Lady Cougars Come Up Short at EHC Tourney

February 11, 2015 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

After an opening round win over Oakland-Craig, the Lady Cougars dropped their net two games in the EHC Tournament.  Howells-Dodge defeated them 46-26 in the quarter finals.  They dropped their final game to Twin River in the consolation game.  The Titans held on for 55-48 win.

 

Kelly Wakeley gave the Cougars some early offense against Howells-Dodge..  She made her first two shots to stake the LDNE girls to a 5-1 lead.  Points were hard to come by after that as they were out scored 11 to 2 in the remainder of the first .  The (15-6)  Jaguars held as 20 to 7 advantage in the second quarter.  Northeast went scoreless in the third quarter.

 

“We failed to attack their H-D’s defense,” said Coach Haskell.  “It was just like the Oakland-Craig games:  The first night we were timid and did not play aggressive, the second game were aggressive and took the ball to the hoop.  We were a different team when we took on Twin River.  We attacked their defense and were able to score on them.”

 

Kelly Wakeley was the top scorer against the Lady Jaguars.  She had 9 points .  Brianne Haskell was held scoreless until 5:45 left in the game.  She ended up with 8 points.   Samantha Brester had 17 points for Howells-Dodge.

 

LDNE              7          7          0          12        -26

H-D                 12        20        5          9          -46

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Simonsen          0          0          2/2       1          1          2

Wakeley           3          1          0/0       7          2          9

Haskell              0          2          2/2       3          4          8

Collins              0          0          0/0       0          0          0

Bacon              1          0          2/2       2          2          4

Henneman       0          0          0/0       0          1          0

Jessen              1          0          0/0       2          2          2

Peterson           0          0          1/2       4          1          1

Totals               5-20     30-12   7-7       19        13        26

H-D                 17-48   1-6       9-17     39        13        46

 

“These girls never give up,” commented Coach Haskell.  “We down by eleven points going into the fourth quarter.  With :40 seconds to play it was just a two point game.”

 

Trailing by the score of 42-31, Northeast put on a rally that nearly pulled out a win.  They  ran off 15 points to 6 for the Titans as Northeast closed to a 48-46 margin.  Lexie Bacon started the fourth period with  trey.  Brianne Haskell put in the first of four fourth quarter baskets.  Mariah Jessen followed with a three point play and a second basket.  Two more Haskell buckets with a pair of Wakeley  free shots and it was a two point game.

 

Northeast was forced to foul and Twin River sealed win at the free throw line.  They made 7 of 8 charity tosses as they built their lead back to seven points.”

 

“Free throw cost us the win,”  claimed Coach Haskell.   They made 17 of 21 while we converted only 6 of 17.  If we would have made our shots we could have won the game.”

 

Brianne Haskell and Kelly Wakeley had double figures in scoring.  Brianne had 12 and Kelly had 10.  Twin River had four double figure scorers with Raemaekers leading with 12 points

LDNE              9          14        8          17        -48

Twin River        15        17        10        13        -55

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Simonsen          4          0          0/6       4          3          8

Wakeley           1          2          2/2       4          5          10

Haskell            1          3          3/8       2          4          12

Collins              1          0          0/0       2          0          2

Bacon              1          1          0/0       2          4          5

Jessen              4          0          1/1       6          2          9

Peterson           1          0          0/0       3          0          2

Totals               15-35   4-12     6-17     23        18        48

Twin River        19        0          17-21   –           11        55

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Lady Cougars Win Two

January 14, 2015 Leave a comment


The Lady Cougars won two more games this past week and brought their season’s record to 8-4.  They defeated Wakefield in a road game by the score of 34-31.  They protected their home court with a 53-38 in over Mead.  LDNE is 5-0 at home.  Northeast did suffer a 48-43 loss at Tekamah on Friday.

 

The Tuesday mat was a low scoring affair as both teams had only five point after the first eight minutes.  The Cougars surged to an eight point lead at half, but faltered after intermission as the (3-10) Trojan closed to 22-20.  A twelve point fourth quarter protected the lead.

