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North Platte Bulldogs Soccer Boys and Girls Both Split with Lincoln Schools

Posted on April 27, 2014

The North Platte High School soccer teams traveled to Kearney on Saturday and each played a doubleheader against Lincoln East and Lincoln Northeast.

The Lady Dawgs (9-4) began the day with a 2-1 loss to the Spartans of Lincoln East (10-4). The loss meant that the North Platte girls had a losing streak for the first time this season after losing 2-1 to Kearney on Tuesday. In the loss to Lincoln East the Lady Dawgs were led by Taylor Banark with the lone goal off of an assist from Samantha Tagwerker. Abby Stark recorded 11 saves as the goalie in the loss.

The North Platte girls quickly ended their losing streak with a 2-0 shutout win over Lincoln Northeast (4-10). The Lady Bulldogs scored one goal in each half en route to the win. Banark and Kaylynn Kissenger each scored a goal in the game. Marisa Martinez had two assists and Stark only had to make three saves to get the shutout in the net.

The North Platte boys (4-9) also lost 2-1 to Lincoln East (7-6). The Spartans put up two goals in the first half before the Bulldogs got their lone goal in the second half. Brady Mason scored the goal for North Platte, while Dakota Guenin recorded eight saves as the goalkeeper.

The Dawgs bounced back with a 4-1 win over Lincoln Northeast (1-14). The match was tied at 1 at halftime, then North Platte erupted for three goals in the second half. Mason led the way with two goals in the win and Ryan Letourneau and David Mata each scored a goal. David Garcia led the way with two assists and Will Phillips made two of the team’s three saves in the net.

The North Platte boys and girls soccer teams both return to the pitch on Tuesday as they travel to play Norfolk.

Rockies Win 4th Straight Series, Beat Dodgers

Posted on April 27, 2014

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Josh Rutledge hit a three-run homer and Jorge De La Rosa pitched seven strong innings, leading the Colorado Rockies over the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-1 on Sunday.

The Rockies won their fourth straight series after beating San Diego, Philadelphia and San Francisco.

De La Rosa (2-3) allowed a run and four hits. The left-hander has won his last three starts against the Dodgers after going 0-8 with a 7.32 ERA in his 10 previous career starts against them.

Pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu’s two-out single in the second inning was Los Angeles’ last hit until Matt Kemp doubled to right-center with two outs in the eighth against Adam Ottavino.

Ryu (3-2) gave up six runs and nine hits in five-plus innings. The Korean-born lefty is 0-2 with a 9.69 ERA in his three starts at Dodger Stadium, but 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA in four road starts.

Avalanche Push Wild to Elimination Situation

Posted on April 27, 2014

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Twice in five games, the Minnesota Wild have been less than 75 seconds from a victory on the road.

Both times, the Colorado Avalanche got the tying goal late in regulation before winning in overtime.

Now the Wild are facing an elimination situation, with the Avalanche visiting for Game 6 on Monday and leading the first-round playoff series 3-2.

If the Wild are not able to ignore the what-if feelings of frustration from those narrow losses, they’ll be in trouble against an Avalanche team that perked up on Saturday after consecutive flat performances in Games 3 and 4.

But being on the edge might work in the Wild’s favor. They played some of their best games this season while missing key players.

Infante’s 6 RBIs Carry Royals past Orioles 9-3

Posted on April 27, 2014

BALTIMORE (AP) — Omar Infante homered and tied a career high with six RBIs, James Shields pitched seven innings of three-hit ball and the Kansas City Royals coasted to a 9-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.

Nori Aoki scored three runs for the Royals, who took two of three from Baltimore to conclude a 3-4 road trip that began in Cleveland. Kansas City is 12-0 when scoring at least four runs and 0-12 when scoring three runs or fewer.

Infante hit a run-scoring groundout in the first inning, a sacrifice fly in the third, a two-run double in the fifth and a two-run shot in the seventh. He entered with one home run and 11 RBIs in 21 games.

NPCC Knights Softball Knock off Rival McCook, Drop Two against Garden City

Posted on April 27, 2014

North Platte – The North Platte Community College softball team (10-26) knocked off their rival, the McCook Community College Indians (31-20) in both games of a double-header Thursday before falling twice to the Garden City Community College BroncBusters (19-30) on Friday. The Knights defeated the Indians 8-6 and 9-6 in their annual “Beat Cancer” game while losing to the BroncBusters 2-13 and 7-16.

In the opening game against McCook, Shannon Lieber earned the win on the mound as she gave up five hits and only one earned run. Katharine Savolt earned the save giving up two hits and one unearned run.

Lieber led the Knights at the plate going 2-2 with a home run and two RBIs. Britlee Anderson was 2-3 while Soliel Atenza was 2-4 with an RBI and Sydney Standage was 1-3 with a double, a walk and scoring two runs.

The Knights followed up their game one win against the Indians with another win in the second game as Savolt earned the win as she gave up five hits and only one earned run. Lieber got the save as she gave up four hits and three earned runs to go along with three strikeouts.

Savolt led the Knights at the plate going 2-4 while scoring a run. Standage was 1-2 with a walk, a sacrifice and scored a run. Shaylynne Campo and Brooke Wakefield were both 1-2 and scored two runs.

