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(11/06/09) KBRX SPORTS -- The 2009 NSAA District Volleyball finals hit the courts for classes D-One and D-Two on Thursday and the Chambers Lady Coyotes punched their ticket to state with a three game sweep (25-18, 27-25, 25-11) over the very solid Stuart Lady Broncos. This would simply come down to the hitting numbers as both teams hammered away at each other all night. The Coyotes got hot hitting early. In game one six different Coyotes tallied kills with Katy Gottsch leading the way with six as the Coyotes hit 18-of-33 and marked a .545 hitting percentage and won game one 25-18. Game two had the Broncos getting hot early. Stuart jumped out to an 11-to-six lead and led by as many as six at 17-to-11, but Chambers would slowly close back in. Chambers would put together runs of four and three points and brought the game back to even at 23-to-23 before closing the Broncos out in game two 27-to-25. Stuart out hit the Coyotes in game two connecting on 16-of-36 attacks while Chambers tallied 14 kills on 42 swings. Game three belonged to the Coyotes as they jumped out to a nine-to-one lead early and never looked back rolling on to the 25-to-11 win in game three and sweeping the three game set. Coyote hitters were outstanding gathering 44 kills on 102 swings. That is a 0.431 hitting percentage while averaging 14.6 kills per frame and 34 attacks. Chambers did not serve great on the night but good enough to win. The Coyotes converted on 66-of-74 serves and tallied five service aces. Laura Tomjack led with 12 service points while Megan Hoffman added 11 more. No Coyotes had multipule ace serves. The Broncos played very well connecting on 31-of-77 attacks, hitting 0.403 on the game and averaging 10.3 kills per contest on and average of 25.7 attacks. Shelby Myers and Kylee Stoltenburg led the Broncos with seven kills each while Lauren Olberding and Kalie Korinko added five kills each. Stuart served well. The Broncos faulted just four times on 54 attempted serves. Shelby Paxton led with seven service points while the Broncos collected just two aces. Staurt ends a fine season at 20-and-ten while Chambers improves to 30-and-one before heading to Lincoln to open the 2009 NSAA State Volleyball Tournament on Thursday November 12th.
(11/06/09) KBRX SPORTS -- As classes D-One and D-Two District Volleyball tournaments went final in Nebraska yesterday the power points appear to be in and solid creating a field of eight for both classes including six district winners and two wild cards in each group. Although the brackets will not officially released until at least Saturday November 7th, we here in the KBRX Sports Center have those D-One and D-Two brackets projected for you.
Again these brackets are projects only! Official brackets will be out on Saturday November 7th.
(11/06/09) NEW YORK -- Former Nebraska pitcher Joba Chamberlain played an integral part in helping the New York Yankees to their 27th World Series title Wednesday night. Chamberlain, an All-American during his two-year career at Nebraska, made three World Series appearances, going 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in three appearances. He earned the victory in Game 4 and came back with a shutout inning of relief in the decisive game six. He recorded four strikeouts in three innings of work in the World Series and held opponents to a .182 batting average. Chamberlain made 10 relief appearances during the postseason, going 1-0 with a 2.84 ERA. He is the first Husker baseball player to earn a World Series ring since Darin Erstad in 2002 with the Anaheim Angels. (thanks Univeristy of Nebraska)
(11/06/09) LINCOLN, NE – Nebraska middle blocker Kori Cooper was recognized for her athletic and academic success on Thursday, as she garnered ESPN the Magazine first-team Academic All-District VII honors. Cooper, a speech language pathology major who carries a 3.81 GPA, was selected to the Academic All-District VII team for the second straight year. She will now advance to the national ballot and will look to become a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American after earning first-team honors in 2008. Cooper will look to add to Nebraska’s NCAA-leading 35 Academic All-Americans in volleyball, which is the most by any female program in the NCAA. This season, Cooper has bounced back from