Unlike last season’s fall camp, there’s been more good injury news than bad for the Husker football team. Nebraska’s offensive line has been bolstered by the return of two projected starters and expects the imminent return of another. Senior Marcel Jones, a favorite to earn a starting nod at tackle this season, made his fall camp debut this week after sitting out the first two weeks with an undisclosed injury. Sophomore Brett Qvale also returned from an undisclosed injury after missing a week of workouts. Sophomore Jeremish Sirles, limited of late due to injury, should return by early next week, if not sooner. The news wasn’t all great on the injury front, though, as walk-on freshman quarterback Tyson Broekemeier, from Aurora, suffered a torn ACL and will miss the season.
Month: August 2011
Sutherland Sailors Sports Update
(VIDEO) Ryan Gosling breaks up street fight
(VIDEO) Tests Show No Illegal Drugs in Winehouse
(VIDEO) Letterman jokes about jihad threats
(VIDEO) Jennifer Garner Is Pregnant
(VIDEO) Cher Reveals Beauty Secret
NE Kan. authorities search for man after threats
OKETO, Kan. (AP) – Authorities are looking for a man who allegedly has threatened to kill law enforcement officers. Police say 27-year-old Kyle Joekel left a bar in Barneston, Neb., Sunday afternoon after saying he was going into Kansas to kill law enforcement officers. U.S. marshalls, Marshall County sheriff’s deputies and Gage County, Neb., deputies are searching for Joekel. WIBW reports that Joekel fled on foot Sunday night after he crashed a car into a home in the northeast Kansas town of Oketo while being chased by Marysville police. Gage County, Neb., authorities say they know Joekel for making threats, firearms activity and drug deals. He is considered armed and dangerous. He is white, 6-feet tall, with reddish brown hair and was
wearing a grey shirt and blue jeans.
Neb. Regent Ferlic’s daughter to seek his seat
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – The daughter of University of Nebraska Regent Randy Ferlic says she plans to run for his seat. The Lincoln Journal Star reports that Ann Ferlic Ashford will run for the District 8 seat held by her father. The district includes much of Omaha and Douglas County. Ferlic, an 11-year board member, has said he will not seek a third term. His 51-year-old daughter is an attorney, as well as director and corporate counsel for Private Practice Associates of Omaha. She
says she wants to find efficiencies among the UN campuses and keep tuition affordable. Former Omaha Mayor Hal Daub announced his candidacy for the seat Monday. Daub, a former Republican congressman, says affordability and educational quality are his top priorities.
Flood fears over, Buffalo Bill ranch park reopens
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) – Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical
Park and its recreation area near North Platte have been reopened to the public. The area was closed in early June because of potential flooding from the North Platte River. It was feared river floodwaters would spill over into Scout Creek, which runs through the park. The park sits on the northwest side of North Platte. Berms and other flood-protection measures had to be undone or cleared away before the park could be reopened. North Platte television station KNOP says the park reopened on Monday. The park’s superintendent estimated the park lost more than 20,000 visitors as much as $30,000 in income.