February 2015 – Page 60 – North Platte Post Archive

Vote Set for Trail Connecting Omaha, Council Bluffs

Posted on February 7, 2015

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — City leaders plan to vote on a proposed trail that would downtown Council Bluffs to Omaha, Nebraska, across the Missouri River.

The Council Bluffs City Council is scheduled to vote Monday on the plans and funding sources for the second phase of the Mid-City Trail, which is part of the West Broadway Corridor development project.

The western portion of the trail would hook up with the current River’s Edge Park/Iowa Riverfront Trail that allows trail users to go back and forth between Omaha and Council Bluffs on the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge.

No. 19 Huskers Shoot for Upset at No. 5 Maryland

Posted on February 7, 2015

The No. 19 Nebraska women’s basketball team shoots for an upset of No. 5 Maryland on Sunday, when the Huskers travel to College Park, Md.

Tip-off between the Big Red (17-5, 7-4 Big Ten) and the Terrapins (20-2, 11-0 Big Ten) is set for 3 p.m. (CT), with live national television coverage by ESPN2. Brenda VanLengen and Stephanie White will be on the call for ESPN2. Live radio coverage will be provided by the Husker Sports Network, with Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch calling the action on stations across the network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln, 93.3 FM in Omaha and 880 AM in Lexington.

The Huskers opened a five-day East Coast road trip with a 46-43 loss at No. 21 Rutgers on Thursday night. Nebraska struggled offensively against the Scarlet Knights while playing without first-team All-Big Ten and honorable-mention All-America point guard Rachel Theriot. The 6-0 junior missed the first regular-season game of her career after suffering an ankle injury on Tuesday in practice. Theriot’s status is day-to-day.

Playing against one of the Big Ten’s best defenses at Rutgers, the Huskers hit just 22.1 percent of their shots from the field, including 5-for-30 threes (.167) in producing a season-low point total. Despite the offensive struggles, the Huskers fought to the finish to suffer their fourth one-possession or overtime loss on the road this season. Three of those four narrow losses have come to top-25 foes.

Maryland is the only team in the nation to produce a definitive win over the Big Red. The No. 5 Terps ran to a 75-47 win over the Huskers in Lincoln on Jan. 3, in a game that was tied at 27 at halftime.
Senior guard Tear’a Laudermill has led the Huskers in scoring in five straight games, increasing her season averages to 13.4 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. Laudermill needs nine points to become Nebraska’s third active 1,000-point career scorer, joining senior Emily Cady and Theriot.

Cady enters Sunday’s game with 1,333 career points and 1,014 career rebounds. Cady, who notched her ninth double-double of the year with 13 points and 14 rebounds at Rutgers, needs just six rebounds to move to No. 3 on NU’s all-time rebounding list ahead of 2010 All-American Kelsey Griffin.

#19 Nebraska Cornhuskers (17-5, 7-4 Big Ten)
3 – Hailie Sample – 6-1 – Sr. – F – 7.3 ppg, 6.9 rpg
23 – Emily Cady – 6-2 – Sr. – F – 12.7 ppg, 10.3 rpg
1 – Tear’a Laudermill – 5-9 – Sr. – G – 13.4 ppg, 3.5 rpg
13 – Brandi Jeffery – 5-7 – Sr. – G – 7.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg
33 – Rachel Theriot – 6-0 – Jr. – G – 16.5 ppg, 4.2 rpg
or – 30 – Chandler Smith – 6-0 – Fr. – G – 1.5 ppg, 0.9 rpg
or – 5 – Natalie Romeo – 5-7 – Fr. – G – 5.6 ppg, 1.8 rpg
or – 22 – Allie Havers – 6-5 – So. – C – 4.9 ppg, 3.2 rpg
Off the Bench
31 – Anya Kalenta – 6-3 – Jr. – F – 4.5 ppg, 1.9 rpg
34 – Jasmine Cincore – 5-8 – Fr. – G – 1.9 ppg, 0.3 rpg
12 – Emily Wood – 5-5 – Fr. – G – 0.3 ppg, 0.6 rpg
11 – Esther Ramacieri – 5-8 – So. – G – 0.1 ppg, 0.5 rpg
50 – Darrien Washington – 6-2 – Fr. – F – Redshirting
Head Coach: Connie Yori (Creighton, 1986)
13th Season at NU (258-147); 25th Season Overall (453-287)

