North Platte’s boys and girls swim teams participated in the Twin Cities Invite in Scottsbluff this weekend. Both teams finished in third out of four teams.
Diving Results:
Boys: Tanner Malmkar 2nd 285.40
Ben Jolliffe 5th 233.80
Girls: Allexis Menghini 3rd 276.70
Jackie Paloucek 4th 266.85
Team Results:
Boys: Westside 497, Scottsbluff 295, NPHS 157, McCook 145
Girls: Westside 425, Scottsbluff 260, NPHS 218, McCook 150
The NBA officially announced the starters for this year’s All-Star Game on Thursday evening. The game, set for February 17th in Houston, will have Kobe Bryant making his 15th consecutive All-Star start for the West, alongside his Lakers teammate Dwight Howard. Also on the West’s starting five are Chris Paul and Blake Griffin from the L.A. Clippers and Kevin Durant from Oklahoma City.
On the East squad, Kevin Garnett and Rajon Rondo of the Celtics will be paired with the Heat’s LeBron James and Dwyane Wade and the Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony.
Police in San Francisco say they’re investigating a sexual assault allegation involving 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree.
Police said in a statement released Friday night that the alleged assault occurred in a city hotel room early Sunday after the 49ers’ playoff victory over the Green Bay Packers.
The statement says Crabtree has been interviewed with his attorney present and has cooperated with the probe. The receiver hasn’t been detained or arrested, and agreed to be available for further questions in the future.
Authorities didn’t release any further details. A spokesman for the 49ers was traveling with the team to Atlanta and couldn’t immediately comment.
San Francisco is preparing to play the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC championship game on Sunday. The winner goes to the Super Bowl.
A Nebraska assault trial for New England Patriots rookie Alfonzo Dennard has scheduled for next month.
The trial has twice been delayed since April 21, when Dennard was arrested outside a bar in Lincoln, where he played cornerback for Nebraska.
Dennard has pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of assaulting an officer and to two related misdemeanors.
Online court records say Dennard’s trial is scheduled to begin Feb. 11. That’s eight days after the Super Bowl is played at the Superdome in New Orleans.
The Patriots face the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC championship game on Sunday at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass.
Lance Armstrong confessed to using performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France during an interview with Oprah Winfrey, reversing more than a decade of denial.
“Yes,” Armstrong said when Winfrey asked if he used a series of drugs to help his record run.
Said Armstrong: “I made my decisions. They are my mistake.”
Sitting in a chair across from Winfrey, Armstrong said he could not have won the race seven times without the drugs and gave a small smile.
Armstrong was stripped of all his titles in the wake of a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency report last October and banned for life from competing in triathlons and other sanctioned events. He also lost nearly all his sponsors and left the Livestrong cancer charity he founded in 1997.
The interview was taped Monday.
The North Platte Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs are on their home floor tonight taking on Grand Island. The girls game features two teams that are trying to get rolling in the second halves of their seasons. In the boys game, the Bulldogs are trying to snap a two-game skid and win their first game of 2013. The girls game gets underway at 5:45, with the boys game to follow at 7:30. ESPN Radio 1410 has all the action from the Dawghouse, with pregame coverage getting underway at 5:30.
The North Platte Community College Knights and Lady Knights head in opposite directions tonight. The Lady Knights head up to Norfolk to take on Northeast Community College. After a win at NCTA on Tuesday night, the Lady Knights shoot for a second straight win against the perennially tough Lady Hawks. The Knights men are traveling south to face Lamar Community College. The Lopers are in first place in Region IX South Sub-region play, with the Knights a game and a half back in second place.
After their six-game winning streak was snapped in Oklahoma City, the Denver Nuggets return to their home court to try and start a new streak tonight against the Washington Wizards. It’s a matchup of one of the best home-court teams in the NBA against the worst road team. Denver is 15-2 at the Pepsi Center, while the Wizards are 1-16 outside the nation’s capital. Tipoff in Denver tonight is set for 8 PM.
The SPVA boys basketball championship game is set. It will be the St. Patrick’s Irish taking on the Chase County Longhorns on Championship Saturday. In semifinal last night at North Platte Community College, the Irish handled Perkins County 53-39 and the Longhorns defeated Hershey 47-38. Tonight in the girls semifinals, Hershey faces Chase County and St. Pat’s takes on Sutherland.
A sluggish offensive performance cost the Husker womens basketball team last night, as they fell to Illinois 62-52 at the Devaney Center. The 52 points scored by the Huskers were a season low as they shot just 33% from the field. Jordan Hooper led the way in the losing effort with 17 points. Nebraska drops to 12-6 overall and 2-3 in Big Ten play with the loss. They play at Minnesota on Sunday.
