Sunday, December 7, 2008

SPORTS ROUND-UP: DHS Hoops Off & Running; Kahle Gets Gold


DHS Basketball Teams Off To Positive Start: Both boys' and girls' DHS basketball teams lived up to pre-season hype Friday night, capturing big wins in their season-openers. The Lady Longhorns beat a solid No. 13 Exeter-Milligan 49-40, despite leading by only a point at halftime. The Havlat sisters -- Melinda and Amy -- led the Class D-1 No. 11 Longhorns with 11 points a piece. Other scorers included Boller 10, Lawver 8, Springer 8, Spanyers 6, and Wells 4. In boys' action, the Longhorns overpowered Exeter-Milligan as DHS coasted to a 69-57 victory, thanks to balanced scoring from the Orange & Black Attack. Both teams are again in action Tuesday night in home contests against Diller-Odell.

Adam Kahle Takes Gold At Season-Opening Wrestling Meet: DHS' Adam Kahle took first place at Friend's Lil' Dawg Invitational on Saturday. It took Kahle only 1:01 to pin a Wilber grappler in the championship match, as the Longhorn junior sets his sights on a repeat bid to State this February. DHS finished 8th in the team standings out of 11 teams. However, all but two of the squads (DHS and Bruning-Davenport) were Class C teams.

Bruha Is State's Leading Punter At Season's End: Now that the high school football season is over and the statistics have been tallied, DHS' Brandon Bruha is officially the state of Nebraska's leading punter for the 2008 campaign. Bruha led all Nebraska high school punters, regardless of class size, with a 41 yard-per-punt average in 22 kicks. Bruha also made the list of leaders in tacklers for 2008, landing at No. 19, withe 27 unassisted tackles and 79 assisted. Bruha was also named to the Lincoln Journal-Star's All-State Honorable Mention team for Class D-1. We salute this DHS football standout.

Osceola & Shelby Give New Look To CRC: The Crossroads Conference is getting a makeover in 2009. The York News-Times reports tha beginning next school year, members of the new CRC Conference will include: Dorchester, High Plains (formerly Polk-Hordville), Hampton, Exeter-Milligan, McCool Junction, Osceola, Shelby, Giltner, Meridian, Rising City, Shickley and Clay Center.

14 comments:

  1. I find your articles amusing.

    I have read many newspapers and I have never seen a high school ranking out higher than 10th.

    Where do you get the 11 and 13th ranked stuff??

    Maybe I need to change papers.

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  2. The economy is crashing and you care about sports? ................ the wife and me are stocking the freezer full of beef, buying more ammo and snatching up gold and silver ................ you play games ........... me thinks someone is fiddling while rome burns........................

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  3. 'Anonymous' (12/07, 10:24 p.m.):

    The Class D-1 rankings we report are courtesy of the Lincoln Journal-Star.

    Every week, following their Top 10 rankings, the LJS runs group of "contenders" for each class.

    The contenders are typically listed in the order they would be ranked outside the Top 10. Last week Dorchester was the first team to appear in the "contenders" category.

    Dorchester should enter this week's Class D-1 Top 10, thanks to the loss of Mead. When this happens, we hope you won't continue to feel the need to be as cynical as our friend Richard.

    Perhaps you can even muster enough courage in your old age to be happy for a group of hard-working high school athletes.

    Keep reading. We find you amusing.

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  4. Congrats to the Longhorn athletes!!! Keep up the good work. The kids were fun to watch. It should be a good season for all!!

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  5. smoked 'em. go horns!!!

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  6. Mr. Kahle is a respected young man in our community. His future is going to be bright well beyond his wrestling accolades.

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  7. I am very happy to see our athletes fairing so well. But, there were other medal winners at the Friend meet as well. It would be nice to recognize all medal winners!

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  8. Richard, you ain't cynical ... you just plain crazy!

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  9. anonymous, you should just start your own blog dedicated to your own kids. just a thought.

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  10. the blog should say something about the other wrestlers that placed
    not just the gold medal winners

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  11. we're a week into the winter sports season and already the whining parents make me wanna puke>

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  12. To the people upset that the other wrestlers who placed were not mentioned....WHY DON'T YOU MENTION THEM??? Didn't the Village Dweller say that they are not reporters and get most of their information from the paper? You complain, but then you don't mention who the other kids that placed were. If you didn't go the the wrestling meet (And I didn't), how are you suppose to know. If you don't want to put it in your comments, then send the Times an email so they know. I'm sure they would love some pictures if you have them also. Help the Times post more information about westling rather than complaining!!!

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  13. Why don't they mention the other medal winners??? The two other medal winners are Russel Barak and Brandon Schwisow both underclass men that have great things coming for them.

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  14. 'Anonymous' (Dec. 10, 8:54 p.m.):

    And now we know. Thanks.

    By the way, we are looking for a sports correspondent.

    Feel free to keep the reports coming, either in the comment section or by e-mailing us at dorchester.times@gmail.com.

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