#5 Maryland Terrapins (20-2, 11-0 Big Ten)
5 – Malina Howard – 6-4 – Jr. – C – 5.6 ppg, 4.9 rpg
42 – Brionna Jones – 6-3 – So. – C – 12.4 ppg, 8.9 rpg
1 – Laurin Mincy – 6-0 – RSr. – G – 14.0 ppg, 4.1 rpg
4 – Lexie Brown – 5-9 – So. – G – 12.9 ppg, 2.9 rpg
32 – Shatori Walker-Kimbrough – 5-11 – So. – G – 14.3 ppg, 5.5 rpg
Off the Bench
3 – Brene Moseley – 5-7 – Jr. – G – 5.7 ppg, 1.1 rpg
22 – Tierney Pfirman – 6-2 – Jr. – F – 5.6 ppg, 4.1 rpg
2 – Kiara Leslie – 6-0 – Fr. – G – 4.5 ppg, 2.6 rpg
12 – Kristen Confroy – 5-8 – Fr. – G – 4.5 ppg, 1.8 rpg
33 – A’Lexus Harrison – 6-0 – RFr. – F – 2.7 ppg, 3.7 rpg
15 – Chloe Pavlech – 5-9 – Jr. – G – 2.3 ppg, 0.3 rpg
0 – Aja Ellison – 6-3 – Fr. – F – 1.2 ppg, 0.9 rpg
Head Coach: Brenda Frese (Arizona, 1993)
13th Season at Maryland (327-103); 16th Season Overall (384-133)

NPCC Knights Defeat Lamar to Stay Atop Region IX South Sub-Region

Posted on February 7, 2015

The North Platte Community College Knights remained atop the Region IX South standings as they defeated the Lamar Community College Lopers 65-58 Friday night at McDonald-Belton Gymnasium.

The Lopers started off the scoring and led the Knights 3-0 on a three-pointer by Jon Dunmyer. That would be the only lead that the Lopers would have for the rest of the night.

The Knights shot 50% in the first half going 12 of 24, but only one of seven from behind the arc.

Lamar kept it close with their full court press and causing turnovers. The Knights had 17 turnovers in the game.

During the first half the Knights went on a 17-2 run to take a 19-7 lead for their biggest lead of the game. With the Knights leading 23-11 the Lopers went on a 9-0 run to cut the lead to three, 23-20. Field goals by Fadil Robinson, Cameron Williams and Tyree Peter stretched the lead to 30-24 at halftime.

The Lopers rallied after halftime to tie the game at 39 with 11:43 left in the game. The rally was short lived as the Knights went on an 11- 0 run to lead 50-39. Matt Thomas and Riley Rice fueled the rally, including back to back field goals by Rice.

The Lopers went on a 13-4 run to close within two, 54-52 with 4:41 to go in the game. The Knights outscored the Lopers down the stretch 11-6, including eight points by Williams to seal the victory.

The Knights, who are now 20-4 and 10-1 in Region IX South sub-region play, were led in scoring by Williams, who led all scorers with 18 points. Matt Thomas added 12 and Rice added 11. Marco Pascolo led the team in rebounding with 8 rebounds.

The Lopers, 7-17 on the year and 4-7 in the sub-region had two players in double figures led by Jiere Morrisey with 12 points and Garrett Hyde chipped in 10.

The Knights return to action February 13 when they travel to Torrington, Wyoming to play Eastern Wyoming College.

Storm Extend Streak To 9 With 3-1 Win In Lincoln

Posted on February 7, 2015

LINCOLN, Neb. – Three second period goals propelled the Tri-City Storm (23-10-5) to a 3-1 win over the Lincoln Stars (13-20-5) on Friday night at the Ice Box for their ninth straight victory.