“We played solid on Thursday for our “Beat Cancer” game,” said head coach Janelle Higgins. “Everyone played hard and we had solid at bats. Our pitchers pitched two solid games.”

Against the BroncBusters of Garden City, Shannon Lieber took the loss on the mound giving up 13 runs with six unearned on nine hits.

Katharine Savolt was 2-3 at the plate while Lieber was 1-1 with a run and walk. Soliel Atenza was 1-3 and scored a run.

The Knights also fell in the second game against Garden City. Savolt took the loss on the mound giving up 12 runs of which four were earned on seven hits.

Britlee Anderson was 3-4 with an RBI while Atenza was 2-3 with a walk and a scored run. Savolt went 2-4 with 3 RBIs and home run. Alexis Bryant was 2-3 while Christina Rodie had a walk and reached on an error while scoring two runs.

“Friday we had a few changes in our line-up but our team really showed heart and determination to fight back in both games after getting down early in the first innings of both games,” said Higgins. “I am proud of our girls for the fight.”

The Knights’ double-header with Western Nebraska Community College scheduled for Saturday, April 27 were canceled due to weather. The Knights return to the diamond on Monday, April 28 as they take on Barton Community College at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. The Knights then host Colby Community College on Tuesday, April 29 at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. before travelling to Beatrice for the Region IX Division II Tournament on May 2 where they open with Southeast Community College.

Annual Cornhusker Trapshoot to Begin Thursday

Posted on April 27, 2014

DONIPHAN, Neb. (AP) — The 45th annual Cornhusker Trapshoot is scheduled to begin its three-day run on Thursday in Doniphan at the home grounds of the Nebraska Trapshooting Association.

More than 2,000 trapshooters are expected to compete.

There will be individual and team competitions. Junior high students will shoot at 100 targets on Thursday. High school competitors will shoot at 75 targets on Friday and 75 more targets on Saturday.

The event is open to shooters nationwide in grades 6 through 12. Last year’s event drew 888 junior and 1,365 senior high shooters.

The association home grounds sit three miles south of Interstate 80 Exit 312 on U.S. Highway 281.

Go online at www.Cornhusker-trap.com for more information.

MacKinnon Leads Avs to 4-3 OT Win over Wild

Posted on April 27, 2014

DENVER (AP) — Nathan MacKinnon scored 3:27 into overtime after P.A. Parenteau (payr-ehn-TOH’) tied the game late in regulation, helping the Colorado Avalanche rally for a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Wild on Saturday night and a 3-2 lead in the first-round series.

MacKinnon poked the puck past Darcy Kuemper’s glove with two defenders all over him. The rookie also had two assists.

Parenteau scored with 1:14 left after Avalanche coach Patrick Roy pulled goaltender Semyon Varlamov (var-LAH’-mawf) with 2:22 remaining. The strategy worked out yet again.

The series switches back to Minnesota for Game 6 on Monday.

Kemp, Gonzalez Homer in Dodgers’ Win over Rockies

Posted on April 27, 2014

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adrian Gonzalez homered for the third straight game and Matt Kemp also went deep, leading Paul Maholm and the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 6-3 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday night.

Maholm threw 84 pitches over seven innings, allowing two runs and six hits in his fourth start with the defending NL West champions. Chris Withrow struck out Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki (too-loh-WIT’-skee) with the bases loaded in the eighth inning to help preserve the win.

Maholm had lost his previous seven decisions against the Rockies and was 1-8 with a 6.63 ERA in 10 career starts against them.

Manning Already Contemplating Rematch with Colts

Posted on April 26, 2014

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When the NFL schedule-makers made things tough on the Broncos, Peyton Manning and his teammates went right back to work.

Manning said Saturday that almost as soon as they saw three playoff teams — starting with his former team, the Colts __ the NFL’s reigning MVP returned to the weight room for another session.

For Manning, there’s plenty at stake. Manning made an emotional return to the city he used to call home in October but departed with a 39-33 loss. He hadn’t come back to Indy until this weekend, though for a much different reason — to help raise money for the Peyton Manning’s Children’s Hospital at St. Vincent.

Avs Try to Regroup after Wild Tie Series at 2

Posted on April 26, 2014

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Avalanche coach Patrick Roy has shown all sorts of patience with his youthful squad this season.

That certainly won’t waver now just because the Colorado Avalanche are in an offensive slump.

The Minnesota Wild have outshot the Avalanche 78-34 in the last two games to tie the first-round series at two-apiece heading into Game 5 at Pepsi Center on Saturday night.

Roy does take some comfort in the fact that home teams in the Western Conference playoffs are a combined 15-1 so far.

Chief among them, more production, especially on a power play that’s scored just once in 15 chances. The Wild have actually found a way to slow down the high-flying Avalanche by clogging up the neutral zone and making it hard to get quality shots in the offensive end.

For that, Roy finds himself guilty. All season long, he’s preached shooting the puck with a purpose.

In playoff hockey, though, sometimes shooting with a rebound or a lucky bounce in mind works just as well.

The only thing keeping the Avalanche in these last two road games has been the play of Semyon Varlamov (var-LAH’-mawf), who seems to be getting better with every shot he faces.

And the Avs are banking that being back in their building will be an advantage.