Four of the five Wayne Herald Nebraska High School cross country programs battled the Oct. 15 weather and course conditions to punch their ticket to state by either placing in the top three teams or top 15 individually.
From Twin Creeks Golf Club in Pender, the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge girls took runner-up during the D1-1 race with 22 points.
The Laurel-Concord-Coleridge finished 14th (139 pts).
During the girls division for state qualifying LCC, top 15 medalists were Faith Galvin in fourth (20:07.1), Justice Olson (sixth - 20:54.1) and Ava Christiansen (14th - 22:05.1).
Other results for LCC came from Madison Olson (25th - 22:52.7) and Abigail Brummels (28th - 23:12.9).
During the boys division, LCC leaders were Jeremiah Kinkaid (43rd - 20:56.2), Sebastiaan Van Drongelen (46th - 21:11.4), Dillion Sanderson (54th - 22:06), Luke Jackson (61st - 23:15.9) and Caden Barnes (66th - 25:03.9).
One final regular season road match along with the start of the Greater Northeast Activities Conference tourney took over the schedule for Laurel-Concord-Coleridge.
Beginning in Elgin on Oct. 15, LCC won in straight sets at Elgin Public/Pope John (29-27, 25-15, 25-14) before the Bears opened the GNAC tourney on Oct. 17 in Laurel as the top seed and swept #8 Summerland (27-25, 25-14, 25-10).
Back in Laurel on Oct. 20, #1 Laurel-Concord-Coleridge then swept #5 West Holt (25-18, 25-9, 25-15) to improve to 27-3, winning their 16th straight.
Two-match leaders (at EPPJ and vs. Summerland) were led by back-to-back double-doubles from Rena Rasmussen (20 kills/11 digs at EPPJ and 19 kills/10 digs vs. Summerland).
Additional double-doubles came from Kaida Eriksen (18 kills/18 digs at EPPJ) as well as Carlie Kvols (34 assists/13 digs) and Hattie McCorkindale (11 kills/10 digs) both vs. Summerland.
A district title showdown will be highlighted for the Laurel-Concord-Coleridge football program coming off their seventh win of the season.
From Lyons on Oct. 16, LCC secured a 64-8 victory at Lyons-Decatur Northeast.
The Bears are on a five-game win streak, now 7-1.
Paxton Hoeppner finished 5-of-7 for 110 yards and three touchdowns while Alex Kvols went 3-for-7, 22 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
Tanner Thompson needed just two carries (24 yards) to score twice as he also hauled in two catches for 40 yards with one score.
Weston Patefield led LCC in rushing with three carries for 38 yards and one score.
Touchdown receptions were led by Drey Puppe (one reception for 44 yards), Parker Hoeppner (one catch for 10 yards) and Talon Carson (one rec. for six yards).
Hartung recorded a team-high 12 tackles (eight solo) followed by Bryson Urwiler with 10 tackles and two tackles for loss (four solo).
By Zeke Stephens, coach
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge Esports is starting its fourth year as a member of the Nebraska High School Esports Association.
The Marvel Rivals team consists of Hunter Benson, Cade Johnson, Sebastiaan Van Drongelen, Owen Johnson, Trystan Sims, Kyler Hangman, Jacob Kolar and Alex Allison.
The Super Smash Brothers players are Jacob Kolar, Dakota Carter and Eric Langford.
The season’s state tournament takes place at York University on November 20.
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