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Friday, June 20, 2003

HASTINGS -- Republican Valley graduate Blake Shuler is a member of the West Team at the 26th annual Sertoma Eight-Man All-Star football game Saturday.

The game kicks off at 1:30 p.m. at Lloyd Wilson Field-Osborne Family Complex on the Hastings College campus.

Shuler, a 6-foot-4, 220-pound linebacker, was a member of the McCook Daily Gazette's Gazetteland All-Area Eight-Man Team last fall.

Shuler wears No. 52.

Maywood head football coach Scott Johnsen is a West assistant coach.

No other area players or coaches are participating for either the West or East teams.

The game will be televised on NETV.

McCook grad Nathan Reicks to wrestle in NWSCA Classic at 197 pounds

BRIDGEPORT -- Nathan Reicks, a 2003 graduate of McCook High School and University of Nebraska-Kearney football recruit, will compete in one more high school wrestling match.

Reicks will compete in the 14th annual Nebraska Scholastic Wrestling Coaches Association All-Star Classic Saturday at Bridgeport High School.

With his father Dean's Nebraska Army National Guard unit still in deployment at Fort McCoy, Wis., Nathan will be coached at the Classic by his uncle Dominic, the wrestling coach at Ravenna High School.

"I guess he (Nathan) had a pretty good training camp," said Dean Reicks, who called from Fort McCoy.

Nathan Reicks posted a 40-0 record his senior year and captured the Nebraska Class B state championship at 189 pounds.

Reicks is one of two 197-pounders on the West squad at the NWSCA Classic.

The other is Adam Axtell from Axtell High School.

Reicks has been been busy this summer.

He was a member of the victorious East squad at the Western Nebraska All-Star Football Game two weeks ago at Scottsbluff.

Although he has signed to play football at UNK, there is a possibility he might wrestle for the Lopers also, said Dean Reicks.

The West roster consists of:

119 pounds -- Lance Baine, Amherst; Derrick Doolittle, Holdrege.

125 -- Chris Dresch, Columbus, Columbus; John Hayek, Seward.

133 -- Brandon Brill, Kearney; Efrain Ayala, Grand Island.

141 -- Dan Ascherl, O'Neill; Marcus Hilario, Omaha Burke.

149 -- John Paisley, Aurora; Justin Kinnan, Cozad.

157 -- Jordan Kinnan, Cozad; Pat Breitzkreutz, Ord.

165 -- Drew Sanders, Chadron; Ross Hughson, Mitchell.

174 -- Doug Risseuw, Valentine; Isaac Gengler, Licoln Pius X.

184 -- Jesse Watkins, Scottsbluff; Brandon Migerl, Ravenna.

197 -- Nathan Reicks, McCook; Adam Axtell, Axtell.

215 -- Dennis DeKay, Omaha Burke; Garrett Schukei, Bayard.

275 -- Jordan Homan, Lexington; Justin Crist, Kearney.

Cambridge CSO basketball games slated for Saturday

CAMBRIDGE -- The 19th annual Cambridge CSO All-Star Basketball Classic takes place Saturday at the Cambridge High School gym.

The girls game starts at 6 p.m. with the boys game to follow at 8 p.m.

The 2003 girls' East Team includes Shawna Banzhaf of Eustis-Farnam; Celeste Bauer and Chelsea Richards, both of Alma; Kayla Brooks and Danielle Stritt, both of Republican Valley; Ann McClelland of Southern Valley; Lacie Freeland of Loomis; Christina Houghtelling of Cambridge; Heather McCoy of Arapahoe; and Kristy Robison of Bertrand.

The East Team will be coached by Galen Kronhofman of Alma and assisted by Ron Casper of Republican Valley.

The 2003 girls' West Team is Holly Colton of Chase County; Kara Fangman of Maywood; Ashley Fortkamp and Emily Humphrey, both of Wauneta-Palisade; Stephanie Hansen of Medicine Valley; Erin McCormick of Grant; Ashley McKillip of Hayes Center; Jessica Richardson of Dundy County; and Ashley Smith and Sara Wagner, both of Culbertson.

The West Team coach will be Culbertson's Barry Schaeffer.

The 2003 East boys team includes Kelly Cooksley of Elwood; Tyler Haussler of Arapahoe; Michael Houghtelling of Cambridge; Jay Johnson and Jon Sand, both of Bertrand; Kole Kugler of Eustis-Farnam; Simon McKenzie and Kody Schrader, both of Alma; Zach Randolph of Republican Valley; and Toby Webb of Twin Vallen.

Craig Newcomb of Bertrand will coach the East Team. He will be assisted by George Lytle of Cambridge.

The 2003 West Team consists of Jarod Cole of Hayes Center; Krae Dutoit of McCook; Ben Eisenhart of Culbertson; Jacob Harms of Wheatland; Ed Kaiser and John Strand, both of Chase County; Corban Rogers of Lakeside Central; Nate Stroup of Dundy County; Gordy West of Wallace; and Matt Wilson of Wauneta-Palisade.

The West Team will be coached by Rick Titus of Chase County with assistant coach Steve Nicholson of McCook.

Oil Field Classic slated for weekend at Heritage Hills

Heritage Hills Golf Course in McCook will host the annual Oil Field Classic Saturday and Sunday.