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Press&Dakotan Tough Finish To An Up-And-Down Season For The Bucks BY JEREMY HOECK was a sense that, ‘Wow, we could actually win this thing.’ [email protected] But that would lead me to my next point, that has more to do with outside influence than inside the DAILY DOSE locker room: I consistently got the sense that people were looking ahead. I wasn’t in Watertown on Friday night. I wasn’t there to see the Yankton Bucks stumble in a semifi- When the Bucks were ranked No. 1 in the pre-season media poll (and no, James Cimburek and I nal game. did not slot Yankton No. 1), I remember thinking: ‘Really?’ Quite honestly, that’s the last thing the pro- Daily opin- But it wasn’t necessary to be there in person to shake your head. gram and its fans needed was early expectations to win a state championship. My next sense that people were looking ahead too far was before the playoffs when people — no ions from the A season that began with such high expectations (remember that No. 1 ranking?) and soon reached a 1-3 start, only to see a drastic turnaround, came to a halt in the Class 11AA semifinals — despite an matter where I went across town — asked me if Yankton would get to host two post-season games at P&D Sports impressive second-half comeback by Yankton. Crane-Youngworth. I continually pointed out that certain upsets would have to take place for that to hap- Staff on local For the sake of this Daily Dose, I won’t get into the whole AAA/AA divide thing (but it’s certainly pen, but also that, ‘Gotta beat Mitchell first.’ and worth mentioning), but let’s examine what Friday’s loss means for the Bucks. That’s exactly what the Bucks did, too, and in pretty dominant fashion. It was clear before the game In short, was the 2013 season a disappointment that Yankton (5-5) didn’t reach the championship with the Kernels that Yankton wanted revenge for its season-opening home loss. national high game? Probably yes, mostly because the Bucks had numerous self-inflicted mistakes that they had, And that was exactly the same story Yankton ran into up in Watertown. The hometown Arrows school, col- for the most part, been able to avoid the last half of the season. wanted their own revenge after the Bucks went up there earlier in the season and walked away with a lege and pro Having followed the team more closely than I ever had this season and having interviewed a bunch 10-point victory. Ultimately, the loss is a bitter pill to swallow for Yankton, which comes up just short of its ultimate sports. of the players throughout, there was a certain mood change in the program. Sure, ridding themselves of the ‘Sioux Falls stigma’ in the playoffs was a certain boost, but picking . But, as the coaches would likely tell you, you can only hope that the loss motivates the kids to up wins over Sioux Falls O’Gorman and Pierre really lifted the confidence of those kids. Suddenly there work even harder over the off-season.

Spots Open For MMC Youth Academic All-America honors next month. ent direction with its women’s soccer program. Ef- Scholar-Athletes, two CoSIDA Academic All-Dis- nament tiles for the fourth time in school history Hastings, a Biology major from New Berlin, fective immediately, Dale Roden will no longer trict honorees and one NSCAA Academic All- with the last coming in 2000. Friday's semifinal Basketball Camp Wis., was the lone Summit League volleyball serve as the program’s head coach. American. match was Nebraska's 280th victory on the pitch. Mount Marty College has openings available player to make an Academic All-District team this Roden, who recently wrapped up the 2013 sea- A search for a new head coach will begin im- for youth basketball teams for the Saturday, Nov. year. The