dailydaily newsnews 8 The Goodland Daily News / Thursday, January 3, 2002 sports ‘Husker ‘little brothers’ Wrestlers to face tough tournament not little at Rose Bowl By Rachel Miscall should place high again this year. The junior var- face teams they usually don’t meet until state PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — The for the Huskers in the ’70s. The Goodland Daily News sity wrestlers will travel to WaKeeney this week- competition. Parents and wrestling fans are ex- “little brother” label on four Nebraska Wistrom said the first person to re- The Goodland Cowboys are leaving at 7 a.m. end to face 15 teams in a tournament. cited about the trip, he said, and a wrestling en- starters can probably be dropped now. mind him he wasn’t going get any fa- on Friday for Liberal, where they will face 23 Bahe, who took over as head coach this season thusiast group is helping pay for it. Tight end Tracey Wistrom, defen- vors as a Husker legacy was Grant. As teams from Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, New after many years as an assistant, said he’s been On Jan. 18 and 19, the coach said, Goodland sive end , defensive back a freshman on the scout team, Tracey Mexico and Kansas in one of the toughest wres- pleased with the team’s performance so far. He said will compete at an invitational tournament in Dion Booker and linebacker Mark said he often lined up across from his tling tournaments this season. they haven’t lost a single dual match, despite fac- Hays, and then will be in Oakley the next week- Vedral have gone from watching their brother and just about as often was The tournament, which will start at 1 p.m. on ing tough opponents. end for the Northwest Kansas League Tourna- older brothers win national titles with picking himself up in the backfield af- Friday and run through Saturday, will be a chal- “Considering we’ve wrestled Hoxie and ment. the Cornhuskers to taking Nebraska to ter getting run over. lenge for the varsity Cowboys, Coach Randy Oberlin,” he said, “I’m very pleased with that.” The league meet should be competitive, he its latest championship bid. “I took my beatings every day. Trust Bahe said. The team is right on track, the coach said. said, because the schools have similar wrestling “The genes must be pretty good,” me, he didn’t take it easy on me,” “It’s going to be a tough one,” he said, “but I “We’re doing a little better than what I had hon- programs this year. Kelsay said. Wistrom said. feel like we are prepared.” estly expected,” he said. “It will be as balanced as I’ve seen it for quite Apparently so. They are a big reason “It was difficult at times. Everybody The coach said the team will be missing Nick Bahe said the Liberal tournament is the first of some time,” he said. Nebraska (11-1) is playing Miami (11- was trying to compare me to Grant the Gray, a 135-pound wrestler, who is injured, but several tough meets this month. The Cowboys will end the month with another 0) in the Rose Bowl on today for the whole time,” he said. “I think slowly freshman Blake Saint will be a good replacement. The Cowboys will travel to Basehor, west of tough meet against their rivals in Colby. Bowl Championship Series national but surely I’ve stepped out of that “He obviously doesn’t have the mat time,” Kansas City, next Friday for the Basehor-Linwood Bahe said there are certainly more responsibili- title. The game will be shown on ABC shadow a little bit and kind of made a Bahe said, “but Blake is mentally tough and will tournament, which will take place on Friday and ties in the top spot, but he’s enjoying his job as at 6 p.m. mountain time. name for myself.” go out and do what he can.” Saturday. head coach. “All of them have been able to work Playing a different position and be- The coach said he the team placed in the top Bahe said it is the first year Goodland will attend “So far, I’ve received positive comments,” he themselves into starting positions and ing a two-time All-Big 12 selection three or four at the tournament last year and the tournament, which will allow the Cowboys to said. that’s not always the case,” coach helped the comparisons go away. said. “Just because the Wistrom has been a starter for three older brother was a great football years and Booker has started most of player doesn’t mean that the younger the last two. brother is going to be.” “Now that I’ve settled into my own Cowgirls to host Lady Eagles in important game In these four cases, the pedigree I don’t feel like I need to go out there was against the Ottawa Lady Cyclones Three Colby Lady Eagles are aver- theory seems to be holding true. and do the same things my brother By Tom Betz advance to the state tournament in in the Topside Tipoff losing 56-46 in aging scores in double figures. Ivy Vedral and Booker are tied for sec- did,” Booker said. The Goodland Daily News Class 4A. the finals to finish second. Ramsey is averaging 14.8; Summar ond on the team in tackles with 62 each. “I think every brother on the team The Goodland Cowgirls return to “We have the talent,” Coach Liv- Top performers for the Cowgirls this Stephens 13; and Amanda Seemann Kelsay, the only junior among the has that same mentality — just do the basketball action Friday at 5:30 p.m. at engood said. “We are a lot bigger than season have been Jayci Stone, Erica 10.2. Brianna Swafford is averaging bunch, is sixth with 52 and second in best you can. You can’t live up to some- Max Jones Fieldhouse as they play the they are, and we should be able to score Mann, Lacey Brenner, Anny McCoy, 5.5. Bethanie Linden 5.3, Emily Sloan sacks with five. one else.” Colby Lady Eagles in an important well. Jessica Vignery, Jessica Osborn, 4.3, Breann Hart 3.3, Samantha Wolf Solich said the success of Neb- Wistrom, Booker and Vedral were game for both teams. “All our girls are healthy and we StevieLee Raymer and Hayley Jarmin. 