Lady Cougars Lose in Consolation Round


By Clare Wiltse

Sports Contributor

The Lady Cougars lost to Clarkson/Leigh in the consolation round of the East Husker Conference Tournament.  The Patriots took the lead in the second quarter and raced away with a 53-3 win.

 

Northeast had a good start with buckets by  Darcey Simonsen and Abby Peterson and a triple by Lexie Bacon giving the Cougars a 7-6 lead after one period.

 

Simonsen continued to pour in the points in the second quarter as she scored three times.  Northeast was not able to keep pace with the Patriots as they got ten points from Libby Janousek .  Clarkson /Leigh led 22-19 at the half.

 

The Cougar offense stalled in the third quarter and the Patriots grabbed a 13 point lead.  Lexie Bacon started the half off with a trey. Vanessa Peterson’s basket and free throws by Darcey Simonsen were only other points while C/L added another 16 points.

 

Clarkson/Leigh’s Alyssa Novotny made sure of no come back by the Cougars.  The sophomore nailed three three-pointers as she out scored the Northeast team in the fourth quarter.  Novotny had a game-high 19 points.

 

Darcey Simonsen was the high scorer for Northeast. She had 11 points.  Vanessa Peterson had 5 points and 8 rebounds.

 

Clarkson/Leigh raised their record to 9-12.  The Cougars will take a 6-14 record into the last week of play.  They travel to (8-13) Wisner-Pilger and (0-19) Logan View this week.

Next week sub-districts will be at Pender.

LDNE  7          12        7          6          -32

C/L      6          16        16        15        -53

 

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Madie R           2          0          0/2       1          5          4

Darcey S          4          0          3/4       2          1          11

Kelly W           0          0          0/2       1          1          0

Haley B            0          0          4/8       1          4          4

Lexie B            0          2          0/0       0          3          6

Vanessa P        1          0          3/6       8          2          5

Abby P            1          0          0/0       3          3          2

Team                8          2          10/22   15        19        32

C/L                  17        3          8/15     –           20        53

 

 

 

Cougars Squeak Past the Trojans


“It was an ugly game,” said Coach Derek Lahm as he described the 41-40 win over Scribner-Snyder in the consolation bracket of the EHC tournament.  “We struggled offensively all night, but the kids were resilient and pulled out the game with some defensive stands and a last second shot and some good luck.   We only led twice in the game, at the end of the first quarter and with six second left to play.”

 

It was a horrendous shooting night for the Cougars.  They made only 13 of 50 shots (26%).  They were 9 for 32 on to pointers and 4 of 18 from behind the arc.  Their free throws were not much better as they converted only 11 of 19 tries.

 

The Trojans put in 17 of 34 shots.  The nailed   16 of 28 twos(57%) but were only good on 1 of 6 threes.  They made 5 of 9 free shots.

 

After leading 11-10 after one period, the Cougars went seven and half minutes without scoring in the second quarter.  “We couldn’t make a five footer and missed four straight free throws before Marcus finally made two free shots,” said the coach.  Northeast finally got a basket as Chevy Henneman made a steal and scored with 10 seconds left.  S-S took a 23-13 lead into the locker.

 

The Cougars limited S-S to just three baskets in the third quarter.  The got 5 free throws to go with baskets by Hegy and Henneman.   They closed out the period with a trey by Simpson and found themselves trailing by only two ;points, 29-27.

 

Bobby Simpson continued with the long bombs and made a trey for Northeast’s first points in the fourth quarter.  Alex Brehmer added a bucket, but the Trojan had a six point lead, 38-32, with a minute and a half to play.  Simpson lifted a second trey over the Trojan zone defense with about a minute left to make it as three point game.

 

Scribner added another score which Northeast answered on a Hegy driving lay-in.  The Trojans missed the top end of a one and one on their next possession and the Cougars found themselves at the line after Alex Brehmer was fouled.  Brehmer is only a 30% free shooter for the season, but he sank both to pull Northeast to within one point.

 

A defensive stop put the ball in the Cougars hands in the closing seconds of the game.  Dakotas Riecken made his only basket of the night after he chased down a tipped pass under the basket and put it in for the winning score with six seconds to play.

