AllenCOACH: Zach Wennhoff (3rd

year)ASSISTANT: Todd Sullivan,

Dana Hansen VITALS: Class D1, Sub-Dis-

trict D1-4, Lewis and Clark Con-ference

LAST YEAR: The Eagleswere 4-17 last season, losing toBancroft Rosalie in sub-districts.They lost four letterwinners, onestarter, from that team.

RETURNING LETTER-WINNERS: Brittany Sullivan(Sr., 5-8, G, All-Conference, All-State), Vanessa Klug (Sr., 5-9, F),Lindsey Jones (Jr., 5-10, F), Lind-sey Sullivan (So., 5-5, G), CandiceRastede (So., 5-4, G), RachelFinnegan (So., 5-7, F)

TOP PROSPECTS: AlexisJohnson (So., 5-6, F), BrookeHingst (So., 5-7, F)

BloomfieldCOACH: Terri Mlady (1st

year)ASSISTANT: Elizabeth

Bedrous VITALS: Class D1, Lewis and

Clark Conference LAST YEAR: The Bees lost

four letterwinners, all starters,from their 7-14 season.

RETURNING LETTER-WINNERS: Ashley Fiedler (Sr.,G), Autum Luger (Sr., 5-8, F),Kenna Fiedler (Jr., 5-11, F), LexiHauger (Jr., 5-9, P), Amanda Goe-den (So., 5-4, G), Bobbi Green (Jr.,5-8, P)

TOP PROSPECTS: AbbiLuger (So., 6-1, P), PhilomenaLammers (Fr., 5-10, P), KarlyJensen (Fr., 5-8, F), BrittanyO’Brien (Fr., 5-7, P), Brittany Ker-bel (Fr., 5-2, G), Laura Nagengast(Fr., 5-6, G), Kaci Milli Kan (Fr., 5-6, G), Tiara Wamberg (Sr., 5-7, F)

CreightonCOACH: Kyle Kibbie (1st

year)ASSISTANTS: Anthony Eg-

gerling, Tyler MitteisVITALS: Class C, Sub-District

C2-8LAST YEAR: The Bulldogs

ended their season 6-14 last year. TOP PROSPECTS: Emily

Boyle (Jr., 5-6, G), Anne Fanta (Jr.,5-9, C), Paige Mitteis (Jr., 5-6, G),Maddi Oltjenbruns (Jr., 5-8, F),Rebecca Eggerling (So., 5-11, F),Sarah Erb (So., 5-9, C), JessicaGragert (So., 5-4, G), NatalieNielsen (So., 5-10, F), EmilySorenson (So., 5-10, C), ChasityWilmes (So., 5-7, G)

CroftonCOACH: Aaron Losing (9th

year)ASSISTANT: Tiffany Pan-

ning VITALS: Class C2, Sub-Dis-

trict C2-8, Northeast NebraskaActivities Conference

LAST YEAR: The Lady War-riors were the C2 state champi-

ons last season, finishing 23-4.They lost three letterwinners, twoof them starters, from that team.

RETURNING LETTER-WINNERS: Bridget Arens (Sr., 6-0, F/C, All-State, 15.9 ppg, 6.8rpg), Allison Arens (So., 5-9, G,All-Conference, 12.3 ppg, 4.5apg), Maria Wortmenn (So., 5-10,F/C, All-Conference, 5.8 ppg, 6.3rpg), Tiffany Tramp (Sr., 5-5, G/F,4.5 ppg, 2 rpg), Alex Allen (Jr., 5-4, G/F, 2.3 ppg, 3 rpg), QuinnWragge (So., 5-11, F)

TOP PROSPECTS: OliviaMonaghan (Sr., 5-7, F), Amy

Mueller (Jr., 5-3, G/F), Lily Steffen(So., 5-6, F), Allison Tramp (Fr., 5-4, G), Katie Petersen (Fr., 5-9,F/C), Bre Allen (Fr., 5-4, G/F), SamHoffman (Jr., 5-6, F/C), Abby Stef-fen (So., 5-5, G/F), Sam Guenther(So., 5-5, G/F), Brittany Guenther(Fr., 5-1, G), Liz Swing (Fr., 5-8,F/C), Chelsea Wortmann (Fr., 5-2,F), Kaitlyn Vornhagen (Fr., 5-6, F),Kyla Dendinger (Fr., 5-4, G/F)

Hartington COACH: Josh Morten (4th

year)

ASSISTANT: John SloupVITALS: Class D1, Sub-Dis-

trict D1-5, Lewis and Clark Con-ference

LAST YEAR: The Wildcatswere 8-12 last season.