 

Brianne Haskell led the team with 10 points.  Lexie Bacon and Kelly Wakeley each added nine points.

 

LDNE              5          12        5          12        -34

Wakefield         5          4          11        11        -31

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        TP

Simonsen          2          0          0/0       11        4

Wakeley           2          1          2/2       5          9

Haskell 1          1          5/9       8          10

Collins              1          0          0/0       4          2

Bacon              0          3          0/0       1          9

Peterson           0          0          0/1       7          0

Totals               6-29     5-12     7-12     36        34

 

 

Coach Haskell lamented poor shooting after the loss to Tekamah-Herman on Friday.  “If  some of our shots would have dropped in the first period this would have been a different game.  We had to play catch up the rest of the way.  One thing I admire about these girls is that that don’t give up.  They fought to the end.”

 

After trailing by twelve, 39-27,  the Cougars had a big fourth period and pulled to within five at the buzzer.

 

Brianne Haskell put in 20 points for the Cougars.  Lexie Bacon added 11. Darcey Simonsen also scored 11 before fouling out in the fourth quarter.

 

The  (7-5) Tigers got 24 points from Jessica Fleischman.  This was the second game the Cougars were without Mariah Jessen who sprained an ankle on Monday.  “We missed her plugging up the middle,” said Coach Haskell.  “I’m sure she could have a difference.”

 

 

LDNE              7          9          11        16        -43

Tek-Her           15        11        13        9          -48

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Simonsen          2          0          7/9       5          5          11

Wakeley           0          0          0/0       5          3          0

Haskell 8          0          4/6       7          1          20

Collins              0          0          1/2       1          3          1

Bacon              2          2          1/2       2          3          11

Peterson           0          0          0/0       2          0          0

Totals               12-21   2-16     13-19   22        16        43

T-H                  20        0          8-15     –           17        48

 

The home court was a welcome sight as the Cougars scored 20 points in the first quarter on the way to a 32-22 half time lead over the  (7-3) Mead Raiders.  They finished strong for a 53-38 win.

 

Three Cougars finished in double figures.  Brianne Haskell had 16 points.  Lexie Bacon brought her season’s total to 23 with 3 three-pointers.  She scored 12.  Darcey Simonsen scored 11 and grabbed 7 rebounds.

 

Mead               11        11        8          8          -38

LDNE              20        12        7          14        -53

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        TP

Simonsen          2          0          7/9       7          11

Wakeley           4          0          0/0       3          8

Haskell 2          3          3/4       6          16

Collins              1          0          0/0       0          2

Bacon              1          3          1/2       3          12

  1. Henneman00          0/0       0          0

Jessen              1          0          0/0       1          2

Peterson           1          0          0/0       7          2

Totals               12-28   6-22     11-15   27        53

 

 

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Lady Cougars End Season Victorious

October 28, 2014 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

The Lady Cougars ended their regular season with a pair of East Husker Conference wins.  In the home finally they bested Pender 3-1 on October 21.  This past Monday, they beat Tekamah-Herman in another 3-1 match.  The wins pull the girls’ record to 13-17.
They finished with a 5-7 mark in EHC games.  The Cougars posted a 9-12 mark in all matches against EHC opponents.

 

The girls will be the number two seed in the sub districts next week at Randolph.  They will play the winner of the Bancroft-Rosalie/Winside contest in the  8:00 P.M. game on November 3.  If they win they will face the winner of number one seed Wynot and bottom seed Wausa the next night.

 

The season should  have prepared the girls for the tournament .They have faced only two D-2 schools this season.  Of their thirty games they have been playing larger schools the twenty-eight of the matches.  The Cougars have had eight matches with D-1 school and ten with both C-1 and C-2 division teams.

 

The Cougars cranked out 15 Ace serves against Pender.    Lexie Bacon led the way with four and Tessie Collins had three.

 

Northeast also got a strong attack from Brianne Haskell and Kelly Wakeley.  Wakeley had a team-high 16 kills.  Haskell finished in double figures with 11.

 

The (7-20) Pendragons  came back after dropping the first game 25-18 to claim a 25-23 win.  The Cougars shut the door on their win hope with decisive 25-15 and 25-17 wins in games three and four.

