SCOTTSBLUFF—A former track standout at the University of Nebraska and Canadian Olympic athlete will speak to the West Nebraska All Star Volleyball and Football teams at the player recognition banquet.

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, attended the University of Nebraska and also was a member of the 2008 Canadian Olympic team. While at Nebraska, she set indoor records in the 60 meter dash with a time of 7.23, the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 7.87, and the 200 meters with a time of 23.5. She also holds the outdoor record in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 12.6 set in 2006.

As a member of the Canadian Olympic Team in 2008, Lopes-Schliep won a bronze medal for Canada in the 100 meter hurdles in Beijing. It was the first medal for Canada in the Summer Olympics since the 1996 games, and the first medal for a Canadian woman in Olympic Track and Field since the 1992 Olympic Games.

After failing to make the 2012 Canadian Olympic team, Lopes-Schliep is pondering making a bid for the 2016 Olympics to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

On the world stage, Lopes-Schliep won a silver medal in the 100 meter hurdles at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, and a bronze medal in the 60 meter hurdles at the World Indoor Championships in Doha in 2010.

Priscilla and her husband Bronsen, who played basketball at the University of Nebraska, were married in 2007. They are the parents of two children Nataliya and Jaslene. They are currently living in Scottsbluff where Brandon is a practicing orthodontist with a local dentist. This past track season Lopes-Schliep helped coach the track team at Scottsbluff High School.

The West Nebraska All Star Recognition Banquet will be held Friday evening, June 12 at Monument Bible Church in Scottsbluff starting at 6 p.m.

North Platte, NE- On Monday and Tuesday, June 8^th & 9^th, the 2015 Junior Ambassador Classic Two Day Tournament will take place at our local River’s Edge Golf Club and Lake Maloney Golf Course.  Approximately 80 junior golf entrants ages 7 to 18, from around the western end of the state, will participate in one of the biggest junior golf tournaments Nebraska hosts.

The Tournament Schedule as follows:

Day 1: June 8^th, play will start at River’s Edge Golf Club at 10:30am – 3:00pm.

Day 2: June 9^th, play will start at Lake Maloney Golf Course at 9:00am – 2:00pm.

Special Event, Junior Slugfest Scramble & Dinner, will be held June 8^th at Lake Maloney Golf Course at 6:30pm. Juniors will be randomly teamed up and will compete in a 4-hole scramble in competition for trophies.  BBQ Dinner for players and their families will be provided by the North Platte Ambassadors.

Trophies will be awarded for 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place in each division collectively through the two-day tournament.  The trophy presentation will be held at the end of play on June 9^th at Lake Maloney Golf Course around 2:00pm by the Clubhouse.

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Rockies pitcher Jordan Lyles will have season-ending surgery to fix a torn ligament in his left big toe.

The right-hander is scheduled to have the procedure next Wednesday in Denver for what he described as “Tommy John (surgery) for my big toe.”

Lyles initially hurt his toe May 23 and tried to pitch through the discomfort. He re-aggravated the injury when he tried to avoid a line-drive single up the middle Sunday in Philadelphia. Lyles is 2-5 with a 5.14 ERA this season.

The 24-year-old missed two months last season with a fractured left hand. Asked if he felt a little unlucky lately on the injury front, Lyles simply said: “I just have to deal with it. It’s unfortunate.”