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Young Warrior Softball team impresses after slow season start

2014 season ends with loss to Raymond Central @ State (3rd round)

October 16, 2014

FINAL SEASON RECORD: 20-16

ROSTER:
Click HERE to view the 2014 Warrior Softball roster

CONGRATULATIONS Warrior Softball: 2014 Class C State Qualifiers . . . 7th consecutive year!

 

MEDIA COVERAGE:

State softball: Wahoo, Ashland-Greenwood face familiar matchup
By Lori Griffin / Lincoln Journal Star
posted October 15, 2014

Please click HERE to read article.

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Young Warriors grow up, aim to repeat in Class C
By Steve Beideck / Omaha World-Herald Correspondent
posted Saturday, October 11, 2014

Times were getting tough at Wahoo, a school where they know a thing or two about winning softball games.

The Warriors have won three of the past four Class C state tournaments, but seven starters graduated from the 2013 champion.

Wahoo’s 2014 season got off to a rocky start as the varsity newcomers were defaulting to the panic button. Coach Trina Christen and her staff decided it was time for the team to get its mental game straightened out.

“It was after a home quad with Crete, Waverly and Ashland,” Christen said. “We were up on Ashland by five in the seventh inning and they came back and beat us. We were panicking in big situations, and one error would lead to another.”

Sessions with an elementary school guidance counselor helped pave the way for the Warriors to rally and earn the opportunity to defend their state title beginning Wednesday at the Smith Softball Complex in Hastings.

The Warriors improved to 19-14 by roaring through the C-3 district tournament, earning the No. 7 seed and the accompanying first-round game at 9 a.m. against Gothenburg.

Christen said the counselor talked to the team about how fear is a chemical reaction that they could control. The best way to counter that was to trust and believe in each other and simply play like they had at times during practice and early season games.

“We knew it would be hard at the start with basically a new group,” Christen said. “We saw things in practice and games occasionally that made us think ‘We could put this together and it could work.’ ”

After the Warriors started the season 5-9 and fell out of the ratings, things finally began to turn around. Starting with a victory over Tekamah-Herman, Wahoo won 14 of its final 18 games but still was seeded fourth in the seven-team district.

In that 5-9 start, Wahoo lost 8 of 10 games at one point, including six straight, before the second-half surge.

The Warriors have only three seniors on their roster, two of whom are infield starters.

Madison Partridge plays first base and is one of five Warriors hitting better than .400. Partridge is at .407 (44-for-108) with 26 RBIs, five home runs and 16 runs scored.

Kelsey Tomjack scoops up ground balls and picks off line drives at second base. She is hitting .290 with 18 RBIs and 17 runs scored.

Partridge and sophomore Joselyn Schnakenberg have handled the pitching this season. Partridge is 7-6 and Schnakenberg — who also is Wahoo’s leading hitter with a .500 average and a team-leading 36 RBIs — is 12-8 with a 3.45 ERA.

Now that the Warriors have survived the regular season and learned from playing games against Class A and Class B schools early in the season, Christen is hopeful that equates to success this week.

“In the long run I think that has helped us,” Christen said. “Now there are balls that have been put in play, we’ve seen it, there’s nothing we haven’t seen. That strong schedule early in the year has helped later in the year.

“We kept telling the girls: ‘This is only going to make us better.’ They’ve learned now that tradition never graduates, there’s just the chance to add onto it.”

SCORES:

STATE TOURNAMENT @ Hastings (October 15-17, 2014)

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#7 Wahoo defeats #2 Gothenburg in first round at State!
Warriors take on #6 Ashland Greenwood in next round (Thurs. @ 9:00 a.m.)
Game 4
#7 Wahoo    7
#2 Gothenburg    5    WIN

Click HERE to view scorekeeping stats (Source: GameChanger).

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	0	2	2	0	1	2	0	7	8	1
G-burg	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	9	5

#7 Wahoo falls to Ashland in 2nd round at State
1-1 Warriors face #5 Raymond Central in round 3
Game 6
#7 Wahoo    10  
#6 Ashland-Greenwood    13    LOSS

Click HERE to view scorekeeping stats (Source: GameChanger).

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	3	0	3	1	0	0	3	10	10	3
AG	6	5	1	0	0	1	-	13	13	2

2014 season ends with loss to Raymond Central in 3rd round
Game 9
#7 Wahoo    5   
#5 Raymond Central    8    LOSS 

Click HERE to view scorekeeping stats (Source: GameChanger). will be posted soon . . .

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	5	6	3
RC	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	8	10	2

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2014 Warrior Softball: DISTRICT CHAMPS & STATE-BOUND!
Warriors overcome 5-run deficit to take district victory over Arlington
District C-3 Tournament @ Arlington (October 9-10, 2014)

Wahoo Warriors: 2014 C-3 District Champions!

Please click HERE to view the entire C-3 Tourney bracket.

