There’s a new number one team in college volleyball, and it wears Big Red. Nebraska moved up three spots to the top of the newest AVCA Coaches poll after two more wins last week, including a four-set victory over previously top-ranked Illinois at the NU Coliseum on Saturday. The wins move Nebraska’s winning streak to twelve games. The Huskers have posted a 17-1 record and are a perfect 10-0 in Big Ten play. It’s the first time the Huskers have been the top-ranked team in the land since October of 2007. They received 38 of the 60 possible first place votes. This coming weekend, the Huskers hit the road to face a pair of ranked teams as they start their second pass through the Big Ten schedule. Friday night they’re in Columbus to face 23rd ranked Ohio State, and Saturday they visit 8th ranked Penn State.
Month: October 2011
(VIDEO) Kids found in dog cages at N.P. home; four arrested
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (North Platte Post)- A child welfare check conducted by the North Platte Police Department late Monday night resulted in the arrest of 4 local residents.
Lt. Hoaglund reports that officers responded to the call at 2421 East E Street where they found an extremely unsanitary living environment as the home was littered with dirty clothes, trash and animal feces. Officers also found two young boys, ages 5 and 3, being housed inside a 42 X 30 inch animal kennel secured by a wire tie.
Arrested and charged with Felony Child Abuse, First Degree False Imprisonment and Misdemeanor Child Abuse were: 25-year-old Bryson Eyten, 24-year-old Samantha Eyten, 22-year-old Ashly Clark and 20-year-old Lacy Beyer.
Two other children, a 7-year-old and an 8-month-old girl were also in the home at the time of the arrests, but were not being confined. All of the adults and children were living in the house. The two girls are the children of Bryson and Samantha Eyten; the two boys are Clark’s children. All were taken into juvenile protective custody by HHS.
The adults were aware of the unsanitary living conditions and claim the boys were locked up to prevent them from sneaking away from the home.
(Update) A court appearance has been scheduled for 9:00 a.m. on Thursday October 27th for all four adults listed in this story. Bond has been set at $50,000 for each. Lt. Hoaglund reports that authorities are relocating a number of animals left in the home including cats, dogs, rabbits and snakes. According to police, the four were the only adults residing in the home at the time of the arrest. The North Platte Post will provide updates following the court appearance Thursday.
Bulldog Volleyball Sweeps McCook, Faces GI Tonight (Listen Live on ESPN Radio 1410)
The North Platte Bulldogs volleyball team rolled over McCook in three sets last night in McCook, 25-17, 25-17, 25-10. The Bulldogs earned their 11th win of the season against 16 defeats. The sweep moves North Platte’s record against GNAC teams to 4-3 in advance of Saturday’s GNAC Tournament at the Dawghouse. Tonight, the Bulldogs play their final regular season match at Grand Island. The Bulldogs lost in two sets to the Islanders at a triangular in Grand Island on Saturday. The Islanders, ranked sixth in the latest Class A volleyball poll, are 25-5 on the season and swept that home triangular with wins over the Bulldogs and Kearney. ESPN Radio 1410 has the call of Bulldog volleyball from Grand Island tonight, with coverage beginning following the junior varsity contest at approximately 7 PM.
David Named Butkus Award Semifinalist
Nebraska linebacker Lavonte David was named one of twelve semifinalists for the Butkus Award, handed out yearly to the nation’s best linebacker. The senior leads the Huskers in tackles with 64, including seven tackles for a loss. He is the only Big Ten linebacker to be named a semifinalist, and the first Husker linebacker to be so honored since Demorrio Williams in 2003. The last, and only, Husker to win the Butkus Award was Trev Alberts in 1993. David and the Huskers began preparations yesterday for this Saturday’s clash with Michigan State at Memorial Stadium. The 11th-ranked Spartans completed a Hail Mary pass for a touchdown to stun Wisconsin at the gun in East Lansing on Saturday. ESPN will televise the game nationally, with the kickoff scheduled for 11 AM.
Ozzy suspected in the death of Jerry Garcia (Update)
COLUMBUS, Neb. (AP) – A 20-year-old man accused of stabbing to death another Columbus man in a motel parking lot has been charged with first-degree murder.
Ozzy Tilden was ordered held without bail following his court appearance on Tuesday. Authorities say Tilden fatally stabbed 36-year-old Jerry Garcia on Oct. 8.
Investigators say in court documents that Tilden had gotten into a fistfight at the Sundown Motel lot after he returned from having some drinks at a bar in Duncan early in the morning on Oct. 8. Garcia got involved only briefly in the scuffle.
According to the documents, a witness told police that Tilden left but soon returned and confronted Garcia, stabbing him several times.
Online records don’t list an attorney for Tilden.
North Platte man charged with manslaughter
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) – A 24-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter in the fatal stabbing of another North Platte man. Nathaniel Polanco also was charged with use of a weapon in the slaying of 24-year-old Michael Fernau. Polanco appeared in court on Monday and is due back on Thursday. Officers sent to a North Platte home early Saturday morning found the injured Fernau. He died later at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. Police say it appears Fernau and Polanco were arguing just before the stabbing. Authorities believe alcohol was a factor. Polanco remains jailed, pending $500,000 bail. Court records don’t yet list the name of his attorney.
(UPDATE) Range Fire burns southwest of North Platte
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) – Authorities say a fire that started in a piece of farm equipment was pushed by wind and soon blackened several hundred acres of grassland southwest of North Platte. Firefighters were dispatched about 3:15 p.m. Monday to a baler fire about a dozen miles from the city. Wind pushed the fire northward as flames fed on the dry vegetation. By the time firefighters from six departments had the blaze under control around 6 p.m., an area estimated at three to four miles long and a half mile wide had been blackened and an abandoned homestead had been destroyed. No injuries were reported.
Neb. man busted for child porn
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A 22-year-old northeast Nebraska man has pleaded no contest to child pornography charges in federal court. The Nebraska Attorney General’s office says Trevor Nichols of Holt County pleaded no contest to four counts of possession of child pornography. Sentencing has been set for Jan. 23. State Attorney General Jon Bruning says Nichols’ plea stems from an investigation of peer-to-peer file sharing conducted by his office’s Rural Cybercrimes Unit. Bruning says the investigation turned-up a variety of sexually explicit images and videos of minors on Nichols’ computer.