 

Pender             18        25        15        17

LDNE              25        23        25        25

 

K         A         B          D

Madie              6          1          2          12

Brianne 11        2          0          21

Tessie               5          3          1          4

Abby                0          1          0          10

Victoria            0          0          0          9

Mickayla          2          0          0          3

Sophia              1          0          0          0

Kelly                16        2          0          12

Lexie                1          4          0          13

Darcey             5          2          2          25

Set Assists:  Darcey 11  Lexie 13,  Mickayla 4.

 

Both teams had identical 12-17 records in the season finale.  The Cougars had defeated the Tigers 2-0 at their tournament earlier in the season.

 

The Cougars got off to a fast start and took game one 25-21.  In the second game they took over after the team were tied at twelve. Northeast went on to a 25-22 victory.  Northeast looked like they would sweep the Tiger in game three.  After tailing by as much as four point they rallied to a 20-16 lead.   After a time out the Tiger ran off eight straight points before LDNE broke service.  Northeast battled hard, but lost 25-23.  The Cougars finished off the Tigers with a 25-20 win.

 

Unofficial stats show Mickayla with 11 kills,  Brianne with 10 kills and 2 aces, Kelly had 9 kills, Darcey had 8 kills and 1 ace,  Madie had 4 kills,  and Lexie had 2 kills and 3 aces.

 

After the tough contest Coach Hathaway said, “It was a team effort to get the win.  We have a lot of girls playing together.  They do what ever they have to do .”

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Lady Cougars Compete in Five Matches in One Week

October 21, 2014 Leave a comment


The Lady Cougars had five matches this past week.  All five were against East Husker Conference opponents.  Northeast had a regular season match against state rated North Bend Central  on Tuesday.  Thursday and Saturday they competed in the EHC tournament at Stanton.

 

The (21-3) NBC Tigers defeated the Cougars in straight sets.  Kelly Wakeley had a team-high 8 kills and 14 kills.

 

NBC                25        25        25

LDNE              19        20        13

 

K         A         B          D

Madie R           3          1          1          5

Brianne H         4          1          0          9

Tessie C           3          1          2          3

Abby P            0          0          0          7

Victoria            0          0          0          5

Mickayla          5          0          0          1

Kelly W           8          0          0          14

Lexie B            0          0          0          3

Darcey S          1          1          1          8

Set assists:  Darcey 13,   Lexie 9, Kelly 1 Mickayla 1.

 

The 9th seeded Cougars took down the 8th seeded Titans of Twin River in the first round of the EHC.

 

LDNE  `           25        25

Twin River        14        22

 

Madie R           3          1          0          4

Brianne H         4          0          3          7

Tessie C           3          0          3          3

Abby P            1          0          0          4

Victoria M        0          0          0          14

Kelly W           8          0          0          10

Lexie B            0          0          0          7

Darcey S          2          0          1          17

Set Assists:  Darcey 11,  Lexie  7.

 

Stanton defeated the Cougars on the way to winning the EHC title.  The Fillies have a perfect 26-0 record.  It was a tough contest for the Cougars as they had 18 hitting errors and thy ended up with -.095 hitting percentage.

 

LDNE              11        18

Stanton 25        25

 

Madie              1          0          1          3

Brianne 4          0          1          8

Tessie               1          0          0          1

Abby                1          0          0          0

Victoria            0          0          0          5

Kelly                3          0          0          7

Lexie                0          0          0          6

Darcey             2          1          0          7

Set Assists:       Darcey 5, Lexie 5.

 

The medal rounds found the Cougars and  Knights of O-C playing for the third time this season.  The rubber match went to O-C, but just like in their other meeting the scores were close.   The Knights needed a 30-28 extended play win to take the match.

 

LDNE              19        28

O-C                 25        30

 

Madie              3          0          2          4

Brianne 4          0          0          19

Tessie               3          0          0          2

Abby                0          1          0          5

Victoria            0          0          0          8

Kelly                7          0          0          11

Lexie                1          0          0          11

Darcey             1          0          1          17

Set Assists:  Darcey      5,  Lexie 4.

