The Elkhorn Valley Falcons had a tough game on the road Friday night.
The team suffered a 62-16 loss against Humphrey St. Francis. The Falcons scored their first touchdown in the 4th quarter with a 16 yard touchdown pass from Tyler Rautenberg pass to Shawn Klinetobe. The team came back with another pass of 12 yards from Rautenberg pass to Noah Rutjens. The Falcons had 96 passing yards on the night and 129 rushing yards.' This will leave the team with a season record of 3-4. Up Next they will take on the 6-1 Osceola Bulldogs next Thursday. The Lady Falcons were split in their volleyball action last night at West Holt
"It took us a while to get going and we found ourselves trailing late in the first set 16-21, and we made a run to get the victory," said coach Emily Vaughn. Despite being behind, the team took the set with a score of 27-25. "I was excited about the attitude of the girls and not giving up, it took extra points but we did it," said Vaughn, "We came out really confident and strong in the second set and were able to beat West Holt in two." The Lady Falcons finished strong in the second set as well with a set score of 25-15. "A big part of this match was our blocking," Vaughn said, "We were able to put up 9 ace blocks in this match, 4 of them from Sierra Rystrom, who also led the team in kills with 5." In their second match of the night against Clearwater-Orchard, the team struggled. According to Vaughn, "The Lady Falcons were looking to carry the momentum from the first match into the second match, but struggling with serve receive early on. The Cyclones took advantage of that and put 8 or 9 points up on the board rather quickly." Final scores for the sets were 14-25 and 15-25. "I give credit to O-C, the looked really impressive tonight, they are good athletes, and the didn't make too many mistakes," Vaughn said, "On the other hand, I wished we could have competed a little better against them, but that's the way it goes sometimes, we will learn from this and use it to improve our game" This will leave the team with a season record of 13-7. Up next, the Lady Falcons will host O'Neill on Monday. More than 200 students from schools across the area performed Wednesday at Elkhorn Valley in the Young Americans concert. The concert followed three days of rehearsing and learning choreography and songs for the big event. The Young Americans performed alongside the participants, but the students were the ones in front singing, dancing, and performing the variety show and solos they learned. The students took classes in the areas of voice, dance, songwriting, and performance (acting and improv). Throughout the entire three days, the Young Americans focused on the students as individuals. Their goal was to encourage every student to become more confident in who they are and what they’d like to become. Music is the tool used to reach a common ground between age groups, cultures, and peers. After the concert, the non-profit organization presented a check for $2,090 to Elkhorn Valley benefiting the school's music program. A $400 scholarship was given to Liz Osborn of Elkhorn Valley to attend this summer's Young Americans camp in Fremont. Photo Gallery BelowAll low-resolution photos below from the ACN are available to be downloaded for personal use free of charge. High resolution photos are available for print by calling the ACN at 402-887-4000.
The Lady Falcons added two more wins when they swept the volleyball triangular in Santee on Tuesday night.
Elkhorn Valley edged out Ewing 25-21, 22-25, 25-19 and downed Santee 25-4 and 25-13. EV Coach Emily Vaughn said the Lady Falcons "picked it up a notch in the 3rd and final set against Ewing." "We played a little timid at the net early on," she said. "I want to give credit to our underclassmen this game, as two of our freshmen got career high kills this match." EV put down 34 kills against Ewing, 10 of which came from freshman Hannah Ollendick. Senior Ranee Keehn and freshman Sierra Rystrom added eight each. Alyssa Rood's serving made trouble for Santee, as she recorded 8 ace serves in the match. Elkhorn Valley will travel to Atkinson on Thursday for a triangular with West Holt and Clearwater-Orchard. Three Falcon runners brought home medals from the Niobrara Valley Conference cross country meet in Atkinson on Friday. Becca Fleetwood earned the 11th place medal in the high school girls race with a time of 23:44. Also running the high school girls race was Katy Fleetwood, who finished shy of the medals in 19th place. For the high school boys, Dillon Stewart placed 18th and Dalton Smutney was 27th. The other two medals for Elkhorn Valley came in the junior high race. Alison Stineman was the champion with a time of 6:42, and Trevin Hanson placed 5th. Falcon high school runners will compete in the D-3 District meet on Thursday, Oct. 15 at the Ainsworth Municipal Golf Course. The girls race is set to begin at 4 p.m. and the boys will start at approximately 4:45 p.m. Complete NVC meet results are listed below:
The Elkhorn Valley Lady Falcons picked up a 3-2 win last night on the road at Boyd County.
In the first set, the Lady Falcons were pushed into over time, winning with a final set score of 31-29. They dropped the second two sets with scores of 19-25 and 11-25. They rallied and picked up the final two sets with scores of 25-19 and 15-11. The team had a total of 51 kills on the night and had 5 serving aces against the Spartans. "It wasn't our best volleyball, but a win is a win.," said Coach Emily Vaughan, "Credit to Boyd County, they continued to find the holes in our defense. We will now have a couple of days to work on that and will be ready to go next week." The Lady Falcons are now 10-6 on the season. Next Tuesday the team will be on the road again at a triangular with Santee and Ewing.
The Lady Falcons are planning a Pink Out during their home matches against Osmond on Tuesday, Oct. 6.
EV Coach Emily Vaughn said this the team's second "Pink Out" Breast Cancer Awareness volleyball match with Osmond. Funds raised for The Hope Fund will be presented to Faith Regional prior to the first match (approximately 5:15 p.m.) The Hope Fund was established by a local cancer survivor to provide on-going funding for items and services that support cancer recovery and survivorship and 100 percent of the donations directly benefit patients with cancer. "We ask that the crowd support the cause by wearing pink for this event," Vaughn said. The Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health Department will be present at the game to share resources with the fans. The coach said the theme this year is "Overcoming Weakness with Strength, Doubt with Belief, Fear with Courage. We Will Make a Difference." The Falcons went on a the road Friday night and dropped a 42-26 decision to Palmer thanks to big plays through the air.
Palmer was 15-of-29 passing for 233 yards. Elkhorn Valley (2-3) offered a more balanced attack on the gridiron as Tyler Rautenberg went 11-of-23 for 124 yards. The Falcons also rushed for 133 yards on 27 carries. Noah Rutjens passed the century mark with 103 yards rushing on 10 carries. Defensively, Rautenberg had 23 total tackles, including 14 solo strikes. Quin Smith added 14 more tackles. Next up for the Falcons is 0-5 Hampton. Elkhorn Valley 12 0 0 14 - 26 Palmer 12 16 6 8 - 42 EV - Tyler Rautenberg to Noah Rutjens - 26 yd pass PAT Kick Failed Palm - 11 yd run PAT conv failed Palm - 10 yd run PAT Conv Failed EV - Rutjens - 25 yd run PAT conv failed Palm - 12 yd pass PAT Conv Good Palm - 24 yd pass PAT Conv Good Palm - 50 yd pass PAT Conv failed EV - Rautenberg to Tucker Hecht 46 yd pass PAT Conv failed Palm - 32 yd pass PAT Conv Good EV - Rutjens - 38 yd run PAT Conv Good (Rautenberg to Chris Petersen) |
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