defensive specialist has a 4.0 cumula- son with the Tiger women, just finished his sev- mediately. Minnesota Suspends Mau- 16 tournament in Yankton. tive GPA and has played in every set for the Coy- enth season at Dakota Wesleyan. The Tigers went The following grade groups still have openings: otes this season while averaging 2.45 digs and 4-12-2 this season and missed out on a berth in Huskers Advance To B1G rice Walker For 6 games third grade boys (2 teams), fourth grade boys (3), 0.34 aces per set. the Great Plains Athletic Conference postseason MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota center Mau- fourth grade girls (3), fifth grade boys (2), fifth To be eligible, a student-athlete must have at tournament. Championship Match rice Walker has been suspended for six games for grade girls (4), sixth grade boys (3) and sixth grade least a 3.3 GPA, must have participated in 50 per- Roden started with the women’s soccer pro- CHAMPAIGN, Ill — The top-seeded Nebraska a violation of university policy. girls (full, but can take two more teams). cent of his/her team’s competitions, must have gram at Dakota Wesleyan in 2007 and he guided soccer team faced an early deficit for second The Golden Gophers made the announcement All entry fees will be waived. Entries will be sophomore status or higher and must have com- the program from a two-win team in 2007 to a straight match but used three second-half goals to on Friday, a few hours before they opened the sea- taken through Monday, Nov. 11. pleted one full calendar year at his/her current in- NAIA National Championship qualifying team in defeat No. 4 seed Indiana by a 3-1 margin on Fri- son against Lehigh. The Gophers did not specify Contact Andy Bernatow at stitution. 2009. He came to Dakota Wesleyan from Adams day in the Big Ten Tournament Semifinals at the which policies were broken. [email protected] to register your team. District VI includes Division I schools from State College, an NCAA Division II school in Alam- Illinois Soccer Stadium. NU's season-best eighth It’s a big setback for Walker, who worked hard North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, osa, Colo., where he was the first head women’s consecutive win locked up a spot in Sunday's title in the summer to drop weight and get into new USD’s Hastings Named To Wisconsin, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mis- soccer coach at the school. match against the No. 7 seed Iowa. coach Richard Pitino’s good graces. When Pitino sissippi. In seven seasons at the helm, Roden accumu- Freshman Jaycie Johnson recorded two goals was hired to bring his up-tempo style to Minnesota, Academic All-District Team lated a 56-58-12 overall record. He led DWU to its in the match for the third time in her debut season the 310-pound Walker figured to have a hard time VERMILLION — South Dakota sophomore Roden Out As DWU Women’s first-ever GPAC playoff appearance in 2008, and in with the Huskers (17-3-1). fitting in. Kaitlyn Hastings has been voted to the Capital 2009 he guided the Tigers to GPAC regular and The Huskers will be making their seventh ap- But Walker changed his diet and threw himself One First-Team Academic All-District VI Volleyball Soccer Coach postseason titles. In seven seasons, Roden pearance in a conference tournament champi- into grueling workouts to drop more than 60 Team by members of the College Sports Informa- MITCHELL — Dakota Wesleyan University coached one NAIA All-American, two GPAC Co- onship match and first since 2002. The Scarlet and pounds. Walker won’t be eligible to rejoin the team tion Directors of America (CoSIDA). As a first- Athletic Director Curt Hart announced Friday that Defensive Players-of-the-Year, 29 All-GPAC Ath- Cream are 5-1 all-time in league tournament finals. until the second game of the Maui Invitational on team honoree, she is now eligible to earn the athletic department has decided to go a differ- letes, 10 GPAC Players-of-the-Week, 13 NAIA NU will try to lock up both regular-season and tour- Nov. 26.