 

The seventh place match paired the Cougars against West Point-Beemer.  The Cadets came out on top, 2-0.  The hitting game was a problem for Northeast as they had only 11 kills against 13 hitting errors.  They hit -.040.

 

WP-B              25        25

LDNE              23        13

 

Madie              1          0          1          5

Brianne 2          1          0          7

Tessie               2          0          2          1

Abby                0          0          0          5

Victoria            0          0          0          5

Kelly                3          1          0          9

Lexie                3          0          0          8

Darcey             0          0          1          12

Set Assists:       Darcey 4,  Lexie 7.

 

Northeast will have their last home match this week.   They take on (6-19) Pender on Tuesday.  Northeast has an 11-17 record.

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Lady Cougars Compete in Two Triangulars

October 8, 2014 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor

Week five of the volleyball season was very busy as the Cougars had two triangulars meets during the week and an eight team tournament on Saturday at Clarkson. In all, LDNE played seven matches. The Ladies produced three wins while dropping four matches. Their season record is 8-13.

Tuesday’s matches were at Wisner. Lyons-Decatur took on two state rated teams, (16-3) Wisner-Pilger from C-1 and (10-7) Howells-Dodge from D-1. The Gators and Jaguars won in two sets.

The Cougars gave the Gators a game early in both matches. They were tied at nine in both, but the hosts pulled away for wins. They took a 25-13 win in game one. In the second set after a nine all tie the Gators pulled away for four point lead. Northeast back to a 20-18 score before falling 25-19.

Howells-Dodge took their match by scores of 25-17 and 25-13. Northeast was out hit by the Lady Jags 27 to 13. Madie Ronnfeldt toped the Cougars with 4 kills.

On Thursday, the Cougars breezed through Boys Town with 25-12 and 25-10 wins. Brianne Haskell topped with 7 kills; Darcey Simonsen had 4 ace serves, and Tessie Collins had 4 blocks.

Northeast took on another state-rated team in the second match. They gave (16-2) Cedar Bluffs a scare as the match went three sets. The Wildcats opened with a 25-22 win. The Cougars countered with a 25-17 win. The third set went to the Cedar Bluffs. 25-17. Kelly Wakeley topped LDNE with 9 kills and 2 aces serves. Madie Ronnfeldt had a team-high 4 blocks.

At the eight team Clarkson meet, the Cougars were bracketed with Pender in match one. The (5-13) Dragons took as 25-22 wins before Northeast closed out the match with 25-21 and 25-16 games. Topping the team was Brianne Haskell with 10 kills, Kelly Wakeley with 5 aces, and Tessie Collin with 3 blocks.

The winner’s bracket meant a second meeting with Howells-Dodge. The Jags found a tough opponent this time. They had two close matches with 25-19 and 25-21 wins. This time Northeast held them to a 24 to 17 advantage in kills. Kelly Wakeley had 6 kills.

The third place match was a rematch with(11-9) Oakland-Craig who narrowly beat LDNE earlier in the season in three games. Once again the teams proved to be equally matches as two points provided the victory margin in all three games. This time the Cougars came out on top as they got a 25-23 win in game three. The defense was able to stall the Knights as Brianne Haskell had 31 digs, Darcey Simonsen had 19, and Lexie Bacon and Kelly Wakeley added 14.

LDNE 13 19
W-P 25 25

K A B D
Madie R 2 0 0 4
Brianne H 5 0 0 19
Tessie C 1 0 1 1
Abby P 0 0 0 3
Victoria M 0 0 0 2
Mickayla P 0 0 1 0
Kelly W 4 0 0 11
Lexie B 0 0 0 1
Darcey S 1 0 0 3
Set assists: Darcey 4, Lexie 1, Kelly 2, Madie 1, Brianne 1, Mickayla 1.

LDNE 17 13
H-D 25 25

Madie R 4 1 0 0
Brianne H 3 0 1 11
Tessie C 1 0 1 0
Abby P 0 0 0 6
Victoria M 0 0 0 3
Mickayla P 1 0 1 3
Kelly W 2 0 0 8
Lexie B 0 3 0 8
Darcey S 2 0 0 8
Set assists: Darcey 6, Lexie 2, Brianne 1.

