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STORM RALLY PAST EAGLES

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After a back-and-forth first half, High Plains pulled away in the third quarter and survived a late Nebraska Christian run to hand the Eagles a 53-43 loss last Tuesday evening in Central City. “We have been struggling a little bit with when we get punched in the face,” High Plains Coach Kent Helgoth said.
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EAGLES DROP TWO

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There was no slowing down the Archangels Catholic Defenders last Tuesday evening at Nebraska Christian. The Eagles fell behind 26-11 after the first quarter, then saw the visitor’s lead balloon to 56-14 at the halftime break.
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Central City girls place fifth at Aurora

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Five individual medals, headlined by a first place finish by Maci Peters, put the Central City girls’ wrestling team into fifth place at last Thursday’s Aurora Invitational. At 135 pounds, Peters needed just twenty-seven seconds to pin Lara Fernandez of York in the first round, then won by fall over Eva Hesso of Lincoln North Star in fifty-four seconds.