Over 2,500 miles traveled this season, this team continued to answer every challenge put in front of them. An outstanding finish to an amazing season. Your Class A State Runner-Up - the Kearney Bearcats!! I couldn’t be prouder of this team!
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Bearcats finish in 6th place as a team at the Class A State Tennis Tournament. This team showed a lot of improvement and grit this season. It was a fun two days.
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@Loofe33
Asher Saulsbury finishes as the state runner-up at Number 1 Singles. Asher ends the season with 38 victories, breaking the school record for Number 1 Singles wins in a season. His only losses all season were to the eventual champion.
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Olivia Flood (
@OliviaFlood14
) caps off an outstanding four year career with a 7th place finish at Number 1 Singles. Losing a season to COVID, Olivia is still a 3 time state medalist at Number 1 Singles. We wish her luck as she will continue her playing career at UNK.
Congratulations to Olivia Flood (
@OliviaFlood14
) on signing her NLI to continue her tennis career in college at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. I’m super proud of all the time and effort she has put in on the tennis court. Looking forward to watching her compete at UNK.
These ladies have been road warriors the past few days. Today we head to Norfolk for a dual. In the last three days our team will have traveled almost 1,000 miles across the state. Not only are we winning matches, but we are becoming closer as a team.
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@Loofe33
Congratulations to Asher Saulsbury (
@SaulsburyAsher
) on finishing as this year’s state runner-up in Number 1 Singles. Asher finishes the season 41-6 breaking his record he set last year for wins at Number 1 Singles (38).
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Class A 4th place medalist at Number 2 Singles is Asher Saulsbury. With his two wins yesterday, Asher broke the school record for wins by a freshman. Asher finishes the season with 40 wins.
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@Loofe33
Makenna Henning (
@makhenn
) also had a record breaking season. Makenna tied the school record for Wins at Number 2 Singles with 34 wins. In addition, Makenna broke the school record for Wins by a Senior. Makenna had 48 overall wins this season.
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@Loofe33
Eli Bond and Sam Rademacher finish 3rd at Number 1 Doubles at State. Their 3rd place victory gave Kearney the final point they needed to finish as state runner-up as a team. Eli and Sam broke multiple school records this season.
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Sam Rademacher and Charlie Brockmeier finish the state tournament with the 4th place medal in Number 1 Doubles. What a great season for this duo!
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@Loofe33
Emma Heacock (
@emmaheacock15
) finishes her freshman campaign with a 3rd place medal at Number 2 Singles. Emma won 2 thrilling 3rd set matches over the past 2 days. Emma ends the season with a 29-8 record at Number 2 Singles.
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@JGanz23
These ladies finished an amazing season with another Top Ten finish. The Bearcats finished 7th at this year’s state tournament. This is the 18th year in a row that Kearney High has finished in the Top Ten. I am super proud of these ladies and how they compete.
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Congratulations to Olivia Flood (
@OliviaFlood14
) on being named 2nd Team All-State. Olivia joins only a handful of Bearcats who have been selected as 1st or 2nd Team All-State. A very prestigious honor to end an outstanding 4 year career.
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@JGanz23
Bearcats cap off an outstanding season with another Top Ten finish. Kearney places 7th as a team at the state tournament. This is the 15th Top Ten finish in the past 18 years.
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@JGanz23
Sam Rademacher (
@samrad_
) broke the career doubles record this season. Sam played Number 1 Doubles all four years of high school tennis amassing 125 doubles wins with four different partners. Sam medaled at state 3 of the 4 years, including a 3rd place finish this season.
Bearcats finish 8th as a team at the Nebraska State Tennis Championships. This is the 17th year in a row the Bearcats have finished in the top ten.
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@Loofe33
Record breaking season - This group broke the school record for Varsity Wins in a Season with 200 wins this year. The previous record was from the 2014 team with 196 wins.
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@makhenn
@LizYoung22
Asher Saulsbury advances to the Number 1 Singles Championship match with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Omaha Westside. Championship matches begin at 1:00pm.
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Olivia Flood (
@OliviaFlood14
) has a stellar day at Number 1 Singles at the Millard West Invitational. Olivia sweeps her pool play matches and finishes the day as the Invite Runner-up.
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@ryanhogue24
Jackson Bokenkamp and Carter Goff finish 7th at State at Number 2 Doubles. With their final win they finish the season 32-10, tying the school record for 2 doubles wins in a season.