 

The Trojan zone defense created problems for the Cougar shooters.  Bobby Simpson found some openings to nail four three pointers as he led the team with 12 points.  Marcus Hegy had 9 points and 11 rebound.  He had 7 offense boards.   The team out rebound the Trojans 32 to 19.  On a poor shooting night they had 18 offensive rebounds.

 

Coach Lahm was proud of his team which has posted ten wins for three seasons in a row.   They have a 10-8 record with two weeks to left in the regular season.  Coach Lahm noted that with two wins they could assure themselves a winning season.  That was be the first over .500 record since 2004.

 

Scribner-Snyder falls to 6-11.  They had beaten the Cougars twice in previous meeting this season.  They had 57-52 and 53-47 victories over Northeast in December.

 

Northeast will take on (13-7)  Wisner-Pilger and (1-18) Logan View in a pair of road contests this week.

 

 

L-D     11        4          12        14        -41

S-S      10        13        6          11        -40

 

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP
Chevy H           2          0          2/2       1          4          6

Alex B              1          0          2/2       6          1          4

Bobby S           0          4          0/0       2          2          12

Taylor F           0          0          0/0       0          0          0

Dakota R         1          0          4/10     5          2          6

Marcus H         3          0          3/5       11        0          9

David B            2          0          0/0       3          1          4

Team                9          4          11/19   32        10        41

S-S                  15        1          5/9       19        13        40

Cougars Take Down the Knights


The seniors of Northeast had a long wait, but they finally got a basketball win over Oakland- Craig.  A solid team effort resulted in a 49-37 win over the favored (10-9) Knights.

Lyons-Decatur Northeast downs the Oakland-Craig Knights. All Photo Credit/Rhonda Hansen, LDNE.

Lyons-Decatur Northeast downs the Oakland-Craig Knights. All Photo Credit/Rhonda Hansen, LDNE.

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“Last year’s game left a sour taste in our mouth,” said Coach Lahm of a 53-44 loss in 2013 where O-C shot 34 free shots.  “This year it really sweet to get the win”

 

The Knights got a fast start with a 7-0 run.  Dakota Riecken got the Cougars on the board after four minutes and fifteen seconds of play.  The Knight would add two more scores while Northeast got free throws from Riecken and Simpson  and a trey by Chevy Henneman.  O-C took an 11-8 advantage into the second period.

 

Northeast struck fast in the second period.  A jumper from Henneman and lay-in by Riecken gave Northeast a 12-11 lead.  After a Lindstrom score Henneman countered with two free throws.  The Knights answered with a Cole Mitchell basket.  With 4:17 left in the half Bobby Simpson’s triple gave the Cougars the lead for good. After gaining a 17-15 lead,  Northeast closed out the half with a 10-6 run.  The Maroon took a six point lead to the locker.

 

It took three minutes for the teams to score after intermission.  O-C’s Lindstrom made three free throws after being fouled while shooting.  Brehmer countered with a trey.  The teams traded points as Brehmer added two more baskets and Simpson had two charity line points.  A late O-C free shot made it 37-32.

 

Am strong defensive effort put the game away for the Cougars.  The Knights struggled to score; making only 2 of 11 shots.  The Cougars cashed in with 3 for 5 shooting and by going six for  eight at the line.    It was a strong period for Dakota Riecken who had 7 of his team-high 12 points.

 

O-C     11        10        11        5          -37

L-D      8          19        10        12        -47

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Chevy H           1          1          2/2       0          1          7

Alex B              3          1          1/3       3          0          10

Bobby S           1          2          2/2       1          2          10

Taylor F           0          0          0/0       0          3          0

Dakota R         4          0          4/5       9          3          12

Marcus H         2          0          3/4       5          4          7

David B            0          0          0/0       3          3          0

Montana R       0          0          0/0       0          0          0

Alec A             1          0          1/2       1          0          3

Team                12        4          13/18   22        16        49

O-C                 13        1          8/12     27        18        37

Cougars Winning Streak Ends


By Clare Wiltse

Contributor to Kat Country Hub

The Northeast Cougars had a three game winning streak come to an end.   They took on three teams with an above.500 record.  They beat (8-4) Cedar Bluffs on Tuesday, but lost to (9-8) Humphrey/LHF and (12-5) Stanton over the weekend.

 

LDNE has a 7-7 record with two games this week plus the start of the EHC tournament on Saturday. They host St. Edward on Tuesday.  Thursday, the Knights of O-C will come to Lyons.  On Saturday, the Cougars have a tough draw in (13-3) Twin River in the EHC tournament.