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BOWLING (10-0), 6 p.m. Wallace (9-1) at Amherst (9-1), 3 District 6B Saturday, November 9 FOOTBALL, PREP S.D. Semifinals: Class 11B BASKETBALL, WOMEN’S USD at UC Irvine (4 No. 3 Parkston (9-1) at No. 2 St. p.m. Championship BASKETBALL, MEN’S USD at St. Bonaventure — Parkston at St. Thomas More; 9B — Wall at Avon p.m., KVHT-FM) YANKTON BOWL Thomas More (9-1), 6 p.m. CT Medicine Valley (8-2) at Stuart (9-1), Sanborn Central/Woonsocket def. (6 p.m., KVHT-FM); Johnson & Wales at MMC (7 (3 p.m.) Monday, November 11 Class 9AA 2:30 p.m. p.m., KYNT-AM) SOCCER, MEN’S Great Plains Athletic Conf. BASKETBALL, MEN’S USD at Canisius (6 p.m., SPARETIME LADIES LEAGUE Wolsey-Wessington, 25-23, 25-18, 25-9 Semifinals, Nov. 9 Humphrey St. Francis (9-1) at Falls District 8B CROSS COUNTRY, COLLEGE Great Plains Semifinals KVHT-FM); MMC at Presentation (7:30 p.m., KYNT- HIGH TEAM GAME: Ryan Barta No. 4 Bridgewater-Emery-Ethan City Sacred Heart (10-0), 4:30 p.m. Athletic Conf. at Seward, Neb. (MMC, 10:30 a.m.) VOLLEYBALL, WOMEN’S USD at Denver (7 AM) Trucking 904 Championship (9-1) at No. 1 Gregory (9-1), 7 p.m. Wynot (10-0) at Giltner (9-1), 3 p.m. Hanson def. Ethan, 25-18, 25-15, FOOTBALL, COLLEGE Montana at USD (1 p.m.); Great Plains Athletic Conf. Quarterfinals BASKETBALL, WOMEN’S MMC at Presenta- HIGH TEAM SERIES: Ryan Barta No. 3 Deubrook (9-1) at No. 2 Ar- p.m., KVHT-FM, Midco Sports Network) Sunday, November 10 tion (5:30 p.m., KYNT-AM) Trucking 2467 25-27, 25-21 lington (9-1), 6 p.m. District 9B HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME: Stacy Class 9A VOLLEYBALL Barta 255, Barb Dooley 233 (errorless), Championship Semifinals, Nov. 9 YANKTON PARKS & REC Parker def. Scotland, 23-25, 25-12, Candy Olson 213, Judy Barta 202 tioning assignment. Madden assistant coaches. and fined them, and Fort Wayne F third party from overseas. No. 4 Wolsey-Wessington (10-0) at 25-11, 25-11 HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES: Stacy MEN’S LEAGUE DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled — As- Kaleigh Schrock, undisclosed amounts CALIFORNIA — Announced sopho- No. 1 Leola-Frederick (10-0), 6 p.m. District 11B Barta 663, Barb Dooley 538, Judy Barta RESULTS: Mead Lumber def. C Luke Glendening and D Xavier Ouel- signed D Greg Pateryn to Hamilton for their actions during recent games. more G Kahlil Johnson has left the No. 3 Potter County (9-1) at No. 2 Championship 533, Candy Olson 531 Chico’s Bail Bonds 3-0 21-8,21-9, 21-5; let from Grand Rapids (AHL). Assigned (AHL). Central Hockey League men’s basketball team. Howard (10-0), 5 p.m. Kimball/White Lake def. Platte-Ged- STANDINGS: Truxedo 8-0, Ryan Gang Green def. KPI Crushers 2-1 14- D Adam Almquist to Grand Rapids. — Reas- RAPID CITY RUSH — Signed D EASTERN MICHIGAN — Fired Class 9B des, 25-17, 25-20, 25-12 Barta Trucking 7-1, Lewis & Clark Ma- 21, 21-15, 21-18; Murdo’s def. The — Traded D signed G Nathan Lawson to Binghamton Sean Erickson. football coach Ron English. Named Stan Semifinals, Nov. 9 District 14B rina 6-2, Glass Cutters 4-4, First Na- Block Market 3-0 21-16, 21-6, 21-11 Ladislav Smid and G to the (AHL). HORSE RACING Parrish interim coach. No. 4 Harding County (8-2) vs. No. Championship tional SC 4-4, Huether Seamless STANDINGS: Murdo’s 1-0, Mead Flames for C Roman Horak and WASHINGTON CAPITALS — THOROUGHBRED AFTERCARE MINNESOTA — Suspended C Mau- 1 Hamlin (10-0), 3 p.m. Philip def. Wall, 25-21, 25-23, 25-14 