1.5, Desiree Sharp 2 and Marcia Kaus raska’s band of younger brothers isn’t redshirted in 1997 when the Huskers Coach Connie Livengood said at the expect to be very good on defense. We The Lady Eagles have a 4-2 record, 1 per game. altogether surprising, considering shared the national title with Michigan. beginning of the season that the games are real excited to be ready to play.” having defeated Thomas Moore Prep- Other Cowgirl homes games of the what their older siblings accomplished All three were in the stands as Ne- against the Lady Eagles are a main key The second meeting this year may be Marian of Hays, Norton, Oakley and season will include Lakin, Tuesday; as Nebraska won national titles in braska made a last-minute campaign to the season for the Cowgirls. The two at the Orange and Black tournament in Wray, Colo. They lost to Russell in the Atwood, Friday, Jan. 11; Hugoton, Jan 1994, ’95 and ’97. by beating Tennessee 42-17 in the Or- teams faced each other three times last Colby Jan. 17-19 and the third in Colby season opener and to Hays High 26; Hays High, Feb. 2; Oakley, Feb. 8; was a two-time All- ange Bowl and overtaking the Wolver- year, with the Cowgirls winning the on Feb. 12. School. The Colby girls will try to ex- Wray, Feb. 16; and the final regular America defensive end who won the ines in the final USAToday/ESPN first two games by narrow margins. Four free throws sealed a 48-43 win tend a 3-game winning streak when game of the season against Norton, Lombardi Award in 1997 as the na- coaches’ poll. The Lady Eagles blew the Cowgirls Friday, Dec. 14, for the Cowgirls they face the Cowgirls. The Lady Feb. 19. tion’s top lineman. He now plays for They each have title rings from that away in the third game, but the Cow- against the Quinter Lady Bulldogs, Eagles have averaged 59 points per The state Class 4A tournament will the St. Louis Rams. season, but don’t feel comfortable girls defeated the Lady Eagles, 54-45, pushing their record to 4-1 game, while allowing just over 42. be in Salina March 6-9. was a cornerback claiming that crown as their own. to win the sub-state tournament and The only loss the Cowgirls have had who was the defensive MVP in Neb- “When you’re a redshirt you don’t raska’s 62-24 rout of Florida in the Fi- get that whole sense of being part of the esta Bowl to clinch the Huskers’ ’95 team — being on the field and getting Cowboys to meet traditional rivals Friday night title. He plays for the Tennessee Titans. to experience an actual kickoff,” was a defensive end for Vedral said. “I’m really looking for- By Doug Stephens experienced players,” he said, “but “I’m optimistic. If we play up to our but several players who have stepped the Huskers from 1995-98. Mike ward to the opportunity.” The Goodland Daily News they won’t be easy to beat.” capability,” he said, “we have a pretty up on offense. Vedral was a tight end at Nebraska And if they do walk away with a ring The Cowboy boys varsity basketball He says Colby, which has a record good chance of winning this game.” He praises his players for their im- from in the early 1990s and Jon Vedral after the Rose Bowl, Tracey Wistrom team will face a tough match with their of 2-4, is better than their record makes He said they’ve worked on zone de- proved ball handling over the course of played wingback from 1994-96. said he won’t hesitate to flaunt it in traditional rivals, the Colby Eagles, on them out to be. fense and half court man defense in the season, saying that turnovers have Nebraska has had successful brother front of Grant, even though the elder Friday. “They’ve faced an incredibly tough preparation for Colby. dropped. He also likes the way the team combinations in the past. Fullbacks Wistrom has three college title rings The game promises to be exciting . schedule so far this year,” he said. “We had some really good Christ- has improved its defense. Jeff and and defensive and a Super Bowl championship. Black and Gold Coach John McLean The Cowboys, whose record hasn’t mas practices,” said the coach. “We’re as prepared as can be for this linemen Christian and “He’s a little bit jealous,” Tracey calls the Eagles a tough team. been great this year either, at 1-4, have McLean said his team’s No. 1 game,” said McLean. were part of the ’90s title run. Running said. “He never got to play in the Rose “They’re a lot like us. They’re a an even chance of beating the Black strength is its balance. The team The rivals will meet at 7 p.m. Friday backs Curtis and Roger Craig played Bowl. Everybody calls this the grand- young team, and they have a lot of in- and Orange, said the coach. doesn’t have one or two star players, at Max Jones Fieldhouse. daddy of all the bowl games.” Why?

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