 

The Cougars used a strong start to upend the Wildcats.  The Maroon clamped a tight man to man defense on Cedar Bluffs that allowed Northeast to open with an 11-0 run. The final score had the Cougars on top by 11, 52-41.

 

“It was really fun to watch the team get after them at the start of the game,” said Coach Lahm.  “These seniors have really bought into the idea of playing tough defense and the whole team tries to live up to their standards.”

 

While the Cougars defense put shackles on  the Wildcats Northeast had the offense rolling with scores on five straight possessions.  Dakota Riecken opened the scoring and Chevy Henneman added a trey.  Northeast  got  two three-point plays as Riecken and Alex Brehmer brought the total to 11.  After Cedar Bluffs finally scored Marcus Hegy added a thirteen point as the Cougars led by 10.

 

Northeast had a nine point lead at the quarter, 19-10.  It reached 17 as Northeast had 8-0 run to start the second period.  Henneman and Riecken had goals while Brehmer and Fuston added a pair of free shots.

 

After trailing 27-10, Cedar Bluffs out scored the Cougars 12 to 4.   They had two three pointers in the last minute as they trailed 31-22 at the half.

 

The Cougar defense did its thing again in the fourth quarter  They held Cedar Bluffs without a shot in the first four minutes.  It took the Wildcats until the 3:03 mark to score.  Both team added 6 points and the led stayed at nine.

 

The fourth quarter the Cougars protected their lead despite making only two of eight shots from the field.  They were deadly at the line.  L-D converted eleven of twelve.  The Cougars sent the Wildcats to the line 18 times and they made 13.

 

Dakota Riecken topped the team with 16 points.  Alex Brehmer added 11 points.

 

Cedar Bluffs     10        12        6          13        -41

LDNE              19        12        6          15        -52

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Chevy H           1          1          2/2       2          4          7

Alex B              4          0          3/5       2          4          11

Bobby S           1          0          4/4       1          3          4

Taylor F           1          0          2/2       1          2          4

Dakota R         6          0          4/5       4          1          16

Marcus H         2          0          2/2       6          2          6

David B            0          0          0/0       0          1          0

Dylan H            0          0          0/0       1          1          0

Alec A             0          0          2/2       3          0          2

Team                15/30   1/7       19/24   20        22        52

Cedar Bluffs     7/17     4/13     15/21   27        17        41

 

The Friday contest against Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family went down to the fourth quarter where a two minute scoring drought did them in as the Bulldogs pulled out a 48-41 win.

 

The Cougars showed their grit to make it a game against the taller Humphrey team. After an 8-8 first quarter, the visitors  opened nine point lead.  They rattled off nine straight points to start the second quarter. The Cougars got eight points as Hegy got a three point play, Brehmer scored two  and Simpson nailed a bomb.  The half ended with the Bulldogs leading 24-19.

 

The Bulldogs got the lead up to ten points as they scored the first five points of the half.
The score stood at 29-19 before Chevy Henneman nailed  a three.  Bobby Simpson kept the Cougars in the game with 10 points.  Riecken made the last points of the quarter, but H/LHF still led 36-34.

 

The Cougars had one more surge to make in the game.  Free throws by Hegy and Henneman tied the game.  With 3:45 left,  Simpson gave the Cougars a 39-36 lead with a shot from outside the arc.  After missing six straight the Bulldogs regained momentum with four straight hits to make it 46-39.  The Cougars offense faltered and despite the heroics of Alex Brehmer’s four steals, the Cougars managed to add only one score from Taylor Fuston in the closing minutes.

 

Bobby Simpson had a big offensive game for the Cougars with 16 points including  4 three pointers.  Riecken had  8 points and 10 rebounds.

 

H/LHF             8          16        12        12        -48

LDNE              8          11        15        7          -41

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Chevy H           1          2          1/2       0          3          9

Alex B              1          0          0/0       6          4          2

Bobby S           2          4          0/0       1          2          16

Taylor F           1          0          0/0       1          2          2

Dakota R         2          0          4/6       10        3          8

Marcus H         1          0          2/3       2          2          4

David B            0          0          0/0       1          1          0

Alec A             0          0          0/0       10        1          0

Team                8/15     6/24     7/11     21        18        41

H/LHF             15/37   3/10     9/16     28        13        52

 

The Cougars lost to Stanton on Saturday, 70-44.  “They are a really good team that we do not  match up against very well.  They have two big posts who are 6’7 and 6’5.  We were able to do much in the paint or stop their inside game.” was a comment by Coach Lahm.

