Tri County Northeast week seven fall sports recap: XC, volleyball, football

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Friday afternoon conference cross country was on the schedule for Tri County Northeast.

From Rolling Hills Country Club on Oct. 9, Bloomfield was the host team of the Duane Wilken/Lewis and Clark meet.

The Tri County Northeast girls placed fifth (50 pts) while the Wolfpack boys finished fourth (57 pts).

In the girls division, Karlee Duncan collected a 11th place medal for the Wolfpack (25:01.3).

During boys action, Jude Ridenour earned a fourth place medal in 18:15.3 to lead the Wolfpack.

 

A handful of matches took over the Tri County Northeast volleyball schedule which included a weekend tourney.

Starting with a road match on Oct. 8, TCNE won in four sets at Homer (22-25, 25-21, 25-18, 25-15) before finishing fourth during the Hartington-Newcastle Invite on Oct. 10.

The Wolfpack first swept Wausa (25-15, 25-19) before suffering 2-1 losses against both Bancroft-Rosalie (25-12, 24-26, 19-25) and the host Hartington-Newcastle (25-11, 22-25, 20-25) in the third place match.

In recent action from Allen, the Allen/Emerson-Hubbard co-op won a pair of 2-0 home triangular matches over both Hartington-Newcastle (25-19, 25-17) and Winside (25-20, 25-9).

TCNE is now 14-9 on the season.

During the road four-set victory, double-doubles came from Joslyn Mackling (24 kills/24 digs) as well as Cora Ridenour (14 kills/15 digs).

Mackling tacked on another double-double against Bancroft-Rosalie (11 kills/13 digs) as she also led TCNE over the weekend with 29 kills and 33 digs.

 

Week seven of the Nebraska High School football season marked another district match-up for Tri County Northeast.

From Emerson, the host Wolfpack suffered a 50-16 loss against Howells-Dodge.

TCNE is now 3-4 on the season.

Wolfpack scoring came through the ground attack being led by Blake Kneifl on 13 carries for 58 yards and one touchdown.

Cody Malasek added a rushing touchdown on two attempts for five yards.

 

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