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On Tuesday, the Scottsbluff boys and girls soccer teams split two games against North Platte.
The men's team needed penalty kicks to defeat the Bulldogs 1-0 on the road after scoreless regulation.
North Platte's girls team won 7-2 at Landers Soccer Complex with two goals from Briley Hanneborg, Clancy Brown and Yana Bourgeois.
“We played well at times, but we just didn't have a complete game,” Bearcats girls coach Chad Larson said. “The energy was great when we first came out. Then once North Platte was neutralized, they slowly took us out of the game plan. They completely threw us off our rhythm and forced us to score. I started deciding.”
After the Bearcats got within one point, the Bulldogs scored the final four goals of the game.
Mariah Russell's goal gave the Bearcats the lead, but North Platte fought back with goals from Brown, Bourgeois and Haneborg to take a 3-1 lead at halftime.
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Ella Foote scored off an assist from Nia Hack to make it 3-2 just three minutes into the second half. But the Bulldogs took control from there.
“We came out in the second half and responded to make it 3-2, but then we deviated from our game plan and didn't play like we normally do,” Larson said. “Instead of combining passes, we started doing things we wouldn't normally do, like play dumps and runs. Once we understood our game plan, it made a lot of sense.”
The Scottsbluff boys won the shootout 4-1 with goals from Paxton Dart, Abdul Jallow, Joey Escamilla and Taron McDonald.
JT Painter made two saves in the penalty shootout.
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The Bearcats' Aspin Andreas and Abby Roberts placed first and second in singles, respectively, giving Scottsbluff Red the team title. North Platte finished just one point behind.
“It was a great day for tennis in Scottsbluff,” said Bearcats coach Hannah Liptak. “Coach Emerick and I were extremely pleased and proud of our team's performance as we defended our Home Invitational title for the second consecutive year. I thought so,” he said.
The Gering Blue and Gold teams finished in 5th and 6th place respectively. The Bulldogs' Jayray Cervantes placed third at No. 2 singles. Alia Schneider finished fifth in No. 1 singles, one spot ahead of teammate Ashlyn Files.
The Bulldogs also defeated Campbell County 5-4 in two games on Monday.
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In Monday's game at Scotts Bluff Country Club, the host Bearcats had three of the top nine finishers take home the team title.
Tommy Dredla rounded with a 3-under 69 to earn medalist honors, while teammates Noah Shaddick (76) and Weasley Mook (78) finished 6th and 9th overall, respectively.
Scottsbluff finished with a team score of 17 overs. Goering finished third at 36 over, one stroke behind Wheatland. In the Division 1 flight, Mitchell and Alliance were eighth and ninth respectively, with Sydney 13th.
Kimball's Kyle Lussier finished three strokes behind Dreadla.Mitchell's Cael Peters took third with 1 over.
Gering's Jack Mather was 5th at 3 over.
Staff reporting contributed to this article.