TOP PROSPECTS: AshleyMorten (Sr., 5-7, G), Myranda Fis-cher (Sr., 507, G), MichaelaDendinger (Sr., 5-9, P), LyndsayDunn (Sr., 5-9, G), ShelbyHochstein (So., 5-7, G), SamanthaHoss (So., 6-1, P), Hannah Flaugh(So., 5-8, P), Bailey Jones (So., 5-7, G), Ria Pearsen (So., 5-9, P),Camie Sfratman (Fr., 5-9, P), Abby

Lammers (Fr., 5-7, G)

HartingtonCedar Catholic

COACH: Jason Folkers (4thyear)

ASSISTANT: Adam Kuntz,Tate Cunningham

VITALS: Class C2, Sub-Dis-trict C2-9, Mid-State Conference

LAST YEAR: The Trojanslost one letterwinner from their7-14 season.

RETURNING LETTER-WINNERS: Katelyn Dckas (Sr.,G), Emily Schrempp (Sr., G), LexiSteffen (Sr., F), Siera Becker (Sr.,F/G), Liz Steffen (Sr., F/G), Mor-gan Steffen (Sr., C), Maggie Stef-fen (Sr., G), Kallie Leise (Jr., G),Karly Noecker (Jr., F/C), BaileySteffen (Jr., C), Reggan Noecker

(Jr., F/G), Alli Walter (So., F/G),Kayla Hochstein (So., C), HurleyBecker (So., F/G)

Laurel-Concord-Coleridge

COACH: Nate Sims (9th year)ASSISTANT: Alissa HendrixVITALS: Class C2, Sub-Dis-

trict C2-7, Northeast NebraskaActivities Conference

LAST YEAR: The LadyBears were 16-6 last season, de-feating Cedar Catholic and losingto Crofton in the sub-districtfinal. They lost five letterwinnersand three starters from thatteam.

RETURNING LETTER-WINNERS: Katie Gubbels (Sr.,5-8, G), Kiley Thompson (Sr., 5-9,G), Sammie Camenzind (Sr., 5-7,G), Cameron Eddie (Jr., 5-9, G),Erin Gubbels (Jr., 5-8, P), AudraCorbit (So., 6-2, P)

TOP PROSPECTS: Ellie Ar-duser (So., 5-9, G), Brittany Wolf-gram (Jr., 5-7, F)

Niobrara-VerdigreCOACH: Dana Konopasek

(3rd year)ASSISTANT: Rick EiseVITALS: Class D1, Sub-Dis-

trict D1-5, Niobrara Valley Con-ference

LAST YEAR: The Cougarswere 7-15 last season, and lostfour letterwinners (one starter)from that team.

RETURNING LETTER-WINNERS: Cathryn Hanzlik (Jr.,5-10, F, 3.7 ppg, 5.5 rpg), ReaganLarsen (So., 5-8, G, 2.5 ppg, 2.8rpg), Hannah Cook (Jr., 5-9, G, 2.5ppg, 1.9 rpg), Shelby McCardle(Sr., 5-6, G, 4.5 ppg, 3.1 rpg), JadeSalmen (Sr., 5-9, G, 4.3 ppg, 2.8rpg), Jessa Ives (Sr., 5-9, G/F, 6.3ppt, 5.5 rpg), McKayla Eisen-hauer (Jr., 5-10, F, 8 ppg, 4.6 rpg)

TOP PROSPECTS: ShanaLaPointe (Jr., 5-6), Kylie Krigge(Jr., 5-6), Emily Pinkleman (So., 5-6), Kylee McManigal (Fr., 5-6),Hannah Stark (Fr., 5-7), BrittanyEisenhauer (Fr., 5-6), DannyBeaudette (Fr., 5-7), JayleneGreely (Fr., 5-6), Racia Gonzalez(Fr., 5-5), Carissa McCardle (Fr., 5-7), Alisa Hrbek (Fr., 5-6), AshleyCooper (Fr., 5-6)

PoncaCOACH: Brady Starkweather

(1st year)ASSISTANTS: Ryan Olan-

der, Jamie KellerVITALS: Class C2, Sub-Dis-

trict C2-8, Lewis and Clark Con-ference

LAST YEAR: The Indianslost two letterwinners, bothstarters, from last season.