Gutters 4-4, First Dakota 3-5, Vogt Lumber 1-0, Gang Green 1-0, KPI G Laurent Brossoit. Signed LW Jason Chimera to a two-year ALLIANCE — Named James Hastie ex- rice Walker for six games for a violation No. 3 Wall (10-0) at No. 2 Avon Crushers 0-1, Chico’s Bail Bonds 0-1, Cleaners 2-6, R.I.P. 2-6 (10-0), 3 p.m. — Fired contract extension. ective director. of university policy. HIGHLIGHTS: Anne Mello 2-7; Judy The Block Market 0-1 FRIDAY’S NEB. SCORES coach and assistant ECHL COLLEGE Nielson 3-10 WOMEN’S POWER LEAGUE C1-2 District Final NEB. PLAYOFFS coaches Gord Murphy and Craig Ram- ECHL — Suspended Ontario D NCAA — Suspended Rutgers men’s RESULTS: JRD def. It Works! 3-0 Wahoo def. Omaha Concordia, 25- sey. Named Peter Horachek interim Adrian Van de Mosselaer four games, basketball F Junior Etou six games for CROFTON, NEB. Class C2 21-18, 21-18, 21-10; Drotzmann Con- 16, 21-25, 15-25, 25-18, 15-6 coach and Brian Skrudland and John Elmira D Mathieu Gagnon indefinitely accepting impermissible benefits from a Second Round, Nov. 6 struction def. Skerrs 2-1 19-21, 21-16, MEN’S COMMERCIAL LEAGUE C1-3 District Final Aquinas Catholic 29, Archbishop 21-19; Surgeon Generals def. Columbus Scotus def. Fillmore Cen- HIGH TEAM GAME: Don’s Auto 942 Bergan 7 Schonebaum Construction 3-0 21-12, HIGH TEAM SERIES: Don’s Auto tral, 25-21, 25-15, 25-17 Battle Creek 14, Sutton 8 23-21, 21-17 C1-5 District Final 2456 Centennial 42, Omaha Brownell- STANDINGS: JRD 1-0, Drotzmann HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME: Todd Kearney Catholic def. St. Paul, 25- Talbot 23 Construction 1-0, Surgeon Generals 1- 16, 25-21, 25-14 Basketball: SDSU Women Lose Opener Moody 233, Don Voudry 225, Dee Lam- Doniphan-Trumbull 26, Crofton 0 0, It Works! 0-1, Skerrs 0-1, mers 223 C2-1 District Final Hastings St. Cecilia 13, Hershey 6 Schonebaum Construction 0-1 Palmyra def. Elmwood-Murdock, PROVO, Utah — Brigham game-high honors with 18 vanced to the NCAA Sweet 16. HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES: Todd Lutheran High Northeast 28, Hart- WOMEN’S COMPETITIVE LEAGUE Moody 660, Brian Wiebelhaus 598, Joel 25-19, 15-25, 25-19, 25-14 Young broke the game open points to lead four Cougars Trailing 40-20 at the half, UCLA hit ington Cedar Catholic 27, OT RESULTS: Becker Body/JJ Benji’s C2-2 District Final Follette 589 Malcolm 40, Tekamah-Herman 6 def. Walnut 2-1 16-21, 21-16, 21-8; back-to-back 3-pointers with 13:43 left to A STANDINGS: Wiebelhaus Rec Guardian Angels def. Wakefield, 25- with a 19-3 run late in the in double figures. Morgan North Platte St. Patrick’s 28, Blue Slammin’ Hot def. Shbooms 2-1 21-17, 18, 25-12, 22-25, 25-18 make it 44-29, but could not get any 34.5-5.5, Leader Angus 24-16, Don’s Hill 18 21-18, 22-24; Bud Bumpers def. Mojo’s first half and maintained a Bailey added 13 points, while Auto 23-17, Coor’s Light 15-25 C2-3 District Final closer. Quarterfinals, Nov. 12 2-1 17-21, 21-18, 21-17; Don’t Bump to Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family def. double-digit advantage Jennifer Hamson posted a One of two returning starters from B STANDINGS: Bud Light 19.5- North Platte St. Patrick’s (9-1) at Strangers def. JJ Benji’s 3-0 21-10, 21- 20.5, Merkel Insul 19.5-20.5, DSM Apts Shelby/Rising City, 31-29, 25-23, 25-14 nearly the rest of the way en double-double with 13 points Doniphan-Trumbull (10-0), 6 p.m., 7, 21-10; Yankton Motorsports def. Jo C2-4 District Final last year, Thea Lemberger, led the Bru- 13.5-26.5, Crofton Elevator 11-29 Doniphan Dean’s 2-1 21-14, 11-21, 21-18; TNT route to an 81-53 victory and a game-high 10 re- ins with 17 points on 6-of-17 shooting. HIGHLIGHTS: Don Voudry — 62 Hastings St. Cecilia def. Sutton, 25- Battle Creek (10-0) at Hastings St. def. First Dakota