Tekamah-Herman falls to Howells-Dodge and BRLD

The Tekamah-Herman Tigers lost 3-1 at home to Howells-Dodge last Thursday night, and at BRLD Tuesday night.

The Jaguars won sets one and two 25-22, and took set four 25-18 after dropping set three 25-20.

The Tigers were led by Liz Dlouhy and Marin Jetensky, who had 27 and 21 kills, respectively.

Tekamah-Herman nabbed set one from the Wolverines 25-23 before losing sets two and three 25-19, and set four 25-15.

Head Coach Becky Rennerfeldt says her team really struggled against the Wolverines.

"We didn't really come to Lyons on Tuesday night ready to play. We played okay our first match, but it wasn't the best I've seen us play this season. And then the next three matches we just really could not serve receive. We did not do a very good job of that, and totally threw off our offense."

14-14 West Point-Beemer and 12-18 Tekamah-Herman meet in Sub-Districts Monday evening.

The Cadets beat Pender 2-1, but lost 2-0 to Howells-Dodge at their home triangular on Tuesday.

The Cadets swept the Tigers 3-0 in the regular season.

Rennerfeldt says it's key for Dlouhy and Jetensky to play well on Monday.

"That would be correct. Yep I mean if our middles are off then we're in trouble, but doesn't really matter what our middles can do if we aren't able to pass the ball. Like on Tuesday when we couldn't serve receive we got to make sure that we get that done. We got to make sure that we are able run our offense so we can do some things, and play really good defense."

I think Tekamah-Herman can win, but the Tigers need an effort like they got against Wisner-Pilger.

Tekamah-Herman clicked on all cylinders in that match, but didn't play as well against Howells-Dodge and BRLD.

The season is on the line for the Tigers so Tekamah-Herman must play with a sense of urgency.

The Tigers need to play with mental and physical toughness, tenacity, fire, pride, passion, and grit.

Tekamah-Herman has to bring their best and play their best match on Monday.

I look for the match to be more competitive than the regular season match between the two teams was.

It's a toss up to me as to who wins and who loses, it just depends on how well Dlouhy and Jetensky play, and which Tigers' team shows up.

The winner will likely play North Bend Central in the Sub-District Final on Tuesday.

I don't know if either Tekamah-Herman or West Point-Beemer can get by NBC, but anything can happen this time of year.

First serve is set for 6:15 p.m. in Oakland on Monday. The match can be heard on 107.9 the Bull.