INSIDE UCLA wins women’s Norfolk Daily News softball title, Page 10 Sports Wednesday, June 9, 2010 9 Seniors prep for All-Star game Northeast Nebraska A year to remember Classic Osten helps transform Friday, June 11 By TOM BEHMER At Northeast Community College [email protected] Girls game, 6 p.m. For the first three years of his high Boys game, 8 p.m. Humphrey’s tradition school career, Dylan Walton didn’t know ROSTERS much about winning. Boys Light team By EDDIE EVANS The game will be played at Northeast On the basketball court, his Brady Lollman...... Norfolk [email protected] Community College starting at 6 p.m. Nathan Marsh...... Norfolk HUMPHREY — During her four- “I’ve gotten to play with a lot of good teams went a combined 3-55. On Jonah Bradley...... Norfolk the football field, they were a Nick Lauer...... Hartington CC year basketball career, Leann Osten players throughout my high school ca- combined 5-19. Chad Clay...... Wakefield helped build Humphrey High into an reer,” Osten said. “I became a better But the summer be- Ezra Schantz...... Laurel-Concord area powerhouse. player because they (my teammates) Dylan Walton...... Creighton Prior to Osten’s arrival, helped me improve myself.” fore his senior year, Justin Kerkman...... Wisner-Pilger Walton got a taste of Todd Dawson...... Spencer WB Humphrey hadn’t made Osten, a 5-foot-6 guard, was a winning. Playing for A.J. Bormann...... Emerson-Hubbard an appearance at the three-time Daily News Class D the Creighton Juniors Dillion Cleary...... Atkinson WH state tournament in 22 Elite Eight recipient, earning hon- Coaches years. Since the 2007- orary captain status during the baseball team, he Mike Sjuts...... Bancroft-Rosalie helped guide the team Mark Luger...... Bloomfield 08 season, Osten and 2009-10 season. to a Class C state title. the Bulldogs compiled And then, with his Boys Dark team a 78-20 record and ad- ►Please see Osten, page 11 Austin Kaczor...... Ewing family having moved Jarren Heng...... Norfolk Catholic vanced to the state from Niobrara to Austin Ketter...... Norfolk Catholic tournament three Creighton prior to his Weston Foxhoven...... Crofton times. Humphrey senior year, he made a Dylan Paczosa...... Humphrey finished with the Jordan Coolidge..Lutheran High NE decision. Jermey Yosten...... West CC third-place tro- “I just decided to come Tommy Ruzek...... Dodge phy in 2008 and to Creighton at the last min- Josh Herscheid...... Stanton fourth in both ute because I had played Trent Classen...... Humphrey SF 2009 and 2010. Coaches baseball here,” Walton said. Jason Brown...... Stanton Osten will “It turned out great. It was Eric Kessler...... Humphrey SF conclude her pretty awesome.” high school Girls Light team b a s k e t b a l l So, while Niobrara Kalene Anderson...... Ban.-Rosalie struggled through a year Sarah Schulte...... Wynot career at the with no football team and Cali Bellar...... Norfolk Catholic Northeast Ne- a basketball team that went Amber Thomas...... Creighton braska All- Britney Birtell...... Lutheran High NE Star Classic just 1-19, Walton continued Kasi Stoltz...... Elgin/Pope John to experience winning. Kourtney Janata...... Howells on Friday, On the football field, he Taylor Pollard...... Newcastle June 11. helped lead the Bulldogs Sam Unger...... Stanton Coaches to an 8-3 record and a trip Steve Wieseler...... Wynot to the Class C2 state quar- Jim Schutt...... Clearwater/Orchard terfinals. On the basketball court, he scored 14.2 points Girls Dark team Tiffany Thramer...... Ewing and dished out 4.5 assists Shannon Jarvi...... Wayne per game while helping a Leann Osten...... Humphrey team that was state-rated Natalie Korus.. Lindsay Holy Family for much of the season to a Jillian Feilmeier...... Hartington CC Ashley Bacon..... Lyons-Decatur NE 16-6 record. Bethany DeLong.....Laurel-Concord Experiencing such a Heather Watchter...... Pierce drastic change in terms of Kyleigh Parham...... Tilden EV athletic success was “mind- Coaches Brock Eichelberger...... Ewing blowing at first” for Walton, Nate Wall...... Wayne who will put on the Creighton uniform one more time for Friday’s Northeast Nebraska All-Star Classic. But despite playing for three different coaches in four years, the Mid- land Lutheran College basket- ball recruit wouldn’t change the experience for anything. “The last coach, coach (Ryon) Nilson is just an awesome guy. He’s just a great coach,” Walton said. “I had him in the class- room twice during the day, and he was just a great guy. He was the type of coach that was fun ►Please see Year, page 11 Schneider match play quarterfinalist Meuret, Klooz, Baker ousted; Baldacci, Ahlers alive at girls event Duane Rossiter World-Herald News Service Sam Meuret of Brunswick was edged Fremont, 3 and 2; Brown def. Mike Hannon, in first-round action, then ousted the by Alex O’Neill of Ponca in 20 holes. Hastings, 4 and 3; Stanek def. Daniel McKernan, No. 2 seed Sarah Jo Pravecek of Omaha HuskersIllustrated.com FREMONT — Qualifying leader Bellevue, 3 and 2; Craft def. Max Rudder, Lin- Richard Schneider of Beemer breezed Will Pieper of Omaha ousted Mitchell coln, 5 and 4; Williams def. Patrick Lusk, Omaha, 3 and 2 in the quarterfinals. through the first two rounds of the Ne- Klooz of Plainview 2 and 1. 