Elkhorn News

The fourth round of the 2010 O.M.A.H.A. High School League playoff games have been played. The playoff brackets have been updated. OMAHA 2010 High School tournament brackets update 5

Please mark Tuesday, March 30, 2010 on your calendars and plan to attend an enjoyable event; the 2010 High School League Year-End Banquet. The banquet will again be held at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, IA. The evening will include the announcement of the All-Academic teams, All-State teams, Leading Scorer, Defenseman of the Year, Most Valuable Player and recognition of the league and tournament champions. Social hour begins at 6:30 pm and dinner at 7:00 pm.

On Wednesday 2/17/10:
Millard North vs. Elkhorn game has moved from 8:15 pm to 9:30 pm.
Lincoln South vs. Prep White has moved from 9:30 pm to 8:15 pm

The following changes have been made to the High School League schedule:
12/28/09 – Westside vs. Prep Blue 9:30 pm game – changed to practice
1/4/09 – Elkhorn vs. Lincoln East 9:30 pm game – moved to 2/24/10 at 7:00 pm
2/22/10 – Prep White/Elkhorn 7:00 pm practice – moved to 2/22/10 at 9:30 pm
2/22/10 – Papillion/Metro North 9:30 pm practice – moved to 2/24/10 at 9:30 pm
2/24/10 – Prep Blue/Westside 8:15 pm practice – changed to game
2/24/10 – Millard North/Millard West 7:00 pm practice – moved to 2/22/10 at 7:00 pm

Due to a conflict with the Nebraska State Football playoffs, the High School Hockey League schedule for Sunday November 22nd, and Monday November 23rd has been changed.

The revised schedule is as follows:

Sunday 11/22/09
4:00 pm – Millard North vs. Papillion game (same)
5:15 pm – Lincoln South vs. Prep Blue game (same)
6:30 pm – Millard West vs. Lincoln East game (moved from Monday)

Monday 11/23/09
7:00 pm – Prep White vs. Lincoln Metro game (same)
8:15 pm – Elkhorn-Millard West practice (Moved from Sunday)
9:30 pm – Papillion vs. Westside game (same)

The 2009 Fall Freeze Tournament was held the weekend of November 14-15, 2009 at Moylan Iceplex. 2009 Fall Freeze Tournament bracket results. Fall Freeze Championship game photo gallery
Below: The 2009 Fall Freeze Champions Papillion with their First Place tournament medals after beating Prep White 4-2 on Sunday November 15, 2009 in the Championship game.

It’s a new season, everyone is ready to hit the ice and put the pedal to the metal, itching to lay the first body check, score the first goal and make the first save.

Being nervous is all part of it, part of the firsts, the first game, the first penalty, the first of many.  The team stepped onto the ice for their first game versus Westside who we expected to be a very physical foe; they did not disappoint us in that regard.  The Warriors hit the ice ready to play in their second game of the season after tying Creighton Prep Blue one night earlier 2-2.  The boys from Westside started out physical and Elkhorn responded well, and drove to the net only 9 seconds in and buried their first goal of the night by Trevor LeGros assisted by Trent Bostwick.  The team did not stop there as they added two more goals before the first period was over with the two goals coming from David Farris with the assist going to Jeff Dolejs.  Westside was able to narrow the margin by netting one of their own late in the first period with a goal by Dustin Lopez assisted by Connor Randleman.

The Antlers didn’t stop there and added three more in the second and one in the third to take a commanding lead of their first game of the 2009 season.  Scoring in the second period were Brooks Coleman, Tim Cronin and Brad Peterson with the assists going to Peterson, and Dolejs.  The goal in the third was scored by Andrew Kousgaard with the helpers going to Ethan Workman and Zach Lau.

This was a good opening win for the team, the team game puck went to Trevor LeGros.

The second game of the week didn’t prove to be as kind to the Elkhorn team.  The boys came out on fire and hung with Millard North in the first 10 minutes, but after a few quick goals the team couldn’t recover.  Try as they may the guys could not muster any offense and failed to break the goose egg and lost their second game of the season to go 1-1.

This week Elkhorn plays Wednesday night at 7 pm vs. Lincoln East and then faces Lincoln in a rematch Saturday morning at 8 am in the league’s Fall Freeze.  Come out and support the team and make some noise.