Storm captain Garrett Gamez had a goal and an assist in the win, while forward Matthew Freytag scored his 12th tally of the season to extend his current point streak to nine games.

Alec Dillon made the start in net for Tri-City and picked up the win, making 15 saves.

Lincoln got out to a quick start and took an early 1-0 lead on a power play goal by Joe Lappin at 3:46.

The Stars had the first eight shots on net in the game, but Tri-City came alive in the second half of the period outshooting Lincoln 12-9 in the opening frame.

Tri-City then came out and dominated play during the second period, scoring three times and outshooting Lincoln 21-3.

Freytag tied the game up at 1-1 with a quick wrist shot that beat Lincoln goalie Cam Hackett to the top right corner of the net at 4:10. Nick Master picked up the first assist on the goal, while Gamez accounted for the other helper on the play.

The Storm took their first lead of the game on an unassisted short-handed tally by Dan Labosky at 9:50. While defenseman Mattias Goransson was in the box serving an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, Labosky raced into the Lincoln end alone on a breakaway and converted to put his team up 2-1.

Labosky now has three total goals on the season, all of them coming while his team was short-handed.

Gamez got his ninth goal of the year to make it 3-1 at 13:43 from Master and defenseman Bobby Nardella. Master found the captain in front of the net for a tap-in.

The team’s captain now has 11 points in seven games since returning from an injury. On the season, he’s recorded 24 points in just 23 games.

Tri-City again dominated play in the final period to hold off the Stars, outshooting Lincoln 17-4. The final shots-on-goal total was 50-16 in favor of the Storm.

Tri-City remains in second place in the USHL’s Western Conference with 51 total points.

The Storm now head to Waterloo to take on the Black Hawks on Saturday at 7:05 p.m.

Notes: The Storm scratched forward Nolan Aibel along with defensemen Jason Krych and Gordi Myer…

SCORING SUMMARY

1st Period
Lincoln – Joe Lappin (power play) (Biagio Lerario) 3:46

2nd Period

Tri-City – Matthew Freytag (Nick Master, Garrett Gamez) 4:10
Tri-City – Dan Labosky (short-handed) (unassisted) 9:50
Tri-City – Garrett Gamez (Nick Master, Bobby Nardella) 13:43

3rd Period
(no scoring)

PENALTIES

1st Period
Tri-City – Jake Wahlin – (Tripping), 2 min, 3:15
Tri-City – Dan Labosky – (Boarding), 2 min, 5:44
Lincoln – Biagio Lerario – (Tripping), 2 min, 16:45

2nd Period

Lincoln – James LaDouce – (Elbowing), 2 min, 4:38
Lincoln – Dylan Woolf – (Cross Checking), 2 min, 7:36
Tri-City – Mattias Goransson – (Unsportsmanlike Conduct), 2 min, 9:33
Lincoln – Dylan Woolf – (Boarding), 2 min, 15:25
Lincoln – Dylan Woolf – (High Sticking), 5 min, 15:25
Lincoln – Dylan Woolf – (Unsportsmanlike Conduct), 2 min, 15:25
Tri-City – Cody Milan – (Unsportsmanlike Conduct), 2 min, 15:25

3rd Period
Tri-City – Kyle Eastman – (Unsportsmanlike Conduct), 2 min, 9:58
Lincoln – Miguel Fidler – (Unsportsmanlike Conduct), 2 min, 9:58
Lincoln – Jack Badini – (Delay of Game), 2 min, 9:58

Power Play

Tri-City – 0/5

Lincoln – 1/3

Shots

Tri-City: 12, 21, 17 = Total: 50
Lincoln: 9, 3, 4 = Total: 16

Saves
Tri-City – Alec Dillon – 15/16
Lincoln – Cam Hackett – 47/50

Heineman Named to Manufacturing Company’s Board of Directors

Posted on February 7, 2015February 7, 2015

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Former Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman has been named to the board of directors of Conklin Company, Inc., a manufacturer and direct-sales firm owned by Falls City businessman Charles Herbster.

The company announced Friday that Heineman, who left office last month, will travel the country in his role for various company events.

