The Lady Warriors defeated the #16 seed Ord Chants to punch their ticket to state. The Lady Warriors started off a little slow in the first quarter. The Chants hit two threes to tie it up with five minutes left in the first. The Chants took the lead to end the quarter 14-11.
The Warriors battled back and forth throughout the whole second quarter. Senior Ellie Tramp hit a 3 to put the Warriors up by 4. Keeping the momentum, sophomore Jaisie Janssen got an and-one to extend the lead. Janssen stated, “It was a good feeling and the crowd was getting loud.” The Lady Warriors ended the half up by two 24-22.
To start off the third quarter senior Caitlin Guenther got an easy bucket to put the Warriors up by 4. The Chants came out after half hitting a quick three but the Warriors slowly started to extend the lead. Juniors Cassie Allen and Jaida Allen each hit a three to keep extending the lead, ending the third quarter 38-32. J.
Allen stated, “It made me feel confident and I felt like we were finally hitting shots and working together as a team.” The Warriors continued to dominate throughout the fourth quarter ending it 58-32. Leading the Lady Warriors was Guenther with 14 points, C. Allen added 12 points, and S. Allen added 11 more. The Lady Warriors will be competing in the state tournament on Wednesday, February 28 at 1:30 p.m. against the Clarkson-Leigh Patriots.
Warriors honored at home game...
Seniors Jace Foxhoven, Seth Pinkelman and Zac Arens were honored Friday Feb. 16th as they played their final game on the Warriors home court. The seniors received a thank you from the Booster club and community for all their hard work put into Warrior Basketball!
A substantial Crofton Community Foundation Fund (CCFF) grant will make a big impact on Crofton High School’s industrial technology program... Get the rest of the story by subscribing to the Crofton Journal!
Crofton Warriors senior Casey Jeannoutot accomplished two major feats at last weekend’s NSAA State Wrestling Championships from Thursday, Feb. 15 through Saturday, Feb. 17. After three hard days of wrestling, Jeannoutot earned a fifth-place medal in the Class C 215 bracket while he earned his 100th career win in the process...
The Crofton-Bloomfield Girls Wrestling team competed at state this past weekend with two qualifiers. Both girls came home with medals. Junior Rylie Arens earned a third place medal and Junior Annabelle Poppe earned a fifth place medal.
Arens started off the state tournament with a quick 34 second pin against Ellie Scoville of Sumner-Eddyville-Miller. In the quarter finals, Arens got the major decision against her opponent, Andie Gibson of Beatrice. In the semifinal round, Arens dropped her match to Kayden Sipp of Adam Central.
On the backside of the bracket, Arens had another quick pin against Ava Mahnke of West Point-Beemer. Arens ended her season with a pin against Gibson of Beatrice and a third place medal. Poppe started off the tournament with a first period pin against Diesel Janovich of Elkhorn. Poppe dropped her quarter finals match to Paola Vergara of O'Neill. Poppe battled back and pinned Bell Brodersen of Boone Central; and in the heartbreak round, she pinned Emma Finecy of Lakeview guaranteeing
herself a medal.
In the consolation semifinals, Poppe dropped a close match (3-0) to Fabiola Cortez Carcamo of Grand Island. In the fifth and sixth place match, Poppe finished off her season with a pin against Carson Shank of Lincoln East, earning herself a fifth place finish.
Poppe stated, “It isn’t the finish I wanted but it is going to make me work harder next year to complete my goal of being a state champion.”
The Crofton-Bloomfield wrestling team accomplished a lot at the state tournament in Omaha, overall winning fourth place. Four of the six state qualifiers came home with hardware...
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Senior Ellie Tramp just signed at the University of Sioux Falls for Track and Field as of Tuesday, Jan. 23! Get your copy of this week's Journal to learn more!
For the Lady Warriors last regular season home game, they took down the Humphrey Lindsay Holy Family Bulldogs 58-29 on February 6, making the team move to 20-0!
For the second year in a row Crofton-Bloomfield won the title of District Champions. Head Coach Trevor Weiblehaus also won “Coach of the Year” for the second consecutive year on Saturday, February 10 at Thayer Central. Six Crofton-Bloomfield wrestlers qualified for state and will be competing Thursday, February 15 through Saturday the 17 at the CHI Health Center in Omaha...
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In a remarkable display of bravery and quick thinking, Wanda Peterson, President of Crofton, emerged as a local hero after discovering a potentially disastrous situation at the city auditorium. Read all about by signing up to the Crofton Journal with the attached linking: https://www.croftonjournal.com/o/the-crofton-journal/page/subscriptions
Congratulations to Crofton-Bloomfield's wrestler Wyatt Tramp, for earning his 100th career victory on Thursday, Jan. 25 against O’Neill's Blue Devils and the Eagles!
Read the article all about it in today's Crofton Journal!
The Crofton-Bloomfield Girls are sending three wrestlers to Districts after they competed on the 3rd at Lincoln Standing Bear High School in Lincoln: Annabelle Poppe, Rylie Arens and Elizabeth DeRoos qualified for the District tournament in Aurora today!
“It’s time to break out your denim and bling for the “2024 Denim and Diamonds” St. Rose Unity Supper and Grand Auction Celebration!” Get more details in your Crofton Journal!
In a unanimous decision, the City Council and Mayor Bob Evans have committed a $2,000.00 contribution to support the ongoing efforts of the Crofton Fields Association project...
On January 27, Crofton’s JV and Varsity speech team traveled to Hartington for the Hartington Newcastle/ Hartington Cedar Catholic Invite. This was the first competition of the year for the Warriors...
The Crofton Warrior Pep Band takes another Battle of the Bands victory. The Battle of the Bands fundraiser was held at Crofton High School and consisted of Ponca High School Pep Band and Bloomfield High School Pep Band on Friday, January 26... Get more details in this week's Crofton Journal!
Crofton Community Schools released information this week about the 2023 Student of the Term for the second semester – naming one senior high and junior high student to the semester honors... Get the rest in the weekly Journal!
Several Crofton Youth Basketball Association youth teams participated in the annual Crofton Booster Club Tournament on Saturday, January 20th in the Crofton High School and Crofton Elementary School gymnasiums... Get the rest in the Crofton Journal!
Mid-States conference brackets released...
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The Crofton Board of Education passed a resolution,4-2, authorizing the calling of a special election to ask voters about a $12.5 million bond for renovations,
repairs and new construction at Crofton Community Schools at their meeting on January 15. To read about the decision made, grab a copy of this week's Journal!
