Wakeley and Henneman Top Placers at O-C Invite

May 14, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

Coach Steve Hosch used the O-C Invite for a tune up for the district track meet coming up on Wednesday May 13.  The Cougar boys scored in three individual events and skipped the relays.  They tallied 16 points and finished 8th.

 

Jon Christiansen competed in just the long jump and had P.R. leap of 19 feet 8 inches.  He placed fourth.

 

Chevy Henneman ran a 52.4 400M and took second.  Benny Estrada won his heat in a P. R. 54.3.  He finished in fifth place.

 

Joey O’Connor ran his best 3200M race of the season.  His clocked an 11:13.8 took the fifth place medal.  Dylan Hardeman ran a P.R. time of 2:12 in the 800M, but finished just out of the medals.

 

The Lady Cougars had nine scoring entries as they scored 35 points for a 7th place finish.

 

Kelly Wakeley took the silver in the long jump with a leap of 15 feet 6 inches.  Her triple jump of 32 feet 0.75 inch was good for fifth place.

 

The 1600M girls, Sophia Henneman and Tessie Collins both set P.R.s as they took third  and sixth place.    Sophia turned  in a 6:05.0 and Tessie a 6:12.0.  Coach Hosch was pleased to see how hard they competed to move up in the last lap.

 

In the sprints Northeast got a fifth in the 100M from Cierra French and a fourth from Brianne Haskell in the 200M. Cierra had a time of 13.5 and made the finals of the 200M with a P.R. of 28.2.  Brianne posted her career best of 27.9   The 400M relay team changed order with Cierra handing to Brianne followed by Madie Ronnfeldt and Kelly Wakeley and had their best time of the season at 54.2 for a 3rd place.

 

In the discus, Abby Peterson continued to improve as she threw 111 feet 7 inches and took fourth place.  It was a tough day for Darcey Simonson who had four throws sail out of bounds.  She took fifth on her one good toss of the day, 107 feet 4 inches.

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Simonsen Posts Second Best Throw in Class D Discus

May 8, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The East Husker Conference Track meet was a real classic as the EHC has some of the best track athletes in the state this season.  Twenty marks from the meet rate in the top six in the various classes by the girls.  One mark was a state leading time and another topped the Class D.

 

The Lady Cougars scored just 16 points to take 14th place in the sixteen school event.
The boys finished 12th with 23 points.

 

Darcey Simonsen posted the second best throw in Class D discus this spring  with a heave of 125 feet 4 inches.  Her mark placed her third in the EHC.  Abby Peterson came through with a P.R. of  111 feet 4 inches and took fourth.

 

The girls relay of Brianne Haskell, Cierra French, Madie Ronnfeldt, and Kelly Wakeley took sixth in the 4×100.  They had a season best time of 54.7.

 

Cierra French added an eighth in the 200M dash.  She had a P.R. time of 28.3.  Darcey Simonsen added an eighth in the shot put with a career best 34 feet 5 inch heave.

 

The boys top finish was a third by the 4×100 relay.  Jon, Benny Dylan and Chevy clocked a 46.7.  They came back in the next event and took fourth in the 4×400 relay.   They improved their time to 3:41.6.

 

Chevy Henneman picked up a fourth in the 400m dash.  53.1 was his time.   Dylan Hardeman got seventh in the 300 hurdles.  He ran  a 44.6   Jon Christiansen had a off day in the triple jump and finished in fourth place with a top leap of 38 feet 11 inches.

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Cougars Have Season Bests at Wisner-Pilger Invite

May 8, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The Cougar track squads are peaking as the conference meet is nearing.  At the Wisner-Pilger Invitational Meet, on April 28, there were  three big P.Rs for individuals and the relays came together as there were three season bests.

 

The girls 400 relay broke 56 for the first times as they took second with as time of 55.5  The boys matched their placing with a 46.7.  They followed that up with a win in the 1600 relay in 3:41.8.  Team members for the girls were Brianne Haskell, Cierra French, Darcey Simonsen, and Kelly Wakeley.  Jon Christiansen, Benny Estrada, Dylan Hardeman, and Chevy Henneman made the both of the boys relays.

