

October 28, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The Cougars efforts for a district championship fell short as they lost to Wynot 52-36. They end the regular season with a 5-3 record. Their district record is 4-1. Wynot has a 7-1 mark with a 5-0 showing in district action.

Wynot used a 32 point first quarter to pull away for their16 point win. They were led by Cody Stratman who rushed for 162 yards and 4 touchdowns and caught one pass for 34 yards.

“Stratman is a very nice athlete,” said Coach Maresh. “He is not really physical, but is really quick and hard to corner.” Stratman is the defending State Champion in the Class D long jump.

Montana Riecken had a 162 yard rushing night for the Cougars. He scored 2 touchdowns. For the season he has 1344 yards and 25 touchdowns. He completed 2 of 6 for 26 yards passes with 1 interception. Benny Estrada broke a sixty yard scoring run as he led the Cougars with 143 yards.

The Blue Devil defense bottled up Northeast for most of the night. They held Marcus Hegy to just 43 yards on 17 carries. They recovered two LDNE fumbles along with one interception.

Wynot had a total of 398 yards. They ran for 258 and passed for 140 yards. Northeast came up with 309 rushing yards and only 26 passing.

Bren Shatto, Marcus Hegy, and Montana Riecken had double figures in tackling. Shatto and Hegy had 13 while Riecken had 11. Hegy Caused a fumble and had a pick six.

The Cougars made the field of 32 in the D-2 State Play Offs with their 5-3 record. Their power rating of 40.50 earned them the #11 seed in the East Bracket. They will play at #6 seed Lawrence-Nelson on Thursday. The Raiders have a 7-1 record with their only loss to 2014 State Champion Exeter-Milligan.
LDNE 6 0 8 22 -36
Wynot 32 20 0 0 -52

1st Quarter

Stratman 16 Yard TD Run 0-8
Pass good

Riecken 1 Yard TD Run 6-8
Run no good

Stratman 40 Yard TD Run 6-18
Pass Good

Stratman 34 Yard Pass Reception 6-24
pass good

Stratman 5 Yard TD Run 6-32

2nd Quarter

Sudbeck 23 Yards Pass Reception 6-38
pass no good

Wieseler 4 Yard TD Run 6-44
pass no good

Sudbeck 10 Yard TD run 6-52
Pass good

3rd Quarter

Riecken 4 Yard TD run 14-52
Riecken to Kroger good

4th Quarter

Hegy Int return 78 Yards 22-52
Riecken to Vetick good

Benny Estrada 9 Yard TD run 30-52
pass no good

Benny Estrada 60 yard td run 36-52
Riecken run good

Tackles

Solo Assisted Total TFL
Hegy 5 8 13
Vetick 3 3 6
Riecken 3 8 11
Hardeman 0 1 1
Shatto 6 7 13
Christiansen 4 0 4
Kroger 3 5 9 1

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Lady Cougars Down Pender, Improve Record to 15-15

October 27, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The Lady Cougars got an EHC win over Pender last week.  It was a big win because it raised their record to 15-15.  After starting out with a 2-9 record the Cougars have come on strong with thirteen wins their last nineteen matches.

Going into their final regular season match Tekamah-Herman Coach Hathaway stated,  “It is a good feeling going into a game against T-H with a .500 record. We are looking to advance that to a winning record as we head into subs.”

Hathaway commented about the sub-districts that,  ” (14-15)  Bergan is whom we will most likely be playing against 1st round. They are going to be a solid team with a heavy outside hitter. We are probably pretty evenly matched so it will be a good game either way.”

The sub-district matches will be held next week at Oakland-Craig.  Cedar Bluffs, Fremont Bergan, Omaha Christian Academy, Omaha Nation, and LDNE are schools that will be competing.

Northeast defeated the Pendragons in three sets.  Outside hitters Brianne Haskell and Kelly Wakeley had a big night with 12 and 10 kills respectively.  The team tallied 30 kills while hitting 0.195

LDNE 26 26 25
Pender 24 24 10

Abby Peterson   15 digs
Brandi Simonsen  1 dig
Brianne Haskell   2 aces   12kills  2 blocks  10 digs
Kelly Wakeley   1 ace  10 kills  1 block  15 digs
Lexie Bacon   4 aces   15 set assists  11 digs
Madie Ronnfeldt   1 ace  2 kills  3 blocks  1 set assist  2 digs
Mickayla Petersen  1 kill   1 block  6 set assists   7 digs
Libby Henneman  1 dig
Tessie Collins   5 kills   3 blocks   2 digs

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Northeast Comes From Behind to Beat Emerson-Hubbard

October 27, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The Northeast football team made a major come back as they defeated Emerson-Hubbard 54-50 before a Homecoming crowd.  They trailed 50-30 going into the final quarter.  The Cougars held the Pirates scoreless while scoring three touchdowns along with the all important PATs to get the win.  The final score came on a 68 yard pass from Montana Riecken to Jon Christiansen.

