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District wrestling
The HDC Jags wrestling team traveled to Oakland-Craig to compete in the Class D-1 district wrestling competition. Your two state qualifiers this year are Blane Stutzman and Dalton Brichacek. After all, the rest of the wrestling team put up a tough fight to make it to state; unfortunately, they fell short. Blane placed 2nd place at districts, and Dalton placed 4th at districts. Congratulations, boys, and good luck at state! . . .
Clash of HDC and St. Mary’s
The Howells-Dodge boys traveled to Grand Island on Saturday, February 14th, where they would participate in the Heartland Hoops Classic. The boys played at around 10 in the morning against the number 1-ranked team in Class D1, St. Mary’s. Senior Nathan Tomcak had a big game; he had 21 points, 6 assists, and a total of 8 combined offensive and defensive rebounds. The second leading scorer was senior Andre Martin with 14 points, . . .
Jaguars vs Tigers
Last Thursday, the Jaguars took on the Tigers at home. Andre had a good game, scoring 16 points, he made 8 of 17 field goals, and made 47% of his shots. Dane also had a good game, scoring 12 points, getting 2 rebounds, and 2 assists. Chase’s stats for the night were 2 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals. Nathan scored 1 point, got 3 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals. Ethan scored 4 points and had one assist. The Jaguar . . .
Jags pounce on the Titans
On Monday, February 9th, the Howells Dodge Jaguars took on the Twin River Titans for the last time. The Jags were able to pull away with the win, 72 to 39. The team scored well, Andre Martin led the team with 21 points, Dane Meyer with 12 points, Ethan Prusa with 11, and Chase Luther with 12. The team worked the ball inside most of the night, only shooting 10 threes and only making one. The Jaguars owned the . . .
Jaguars attend the Wakefield speech meet
The speech team traveled to Wakefield on Friday, the 13th, to compete with Pierce, Battle Creek, West Point-Beemer, and Oakland-Craig. Briggs Ernst & Hudson Dobbins got 1st in Unified Duet. Cooper Kriekemeier, Garrett Praest, Isabel Belina, Nathan Tomcak, and Noah Coufal got 1st in OID. Isabel got 1st in Varsity Persuasive. Addie Beeks got 2nd in Varsity POI. Annemarie Slaughter got 2nd in Varsity Poetry. Gabe . . .
Jags fall to North Bend
On Thursday, February 12, the Lady Jags went up against the North Bend Tigers for the 2nd time this year. The game didn’t go the Jags' way with North Bend winning. The first quarter was close, but North Bend had the lead with the score being 10-14. In the second quarter, the Tigers went away with the lead, having the score be 17-25. After the first half, it got closer with the score being 30-38. At the end of the game, . . .
Howells-Dodge Girls defeat Twin River
On Monday, February 9, the Lady Jags traveled to Genoa to take on the Twin River Titans. The Lady Jags defeated the Titans 68-26. Coach Scott Polacek said, “We did a nice job defensively tonight…we turned several shots by Twin River directly into points.” Quarterly scoring: Howells-Dodge: 18/22/14/14 Final: 68 Twin River: 5/7/12/2 Final: 26 . . .