Herbster is a Republican activist who flirted with a run for Nebraska governor last year, as Heineman was preparing to step down. He opted not to run, and instead bankrolled the gubernatorial campaign of Republican state Sen. Beau McCoy, of Omaha.

The Conklin Company offers has six major divisions: agronomics, animal products, building products, health and home products and vehicle products. Its vice president is Carlos Castillo, who led the Nebraska Department of Administrative Services under Heineman.

Nebraska Groups Seek Tax Exemptions for Car Washes, Horses, Textbooks

Posted on February 7, 2015

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Car washes, college textbooks, horses and VFW food could end up sales-tax-free under a series of bills considered by Nebraska lawmakers.

The Legislature’s Revenue Committee heard pitches Friday from Nebraskans who would benefit from the proposals. Each would shrink the state sales-tax base, forcing lawmakers to cut spending or take money from other sources.

Car wash owners told lawmakers that a sales tax enacted in a 2002 budget crisis is forcing facilities to close throughout the state.

College students say Nebraska’s sales tax on textbooks adds another burden to soaring higher education costs.

Veterans say more VFW halls are closing, and the food they serve is for community fundraisers.

Nebraska horse breeders say they’re competing with states like Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, South Dakota and Wyoming, which offer exemptions for horses.

Derailed Train Cars Cause 350-Ton Spill, Halt Traffic in Nebraska

Posted on February 7, 2015February 7, 2015

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb. (AP) — Three derailed train cars caused a 350-ton coal spill and halted traffic at three intersections in eastern Nebraska.

Omaha Public Power District spokesman Mike Jones says no one was injured in the derailment that occurred Thursday morning just north of Nebraska City. He says the train was shipping coal to the company’s plant located south of the city.

Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis says crews wrapped up track repairs and coal cleanup early Friday morning. He says the train was able to transport the remainder of the coal and the spilled coal would be shipped by truck.

Davis says he doesn’t know what cause the 135-car train carrying coal from Wyoming to the plant to derail.

Former Nebraska Corrections Director to Retire

Posted on February 7, 2015

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Former Nebraska corrections director Mike Kenney is set to retire next month.

Gov. Pete Ricketts announced Friday that Kenney will step down effective March 6. He will remain with the Department of Correctional Services for a transition period to help the new director, Scott Frakes, who started this week.

Kenney became director in September 2013. He spent much of his tenure trying to fix scandals, including the miscalculation of inmate sentences. Many of the problems came to light while he was leading the department.

Kenney’s career in the department began in 1977, and he served in a variety of jobs. In a statement, he says he was honored to serve “even given these troubling times.”

Colorado Denies Right-to-Die Legislation

Posted on February 7, 2015

DENVER (AP) — Colorado lawmakers rejected a proposal to let terminally ill patients choose when they die with the help of doctor-prescribed medications.

Lawmakers on a House committee Friday voted against the proposal 8-5 after about 10 hours of testimony.

The legislation would have required dying patients to get two doctors to sign off on their verbal and written requests to end their lives. The patients would have also needed to be found to be mentally competent, and able to administer the life-ending medication themselves.

Some doctors and religious organizations opposed the measure, saying it facilitated suicide and ended a patient’s hope of a possible recovery. But supporters argued terminally ill patients should have the option to choose when to die.

Five states allow patients to seek aid in dying.

Funeral Set for Teen Girl Killed by Denver Police

Posted on February 7, 2015

WESTMINSTER, Colo. (AP) — Friends and family are planning to gather for the funeral of a 17-year-old girl shot to death by Denver police.

A funeral Mass for Jessica Hernandez will be held Saturday at a church north of Denver, near where she grew up.

Police say Hernandez was shot Jan. 26 after she drove a stolen car toward an officer in a residential alley in Denver. However, a teen passenger in the car says Hernandez lost control of the vehicle because she had already been shot and was unconscious. The shooting is still under investigation.

The shooting sparked protests and came amid a national debate about police use of force fueled by racially charged episodes in Ferguson, Missouri, and New York City. Hernandez’s family and others have called for an outside prosecutor to investigate what happened.