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Managers Get to Try Out Replay in Spring

Posted on February 22, 2014

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — Major league teams will each have at least five games this spring where managers can challenge plays as part of the major expansion of instant replay which begins this season.

Atlanta manager Fredi Gonzalez is looking forward to getting acquainted with it and says he’ll “challenge everything, just to get a feel for it” in those five games.

Gonzalez, Houston manager Bo Porter and officials from the Tigers and Nationals met with MLB executives Joe Torre and Tony La Russa for almost three hours Friday afternoon to go over the replay rules.

The new rules allow each manager to challenge one call a game. If he wins the first one, he’ll earn another challenge. The crew chief can request a review after the seventh inning if the manager has used his challenges.

Area High School Basketball Roundup February 17-22

Posted on February 21, 2014February 21, 2014

Area high school basketball scores for the week of February 17-22.

Friday, February 21

Boys Basketball

North Platte 44 Millard West 38

No. 4 (D1) St. Patrick’s 59 Hayes Center 29

Loomis 50 Maxwell 43

Chase County 51 Sutherland 33

Sandhills/Thedford 67 Brady 51

Wallace 66 Creek Valley 48

Gothenburg 53 Ogallala 37
Tanner Borchardt was dominant with 27 points and 11 rebounds in the win over the Indians. Dawson Graham was also in double-figures for the Swedes with 11 points.

Girls Basketball

No. 4 (A) Millard West 65 North Platte 46

Thursday, February 20

Girls Basketball

D1-11 Subdistrict

No. 2 Sutherland 43 No. 1 St. Patrick’s 28

The Lady Sailors handed St. Pat’s a rare loss this season and advanced to the D1-6 District Finals against Hemingford. The Lady Irish will depend on a wild-card berth to make the state tournament.

C1-11 Subdistrict

No. 1 Hershey 41 No. 3 Gothenburg 30

The Lady Panthers advance to the C1-6 District Finals with a win over the Lady Swedes, whose season came to an end. Hershey will play Chadron for the right to go to the state tournament. Regan Geiken led all scorers with 15 points for Gothenburg. Aryn Meisinger was also in double-figures with 10 points for the Lady Swedes. Maddie Seamann led Hershey with 13 points.

Tuesday, February 18

Girls Basketball

D1-11 Subdistrict

No. 1 St. Patrick’s 59 No. 4 Maxwell 44
The Lady Irish advance to the D1-11 Subdistrict finals with a 15-point win over the Lady Wildcats, whose season came to an end in Gothenburg. St. Pat’s will play second-seeded Sutherland on Thursday in Gothenburg at 7:00 pm.

No. 2 Sutherland 57 No. 3 Brady 50
The Lady Sailors advance to the D1-11 Subdistrict final to face St. Pat’s after ending Brady’s season. The Lady Eagles 19-win season came to an end in Gothenburg.

C1-11 Subdistrict

No. 1 Hershey 58 No. 5 Cozad 36
The Lady Panthers advance to the C1-11 Subdistrict finals with a dominant win over Cozad in Sutherland. Hershey advances to play Gothenburg in Sutherland on Thursday at 7:30.

No. 3 Gothenburg 39 No. 2 Ogallala 19
The Lady Swedes upset Ogallala with a dominant 20-point win. Mady Vogel led the way with 13 points and six rebounds to lead Gothenburg to the C1-11 Subdistrict finals against Hershey on Thursday at 7:30 in Sutherland.

D2-9 Subdistrict

No. 2 Hayes Center 50 No. 3 Wallace 35
The Lady Wildcats season came to an end at the hands of Hayes Center in the D2-9 Subdistrict semifinals.

Monday, February 17

Girls Basketball

Maxwell 48 Medicine Valley 21
The fourth-seeded Lady Wildcats advanced in the D1-11 Subdistrict tournament with a dominant win over Medicine Valley. Maxwell advances to play top-seed St. Patrick’s on Tuesday at 5:45 pm in Gothenburg.

Bulls Ride Fast Start to 117-89 Win Over Nuggets

Posted on February 21, 2014

CHICAGO (AP) — D.J. Augustin had 22 points and eight assists, and the Chicago Bulls routed the Denver Nuggets 117-89 Friday night for their fifth consecutive victory.

Rookie Tony Snell added a career-high 20 points as the Bulls put seven players in double figures. Taj Gibson had 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Joakim Noah finished with 14 points, 11 boards and five assists.

Randy Foye scored 23 points for Denver, which has lost six of seven. Aaron Brooks had 17 on 7-for-11 shooting in 28 minutes in his Nuggets debut, which also included a technical foul when he was involved in a tussle with Noah in the third.

Denver acquired Brooks and forward Jan Vesely in a pair of trades on Thursday. The 7-foot Vesely had five points and five rebounds in 16 minutes.

New Wizards G Miller Talks About Spat with Nuggets

Posted on February 21, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — Andre Miller says he lost his cool when he and Denver Nuggets coach Brian Shaw got into a shouting match.

Miller spoke Friday after his first practice with the Washington Wizards.

Miller was traded on Thursday from Denver to Washington. He hasn’t played since his confrontation with Shaw late during a game on New Year’s Day.

Says Miller: “It was just an instance where I kind of lost my cool and was a little bit unprofessional and stepped out of character. And I apologized to my teammates for what happened. That’s not me. That’s not what I’m about.”

Miller said he was tired after his first practice, but hopes to play when the Wizards host the New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday.