LDNE 25 25
Boys Town 12 10

Madie 3 0 0 1
Brianne 7 0 1 9
Tessie 2 2 4 2
Abby 0 0 0 1
Victoria 0 0 0 1
Mickayla 4 0 2 0
Sophia H 1 0 0 0
Kelly 0 7 0 4
Destanie F 0 0 0 0
Lexie 1 2 0 2
Darcey 1 4 3 2
Set Assists: Darcey 14, Lexie 4.

LDNE 22 25 17
Cedar B 25 17 25

Madie 3 0 4 5
Brianne 7 0 0 11
Tessie 2 1 1 6
Abby 0 0 0 6
Victoria 0 0 0 8
Mickayla 2 0 0 1
Kelly 9 2 2 8
Lexie 0 1 0 15
Darcey 3 1 2 15
Set Assists: Darcey 9, Lexie 7, Mickayla 2 Brianne 1.

LDNE 22 25 25
Pender 25 21 16

Madie 6 1 0 2
Brianne 10 1 1 7
Tessie 1 0 3 3
Abby 0 0 0 5
Victoria 0 0 0 1
Mickayla 3 0 2 5
Kelly 6 5 0 12
Lexie 0 3 0 8
Darcey 3 1 1 18
Set Assists: Darcey 14, Lexie 8, Mickayla 1.

LDNE 19 21
H-D 25 25

Madie 1 0 1 6
Brianne 2 1 0 11
Tessie 1 0 1 6
Abby 0 0 0 7
Victoria 0 0 0 6
Mickayla 3 0 1 6
Kelly 6 0 1 7
Lexie 0 0 0 1
Darcey 4 0 0 11
Set Assists: Darcey 9, Lexie 7, Mickayla 1.

LDNE 25 25 25
O-C 27 25 23

Madie 5 0 0 1
Brianne 11 1 0 31
Tessie 7 1 2 7
Abby 0 0 0 10
Victoria 0 0 0 5
Mickayla 5 0 4 4
Kelly 7 0 0 14
Lexie 0 0 0 14
Darcey 6 0 1 19
Set Assists: Darcey 15, Lexie 11, Mickayla 1 Brianne 1, Madie 1.

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Lady Cougars Go One and Two

October 3, 2014 Leave a comment


By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor
Northeast Volleyball went 1-2 during last week’s competition.  They suffered losses to Scribner-Snyder and Emerson-Hubbard while defeating Winnebago.  They have a 5-9 record.

 

LDNE              25        22        25        23        11

S-S                  20        25        13        25        15

 

(K  A  B  D)  Madie  5  1  5  7,  Brianne  13 1  0  24,  Tessie  8  2  1  3,  Abby  0  0  0  4,  Victoria  0  0 0  10,  Mickayla  3  2  4  6,  Kelly  16,  3  0  19,  Lexie  2  10  0  14,  Darcey  1 1  2  7.  Set assists: Lexie  18,  Darcey  16,  Brianne  1,  Mickayla 2

 

 

LDNE              25        25

Bago                12        15

 

Madie 1 1  1  2,  Brianne 5 0  0  6,  Tessie  4  0  1  4,  Abby  0  0  0  5,  Victoria  0  0  0 10,  Mickayla  2 0  2  0,  Kelly 5  0  1  11,  Lexie  0 3  0  8,  Darcey  0  0  0  12.  Set assists:  Darcey 12,  Lexie 3,  Madie 1,  Mickayla 1.

 

 

LDNE              21        17

E-H                  25        25

 

 

Madie 4  0  3  7,  Brianne  6 , 1  0  10,  Tessie  3  1  3  5,  Abby  0  0  0  4,  Victoria  0  0  0  11, Mickayla  0  0  0  1,  Kelly  0  0  1  9,  Lexie  0  0  0  4,  Darcey  1  0  1  2.  Set Assists:  Darcey  3, Lexie  4,  Mickayla 1.

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