The clock struck midnight for the Stony Brook Sea Wolves yesterday afternoon on the third day of play at the College World Series in Omaha. The Sea Wolves were eliminated in a 12-2 loss to Florida State. The Seminoles scored six runs in the second inning, five of which came after a two-out error, and cruised to victory. In the nightcap at TD Ameritrade Park, Arizona put themselves in the drivers seat in their pool with a 4-0 triumph over UCLA. Konnor Wade went the distance for a five-hit shutout, and the Wildcats backed him with a four-run fourth inning to knock off the number two national seed. Tonight’s action will see another team’s stay in Omaha come to an end, as Kent State battles Florida in the elimination game at 4 PM. The winner’s bracket matchup pits two-time defending champion South Carolina against Arkansas at 8 PM.

Nebraska men’s basketball player Corey Hilliard Jr. has been dismissed from the program. Hilliard was arrested on suspicion of robbery on June 7, stemming from an incident on May 15 in which a female’s cell phone was stolen. He was arraigned on June 8 and released from jail five days later. Hilliard appeared in nine games as a true freshman in the 2011-2012 season, totaling nine points and two rebounds.

Final results,  June 13-16, 2012
North Platte, Nebraska – Buffalo Bill Rodeo

Bareback riding
1 Tom McFarland, Bowie, Texas, 88 points on 550 Empty Pockets;  2 Will Lowe,
Canyon, Texas 87; 3; Joe Gunderson, Agar, S.D., 86;  4  Wes Stevenson,
Lubbock, Texas 85;

Steer wrestling – 1st go round
1 Ryan Swayze, Freedom, OK  3.9; 2 Trevor Cox, Purdum, NE 4.0; 3 Jake
Rinehart, Highmore, SD  4.1; 4 Carver Abbot, Gordon, NE 4.2;

Steer wrestling -2nd go round
1 tie Beau Clark, Belgrade, Neb., 3.7 and Bray Armes, Gruver, Colo. 3.7; 3
tie Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla., 3.8 and Chad Van Campen, Granada,
Colo. , 3.8;

Steer wrestling average
1 Stockton Graves, Newkirk, Okla., 8.3 on 2 head;  2 Beau Clark, Belgrade,
Neb., 8.8;
3 Nick Guy, Sparta, Wis., 9.1; 4 Jake Rinehart, Highmore, S.D., 9.2;

Team Roping
1 tie Garrett Nokes, McCook, Neb. and Matt Wilken, Smithfield, Neb. 5.4
seconds and
Scott White, Oelrichs, S.D, and Jade Nelson, Midland, S.D., 5.4; 3 tie
Nick Sartain, Dover, Okla., and Kollin VonAhn, Durant, Okla., 5.5; and Ryan
VonAhn, Sac City, Iowa and Derrick Peterson, Overland Park, Kan. 5.5

Saddle bronc riding
1 Cole Elshere, 84 points on -518 Dipsy Doodle; 2 Jesse James Kirby, 83; 3
Cody Taton, 81; 4 Wade Sundell, 79;

Tie Down Roping 1st go round
1 (tie) Jerrad Hofstetter, Portales, NM, 9.5 and Cody Quaney, Cheney, KS
9.5; 3 Cory Solomon, Prairie View, TX 10.0; 4 Joey Dickens, Loveland, CO
10.5;

Tie-down roping – 2nd round
1 Clint Cooper, Decatur, Texas, 9.4; 2 tie Jayce Johnson, Hemingford, Neb.
9.6; and Bryson Sechrist, Apache, Okla. 9.6; 4 Justin Scofield, Volga, S.D.
9.7;

Tie-down roping average
1 Cody Quaney, Cheney, Kan., 20.4 on 2 head;
2 Boe Brown, Harrold, S.D.; 22.1; 3 Justin Scofield, Volga, S.D., 22.8; 4
Chris Neal, Muldrow, Okla., 23.6; \

Barrel Racing
1 Randa Kellog, Point, Texas 17.23; 2 Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla.
17.46; 3 Mary Walker, Ennis, Texas 17.52; 4 Toni Hardin, Wetmore, Colo. 17.57

Bull Riding
1 tie Shawn Coleman, Springfield, S.D. 79 points on 827 and Wes Wahlert,
Galeton, Colo. 79 on 652 Sunset; 3 Dustin Elliott, North Platte, NE 77; 4
Trey Kerner, Sutherland, Neb.,  65; 5 Kris Newman, Casper, Wyo. 50;

