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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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LEWISTON - The Lewiston Lady Tigers hosted the Meridian Mustangs on Tuesday, December 18th, but had a tough first half of action which led to their 24-50 loss.

Lewiston trailed 7-13 after the 1st period and then got down 10-26 heading into the halftime break.

Lady Tiger turnovers and Meridian's slight height advantage gave Lewiston more fits in the 3rd period as they went through a seven minute scoring drought.

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STERLING - The Pawnee City Indians hung tough early in the 1st period, but the Sterling Jets' offense soon surged for a big lead in action on Friday night, December 14th.

Sterling jumped out to a 4-1 lead with Mason Lierz hitting the lone freethrow for P.C., but P.C.'s Shamar Willey scored on a 3-point play to tie the game at 4-4.

After that, it was all Sterling as they build a 15-4 advantage off of fast break drives, rebounds and a trey. Willey finally broke the slump with a bucket down low then Sabian Adams added another bucket in the paint to make it 8-15.

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PAWNEE CITY - The Pawnee City Lady Indians were in action this week against Nebraska City Lourdes Central Catholic and Sterling, but lost both of their contests.

Pawnee City vs. Lourdes CC

The Lady Indians began their week on Tuesday, December 11th against the Nebraska City Lourdes Central Catholic Lady Knights. They only trailed the Lady Knights 12-16 after the 1st period of play, but gave up an 18-7 second quarter scoring barrage and trailed 19-34 at the halftime break. NCL scored 27 more points in the second half while holding them to just 13 and they lost by a 32-61 score.

Miranda Branek led all scorers with 12 points and had 7 rebounds, and 1 steal. Becca Martin hit 3 treys for 9 points and had 1 rebound and 1 steal. Krista Menninga added 4 points and led in steals with 4 while Austin Branch had 4 assists.

COOK - The Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer/Pawnee City Titan wrestling team traveled to the Johnson County Central Thunderbird Invitational on Saturday, December 15th where they placed 9th overall with 42 team points.

Top individual performances for the day included Wyatt Schmit as champion in the 120 lb. division; Aiden Worthey with a bronze medal for 3rd place at 195 lbs.and Quirin Stecher with a 4th place finish at 170 lbs. All results are as follows. Team Scoring: Johnson County Central 169.0; Sutton 144.0; Mount Michael 136.0; Southwest Iowa 98.5; Freeman 80.0; Tarkio 76.0; Lincoln Christian 67.0; Palmyra 54.5; Humboldt-Table Rock/Steinauer/Pawnee City 42.0; Dorchester 30.0; Lincoln Lutheran 30.0; Red Cloud/Blue Hill 17.0; Parkview Christian 1.0.