 

Dylan Hardeman knocked almost 2 seconds off his best in the 300 hurdles with 44.5 second place finish.  Kelly Wakeley broke through the sixteen foot barrier  and won the long jump with a 16m feet 0.5 inch effort.  Abby Peterson improved three feet in the shot put.  She took fourth with a 35 feet 8 inch toss.

 

The girls tallied 56 points for fifth place.  Two placed in the 100M with Cierra French taking fourth in 13.7 and Madie Ronnfeldt came back to form after injuries to place fifth in 13.9. Brianne Haskell took fifth in the 200 in 29.1.

 

Distance runners Sophia Henneman and Tessie Collins took second and third in the 1600M.  Sophia ran a 6:13.5 ad Tessie a 6:15.6.

 

Wakeley added a fifth in the triple jump with a mark of 32 feet 1.5 inches.  Peterson made a toss of 101 feetnm2  inches in the discus for another fifth.  Darcey Simonsen threw 116 feet and collected the silver.

 

The boys took sixth with 51 points.  Chevy Henneman had a second place in the 400M with a 52.9.  Jon Christiansen was second in the triple jump with a mark of 40 feet 0.50 inch and second in the long jump with a leap of 18 feet 11 inches.

 

Joey O’Connor placed six in the 3200M in 11.38.5.

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Cougars Try New Events, Earn Top Places at T-H Invite

April 28, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The coaches shuffled the events for several athletes at the Tiger Invitational Track meet at Tekamah.  They got a look at Chevy Henneman, Dylan Hardeman and Darcey Simonsen in new events and they came through with top places.

 

A sprinter during last season, Chevy has moved up to long sprints this year and has an impressive 52 second 400M run.  At Tekamah he ran his first 800M.  The senior came through in the longest race he has ever run with a second place time of 2:12.6.

 

Dylan Hardeman has been running the 800M and the 300 hurdles.  Because they follow one another he can’t run both in the same meet.  In the Tiger Invite he moved down to the 400M and posted a fifth place time of 56.6.  He came back later to place third in the 300M hurdles with a P.R. of 46.2.

 

Darcey Simonsen has been racking up points in the weight events.  Last Tuesday, she had season best throw of 119 feet 5 inches in discus which earned the silver medal.  She followed with a sixth in the shot put with a 33 feet 3.75 inch heave.  For the first time this spring she competed on the track as she teamed with Brianne Haskell, Cierra French, and Kelly Wakeley for a fourth place 400M relay.  They ran 56.0 as they just  nudge out by Bergan.

 

Jon Christiansen medaled in both the long and triple jumps.  He placed second in the triple with a leap of 41 feet.    In the long jump his 18 feet 7 inch effort placed sixth.

 

Joey O’Connor got third in the 3200 run.  His pace got him to the finish line in 11.30.6.

 

Abby Peterson had her best day ever in the field events.  The junior thrower had a P.R toss of 104 feet 7 inches in the discus.  She followed up with another P.R. in the shot put heave of 33m feet 5.5m inches.  Both Marks earned fifth place.  Libby Henneman got second in the shot with a heave of 33  feet 10.5 inches.

 

Kelly Wakeley got a third and fifth place in the jump pits.  Her hop, step, jump of 31 feet 11 inched netted the bronze and she leaped 15 feet 1.75 inches for fifth place.

 

The girls got points in two track events.  Cierra French placed fifth in the 100M with a time of 14.2.  Brianne Haskell ran a 1:08.5 400M for a sixth place.

 

In the team competition the Cougars placed sixth with 31 points.  The Lady Cougars tallied 36 points and finished seventh.

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Cougars Host Invite, Both Teams Place 6th

April 22, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

Northeast High School hosted their Cougar Invitational Track Meet on April 14.  LDNE’s girls claimed sixth place with 53 points.  The boys tied for sixth with 47 points.  Oakland-Craig claimed both the both and girls crowns.  Three Meet Record were established.  Ashleigh Carr of  O-C put her name on both hurdle events while Bradley Bunner of Clarkson/Leigh eclipsed, LDNE athlete, Joel Bacon’s mark  with a 22.6 time in the 200M dash.