Faried Stays Hot, Nuggets Beat Bucks 101-90

Posted on February 20, 2014February 20, 2014

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kenneth Faried continued his recent hot streak, scoring 26 points to carry the Denver Nuggets past the Milwaukee Bucks 101-90 Thursday night.

Wilson Chandler scored 15 while J.J. Hickson added 14 points and 10 rebounds in a matchup of two teams left short-handed by deals they made before Thursday afternoon’s trade deadline.

Faried, the No. 22 overall pick in the 2011 draft, has been impressive this February. Coming off a 21-point, 10-rebound performance against Phoenix, the forward also scored a career-high 28 against the Los Angeles Clippers earlier this month.

Caron Butler scored 17 for the Bucks, who have not won two straight games all season. Ersan Ilyasova had 14 points and 11 rebounds.

No. 17 Nebraska Surges Past Ohio State 67-59

Posted on February 20, 2014

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Rachel Theriot scored 26 points and Jordan Hooper had 24 to spark a late rally that pushed No. 17 Nebraska’s winning streak to seven with a 67-59 win over Ohio State on Thursday.

Ohio State went up 52-44 with 8:02 left but the Cornhuskers (20-5, 10-3 Big Ten) put together a 17-0 run, holding the Buckeyes scoreless (14-15, 4-9) until just 43 seconds remained. Then Theriot hit six free throws to ice the game.

Emily Cady and Hailie Sample pulled down 11 rebounds apiece for Nebraska, which also made 13 of 16 free throws. Ohio State was just 2 of 4 from the line.

Ameryst Alston tied her career-high with 31 points for Ohio State, which lost its fifth-straight game.

Coach Connie Yori, who fainted during the Wisconsin game on Sunday, was back on the bench.

Hooper, celebrating her 22nd birthday, had two 3-pointers during the winning surge.

Cornhuskers Win 4th in a Row, 80-67 Over Penn St.

Posted on February 20, 2014

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Terran Petteway scored 26 points to lead five Nebraska players in double figures, and the upstart Cornhuskers defeated Penn State 80-67 on Thursday night for their fourth straight win and seventh in nine games.

Nebraska (15-10, 7-6 Big Ten) has won four straight conference games for the first time since 1998-99 and has matched its victory total of last season. The Huskers are over .500 in the Big Ten for the first time since joining the league in 2011.

D.J. Newbill and Tim Frazier scored 17 points each for Penn State (13-14, 4-10) has lost four of its last five after winning three straight.

Shavon Shields had 13 points before fouling out with 3 minutes to play, Walter Pitchford and Ray Gallegos added 11 apiece and Tai Webster had 10 in the win.

Nebraska has held its last four opponents to 35.6-percent shooting and an average of 56.3 points.

NCAA: Players Who Go Into Stands to be Ejected

Posted on February 20, 2014

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA has clarified a rule that allows for an automatic ejection for basketball players who go into the stands and commit an “unsporting act.”

In a memo sent to conference officiating coordinators Monday, the men’s basketball rules committee said a player will be charged with a flagrant, noncontact foul 2 and will be ejected. The opposing team is given two free throws and the ball.

The change comes after Oklahoma State’s Marcus Smart went into the stands at Texas Tech on Feb. 8 and shoved a fan who called him a “piece of crap.” He was given a technical foul for unsportsmanlike conduct but was not ejected.

The Big 12 said there was no rule for officials to eject Smart, but the conference suspended Smart for three games.

AP Source: Nuggets Trade Miller, Hamilton

Posted on February 20, 2014

DENVER (AP) — A person with knowledge of the details says the Denver Nuggets have traded Andre Miller and Jordan Hamilton in separate deals.

The person, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the moves had not been announced, said Miller was traded to Washington on Thursday in a three-team deal. Denver gets forward Jan Vesely and Philadelphia acquired Eric Maynor and draft picks.

Also, the Nuggets traded Hamilton to Houston for Aaron Brooks, filling Denver’s dire need for a point guard.

Ty Lawson (ribs) has been out and Miller had not played for Denver since yelling at coach Brian Shaw during a Jan. 1 game.

The Nuggets got future flexibility in the deals, first reported by the Denver Post, because Vesely and Brooks have expiring contracts.

Division II Game Ends in Tie

Posted on February 20, 2014

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — In two decades as an assistant coach, after playing basketball for Johnson C. Smith, Mark Sherill has seen a lot.

But Wednesday night was a first.

The game between Johnson C. Smith and visiting Winston-Salem State ended in a draw.

A tip-in by Javan Wells of the Rams tied the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association Division II game at 76 with 0.3 seconds left when Joshua Linson tried a full-court shot. The ball hit off of two lights, knocking them out, according to John Dell of the Winston-Salem Journal — with one light left hanging.

After trying to fix the situation, head coach Stephen Joyner Sr., also the Johnson C. Smith director of athletics, had a conference with the game officials to reassess the situation and it was deemed a safety concern.

“We didn’t know how long the chains would last,” Sherill said. “The Winston-Salem coach (Bobby Collins) agreed it didn’t look safe. I’ve been in basketball a long time; this is the first time I’ve ever had a draw.”

He said the schools and CIAA officials would determine if the game would be finished at a later date. The schools are 78 miles apart.

“It was a great call and the right call for safety,” Sherill said. “If it would have come down on one of the student-athletes (in overtime), you would have been calling us for something else.”

Marquez Jones scored 21 points, Preston Ross 20 and Wykevin Bazemore 16 for the Rams.

Linson had 25 for Johnson C. Smith with Emilio Parks adding 18 and Antwan Wilkerson 13 with 10 rebounds.