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Month: March 2014

Lincoln Police Investigate Shooting That Riddled House with Bullets

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lincoln-police(AP) — Authorities in Lincoln are investigating a shooting that riddled a house with more than a dozen bullets.

Lincoln police say the shooting occurred Monday night outside a house on the city’s north side. Several people were inside the house at the time, but no injuries were reported.

The bullets pierced walls inside the house and hit furniture. It also damaged a patio door.

Home resident Henry Bush said he and his family were settling down for the night after a party when the gunfire broke out. Police say they found a dozen shell casings in the alley behind the house.

SPVA All-Conference Basketball Awards

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BasketballThe SPVA conference announced its 2013-14 All-Conference basketball players for both boys and girls on Tuesday.

North Platte St. Patrick’s led the way in the boys awards by having five players receive honors. Mark Mayfield and Alex Harms are both on the first-team, while Andrew O’Neill is on the second team and Drew McClellan and Bryce Byrn are honorable mention.

Sutherland had two players receive All-Conference honors. Tyler Fear made the second-team and Kadin Copeland is honorable mention.

Hershey and Maxwell each had one player on the honorable mention team. Landon Maassen for the Panthers and Zach Miller for the Wildcats.

The SPVA Boys All-Conference teams can be seen below.

The Irish of St. Patrick’s led the way in the SPVA Girls All-Conference awards as well with four players honored. Brittany Lawrence and Anna O’Malley are on the first-team and Toni Caudillo and Bree Saner made the second team.

The Lady Sailors of Sutherland had three players make All-Conference. Sam Staggs and Jalyne Schuster are on the first-team and Kayley Stokey is second-team.

Hershey also had three players awarded. Maegan Hiatt is first-team with Tayler Baker and Maddie Seamann on the second-team.

Maxwell had two players honored by the SPVA. Josie Cox is second-team and Anna Crane is honorable mention.

The SPVA Girls All-Conference teams can be seen below.

Boys Basketball All-SPVA 2013-14

First Team

Mike Daum, Kimball, Senior, 6’9″
Mark Mayfield, NPSP, Senior, 6’3″
Alex Harms, NPSP, Senior, 6’2″
Jeffery Dickey, Chase Co., Junior, 6’0″
Jake Reader, Kimball, Senior, 6’3″

Second Team

Kelton Fisher, Chase Co., Junior, 6’4″
Tyler Fear, Sutherland, Senior, 6’0″
Andrew O’Neill, NPSP, Junior, 6’1″
Tim Johnson, Perkins Co., Senior, 6’2″
Justus Wallin, Chase Co., Senior 6’1″

Honorable Mention

Travis Luhrs, Chase Co., Junior, 6’0″
Landon Maassen, Hershey, Senior, 6’0″
Zach Miller, Maxwell, Sophomore, 6’4″
Drew McClellen, NPSP, Junior, 5’10”
Bryce Byrn, NPSP, Sophomore, 5’10”
Derek Sis, Perkins Co., Freshman, 5’10”
Kadin Copeland, Sutherland, Sophomore, 5’10”
Colton Stull, Kimball, Junior, 5’11”

Girls Basketball All-SPVA 2013-14

First Team

Maegan Hiatt, Hershey, Senior, PG
Sam Staggs, Sutherland, Senior, F
Brittany Lawrence, NPSP, Senior, C
Jalyne Schuster, Sutherland, Senior, F
Anna O’Malley, NPSP, Junior, G

Second Team

Tayler Baker, Hershey, Senior, G
Shelby Vogel, Kimball, Senior, G
Maddie Seamann, Hershey, Senior, C
Kayley Stokey, Sutherland, Junior, PG
Josie Cox, Maxwell, Sophomore, F

Honorable Mention

Danika Daum, Kimball, Sophomore, F
Paige Spady, Chase Co., Junior, F
Toni Caudillo, NPSP, Junior, G
Anna Crane, Maxwell, Senior, G
Bree Saner, NPSP, Senior, F
Jessica Hanks, Kimball, Junior, F
Mariah Curtis, Perkins Co., Junior, G

Chiefs GM Dorsey Says Sanders Fiasco ‘Put to Bed’

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Kansas City Chiefs HelmetKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs general manager John Dorsey says the controversial signing of wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders by AFC West-rival Denver has been “put to bed” and that he’s focused on what he can do during the rest of free agency and in the draft.

Sanders had visited the Chiefs last week when reports began to surface he had agreed to a contract. His agent, Steve Weinberg, said that was never the case, and reports citing unnamed sources that claimed he was “shopping” the Chiefs’ offer to other teams were inaccurate.

Sanders ultimately signed an $18 million, three-year deal with Denver, and the Chiefs’ lengthy and frustrating pursuit of a wide receiver to help out quarterback Alex Smith rolls on.

Dorsey said Tuesday in his first availability since the start of free agency that “that deal was put to bed, we have to move forward and we have to build for this organization.”

Former Storm Goaltender Adam Wilcox Named B1G Player of the Year

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Wilcox Player of the YearFormer Tri-City Storm goaltender and current sophomore at the University of Minnesota Adam Wilcox was named the first ever Big Ten Player of the Year on Monday afternoon.

From the Big Ten release:

The Big Ten Conference announced the hockey All-Conference teams and individual award winners on Monday as selected by the conference’s coaches and a media panel. Minnesota’s Adam Wilcox was named Big Ten Player and Goaltender of the Year. Fellow Gopher Mike Reilly earned Defensive Player of the Year honors, awarded to a defenseman or forward, while Minnesota head coach Don Lucia was tabbed Coach of the Year. Michigan’s JT Compher collected Freshman of the Year laurels.

Wilcox led the conference in every goaltending category en route to Big Ten Player and Goaltender of the Year honors. The sophomore allowed just 30 goals in 18 conference games, for a goals-against average of 1.64. No other Big Ten goaltender posted a goals against average of less than 2.00. Wilcox recorded 479 saves and a .941 save percentage en route to a 13-2-3 conference record.

While with Tri-City during the 2011-12 season, Wilcox played in 34 games and had an overall record of 16-17-1. The goaltender finished with a goals against average of 2.77 and a save percentage of .916. Wilcox’s play down the stretch helped Tri-City secure a playoff berth, finishing in sixth place in the USHL’s Western Conference with 53 points.

The Storm are back in action this weekend when they host the Green Bay Gamblers for a weekend series.Friday night’s game gets underway at 7:30 p.m., while Saturday’s action starts at 7:05.

NP Boy, 6, Seriously Injured in Bicycle vs. Pickup Crash

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north_platte_patchA 6-year-old North Platte boy was seriously injured Monday afternoon when he was struck by a pickup in a North Platte trailer park.

According to Officer Rodney Brown, an officer with the North Platte Police Department responded to a vehicle versus bicycle accident at King’s Trailer Court, 2420 West 9th Street.

The officer learned that a 1986 Chevy pickup driven by 25-year-old Zachary Schultz was southbound inside the trailer park, when he observed a child riding a bicycle towards his vehicle.

Brown said Schultz told officers that he attempted to accelerate in order to avoid a collision with the boy, but was unable to avoid him.  The bicycle struck the rear passenger side of the truck bed.

Schultz stated that the boy seemed unsteady on his bicycle, and he felt if he had stopped, the child still would have collided with the truck.

The boy was transported to Great Plains Region Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries, according to Brown.

Police are unsure of the boy’s condition, and no charges have been reported at this time.

Mary Anna McClellen

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