Northeast jumped out to a 22 to 8 first quarter lead, but the next two quarters belonged to Emerson-Hubbard.  The Pirate outscored Northeast 42 to 8.

Both team scored 7 times, but Emerson-Hubbard was turned back the Cougar defense on the PAT three times.  Northeast got three touchdown runs from both  Riecken and Marcus Hegy and a TD reception by Jon Christiansen.   Hegy  added one PAT run while Riecken got two.  Northeast got six more points from two PAT passes to Tyler Kroger and one to Jayden Vetick.

The Cougars rushed for 313 yards, but they were well below their average with only 4.5 yard per carry.  Montana Riecken gained 124 yards on 29 carries.  Marcus Hegy rushed 34 times for 162 yards. Benny Estrada added 23 yards and Jon Christiansen gained 4.

Northeast threw seven passes.  Montana Riecken completed four.  Jayden Vetick caught one for 10 yards.  Jon C gained  84 yards on three receptions.

Riecken was the star on defense with 19 tackles , 2 TFLs.  His interception in the  fourth quarter allowed the Cougars to run out the clock. Jon Christiansen had 14, Tyler Kroger 12, and Marcus Hegy 11. Cole Christoffersen had a blocked punt.

The Cougar put themselves in a District championship game with the win.  They have a record of 5-2 with a 4-0 mark in district action.  On Thursday,  they travel to Wynot for the regular season finale.  The Blue Devils are 6-1 and also 4-0 in the district.

Defense Tackles

Solo   Asst   Total TFL
Marcus Hegy 7 4 11 0
Jayden Vetick 0 7 7 0
M. Riecken 6 13 19 2
Dustin Burgett 0 1 1 0
Benny Estrada 1 0 1 0
Tyler Hardeman 1 4 5 0
Bren Shatto 2 7 9 0
Nick Ronnfeldt 1 2 3 0
J. Christiansen 5 9 14 1
Tyler Kroger  5 7 12 0

E-H 8 22 20 0 -50
LDNE 22 0 8 24 -54

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Oakland-Craig Blasts Homer

October 22, 2015 Leave a comment


The Oakland-Craig Knights had no problem defeating Homer last Friday night, scoring 68 unanswered points.

“The guys really did a good job of coming out and taking care of business. We did a good job of staying focused and not playing sloppy,” stated OC Head Coach Joe Anderson. “I was very proud of our younger kids. They got to play more than two quarters and I thought they played very physical and really showed a lot of improvement.”

Tomorrow night, Oakland-Craig takes on Wisner-Pilger in Oakland. Be sure to cheer on the Knights to victory. Also, the members of the 1995 Oakland-Craig football team will be recognized at half-time!

Oakland-Craig easily dominated Homer in last Friday's football game. All photos credit of Cheri Droescher.

Oakland-Craig easily dominated Homer in last Friday’s football game. All photos credit of Cheri Droescher.

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Lady Cougars Earn Ninth Place in EHC Tournament

October 20, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The Lady Cougars went on a roll at the EHC Conference Volleyball Tournament.  After losing the first match against West Point-Beemer Northeast went into the loser’s bracket.  In these consolation games LDNE picked up three straight wins and claim ninth place in the tournament.

The Cougars did all this without starting outside hitter Brianne Haskell.  Brianne was attending the Global World Food Prize Youth Institute in Des Moines.

“Our team is so amazing to work with,” said Coach Angela Hathaway. “The remaining 9 girls that we had for the Conference Tournament pulled together, adjusted, and did all that I asked of them. We had to move a few girls around and play a freshmen that didn’t have much experience, but the girls all play well together and that translated throughout the games. “

After dropping their match to the Cadets in straight sets Northeast came back with a 25-14, 25-13 conquest of Madison.  They were spurred on by Madie Ronnfeldt who hit 0.545 with 7 kills..  The team hit 0.316 for the match.