 

Coach Lahm added that they could be a surprise team in the EHC tournament.

 

The (12-5) Mustangs had nine players score 4 or more points while have 18 assists divided among the team.  Kyle Sperl led them with 15 points while 6′ 7″ Heppner added 12.

 

Chevy Henneman led Northeast with 12 while Dakota Riecken had 10.

 

 

LDNE              11        10        7          16        -44

Stanton 19        13        19        19        -70

 

 

2pt       3pt       FT        F          TP

Chevy H           1          3          1/4       4          12

Alex B              1          0          0/0       4          2

Bobby S           1          1          0/0       1          5

Dakota R         3          0          4/6       2          10

Marcus H         2          0          5/7       2          9

Alec A             2          0          2/2       0          6

Team                10        3          12/19   13        44

Stanton 24        3          13/20   15        70

 

 

 

Northeast had an easy time defeating winless St Edward on Tuesday, January28.  They routed the Beavers 74-40.  This improved their record to 8-7.

 

St. Edward nailed two threes at the start of the game as they led 6-0.  It took 2:30 for the Cougars to take the lead.  Dakota Riecken scored twice before Chevy Henneman hit a three pointer which gave L-D the lead for good.  They had a 12-0 run before the next Beaver score.  The first quarter ended with the Cougars up by 21-12.

 

Northeast had a 17-3 run in the third quarter.  They hit 11 of 15 shots in the period top build a 60 to 26 lead  The fourth quarter was reserve time as 10 of the 14 points came from the bench.

 

Marcus Hegy led the scoring with 16 and rebounding with 8.  Dakota Riecken had 12 and  Chevy Henneman added 13 points.

 

Starter Bobby Simpson sat out most of the game with a leg injury.

 

St. Edward                   12        6          8          14        -40

LDNE                          21        14        25        14        -74

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP
Chevy H           1          2          5/5       1          4          13

Alex B              4          0          1/2       6          0          9

Taylor F           4          0          0/1       1          0          8

Dakota R         5          0          2/4       7          1          12

Marcus H         6          0          4/5       8          2          16

David B            2          0          0/0       0          4          4

Montana R       1          0          2/3       0          0          4

Alec A             3          0          0/0       4          1          6

Tyler H 1          0          0/0       2          0          2

Cole C             0          0          0/o       1          0          0

Team                27        2          14/19   30        11        74

St. Edward       15        3          1/6       22        19        40

Lady Cougars Raise Record


By Clare Wiltse

Sports Contributor for Kat Country Hub

The Lady Cougars raised their record 6-11 as they had a two win and two loss week.  They had wins over (7-12) Cedar Bluffs  and (1-12) St. Edward.  Their losses came from (16-1) Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family and (12-5) Stanton.

 

The Cougars got off to a good start with a 17 point first quarter against the Wildcats.  Tessie Collins, Lexie Bacon, and Haley Bacon gave the team a boost with three pointers at the end of the period.

 

After being down by as much as twelve points,  Cedar Bluffs worked their way back into the game as they trailed by 40-37 in the fourth quarter.

 

Haley Bacon started off the fourth quarter with a three point play.  Darcey Simonsen added another three point play and followed that with a goal and pair of free shots to build a 50-37 lead.  After the Wildcats scored twice the Cougars closed out the scoring with a 10-0 run  and claimed a 60-41 win.

 

Haley Bacon had 16 points to lead the team.

 

Facing a State rated C-2 team proved difficult for the Cougars as they fell to Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family 65-30.  The fifth rated Bulldogs were led by a Division  basketball scholarship athlete.  6′ 4″ Kaylee Jensen scored 39 game-high points.

 

“Our game strategy did not work too well,” said Coach Cronin. “We planned to let Jensen get her points and try to stop the rest of the team.  We hoped to keep them in the 40s, near what our offense scores.  We did not hold the rest of the team or score near our average.”

 

Brianne Haskell was the top Cougar with 14 points.  Abby Peterson had six rebounds.