season-ending knee surgery last year to help the Huskers to a 17-6 mark and a No. 10 ranking. She is averaging 2.30 kills and 0.84 blocks per set, ranking fifth in the Big 12 in hitting percentage. In league play, she is third in the conference with a .362 hitting percentage. Cooper has had four matches with at least 10 kills, including a career-high 16 kills on .414 hitting against No. 14 Iowa State on Oct. 21. A four-year starter, Cooper has 652 kills and 293 blocks at Nebraska and ranks seventh all-time with a career .361 hitting percentage. In the classroom, she is a seven-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor roll and has been active in NU’s Life Skills program, speaking at schools and volunteering at retirement homes. (thanks Shamus McKnight, University of Nebraska)
(11/06/09) LINCOLN, NE (AP) - The Oklahoma-Nebraska football rivalry isn't what it used to be. When the teams meet Saturday night in Lincoln, the 20th-ranked Sooners (5-3, 3-1 Big 12) will be jockeying for the best possible bowl bid, now that Texas appears headed toward the Big 12 South title. Nebraska (5-3, 2-2) is still very much alive in the North despite an offense that has generated just three touchdowns in three games. Sooners coach Bob Stoops tried to inject some oomph into Saturday's game by showing his players Oklahoma-Nebraska video clips from back in the day when Big Eight titles and national-championship hopes were on the line. Nebraska coach Bo Pelini said his players understand the history of the rivalry but that they are more concerned with what happens in 2009. (thanks Univeristy of Nebraska)
(11/06/09) LINCOLN, NE -- The Nebraska women’s basketball team closes its two-game 2009 exhibition season by playing host to the Nebraska-Kearney Lopers at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 2:05 p.m. Tickets can be purchased in advance on-line at Huskers.com, or by calling the Nebraska Athletic Ticket Office during regular business hours, Monday-Friday. Tickets are also available the day of the game at the Devaney Center. Nebraska tipped off exhibition play with a 68-54 victory over Pittsburg State on Tuesday night at the Devaney Center. Senior Kelsey Griffin made her return to the court by leading the Huskers with game highs of 19 points and eight rebounds in just 19 minutes of action. Senior forward Cory Montgomery added 17 points, while junior guard Dominique Kelley contributed 14 points and six rebounds. Although the Huskers posted a 14-point win over the Gorillas, who went 20-9 in NCAA Division II a year ago, Nebraska will be looking for an improved performance against the traditionally powerful Lopers. UNK is coming a 20-10 campaign, when the Lopers posted a 14-5 mark in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. Former Husker Carol Russell enters her eighth season at the helm of the Loper program and has led UNK to three straight NCAA Division II Tournament appearances. It will be the eighth straight season that Nebraska has faced UNK in exhibition play. Last season, the two teams squared off at the Heartland Events Center in Grand Island. The Huskers came away with an 80-69 victory after trailing by 11 points with 15 minutes left. Yvonne Turner led NU’s comeback with 21 second-half points to finish with 28 points on the night. Cory Montgomery added a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds, while Tay Hester added a double-double of her own with 10 points and 10 boards. Jade Meads led the Lopers with 22 points and 11 boards, while Jonni Mildenberger added 16 points and a game-high 15 rebounds. The Huskers enter the 2009-10 campaign with high hopes after earning their sixth consecutive postseason tournament bid a year ago. Nebraska features the largest senior class in school history, and the Huskers hope the class will be regarded as the school’s most successful by season’s end. NU’s six-player class is headlined by Griffin, who was named one of 30 national candidates for the 2009-10 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award on Wednesday. (thanks Univeristy of Nebraska)
