Saturday shorts: Jeremiah Herron, RVL cross country, Oberlin runners, Bison 8th grade football

Jeremiah Herron honored

by No. Sun Conference

as Male Cross Country

Athlete of the Week

WAYNE, Neb. -- The Northern Sun Conference has selected Wayne State's Jeremiah Herron as the Male Cross Country Athlete of the Week.

It's the third time this season that a WSC runner has received the award.

Herron, a junior from McCook, helped the Wildcats to a first place finish at Saturday's WSC Fall Invitational by placing second with a time of 28:02 over the 8,000 meter course.

Wayne State will compete this Saturday at the Briar Cliff Invitational in McCook Lake,SD, the last meet for the Cats before the NSIC Championships on October 22 in Moorhead, Minn.

Southwest girls place first

at RVL cross country meet

BENKELMAN--Southwest's girls cross country team finished first in the RVL Cross Country meet in Benkelman on Thursday.

Dundy County's girls finished fourth and the boys tied Bertrand with a team score of 22 for first. Cambridge's boys followed Dundy County.

Layne McConville and Julie Gates were third and fourth place medalist for Southwest and teammates Jennifer Milhon and Nadja Koecher were seventh and ninth place medal winners.

Dundy County's Megan Baird took the second place medal. Jordan Stroup, Brandon Shirkey and Trevor Confer took the second, third and fourth positions. Joseph McHale, Terry Mowry and Brett Palmer took seventh, eighth and ninth for Cambridge. Robert Blume placed 10th for Southwest.

Girls Team Scores: Southwest 23, Bertrand 25, Alma 43, Dundy County 49.

Girls Individual Results: 2. Megan Baird DC 17:54, 3. Layne McConville SW 18:03, 4. Julie Gates SW 18:09, 7. Jennifer Milhon SW 19:34, 9. Nadja Koecher SW 20:23, 14. Christina Bathe CA 21:33, 15. Leslie Burrell DC 22:00, 17. Sydney Beat DC 22:26

18. Kara Melchert DC 24:32, 20. Carmon Crawford SW 26:28

Boys Team Scores: Bertrand 22, Dundy County 22, Cambridge 36.

Boys Individual Results: 2. Jordan Stroup DC 17:3, 3. Brandon Shirkey DC 18:32, 4. Trevor Confer DC 19:09, 7. Joseph McHale CA 20:05, 8. Terry Mowry CA 20:10, 9. Brett Palmer CA 20:12, 10. Robert Blume SW 20:20, 13. Josh Gates SW 21:46, 14. Drew Cramer CA 22:08, 15. Brent Wheaton DC 22:16, 16. Thomas McHale CA 22:20, 17. Doug Malchow CA 22:21, 18. Justin Thomson DC 24:03, 19. Michael Tyson DC 27:54

Oberlin runners sixth

at Phillipsburg Invite

PHILLIPSBURG -- The Oberlin High School cross country teams took sixth in the Phillipsburg invite on Thursday.

Whitney Beinke placed 10th and teammate Becky Helm 12th. The Red Devils will compete in the NWKL Championships at Hoxie next Saturday.

Girls Team Scores: Lakeside 65, Osborne 72, Hill City 74, Norton 80, Phillipsburg 89, Oberlin 104.

Girls Individual Scores: 10. Whitney Beinke 13:54, 12. Becky Helm 13:57, 25. Lora Marietta 14:58; 42. Nikki Lincoln 16:19; 45. Anne Wasson 16:27; 49. Danica May 17:30

Boys Team Scores: Norton 45, Ellis 66, Trego 75, Phillipsburg 83, Hill City 90, Oberlin 143.

Boys Individual Scores: 25. Teryn Grafel 20:40, 27. Kellen Doeden 20:49, 36. Aaron Helm 22:22, 38. Zeke Ruzicka 22:42, 41. Corbin Sherlock 23:12, 42. Brent Stallman 23:30.

Oberlin Boys JV: 13. Scott Miller 23:36, 18. Cody Haas 24:54, 21. Cameron Nedland 27:55.

Bison 8th graders

lose heartbreaker

to Ogallala

The McCook Junior High School eighth grade football team lost a heartbreaker to the Ogallala Indians last Tuesday 28-27 at Weiland Feild.

The Bison got off to a fast start with 43-yard touchdown run by Chad Stull.

A trick play got Ogallala on the board making the score 6-6 at the end of the first quarter.

In the second, McCook's Deon Allen scored from 49 yards out and Jimmy Barron caught a 33-yard touchdown pass from Ethan Hardin putting the Bison up 21-6 at halftime.

A high punt snap by the Bison led to another Ogallala touchdown. A few plays later, Ogallala struck again with an interception return for a touchdown.

The Bison responded with a drive of their own. Deon Allen scored on a 46-yard touchdown run.

On the kickoff, Ogallala returned it all the way for the score. The 2-point conversion was good to give Ogallala the lead and the win.

"Five turnovers will hurt any team," said coach Jeremy Yilk. "We are looking to finish strong next week against Lexington."

Tuesday's game against Lexington kicks off at 4 p.m.

1st quarter

-Bison fumble Ogallala recovered

-Farell fumble recovery

-Stull 43 run; kick failed 6-0

-Ogallala 55 run; pass conversion failed 6-6

Score end first 6-6

2nd quarter

-Allen 49 run; Allen run 14-6

-Barron pass from Hardin; Wallen kick 21-6

-Smith fumble recovery

Halftime score 21-6

3rd quarter

-Ogallala 5 pass; pass failed 21-12

-Score end of 3rd 21-12

4th quarter

-Ogallala 26 TD interception; PAT good 21-20

-Allen 46 run; PAT failed 27-20

-Ogallala 60 kick return; 2-point PAT good 27-28

Final Score 27-28

B team 15 plays

-Morgan interception

-Huffman interception TD

-Smith 60 run

-Gillen 8 run

-Huffman 5 pass from Gillen