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STERLING - The Lewiston Tigers had to face the Sterling Jets on their home court and on Parent’s Night on Friday, January 25th and couldn’t pull off a road win.

The Tigers had a very slow start to the game as they trailed 12-0 early in the 1st period and didn’t get on the board until the 3:08 mark when Levi Meybrunn hit a freethrow.

Meybrunn later added another charity toss and Treyton Hippen swished two of his own, but the Tigers trailed 4-19 at the end of the 1st period.

Hayden Christen got in on the action with a jumper in the 2nd period, but the Jets continued their offensive onslaught.

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PAWNEE CITY - The Pawnee City Indians hosted a very talented Johnson-Brock Eagles squad on Friday night, January 25th.

Johnson-Brock jumped out on the Indians 23-5 in the opening quarter and then increased their lead to 40-19 by the halftime break. The Eagles went on a 12-5 run in the 3rd period before closing out the 4th quarter 19-10 for the 71-34 victory.

Kodenn Koester led the Indians with 8 points including 2 treys and he had 6 rebounds and 1 steal. Theodor Lilleheim followed with 7 points with 1 trey and he had 2 rebounds and 2 assists. TJ Mawhiney pitched in 5 points with 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal.

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PAWNEE CITY - The Pawnee City Indians hosted a very talented Falls City Sacred Heart Irish team on Thursday night, January 17th.

P.C. tried to hang with their guests in the opening period as Mason Lierz hit a trey early and Kaden Lang added a bucket to keep it a 5-5 game.

FCSH started to take control of the game after that as they went on a 7-0 run before TJ Mawhiney scored on a drive inside. Lierz picked up a steal and then Mawhiney scored on another strong move to the hoop to make it 9-16 at the end of the period.

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PAWNEE CITY - The Pawnee City Lady Indians had some scoring woes against the Falls City Sacred Heart Lady Irish on Thursday night, January 17th.

At one point in the 29-55 loss, the Lady Indians went through a ten minute scoring drought.

P.C. was tied with FCSH at 4-4 to open the game and Reagan deKoning added two freethrows to keep it 6-6.

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BEATRICE - The Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Titans were rolling through the boys’ Class B Mudecas Basketball Tournament last week when the inclimate weather postponed their championship game which was set for Saturday.

HTRS vs. Lewiston

The Titans went into the Class B Division as the #1 seed and took on the #8 seeded Lewiston Tigers in the first round on Tuesday, January 8th.

HTRS actually trailed Lewiston 11-15 after the 1st period and were down 30-32 at the half. But, the Titans went on a 19-9 run in the 3rd period and then closed out the game with a 61-54 victory.

Hunter Hain poured in 18 points in the win and had 10 rebounds for a double double along with 3 assists and 2 steals. Conner Bredemeier also had a double double with 13 points and 16 rebounds and had 3 steals and 1 assist.

Basketball

BEATRICE - The Pawnee City Lady Indians were the #3 seed heading into the Class B Mudecas basketball tournament last week and lost one game and won one game.

Pawnee City vs. Palmyra

The Lady Indians faced tghe #6 seeded Palmyra Lady Panthers on Monday night, January 7th, but lost by a 22-30 score. Palmyra led 7-5 after the 1st period and then carried a 12-11 lead into the half. P.C. outscored the Lady Panthers 6-3 in the 3rd period, but Palmyra went on a huge 15-5 scoring run in the final quarter to claim the victory. Krista Menninga led all scorers with 7 points and had 1 trey, 2 assists, 3 steals and 1 rebound before fouling out of the game. Madison Branek also fouled out, but added 6 points with 1 trey and also had 3 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block. Austin Branch tallied 6 points as well and had 6 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks. Reagan deKoning led in rebounds with 8 and had 2 assists and 2 steals.

BEATRICE - The Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Lady Titans went into the Class B Mudecas basketball tournament as the #5 seed, but came home with the 3rd place hardware last week.

HTRS vs. JCC

The Lady Titans opened the tournament on Monday, January 7th against the Johnson County Central Lady Thunderbirds and used a strong second half to pull out a 58-46 win.

Katilyn Glathar powered the Lady Titans offense by scoring 31 points in the game. She also had 11 rebounds for a double double along with 2 steals, 2 assists and 2 blocks. Bella Vasco also hit double figures with 10 points and had 4 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 assists.

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STERLING - After weathering a first half scoring barrage, the Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Titans played staunch defense in the second half against Sterling on Friday, January 4th and came away with a 55-41 victory over their hosts.

Sterling jumped out to an early lead, but HTRS’ Conner Bredemeier kept the Titans in the game with two buckets in the paint. Hunter Hain drove insde for two more baskets for the Titans to keep it an 8-11 game early on.

The Jets fired back with a three-point play, but Bredemeier added a freethrow and Gage Schaardt scored on a rebound and putback. Isaiah Lockard hit a trey before the end of the quarter, but the Titans trailed 14-18.

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STERLING, HUMBOLDT - The Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Lady Titans had a hard time keeping up their scoring against both Sterling and Omaha Brownell-Talbot over the weekend.

HTRS vs. Sterling

The Lady Titans traveled to Sterling on Friday, January 4th to take on the Lady Jets.

Bella Vasco put HTRS on the board to open the game with two freethrows while Katilyn Glathar hit two buckets for the Lady Titans. Sterling used some big rebounds and a trey before the buzzer however to go up 12-6.

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LEWISTON - Every time the Lewiston Tigers seemed to get close enough to cut into Meridian's lead, the Mustangs would go on another mini-run to thwart their attempts on Tuesday, December 18th.

The Tigers hosted Meridian on Tuesday before the holiday break and were playing without inside threat, Ryan Hunt. The Mustangs took advantage of that as they hit the boards hard and scored off of Lewiston turnovers throughout the game to win by a 67-47 count.

Meridian opened up the game on a 9-0 run as Lewiston suffered several misses and turnovers in the opening minutes. Jon Janssen collected 3 quick fouls which didnt help and he had to leave the game with four minutes still left.

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