 

It was a big day for the Lady Cougars’ weight throwers.  They scored 26 of the team’s 53 points.  Darcey Simonsen had a season’s best toss of 116 feet 4 inches in the discus for a second place.  She had a P.R. of 34 feet 7.5 inches in the shot and took fourth place.

 

Libby Henneman had a P.R. toss of 35 feet 1 inch in the shot which placed third.  A P.R. of 97 feet in the discus took fifth place.  Abby Peterson took seventh in the discus and eighth in the shot with throws of 94 feet and 31 feet 10 inches respectively.

 

Kelly Wakeley and Brianne Haskell scored in four events.  Kelly took fifth in the long jump with a leap of 15 feet 5 inches and sixth in the triple jump with a 31 foot 10 inch mark.  Brianne ran a 1:06.6 400M and a 29.1 200M for a sixth and eighth place.  The two were part of the 400 and 1600 relays.  Together with Cierra and Destanie French  they placed 4th in the 400 relay in57.6 and 6th in the 1600 relay in 4:51.4.  Cierra added a seventh in the 100M dash with a 13.4.

 

Natalie Castle-Gosch placed fifth in the 3200 M run in 14:01. and Sophie Henneman scored a seventh in the 1600M run with a 6:22.5.

 

Jon Christiansen claimed the Cougar’s only gold medal with as 41 foot 1m inch effort in the triple jump.

 

Chevy Henneman placed third in the 400M dash.  The top three runners blanketed the finish line within 0.03 second of one another.  His time of 52.1 was a P.R. by over two seconds.

 

Joey O’Connor took second in the 3200M run and eighth in the 1600M run.  His times were 11:38 and 5:40.   Benny Estrada added a sixth in the 200M dash with a 24.1 and Dylan Hardeman placed third in the 800M run with a 2:15.7

 

The relays gave the Cougars some valuable points.  The 4×100 took fourth in 47.3 and the 4×400 placed second in a season’s best 4:45.8.  Jon Christiansen, Benny Estrada, Dylan Hardeman, and Chevy Henneman were the team members.

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Cougars Face Tough Competition at Tiger-Cadet Meet

April 14, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The Tiger-Cadet Track Meet gave the Cougar athletes some tough competition in the ten team meet.  Wahoo and Arlington won the girls and boys divisions respectively.  The Northeast boys racked up 24 points for an eighth place finish.  The Lady Cougars placed ninth with 15 points.

 

Jon Christiansen got his first gold medal in the triple jump. The sophomore took the title with a 41foot 7 inch leap.

 

Chevy Henneman placed second in the 400M dash.  He had P.R. with his time of 54.56.  He was .65 seconds ahead of third place.

 

Darcey Simonsen  took the bronze in the discus throw.  Her best mark was 113 feet 8 inches.  She was the top finisher for Northeast in the sot put, but finished out of the medals with a 32 foot 1 inch put.

 

Freshman Sophia Henneman was in the thick of it in a four competitor sprint to the finish in the 1600M run.  She came in third, one second behind first place.

 

Dylan Hardeman placed fifth in the 800M run with a time of 2:16.3.

 

The girls got six place finishes from Brianne Haskell and Cierra French.  Brianne ran 1:07. 7 in the 400M dash.  Cierra sprinted a 14.31 100M.  Natalie Castle-Gosch had a career best 13:55.7 in the 3200M run. She also finished sixth.

 

The boys capped of their scoring with a fourth place finish in the 4×400 relay.  Team members were Jon Christiansen, Dylan Hardeman, Chevy Henneman, and Benny Estrada.  Their time was 3:50.9.

