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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