Lady Cardinals Fly Past Eagles

Megan Schneider - looks to move the ball back into play against Lynch last Friday in O'Neill.

Senior, Megan Schneider and Brooke Bauer led in scoring with 11 and 12 points as St. Mary's Lady Cardinals defeated Lynch in Niobrara Valley Conference action on their  home court  defeating them 60-31. Jessi Pongratz came in off the bench and provided a very good spark to get the team ignited, as she poured in nine points and grabbed seven boards. This was an excellent team effort as 10 of the 14 Lady Card's were able to put points on the board and all 14 players had a hand in the victory. 

McKenna Rossmeier had the hot hand for Lynch as she knocked down 19 points in the contest. 

Rossmeier also had nine of Lynch's 19 rebounds, but it wasn't enough as the Cardinals  grabbed 35 boards on the night. Bridget Schneider dished out five assists in the win and Brooke pulled down eight rebounds for St. Mary's. Next action will be against the Creighton Lady Bulldogs at home on Tuesday, Jan.24

Junior Varsity Lady Card's Win Over Lynch Eagles 

St. Mary's junior varsity got their 14th win on the season as they defeated Lynch in a two quarter game 36-15. Carli Baseggio tore up the nets as she recorded 10 points to lead the Cards. Erin Boyle, Krissy Krotter and Addie Wetzel had seven rebounds apiece. Alejandra Vergara stole the ball away four times in the game. All nine players suited up, contributed to the win. A great defensive effort was played by the Cards causing numerous turn-overs by the Lady Eagles. 

Junior High Eighth Grade Team Wins Ewing Student 

Council Tournament 

St. Mary's had all it could handle in the first game as they escaped with a 23-22 win over CWC. The Lady Card's couldn't get the ball to  fall in the hoop. Poor shooting from the charity stripe was also a factor as we only made 1-11. CWC was able to knock down a couple of big baskets in the closing seconds to cut the lead to 23-17. Sydney Hupp and Riley Sibbelled in scoring with eight and seven points. 

In the championship game St. Mary's managed to come back to life and defeat the Tigers 42-6. 

From the charity stripe the Cards  improved greatly shooting 8-15. This was a much better effort by the entire team. 

St. Mary's Cardinals Improve To 13-0

Luke Loecker - throws one in against Lynch. St. Mary's won the game 91-38.

The St. Mary's Cardinals improved to 13-0 with two victories this past week. On Tuesday, the Santee Warriors came to O'Neill and were defeated by the Cards 91-38. Fourteen Cardinals scored in the contest. On Friday, St. Mary's entertained the Lynch Eagles and had 12 Cards score in the 90-20 victory.

The Tuesday contest saw St. Mary's place three men in double figures led by Tait Sibbel's 17 points. Adam Moon and Tom Chvala tossed in 12 and 11 points respectively, seniors Ryan Podany and David Shields added nine and eight points each. Chvala, Aaron Ohri, Kyle Loecker and Jared Tomjack led the rebounding with five boards apiece. Assists leaders were Podany and Ty Eiler with eight each.

On Friday Tait Sibbel with 19 and sophomore Kyle Pardun with 12 led the offense for St. Mary's. Adam Moon, Aaron Ohri, David Shields and Connor Connot each added eight points apiece. Moon and Tom Chvala led the rebounding chart with six caroms each. Sibbel, Connot, Jared Tomjack and Kyle Loecker added four boards each. Ty Eiler led the ball handling with six assists while Moon chipped in with four.

This week finds the Cardinals remaining at home with two big contests. On Tuesday, the 13-2 Creighton Bulldogs were to come to town and then on Thursday its the fast improving Stuart Broncos with a 9-4 record. The Cardinals will then go into NVC action on Saturday, Jan. 28.

Lady Eagles Face Number One Rated South Dakota Team

Kelsey Appleby (10) drives in for two against Wagner. Photo courtesy Studio B Photography.

Last week the Lady Eagles dropped a hard-fought battle against Wagner  50-36, who is currently 15-0 and rated number one in class A in South Dakota. " This game was played evenly in several categories with each team having the same amount of made FG's, and 12 turnovers, but the difference was at the free throw line with Wagner making 16 out of 18 and the Eagles only connecting on  five out of 14.  We actually shot 19 more shots from the field as did Wagner, but missed five or six  point blank ones that were big.  Wagner is a tremendous team with three girls 5-11" on the floor and very physical.  I was proud of the way our girls battled throughout the game and continued to fight!  Playing this type of competition will only help us down the road for the remainder of our season including conference and districts," said Coach Eichelberger.

Leading the Lady Eagles in this game were Kelsey Appleby with 12 points and three rebounds, Alex Hedlund with eight points and four rebounds, Brandi Walters with six points and one rebound and Molly Shane with five points and seven rebounds.