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Cougars Medal at Stanton Invitational

April 8, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The last day of March provided perfect weather for a track meet and the Cougars took advantage of it with some great marks at the Stanton Invitational.  While the small squads limited their scoring, the teams got the most of their athletes..  The boys scored 36 points for a sixth place and the girls tallied 61 for a fifth place, four points from third.  West Holt won the boys division with 169 points while Stanton took the girls division with 125 points.

 

Darcey Simonsen pulled off a sweep of the weight events.  The senior thrower had  a career best shot put heave with a 33 feet 7.5 inch for the gold.  The state medalist in the discus took the Stantontitle with a toss of 108 feet 6 inches.

 

Benny Estrada was the team’s other gold medalist.  The sophomore won the 400 meter dash in 55.15 seconds.

 

Joey O’Connor placed second in the 3200 run with a time of 11:26.7.  He doubled back to take sixth in the 1600.  He was clocked in 5: 17.9

 

Dylan Hardeman picked up second place points in the 800 run.  The senior has a time of 2:15.1.

 

Jon Christiansen earned two medals.  He had a leap of 40 feet  5.5 inches  in the triple jump which placed him in third.  His 24.6 in the 200 dash placed fifth.

 

Chevy Henneman picked up a sixth in the 100 dash with a time of 11.82.

 

The girls swept the shot put.  Joining Darcey Simonsen on the podium were Abby Peterson with a 32 foot 5.5 inch effort and Libby Henneman with a 32 foot 3.5 inch heave.  Peterson added a fifth in the discus with an 83 foot 7 inch toss.

 

Kelly Wakeley placed in both horizontal jumps.  She placed sixth with long jump of 14 feet 7 inches.  Her triple jump of 32 feet 0.5 inch took fourth place.  Wakeley claimed sixth in the 200 with a time of 29.06.

 

In the distant runs Northeast got a fourth and fifth in the 1600 meters.  Sophia Henneman ran a 6:12.0 and Tessie Collins a 6:13.0.  Natalie Castle-Gosch took fifth in the 3200 run with a time of 14.27.6

 

In the 400 dash Brianne Haskell took fourth and Cierra French took fifth.  They had times of 1:07.8 and 1:08.97.  Destanie French had a seventh place finish with a time of 1:13.4.  The threesome teamed with Kelly Wakeley in the 4×100 relay.  They took fourth in 56.05.

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Four Cougars Receive Honors

April 2, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The post season brought honors to four Cougar Roundballers for their efforts during the 2014-15 season.  Brianne Haskell earned a girls second team All Conference recognition from the East Husker Conference coaches.  Alec Anderson was placed on the third team All Conference for the boys.  Chevy Henneman and Darcey Simonsen were given honorable mention honors.

 

Brianne was the cog that made the Lady Cougars offense click as they won 15 games.  She led the team with a 14 point average, but also played a valuable role as the point guard.  During the season she dished out a school record 98 assist, 4.1 per game.  She also set a school record of 105 made free throws.  Brianne is looking forward to big things during senior season next year.

 

Alec scored 371 points for a 16.9 average.  He led the team with 177 rebounds.  The junior also set a school record with 99 made free throws.

 

Chevy averaged 11.2 points per contest and had 39 steals..  Darcey is a fellow senior and scored 7.4 ppg while leading the team with 43 steals,.

 

Last Sunday, The Omaha World-Herald listed Brianne Haskell as an Honorable Mention member of the D-2 All State Team.

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Cougars Start Track Season in Wayne

March 25, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse

The Cougar track teams got their first taste of competition at he Wayne State College Indoor Meet held on March 20.  No team scores were taken in this small schools division contest.

 

Senior Chevy Henneman had a busy afternoon as he placed in three events.  He qualified for the finals of the 55 meter dash with a time of 6.99 seconds.  In the finals he improved to 6.97 and placed second.  His 56.51 clocking in the 400 meter dash was good enough for a third place.  Chevy finished off his day with a relay win.  He teamed with Jon Christiansen, Dylan Hardeman,  and Benny Estrada to take the 4x 160 (4 laps) relay in 1:20.12.

