The North Platte Lady Bulldogs (11-6) could not get past the top-seeded Millard West Wildcats (14-2) in the district A-3 championship game, falling 5-0. The game was called due to weather delays with 21 minutes remaining in the second half. Millard West advances to the Class A State Tournament which begins on May 14.
DENVER (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt homered and Robbie Ray threw six strong innings in a spot start, helping the Arizona Diamondbacks complete their first doubleheader road sweep since 2006 with a 5-1 victory over the scuffling Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night.
In the opening game, Aaron Hill tied a career high with four RBIs, including a three-run homer, as the Diamondbacks breezed to a 13-7 win.
Rain postponed the first two games of the series. A light drizzle fell during the second game with lightning flashes creeping closer and closer.
Ray (1-0), who allowed five hits and one run, will be sent right back to Triple-A Reno after the game.
Jordan Lyles (2-3) allowed four runs in seven innings as the Rockies dropped their seventh straight.
Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says shortening the regular season is becoming a popular topic as players and owners prepare to negotiate a new labor deal.
In his first year on the job, Manfred was at Minute Maid Park before Wednesday night’s game between the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros as part of an effort to meet with players from all 30 teams. He also spoke with reporters about several issues, including Pete Rose, pace of play, domestic violence and the designated hitter.
Manfred says reducing the number of games in a season would have economic and competitive ramifications, but the topic is receiving more attention than it ever has.
He noted that playing 162 games in 183 days is tough on players.
The Arizona Cardinals received cornerback Alfonzo Dennard from the New England Patriots on Wednesday on a waiver claim.
The 5-foot-10, 200-pound Dennard made 20 starts and played in 29 games in three seasons with New England, finishing with 92 tackles, five interceptions, 17 passes defensed, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble. Last season, he had 15 tackles, one interception and one fumble recovery in six games — four starts — before being placed on injured reserve on Dec. 27 because of a hamstring problem.
Dennard was drafted 224th overall in 2012 out of Nebraska.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A 29-year-old woman has been seriously injured after her recently adopted dog bit her at her northeast Lincoln home.
The woman was taken to a local hospital early Wednesday afternoon with a dog bite in the arm. Animal Control officers arrived to remove the dog from the home.
The woman’s name hasn’t been released. The Lincoln Police Department says her injuries were serious but not life-threatening.
Sgt. Todd Beam says the woman and her family got the dog about a week ago from a shelter outside of Lincoln.
BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — The longtime vice president for student affairs at South Dakota State University has been named as the next president of Wayne State College in Nebraska.
Marysz Rames (MAUD-ish RAY-miss) will start at Wayne State on July 13 and be formally appointed as the college’s 13th president its June 18 meeting.
Rames has served in a dual role this academic year, stepping in as the interim president at Dakota State University while still overseeing student affairs at SDSU.
She’s been SDSU’s vice president for student affairs and an assistant professor of education since 2000. She previously worked at Aims Community College in Greeley, Colorado, and the University of Wyoming in Laramie.
Wayne State is part of the state college system in Nebraska and has a campus of about 3,600 students.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A University of Nebraska at Omaha student has been taken into police custody after being accused of pulling a pocket knife on another student in the university’s library.
The university sent an email to faculty and students about the Wednesday morning incident.
The Omaha Police Department says 21-year-old Leo Labogen had been asked not to talk so loudly on his cellphone when he pulled the knife.
Other students tackled Labogen, who displayed another knife, and held him down until police arrived. Omaha police later took Labogen into custody on attempted felony assault and three counts of carrying a concealed weapon.
No one was injured during the incident, and the library remained open as usual throughout and after the incident.
UNO is providing counseling services for students disturbed by the event.
LEXINGTON, Neb. (AP) — A 45-year-old Overton man has taken a plea deal and been convicted in the crash death of a 63-year-old woman near Cozad last summer.
Troy Olmstead is scheduled to be sentenced on June 16. Court records say he pleaded no contest to a charge of reckless driving. Prosecutors had lowered the charge from misdemeanor vehicular homicide and dropped two related charges in exchange for Olmstead’s plea.
The accident occurred June 21 about two miles west of Cozad on U.S. Highway 30. Dawson County authorities say Olmstead’s eastbound vehicle drifted into oncoming traffic and hit a westbound van being driven by Linda Waldon, of Holdrege. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Olmstead, his wife and daughter were hospitalized.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The city of Omaha will pay a $350,000 medical bill because police arrested a man while he was at a hospital for treatment of a gunshot wound.
City council members say they’re unhappy about approving a payment Tuesday to Alegent Creighton Health for the treatment of Brian Hanzlik-Stuart.
Hanzlik-Stuart was shot in October and taken to Creighton University Medical Center. Police learned he had two outstanding warrants.
A deputy city attorney said police initially didn’t know what role Hanzlik-Stuart played in the shooting, so they arrested him on the warrants.
He remained hospitalized through early December at a cost of around $700,000. Because he was in police custody and had no means to pay the bill, the city was charged half of the bill.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers have reversed their decision not to confirm the state’s chief medical officer, despite criticism of his previous interactions with the Legislature.
Senators voted 34-6 on Wednesday to confirm Dr. Joseph Acierno, one day after rejecting him. Acierno was appointed by then-Gov. Dave Heineman in 2013 and appointed again by Gov. Pete Ricketts in December.
Sen. Heath Mello of Omaha filed a motion to reconsider the vote, arguing that senators should give Acierno the benefit of the doubt under a new governor’s administration.
Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha continued to fight the confirmation and accused his colleagues of bowing to pressure from the governor’s office.
Some lawmakers who worked with Acierno say he has been arrogant and blocked reform efforts in the Department of Health and Human Services.
