Central McLean News-Journal Sports
Comet girls dominate in openers
Underwood seniors Maggie Eng and Taysha Snyder provided the one-two punch in both of their season openers this past week in shoot-out action, and freshman Ashtyn Smith provided the double-digit knock-out punch Saturday against Warwick as the Comets bested the Warriors by a dominating score of 76-23.
Comets ousted in first round
After clinching a spot in the Region 5 volleyball tournament, the Underwood Comets were hoping to keep playing through to the title match.
Comets advance to Region 5 tourney
The Comets pulled out the win in the game that mattered this past week, topping Standing Rock 3-0 Thursday to clinch a berth in this week’s Region 5 volleyball tournament in New Salem.
Skyhawks top Trojans 3-1
The Bismarck Shiloh Christian Skyhawk defeated the Trojans 3-1 in Region 5 volleyball action last Tuesday night on the Trojans’ home court.
Beach bucks the odds, tops Cougars
They never got to release their balloons.
Wildcats shut down Trojans
The Trojans slipped to 0-7 in region play and to 4-19 overall as they were defeated by Center/Stanton 3-1 last Tuesday on the Trojans’ home court.
Comets drop Holsteins in four
The Comet girls upped their Region 5 regular-season record to 4-2 and dropped the New Salem-Almont Holsteins to 2-5 this past Tuesday after turning back the home-standing Holsteins by the score of 3-1.
Trojans lose two
The Trojans were on the losing end of the score twice the past week -- 3-1 at Washburn on Tuesday night and 3-0 at New Salem/Almont on Thursday night.
Getting’ it done on Frey-day
The Central McLean Cougars pretty much “out-everythinged” the Lewis and Clark Bombers Friday night on the Cougars’ home field in Underwood as they rolled to a 60-win after playing just one half.
Comets hold off Trojan come-back
The Turtle Lake-Mercer-McClusky Trojans had their third-set comeback stopped short Thursday night as the home-standing Underwood Comets rallied to take the third set of their Region 5 match-up, taking the match by the score of 3-0.