January 2017 – Page 32 – North Platte Post Archive

NPCC basketball teams to host Laramie County on Wednesday night

Posted on January 10, 2017

North Platte – The North Platte Community College Lady Knights and Knights basketball teams will host the Laramie County Community College Golden Eagles on Wednesday, Jan 11 at the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium on the South Campus of NPCC.

The Lady Golden Eagles are in their first year of existence since 1992 and are currently 4-7 on the season.

The Lady Golden Eagles are averaging 61.2 points per game and allowing 69.0 ppg. Three Lady Golden Eagles are averaging in double figures led by Darian Hale, who is averaging 11.3 ppg. Caylin Arnold is second on the team at 10.4 ppg, followed by Madison Hamm at 103 ppg. Hamm also leads the Lady Golden Eagles in rebounding at 6.5 rebounds per game.

The Lady Knights are 5-8 on the season. The Lady Knights average 64.8 ppg and allow 65.2 ppg.

Thomesha Wilson leads the Lady Knights in scoring and rebounding with 14.3 ppg and 7.8 rpg.

The women’s game is not a Region IX game. The Lady Golden Eagles are in Division I South Sub-Region and the Lady Knights are in Region IX Division II.

The men’s game is a Region IX South Sub-Region contest.

The Golden Eagles are 9-7 overall and 3-1 in the South Sub-Region. The Golden Eagles lost their first five contests but have went 9-2 since. They are averaging 80.1 ppg and allowing 76.3 ppg.

Five Golden Eagles are averaging in double figures, led by Alfonzo Anderson at 15.3 ppg. Da’Zhon Wyche is second on the team at 13.1 ppg. Elijah Oliver at 12.9 ppg, Ola Ayodele at 11.1 ppg, and Dominik Heinzl at 10.9 ppg are the three others scoring in double figures. Harrison Meads leads the Golden Eagles in rebounding at 8.5 rpg.

The Knights are 10-2 on the season and 2-2 in the South Sub-Region. The Knights average 93.0 ppg and allow 67.9 ppg.

Diontae Champion leads the Knights in scoring at 18.4 ppg. He is followed by Mike Amius at 13.8 ppg. Amius leads the Knights in rebounding at 6.1 rpg.
Other Knights scoring in double figures are: Godfrey Rolle at 11.5 ppg and Samuel Kearns at 11.0 ppg. Kearns is averaging 3.1 assists per game.

The games will be broadcast on the radio at ESPN 1410 or on the Internet at www.northplattepost.com.

The games will also be livestreamed at www.npccknights.com.

Tip-off for the women’s game is at 5 pm CST, with the men’s game to follow, approximately at 7 pm CST.

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Posted on January 10, 2017

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NPCC Lady Knights volleyball team signs Luisa Hernandez

Posted on January 10, 2017January 10, 2017

Yuma High School volleyball player Luisa Hernandez, second from left, signs a national letter of intent to play volleyball at North Platte Community College. Seated from L to R, Yuma Head Coach Jenny Noble, Luisa, Rosa Radriquez Marin, mother; and Demetrio Hernandez, father. Standing: NPCC volleyball recruiter Vicki Hopping.

North Platte – The North Platte Community College Lady Knights volleyball team added a new recruit to their 2017 class by signing Luisa Hernandez from Yuma, Colorado.

Hernandez, 5’7”, played middle blocker for the Yuma High School Lady Indians, coached by Jenny Noble. The Indians were 23-6 and the 2016 Colorado Class 1A volleyball state champions.

Hernandez played three seasons on the varsity. She had 701 kills and had a .278 kill efficiency. During her senior season Hernandez had 334 kills in 83 sets played and had a .340 kill efficiency.

In her career, Hernandez had 154 total blocks, 42 her senior season, 475 career defensive digs and 88 career service aces.

“We are excited to have Luisa join our program. She is a very dynamic hitter despite her size.” Lady Knight Head Coach Alexa McCall said, “She was a middle that played all the way around and we will probably move her to the outside and look to her to potentially be a six rotation player. She plays with a lot of fire and also was very excited about the school. I am excited to see what she can do for this team.”

Hernandez is the fourth incoming recruit for the Lady Knights 2017 season. Shaylee Johnson from Fleming, Colo., Jordyn Simpson from North Platte, and Taylin McNair from Imperial are the others.

Maxwell man pleads guilty to murder in wife’s death

Posted on January 10, 2017

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) â A man accused of killing his wife on their farm in western Nebraska has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

The Nebraska Attorney General’s Office says 62-year-old Emerson Craig entered the plea Tuesday in North Platte’s federal court.

