Center Republican Sports
Strength training, optimism in the future for C-S football
Brett Eckert is generally a positive, upbeat guy. That wasn’t the case for the first-year head coach during the first quarter of Center-Stanton’s final football game Thursday. Fumbling the opening kickoff then adding on an array of miscues, allowed Hettinger to jump ahead 20 points in the first half. Despite a stellar fourth quarter offensive burst, the Wildcats ended the season 1-7 with a final 34-20 loss.
Wildcats locked in for 1st place District 9 seed tourney
Before the first volleyball is taken out of storage, head coach Janet Erhardt sits down with her squad and makes a goals list. Despite some rough patches early in the season and a few stuffy noses recently, Center-Stanton can mark a check next to the top item on that list.
Small miscues causing some monstrous problems
Through the course of four quarters of a high school football game, a missed route or missed block here or there are not necessarily crippling effects. However, last Friday night, those small miscues equaled a large deficit for Center-Stanton.
Persistence pays Wildcats Homecoming win dividends
On any given Friday night, 21 of North Dakota’s 9-man division football teams walk off a field a little less chipper than their counterparts. For four weeks, Center-Stanton has experienced what those other 20 teams feel when that L is added to the record.
Gearing up for basic 9-man football Friday
Traditionally ground-heavy schemes of 9-man football are what Center-Stanton football fans can expect this coming Friday during the Homecoming game. The Wildcats are looking for their first win and Wilton-Wing is the team standing in their way.
Timing issue at forefront of 36-0 shutout
The average North Dakota high school football game counts down 48 minutes on the scoreboard. Center-Stanton coach Brett Eckert would have liked 12 minutes back from Friday’s game. Washburn scored 24 unanswered points in the first quarter en route to a 36-0 shutout of the Wildcats moving them to 0-3 this season.
Slow starts lead to exciting finish
With any road game, there is always a worry of how prepared the team is going to be after sitting on a bus. The 36 miles between Center and Underwood seemingly had the effect of a much longer trip as a slow Wildcat beginning led to their first regular season loss Sept. 1. Fellow Region 5 competitor Underwood burst out of the gates behind its 6-foot middle hitter Alix Auck for a 3-2 finish.
‘Hard hands’ down Wildcats 42-12 to Shiloh
With all their scoring coming in the final quarter, Center-Stanton’s slow start opened the door for Shiloh Christian to earn their first school win as they downed the Wildcats 42-12 Saturday. Former regional opponents last season, the North Dakota High School Association football realignment has moved the 9-man Skyhawks into Region 1 and in only their second year of housing a football team, they earned their first win against their second opponent of the 2009 calendar.
Two-year realignment affects prep football landscape
With the continual changing landscape of North Dakota schools, it was only a matter of time before prep sports such as football were once again affected. Starting this week, the North Dakota High School Athletic Association’s most recent football class realignment will begin to show. The current two-year plan was devised according to male enrollments currently in grades 7-10.
The importance of safety and a clear mind
The average power pull attempt takes less than 30 seconds to complete once the vehicle is given the signal, but in that short amount of time many tiny aspects of racing need to go according to plan. One longtime power puller found out just how quickly a small mishap can become a big problem last Friday night.