(11/06/09) LINCOLN, NE -- The Nebraska Cornhusker basketball team opens exhibition action this weekend when it plays host to Arkansas-Fort Smith on Friday, Nov. 6. The game will tip off at 7:06 p.m. at the Bob Devaney Sports Center and will be broadcast by the IMG Husker Sports Radio Network with Kent Pavelka calling the action and Matt Davison adding color commentary. The game will be heard for free on Huskers.com. Fans should check with other network affiliates for more broadcast information. The Huskers enter the season looking to blend together a talented and taller roster that includes just four scholarship returning letterwinners. Also in the mix for playing time this weekend will be eight scholarship players who have never played in a college game at the Division I level. Leading the charge into the 2009-10 campaign will be a pair of senior guards in Sek Henry and Ryan Anderson. The duo has been with the Huskers since coach Doc Sadler took over the program in 2006 and together they have logged more than 4,600 minutes and played in 186 games for the Huskers. The twosome has been a part of the defensive foundation Sadler has built at Nebraska as they have keyed the Huskers to the best scoring defense in the Big 12 Conference the past two seasons. Anderson returns for his final campaign after being named to the 2009 Big 12 All-Defense team selected by the league’s sportswriters. Individually, Anderson and Henry will bring different aspects to the Husker offense that will likely include a new starting point guard as well as the addition of a number of taller post players, a welcome boost to a team that was the smallest in Division I last season. Anderson owns 774 career points and if he posts numbers similar to last season, he will become just the 25th 1,000-point scorer in school history. He also ranks in the career top 10 for 3-pointers made (131) and 3-point percentage (38.1) while ranking in the Huskers’ all-time top 15 for steals (113). While Anderson has done a large portion of his damage from long range, Henry has played both the point and shooting guard while scoring in closer to the basket. He owns 623 points and paces the Huskers with 165 career assists and 95 games played – the only player to compete in every game the past three years. Along with Anderson and Henry, Nebraska returns a pair of sophomores in Toney McCray and Brandon Richardson. McCray suffered an elbow injury in the preseason and looks to play through it while building on a solid freshman campaign that included two Big 12 Rookie-of-the-Week awards. Richardson was slowed by injury last year in league play but has proven his ability to run the point and provide strong shooting outside. Also back this season is senior forward Ben Nelson, a walk-on who has played the last three years under Sadler and provides a strong work ethic for the squad, especially in the weight room. (thanks Univeristy of Nebraska)
(11/05/090 KBRX SPORTS -- On a beautiful Wednesday night in Elm Creek Nebraska the second round of the 2009 Nebraska C-Two Football Playoffs the Creighton Bulldogs traveled south to battle the Elm Creek Buffaloes and the only place the Buffaloes didn't roam was in the end zone. Coach Stan Wissel's Buffaloes would make three trips to the red zone and come away with just eight points as the Creighton defense proved tough with their backs to the wall. Creighton would draw first blood in this one. After a Creighton punt Elm Creek runningback Derrek Foster would get hit hard on a second down carry by Creighton's Klay Fucthman. The ball poped into the air and Creighton's Russell Volquardsen would gobble it up setting up the first score of the night. Creighton opens the drive from the Elm Creek 33 and after a 22-yard pass from Klay Fucthman to Dylan Walton, Derek Tyler would bust into the house on a 10-yard touchdown run and with 1:04 to go in the first quarter Creighton led seven-to-nothing. That would be it for the first half as Elm Creek on seven drives would muster just one first down as they punted five times on seven drives. Creighton's offense would not fair much better as seven drives for Creighton would net just one score, three punts, and two failed fourth-down conversions. The second half would open and the old Creighton offense would show up. Creighton took the opening kickoff and marched 11 plays covering 63 yards and taking nearly four minutes off the clock. The end result was Derek Tyler scoring for the second time. This time a three-yard touchdown run and following the PAT Creighton led 14-to-nothing with 8:20 to go in the third quarter. Then the Elm Creek offense would get started. The