 

His teammates  in the relay also had placed in individual events.  Jon Christiansen got sixth in the 55 in 7.14.  He took eighth in 200 meter day ion 26.63.  Benny Estrada ran 58.68 for fifth in the 400.  Dylan Hardeman added a sixth in the 800 run with a time of 2:21.13 and a fifth in the triple jump with a leap of 36′ 11″.

 

Joey O’Connor placed third in the 3200 run.  His time was 11:51.37.  Ben Shatto placed fourteenth in the 800 (2:37.15) and twenty second in the long jump.  Estrada added a twentieth in the long jump.

 

Kelly Wakeley was the girl’s leader with a second place in the triple jump.  She leaped 32′ 10.75″.  She added an eighth in the 55 dash (8.34)  and seventh in the long jump (14′ 5″).

 

Northeast placed third and fourth in the 1600 run.  Freshman Sophia Henneman beat Tessie Collins by a step as they were timed in 6:29.51 and 6:29.72.  In the 3200 run Natalie Castle-Gosch was timed in 14:32.06 and earned sixth place.

 

Libby Henneman  picked up a fourth in the shot put.  Her top heave was 33″ 02″.  Darcey Simonsen threw 32′ 08″  and placed seventh.

 

Brianne Haskell got ninth in the 400 dash with a time of 1:10.22.  Destanie
French picked  up thirteenth in the 200 day (33.28).  Cierra French just missed qualifying for the finals in  the 55 with a time of 8.40.  These three teamed with Kelly Wakeley in the 4×160 relay for a seventh place  (1:37.84).

The Cougars travel to Stanton for an Invitational Meet on March 31.

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Cougars Season Comes to an End

March 4, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The Northeast Cougars went into  the sub-district tournament having faced only two D-2 opponents during the season .  Playing a C-2 and D-1 schedule as a part of the EHC prepared them well for the play offs.  “We faced some tough teams during the year,” said Coach Lahm. “Three are going into district finals this week.  There aren’t many D-2 teams in this area, so we have to take on bigger schools with more depth, but it helps us a he season goes on.”

 

The Cougars took on (17-8) Wynot, a D-2 Top Ten team in the first round game at Ponca High School.  The contest went down to the final seconds with the Blue Devils winning by 51-48.  The coach said he was really proud of how the team played against the Blue Devils.

 

“We had the chance to take the lead in the minutes of the game,” said Lahm.  We blew two open lay ups when we were down by just one points.  After first the miss we played tough defense and got the ball back.  The second miss with 17 seconds left put us into a must foul position,”

 

Things did not look bright for the Cougars in the first half.  After falling behind 14-8 with eight minutes played,  Wynot’s lead expanded to ten points in the second quarter.  Then Chevy Henneman had a one man rally.  He personally had a 12-0 run and Northeast moved to a 20-18 lead.  Chevy had 17  of his game-high 25 points during the period.  Fifteen of his points came on three pointers.  His seven threes for the game ties a school record shared Jeremy Krumwiede and Jeremy Phillips.

 

Northeast took a 32-31 lead to the lockers after Wynot beat the buzzer for goal in the final seconds.

 

Northeast switched out of their usual man-to man defense to slow down the Blue Devils.  A 1-3-1 zone disrupted their shooting game as the teams battled in the second half. Wynot gained a six point advantage in the fourth quarter, but the Cougars did cut it to one point with the two chances to take  lead.

 

The season ends with Northeast sporting a 8-14 record.  Dylan Hardeman and Chevy Henneman are the two senior members of the squad.  Five sophomores and two juniors were in the rotation this year gaining experience to build on.

 

Wynot              14        17        12        8          -51

LDNE              8          24        9          7          -48

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Henneman                    1          7          2/2       2          2          25

Riecken                        0          1          2/2       0          1          5

Whittaker                     0          1          0/0       0          2          3

Christiansen                  1          0          1/1       3          1          3

Hardeman                    0          0          3/4       2          4          3

Anderson                     3          0          3/6       6          1          9

Miller                           0          0          0/0       0          0          0

Christoffersen               0          0          0/0       3          3          0

Totals                           5          9          11/15   16        14        48

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