Red Team Wins NE All-Star Football Game

Nate Rogers of South Sioux City caught  two touchdowns passes to help lead the Red Team past the White Team 20-10 Saturday night in the first-ever Northeast Nebraska All-Star Football Classic.
Saturday night’s game, played at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Norfolk, drew 2,249 spectators.
Rogers was on the receiving end of a 68-yard touchdown strike from high school teammate Scott Manley in the second quarter. He then caught a 12-yard scoring pass from Norfolk Catholic’s Jordan Bellar.
In all, Rogers caught five passes for 97 yards. He was named Most Valuable Offensive Player of the game for the Red Team.
On the defensive end, Riley Knake helped lead the Red Team with nine tackles, including one for a loss. He was named the Red Team’s Most Valuable Defensive Player of the game.
Elgin Public-Pope John standout signal-caller Ross Schindler put a spark into the White Team’s offense in the second half with his playmaking ability. He was one of three Wolfpack players to play in the game, the other two were Blake Anderson and Andrew Heithoff. Anderson carried the ball three times for six yards. Heithoff saw action at linebacker on defense.
For the White Team, Travis Wright of Battle Creek rushed for 127 yards on 30 carries. He scored the White Team’s lone touchdown from three yards out.

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Northeast Nebraska All-Star Football Game to Have Wolfpack ‘Flavor’

Wolfpack football players Andrew Heithoff, Ross Schindler and Blake Anderson will suit up one more time as teammates this Saturday.
The first Northeast Nebraska All-Star Football Classic will be played on June 8, 2013 at Norfolk’s Veteran’s Memorial Park.
Kickoff will be at 7 p.m.
Retired National Hall of Fame football coach Bob Schnitzler of Battle Creek will coach the White team and long-time Northeast Nebraska area football coach Rich Rethwisch of Wayne will coach the Red team. Schnitzler will be assisted by Bill Mimick of Lindsay Holy Family, Carlie Wells of Elgin Public/Pope John, Joe Anderson of Oakland-Craig, Rod Brummels of Osmond and Steve Porter of Norfolk.
Rethwisch will be assisted by Jeff Jensen of Creighton, Jeff Bellar of Norfolk Catholic, Tim Kassmeier of Norfolk Catholic, Greg Warneke of Pierce and Doug Konopasek of Niobrara/Verdigre.
All players participating were nominated by their respective high school football coaches.
The Red team’s roster is made up of the following players: Chet Beckmann of Bloomfield; Trevor Krugman of Boyd County/Lynch  (at Spencer); Levi Nielsen of Creighton, Travis Allvin, Justin Janssen and Brady Steffen of Crofton; Grant Dickes and Danny Loecker of Hartington Cedar Catholic; Kyle Kardell, Justin Roach and Justin Saunders of Laurel-Concord/Coleridge; Dalton Bichlmeier, Kenneth Blank, Nathan Johnson and Arrin Rathke of Lutheran High Northeast (at Norfolk); Eli Schreier of Niobrara/Verdigre; Jordan Bellar, Riley Knaake, Garret McCarthy and Kyle Schaefer of  Norfolk Catholic; Ty Eiler of O’Neill St. Mary’s;  Eddie Francois, Aaron Hanlin Nate Meier and Trent Spieker of Pierce; Sam Burki of Ponca; Scott Manley, Mike Offerman, Nate Rogers and Zack Stingley of South Sioux City; Marcus Claussen of Wausa; Caleb Akins, Ben Borer and Marcus Marcellus of West Holt (at Atkinson); and, Landon Frenchman of Winnebago.
The White team’s roster includes Casey Johnson, Jerod Pochop and Travis Wright of Battle Creek; Beau Bremer, Jason Kaufman and Blake Slizoski of Boone Central/Newman Grove (at Albion); Colton Tomka of Clarkson/Leigh; Travis Kester of Clearwater/Orchard; Blake Anderson, Andrew Heithoff and Ross Schindler of Elgin Public/Pope John; Nate Hass and Austin Peatrowsky of Guardian Angels Central Catholic (at West Point); Nathan Bazata of Howells-Dodge; Blake Strecker of Humphrey; Corbin Eisenmenger, Jake Werner and John Wieser of Humphrey St. Francis; Kyle Frauendorfer and Jackson Schnitzler of Lindsay Holy Family; Jacob Gaudreault of Madison; Terrence Dawson, Cody Merchant and Cole Wiley of Norfolk High; Zach Denton of Oakland-Craig; Michael Hedlund, Derrick Hostert and Tate Laursen of O’Neill/Ewing; Andrew Folkers and Carlin Krienert of Osmond; Frank Hartley of Spalding/Spalding Academy; Jeb Nordby of Stanton; Alex Metzler of Tekamah-Herman; and, Brent Hanneman and Thomas Wapelhorst of West Point-Beemer.

Wolfpack Takes Fourth at Class C State Meet

LINCOLN — Conditions were cold, wet and windy for the Class C State Golf Tournament last week — ideal for an Elgin Public-Pope John squad who had played in such weather for much of the season.
The Wolfpack, coached by Jake Sladky, capped a magnificent run with a fourth place finish at the state tournament, besting all but three teams in the 15-team field.
Competing at Highlands Golf Course in Lincoln, the Wolfpack posted a team score of 670 for the 36-hole tournament. Gibbon, who bested the Wolfpack one week earlier at the district tournament, was crowned state champions with a team score of 651. Hastings St. Cecilia was just one stroke back at 652 followed by Laurel-Concord 657.

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NVC All-Star Basketball Games Set For Friday

The best senior basketball players in the Niobrara Valley Conference (NVC) will gather for all-star games on Friday night, May 24.
The games will be played at St. Mary’s High School gymnasium in O’Neill.
The girls game will begin at 6 p.m. Two Wolfpack players are scheduled to play in the game.
They are Chelsi Mescher and Sydney Schumacher.
Immediatley following the girls game, the scene will switch to boys basketball action.
At 8 p.m., the boys all-star game will take place.
Representing the Wolfpack at the game will be Ross Schindler and Zach Polk.

Wolfpack Finish Fourth at Class C State Golf Tournament

The Elgin Wolfpack golf team, under the guidance of Coach Jake Sladky, has finished fourth at the Class C State Golf Tournament. Playing at Highlands Golf Course in Lincoln, Gibbon won the team title by one stroke (651) over Hastings St. Cecilia (652), followed by Laurel-Concord (657), Elgin Public-Pope John (670) and Hartington CC (672) rounds out the top five. Altogether, 15 teams competed in the tournament. Individually, Nick Heithoff led the Wolfpack with a two-day score of 162 (+18) and finished in a tie for 16th place. Andrew Heithoff finished in a tie for 19th with a two-day score of 164 (+20).

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