Buffaloes would take the insuing kickoff at their own 35-yard line and marched 14 plays to the Creighton six-yard line. That set Elm Creek up on first and goal-to-go from the six-yard line. Four plays and a penalty later, Elm Creek failed on a fourth and goal from the four and gave the Bulldogs the ball back at the two-yard line. Teams would trade a couple of punts before Elm Creek would start another drive midway through the fourth quarter. The drive started at their own 20-yard line and four quick plays had the Buffaloes in the redzone with first-and-goal from the two-yard line. After an incomplete pass on first down and a carry by Foster that losted two yards Elm Creek looked a third-and-goal from the four. Sophomore quarterback Dalton Meier would roll back to pass only to be sacked by Creighton's Kyle Berglund setting up the Buffaloes to fail on fourth-and-goal from the ten and again Creighton would turn the Buffaloes away in four tries from inside the ten. Creighton would take the football back on their own ten-yard line before disaster struck the Bulldog camp. Creighton would give up their one and only turnover as Elm Creek covered a fumble at the Creighton 15. This time they would not be turned away. Three plays later Dalton Meier would score on a one-yard quaterback sneak and following a two-point PAT Creighton's lead was narrowed to 14-to-eight. Problem was for Elm Creek, they failed to cover an onside kick and Creighton would get the ball back at their own 41 with just two-minutes to play. Elm Creek had just one time-out and after stopping the clock on the first play of the drive, Creighton would run the clock out and seal the win 14-to-eight. Two runningbacks with over 1,000 yards on the year entered this game and both were held to under 100-yards rushing each. Landon Pospisil would carry 21 times for Creighton for 85-yards while Derek Tyler would tote 15 times for 56-yards and two touchdowns. Klay Fuchtman would complete jsut one-of-four passes for 23-yards and on the day Creighton would amass just 201 yards total offense. For Elm Creek, Derek Foster would be held to just 91 yards on 26 carries, as Elm Creek rushed for just 113 total yards. Meanwhile Dalton Meier had a solid game throwing the football as he completed nine-of-18 passes for 100 yards but was sacked three times. Elm Creek compiled 213 yards total offense. Elm Creek ends their season at eight-and-two as the Creighton Bulldogs move on to the quarterfinals of the C-Two round and plan a trip to Hartington Cedar Catholic to battle the eight-and-two Trojans on Tuesday November 10th with kick-off slated for 6:00PM. (11/05/09) KBRX SPORTS -- As anybody is, we at KBRX are proud of our area teams and as the quarterfinals of the 2009 Nebraska High School football playoffs rolled in next week, we could not be much happier as six teams entered the second round of the playoff and five have emerged on the other side. The Crofton Warriors hosted the Grand Island Central Catholic Crusaders on Wednesday nigth and send the Crusders back home with 47-to-seven beating. Crofton will move on to travel south to battle the undefeated Hastings St. Cecilia Blue Hawks on Tuesday night. In the C-Two ranks the Creighton Bulldogs made the long haul to Elm Creek and despite the Buffaloes getting to the redzone three times, Creighton held Elm Creek to just one touchdown and beat the Buffaloes 14-to-eight. Creighton moves on to travel to the eight-and-two Hartington Cedar Catholic Trojans for a six pm matchup on Tuesday. In the D-Two ranks the neighborhood went three-and-one. The D-Two defending champion Ewing Tigers held on for a win over the Wynot Blue Devils 28-to-24. That sets the unbeaten Tigers up with a road trip to Hampton on Tuesday the 10th for a 3:00PM kickoff. The Chambers Coyotes battled the Anselmo-Merna Coyotes in Merna and handed Anselmo-Merna their second loss of the year 26-to-22. Chambers makes the long trip to Hayes Center to battle the nine-and-one Cardinals on Tuesday. Meanwhile the Pope John Crusaders battle through the second round with a 34-to-20 win over previously unbeaten Bloomfield Bees. Pope John now travels to Humphrey St. Francis to battle the Flyers on Tuesday while Bloomfield ends their year at nine-and-one. We will be announcing are next round of coverage this afternoon after all kickoff times have been announced.
