Central McLean News-Journal Sports
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.
Comet netters hold off Coyotes
Underwood senior Milah Kibbel put the punctuation mark on her week as Underwood’s Homecoming Week by scoring the last three points in the Comets’ volleyball game against Grant County Thursday night, vaulting the Comets to the 3-2 win.
Grabbing the football by the Horn-bergers
There’s a good likelihood the Central McLean Cougars will climb in the polls this week. After already having received votes this past week, the Central McLean team continued their assault on Region 3 9-man teams, thumping Surrey by the score of 24-12, upping the Cougars’ record to 3-0 on the season.
Defense rules in Cougar grid win
Defense was front and center Friday night at Turtle Lake as the Central McLean Cougars made a final-minute defensive stand against Mohall-Lansford-Sherwood to hold on to an 8-6 win in Class B 9-man action.
Comets look for scrappy ‘D’
After only a couple days of practice, Underwood’s first-year head volleyball coach Jordyn Singer was still figuring out what her team’s strengths – individually and team-wise – should be this season.
Snyder leading senior-loaded Cougars
The Cougars will be looking to score from the ground and the air this year as the veteran-loaded Central McLean team sets its eyes on a playoff berth and the region title.
Mile relay takes 7th
All it took was a perfect day and the drive to be one of the best relay teams in the state for the Central McLean girls mile relay team to run a personal best time – good enough to place seventh at the state track meet Saturday.