 

Stanton rolled to a 40 to 17 half time lead behind the shooting of Becca Unger.  Unger had 21 points as she had 4 first half trifecta.

 

The Fillies picked up a 63-33 win.

 

The Cougars suffered as blow as leading scorer and point guard Brianne Haskell was injured in the first half.  She finished the game with just two points.

 

Haley Bacon and Kelley Wakeley led the team with 7 points.  Lexie Bacon had two threes for six points.

 

The Lady Cougars raised their record 6-11 as they had a two win and two loss week.  They had wins over (7-12) Cedar Bluffs  and (1-12) St. Edward.  Their losses came from (16-1) Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family and (12-5) Stanton.

 

The Cougars got off to a good start with a 17 point first quarter against the Wildcats.  Tessie Collins, Lexie Bacon, and Haley Bacon gave the team a boost with three pointers at the end of the period.

 

After being down by as much as twelve points,  Cedar Bluffs worked their way back into the game as they trailed by 40-37 in the fourth quarter.

 

Haley Bacon started off the fourth quarter with a three point play.  Darcey Simonsen added another three point play and followed that with a goal and pair of free shots to build a 50-37 lead.  After the Wildcats scored twice the Cougars closed out the scoring with a 10-0 run  and claimed a 60-41 win.

 

Haley Bacon had 16 points to lead the team.

 

Facing a State rated C-2 team proved difficult for the Cougars as they fell to Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family 65-30.  The fifth rated Bulldogs were led by a Division  basketball scholarship athlete.  6′ 4″ Kaylee Jensen scored 39 game-high points.

 

“Our game strategy did not work too well,” said Coach Cronin. “We planned to let Jensen get her points and try to stop the rest of the team.  We hoped to keep them in the 40s, near what our offense scores.  We did not hold the rest of the team or score near our average.”

 

Brianne Haskell was the top Cougar with 14 points.  Abby Peterson had six rebounds.

 

Stanton rolled to a 40 to 17 half time lead behind the shooting of Becca Unger.  Unger had 21 points as she had 4 first half trifecta.

 

The Fillies picked up a 63-33 win.

 

The Cougars suffered as blow as leading scorer and point guard Brianne Haskell was injured in the first half.  She finished the game with just two points.

 

Haley Bacon and Kelley Wakeley led the team with 7 points.  Lexie Bacon had two threes for six points.

 

After a competitive first half, the Cougar pulled away for a 55-32 win over St. Edward.

 

The Beaver trailed 25-21 at the half.  The Cougars held them to just two points in the third quarter.  They out scored them by ten and led 37-23 going into the final period.

 

A 9-2 run put the game out of reach for the Beavers.  With a 46-25 lead the teams traded points down the stretch as the Cougars went on to win by 23 points.

 

It was another good night for Haley Bacon who had 12 points.

 

Freshman Lexie Bacon added another pair of three pointers to her season’s total.  She has 22 for the year which ties her for fifth on the Lady Cougars’ chart for Three Pointers in a Season.

 

The team played without injured Brianne Haskell.

After a competitive first half, the Cougar pulled away for a 55-32 win over St. Edward.

 

The Beaver trailed 25-21 at the half.  The Cougars held them to just two points in the third quarter.  They out scored them by ten and led 37-23 going into the final period.

 

A 9-2 run put the game out of reach for the Beavers.  With a 46-25 lead the teams traded points down the stretch as the Cougars went on to win by 23 points.

 

It was another good night for Haley Bacon who had 12 points.

 

Freshman Lexie Bacon added another pair of three pointers to her season’s total.  She has 22 for the year which ties her for fifth on the Lady Cougars’ chart for Three Pointers in a Season.

 

The team played without injured Brianne Haskell.

Cedar Bluffs                 5          16        13        7          -41

LDNE                          17        14        9          18        -60

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Madie R           1          0          0/0       3          0          2

Darcey             2          0          4/5       0          3          8

Kelly W           0          0          0/3       1          2          0

Brianne H         4          0          3/6       1          4          11

Haley B            2          1          9/10     6          2          16

Tessie C           0          1          0/0       0          0          3

Lexie B            1          2          0/0       1          1          8

Vanessa P        3          0          2/6       11        3          8

Abby P            2          0          0/1       8          2          4

Team                15        4          18/31   33        17        60

Cedar Bluffs     12        2          11/18   30        21        41

 

 

 

