By Lisa Hughes
The Hay Springs Lady Hawks knew Thursday’s opening game at the state tournament would be a tough one against #1 seed Lindsay Holy Family and they were right.
March 3, 2012 brought 42 Gordon-Rushville Jr. Wrestlers to the PAC Center in Charon.
By Lisa Hughes
The Hawks boys basketball team put together a great second half of the season and advanced to the sub-district final before falling to the Arthur County Wolves in the sub-district final Thursday night in Sutherland.
By Lisa Hughes
The Lady Hawks basketball team is heading to Lincoln next week for their fifth straight trip to the Nebraska State Basketball tournament after defeating the Leyton Lady Warriors in the D2-6 District title game Friday night in Bayard.
By Clint Andersen
The Gordon-Rushville Mustangs squared off against the Kimball Longhorns on Thursday night in Alliance to determine the C1-12 district champion.
By Clint Andersen
The Gordon-Rushville Mustangs defeated the Bridgeport Bulldogs 52-47 in district play Tuesday in Alliance to advance to the C1-12 district final.
By Kris House
Tanner Johnson was Gordon/Rushville’s lone wrestler at the State Meet this past weekend and came home as the Class C 220 lb. State Champion. Tanner is the third Mustang to win the gold; Dayne Reddy was the last in 2008. Together Rushville, Gordon and the Mustangs have produced 46 state titles since the first two that Gordon produced in 1967. Tanner’s older brother, Brandon, brought home the gold his senior year in 2004.
By Clint Andersen
The Gordon-Rushville Mustangs finally found a team that likes to run as much as they do. The Mustangs travelled to Valentine for their regular season finale against Valentine and lost to a very athletic and versatile Badger squad 75-59.
The first half of action was played at a frantic pace as both teams looked to push the ball up the floor at every opportunity, which made for very exciting play and lots of points scored in transition. The Badger guards caused trouble for the
By Lisa Hughes
The state contention of Hawk grapplers competed hard at the state tournament last weekend despite not placing. Levi Ray lost in his opening match to Mason Klingelhoefer of Amherst, the eventual runner-up, in a pin. In Ray’s next match he fell to Garrett Sunderup of Fullerton, also in fall. Levi Ray finished his season with a 25-17 record. Joey Johnson opened his tournament against Evan Aschoff of Plainview and was defeated in a fall. In his next match, Johnson lost to Cody
By Lisa Hughes
The Lady Hawks opened sub-district play Tuesday night in Sutherland as the #1 seed in the D2-11 Sub-Distict and came away with a 41-25 win over the Arthur County Lady Wolves before defeating the Hyannis Lady Longhorns 44-39 Thursday night to win their fifth straight sub-district title.
The Lady Hawks led 8-3 at the end of the first quarter Tuesday night and built a nine point advantage at the end of the half 16-7. The Lady Hawks increased that lead to thirteen at the end of
By Clint Andersen
The Gordon-Rushville Lady Mustangs ended their season last Monday with a loss in sub-district action to the Mitchell Tigers. The game was played in Alliance and was very low scoring affair with a final score of 37-32. The Lady Mustangs had opportunities to win the game, but just couldn’t find the right combination to extend their season.
By Ang Gilchrist
Area businesses are being asked to help make a dream come true.
The future location and construction of the skate park was discussed at the Gordon City Council meeting held last week. Despite diligent efforts led by Trina Janis, only $22,000 of the $50,000 needed to complete the skate park has been raised.
The Sheridan County High School rodeo team competed in three rodeos last weekend to end the spring run of high school rodeos. There was a rodeo in Mitchell, Harrison and Crawford. This was the last chance for contestants to get points to carry into state finals.
