Ogallala Girls' defeat Chadron in High School Varsity Basketball on Tuesday, February 17th, 2026; To play Gothenburg in Subdistrict Final on Thursday, February 19th, 2026

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By: Evan Troxel

The #1 ranked Ogallala Indians Girls' High School Varsity basketball team defeated the #4 ranked Chadron Cardinals 69-37 in the Class C1-10 Subdistrict Semifinal on Tuesday afternoon, February 17th, 2026, on the Steve Morgan Court in the Prairie View Gymnasium in Ogallala, Nebraska.

Both teams improved their average point differential for the entire season by a lot compared to last season coming into this semifinal game.

Rylan Barry scored 11 points for Chadron. She made five free throws.

Aniston O'Neil scored 21 points for Ogallala. She made five three-pointers and two free throws.

To start the game, Hayden Shaw immediately made a three from the left 45 degree angle off the glass for Ogallala.

Addison Slama then made a three for the Indians.

Jezreel Alcorn made a two for Chadron.

Aniston O'Neil made a two-pointer for Ogallala and the Indians led 8-2 with 6:13 to go in the first quarter.

Laney Caskey made two free throws for the Indians and then she made a two-pointer.

Aniston O'Neil made a three-pointer and Ogallala led 15-2 with 4:18 remaining in the first quarter.

Gracie Calkins then made a two for Chadron.

Sophie Watson made two free throws for the Cardinals.

Aniston O'Neil then made another three-pointer and Ogallala led 18-6 with a little under three minutes to go in the first quarter.

O'Neil then made two free throws, a two-pointer and a three for Ogallala and the Indians led 25-6 with 1:29 remaining in the first period.

Rylan Barry then made a two for Chadron and also made only the first of two free throws.

Addison Powell then made a two-pointer for Ogallala and the Indians led over the Cardinals after one quarter 27-9.

Shaydyn Rasby then only made the first of two free throws for Ogallala.

Laney Caskey then made a two for the Indians.

Harper Watson then made a two for Chadron and the Cardinals trailed 30-11.

Addison Slama then hit another three for Ogallala and the Indians led 33-11 with 5:22 left in the second quarter.

Rylan Barry then made two free throws for Chadron.

Shaydyn Rasby then made a two-pointer for Ogallala.

Jezreel Alcorn made a three for Chadron while Gracie Calkins made only the first of two free throws for the Cardinals and Ogallala led 35-17 with 3:36 remaining in quarter number two.

Rylan Barry then made two free throws for Chadron.

Laney Caskey then made a two-pointer for Ogallala and the Indians led 37-19 with 1:01 to go in the second quarter.

There was no more scoring in the quarter and Ogallala led 37-19 after two quarters.

The top scorers in the first half for Chadron were Rylan Barry with seven points and Jezreel Alcorn with two points.

Aniston O'Neil scored 15 points in the first half for Ogallala while Laney Caskey scored eight points and Addison Slama scored six points.

To start the second quarter, Reese Ritterbush made two free throws for Chadron.

Then, Aniston O'Neil made her fourth three of the game for Ogallala while Shaydyn Rasby made a two-pointer and Ogallala led 42-21.

Rylan Barry made a two-pointer for Chadron.

Shaydyn Rasby then made only the second of two free throws for Ogallala.

Sophie Watson made a two-pointer for Chadron and Ogallala led 43-25 with 3:59 to go in the third quarter.

Addison Powell then only made the first of two free throws for Ogallala.

Harper Smith then hit a three for Ogallala.

Sophie Watson and Harper Watson each made a two-pointer for Chadron and Ogallala led 47-29 with 2:18 left in the third quarter.

Gracie Calkins made two free throws for Chadron.

Addison Powell hit a three for Ogallala.

Rylan Barry then made a two-pointer for Chadron and Ogallala led after three quarters 50-33.

To start the fourth quarter, Addison Slama hit a three for Ogallala.

Then, Shaydyn Rasby made a two-pointer and immediately afterwards made a free throw for the Indians and Ogallala led 56-33.