Bank 2-1 21-15, 14-21, 15, 25-23, 25-18 over South Dakota State in bounds. UCLA was limited to 34 percent shoot- over game avg., 65 over series avg. Cecilia (8-2), 5:30 p.m. 21-15; Neu Pond & Landscaping def. WOMEN’S AMERICAN LEAGUE C2-5 District Final ing and was outrebounded 44-23. The Centennial (7-3) at Malcolm (8-2), 7 The Associates 2-1 21-18, 17-21, 21-18. Crofton def. Elgin Public/Pope John, the women’s basketball sea- BYU held a 46-39 advan- HIGH TEAM GAME: Comfy feet.Biz p.m. STANDINGS: Becker Body/JJ Bruins reached the second round of the 776 25-13, 25-12, 25-17 son opener for both teams tage on the boards. Fresh- Lutheran High Northeast (9-1) at Benji’s 1-0, Slammin’ Hot 1-0, Bud C2-6 District Final NCAA tournament last season. HIGH TEAM SERIES: Comfy Aquinas Catholic (8-2), 6 p.m. Bumpers 1-0, Don’t Bump to Strangers Friday afternoon at the Mar- man Clariss Ober led the feet.Biz 2246 Ord def. Dundy County-Stratton, 25- This was the first game in the new Class D1 1-0, Yankton Motorsports 1-0, TNT 1-0, 16, 25-8, 25-10 riott Center. Jackrabbits with five re- HIGH INDIVIDUAL GAME: Carolyn Second Round, Nov. 6 Neu Pond & Landscaping 1-0, Walnut 0- Pinnacle Bank Arena in downtown Lin- Leader 191, Jane Dawson 176, Deb Creighton 64, Guardian Angels 1, Shbooms 0-1, Mojo’s 0-1, JJ Benji’s BYU’s largest lead of the bounds, including three on coln. The announced season-opener Wiebelhaus 174 Central Catholic 34 0-1, Jo Dean’s 0-1, First Dakota Bank 0- TRANSACTIONS day was 32 points, 73-41, the offensive end. crowd was 9,750. HIGH INDIVIDUAL SERIES: Jane Elm Creek 35, Burwell 26 1, The Associates 0-1 BASEBALL Dawson 493, Carolyn Leader 484, Con- Exeter-Milligan 24, High Plains WOMEN’S RECREATIONAL LEAGUE National League after a layup by Xojian Harry Turnovers also plagued nie McPhillips 469 Community 6 RESULTS: Inside-Outers def. NEW YORK METS — signed RHP with 6:34 to play. SDSU on the offensive end as College Men D-1 STANDINGS: Wiebelhaus PDR Hemingford 42, Chambers-Wheeler Czeckers 2-1 21-17, 16-21, 21-15; Joel Carreno and INF/OF Anthony Ser- 141-79 (winner of first third), Lewis & Central 18 Lewis & Clark Specialty Hospital def. atelli to minor league contracts. The Jackrabbits were the Jackrabbits committed No. 20 WISCONSIN 86, ST. JOHN’S Clark Specialty Hospital 130.5-89.5, Howells-Dodge 70, Freeman 27 Lady Rangers 3-0 21-8, 21-17, 21-14; BASKETBALL more successful shooting 22 turnovers, compared to 75: SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Josh Gasser, Comfy feet.Biz 126-94 Overton 38, Palmer 15 Steven’s Construction Hot Mess def. National Basketball Association who missed last season with a knee in- D-2 STANDINGS: Arens Construc- Randolph 50, Bruning-Davenport- Riverside Autobody 2-1 21-15, 21-9, 9- NBA — Suspended Dallas G-F from hehind the arc against 16 by BYU. tion 115-105 (winner of first third), DSM jury, scored 19 points and No. 20 Wis- Shickley 32 21 Vince Carter one game throwing an the much-taller BYU squad Yankton native Chloe Apts 113.5-106.5 Twin Loup 69, North Central 20 STANDINGS: Inside-Outers 1-0, elbow and making contact with the head consin opened the season with an 86-75 Quarterfinals, Nov. 12 Lewis & Clark Specialty Hospital 1-0, of Oklahoma City C Steven Adams dur- as 11 of their 17 field goals in Cornemann played 16 min- victory over St. John’s on Friday night. FOOTBALL Randolph (9-1) at Exeter-Milligan Steven’s Construction Hot Mess 1-0, ing Wednesday’s game. the game were of the three- utes for the Jacks, pulling The Badgers, who had five players (10-0), 5 p.m., Milligan Czeckers 0-1, Lady Rangers 0-1, River- FOOTBALL S.D. PLAYOFFS Howells-Dodge (10-0) at Creighton side Autobody 0-1 National Football League point variety. SDSU was 17- down two rebounds. score