News, notes and analysis from Star-Tribune sports reporter Dave Buck
Northwest
Juco Polls
Posted by: Dave Buck at 3:11PM EST on October 9, 2008
The Laramie County women’s soccer team is the only Wyoming
junior college ranked in this week’s NJCAA polls. The Golden Eagles moved from
No. 9 to No. 6 in the rankings after beating previous No. 1 Iowa Western on
Friday. Iowa Western dropped to No. 9 in this week’s poll.
Northwest is receiving votes in the volleyball poll, but
it’s unclear as to how close they are to breaking into the top 20 because the
poll doesn’t list points for teams outside the top 20. Western Nebraska is No.
1 in the poll.
Gillette ran in its second cross country meet on Saturday,
and for the first time competed against a junior college. Gillette placed
seventh (221 points) in the men’s non-Division I class at the Rocky Mountain
Shootout in Boulder, Colo. Coach Chris Kozlowski e-mailed me and said he
thought the team might be ranked after having a strong showing against Garden
City (Kan.), which placed sixth with 153 points. Garden City is No. 8 in this
week’s men’s cross country poll, while the Pronghorns didn’t make the poll.
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