Wednesday, January 14, 2009

DHS Wins Over Friend Put Girls At No. 4, Boys At No. 16

There is a reason they call it a rivalry. Before a packed gymnasium at Friend High School, both Dorchester basketball teams came away with hard-fought victories Tuesday evening. Despite having records of below .500, both Friend teams came ready to play on their home court, giving DHS all they could handle.

In the night's first showdown, the Lady Longhorns outlasted the Class C2 Bulldogs, 55-54. But it took overtime for DHS to earn their eighth victory of the year. The Lady 'Horns retain their No. 4 ranking in this week's Omaha World-Herald ratings, and their No. 9 standing in the Lincoln Journal Star.

With their win over FHS, Dorchester's girls also hold the No. 4 spot in the Nebraska School Activities Association's Class D1 point standings. (We note that former No. 1 Deshler, which handed DHS it's only loss last month, was defeated last night by Class C2 Sandy Creek.) The NSAA's top five girls teams are:
  1. Bancroft-Rosalie (9-0), 47.4444
  2. Deshler (10-1), 46.0909
  3. Wauneta-Palisade (9-2), 45.4545
  4. Dorchester (8-1), 45.4444
  5. Humphrey (8-0), 44.7500
In the Dorchester-Friend boys match-up, DHS beat the Class C2 Bulldogs, 45-38, by relying on tenacious defense and the inside game of 6'8" junior Alex Walton, who dumped in 12 points to lead DHS in scoring. DHS led at the half 27-18.

Also getting in on the scoring act for the Longhorns were: Zoubek 6, Bruha 7, Morris 5, Palky 3, Kotas 11, Kalkwarf 1.

With their win over Friend, the DHS boys (7-2) move up to No. 16 in the NSAA's point standings out of more than 60 Class D1 schools.

The Longhorn basketball teams take on Rising City this Friday, Jan. 16, in a home contest, only to hit the road again next Tuesday to take on the highly touted teams from Giltner. The Rising City girls team is 1-8, while the Terriers' boys squad is still without a win at 0-8.

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