State Meets

Over the next week there will be state track, golf and tennis meets in Nebraska.

TENNIS

Marcelle Stydom, the #1 singles player from Holdrege, won her first two matches 6-0 6-0 and 6-0 6-0. She was beaten in the quarterfinals in three sets in a tough battle. She is one of the best tennis players in Class B. Bronwyn Allmand took state ranked Meghan Klein three sets in #2 singles. The #1 doubles team of Caitlin Vandell and Rashelle Smith won their first match 6-1 6-3 but got beat by a tough Grand Island CC team 6-3 6-2 in the second round. Sadie Damrow and Krista Bergman got beat by a very tough Scottsbluff team in #2 doubles. Ray Ruybalid, the Holdrege tennis coach, is one of the best high school coaches in the state of Nebraska.

BOY'S GOLF

Corey Shield will represent Holdrege in the State Meet next week at Highlands Country Club in Lincoln. Corey finished 4th at the district meet with a 78. The favorite is John Hurley of O'Neill. Watch him when you can as he will be in the PGA in the next few years. The Gretna team, coached by Scott Boehler, will be making their first trip to state in Class B.

STATE TRACK

The Holdrege track teams have seven girls and five boys at state this year. We will follow them as they will score some points.

The State Track meet will feature some highly touted athletes this year. Randal Carter of Pappillion-LaVista has high jumped 7'1 1/4". Lukas Hulett of Bellevue East broke the all-time record for all classes in the 400 at districts running a 46.98. Aaron Brandt of Wahoo Neumann run the 110 highs in 13.8 which is the fourth all time in Nebraska. Seth Burney of Beatrice had the all-time best pole vault this year of 16'7". Luke Pinkelman of Cozad has the sixth best throw in the shot put this year in the nation.

On the girl's side, one of the main highlights is watching Sarah Lyons of Omaha Brownell-Talbot. She is the 4th best all-time in the 100, the best ever in the 200 and No.2 all-time in the 400. She is very fun to watch. Tara Korshoj(Millard West) No.4 all-time in the triple jump and Natalie Willer (Elkorn) No. 4 all-time in the pole vault are also key athletes to watch.

My favorite race, as of now, will be 110 highs and 300 hurdles in Class D. Junior Lance Thorell of Loomis has a very good chance to break the state record in these events. The high hurdle record is held by Ross Ridenour, also of Loomis. Thorell doesn't appear to have anybody to push him to get the overall gold medal but we will be watching to see if he can beat out Brandt of Wahoo Neuman and Niles Paul of Omaha North in a higher class. Nebraska football needs to start paying attention.

Omaha North and Kearney will have quite a race for the No. 1 boy's team in Class A. Watch Axtell and Loomis battle Saturday for the CLass D boy's meet.