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Tuesday sports shorts: NCTA rodeo; Bison 9th, 8th volleyball, Kirby Schmidt; YMCA
NCTA rodeo team ranked 5th in
region following two competitions
RIVER FALLS, Wis. -- The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture rodeo team came out of the chutes with purpose and concentration this fall and with every intent to make it to nationals by the spring.
With two rodeos under their belt buckles, the team is off to a good start.
In River Falls, Wis., Tyler Bode of Elgin, Neb. took fourth in the average in bull riding; Jake Slater of Holdrege also took fourth in the average in calf roping and Chance Harman of Norcatur, Kan,. took fifth in the average in the saddle bronc riding.
A few weeks later in Ames, Iowa, Bode took fifth in the average in bull riding.
Harman took fourth in the average in saddle bronc riding; Kevin Rossenbauch of Ainsworth took second in the average in team roping and Joe Spanel of Anselmo took first in the average in bulldogging.
The NCTA team is currently ranked fifth in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Great Plains Region.
The team will travel again on Oct. 15-16 to Fargo, N.D.
For more information about the NCTA rodeo team call 1-800-3CURTIS.
McCook frosh
volleyball 2-1
at tournament
The McCook High School freshmen volleyball A team went 2-1 at the McCook Freshmen/Sophomore Volleyball tournament this weekend.
The freshmen lost their first match of the tournament to Chase County 20-25, 25-14, 15-9.
"We started out well but got back on our heels in Game 2 and never recovered," said McCook freshmen volleyball coach Barry Schaeffer. "In game 3 we misses too many serves, and got down 6 - 2 early and could not catch up."
In the Wauneta-Palisade Match McCook won in straight sets 25-12, 25-14.
"We talked about serving better this game and moving and talking defensively for the most part we did that," Schaeffer said. "When we did have trouble serving the ball,
"Sigourney Parde came off the bench and served out the game. She did a good job of serving and the other girls did a good job of helping keep the serve. We passed the ball better this match and played better overall."
In the Dundy County match McCook won in three games 25-21. 21-25, 15-12.
"We had some really bright moments and some moments that weren't so bright but we were able to get the job done and earn a win," Schaeffer said.
"We served fairly well the first game but missed some crucial ones in the second game. In the final game we kept it close and then found a way to pull away enough to get the win. Overall this was a pretty productive weekend for the girls."
The Bison A-team improved to 6-6.
McCook plays at Southwest on Tuesday and North Platte comes to town Thursday.
The match that was scheduled with Hitchcock County had to be canceled due to a lack of numbers.
Bison 8th grade
volleyball takes
matches from
Southwest
The McCook Junior High School eighth grade volleyball team A and C teams defeated Southwest and the B team won one game and forced a tie in the other Monday night at the MJH gymnasium,
McCook A team won
25-13, 25-21
Serving Stats: Kali Lyons 7 for 8 with 2 aces
Shalynn Holliday 5 for 5 with 4 aces
Joanna Bryant 8 for 10 with 2 aces
Atheana Parde 3 for 4 with 2 aces
Danielle Cappel 8 for 9 with 4 aces
McCook B team won 25-14
and tied 15-15
Serving Stats: Madison Wagner 13 for 13 with 6 aces
Emily Dueland 12 for 13 with 7 aces
Shonda Jacob 6 for 6 with 2 aces
Ashley Palic 3 for 4
Shelby Woitaszewski 6 for 7 with 2 aces
McCook C team won 25-16, 25-18
Serving Stats: Alexis Rathe 14 for 15 with 2 aces
Jazmin Gomez 4 for 5 with 1 ace
Justine Jones 6 for 5 with 3 aces
Hannah Swanhorst 7 for 9 with 5 aces
"The girls did a super job this evening," said McCook eighth grade volleyball coach Colleen Olson.
"I believe the caliber of play for this group of eighth graders is far above average The girls continue to serve consistently and the serve receive improves with each match."
McCook hosts Ogallala at 4 p.m. next Monday (Oct. 11).
Doane College's
Rachel Hagerman,
Kirby Schmidt
honored by GPAC
CRETE -- Rachel Hagerman has been named the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) setter-of-the-week and Kirby Schmidt has been named the GPAC player-of-the-week for the week of Sept. 26-Oct. 2. The Tigers defeated then No. 20 Hastings College and Briar Cliff University on the week.
Hagerman, a sophomore from Lincoln (Norris H.S.) averaged 15.38 assists and 3.25 digs over eight games (two matches). She also added four kills and five blocks (one solo, four assists).
Hagerman set a school record with 60 assists in a four-game match versus Hastings, only to top it with 63 against Briar Cliff.
Schmidt, a junior from Indianola (Republican Valley H.S.), averaged 5.38 kills and 2.25 blocks over eight games.
Schmidt set a school record with seven solo blocks in the four-game victory over Hastings.
YMCA extends
registration
for youth boys
basketball
The YMCA has extended the registration for youth boys basketball until Friday.
To avoid paying the $10 late fee get your child signed up today.
Practice for boys in grades 1-8 will begin Saturday Oct. 30.
For more information contact the YMCA at 345-6228.