Kelly Wakeley gave the team a boost with 11 kills when they defeated Clarkson/Leigh in the consolation semi-finals on Saturday morning.  LDNE put up winning scores of 25-20 and 25-16.  Abby Peterson transitioned from her libero position to play in the front row.

The coach commented, “Kelly is a solid player for us. She stepped up her game with her hitting and her defense. Abby transitioned over to a right side to play in all six rotations. It was fun to watch the girls in some different roles.”

In he finals, the Cougars struggled on the attack against Bancroft-Rosalie as they hit only 0.071 and had 13 hitting errors.  Madie Ronnfeldt had another  outstanding game with 5 kills and 11 digs

“Madie stepped up her game for both games. Her defense and offense were on point. We did have some hitting errors but our defense backed us up.,” said the Coach.

Earlier in the week the Cougar had a home match against North Bend Central..  The C-1 rated Tigers overpowered Northeast in three straight  games, 25 too 10, 21, and 18.  The Cougars attack was led by Kelly Wakeley with 7 kills and Tessie Collins with 5.

NBC 25 25 25
LDNE 10 21 18

Abby Peterson  5 digs
Brandi Simonsen  1 dig
Brianne Haskell   3 kills   9 digs
Kelly Wakeley  7 kills   9 digs
Lexie Bacon  1 kill  7 set  assists  9 digs
Madie Ronnfeldt  4 kills  1 dig
Mickayla Petersen  2 kills    11 set assists  4 digs
Tessie Collins   5 kills   1 dig

East Husker Tournament

WP-B 25 25
LDNE 14 10

Abby Peterson  1 kill 4 digs
Brandi Simonsen  1 dig
Kelly Wakeley  3 kills   10 digs
Lexie Bacon  2 kills  6 set  assists  2 digs
Madie Ronnfeldt  1 kill  1 kill  6 dig
Mickayla Petersen  1 kill   1 dig
Tessie Collins   2 kills

LDNE 25 25
Madison 14 14

Abby Peterson  1 kill 5 digs
Brandi Simonsen  5 digs
Kelly Wakeley  4 kills   8 digs
Lexie Bacon  14 set  assists  3 digs
Madie Ronnfeldt  1 ace  7 kills   1 block
Mickayla Petersen  1 ace  2 kills  1 dig
Sophia Henneman  4 aces
Tessie Collins   2 kills   2 blocks   6 digs

LDNE 25 25
C/L 20 16

Abby Peterson  2 kills  1 set assist  4 digs
Brandi Simonsen  10 digs
Kelly Wakeley  1 ace   11 kills   7 digs
Lexie Bacon  1 ace  18 set  assists  6 digs
Madie Ronnfeldt  1 ace  7 kills   1 block    11 digs
Mickayla Petersen   2 kills  1 dig
Sophia Henneman   3 digs
Tessie Collins    1 ace     3 digs

LDNE 25 25
B-R 17 21

Abby Peterson  1 kill    1 block   1 set assist  8 digs
Brandi Simonsen  3 digs
Kelly Wakeley   3  kills   9 digs
Lexie Bacon  2 aces  13 set  assists  9 digs
Madie Ronnfeldt  1 ace  5 kills   1 block    11 digs
Mickayla Petersen   1 ace   4 kills  1 set assist
Sophia Henneman   1 ace
Tessie Collins    4 kill   2 blocks   1 set assists   5 digs

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Cougars Beat Winside, Raise Record to 4-2

October 14, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

Northeast’s Cougars raised their record to 4-2 with a 72-22 win over (1-5) Winside.  They are undefeated in district action with two games to play.  They will test their 3-0 district record against Emerson-Hubbard who is 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the district this week.

After a hard fought first quarter, the game became a rout in the second period.  Montana Riecken’s 1 yard run was the only score of the quarter, but Riecken’s interception on the last play of the period set up LDNE for a 15 yard scoring run by Marcus Hegy as the second quarter started.

Coach Maresh turned to his bag of tricks and pulled off an onside kick on the ensuing kickoff. After the successful attempt Northeast marched for a score by Riecken.  Northeast caught the Wildcats off guard a second time with another onside kick and built a 26-0 lead when Hegy scored from three yards out.

Things got even worse for the visitors as they fumbled on their first play from scrimmage after the score.  Northeast got another score by Riecken to reach a 34-0 lead.  A 39 yard romp by Hegy and 5 yard dash by Benny Estrada put the running clock in effect for the second half.

