Columbus swimmers aim to dethrone Millard at Apollo meet
Columbus High coach Barry Johnson and the Discoverers, fresh from a 13-0 dual win streak, finished third at Millard Invitational behind Millard and Bellevue. They face Millard and South Sioux City in the Apollo Conference finals at Ralston, hoping to improve after Millard edged them 42-41 in Columbus.
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Indians
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Harsh and Millard Sprint Showdown Highlight Meet
The sprint freestyles pit Harsh against Millard as Dennis Smith seeks wins after last year’s double in 50 and 100. They split wins last week while Columbus rivals return from Apollo with Bakenhus fourth Eihausen sixth in 200 free Lange third in diving Wertz runner up 100 fly and first in 100 breast.
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Millard
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Apollo
Bill Bakenhus
Randy Eihausen
Bill Lange
Brian Wertz
Johnson Predicts Nine Possible Winners For Relay Meet
Johnson believes his swimmers can win all but two events depending on other coaches entries. Wertz skips breaststroke to contest the medley, butterfly, and a relay. Harsh competes in the 50 100 and relay. The lone uncertain events are the finals at 1 p.m.
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CHS wrestlers seek first bid to state title since defeat
District action centers on North Platte where CHS aims to reclaim the state crown lost to Omaha West. Lakeview faces Superior in another district match as prep coverage notes more details elsewhere on the page.
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Cage season winds down with district play approaching
Local prep action heats up as Class C and girls D districts start next week. Columbus plays two road games this weekend at Millard Friday and Grand Island Saturday. Lakeview hosts Wisner Pilger Friday and clashes with Scotus Saturday at Platte College.
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Platte- Wayne State Junior Varsity Game, Which Begins At 6:30. Platte
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David City
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Fairbury
NCE of
Omaha
Area prep schedules dominated by conference tournaments
Friday through Wednesday coverage lists semifinals and finals for the Mid State and Crossroads conferences at venues including Howells Albion Shelby and Shelby. Also includes district wrestling at Wayne State Stromsburg and Dorchester with multiple Friday Saturday and Monday games across boys and girls basketball and swimming events.
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Centennial
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Fullerton
Henderson
Columbus High Makes Weight Class Swap in District Lineup
CHS coach Lanny Neese confirms Collyn Florendo and Craig Person switch to 155 and 145 pound classes. Neese cites stylistic differences and district pressure as reasons while aiming for a strong state meet showing. Districts begin Friday at North Platte with Columbus seeking 12 state qualifiers.
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Sidney Richards
Omaha Tech
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Rudy Glur
Tim Arl
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Brent Arment
Dana Wardinger
Randy Griffith
HWT
Charlie Lettemyer
Adams Junior High School
West 2Nd Street
Grand Island
Kearney
Hastings
McCook
Scottsbluff
Lincoln
Missouri Wins as Kansas Holds Off Nebraska and Other Big Eight Actions
Missouri beat Kansas 87 79 as Kim Anderson scored a career high 38 points. Kansas State defeated Nebraska 67 42 behind Al Beal 20 points, while Oklahoma beat Oklahoma State 63 51. Colorado surged to road win at Iowa State for its first conference victory.
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al Beal
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Norm Stewart
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Huskers sign Polk gridster
Nebraska a prep football player from Polk signs a Big Eight letter of intent to attend Nebraska. Two out of state players also sign letters indicating they will attend NU. Next week national letters of intent will bind them to attend. Six Omaha area players among the Big Eight signees.
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Huskers lose money on Hawaiian postseason trip
Nebraska athletic officials report a total deficit of 12 354 dollars from the Hawaii trip last December. Football was guaranteed 35 000 but spent 6 485 over. Basketball guarantees totaled 7 000 with an additional 5 668 excess. Return games in Lincoln set for fall 1978 may offset losses. another Hawaii return in 1980 is unlikely pending talks with Ray Nagel.
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UPI
Nebraska
Cornhusker
Hawaii
Bill Fisher
Seattle
Islands
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Fisher
Bob Devaney
Ray Nagel
Lincoln to host Western Regional Major Division Fast Pitch Tournament
State Softball Commissioner O W Bill Smith announced Lincoln as the site for the 1977 Western Regional Major Division Fast Pitch Tournament to be hosted by the Lincoln AAA Softball Association. The event gathers state and metro champions from Nebraska Kansas Iowa and Missouri and runs over Labor Day weekend at Ballard Field. Defending champion is C M I of Springfield Missouri.
D-5 Girls Basketball Tourney Opens at Osceola
The D-5 district tournament starts Monday at Osceola High with semifinals Thursday Feb 17. Hardville top seed meets Clarks at 7 30 pm opening night. Rising City vs Monroe Creek at 4 30. Shelby vs Polk at 6 30. semifinals 7 and 8 30 pm. final 7 30 pm. All games in Osceola High School gym.
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Hardville
Clarks
Rising City
Monroe Creek
Shelby
Polk
Osceola High School
Lakeview Frosh Set Scoring Record in Win Over Columbus
Ryan Went set a school record with 39 points in 16 minutes as Lakeview freshmen overwhelmed Columbus 68 in their final game. Went added 12 rebounds and seven steals while Dale Jaixen scored 10 for Lakeview. Columbus’ Brian Dehning had 11. Lakeview closes season with Clarkson at home after the Scotus junior game.
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Lakeview
Columbus
Went
Dale Jaixen
Vikings
Brian Dehning
Lakeview Frosh
Clarkson
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