In this episode of Bronco Sports Chat, we take a look at the fall 2012 season on the campus of Hastings College. We look at how football, volleyball, and men’s/women’s soccer did, as well as an intramural dilemma, and more.
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by Sam Gentry
The University of Kearney, Iowa Western, and the York men’s team all participated in HC’s Home Invitational. Kearney won both the men’s and the women’s race. Jessica Cunningham placed sixth overall to lead the HC girl’s team and Dillon Dexter led the men’s team.
by Colton Spearman
The Osbourne Family Sports Complex, fresh off of having new turf installed for the football field, just got another big makeover…the weight room.
(Kansas City, Missouri) – John Dostal of Hastings (Neb.) has been tabbed National Football Offensive Player of the Week. He was chosen for his performance during the week of Sept. 24 – 30 and was selec
ted out of a poll of conference and independent award winners.
Dostal, a senior quarterback from Omaha, Neb., passed for a career-high 314 yards and four touchdowns in Hastings’ 40-30 victory over then-No. 22 Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) on Sept. 29. He completed 19-of-32 passes to eight different receivers and had no interceptions. Additionally, Dostal rushed for 80 yards on 10 attempts en route to 394 yards of total offense – 75.3 percent of the Broncos total offensive output.
Dostal boasts a top 10 national ranking in total offensive yards per game (323.0), passing yards per game (270.3) and pass efficiency (158.9).
Hastings moved into the NAIA Top-25 today at #21. The last time the Broncos were inside the NAIA football poll was October of 2010.
Hastings College defeated the #22 Dakota Wesleyan Tigers 40-30, making their record now 4-0. Keenan Ballage was among the top players of that game for Hastings College who ran for 90 yards. Hastings College quarterback, John Dostal, went 19 for 32, threw for 314 yards, and four touchdowns. Dostal also had 10 rushes for 80 yards. Continue reading ‘HC Football Moves to 4-0’
After a week of going 5-0, the Bronco volleyball team is now ranked No. 9. The two big games of the week were against then-No. 11 Doane College and then-No. 12 Oklahoma Baptist University.
Haley Beardsley recorded 5 Service Aces in the victory over Doane.
On Wednesday September 5, the Hastings College volleyball team opened up its conference season against rival Doane College. Hastings College was coming into the game on a 4-game winning streak while Doane was coming into the game on a Continue reading ‘Video replay: Hastings vs Doane volleyball’
Continued from Part 1.
Both the Men’s and Women’s Soccer fall 2012 polls have come out! Here’s what the coaches think will happen on the men’s side this upcoming season…
With only a couple of weeks until the fall sports season officially starts, some of the GPAC Pre-season polls have come out. The first one came out on Thursday on the GPAC website. To read the full article, go to the GPAC site.
Here’s what the coaches think the conference is going to look like…
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