Volleyball team falls in sub-district tourney
The Crofton Lady Warriors finished third in the NENAC volleyball tournament as they defeated Elkhorn Valley in four sets on Tuesday, Oct. 27. The Lady Warriors were slated to play in the sub-district tournament early this week.
In Neligh last week, the girls jumped out to a two-set lead, but Elkhorn Valley bounced back to win the third set before the CHS bunch got things together for a fourth set victory.
STATS (k-kills, sa-set assists, b-blocks, as-ace serves, d-digs) Brooke nelson 4k, 2b, 3as, 31d; Bridgette lancaster 1k, 17d; Amber Hegge 19k, 9b, 2as, 2d; Danielle Arens 14k, 10b, 4as, 6d; Ashley Wiebold 1k, 38sa, 2b, 1as, 10d; Tierney Schumacher 8k, 1b, 17d; Sarah Merkel 1as, 7d.
On Monday, Oct. 31, the Crofton volleyball squad saw their season brought to a close at the hands of a familiar nemisis ... Creighton. The Lady Bulldogs ousted the CHS girls from the C1-7 sub-district tournament in Norfolk. Scores were: 21-25, 18-25, 18-25.
The loss ended the girls season at 13-4 with the last three losses being to Creighton.
STATS (k-kills, sa-set assists, b-blocks, as-ace serves, d-digs) Brooke Nelson 5k, 2b, 1as, 8d; Bridgette lancaster 9d; Amber hegge 14k, 2b; Danielle Arens 9k, 4b, 1d; Ashley Weibold 23sa, 7d; Tierney Schumacher 2k, 1sa, 1b, 4d; Sarah Merkel 1sa, 2as, 3d.
Journal on 12.05.05 @ 01:40 PM CST [link]
Warriors' season ended by Norfolk Catholic
After giving Norfolk Catholic a 27-0 firsthalf lead, the Crofton Warriors were unable to keep the high-powered Knights from rolling up even more and fell 44-14 in the first round of the Class C1 football playoffs on Thursday, Oct. 27. The Warriors ended their season at 5-4 while the 9-0 Knights advanced to a second round game against Battle Creek on Oct. 31.
Journal on 12.05.05 @ 01:39 PM CST [more..]
Maountain lion spotted in city limits park
A mountain lion was seen within the confines of the city of Crofton last week.
Less than a month after a mountain lion was blamed for themauling of a Crofton area dog, Crofton police officer Ed Hollander reported seeing one in the city.
Hollander was on duty last Tuesday, Nov. 1, around 10 pm, when he saw a mountain lion emerge onto Highway 12 heading in a northeasterly direction. The cat came out of the area between Upper Missouri Trading Co. and the J.W. Carlson residence.
Journal on 12.05.05 @ 01:36 PM CST [more..]
De Carlson travels to Taiwan with Republican group
Though she had less than two weeks to get ready, a Crofton woman made the most of a recent 10-day trip to Taiwan and Hong Kong.
De Carlson, who along with her husband Jim Doc operates Upper Missouri Trading Co. in Crofton, was one of 10 people from across America representing the Republican National Committee on a goodwill trip to the southeast Asian nations in October. De was invited to go 10 days before the departure date when a member of the travel group dropped out.
Journal on 12.05.05 @ 01:35 PM CST [more..]
Meeting preps parents for tough times for teens
In case you looked at the Crofton school calendar Monday, you may have noticed a parental meeting about social concerns.
If you decided the big game between the Vikings and the Packers was more important, you were wrong.
A group from the Community Character Development Coalition (CCDC), headquartered in Norfolk, talked to a large crowd of district parents about a lot of social issues facing teenagers in high school and college today.
The group talks to about 7,500 students in northeast Nebraska in a years time. Principal Todd Strom introduced the CCDC as one thing buzzing in the conference. They have presented programs in Creighton, Laurel, Randolph and both schools in Hartington for a total of 40 schools in the northern part of the state.
Journal on 12.05.05 @ 01:34 PM CST [more..]
Rural Fordyce home burns down during storm
It was 2:30 Tuesday afternoon (Nov. 29) and the power was back on in and around Fordyce.
But it was too late for Justus Hirschman.
In the hours between 8 pm Monday and 6 am Tuesday, his house burned to the ground. All that was identifiable were the two cars parked in the garage, a 1997 Lincoln and a 2001 Chevy Monte Carlo. Neither the 27-year-old Hirschman nor his 22-year-old brother Bill, who lived with him, had anything left but the clothes on their backs.
Journal on 12.05.05 @ 01:33 PM CST [more..]
Blizzard knocks power out in Crofton
One of the worst winter storms to hit the Crofton region in many years knocked out power for over 26 hours and dumped 10 inches or more of snow on top of a very wet ground Monday, Nov. 28.
The storm began on Sunday afternoon, but as rainfall. With steady heavy rains falling throughout Sunday night, all the way until around 5:30 am Monday morning, dumping as much as 1.75 inches of moisture on the ground before freezing temperatures turn it to ice, the snow then began falling.
With winds gusting as high as 48 mph, according to Croftons NOAA weather observer Dave Zavadil, the snowstorm turned nasty quickly, prompting schools in the region to be cancelled, and travel nearly ground to a halt.
Journal on 12.05.05 @ 01:32 PM CST [more..]
