This game was supposed to be different for the Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca boys' basketball team, but it didn't turn out that way as the Falls City Tigers topped the Rockets 41-36 in the subdistrict final on Thursday.
The Rocket girls' basketball team put up a good fight before falling 55-41 in subdistrict action against Lincoln Christian at Johnson-Brock on Thursday night. Now it appears the program will fight on without longtime Head Coach Tim Isaacs.
The Rockets avenged an earlier season defeat to Lincoln Christian with a 63-55 win Tuesday at the subdistrict tourney at Johnson. On Thursday, the Rockets will look to avenge another loss in the subdistrict final.
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Syracuse basketball fans packed the gym Friday night for the varisty team’s last game in the gymnasium that has served since 1965. The Rockets punctuated the venue with a win over Milford.
Six area wrestlers, five from Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca, and one from Nebraska City will compete in the semifinals of the state wrestling tournament at 6 p.m. on Friday at the Omaha Qwest Center.
Building a program and maintaining a program are both difficult tasks, but one could easily argue the second of those to be much harder than the first.
The Rocket boys' basketball team predictably stormed past the Raymond Central Mustangs, 65-30, in first round action of the Capitol Conference tourney Tuesday at home.
The Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca wrestling team, which won the recent Wood River Dual Tournament, will host the annual pin tournament at 4:30 p.m. Friday. In order to score points at the tourney, a wrestler must pin his opponent.
Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca posted a nearly perfect first half and got some good news from the injury front during a dominating 58-29 victory over Lincoln Lutheran last week.
Video>>> Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca established an early lead and maintained that advantage throughout a 48-33 win over the Nebraska City Pioneers on Thursday.
Video>>> Nebraska City hit back-to-back three-point baskets to draw within six of the Rocket team Friday night at Syracuse, but the home team got hot and ran away with a 67-39 win.
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