Longhorns end season in district final
Despite a higher seed, the Longhorns faced tough competition in the C1-5 district final Tuesday night.
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Senior Bennett Bauerle beats out 6-foot-4 Gothenburg guard Tyler Whiting for a rebound at the C1-11 subdistrict final game.
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Keenan Cole goes up for a bucket at the C1-11 subdistrict final game against Gothenburg last week.
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Two Longhorns have been on the bench after knee injuries. Senior Logan Jussel, left, and junior Cedric Maxwell are both recovering from surgery but still cheering on their teammates.
Longhorns take subdistrict title
Despite sickness and injuries, the Longhorns took the subdistrict title last week.
In subdistrict tournament play, the Longhorns, with the No. 1 seed, first played No. 4 Cozad.
Teams headed east for girls’ state tournament
The brackets are set and games begin today (Thursday) for the Nebraska high school girls’ basketball tournament in Lincoln.
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Coach Randy Longoria looks on as the Lady Longhorns hoist their runner-up plaque after the district finals in Kearney Friday.
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Alexis Richmond takes an outside shot in district finals action against Wahoo Friday. She led the Chase County scoring in the her team’s final game of the season with 11 points.
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Faces on the Lady Longhorns tell the story as the fourth quarter was winding down and the outcome obvious, from left, Gisselle Acuna, Morgan Peterson, Bryn McNair, Jerzee Milner and Jordan Jablonski.
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Mallie McNair, who’s going on to play basketball for the University of Nebraska-Kearney, goes up for two against Wahoo Friday. She scored nine in Chase County’s 51-36 loss.
Wahoo derails Chase County plans for state tourney
“It wasn’t our night.”
That’s the way Chase County Coach Randy Longoria described his team’s loss to Wahoo Friday in the district finals at Kearney High School.
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CCS grad and UNK junior Destiny Reinke moved up to No. 5 in the UNK Top 10 for the indoor mile.
Reinke moves up in UNK Top 10 for mile
Chase County Schools graduate Destiny Reinke is making a name for herself on the Loper Track & Field team.