TOP PROSPECTS: HaileyPollard (So., 5-1), Megan Pollard(Sr., 5-7), Kianna Kramper (So., 5-7), Mackenzie Boyle (Fr., 5-5),Hannah Albrecht (So., 5-7), AlexisMarkworth (Jr., 5-6), KrystalRichards (Sr., 5-6), MattieSchweers (Sr., 5-5), Brook Mc-Cluskey (Jr., 5-8), Heather Lieber(Sr., 5-5), Abby Hayes (Jr., 5-5),Madison Charlson (Jr., 5-7), Lau-ren Conrad (Sr., 5-9)

Region 6B, Southeast SouthDakota Conference, Little Mis-souri Valley Conference

LAST YEAR: The Lady High-landers were 15-6 and lost six let-terwinners, including threestarters from last season. Theywere defeated by Ethan in thesecond round of district action.

RETURNING LETTER-WINNERS: Aisha Abbink (Sr., 5-4, G, SESD & LMVCAll-Conference), Kennidy Asche(Sr., 5-11, F, 9 ppg, 6 rpg), SamGeiman (Sr., 5-6, F, 4 ppg), LaceyPietz (Sr., 5-4, G), Audrey Gall(Sr., 5-4, G), Amber Alvey (Jr., 5-4,G), Shelby VanDriel (Jr., 5-6, F),Carley Skorepa (So., 5-10, F, 6ppg, 6 rpg)

TOP PROSPECTS: MorganFrey (Jr., 5-5, G), Jaycie Frey (So.,5-5, G), Jessica Thum (So., 5-8, F),Hannah Mogck (So., 5-11, F),Kayla Fischer (so., 5-4, G), AlexConrad (Fr., 5-3, G), Alexi DeBoer

(Fr., 5-6, F), Sydney Gall (Fr., 5-7,F)

Tripp-Delmont-ArmourCOACH: Brian Jones (3rd

year)ASSISTANT: Mark GemarVITALS: Class B, District 12,

Region 6B, Little Missouri ValleyConference

LAST YEAR: TheNighthawks won their districtopener but lost in the secondround. They lost three letterwin-ners, one starter, to graduationfrom a team which finished 7-15overall.

RETURNING LETTER-WINNERS: Kelli Batterman (Sr.,5-9, F/C, 10 ppg, 7 rpg), LaNaeFuerst (Sr., 5-8, F/C, 6 ppg), Han-nah Just (So., 5-6, G, 10 ppg), Jes-sica Sandau (So., 5-9, G/F),Morgan Polreis (Jr., 5-2, G, 1 ppg),Becca Brown (So., 5-11, F/C, 1ppg), Allyson Ledeboer (Jr., 5-4,G, 1 ppg)

TOP PROSPECTS: Liz Bit-terman (Sr., 5-1, G), Ashlea Fis-cher (Fr., 5-4, G), Kayla Dufek (Jr.,5-5, G), Mariah Plecity (So., 5-6,

G/F), Payton Schafers (So., 5-9,F/C)

Viborg-Hurley COACH: Bill Hansen (2nd

year)ASSISTANTS: Katrina

Reimnitz, Emily SanfordVITALS: Class B, District 8,

Region 4B, Tri-Valley ConferenceLAST YEAR: The Cougars

were 18-4, claming the District 8Btitle before losing to Parker inthe Region 4B final. They gradu-ated four letterwinners, includingone starter.

RETURNING LETTER-WINNERS: Danielle Voss (Sr., 5-10, C, 3.7 ppg, 3.8 rpg), KatelynGraber 9 (Jr., 5-10, F, 2.2 ppg, 1.4rpg), Kayla Anderson (Jr., 5-5, G),Hannah Jorgensen (So., 5-9, G),Angie Lee (So., 6-0, G, 2.1 ppg, 2.3rpg), Val Sunderland (So., 5-7, F,3.2 ppg, 2.1 rpg), Sam Boomgar-den (So., 5-7, F), Abby Hora (Fr.,5-7, G, 8.9 ppg, 2.9 apg)

TOP PROSPECTS: SaskiaReuss (Jr.), Miranda Anderson(Fr.), Jaclynn Knutson (Fr.),Duana Lee (Fr.), Harley Mcken-

ney (Fr.), Cassandra Voss (Fr.)

Wagner COACH: Michael Koupal

(10th year)VITALS: Class A, District 10,

Region 5A, Little Missouri ValleyConference, Southeast SouthDakota Conference

LAST YEAR: The RedRaiders were 21-1 last seasonand will return seven letterwin-ners, including two starters, thisseason. They finished the regularseason 20-0 but were knocked offby eventual state runner-up Park-ston in the district title game.