The Cougars offense continued its explosive play as they gained 462 total yards.  According to MaxPreps, Northeast leads all eight man teams in Nebraska with 450.2 per game. They have an average of 352 yards rushing with 7.7 yards a carry.  They have 38 rushing and 6 passing TDs.

Montana Riecken was held to a season low of 85 yards rushing.  He scored three times to bring his total to 19.  The junior passes 7 times, completing 5 for 130 and a touchdown. For the year he has rushed for 1097 and passed for 588.

Riecken passed to Jon Christiansen four times for 100 yards.  Jon had a 35 yard TD reception in the third period.  Tyler Kroger made a 30 yard reception.

Marcus Hegy rushed for 141 yards and 3 TDs.  For the season he has gained 583 yards and scored 13 times.

Benny Estrada added 91 yards with three touchdowns and Jacob Whitaker rushed three times for 15 yards.

The defense was headed by Jon Christiansen who had 10 tackles 2 TFLs and an interception.  The Cougars limited the Wildcats to 156 yards rushing on 34 carries.  Winside gained 116 yards passing on 6 completions of 20 attempts.

Tackles Solo Asst Total  TFLs  F Rec   Int
Marcus Hegy 3 4 7
Jacob Whitaker 2 1 3
Jayden Vetick 3 3 6 1
Mont Riecken 5 2 7 1 1 1
Dustin Burgett 1 2 3 1
Benny Estrada 2 2 4
Tyler Hardeman 4 1 5
Bren Shatto 1 4 5
Nick Ronnfeldt 0 1 1
J Christiansen 3 7 10 2 1
Tyler Kroger 4 1 5
Dean Gibbs 0 0 0 1

Winside         0 8 8 6 -22
LDNE 6 42 8 16 -72

1st Quarter

Riecken 1 yard TD Run
2-pt run no good                  6-0

2nd Quarter

Hegy 15 Yard TD Run
2-pt Pass no good 12-0

Riecken 1 yard TD Run
Hegy 2 Pt Run good 20-0

Hegy 3 Yard TD Run
2-pt run no good 26-0

Riecken 6 Yard TD Run
Hegy 2 pt run good 34-0

Hegy 39 Yard TD Run
2 pt no good 40-0

Benny Estrada 5 Yard TD Run
2 pass from Riecken to Burgett         48-0

Winside Watters to Escalara 4 Yard TD Pass
2pt pass Good 48-8

3rd Quarter

Riecken to Christiansen 35 Yard TD Pass
Hegy Run good 56-8

Winside Watters to King 4 Yard Pass
Pass Good 56-16

4th Quarter

Estrada 9 Yard TD Run
Estrada Run Good 64-16

Winside Escalara 4 Yard TD Run
no good 64-22

Estrada 23 Yard TD run
Whitaker 2 pt run good         72-22

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Lady Cougars Make Clean Sweep with Two EHC Wins!

October 14, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

Lady Cougar volleyball made a clean sweep for the week with two EHC wins.   They had straight set wins over both (2-20) Logan View and ( 10-12) Bancroft-Rosalie.

LDNE will take an 11-13 record against (16-3) NBC in the last home match of the season on Tuesday.  Their number ten seed in the EHC tournament will put them up against (10-9) West Point-Beemer in the first round on Thursday in North Bend. A win over West Point-Beemer would probably mean a rematch against Tuesday’s foe, North Bend Central

The Cougars blew through Logan View with 25-6, 25-18, and 25-12 wins.   The team pounded out 30 kills with a .231 hitting average.   They had 8 ace serves.

Against Bancroft-Rosalie, found themselves trailing 7-2 in set one after the Lady Panthers came out with a flurry of kills and three ace blocks by Tess Nottleman.  After a time out the Cougars got a kill by Tessie Collins and after the side out Sophia Henneman served up a pair of aces to  narrow the gap to one point.   Northeast went onto to a 25-19 win.

“To be completely honest, our girls were overly excited to play B-R. We were hitting the ball right into the block and making some silly errors. So in the time out, we talked about playing our game and to stop making B-R’s middle look really good. We had to not just avoid the block but also use the block for our benefit,” said Coach Hathaway.  “The girls adjusted well and came out firing for the rest of the game!”

Northeast never trailed in the second game.  Lexie Bacon started off the set with an ace serve and finished off the Panthers with another.   Brianne Haskell had five of her game-high 14 kills and  Kelly Wakeley added three.