Eagle Wrestlers Face Tough Competition

Marcus McNichols gets his hand raised after a victory over Ryley LaVene of Norris. (photo by Kathy Marvin)

The Eagle Wrestlers had a very difficult weekend this Saturday in Aurora.  O’Neill went 0-4 in dual action.  Losing 29-39 to York, 24-54 to Central City, 30-46 to Aurora, and 33-45 to Norris.  York upset Central City to earn the team title. Joe Gillham turned in the most notable performance for the Eagles going 4-0 on the day with three pins.  “The 0-4 record really stings, no doubt about it.  I think to a certain extent we got caught looking ahead at our upcoming duals instead of taking them one at a time.  That starts at the top and I need to do a better job keeping our guys focused.  That said, the reality is we faced four pretty deep Class B teams today.  Our margin for error wasn’t very large in any of those duals and the mistakes we made were more then enough to sink us,” commented Coach Corkle. The Eagles will be in action on Thursday night at home when they take on Creighton in dual action starting at 6:30.  On Saturday the Eagles will travel to Albion for the always tough Boone Central Invitational.  “We’re hopeful this kind of outcome can serve to refocus us as a team.   Hopefully, everyone that is a part of this group, from coaches to wrestlers is looking in the mirror and asking themselves, ‘what can I do to improve this team?’  Our motto for the season is, ‘If it’s to be, it’s up to me.’  I’d say those words resonate a little louder after this weekend.”  Individual records from the weekend are as follows:

106 - Jon Marvin 3-1

113 - Joe Gillham 4-0

120 - Blake Walters 3-1

126 - Dion Nemec 1-3

132 - Cory Rowse 3-1

138 - Marcus McNichols 2-2

145 - Angel Rodriguez 1-3

152 - David Fox 3-1

160 - Jesse Albarran 0-4

170 - Tim Lechtenberg 0-4

182 - Open

195 - Morgan Sterns 1-3

220 - Thomas Schipporeit 1-3

HWT - Jordan Christensen 1- 3 

Eagles 45 Norris 33

106: Clayton Cobb, NORR, dec. Jon Marvin, O`NE, 6-4. 

113: Joseph Gillham, O`NE, forf. . 120: Blake Walters, O`NE, tech. fall Dillon Duffield, NORR, 0:00 18-1. 126: Taylon Lienemann, NORR, pinned Dion Nemec, O`NE, 0:00. 132: Cory Rowse, O`NE, maj. dec. Codie Kraus, NORR, 11-1. 

138: Marcus McNichols, O`NE, pinned Ryley LaVene, NORR, 0:00. 145: Dakota Anderson, NORR, pinned Angel Rodriguez, O`NE, 0:00. 

152: David Fox, O`NE, pinned Thaddeus(Blaise) Eason, NORR, 0:00. 

160: Ben Rice, NORR, pinned Jesse Albarran, O`NE, 0:00. 

170: Evan Fisbeck, NORR, pinned Timothy Lechtenberg, O`NE, 0:00. 182: Landon Dwinell, NORR, forf.

195: Morgan Sterns, O`NE, pinned Jared Anderson, NORR, 0:00. 

220: Blaine Price, NORR, pinned Thomas Schipporeit, O`NE, 0:00. 285: John Stajner, NORR, forf. .

Box score for dual @ York on York 

York 39 O'Neill 29

106: Jon Marvin, O`NE, maj. dec. Jesse Harlow, YORK, 10-2. 

113: Joseph Gillham, O`NE, pinned Thomas Cuevas, YORK, 1:43. 

120: Blake Walters, O`NE, tech. fall Anthony Red, YORK, 5:00 15-0. 126: Dion Nemec, O`NE, dec. Shane Motsinger, YORK, 8-5. 

132: Cody Rhodes, YORK, pinned Cory Rowse, O`NE, 3:14. 

138: Marcus McNichols, O`NE, dec. Hayden Robb, YORK, 3-2. 

145: Angel Rodriguez, O`NE, maj. dec. Troy Taylor, YORK, 14-6. 

152: David Fox, O`NE, maj. dec. Nicholas Tonniges, YORK, 11-1. 

160: Atley Dohmen, YORK, dec. Jesse Albarran, O`NE, 6-2. 

170: Joshua Nienhueser, YORK, pinned Timothy Lechtenberg, O`NE, 0:23. 

182: Dylan Olmsted, YORK, forf. . 195: Brett Olmsted, YORK, pinned Morgan Sterns, O`NE, 4:35. 

220: Rodrigo Garcia, YORK, pinned Thomas Schipporeit, O`NE, 1:23. 285: Ronaldo Trevino, YORK, pinned Jordan Christensen, O`NE, 0:00. 

Eagles Dominate Wagner Red Raiders

O'Neill's Brock Schueth (25) fakes out Wagner with a baseline pass during basketball action Tuesday night against the Red Raiders. O'Neill defeated Wagner 55-47. Photo courtesy Studio B Photography.

Last Tuesday the O’Neill Eagles hosted the Wagner Red Raiders and sent them back to South Dakota with a loss by defeating them 55-47.  

The Eagles jumped out to an early lead to go up 11-5 after the first quarter and they never looked back.  Each Wagner run was met head on as the Eagles kept the game out of reach, never letting the game get to within five points.  “We did not play our best basketball tonight but we did just enough to get the “W” and I am proud of the way we are playing as a team.  It's nights like these that separate a divided team from the ones that work well together and find ways to win even when some things are not going as planned,” commented Coach Kallhoff.  It also helped that the Eagles were nearly perfect from the charity strip by going 16-18 for a season high 89%.  Leading the Eagles on the night was Jordyn Johnson, who recorded his fifth straight double-double, with 18 points and 10 rebounds.  Derrick Hostert also had a good night as he finished some great looks near the hoop to drop in 13 points.  Brock Schueth also ended the night in double digits with 10 to go along with his team high three assists.  Everyone is finding their roles at just the right time for the Eagles, so come watch as they travel to West Holt to take on the cross-county rival Huskies in Atkinson tonight, Thursday.