Five minutes into the first quarter of Friday night’s game against Arcadia/Loup City, the St. Paul Wildcats and the visiting Rebels had both only managed to make one shot fall.
The St. Paul Wildcats capped off the first half of their season last Saturday when the team made the trek to Buffalo County to defend their title at the Kearney Catholic Dual Tournament.
If the St. Paul Wildcats were looking to build a little confidence in the middle of a grueling early-season stretch on the hardwood, last week’s game against Arcadia/Loup City likely fit the bill.
As girls wrestling continues to grow in popularity across the Cornhusker State, tournaments and invites continue to see the caliber of competition be ratcheted up. That was the case last Thursday, when the Centura girls’ wrestling team made the trek to Fairbury to compete at the Jeffs’ home invite.
The Centura girls’ basketball team could not have asked for a better Christmas gift, as the Burgundy and Gray are set to head into the holiday break with a perfect record.
The caliber of competition ran the gamut at last week’s Pierce Invite. Yet, even with so many strong competitors representing schools from the Omaha metro to Gothenburg, the St. Paul girls’ wrestling team still was able to make some waves at the Bluejays’ meet.
The St. Paul Wildcats may not have had the type of day that they had hoped when it came to earning individual medals, but last Friday, the Wildcats put together a complete team effort, which helped the Howard County wrestlers secure their first team title of the season.
Centura’s Sydney Davis was on fire Saturday afternoon. The senior used four three-pointers as the foundation for a twentyfour- point game against Fillmore Central, and that performance helped the Centurions top the Panthers and improve to 5-0 on the season.