Ace serves book ended the  25-15 win  in game three. On the Cougars’ first service Brianne Haskell opened with an ace and Kelly Wakeley closed out the match with another.

Sophia Henneman led a Cougar serving attack that had 11 ace serves.  The sophomore had 5. The Coach commented, “Sophia is a very aggressive server. We have seen it all season, but during the B-R game she was able to eliminate some of the errors she has made in the past to keep the run going.”  Lexie Bacon and Madie Ronnfeldt added two aces each.

Brianne Haskell tied a season-high with 14 kills in the match.  Her kills at the end of the second set stopped a  B-R rally after they had closed to within  three points.  “Brianne has always been a consistent player,”  said Coach Hathaway.  “She was able to attack the ball aggressively throughout the entire game.  She showed great leadership on the court and is a player that we can always rely on. ”

The Coach reflected the EHC Tournament and said, “We are looking forward to our rematch against WP-B. We saw them first game out for the season and it was a close match up. It will be a great game. ”

Logan View 6 18 12
LDNE 25 25 25

Abby Peterson   14 digs
Brandi Simonsen  1 dig
Brianne Haskell    1 aces 6 kills  14 digs
Kelly Wakeley  3 aces  8 kills   1 block  7 digs
Lexie Bacon  2 aces  2 kills  17 set assists  9 digs
Libby Henneman  1 set assist
Madie Ronnfeldt  6 kills 3 digs
Mickayla Petersen  4 kills   5 set  assists  8 digs
Sophia Henneman  2 aces  2 digs
Tessie Collins  3 kills  1 block   1 dig

B-R 19 19 15
LDNE 25 25 25

Abby Peterson   23 digs
Brianne Haskell    14 kills  2 set assists  10 digs
Kelly Wakeley  1 ace  6 kills    12 digs
Lexie Bacon  2 aces  2 kills  16 set assists  7 digs
Madie Ronnfeldt   2 aces   5 kills 1 block   3 digs
Mickayla Petersen  4 kills   9 set  assists  9 digs
Sophia Henneman  5 aces  3 digs
Tessie Collins  1 ace  5 kills   1 block

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Oakland-Craig Takes Down Stanton, no Game This Week

October 8, 2015 Leave a comment


The Oakland-Craig Knights blew past Stanton last Friday night 33-14 in a thriller for the OC fans.

“This was a big win for our team. The guys really prepared well and came out ready to play.  We were able to jump on them early in the 1st quarter, which took them out of some of the things that they like to do.” stated OC Head Coach Joe Anderson. “I thought our line did a good job up front which allowed Hoss and Cole to have big nights on the ground.” 

There won’t be a game this week, as Laurel-Concord forfeited this week’s game to the Knights.

“Unfortunately, we don’t get to get back out there and play this week. We will try to use this week to heal up some of our injuries and work a lot on some fundamental things that we are doing wrong,” Anderson said.

OC quarterback Cole Mitchell had a great night against Stanton. Photo Credit/Cheri Droescher.

OC quarterback Cole Mitchell had a great night against Stanton. Photo Credit/Cheri Droescher.

OC's Tommy Nelson makes a great catch in the game against Stanton. Photo Credit/Cheri Droescher

OC’s Tommy Nelson makes a great catch in the game against Stanton. Photo Credit/Cheri Droescher

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Cougars Beat Allen, Raise Record to 3-2

October 6, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The Northeast Cougars raised their record to 3-2 with 72-6 win over  (2-3) Allen.  They are undefeated in district play with a 2-0 record.  Next up for the Maroon is (1-4) Winside in a home contest.

“We jumped on them early,” said Coach Maresh.  The Cougars scored on their first three possessions and a pick six by Montana Riecken gave them a 28-0 lead.  “It was his pure athletic ability to make a one-hand snag and return it for a TD; you cannot coach that into a player.” stated the Coach.

The junior quarterback continued to lead the offensive attack with 208 yards on the ground and passed for 106.  Riecken scored five touchdowns.

“It was a team effort.  With the big lead we got to sub a lot.  Seven players scored and everyone had a defensive tackle.”

The Cougars piled up 491 total yards.  They rushed for 374 and passed for 117. Northeast had 38 rushes for a 9.8 average.  They went 6 for 7 in passing.

Riecken carried  13 times for 208 yards.  Benny Estrada carried 10 times for 104 yards.  Marcus Hegy added 57 yards and Jacob Whitaker carried for 10 yards.

