Coach Jimmy Goebel and his NCOE Junior Cardinal basketball team received the number three seed in the Little Greater Egyptian Conference Tournament, but when they traveled to Hardin County Tuesday evening, Jan. 19, to play the Carrier Mills Wildcats in semi-final action, they were hoping [Read more...]
NCOE win streak climbs to three
Tuesday evening found the Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Fighting Cardinal basketball team returning to Greater Egyptian Conference play when they hosted the Pope County Pirates. [Read more...]
NCOE looks to avenge earlier loss
As the Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Fighting Cardinal basketball team headed to Eldorado Saturday evening to take on the Eldorado Eagles, the game played just nineteen days prior against the Eagles was still fresh on their minds. However, this time, the Fighting Cardinals were determined to not go [Read more...]
5th/6th grade tips off season
Myles Stallings, son of Russ and WindDee Stallings, was recently named first-team all conference for the outside linebacker position. Myles is a junior at Front Range Christian School and also received the Coaches Award for attitude and effort. The Stallings family lives in Highlands Ranch, Colo. Russ Stallings is a native of Norris City.
On January 16, the Norris City-Omaha-Enfield 5th/6th Grade basketball teams tipped off their 2016 campaign when they traveled to Carmi to play their White County rivals, the Carmi Bullpups. With [Read more...]
Money helps Jr. Cards advance in LGEC play
Thursday evening would find the #3 seeded NCOE Junior Cardinals taking on the #6 seeded Hardin County Cougars in first round action of the Little Greater Egyptian Conference Tournament. NCOE, being the higher seed, earned the right to host their first round game; however, the rest of the [Read more...]
Several players contribute for NCOE Freshmen
Coach Shea Smith and the NCOE Freshmen Basketball team ventured to Albion on Thursday night to take on the Edwards County Lions in Freshmen basketball action. [Read more...]
Fighting Cardinals trap the Foxes
NCOE welcomed the Hamilton County Foxes to town Saturday evening in what most believed would be a relaxed game for the Fighting Cardinals. However, the Foxes came to town ready to prove everyone wrong, and show that they should not be taken lightly.
First quarter action began with both teams trading baskets and neither team gathering enough momentum to pull out to a commanding lead.Th is was so much the case that, as the buzzer sounded, the score would be knotted at 10 all. The second quarter started out all Foxes [Read more...]
Defensive pressure stymies Fighting Cardinals
Monday evening found Coach Wyllie and his NCOE Fighting Cardinal basketball team in a situation that they had not seen happen in a few years, and that was to be on the championship side of the bracket in the 51st annual Eldorado Holiday Tournament. NCOE knew being on this side of the bracket would also mean the competition would be even tougher. Tough was understatement for what the Webster County, Kentucky team would throw at the Fighting Cardinals.
When first quarter action got underway, there was no doubt the pace of the game was going to be upbeat, but when the buzzer sounded, hopes remained high as the contest was knotted at ten all. It was not until midway through the second quarter that the intense defensive pressure that Webster County was putting on the Fighting Cardinals started to take a toll. Numerous turnovers and missed opportunities caused NCOE to fall behind by 14 at the halftime break.
Coming out of the locker room, NCOE made some adjustments and knocked down a few shots, but would still find themselves on the short end of a 43-24 score as the third quarter came to a close. The fourth and final quarter was once again a struggle offensively for the Fighting Cardinals as they were only able to put five points on the board and fell by the final score of 54-29 to an extremely aggressive Webster County team.
Following the game, Coach Wyllie stated, "Their defensive pressure took us out of our rhythm. We were unable to get into any of our sets, and we turned the ball over 25 times." Wyllie also said, "I give them credit for their defensive intensity taking us out of what we wanted to do." NCOE will now have to bounce back and get ready to play the host team, Eldorado Eagles, in a must win game at 10 a.m. game Tuesday in order to stay alive and play in the 5th place game at 6 p.m.
Dakota Bond led the way for NCOE with 10 points in the contest. Others scoring were Chase Sutton with seven points, Matt Long six points, and two points apiece from Cooper Wells and Marcus Niehaus.
1 2 3 4 Total
W.C. 10 18 15 11 54
NCOE 10 4 10 5 29
