Dorchester Times: DHS Girls Gouged By Giltner

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

DHS Girls Gouged By Giltner

In a game that was billed a "key game" by the Lincoln Journal Star, the Lady Longhorns were sent home more than disappointed by the girls of Giltner, listed this week as contenders in the LJS Class D1 ratings. The Hornets handed DHS their second painful loss of the year, 67-35.

The Longhorns this week (9-2) are rated No. 3 in Class D1 by the Omaha World-Herald and No. 9 by the Journal-Star. However, tonight's loss will undoubted drop DHS from the Top 10, as the team must now reorganize.

According to the Grand Island Independent's coverage of the game, "Giltner raced to a 29-10 halftime lead and exploded for a 67-35 win over Class D-1 No. 3-rated Dorchester. The Hornets completly dominated the game as they expanded their 19-point halftime lead in the second half. Stasia Ott led Giltner with 17 points and nine rebounds." Dorchester's scorers were M. Havlat 6, Boller 7, A. Havlet 4, Spanyers 5, Pracheil 11, Springer 2.

The girls will try to get back on track Friday when both Dorchester teams will travel to McCool Junction where the No. 17 DHS boys (8-2) will take on the No. 10 Mustangs (8-2). The Lady Mustangs are 4-7 on the year.

10 comments:

AnonymousJanuary 21, 2009 at 12:55 AM
Giltner is good
speed kills
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AnonymousJanuary 21, 2009 at 12:46 PM
Need to get that 3 point game going again. Box and 1 defense should be utilized against teams with one standout player.
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AnonymousJanuary 21, 2009 at 8:48 PM
to cj

just what the world needs, another coach.

leave the coaching to the coaches, the playing to the players

the reffing to the refs

and the cheering to the crowd.
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AnonymousJanuary 21, 2009 at 8:53 PM
To the times staff.

Your basketball stories are confusing and have been since the beginning.

You mix up ratings and rankings in every article. Makes a person think every time an article is read.

Stick to one or the other system, it will make it easier for your readers.
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AnonymousJanuary 21, 2009 at 11:00 PM
To Annoymous:

Your comments make my head hurt. You should have paid more attention in grammar class. It would have paid off as you try to earn a living critiquing blogs.
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AnonymousJanuary 22, 2009 at 6:30 AM
to bob

always wonder what you do, seems you are an expert on everything.

get a life
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AnonymousJanuary 22, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Anoymous,

I'm the counterbalance to the loud idiots out there like you who run everyone down and criticize all except the one in the mirror. Get a grip.

For the record you would be impressed with my job and my income.

Love you!
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AnonymousJanuary 22, 2009 at 10:24 PM
BOB,

This is from a reader, your remarks are uncalled for. Think about what your writing. It's not kids stuff, your a grown man, act like it. Maybe look at what you have, not be what you make. Money is not everything. Losing a love one, your family or your home would seem more important. (Don't you think.)
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AnonymousJanuary 24, 2009 at 12:36 AM
anonymous needs to put up or shut up .......................... how much do you pay for this service ......................... you get what you pay for.....................
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AnonymousJanuary 24, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Bob and Cynical richard must be buddies.

aint that scary
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Dorchester: A Good Little Family Town

Dorchester, Nebraska (est. population 630) is located in northern Saline county. Close in proximity to Interstate 80, Dorchester is only 25 minutes from the state capital of Lincoln (est. population 250,000) and about 55 minutes from Omaha (metro population 725,000).

Dorchester's median resident age is 37 years. In 2005, Dorchester had a median family income of approximately $35,600. The median house value was about $63,000. About 95 percent of Dorchester residents commute to work via Interstate and highways.

The village has a quality public school, which received a $4.1 million expansion and modernization in 2008; it offers a small classrooms and individualized attention. Total enrollment of grades K-12 is around 230-250 students.

Ancestries of the Dorchester area are primarily German (42.4%), Czech (24.9%), Irish (12.5%), English (5.4%), and Dutch (4.9%).

Dorchester Historical Facts

* On July 4, 1871, the railroad reached Dorchester.
* Incorporated in 1881, Dorchester's population grew from 200 to 500 by 1882.
* In 1882, Dorchester had 90 buildings, 35 of which were businesses or public facilities. Brick buildings lined both sides of Washington Avenue for two blocks.
* Dorchester's longest-running newspaper was The Dorchester Star, which was published until the late 1940s.
* By 1889, Dorchester's population is said to have reached 800, while the town housed an opera house, a two-story brick schoolhouse with a bell tower, and four churches.
* By the 1910s, Dorchester had electricity, a water tower and a fire department.
* Dorchester's main arteries, Highways 6 and 33, were graveled in the 1940s.
* Dorchester's first irrigation well was drilled on Chris Weber's farm and rural electrification was finished following WWII.

A Village with History

Dorchester is one of the "alphabet towns" on the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad line built west from Lincoln. The town site was selected for its pleasant location in the northern part of Saline County, about eight miles west of Crete. This situation is an attractive one, being on the level prairie land, midway between the West Blue River and Turkey Creek. The first named stream is three miles north, and the latter about the same distance south from the town. Dorchester was platted in 1870 and incorporated in 1881. The name "Dorchester" came from either for a suburb of Boston by that name or a town in England. No one is sure. Two of the very first settlers were James Seely and Edward McIntyre, who both made Dorchester their permanent home.

Dorchester: In The Beginning

Here is a look at Dorchester around 1890, less than a decade after its official incorporation, as documented by Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska:
* POPULATION: "About 300, and is made up of a substantial and progressive class of citizens, who are moral and industrious. ... The town grew but very little until the year 1879, for the reason that Pleasant Hill, on Turkey Creek, a short distance south, was the county seat and naturally drew a trade for quite a large scope of country."
* BUSINESS: "The business and professional interests of the town are represented by three general merchandise stores, two drug, one grocery, one furniture, two hardware, and two millinery stores, one bank, two restaurants, two hotels, three livery stables, a post office, one newspaper office, two elevators, two lumber yards, two coal yards, two blacksmith shops, two lawyers and four physicians."
* SCHOOL: "The schoolhouse is a good one. The schoolhouse was built in 1872, since which time the public schools have been continually kept up. The present schoolhouse is 24' x 40' in size, two stories high. The school is graded and consists of three departments. The house is found too small, and arrangements will soon be made to increase its size."
* CHURCHES: "There are three substantial churches."
* HOMES: "The residence portion of the village is made up of neat houses of different styles of architecture, but none of them very large."
* NEWSPAPER: "The Dorchester Star, which was established August 21, 1881, by H. C. Bittenbender, who edited it until January 19, 1882, when he sold it to Ryerson & Bullock, the present proprietors. The Star is a bright weekly paper, five-column quarto, in size, and is Republican in politics."