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csceagle.com | The Eagle | Jan. 20, 2022
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Eagles lose while on the road u By Mackenzie Dahlberg Sports Editor
File photo by Mackenzie Dahlberg
Olivia Waufle (10), right, freshman of Thornton, Colorado, and Bailey Brooks (21), middle, senior of Douglas, Wyoming, pressures Mountaineer Emmery Wagstaff (3), senior of Evanston, Wyoming, during the women’s basketball game against Western Colorado University, Saturday, Dec. 4 in the Chicoine Center.
Chadron State women’s basketball team battled against Western Colorado University after the game was moved back to 1 p.m., Sunday, but take a tough loss to the Mountaineers in overtime, 83-80. The Eagles quickly fell behind by nine points from the start until Samiyah Worrell, junior of Fountain, Colorado, got the ball rolling for the Eagles after nearly four minutes passed. CSC quickly cut down Western Colorado’s lead to tie the game in the first quarter following a good three-pointer from Jori Peters, senior of Mitchell. The lead changed 20 times and scores tied 14 times throughout the game, finishing the first half at 3636, and at 66-66 by the end of regular play. Despite the Mountaineers scoring the first points of the night, Worrell made a three-pointer to push the team in the lead by a point. Worrell led the Eagles with 24 points, being eight of 17 for field
goals, four of 10 for three-pointers and four of seven at the free-throw line. Ashayla Powers, freshman of Longmont, Colorado, put 17 points on the board with six field goals and five free-throws. She also had five rebounds, three being offensive. Peters was the third Eagle to reach double digits with 13 points, being 100% from both the arc and the free-throw line with three and two respectively. The Eagles were unable to break their current streak of losses and fell short to Black Hills State University in a low scoring game, 5745, Tuesday in Spearfish, South Dakota. Peters led the night with nine points, once again being 100% from the arc with two shots and making her only free throw. Worrell; Olyvia Pacheco, junior of Rawlins, Wyoming, and Bailey Brooks, senior of Douglas, Wyoming, were three players that weren’t far behind Peters with seven points each. The Eagles return to the Chicoine Center to take on South Dakota School of Mines at 5:30 p.m., Saturday, followed by Westminster University at 2 p.m., Monday.
Track continues to succeed in the new year u By CSC Sports Information Chadron State College athletes won 10 events during the Myrle Hanson Open Indoor Track and Field Meet at Black Hills State in Spearfish on Saturday. The meet was the first of the New Year for each of the four teams that participated. Two Eagles won two events apiece. They are sophomores Carlie Collier of Dunning, who swept the women’s 60 and 200-meter dashes, and Morgan Fawver of McCook, who won the men’s 60 dash and long jump. Collier’s winning time of 7.97 seconds in
the 60 is a personal best. That’s significant since she was unable to compete last year because of an injury. She won the 200 in 26.47, two-tenth of a second ahead of the second-place time. Fawver won the men’s 60 in 6.80 seconds, matching his best time of a year ago, when he consistently placed high in the sprints and missed qualifying for nationals in the 60 by two one-hundredths of a second. He won the long jump Saturday by going 22-3 ½. Other event winners among the Chadron State men were sophomore Logan Peila of Miles City, Mont., 200 meters; Greg Logsdon of Yoder, Wyo., 400; Reid Spady of Oshkosh, shot put; and Derrrick Nwagwu of Aurora,
Colo., triple jump. Peila also was the runner-up in the 60 high hurdles, while Logsdon was just a fraction of an inch behind Peila in the 200, and won the 400 by 2 ½ seconds. Spady’s winning shot put exceeded his best of a year ago, when he was a freshman, by 18 inches. The Eagles dominated the long and triple jumps. Seniors Brock Voth of Berthoud, Colo., and Joss Linse of Plattsmouth, Neb., placed second and third, respectively, in both of those events behind only Fawver and Nwagwu. CSC’s Alec Penfield of Lusk, Wyo., cleared 6-4 ¼ while placing second in the high jump. Another high jumper from Lusk, senior
Miranda Gilkey, cleared 5-3 ½ to win the women’s event at the season-opener. Three younger teammates shared second by going over 5-1 ¼. The other event winner, for the women, was freshman Danae Rader of Hansen, Neb., who won the 60 high hurdles in 9.58 seconds. Another promising newcomer, Caydince Groth of Cheyenne, Wyo., was third in both the 60 and 200 dashes. A much larger contingent of Eagles will compete at South Dakota State University’s gigantic meet this coming Saturday, CSC Coach Riley Northrup said. The Eagles will host their annual Don Holst Open Meet the following Saturday, Jan. 29.
