The North Platte Community College Lady Knights volleyball team will close out their regular season this weekend when they travel to Fort Dodge, Iowa to participate in the Triton Invitational on the campus of Iowa Central Community College.
The Lady Knights will begin play on October 23 at noon when they face the North Iowa Community College Lady Trojans. Continue reading “NPCC Lady Knights to Compete in Triton Invitational”
TORONTO (AP) — Marco Estrada pitched one-hit ball into the eighth inning, giving Toronto’s tattered bullpen a rest and leading the Blue Jays over the Kansas City Royals 7-1 Wednesday to close to 3-2 in the American League Championship Series.
Troy Tulowitzki broke open the game with a three-run double off Kelvin Herrera in the sixth, giving him seven RBIs in the series. Continue reading “Estrada leads Blue Jays over Royals 7-1 to force ALCS Game 6”
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Creighton men’s basketball team tied for ninth in the Big East last season, and that’s where the Bluejays are picked to finish again.
Even though the Bluejays return only one starter, coach Greg McDermott believes his team will be improved over the one that went 14-19 for the program’s first losing season since 1995-96. Continue reading “Creighton hoping transfers Watson, Huff can spark turnaround”
Lincoln – Nebraska’s Jessica Shepard has been named the Preseason Big Ten Freshman of the Year for women’s basketball in 2015-16 by College Sports Madness.
Shepard, a 6-4 forward from Fremont, Neb., is the highest ranked recruit in Nebraska history and arguably the best high school player the state has ever produced, Shepard competed on the gold-medal winning USA Basketball team at the 2014 FIBA Americas U18 Championships. She was the No. 3 overall recruit in the freshman class of 2015-16, according to ESPN. Continue reading “Shepard Claims Preseason Big Ten Freshman Honor”
The North Platte Community College Lady Knights were defeated by the Northeastern Junior College Plainswomen in three sets 25-16, 25-18, 25-13 on “Sophomore Night” at the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium.
The five sophomores honored were Anna Crane of North Platte, Valerie Most of Brady, Samantha Morgan of Iliff, Colo., Gabrielle Nickel of Amherst and Aryn Meisinger of Gothenburg. Continue reading “NPCC Lady Knights Volleyball Fall to Northeastern”
TORONTO (AP) — Ben Zobrist hit a two-run homer on knuckleballer R.A. Dickey’s fourth pitch of the game, Alex Rios connected an inning later and the Kansas City Royals routed the Toronto Blue Jays 14-2 Tuesday to move one win from a second straight World Series.
Kansas City moved ahead 3-1 in the best-of-seven AL Championship Series and can win the pennant Wednesday, when Edinson Volquez starts against Toronto’s Marco Estrada in a Game 1 rematch. Continue reading “Royals rout Blue Jays 14-2, 1 win from World Series return”
TORONTO (AP) — Kansas Royals pitcher Edinson Volquez says teammate Johnny Cueto believes the Toronto Blue Jays were stealing signs in their Game 3 victory Monday night in the American League Championship Series.
Volquez, Kansas City’s Game 5 starter, says Cueto thought the Blue Jays were having signs relayed to them from center field during an 11-8 win. Continue reading “Royals’ Cueto accuses Blue Jays of stealing signs in Game 3”
DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies will bring back their coaching staff for the 2016 season after a year in which they finished last in the NL West.
Two weeks after manager Walt Weiss said he was returning to the bench, the team announced Tuesday there will be no major changes to his staff. Those coming back include bench coach Tom Runnells, hitting coach Blake Doyle, pitching coach Steve Foster, third base coach Stu Cole, first base coach Eric Young, defensive positioning coach Rene Lachemann and bullpen coach Darren Holmes. Continue reading “Rockies bring back coaching staff for 2016 season”
Lincoln, Neb. – The Huskers practiced for just under two hours in half pads Tuesday afternoon. The offense practiced inside Memorial Stadium and the defense practiced on the Ed and Joyanne Gass practice fields in preparation for the Northwestern game this Saturday. Offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf spoke with the media following practice.
When asked about the confidence level of junior quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr., and if he thinks it’ll continue to grow, Langsdorf said, “I think you would certainly hope so. Continue reading “Confidence is Key for Husker Offense”
Lincoln, Neb. – The Nebraska football team practiced for just over 90 minutes on Monday afternoon in sweats inside the Hawks Championship Center in preparation for its game against the Northwestern Wildcats on Saturday.
Nebraska Defensive Coordinator Mark Banker spoke with the media following Tuesday’s practice and mentioned the difficulties Northwestern has faced the past couple of weeks. Continue reading “Huskers Turn Attention to Northwestern”
