Sunday, December 14, 2008

SPORTS ROUND-UP: DHS Wrestlers Take Third At Daykin

  • DHS Grapplers Take 3rd At Bob Oliver Invitational: On Thursday, the Longhorn wrestlers took third place out of nine teams at the Bob Oliver Invitational in Daykin. DHS trailed only Palmyra and Friend in team scoring. DHS had three first-place finishers. In the 125 lb. class, DHS grappler Brandon Schwlsow won his championship match against a Sandy Creek/Lawrence-Nelson wrestler in a 7-5 decision. In the 145 class, DHS' Adam Kahle pinned his Heartland opponent in 3:43. And DHS' Russel Barak pinned his Sandy Creek/Lawrence-Nelson opponent in only 39 seconds in the 189 lb. championship match. In yesterday's (Dec. 13) meet at Osceola, Dorchester finished seventh out of 16 squads. The Times is still awaiting individual results.
  • Dorchester Invite To Be Held Saturday;Volunteers Needed: The Longhorn wrestlers will be in action this Saturday, Dec. 20, at the Dorcheter Invitational. The D-Club is looking for DHS wrestlers and student managers to assist with the many responsibilities of running the tournament, including keeping score, running the clocks, and other various duties. If you know of a former Longhorn wrestler or student manager who would like to volunteer at the Dorchester Tournament, or if you would like to volunteer yourself, please call Dorchester athletic director Scott Pohl at (402) 946-2781.
  • DHS Girls Get Win No. 3, While Boys Lose By Three at High Plains: On Friday night, the DHS Lady Longhorns (3-0) -- rated No. 11 in Class D-1 -- scored their third consecutive win of the young season, handily beating High Plains 49-26. The Lady 'Horns were led by Charity Springer with 13 points and Amy Havlat with a dozen. (For more, click here to see the York News-Times' game summary.) Meanwhile, the boys' basketball team (2-1) lost a heart breaker to High Plains, 61-58. DHS led 11-5 at the quarter and 30-22 at halftime, only to be outscored 30-15 in the final eight minutes. The Longhorns placed four players in double numbers, led by Brandon Zoubek and Spencer Kotas with 13 each. Alex Walton and Logan Morris both had 12. (See the York News Times' story here.) Both Longhorn teams will see action again this Tuesday, Dec. 16, in road contests at Harvard.

8 comments:

  1. I enjoy the sports updates and hearing about the kids efforts. I especially like the links to other media sources. Good job.

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  2. Looks like both the girls team and the boys teams will be one to watch this year....and I'm not a parent. It takes some talent - like these teams seem to have - but it takes a coach to pull all this together. There's been lots of talent in the past, but some of the coaches didn't have the ability to make it work. Good luck to the teams - it will be a fun year!

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  3. i know that some "cynical" people have said this blog and the people of Dorchester spend to much time focusing on sports. I may not be the best person with with words but I for one do follow the sports teams even though I haven't played myself for 27 years. I dont think many thinking people can deny that athletics play a very big role in increasing school pride among players and the rest of the students including the very youngest kids. I am so glad to see all the winter teams excelling and being competitive. It means a lot to those of us who live in town and close by.

    Go Longhorns!! Make us proud!!

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  4. I agree with bob above about the links to other newspapers. Why don't you ever link to the crete news? They cover the dorchester teams but you must be too stubborn!

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  5. 'Anonymous' (Dec. 15, 10:43 a.m.):

    We would love to provide links to stories in The Crete News and we have done so in the past.

    Sadly, the paper's new Web site has not been updated in months.

    Moreover, the site will not allow users to access individual stories.

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  6. Good to see the wins by both girls and boys. However, boys opponents combined record is 3-13. Havent played anyone legit yet

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  7. Way to look at everything on the BRIGHT side, anonymous 11:18 a.m. Try at looking at life as the cup half full instead of half empty. It makes for nicer neighbors and friends.

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  8. Don't you get it. That same person probably didn't amount to a hill of beans in high school, if they even went out for sports. If he did, he probably got shoved in the footpowder box and rode the pine. Now he sits around and criticizes high school athletes trying their best. It's sad I tell you.

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