in double figures, never trailed and Class 11AAA (10-0), 6 p.m. NFL — Fined Washington LB Lon- of-62 overall from the field, SDSU returns to action took control with an early 11-2 run and Semifinals, Nov. 8 Overton (10-0) at Twin Loup (9-1), 6 FRIDAY’S S.D. SCORES don Fletcher and Tennessee DT Jurell Casey $15,750 and Tennessee S 27.4 percent, but was 11-of- Tuesday at Creighton. Tipoff then went 11 of 23 from 3-point range. S.F. Lincoln 28, S.F. O’Gorman 0 p.m., Sargent District 1B The game was played in the 3,250- S.F. Roosevelt 65, Brandon Valley Hemingford (10-0) at Elm Creek (9- Bernard Pollard $10,000 for their actions 23 from three-point range. At is set for 7:05 p.m. at D.J. Championship during last week’s game. seat Sanford Pentagon. 35 1), 2 p.m. CT Waverly-South Shore def. Summit, the line, the Jackrabbits Sokol Arena on the Class 11AA Class D2 BUFFALO BILLS — Released WR Sam Dekker had 16 points for Wis- 25-18, 25-20, 17-25, 25-18 Brad Smith from injured reserve. Semifinals, Nov. 8 Second Round, Nov. 6 District 2B made 8-of-12 attempts, 66.7 Creighton University campus consin, which opened away from home Pierre 45, Harrisburg 13 Amherst 60, Loomis 22 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Championship Placed RB Doug Martin on injured re- percent. in Omaha, Neb. for the first time in eight years. Watertown 32, Yankton 14 Falls City Sacred Heart 56, Lyons- Warner def. Northwestern, 25-20, Class 11A Decatur Northeast 14 serve. Signed LB Ka’lial Glaud from the Megan Waytashek was No. 17 NEBRASKA 77, UCLA 49: D’Angelo Harrison had 27 points for 25-13, 26-24 practice squad. Semifinals, Nov. 9 Giltner 44, Nebraska Lutheran 12 District 3B the lone Jackrabbit in double LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Two-time All- the Red Storm and JaKarr Sampson No. 4 Dell Rapids (8-2) at No. 1 Humphrey St. Francis 24, Fullerton HOCKEY Championship American Jordan Hooper scored 27 added 21 points and seven rebounds. Madison (10-0), 3 p.m. 20 Herreid/Selby Area def. Ipswich, 25- figures with 12 points — all No. 3 West Central (8-2) at No. 2 Medicine Valley 75, Shelton 50 ANAHEIM DUCKS — Assigned G points and grabbed 11 rebounds as No. St. John’s was outscored 33-6 from be- 23, 26-24, 25-22 Igor Bobkov and D Stefan Wang from on first-half three-pointers. 17 Nebraska beat UCLA 77-49 on Fri- Hot Springs (9-1), 6:30 p.m. CT Stuart 40, Anselmo-Merna 12 District 4B yond the arc. Class 11B Wallace 48, Hay Springs 28 Norfolk (AHL) to Utah (ECHL). Rachel Walters contributed Championship DALLAS STARS — Recalled D day. Wisconsin led by as many as 18 Semifinals, Nov. 9 Wynot 50, Sterling 26 Sully Buttes def. Hitchcock-Tulare, nine points off the bench, It was Hooper’s 27th career double- No. 5 Canton (9-1) at No. 1 Winner Quarterfinals, Nov. 12 Aaron Rome from Texas (AHL). Loaned points in the first half. St. John’s got 25-22, 25-23, 25-22 D Kevin Connauton to Texas for a condi- going 3-for-5 from three- double. Rachel Theriot recorded a ca- within 58-54 with about 8 minutes left point range. reer-high nine assists, and Allie Havers before the Badgers hit consecutive 3- Beeston and Eaton shared scored 14 points in her first career pointers in a span of 22 seconds. wind in the fourth.” including four all-ESD selec- game. Last season, the Huskers ad- Bratland broke away again tions: Hejna, Steven McKee, Bucks from 27 yards out with just Lane Sawatzke and Tanner From Page 8 over four minutes left to ice Termansen. the game, sending the Arrows “Hats off to our seniors. Wortmann said. tipping game.” to the DakotaDome for the We had kids play their hearts An attack error by the The Warriors started the Crofton Wolfpack ended the set with third set with a 7-2 scoring points in the third quarter first time