Riecken passes found Jayden Vetick twice for 36 yards and Jon Christiansen twice for 36 yards and a TD.  Tyler Kroger had a 38 yard reception.   Jacob Whitaker and Dustin Burgett teamed up for an 11 yard TD pass.

The Eagles were limited to 135 yards on the ground and 18 yards passing.  The Cougar defense held them to as meager 2.8 yards for carry and had five takeaways.  Allen completed only four of nine passes with two interceptions.

Maresh added that Marcus Hegy had a standout night.  The senior linebacker had a team-high 13 tackles, 3 being solos.  He caused and recovered a fumble.

Defense

Solo    Assisted     TFL Sack FR FC Int
Marcus Hegy 3 13 1 1
Jacob Whitaker 2 1 1
Jayden Vetick 2 5 1
Mont. Riecken 4 7 1
Dustin Burgett 1 4 .5
Benny Estrada 1
Dean Gibbs 1
Tyler  Hardeman 3 7 1 .5 1
Bren Shatto 2 9 1 .5
Joey O’Connor 1 1 1
Nick Ronnfeldt 3 .5
Jon Christiansen 4 3 1
Tyler Kroger 2 12                     1
Seth Totten 1
Cole Christoffersen 1 1

LDNE 28 24 8 12 -72
Allen 6 0 0 0 -6

1st    Quarter

Hegy 3 yard TD run 8-0
2pt no good

Riecken 10 yard run  16-0
Hegy run good

Riecken 16 yard run  22-0
Pass no good

Riecken 29 INT return  28-0
Run No good

#22 Allen 3 yard run
pass no good 28-6

2nd   Quarter

Hegy 20 yard TD run
Fumble recovery good Nick Ronnfeldt  36-6

Riecken 53 yard TD run               44-6
Hegy run good

24 yard TD pass from Riecken to Christiansen
Hegy run good   52-6

3rd   Quarter

Riecken 55 yard TD run
Riecken pass to Kroger good 60-6

4th   Quarter

Whitaker to Dustin Burgett 11 yard TD pass 66-6
pass no good

Benny Estrada 49 yard TD run 72-6
Run no good

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Lady Cougars Improve on Record

October 6, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

It was a busy week for the Northeast  Lady Cougars.  LDNE had seven matches and were able to win four of them.  They have a record of 9-13

Tuesday they journeyed to Wisner for a double triangular competition which put them up against Howells-Dodge and Madison.  The Lady Jaguars are a top ten team in D-1 with a 12-5 record and the Cougars took them to a third game before falling, 2-1.  Northeast out hit Howells-Dodge 38 to 31 in kills and had 7 ace serves to three for H-D.  Brianne Haskell had a match high 14 kills.

Madison with a 2-14 record was a tune up game before they  took on Howells-Dodge.  Northeast swept them 2-0.  Both setters,  Lexie and Mickayla had 11 set assists.

Thursday took the girls to Boys Town  where they beat the hosts in straight sets, 25-7 and 25-12.  They had 13 ace serves against the (6-12) Cowgirls.  Lexie Bacon had 5.

The main event was the contest against (15-4) Cedar Bluffs.  The Wildcats were rated in the top ten in D-1 and lead the Cougars’ sub-district in power points.  After losing the first set, the Cougars came back with a 25-17 win and finished them off 25-22.

“It was a great match up for us. We have had a lot of close games that have not ended in our favor. Cedar Bluffs is a good team and it was a great win for our girls,” said Coach Hathaway.  “We have a possibility to meet up again with Cedar Bluffs. We know we have the capabilities to win that game and it will be a battle. “

Saturday was the Clarkson Tournament.  The Cougars started the brackets against Clarkson/Leigh.  The second match of the season the (7-10)  Patriots took the Cougars to a five set match.  This time the Cougars won easily taking 25-9 and 25-22 wins.

In the semi-finals Northeast took on David City Aquinas.  The (7-7) Monarchs lost four of their first five matches.  They are six and three since then with two losses to rated teams. LDNE took the first game 25-21, but lost 25-18 and 25-19 in the next two.  Both Brianne Haskell and Kelly Wakeley had 9 kills.

Northeast finished in fourth place after losing to Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family 2-0.  The (13-6) Bulldogs have beaten Northeast twice this season with their tall front line.

Northeast has a road match at (2-19) Logan View and will host (10-10) Bancroft-Rosalie this  week.