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Makenna Henning (
@makhenn
) finishes 5th at Number 2 Singles. Makenna lost a close quarterfinal match 7-5, 7-6 before winning her final two matches to finish 5th.
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@Loofe33
Makenna Henning goes undefeated at Number 2 Singles to finish as NP Invite Champion. Makenna had a strong finish to the day only losing 1 game in her final 3 matches.
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@makhenn
Number 2 Singles Makenna Henning (
@makhenn
) battled all day long. She did a great job of extending rallies and creating opportunities. Makenna finishes 4th at HAC.
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@ryanhogue24
Bearcats are in a 3-way tie for 2nd as a team after Day 1.
Asher Saulsbury is in the semis of 1S.
Sam Rademacher/Eli Bond in the semis of 1D.
Huston Cochran playing back for 5th in 2S.
Drew Welch/Fisher Bonk playing back for 5th in 2D.
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@JGanz23
Congratulations to Kyler Nichols and Brayden Kohtz on their 7th place finish at Number 2 Doubles. They finish with 38 wins breaking the school record.
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Bearcats finished 2nd as a team at the Lincoln Pius Invite. This is the highest the team has finished at this invite. All four divisions medaled!!
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Congratulations to our 7 seniors and their parents on their graduation today. These outstanding young ladies made our program stronger.
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@Loofe33
Today we honor our seven seniors. Thank you Anna, Maddie, Marissa, Ryanna, Jessica, Makenna, and Liz for an amazing four years. Your leadership and dedication to the team is greatly appreciated.
What’s up Bearcat Nation!?! Kearney High Boys Tennis has all 4 divisions competing in the medal rounds and they currently are tied for 2nd in the team race.
Semis and play-in matches begin at 9am.
5th/7th place matches at 11am.
1st/3rd place matches at 1pm.
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Whoever says tennis players aren’t tough hasn’t met Meghan Dahlke (
@DahlkeMeghan
). Meghan is the epitome of hustle and fight. She is willing to sacrifice her body to get a shot back over the net, including diving face first into the fence.
#eightypercent
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@JGanz23
Honored to have our state runner-up team be recognized by the school board on Monday night. We are grateful to have a supportive school board at Kearney Public Schools that gives our students a multitude of academic opportunities and activities to participate in.
#BEARCATPRIDE
SENIOR NIGHT: Bearcats win 9-0 in Varsity and 25-2 in JV against North Platte. A great performance to honor our 4 seniors.
Thank you Eli, Fisher, Huston, and Sam for your 4 years of hard work and dedication. Thank you parents for all your support these past 4 years.
Number 2 Doubles comprised of Quinten Shaffer and Andy Vu go 4-1 at state to place third. They finish with an overall record of 35-7, which is a new school record. Outstanding season for these two seniors!
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@JGanz23
Kearney High Bearcats win the team title at the 12-team North Platte Invitational. The team took gold in 3 of the 4 divisions and silver in the other.
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@_Da_pistol
Bearcats finish 3rd as a team at the State Dual Championship. Kearney defeated Grand Island 4-1 in the first round. Then they dropped a heartbreaker 3-2 to Lincoln Pius. That match came down to the final match. Bearcats bounced back to defeat Bellevue West 4-1 to claim 3rd.
Asher Saulsbury (
@SaulsburyAsher
) leaves it all on the court today, but falls 6-4, 7-5 to Lincoln East in the Number 1 Singles final. Asher finishes his career as a 4-time state medalist and 2-time state
runner-up.
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@JGanz23
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These 6 ladies will be competing at the State Tennis Tournament beginning today. Matches begin at 9:00am at the Koch Tennis Center in Omaha.
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Olivia Flood (
@OliviaFlood14
) wins the 3rd Place medal in Number 1 Singles after losing to the eventual champion in the semis at the Heartland Athletic Conference tennis tournament. Another solid day for Olivia.
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@ryanhogue24
Makenna Henning finishes 3rd at Number 2 Singles at the 23 team Westside Invite. Her only loss on the day and of the season came to the eventual champion in the semis.
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@Loofe33
@ryanhogue24
Bearcats finish 2nd as a team at the Lincoln North Star Invitational. The team goes 13-3 on the day. This is the 5th consecutive invite the Bearcats have medaled in all 4 divisions.
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