since winning the out,” Likness said. “It was a 2001 championship. tough loss, but a fun year.” From Page 8 Crofton winning 25-13. run as the Wolfpack came and didn’t let them score, we “We get about that ten back to score seven points would be back in the game,” “It’s going to be fun,” Svendsen said after the game. You can follow James D. point area. That’s why our ro- after a time out as Crofton Likness said. “But (Water- tations are so important. We made some errors. But town) played it smart. They “That’s all I can say.” Cimburek on Twitter at twit- and three digs, and Allison Yankton graduates 12 ter.com/ JCimburek. Discuss Tramp had two kills, four as- have it balanced out so you Crofton held a 10-point lead kicked into the wind in the start with the strong [play- over the Wolfpack as they fin- third quarter, and had the from their post-season roster, this story at www.yankton.net sists and four digs. For the Wolfpack, Liz Selt- ers] and end with the strong ished the game winning 25-17. ing had seven kills, Corin Pel- [players],” coach Johnson “We stuck with them to ster had four kills and two said.” about ten points and then it given day.” that also boasts Sam Lopez blocks, Jenna Parks had four In set two, Elgin Pope just seems like we hit a wall,” Beyond the GPAC meet, (Sr.), Mychal Bierwagen (Sr.), kills, eight assists and nine John was staying neck and Elgin Pope John coach Tina GPAC the Lancer women are also Josh Monson (Sr.), Gage digs, and Mallory Fangman neck with Crofton to 10-9. Thiele-Blecher said. “We just The Wolfpack took a time out never got that momentum From Page 8 hoping for an at-large berth Blaschke (So.), Christian Pet- made 10 digs. Also, Baylie to the NAIA National Champi- rich (Fr.) and Jordan Houdek Wenhoff had five assists and after they made two viola- going, and the game of volley- onships. (Fr.). four digs, and Taylor Schu- tions and Crofton’s lead by ball is all momentum.” four points. The Warriors The Crofton Warriors ad- Nebraska Wesleyan girl. “We’re not a long away Mount Marty is hoping for macher had three assists and from nationals, but we want a fifth or sixth place finish, seven digs. continued to pull ahead with vance to state in Grand Island “I’m not nervous or a 14-2 scoring run with four next Thursday as EPPJ fin- scared or anything like that, to do the best we’ve ever Fischer said. In set one, both teams done in school history,” Fis- The women’s 5K race be- were neck and neck through points resulting from blocks ishes its season with a 12-17 just excited.” ending the set 25-12. record. Of course, a high finish for cher said. gins at 10:45 a.m. today, fol- 10 points, but the Crofton Like the women, the lowed by the men’s 8K run at Warriors gained a 13-point “The one thing we talked the Mount Marty squad de- about was to block them, get You can follow Peter Chap- pends on depth, Fischer said. Mount Marty men have a 11:30 a.m. lead after two large scoring chance to better the school runs over Elgin Pope John up there and block them,” man on Twitter at “If our fifth runner has a coach Johnson said. “Then twitter.com/ PEChapman. Dis- good day, we’ll be right record of sixth place, set in You can follow Jeremy after two time outs. 2011 — the Lancers finished Hoeck on Twitter at “Right away we wanted to [Elgin Pope John] were get- cuss this story at www.yank- there,” he said. “It just de- ting blocked so it became the ton.net. pends on the day, how the seventh last fall. twitter.com/ jhoeck. Discuss serve aggressive, take advan- other teams run the course. Senior Jordan Pater leads this story at www.yankton.net. tage of their serve receive You just never know on a an experienced Lancer team and we wanted to swing,”

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