Game 1
#4 Wahoo    4
#5 Ft. Calhoun    1    WIN 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	5	0
Ft. Cal	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2

Game 2
#4 Wahoo    7
#1 Yutan-Mead    2    WIN 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	7	11	2
Yutan	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	8	1

Game 3 (Semifinal)
#4 Wahoo    6
#3 Arlington    4    WIN (8 innings)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Wahoo	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	6	12	3
Arling.	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	7

FINALS (Game 1)
#4 Wahoo    7
#3 Arlington    9    LOSS 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	7	7	3
Arling.	4	2	0	1	0	2	0	9	12	4

FINALS (Game 2)
#4 Wahoo    12
#3 Arlington    10    WIN (DISTRICT CHAMPIONS!) 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	0	3	1	7	1	0	0	12	15	2
Arling.	0	4	5	0	0	1	0	10	13	2

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@ Bennington (10/6/14)
Wahoo    2
Bennington    4    LOSS 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	0
Benn.	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	1

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Wahoo sweeps home round robin quad; defeats Logan View, North Platte & Bishop Neumann
@ Home Round Robin Tourney (10/4/14)

Wahoo    13
Logan View/Scribner-Snyder    3    WIN (4 innings)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	9	2	2	0	-	-	-	13	13	0
LVSS	0	0	3	0	-	-	-	3	2	1

Wahoo    14
North Bend Central    2    WIN (3 innings)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo				-	-	-	-	14
NBC				-	-	-	-	2

Wahoo    5
Bishop Neumann    4    WIN

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	5	8	1
BN	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	7	0

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@ Home (10/2/14)
Wahoo    1
Arlington    2    LOSS 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	0
Arling.	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	0

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@ Home (9/29/14)
Wahoo    11
Cass County Central    1    WIN (4 innings)  

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	5	1	4	1	-	-	-	11	12	0
CCC	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	1	4	2

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Wahoo finishes 3rd in 2014 NCC Tourney
NCC Tournament @ Ashland-Greenwood (9/27/14)

Please click HERE to view the full tournament bracket.

Wahoo    7
D.C. West    5    WIN

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	7	14	0
DCW	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	5	12	3

Wahoo    1
Raymond Central    6    LOSS

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
R Cent	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	6	12	0

Consolation Game:
Wahoo    16
Ashland-Greenwood    12    WIN (3rd place Tourney finish)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	0	3	0	2	8	3	0	16	19	2
AG	2	0	3	1	0	6	0	12	13	0

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@ Home (9/22/14)
Wahoo    10
Milford    3    WIN

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	2	3	0	0	4	1	0	10	12	0
Milford	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	5	1

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@ Platteview (9/20/14)
Wahoo    20
Platteview    0    WIN (4 innings)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	3	1	5	11	-	-	-	20	21	0
Pview	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	1	1

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@ Freeman (9/18/14)
Wahoo    11
Freeman    7    WIN

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	0	1	3	0	1	6	0	11	14	1
Fman	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	7	10	3

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@ Tekamah-Herman Triangular (9/16/14)
Wahoo    8
Tekamah-Herman    0    WIN (5 innings)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	2	0	6	0	0	-	-	8	16	0
T-H	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	4	0

Wahoo    1
D.C. West    4    LOSS

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	3
DCW	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	4	8	2

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vs. Syracuse (9/11/14 @ Home)
Wahoo    14
Syracuse    6    WIN

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	2	1	6	2	0	3	0	14	15	0
SDA	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	6	7	1

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@ Home Quadrangular (9/6/14)
Wahoo    11
Waverly    10    WIN

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	11	10	1
Wav	2	2	3	0	0	3	0	10	15	1

Wahoo    0
Crete    9    LOSS

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Crete	1	0	6	2	0	0	0	9	8	0

Wahoo    9
Ashland-Greenwood    11    LOSS (8 innings)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Wahoo	0	0	2	0	2	4	0	1	9	14	2
AG	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	3	11	15	0

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@ Yutan (9/4/14)
Wahoo    1
Yutan-Mead    6    LOSS

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	3
Yutan	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	6	7	1

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vs. Bishop Neumann (9/2/14 @ Home)
Wahoo    0
Bishop Neumann    2    LOSS

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
BN	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	5

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Doris Blair Tournament (8/30/14 in Lincoln)
Wahoo    2
Beatrice    8    LOSS

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	2
Beatrice	1	0	2	1	4	0	0	8	20	0

Wahoo    3
Norfolk    4    LOSS

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	11	2
Norfolk	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	10	1

Wahoo    0
Grand Island NW    9    LOSS

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
GINW	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	9	15	1

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@ Fort Calhoun (8/25/14)
Wahoo    11
Ft. Calhoun    2    WIN (5 innings)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	3	0	0	1	7	-	-	11	20	0
Ft. Cal	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	2	6	2

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Freeman Softball Tournament (8/23/14 in Lincoln)
Wahoo    8
Friend    5    WIN

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	7	8	0
Friend	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	0

Wahoo    2
Seward    10    LOSS

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
Seward	1	0	0	0	0	9	0	10	17	0

Wahoo    3
Falls City    7    LOSS

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	7	1
FC	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	7	13	1

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vs. Raymond Central (8/21/14 Season Opener @ Home)
Wahoo    5
Raymond Central    2    WIN

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Wahoo	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	7	0
R Cent	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	6	2

2014 Warrior Softball Team, back row (from left): Karley Kaiser, Coach Alicia Iversen, Coach Trina Christen, Jacelyn Teter, Brittany Vech, Josie Schnakenberg, Cala Clouse, Lexis Stuchlik, Coach Liz Gregg, Kharissa Eddie, Leah Maass. Middle row: Kaden Christen, Riley Harrell, Tiana Wilcox, Courtney Vanek, Sarah Iversen, Elise McIlhaney, Brianna Brabec, Carissa Koranda, Carleigh Olson, Faith Westlund. Front row: Kylee Jones, Natalie Capron, Maddy Partridge, Kylie Givens, Kelsey Tomjack, Makeda Russ, Alexis Libal.  photo courtesy Studio 123

2014 WHS Softball Seniors, from left: Maddy Partridge, Kylie Givens and Kelsey Tomjack.  photo courtesy Studio 123