Prep notebook: Lincoln setters sign

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Setters Jessica Way of Lincoln Southwest and Whitney Weyhrich of Lincoln North Star have signed national volleyball letters of intent with NCAA Division II programs.

Way is headed to Palm Beach Atlantic in West Palm Beach, Fla., after earning first-team all-city and second-team Class A all-state honors last fall. The 5-8 Way averaged eight assists per game in leading the Silver Hawks to the state tournament.

On Wednesday, the 6-foot Weyhrich signed with Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tenn. Weyhrich was a second-team all-city and honorable mention all-state right side/setter last season. She led the Navigators in assists (5.4 per game) and ace serves (69), and was among the team leaders in blocks and kills.

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Lincoln Southwest High School senior setter Jessica Way. Way is headed to Palm Beach Atlantic in West Palm Beach, Fla., after earning first-team all-city and second-team Class A all-state honors last fall. The 5-8 Way averaged eight assists per game in leading the Silver Hawks to the state tournament. (LJS File)

Lincoln Southwest High School senior setter Jessica Way. Way is headed to Palm Beach Atlantic in West Palm Beach, Fla., after earning first-team all-city and second-team Class A all-state honors last fall. The 5-8 Way averaged eight assists per game in leading the Silver Hawks to the state tournament. (LJS File)

Harold Scott track today

Lincoln’s largest regular season high school track meet, the 14-team Harold Scott Invitational, is slated for today at Beechner Field/Scott Track. Field events begin at 12:30 p.m., with preliminary running events starting at 2:15 p.m. The finals are slated for 6 p.m.

Five Lincoln schools are competing: Lincoln High, Southeast, Pius X, East and North Star.

Lutheran coach resigns

Joel Stoltenow has resigned his position as boys’ basketball coach at Lincoln Lutheran, according to athletic director Don Duitsman. Stoltenow was with the Warriors for four years.

Rosters announced for eight-man classic

The 31st annual Sertoma Eight-man Classic will be June 21 in Hastings at 1:30 p.m. at the Osborne Family Sport Complex at Hastings College.

Ken Swanson of Coleridge will be the head coach of the East team, assisted by Jim Dooley of Bloomfield and Eric Kessler of Humphrey St. Francis. Duke Waln of Cody Kilgore will lead the West team, aided by Carlie Wells of Elgin and Daren Hatch of Arapahoe.

EAST TEAM

Jeremy Anderson, Bancroft-

Rosalie; Matt Beccard, Lourdes Central Catholic; Jonathan Bos, Clarkson; Eric Brabec, Clarkson; Taylor Baumert, Pawnee City; Kyle Davis, Shickley; Bryce Ebel, Falls City Sacred Heart; Jordan Brummels, Winside; Brent Haith, Johnson-Brock; Alex Johnson, Clay Center; Jacob Kreikemeier, Dodge; Jared Latson, Mead; Ben Lammers, Bloomfield; Matt Peter, Winside; Troy Peterson, Lawrence-Nelson; Derek Rodine, High Plains; Bryan Ruzek, Dodge; Mike Swanson, Nebraska

Christian; DJ Thiel, Sterling; Thomas Thies, Giltner; Patrick Tyrance, Parkview Christian; Clete Vrbka, High Plains; Kelan Walford, Exeter-Milligan; Lucas Weeder, Lindsay Holy Family.

WEST TEAM

Nathan Bacon, Overton; Jeremy Barnes, Cody-Kilgore; Kiefer Burke, Maxwell; Jason Cameron, Chambers; Cody Childers, Leyton; Jake Childers, Leyton; Brett Christensen, Wallace; Tanner Crips, Mullen; Taylor Dixon, Wauneta-Palisade; Nic Dukat, Plamer; Brad Dvorak, Stuart; Nick Fiene, Elwood; Kyle Giffin, Pleasanton; Jonathan Gunderson, Elgin; Jace Heiden, Bertrand; Tyler Klabenes, Chambers; Brandon Kopf, Overton; Bryson Mahlberg, Elwood; Jay Reicks, Pope John; Steve Rust, West Boyd; Adam Snyder, Arapahoe; Bret Spanel, Anselmo-Merna; Justin Swedburg, Axtell; Bradley Wright, Ewing.

Big Lincoln boys soccer game set for Friday

The Lincoln Southwest vs. Lincoln Southeast boys soccer game Friday should go a long way toward deciding the city champion, with each team having 2-0 records in city play.

Class A fifth-ranked Southwest (8-2) and No. 9 Southeast (7-2) will play at 5 p.m. at Abbott Sports Complex.

Lincoln North Star is 2-1, and East at 2-2. Southwest and Southeast each have wins against Lincoln East, and for the first time since 2002, the Spartans may not win the city title.

Lincoln Southeast coach Linda Wilson understands the significance of Friday’s game in the city landscape but says it may not be decided after that.

“We’ve played two (city games) and have three more to go, and you may have to win every one of them,” Wilson said. “There are other teams in the city that are playing really solid soccer as well.”

On the girls side of city play, a Southwest win against Southeast on Friday would put the Silver Hawks in prime position to win the city championship. Southwest is 2-0, East 3-1, North Star 2-1 and Southeast 1-1 in city games.

— Ron Powell, Ryly Jane Hambleton and Brent C. Wagner