Taylor Jablonski gets ready to go up for a lay-up against the Wray Eagles here last week. Jablonski hit four 3-pointers in the Longhorns’ win at St. Pat’s Friday. (Johnson Publications photo)
Kass Cochran is about to draw the foul on this breakaway against Wray last week. Cochran went to the line, dropping both. (Johnson Publications photo)
Notching another two wins last week put the Longhorn boys basketball team within one game of .500.
Sophie Spady gets set and sends off a three-pointer over the hands of Wray’s Ashley Danforth in the fourth quarter of the Wray game. Her trey knotted the contest at 50-50 but the Lady Longhorns lost the game by eight points. Spady also hit a trey three days later against St. Pat’s, which tied the game and sent it to OT. (Johnson Publications photo)
Andrea Page pushes hard on offense, completing two of the four points she scored against Wray. (Johnson Publications photo)
Chase County had to contend with a pair of six-footers in Wray’s Morgan Smith (31) and Maddie Soehner (34). Here, Smith stymies the shot attempted by Ragan Nickless. (Johnson Publications photo)
It won’t be official until today (Thursday), but the Lady Longhorns look to be the No. 2 seed in next week’s C1-11 subdistrict basketball tournament.
Eli Hinojosa has had a great high school career at Chase County. Here, after pinning Cormick Reynolds of Republic County, he enjoyed his 150th win and the fact that he had just broken the school takedown season record. Hinojosa’s brother and family can be seen in the back holding up 150 signs in recognition of his win. (Johnson Publications photo)
Caine Haarberg was close to getting a pin in his opening match against Quinton Beeson of Republic County. Instead Haarberg settled for a tech-fall victory with a score of 15-0. (Johnson Publications photo)
Logan Mendenhall works to get Santana Morin of North Platte under control in his first match of the day. Morin gained control and pinned Mendenhall in the second period. (Johnson Publications photo)
Head Coach Matt Vlasin wasn’t sure how big of team he would be taking to the district meet this weekend, after losing two more wrestlers at the Southwest Invite on Saturday.
Retired Chase County Schools teacher and coach Al Zuege, right, was honored at the SPVA basketball tournament for his 27 years of service to the SPVA conference from 1987 through 2014.
Coach Mark Bottom waits for the three-point verification as his players celebrate the shot Lauren Gockley just hit. Her trey tied the game with Hershey, and Chase County took the win in OT. (Johnson Publications photo)
Allison Owings defies the defense put up by Hershey’s Emily Barr. Owings scored 10 points in the Lady Longhorn win. (Johnson Publications photo)
Mallie McNair had a career night on offense, scoring 30 points in her team’s overtime win against Hershey. Two Hershey defenders Ashley Hassett, left, and Raychel Banks try to stop her on this drive. (Johnson Publications photo)
Lauren Gockley was one of the Chase County heroes Saturday after hitting this trey with 20 seconds left in regulation. It tied the game and Chase County won in OT. (Johnson Publications photo)
Coach Mark Bottom believes beating Hershey over the weekend will be a big confidence-builder as the Lady Longhorns start post season play in a week and a half.
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