(11/05/09) KBRX SPORTS -- After a three set sweep over Broken Bow in subdistrict semifinals, the O’Neill Eagles volleyball team saw their season come to an end yesterday against Ord. On Monday, the Eagles traveled to Burwell for postseason play to take on the Broken Bow Indians. The Eagles were very solid behind the service line recording 12 aces in a three set sweep over the Indians. Kelsey Mundhenke recorded nine kills while Alex Hedlund chalked up ten kills throughout the match. The Eagles improved their record to 15-8. Unfortunately for them, they met a very talented Ord team in Tuesday’s subdistrict finals. O’Neill battled hard in the first set, taking a 20-19 lead. Ord would come back and win the first 25-21. Mental mistakes would end up costing the Eagles in the second set as they committed two service errors and six hitting errors to lose 25-19. The Eagles came out on fire in the third set busting open a 20-15 lead. Ord would tie it up at 23-23. Both teams would trade points from there on out until Ord finally ended it 27-25 sweeping the Eagles. For the Ord Chants, it was a freshman and a senior causing havoc all night for the Eagles. Freshman Nicole Carson led the team with 12 kills and 2 blocks. Senior McKenzie Daily added 9 kills of her own in the victory. For O’Neill, Alex Hedlund led the way once again notching up 11 kills of her own. Kelsey Mundhenke added 8 kills and Katie Danielson had a very strong showing on the night with 5 kills and two solo blocks. Ord moves on to the district finals on Thursday while the Eagles end their season with a 15-10 record. (KBRX Marc Zak)
(11/05/09) IRVING, TX - Texas A&M junior John Hurley has been named Big 12 Golfer of the Month for October, the conference office announced Wednesday. Hurley won the Lone Star Invitational with a 10-under-par score of 206 for his first career individual win. His second-round 64 tied a school record at 8-under. Hurley broke par in all three rounds of the tournament and helped the Aggies to the team title. 2009-10 Big 12 Golfers of the Month Men September: Peter Uihlein, Oklahoma State, So. October: John Hurley, Texas A&M, Jr. Women September: Caroline Hedwall, Oklahoma State, So. October: Alex Gibson, Texas Tech, Jr. Madison Pressel, Texas, Fr. (thanks University of Texas A&M)
(11/05/09) LINCOLN, NE – The No. 10 Nebraska volleyball team put together its best offensive performance of the season, sweeping Missouri, 3-0 (25-19, 26-16, 25-16) Wednesday evening at the NU Coliseum. Nebraska hit a season-best .451 on the night, as three Huskers finished in double figures in kills while all five primary attackers hit over .400. Sydney Anderson dished out 43 assists and added two of the Huskers eight aces as the Huskers .451 hitting percentage was the best since hitting .467 against UAB in last year’s NCAA Tournament. Hannah Werth’s 12 kills led Nebraska (17-6, 10-4 Big 12) while Tara Mueller and Brooke Delano added 11 and 10 kills, respectively. Delano had 10 kills on 12 swings, as her .833 hitting percentage was the sixth-best performance in school history and the sophomore added four blocks. In addition to a strong offensive output, Nebraska also matched its season best with eight service aces, including three by freshman Gina Mancuso and two apiece from Werth and Anderson, and tied its season low with two errors. Paola Ampudia led Missouri (15-10, 6-7 Big 12) with 22 kills, as the Tigers saw their three-match win streak snapped. The Huskers head to Ames, Iowa, Saturday night to take on the eighth-ranked Iowa State Cyclones. First serve is set for 8 p.m. and the match will be carried on selected Husker Sports Network Stations and on Huskers.com. ISU defeated previously unbeaten Texas in five sets Wednesday evening. (thanks Shamus McKinght, University of Nebraska)