H/LHF             22        18        14        11        -65

LDNE              7          7          11        5          -30

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Madie R           0          0          2/4       0          3          2

Darcey S          1          0          1/2       3          0          3

Brianne H         2          3          5/9       4          5          14

Haley B            1          0          1/1       2          4          3

Tessie C           0         0          0/0       3          0          0

Lexie  B           0          0          1/2       0          1          1

Vanessa P        2          0          0/2       3          2          4

Abby P            1          0          3/4       6          0          5

Team                7          3          13/24   21        14        30

H/LHF             27        1          8/14     27        13        65

 

 

LDNE              8          9          7          9          -33

Stanton           17        23        10        13        -63

 

2pt       3pt       FT        F          TP

Madie R           1          0          2/4       5          4

Darcey S         0          0          2/4       3          2

Kelly W           1          1          2/2       3          7

Brianne H         1          0          0-3       1          2

Haley B            2          1          0/0       2          7

Tessie C           1          0          0/0       0          2

Lexie B            0          2          0/0       2          6

Vanessa P        1          0          0/0       1          2

Abby P            0          0          1/4       2          1

Team                7          4          7/17     17        33

Stanton           19        5          10/20   17        63

 

St. Edward       9          12        2          9          -32

LDNE              10        15        12        18        -55

 

2pt       3pt       FT        F          TP

Madie R           0          0          1/2       2          1

Darcey S          3          0          0          2          6

Kelly W           2          1          1/2       0          8

Blair P              0          0          0/0       1          0

Haley B            5          0          2/5       1          12

Tessie C           2          1          0/0       0          7

Lexie B            1          2          0/0       1          8

Libby H            0          0          0/0       2          0

Vanessa P        3          0          3/4       1          9

Abby P            2          0          0/1       2          4

Team                18        4          7/14     12        55

St. Edward       11        2          4/7       14        32

 

 

Cougars Take a Pair of Wins


By Clare Wiltse

Sports Contributor

The Cougars boys took a pair of wins over the weekend.  They earned an EHC victory over (1-13) Pender and dropped (7-7) Wakefield on a Saturday night game.

 

The Pendragons were eager to break a nine game losing streak.  They racked up 12 points as they scored on each of their first five possessions   The Cougars found themselves down 12-4,but ended the period with a 14 to 4 run.  Alex Brehmer had a pair of baskets while Bobby Simpson added a trey and deuce.  David Bishop’s score made it 18-16 at the quarter.

 

The game’s tempo slowed as both teams went to zone defenses in the second period.  Pender got a pair of three pointers to reclaim the lead, but a Simpson trey and Alec Anderson basket gave Northeast a 25-24 half time lead.

 

After the third quarter ended with the teams tied at 33 the Cougars made an 8 to1 in the first half of the fourth quarter.  While Pender had four turnovers and missed on the front end of a one and one Northeast got goals from Hegy, Henneman, and Brehmer along with two free shots from Riecken to create breathing room.   Both teams score eight points in the last half of the periods Northeast took a 49-42 win.

 

Bobby Simpson topped the team with 12 points.  Brehmer each had 8 points and 8 rebounds..

 

The Cougars took Wakefield out of the game with an early barrage of points.  LDNE jumped out to a 15-2 lead on the way to a 48-29 win.

 

Coach Lahm was elated about the wins. “We’re back above .500!  We’ve won 4 of 5 games since Christmas to get there.  It’s going to be a tough week for us to stay above .500. We take on Cedar Bluffs, Humphrey and Stanton, all are winning teams.”

 

The Cougars clamped a tight man defense on the Trojan.  Wakefield made only 8 of 32 shots.  L-D connected on 18 of 32. They out rebounded the Trojans 28 to19.

 

In the opening period Northeast got rolling with Henneman connecting on deuce and trey and Hegy coming off the bench to score 5 points.  Brehmer and Simpson had a pair of baskets.

 

Bobby Simpson topped the team with 14 points.  Hegy and Dakota Riecken chipped in  with 11 points.  Riecken got  7 in the second half.   Hegy had 8 rebounds.

 

Northeast has a 6-5 record.  They  are 3-3 in the EHC.