INTERLEAGUE

Boston at Chi Cubs 1:20 p.m.
Colorado at Detroit 6:05 p.m. (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410!)
N-Y Yankees at Washington 6:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Cleveland 6:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at Toronto 6:07 p.m.
Miami at Tampa Bay 6:10 p.m.
Baltimore at Atlanta 6:35 p.m.
Houston at Texas 7:05 p.m.
Milwaukee at Minnesota 7:10 p.m.
Kansas City at St. Louis 7:15 p.m.
Arizona at L.A. Angels 9:05 p.m.
San Diego at Oakland 9:05 p.m.
Chi White Sox at L.A. Dodgers 9:10 p.m.
San Francisco at Seattle 9:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cincinnati at N-Y Mets 6:10 p.m.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (AP) – The Heat stole home-court advantage and evened the best-of-seven NBA Finals with a 100-96 victory over the Thunder last night in Oklahoma City. LeBron James and Kevin Durant led their respective teams with 32 points. Game 3 is Sunday in Miami.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The Kings paraded the Stanley Cup through downtown Los Angeles yesterday, celebrating the first NHL championship in the club’s 45-year history. L.A. completed their playoff run to the title Monday night by eliminating the New Jersey Devils.

SEATTLE (AP) – Edinson Volquez pitched effectively into the seventh inning and the San Diego Padres handed the Seattle Mariners their fifth straight loss, 6-2 last night. The M’s are 0-5 since six pitchers combined to throw a no-hitter against the Dodgers on June 1, and they’ve played all of those games in their home ballpark.

INTERLEAGUE

Cincinnati 12 Cleveland 5
N-Y Mets 9 Tampa Bay 6
Detroit 5 Chi Cubs 3
Oakland 8 Colorado 2
Baltimore 12 Pittsburgh 6
Arizona 11 Texas 3
Kansas City 4 Milwaukee 3
Philadelphia 6 Minnesota 1
St. Louis 5 Chi White Sox 3
San Diego 6 Seattle 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Houston 6 San Francisco 3

NBA FINALS

Miami 100 Oklahoma City 96 (series tied 1-1)

McCook cowboy Garrett Nokes has made his short trek north to the Buffalo Bill Rodeo worth it through the first two nights of competition. Nokes had the fastest time in team roping on the first night, and Thursday, he posted the fastest time of the night in steer wrestling at 3.9 seconds, good for a tie for fourth overall. Event leaders on the second day were Clint Cooper of Decatur, TX in tie-down roping; Heath Ford of Slocum, Texas in bareback riding; Cole Elshere from Faith, South Dakota in saddle bronc; South Dakotans Scott White and Jade Nelson in team roping; Mary Walker of Ennis, Texas in barrel racing; Shawn Coleman of Springfield, South Dakota in bull riding, and a tie between Beau Clarke of Belgrade and Bray Armes of Gruver, Colorado in steer wrestling.

Even if the Colorado Rockies had gotten a passable pitching performance, it wouldn’t have mattered in their eighth straight defeat. The Rockies mustered just three hits in the first eight innings of an 8-2 loss to the Oakland A’s at Coors Field. Rockies starting pitcher Alex White departed after just four innings, allowing four runs, though only two were earned on a day in which the Rockies did their struggling pitching no favors by making three errors. The Rockies remain the only team in the majors without a win in interleague play. They are 0-9 against American League teams so far. Another AL team lies ahead. The Rockies travel to Detroit for a three-game weekend series against the Tigers, which opens tonight. You can hear the game live on ESPN Radio 1410. Pregame coverage begins at 5:30 with the first pitch scheduled for 6:05.

 

The North Platte First Nationals will be tested this weekend with four games in Lincoln. Their trip opens this evening with a doubleheader against Lincoln Southeast at Sherman Field. On Saturday, they’ll play another double-dip with the first game against Lincoln Northeast and the finale against Lincoln East. First pitch tonight in the Star City is set for 5:30.

The College World Series opens up tonight in Omaha with one of the tournament’s most unlikely qualifiers ever set to take the field. The Stony Brook Sea Wolves take on the UCLA Bruins in Game One today at 4 PM. UCLA was the number two national seed, while the Sea Wolves were a four seed in their regional. They are the first four seed to qualify for the College World Series since Fresno State in 2008. The Bulldogs, of course, won the national title that year. The nightcap at TD Ameritrade Park features Arizona taking on number three seed Florida State at 8 PM.

The Pac-12 conference announced the start time and broadcast information for Nebraska’s non-conference gridiron clash with UCLA. September 8’s contest in Los Angeles will be a prime-time game, kicking off at 6:30 central time and broadcast nationally on FOX. It’s the Huskers’ fourth prime-time game scheduled for the 2012 season. Nebraska now knows the start times for seven of their twelve games this coming season, with the other games to have their start times announced six to twelve days in advance.