RETURNING LETTER-WINNERS: Jessa Doom (Sr., 5-10, F, 13 ppg, 7 rpg), NicoleWeber (Sr., 5-5, G, 4 ppg, 5 apg),Ali Kuca (Fr., 5-10, F/G, 5 ppg),Gina Soukup (Jr., 5-7, G, 4 ppg, 3rpg), Kayla Deurmier (Jr., 5-7, G, 2ppg), Alex Dvorak (Jr., 5-10, G, 2ppg), Delaynie Dickerson (Jr., 5-7,G, 2 ppg)

TOP PROSPECTS: AlexisMedicine Horn (So., 5-10, F),Clarissa Medicine Horn (Sr., 5-6,F)

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Boys’ BasketballDate........................Opponent/Event .....................................................................Location11/30.......................Laurel-Concord-Coleridge ...........................................................Crofton12/1 ........................Ponca............................................................................................Ponca12/8 ........................Guardian Angels Central Catholic ...............................................Crofton12/11.......................Hartington Cedar Catholic ...........................................................Crofton12/14 ......................Creighton .................................................................................Creighton12/18 ......................O'Neill ...........................................................................................O'Neill12/28-29 .................Crofton Holiday Tournament........................................................Crofton1/3 ..........................Battle Creek.........................................................................Battle Creek1/4 ..........................West Holt .....................................................................................Crofton1/8 ..........................Lutheran High Northeast..............................................................Norfolk1/12 ........................Norfolk Catholic ...........................................................................Norfolk1/15 ........................Wayne ..........................................................................................Wayne1/18 ........................Plainview .....................................................................................Crofton1/22 ........................Madison .....................................................................................Madison1/24 ........................Pierce ..........................................................................................Crofton1/26-2/2 ..................Mid-State Conference Tournament..............................................Norfolk2/8 ..........................Randolph .................................................................................Randolph2/15 ........................Boone Central/Newman Grove .....................................................Albion2/18-19, 21 .............Sub-District C2-8 Tournament ......................................................O’Neill2/26 ........................District C2-4 Final ............................................................................TBD3/7-9 .......................State Tournament ........................................................................Lincoln

WrestlingDate........................Opponent/Event .....................................................................Location11/29.......................Pierce ..........................................................................................Crofton12/1 ........................Creighton Invitational...............................................................Creighton12/6 ........................Bon Homme ................................................................................Crofton12/8 ........................West Point-Beemer Invitational..............................................West Point12/15 ......................Osmond Invitational...................................................................Osmond1/4 ..........................Burwell Invitational ......................................................................Burwell1/10 ........................Hartington Cedar Catholic/West Holt ........................................Atkinson1/12 ........................Palmer Invitational .......................................................................Palmer1/18 ........................Madison Invitational...................................................................Madison1/25 ........................Plainview Invitational................................................................Plainview1/31 ........................Vermillion .................................................................................Vermillion2/2 ..........................Mid-State Conference Tournament..............................................Norfolk2/8-9 .......................District C-2 ...................................................................................Wisner2/14-16 ...................State Meet ...................................................................................Omaha

Girls’ BasketballDate........................Opponent/Event .....................................................................Location11/29.......................Hartington Cedar Catholic ......................................................Hartington 11/30.......................Laurel-Concord............................................................................Crofton12/4 ........................Boone Central/Newman Grove .....................................................Albion12/8 ........................Guardian Angels Central Catholic ...............................................Crofton12/13 ......................Ponca............................................................................................Ponca12/14 ......................Creighton .................................................................................Creighton12/18 ......................O'Neill ..........................................................................................Crofton12/28-12/29 ............Crofton Holiday Tournament........................................................Crofton1/3 ..........................Battle Creek.........................................................................Battle Creek1/4 ..........................West Holt .....................................................................................Crofton1/8 ..........................Lutheran High Northeast..............................................................Norfolk1/15 ........................Wayne ..........................................................................................Wayne1/18 ........................Plainview .....................................................................................Crofton1/22 ........................Madison .....................................................................................Madison1/24 ........................Pierce ..........................................................................................Crofton01/26-02/02 ............Mid-State Conference Tournament..............................................Norfolk2/7 ..........................Norfolk Catholic ...........................................................................Crofton2/8 ..........................Randolph .................................................................................Randolph2/11-12, 14..............Sub-District C2-8 Tournament ......................................................O’Neill2/22 ........................District C2-4 Final ............................................................................TBD2/28-3/2 ..................State Tournament ........................................................................Lincoln

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CHAMPIONSHIP FLASHBACK: Crofton Girls (above) Class C2 champions; Wynot Girls (below) Class D2 champions

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