Lincoln, Neb.- The Nebraska football team completed another practice in preparation for its Saturday game against Southern Mississippi on Tuesday. The Huskers were split into two groups—offense and defense during practice, as thunderstorms forced the offense inside Cook Pavilion, while the defense practiced inside the Hawks Championship Center. Continue reading “Huskers Preparing for Golden Eagles”
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Robinson Cano homered twice and drove in four runs and Hisashi Iwakuma struck out a season-high 10 as the Seattle Mariners romped past the slumping Kansas City Royals, 11-2 Tuesday night.
The AL Central-leading Royals have dropped 12 of 17. Their magic number for clinching the division remained three. Continue reading “Cano homers twice, drives in 4 in Mariners’ 11-2 victory”
The North Platte Community College Lady Knight Volleyball team will be on the road for five matches in three days. They will first go to Beatrice to play the Southeast Community College Lady Storm in a key National Junior College Athletic Association Region IX Division II matchup.
The Lady Knights are 7-10 on the season and 1-1 in Region IX play. Continue reading “NPCC to Face Region IX Foe Southeast”
The North Platte Lady Bulldogs (17-2) defeated the Kearney Lady Bearcats (2-7) for the 9th consecutive match dating back to 2011 with a three set sweep; 25-15, 25-10, 25-13.
Here are the Associated Press Nebraska high school football rankings in Classes A through D2. Listings include name of school, season record, previous week’s ranking, previous week’s result and this week’s opponent. The rankings are based on a formula that includes ratings from the Omaha World-Herald and Lincoln Journal Star plus experts for each class. Class A: Dale Miller, Grand Island Independent. Class B: Jeff Fielder, Scottsbluff Star-Herald. Class C1: Tom Behmer, Norfolk Daily News. Class C2: Brent Wasinius, Fremont Tribune. Class D1: Andrew Bottrell, North Platte Telegraph. Class D2: Nick Blasnitz, Hastings Tribune. Continue reading “Nebraska AP high school football rankings: Sept. 22”
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The group that governs Nebraska high school sports is drafting a policy on allowing transgender athletes to compete because there has been some interest in it.
The Nebraska School Activities Association’s board has asked staff to draft rules for transgender athletes.
At least 38 other states have already adopted such policies although they vary widely. Continue reading “Nebraska high schools may soon allow transgender athletes”
The Nebraska football team practiced in helmets for just over 90 minutes on Monday afternoon. The offense practiced outside on the Ed and Joyanne Gass Practice field, while the defense worked inside of the Hawks Center.
Defensive Coordinator Mark Banker spoke to the media following practice highlighting some of the things his defense is preparing for when the team faces Southern Miss on Saturday. Continue reading “NU Defense Prepares for Talented Southern Miss”
It was a fantastic weekend for members of the Mid-Plains Community College Rodeo Team. They finished second as a team during the 2015 Rail Town U.S.A. College Rodeo, Sept. 18-19 in North Platte.
Individually, Shane Weber, of Burwell, won the saddle bronc riding, and Duell Puttergill, of Tryon, finished third in the event.
Riley Weehler, of Mount Ayr, Iowa, won the tie-down roping, and Rowdy Moon, of Sargent, placed second in the bareback riding. Continue reading “MPCC represented well at hometown rodeo”
Kadie Rolfzen was named Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week and Mikaela Foecke was named Co-Freshman of the Week, the conference office announced on Monday.
Rolfzen, a two-time AVCA All-American, earned the first defensive award of her career after notching 3.14 digs and 1.57 blocks per set last week in wins at Creighton and at Iowa State. The junior from Papillion, Neb., had a career-high eight blocks to lead the Huskers’ defensive effort at Iowa State. Continue reading “Kadie Rolfzen, Foecke Pick Up B1G Weekly Honors”
Kearney, NE – The Tri-City Storm prepares for its regular-season opener after finishing the 2015 preseason with a 3-1-0 record, tied for the most wins of any Western Division team.
For the second straight week, the Storm’s pair of preseason games each came down to the wire; Tri-City fell by a goal Friday against Fargo before scoring four third period goals on Saturday to edge Sioux Falls by two tallies. Continue reading “Storm opens season at home, Friday at 7:30”