(11/05/09) CHADRON - The Chadron State College football team will wrap up its season Saturday by playing at Western State College in Gunnison, Colo. At 6-4 for the season and 5-3 in the RMAC, the Eagles are assured of a winning record on both counts. Western State is 3-7 overall and 3-5 in the conference. The Mountaineers’ season has been streaky. They lost their first three games, won the next three and have lost their last four. Several of their games have been close. Their first victory was a 21-19 decision over New Mexico Highlands. They also edged Fort Lewis 30-27. In between was a 38-19 win at Western New Mexico. Western also has lost 16-14 to Mesa State. The other setbacks were 45-17 to Fort Hays State, 38-0 at the University of Montana, 45-13 to Nebraska Kearney, 24-7 to Colorado Mines, 38-27 to Colorado State-Pueblo and 22-13 last Saturday to Adams State. The Mountaineers, coached by Pat Stewart for the fourth year, are young with just three seniors in the starting lineup. By contrast, the Eagles are expected to start 15 seniors on Saturday. Western’s sophomore quarterback Tyler Daniels is having a good season statistically. He has completed 133 of 244 passes for 1,564 yards and 11 touchdowns and has been intercepted just twice. He also is the Mountaineers’ leading rusher with 157 carries for 572 yards and five TDs. The starting tailback, freshman Germaine Daniels has carried 112 times for 452 yards and three TDs. Western uses four receivers, but junior Shaun Suttorp is a clear-cut favorite of the quarterback. He has caught 65 passes for 805 yards and six TDs. Next on the stat sheet is freshman Ryan Haegle with 26 catches for 269 yards. Suttorp also is averaging 17.1 yards on eight punt returns to lead the Mountaineers. (thanks Alex Helmbrecht, Chadron State College)
(11/05/09) NEW YORK (AP) - A Japanese import has helped the New York Yankees drive to the top of the baseball world once again with their 27th World Series title. Designated hitter Hideki Matsui tied a 49-year-old World Series record by driving in six runs and the Yankees eliminated defending World Series champion Philadelphia 7-3 in Game 6. Matsui homered, doubled and singled his first three times at bat. For that, Matsui is the first Japanese player to be named World Series MVP. In the Series, Matsui was 8-for-13 with three homers and eight RBIs. His six RBIs in this game tied Yankee second baseman Bobby Richardson's one-game World Series record set in Game 3 in 1960 against Pittsburgh. The winning pitcher was 37-year-old veteran Andy Pettitte. Pitching on three days' rest, Pettitte went five and two-thirds innings, allowing three runs on four hits. Pettitte, the winningest postseason pitcher ever with 18 victories, won four games in this postseason. He got the victory in all three Yankee clinchers in the postseason, against the Twins, Angels and Phillies. Pettitte, who was unsure whether he would pitch this season, said afterward: "This is what I came back for." Yankee closer Mariano Rivera got the final five outs to touch off the wild celebration in the Bronx. It's the Yanks' first championship since 2000.
(11/05/09) NEW YORK (AP) - Designated hitter Hideki Matsui was named Most Valuable Player of the World Series after his six RBI night that tied a 49-year-old Series record in the New York Yankees' clinching Game 6 victory over Philadelphia. Matsui got the Yanks off to a fast start with a two-run homer off 38-year-old Pedro Martinez in the second inning. Matsui has hit three home runs in this World Series, two against Martinez. He had run-scoring hits his first three times at-bat. Matsui added a two-out single to center with the bases loaded. Matsui added a two-run double in the fifth inning. Through an interpreter, Matsui called his night "unbelievable" and said he even surprised himself. For the Series, Matsui was 8-for-13 with three homers and eight RBIs to help the Yankees to their 27th World Series title, but first since 2000. Teammate Mark Teixeira said of Matsui's performance: "You can't say enough about the guy. I've never seen anybody hit like that in a World Series." (11/03/09) KBRX SPORTS -- The Nebraska state volleyball sub-districts got going on Monday night and from the D2-5 at Stuart the hometeam Broncos handled Lynch in straight games (25-20, 25-12, 25-12) while St. Mary's held off the Verdigre Hawks in five games (25-10, 19-25, 19-25, 25-5, 15-8).
