Sports shorts: Bison 8th grade football, Bison sophomore and 9th grade volleyball

Bison 8th grade

football team

gets 1st win

IMPERIAL -- The McCook Junior High School eighth grade football team recorded its first win of the season beating the Chase County-Imperial Shorthorns 47-0 Thursday at Imperial.

In the first quarter, Chad Stull scored twice with runs of 50 yards and 44 yards.

Deon Allen added another score from 2 yards out.

Later in the second, Tony Conroy and AJ Huffman combined on a fumble recovery leading to another score by Deon Allen making it 28-0 at halftime.

After a fumble recovery by Allen, Stull scored again from 36 yards out.

Andy Smith added another fumble recovery in the fourth quarter.

Nathan Morgan and Presten Ducharme both scored in the last period to make the final score 47-0.

Shane Wallen and Chance Pearson combined to go 5-for-7 on extra points.

"The kids played very well in all aspects of the game. The whole team worked together to shut out the Shorthorns," said coach Jeremy Yilk.

8th Grade football

at Imperial

First quarter

Stull 50yd TD Run; PAT Wallen Kick 7-0

Stull 44 TD Run; PAT Wallen Kick 14-0

Allen 2yd Run; PAT Wallen Kick 21-0

Second quarter

Huffman/Conroy Fumble Recovery

Allen 21yd TD Run; PAT Wallen Kick 28-0

Halftime Score- 28-0

Third quarter

Allen Fumble Recovery

Stull 36yd TD Run; PAT Kick Wallen - failed 34-0

Score end of 3rd 34-0

Fourth quarter

Morgan 16yd TD Run; PAT Kick Wallen - failed 40-0

Smith Fumble Recovery

Ducharme 7yd TD Run; PAT Pearson Kick 47-0

Bison sophomore

spikers compete

at Benkelman

BENKELMAN -- The McCook High School sophomore volleyball team competed in the Dundy County Invite Sophomore Volleyball Tournament Saturday.

McCook 10 8

Chase Co 25 25

McCook 25 19 8

Wauneta-Palisade 16 25 15

McCook 24 21

Dundy Co 26 25

Stats for the Tourney:

McCook's Leading Server Courtney Guthrie 23/26--Eight Aces

McCook's Leading Hitters Audrey Hagan 23/31--Ten Kills

Courtney Guthrie 14/19--Ten Kills

McCook's Leading Setters Brianna Watkins 64/64--19 Assists

Sarah Fritsch 65/67--14 Assists

"Our first match was with Chase County," said McCook coach George Briggs. "We really did not respond well in this match. Our hitting proficiency was minus .381 and we only had one kill.

"We really did not pass serve very well and when we got some good swings, we hit the ball out of bounds or into the net. And, we did not pass the ball off of serve very well.

"In our two other matches, against Wauneta-Palisade and Dundy County, we played well for a series of points and, then, gave our opponents' points to get back into the matches."

The sophomores will be in action on Tuesday along with the junior varsity. Both squads will host Gothenburg, with the sophomore match starting at 5:30 p.m.

Bison 9th spikers

2-1 at Benkelman

BENKELMAN -- The McCook High School freshman girls volleyball team went 2-1 on Saturday at the Dundy County quadrangular.

The Bison opened the morning against Chase County and lost 22-25, 20-25.

Athena Parde had four aces in the losing effort. Shelby Woitaszewski had five kills and Ashley Palic added four more. We played well at times, but just made too many errors.

In the second match, McCook downed Wauneta-Palisade in two sets, 25-23, 25-12.

The Bison had 12 aces. Ashley Palic led in kills with 7. The girls struggled a lit first set, but really came out and dominated in the second set.

In the final match, McCook topped Dundy County in three sets, 25-23, 23-25,15-7.

"We had 10 aces and 17 kills in a balanced attack," said McCook coach Jon Graff. "In the second set, the girls got down 13-20 and were able to battle back to tie the score at 22. That really gave us a confidence boost going into the third set. This was a good match for us, Dundy County was a quality opponent. The girls were focused and played hard.