Northeast Nebraska Sports

HARTINGTON —  After leading the Wynot girls’ basketball team to its third consecutive Class D-2 state championship, junior Maggie Schulte was named to the NSAA All-State team.

This is the third year in a row the Wynot junior has earned the prestigious honor.

Schulte averaged 13.6 points per game and finished in double figures for scoring in 25 of 29 contests. Her season high came in a regular season meeting with Osmond where she scored 26 points.

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WYNOT —  One thousand career points is a tall order for a high school basketball player, and one that most never achieve.

Wynot’s Maggie Schulte did it with one game to spare in just her junior season.

En route to the school’s third-consecutive NSAA Girl’s State Title, and fourth since 2005 under the guidance of 15th-year Head Coach Steve Weiseler, Schulte surpassed her 1,000th career point in a 43-40 win over Holy Family in the State Semifinal.

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LINCOLN — The Wynot Lady Blue Devils showed they were serious about trying to get a three-peat in the girls state tournament Thursday night.

Wynot came out firing against the Giltner Lady Hornets and rolled to an 80-53 win in their first round game at Lincoln East High School.

The 80-point effort was a new state record in girls D-2 state tournament play. The Lady Blue Devils hit 10 three-pointers from six different players and made 20-25 freethrows in a dominating performance.

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LINCOLN — It’s tough to repeat as State Champions. It’s even tougher to win three State titles in a row.

Despite the long odds, the Wynot Lady Blue Devils earned their third straight Class D2 State title here Saturday.

Wynot and the Osmond Lady Tigers split in their other two games this year with Wynot winning the regular season game and Osmond taking the District title game. So they met to decide the rubber match but this time it was on a bigger stage — the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln.

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HARTINGTON — The Osmond Lady Tigers upset the Wynot Lady Blue Devils in their district finals match up Thursday night.

The Lady Blue Devils were very lethargic in the first quarter and fell behind 17-4.

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HARTINGTON —  The Wynot girls basketball team is one step closer to returning to the State girls basketball tournament to defend their Class D2 state title.

Wynot earned the SubDistrict title last week by whipping Bancroft-Rosalie 62-36. The Lady Devils will now take on Osmond Friday night for the District title and an automatic berth into the State Tourney.

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LAUREL  —  The Homer Lady Knights are champions of the Lewis and Clark Conference for 2013 as they defeated the Wynot Lady Blue Devils 54-37 Monday night.

The Lady Knights held the Lady Devils to 20 points below their season-average and Homer hit 19-22 free throws for the game as they took home the first place medals.

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Long ball carries  Cedar boys to 19-pt win

Wynot  —  The Cedar Catholic Trojans rained in seven three-pointers in the first half, built a 36-22 lead at the intermission and then cruised in the second half Friday as they handed the Blue Devils only their second loss of the season, 59-40.

“Wynot has a great team and the game was much closer than the final score indicates,” said Cedar Catholic Coach Matt Steffen. “The atmosphere of this game reminded me of some of the games we used to play in Holy Trinity, with the crowd right on top of you.  It was a fun atmosphere.”

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WYNOT — The Wynot Lady Blue Devils picked up a pair of big wins last week.

The Lady Devils shot down the Allen Eagles Tuesday by a lopsided 72-23 score. On Thursday, the Lady Devils defeated Gayville  Volin 69-28

Wynot forced the Eagles into 32 turnovers Tuesday and had a 30-18 advantage in rebounds and both were big factors in the outcome of the game.

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Wynot — The Wynot Lady Blue Devls rolled up two more wins during action last week.

The Lady Devils had little trouble with the Niobrara-Verdigre Lady Cougars on Tuesday and had an easy time Friday against Winnebago, picking up a 59-35 road win.

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