Five Plainsmen wrestle at Gordon- Rushville meet
Plainsmen wrestling coach Tanner Collins planned on taking eight wrestlers to Gordon-Rushville Saturday but two got injured late in the week and another came up sick.
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Pitchin With Pritch: Nebraska’s a volleyball state
The State of Nebraska had two college volleyball teams fighting to get a national championship back to their respective campuses this past week. But each one of them came up just a little short.
The Lady Cats opened their 2019-20 basketball season with an away game in Wauneta on Thursday Dec. 5. The Wallace girls took the lead early in the game, ending the first quarter with 11 points over Wauneta’s 8, and went into half time with a 24-12 lead over the Broncos. Despite Wauneta outscoring the Cats in the second half, they still took a two point win, 36-34. The following day, Wallace fell in a rough first home game against Maywood Hayes Center. MHS left the Lady Cats scrambling to catch up after scoring 20-2 in the first and taking their lead to 33-12 at half time. In the end, Wallace couldn’t come back and lost 58-16. Above: Sidney Pelster works to get the ball past the Wauneta Palisade defense during Thursday’s game.
Lady Cats kick off season 1-1
Kolton Hager breaks for the basket just ahead of Wauneta/Palisade’s Braxton McKinney.
Wildcats open season with two wins
The Wallace Wildcats got their basketball season off to a great start by defeating two conference rivals last week.
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Samantha Patrick goes in for a basket against the Hershey defense last week. She led the Lady Plainsmen with 10 points.
Meghan Bishop sweeps past the Tiger defense during the game on Thursday, Dec. 5. Bishop had the second highest number of points for the Lady Plainsmen in the game with 7.
Cross likes what she sees in Lady Plainsmen
While the Lady Plainsmen opened the season 0-2, falling to Hershey and Wray, Colorado, Coach Katie Cross liked what she saw from her team in the opening weekend of play.