“B-R is a good team. We are excited to play B-R because we are a fairly evenly matched team. It will be a good match for sure and I believe that defense will be the key to winning that game,” said the Coach.

Next week they will have their last home match when (15-3) North Bend Central come to Lyons.  The Tigers are rated in C-1.  It will be another tough match for the girls.  Coach Hathaway commented,  “I think our schedule helps us out quite a bit. We don’t play “easy” teams by any means. Our schedule is challenging which is what our program need in order to move forward. ”

The EHC tournament starts October 15 with the Cougars being seeded tenth in the sixteen team league.

Wisner Double Triangular

26-24  LDNE
25-23  H-D
25-22  H-D

Abby Peterson  15 digs
Brandi Simonsen  2 aces
Brianne Haskell  1 ace  14 kills  1 block  18 digs
Kelly Wakeley  9 kills  20 digs
Lexie Bacon   18 set assists  13 digs
Madie Ronnfeldt  2 aces  5 kills  1 block  4 digs
Mickayla Petersen  1 ace   4 kills  2 blocks  12 set assists  9 digs
Sophia Henneman  1 ace   1 dig
Tessie Collins  6 kills  1 dig

25-20  LDNE
25-14  LDNE

Abby Peterson  17 digs
Brandi Simonsen  1 dig
Brianne Haskell  1 ace  8 kills  8 digs
Kelly Wakeley  1 ace   5 kills  14digs
Lexie Bacon 1 kill  11 set assists  2 digs
Libby Henneman  1 set assist  2  digs
Madie Ronnfeldt   4 kills  1 block  1 dig
Mickayla Petersen  12 aces   2 kills   11 set assists  3 digs
Tessie Collins  4 kills   1 set assist  1 dig

Boys Town Double Triangular

25-18  CB
25-17  LDNE
25-22  LDNE

Abby Peterson  21 digs
Brandi Simonsen  3 digs
Brianne Haskell     5 kills   14 digs
Kelly Wakeley  1 ace  10 kills  18 digs
Lexie Bacon   18 set assists  16 digs
Madie Ronnfeldt    6 kills  3 blocks  2 digs
Mickayla Petersen   5 kills  3 blocks  12 set assists  9 digs
Sophia Henneman  2 digs
Tessie Collins  6 kills  1 block  3 digs

25-7    LDNE
25-12  LDNE

Abby Peterson  3 digs
Brandi Simonsen  1 ace  3 digs
Brianne Haskell  3 aces  3 kills  7 digs
Kelly Wakeley  1 ace   4 kills  8 digs
Lexie Bacon  5 aces  2 kills 10 set assists  4 digs
Madie Ronnfeldt  3 kills  1 block
Mickayla Petersen     1 kill  1 block  6 set assists  1 dig
Sophia Henneman  2 ace s  2 dig
Tessie Collins  5 kills  2 blocks   1 set assist

Clarkson Tournament

25-9    LDNE
25-22  LDNE

Abby Peterson  11 digs
Brandi Simonsen   2 digs
Brianne Haskell  4 kills  1 block  10 digs
Kelly Wakeley  1 ace   6 kills  4 digs
Lexie Bacon  3 aces  7 set assists  3 digs
Madie Ronnfeldt  3 kills  4 blocks  1 dig
Mickayla Petersen  2 kills  2 blocks 8 set assists  4 digs
Tessie Collins  2 kills  2 blocks

25-21  DCA
25-18  LDNE
25-19  DCA

Abby Peterson  1 set assist 18 digs
Brandi Simonsen   3 digs
Brianne Haskell   9 kills  12 digs
Kelly Wakeley  1 ace   9 kills  20 digs
Lexie Bacon  1 ace  1 kill  18 set assists  6 digs
Madie Ronnfeldt  3 kills  2 block  s  6 digs
Mickayla Petersen  7 kills 11 set assists  9 digs
Sophia Henneman  2 digs
Tessie Collins  4 kills  1 block   1 dig

25-20  HLHF
25-20  HLHF

Abby Peterson  8 digs
Brianne Haskell   1 ace  8 kills  9 digs
Kelly Wakeley  1 ace   6 kills  9 digs
Lexie Bacon  13 set assists  3 digs
Madie Ronnfeldt  3 kills  1 block   1 digs
Mickayla Petersen  2 kills  5 set assists
Sophia Henneman  1 dig
Tessie Collins  2 kills  1 block   1 dig

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