 

LDNE              18        7          8          16        -49

Pender             16        8          9          9          -42

 

 

 

2PT      3PT      FT        Rb        F          TP

Henneman        3          0          1/3       0          1          7

Brehmer           4          0          0/2       8          1          8

Simpson           1          3          1/2       1          1          12

Fuston              0          0          0/0       0          0          0

Riecken            2          0          4/10     7          3          8

Hegy                3          0          0/0       5          3          6

Bishop              1          0          0/1       3          2          2

Anderson         3          0          0/0       4          3          6

Team                17        3          6/18     28        14        49

Pender             9          6          8/16/    20        17        42

 

 

Wake.  12        2          6          9          -29

L-D      19        6          11        12        -48

 

2pt       3pt       FT        Rb        F          TP

Chevy H           1          2          0/0       4          3          87

Alex B              1          0          1/2       5          4          3

Bobby S           3          1          4/6       3          1          14

Taylor              0          0          0/0       0          0          0

Dakota R         5          0          1/2       4          1          11

Marcus H         4          0          3/8       8          2          11

David B            0          0          0/0       1          0          0

Montana R       0          0          0/1       2          1          0

Dylan H            1          0          0/0       0          0          2

Alec A             0          0          0/0       1          0          0

Team                15        3          9/19     28        12        48

Wake.              8          0          13/18   19        13        29

Cougars down Panthers in a thriller: By Clare Wiltse, Sports Contributor


Bancroft-Rosalie Football team and band. LDNE fans Brian and Cara Raabe and LDNE student body at Cougar/Panther football game. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

Bancroft-Rosalie Football team and band. LDNE fans Brian and Cara Raabe and LDNE student body at Cougar/Panther football game. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

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Cougar/Panther football game. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

Cougar/Panther football game. Photo Credit/Denise Gilliland, Editor and Chief, Kat Country Hub.

IMG_5945The Cougars moved back into the Top Ten in Eight Man D-2 with a  win over Bancroft-Rosalie by the score of 30-14.  Northeast  has a 6-1 record while the Panthers drops to  4-3.

 

“We came out with a fast start and stayed focused the whole game,” said Coach Maresh.
The Cougars got two touchdowns in first period by Chevy Henneman and held the Panthers scoreless for most of three quarters.  Henneman closed out LDNE’s opening drive with a ten yard run.  On the Cougars’ second offensive possession he broke loose from 35 yards out.  Henneman added a 12 yard score in the second period.

 

“This was the best team defense we have played all season,” added Maresh.  “Every one was involved; we were disciplined;  we had good tackling.  Against their read option we did as good job.  The ends, Marcus and David, helped control the read and Taylor was good at coming up from the secondary.”

 

 

Maresh noted that the B-R defense gave Chevy Henneman opportunities and he took advantage of them.  The junior back had three first half scores.  He led the team with 172 yard while averaging 8.6 yards per carry.  Quarterback Alex Brehmer only carried 14 times and had a season-low 67 yards. He completed 1 of 4 passes for 10 yards and a touch down pass to Dakotas Riecken.

 

The Panthers averaged 3.5 yards per carry as they gained 196 yards for the game.  They completed just 4 of 13 passes for 28 yards.

 

Riecken and Brehmer topped the tackles with 24 and 22 respectively.  The rest of the team joined in with gang tackling as many had season highs.  Bobby Simpson had 8 tackles from his nose guard position. At the ends it was Hegy also with 8 while Bishop had 7.  Linebacker Henneman had 11.  Taylor Fuston added 5 stops while freshman Tyler Hardeman made 6 tackles.

 

The final regular season game for the Cougars is this week.  They will take of Scribner-Snyder who has a 4-2 record.  Northeast will have a bye week before the playoffs start on October 31.

 

 

L-D      16        8          0          6          -30

B-R      0          0          8          6          -14

 

 

1st Quarter

 

L-D      8                      B-R      0

 

Henneman                    10 Yard Run                8:07

Brehmer  PAT

L-D      16                    B-R      0

Henneman                    35  Yard Run               3:46

Henneman PAT

 

2nd Quarter

 

L-D      24                    B-R      0

 

Henneman                    12 Yard Run                4:50

 

3rd Quarter

 

L-D      24                    B-R      8                      0:48

Berg                             4 Yard Run

Tietz PAT

 

4th Quarter

 

L-D      30                    B-R      8

Riecken                        10 Yard Pass Reception           10:26

 

L-D      30                    B-R      14

Tietz                             8 Yard Run