Craig called authorities to the farm near Maxwell in April 2014, saying his wife had been crushed under a large hay bale, which he said he had moved using a truck. His wife, 52-year-old Heidi Craig, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Officials say autopsy results showed she had actually died of blunt force trauma to the head and manual strangulation.

Investigators say Craig had obtained a life insurance policy on his wife that would pay double if her death was the result of an accident.

Craig will be sentenced on Feb. 27.

City of Omaha settles harassment lawsuit for $175,000

Posted on January 10, 2017

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former city of Omaha employee who filed a federal lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and other wrongdoing in the Omaha Public Works Department will receive a $175,000 settlement.

The Omaha City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to settle a lawsuit brought by Traci Shelby for $100,000, plus $75,000 in attorney’s fees.

The lawsuit said a co-worker repeatedly made sexually explicit comments toward Shelby, and a supervisor showed her a pornographic video. The lawsuit said that when she applied for a full-time job, other employees were given a copy of the civil service exam and answers ahead of the test.

City officials say the testing process has been changed to deter cheating and that employees involved in the allegations were disciplined and demoted.

Man convicted in death of baby daughter sentenced to prison

Posted on January 10, 2017

YORK, Neb. (AP) — A man convicted last year for a second time in the death of his infant daughter has been sentenced to 35 to 40 years in prison.

Ryan Kozisek, formerly of Gresham, was sentenced Monday in York County District Court. He had pleaded no contest last month to attempted child abuse. Prosecutors had lowered the charge and dropped another.

He has been given credit for nearly four years already served behind bars.

In March, the Nebraska Court of Appeals granted Kozisek a new trial, saying his ex-wife should not have been allowed to testify in his original trial. The baby died Jan. 25, 2011, a day after Kozisek called 911 to report she wasn’t breathing.

Ricketts proposes easing some Nebraska job-licensing rules

Posted on January 10, 2017

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is proposing an effort to eliminate a variety of job-licensing requirements.

Ricketts says he will call on lawmakers to pass a package of eight bills in his annual State of the State address on Thursday.

The proposals would ease requirements for aspiring cosmetologists, massage therapists, audiologists, potato shippers and school bus drivers, among others. Ricketts argues the regulations targeted are generally redundant or more stringent than those in other states, and he says eliminating them won’t affect public safety.

Jim Vokal of the Omaha-based Platte Institute says the proposals chosen are “low-hanging fruit” and eliminating them could make it easier to find a job or start a business. Ricketts worked with the group as well as various state agencies to come up with his list.

Tiny Nebraska town’s massive beer sales again scrutinized

Posted on January 10, 2017

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A small Nebraska town again is caught in the crosshairs of a debate over alcohol sales and widespread alcoholism on a bordering South Dakota Native American reservation.

County officials voted 3-0 Tuesday to recommend the state renew liquor licenses for four beer stores in Whiteclay. Those stores sold the equivalent of 3.5 million cans of beer in 2015 despite Whiteclay’s dozen full-time residents.

The decision is a setback from activists who’ve targeted the city for decades in hopes of stopping sales.

Members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe blame Whiteclay for problems on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where alcohol is banned.

Whiteclay’s history dates to 1882, when it was part a buffer zone created to protect the tribe from whiskey peddlers. President Theodore Roosevelt eliminated the zone in 1904.

Tie vote means small Nebraska school likely will close

Posted on January 10, 2017

CHAPMAN, Neb. (AP) — Despite pleas from residents of the tiny central Nebraska city of Chapman, a school board has decided to close the community’s school.

The Northwest school board voted 3 to 3 late Monday on a vote to rescind an earlier decision to close the Chapman school. The board then tied in a vote to ratify the December closure vote.

The tie votes meant the earlier decision apparently will stand.

The board voted again on the matter after hearing more than two hours of testimony, primarily from students, teachers and residents of the 280-person town near Grand Island.

Since the earlier vote, two new members had joined the board.

The move to close the school comes amid declining enrollment and the school’s high cost per student.

Fremont will consider grants for Costco chicken plant

Posted on January 10, 2017

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — The Fremont City Council will consider whether to approve grants to aid Costco’s construction of a $275 million chicken processing plant.

Costco will seek the council’s approval Tuesday night of $1.35 million in economic-development grants.

Costco is working with Lincoln Premium Poultry to operate a plant that would employ up to 1,000 people. Costco has promised that up to 820 of those jobs involve production working paying at least $15 an hour. About 100 supervisory or professional jobs would pay between $45,000 and $350,000 annually.

Costco has agreed to operate the plant for at least 15 years.

Opponents of the plant have filed a lawsuit, saying the facility would hurt air and water quality.