6 and 4; Holloway def. Tanner Johnson, Broken Area golfers eliminated from the braska boys match-play championship Broderick Baker of Norfolk was elim- Bow, 19 holes. championship flight’s opening round Tall WR Tuesday at water-logged Fremont Golf inated 7 and 6 by Erik Krzyzanowski of were Lauren Bahle of Norfolk, who was Club to reach Wednesday’s Scottsbluff. beaten 2 and 1 by VenJohn, and Girls match play Brooke Bolin of Albion, who fell quarterfinals. Other Tuesday results BELLEVUE — Omaha’s Schneider will play Calvin Second round: Calvin Freeman, to Pravecek in 20 holes. added to Christina VonRiesen holed a Freeman of Table Rock. Table Rock, def. Hayden Thomson, Lin- In the second flight, Amy coln, 6 and 5; Titus Tvrdy, Seward, def. shot for birdie from the green- Ahlers of Albion advanced to Other quarterfinals pit Class Connor Lindahl, Omaha, 3 and 2; John side bunker on Willow Lake’s the finals with an 8 and 7 win A high school champion Bryce Spellerberg, Fremont, def. Timothy Jen- 18th hole Tuesday to defeat sen, Syracuse, 1 up; Bryce Brown, Lin- over Alexa Ruwe of Omaha. ’10 class Brown of Lincoln against coln, def. Alex O’Neill, Ponca, 3 and 1; Allison VenJohn of Pleasan- Creighton recruit Collin Craft Collin Craft, Omaha, def. Kyle Stanek, ton 1 up in the quarterfinals of Other Tuesday results of Omaha; 2009 runner-up John Bellevue, 2 and 1; Will Pieper, Omaha, the Nebraska girls match-play Championship flight quarterfi- Jean-Baptiste is a nals: Danielle Lemek, Doniphan, def. Spellerberg of Fremont against def. Jordan Williams, Columbus, 2 and championship. 1; Erik Krzyzanowski, Scottsbluff, def. Jordan Rearick, Omaha, 3 and 1; desirable addition Titus Tvrdy of Seward and Will Schneider Andrew Holloway, Scottsbluff, 2 and VonRiesen will play defend- Baldacci Christina VonRiesen, Omaha, def. Al- Pieper of Omaha against Erik 1. ing champion Danielle Lemek lison VenJohn, Pleasanton, 1 up; Jacy Just in the past week the Ne- Krzyzanowski of Scottsbluff. of Doniphan in the semifinals Gasper, Columbus, def. Abbie Hunke, First round: Schneider def. Tyler Vacek, Snyder, 6 and 5. braska coaching staff has added Schneider defeated Tyler Vacek of Omaha, 4 and 3; Taylor def. Rylee Reinertson, Wednesday morning. The winner will one more athlete for the future Omaha 4 and 3 in first-round action, Gibbon, 5 and 4; Freeman def. Lucas Hines, meet the winner of the semifinal be- Championship flight first round: Lemek def. of the football program. then beat Zach Taylor of Omaha 6 and 4 Lincoln, 1 up; , Thomson def. Shawn Rodehorst, tween Norfolk’s Isabella Baldacci and Haley Thiele, Wahoo, 8 and 6; Rearick def. Mor- In fact, he will be ready as in second-round action. Kearney, 2 and 1; Lindahl def. Nick Mitchell, Jacy Gasper of Columbus in the 18-hole gan Smejkal, Columbus, 1 up; VonRiesen, def. Omaha, 2 and 1; Tvrdy def. Andrew Moores, La Macrina Abdouch, Omaha, 2 and 1; Hunke def. soon as this fall. How could that Three other area golfers were elimi- Vista, 1 up; Spellerberg def. Garrett Morehead, final Wednesday afternoon. Shauna Hill, Waterloo, 1 up; Gasper def. Emma be when everyone signed back nated in first-round matches. Bellevue, 1 up; Jensen def. Connor Niehaus, Baldacci defeated Sophie Peters 1 up Harris, Wahoo, 9 and 8. in February? It is happening because the staff was paying attention to this super-star junior college player and Bryant, Fisher lead only a few others were. Stanley Jean- Baptiste from Fort Scott Lakers past Celtics Community College in Kan- �������� sas is a very desirable addition to this fall’s roster — for more Road win gives Los Angeles 2-1 series lead than one reason. BOSTON (AP) — Derek Fisher broke never ceases to amaze me.” At 6-foot-3 and 205 pounds, down the court after another Boston miss. Game 4 is Thursday night in Boston. Jean-Baptiste brings the type Nothing between him and the basket, and Bryant had 25 points after three quar- of size a team needs at wide nothing — not even three hard-charging ters, but he did not score for the first 10 receiver and his 4.45-second Celtics — was going to keep the minutes of the fourth. That’s 40-yard dash time is above av- guard from when Fisher took over, adding erage for most wide receivers. finishing off a Game 3 victory. four key baskets after Boston Plus, he will have will have four A hard foul from all three winnowed a 17-point first- years to play four. Seldom do pursuing Celtics sent Fisher half lead to one point and the you see junior college athletes sprawling to the floor, but not Lakers regained home-court having that much time left to before he laid in his fifth basket advantage they had lost when play at the Division I level. of the fourth quarter to help the the Celtics took Game 2 in Los An- How much time he sees the field this season will depend on The Associated Press Lakers beat Boston 91-84 and take a 2-1 geles. lead in the NBA finals. “We just had to be poised and under- how he performs during this Los Angeles Lakers guard (left) drives against Boston “(That was) just Derek being Derek,” stand they’re going to make a run, and we fall’s practice sessions, but I Celtics guard during the first quarter in Game 3 of the NBA said Kobe Bryant, who scored 29 points. would venture to guess that it Finals on Tuesday in Boston. “He makes big plays all the time. He ►Please see Lakers, page 11 ►Please see Added, page 11