Rasby then made another two for Ogallala and Aniston O'Neil hit her fifth three-pointer of the game for the Indians!

Shaydyn Rasby then made another two-pointer and immediately afterwards made another free throw for Ogallala and the Indians led 64-33 with 4:31 left in the fourth quarter.

Reese Ritterbush made a two-pointer for Chadron.

Then, Sam Bell hit a three for Ogallala and the Indians led 67-35 with 1:59 to go in the fourth quarter.

Cali Hendrickson made a two-pointer for Chadron.

Tenlie Flansburg then made a two-pointer for the Indians and Ogallala won by a final score of 69-37.

For Chadron, Sophie Watson scored six points. She made two free throws.

Gracie Calkins scored five points. She made three free throws.

Jezreel Alcorn also scored five points. She made one three-pointer!

Reese Ritterbush scored four points. She made two free throws.

Harper Watson also scored four points.

Cali Hendrickson scored two points.

For Ogallala, Shaydyn Rasby scored 14 points. She made four free throws!

Addison Slama scored nine points. She made three three-pointers.

Laney Caskey scored eight points. She made two free throws.

Addison Powell totaled six points. She made one three-pointer and one free throw.

Hayden Shaw, Harper Smith and Sam Bell each made a three-pointer and each totaled three points.

Tenlie Flansburg scored two points.

Chadron (16-10) is currently ranked 19th in Class C1 according to nsaahome.org with 42.5000 wild card points as of 5:12 p.m. Mountain Time on February 18th, 2026.

It appears Chadron will probably not be playing in a District Final unless something unforeseen happens.

Ogallala (19-4) is currently ranked 6th in Class C1 according to nsaahome.org with 45.5652 wild card points as of 5:12 p.m. Mountain Time on February 18th, 2026.

If the current NSAA rankings hold up, #6 Ogallala could be playing the #11 ranked O'Neill Eagles (19-5) in a District Final.

The other teams that Ogallala likely could play in a District Final are Raymond Central (18-4) and Scotus Central Catholic (19-5).

In the other Class C1-10 Subdistrict Semifinal, the #2 ranked Gothenburg Swedes defeated #3 ranked Bridgeport Bulldogs 57-29 on Tuesday evening, February 17th, 2026, on the Steve Morgan Court in the Prairie View Gymnasium in Ogallala, Nebraska.

On my scorecard, I think Gothenburg scored 58 points and I don't think the scoreboard people counted an additional point for Gothenburg which I am honestly wondering why.

It is also possible Ogallala could play Bridgeport for the second time this season in a District Final if the Indians lose the Subdistrict Final on Thursday, February 19th, 2026.

Bridgeport lost at Ogallala 64-30 on January 6th.

Bridgeport (22-4) is currently ranked 10th in Class C1 according to nsaahome.org with 44.3846 wild card points.

The Bulldogs could be playing #7 ranked Central City (23-2) if both teams don't move up or down in the NSAA rankings.

Bridgeport probably will play in a District Final as well, but it seems more likely than not that they will be on the road for that District Final.

Gothenburg (20-3) is currently ranked 4th in Class C1 according to nsaahome.org with 45.9130 wild card points.

if the currently NSAA rankings hold up, the Swedes will play #13 Scotus Central Catholic (19-5) in a District Final. The Swedes could also possibly be playing #14 Wahoo (15-9) if Gothenburg moves up to 3rd in the NSAA rankings by getting a win on Thursday, February 19th, against Ogallala.

It seems pretty obvious that Ogallala and Gothenburg each will probably be playing in a District Final.

Whoever wins the Subdistrict Final on Thursday night, February 19th, 2026, between Gothenburg and Ogallala at 6:00 p.m. Mountain Time in Ogallala, Nebraska, at the Prairie View Gymnasium, is possibly going to be hosting a District Final and for sure will be the higher seed than their District Final opponent.

Whoever loses the C1-10 Subdistrict Final might have to go on the road for a District Final.

The District Final is slated for Thursday and Friday, February 26th and 27th, 2026.

The Girls' High School State Tournament in Nebraska is scheduled for March 4th through 7th, 2026, in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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