The Eagles got an outstading night from senior Sherry Ruda with 14 kills and four blocks while freshman McKenna Rossmeier rolled up 11 kills and 21 service points with 10 aces in the win. Niobrara had a great night from sophomore Samantha Beaudette with 19 kills and 11 service points on three aces while Tanesha Sutta added two blocks.
St. Mary's attackers would win the day with 38 kills on 99 attempts as they hit .383 on the day. Verdigre connected on 21-of-64 for a .328 hitting average. The Hawks were led by nine kills from Caroline Cook while Briana Hamilton added seven of her own. Cook and Angela Boggs tallied eight service points each.
The Broncos served well to boot. Shelby Myers picked up 11 service points all in the second frame. Korinko added 10 points and four aces as the Broncos converted on 60-of-66 service attempts. For the Lynch Lady Eagles the hitters never quite got on track as they hit just .222 for the game. Marisa Dennis would lead the way with three kills while Sherry Ruda was limited to just two. The Eagles did serve well. They converted on 34-of-35 serve attempts. Rossmeier led the way with eight service points in the loss. That leaves the St. Mary's Lady Cardinals and the Stuart Lady Broncos left in the D2-5 bracket and a final matchup on Tuesday with first serve at 7:00PM. You can catch the game on 102.9FM KBRX with Scott Poese and Michael Wiiest. (11/03/09) KBRX SPORTS -- After an opening round of sub-districts coaches, fans and players are watching the power points and matchups as teams battle for a bid for the 2009 NSAA State Volleyball Tournament. That means it's time for some ins, outs, and hanging abouts for the race to Lincoln. In the C-One ranks only one local team remains but the O'Neill Eagles have been a team on the steady improvement. The Eagles are now 15-and-nine and battle the 17-and-eight Ord Chanticleers for the title in the C1-10 in Burwell. You can catch that game on 1350AM "The Shamrock" and on kbrx.com with Gary Hostert and Marc Zak. In the C-Two ranks the West Holt Huskies have kept their hopes intact after a win over a very tough Laurel-Concord Bears team. The hardest work in the C2-6 maybe already complete as the Creighton Bulldogs fell hard to 14-and-13 Hartington Cedar Catholic. The Huskies take on the Trojans on Tuesday night in O'Neill with game time slated for 7:00PM with the winner getting the Bancroft-Rosalie versus Wakefield winner from the C2-5. In the D-One ranks the West Boyd Spartans are still on the move with 11-and-15 Hartington standing between the Spartans and another district battle. West Boyd tangles with Hartington at 7:00PM tonight at Wausa. The winner gets the winner of the D2-7 pitting Winside against Newman Grove after Elkhorn Valley, Neligh-Oakdale and Clearwater-Orchard all bowed out of the tournament on Monday night. The D-Two ranks are still crowded around the neighborhood despite the NVC teams beating the stuffing out of each other. The Chambers Lady Coyotes are still rolling after knocking out Pope John last night. The Crusaders knocked out Elgin in the play-in game of the D2-6 while Wheeler Central continued their winning ways by taking out the Ewing Tigers. That sets a final between Chambers and Wheeler Central for Tuesday night at Neligh-Oakdale. On the oppisite side of the D2-6 is the D2-5 at Stuart where the hometeam Broncos take on the St. Mary's Cardinals in the finals on Tuesday night at 7:00PM. That match was set with Lynch knocking out Niobrara in the play-in game. St. Mary's had to survive five games with the Verdigre Hawks and Stuart bounced Lynch from the bracket three-oh on Monday. You can hear the Cardinals and Broncos on 102.9FM tonight. Otherwise in the D-Two field dont count out the Wausa Lady Vikings. They will battle the Wynot for the D2-4 title tonight Hartington Cedar Catholic. The winner will get the winner of the Dodge and Lindsey Holy Family matchup in the D2-3. The power points oddley enough does not really come into play for anyone but Chambers. The Coyotes currently set number one in the D-Two ranks and a loss to Wheeler Central on Tuesday certainly does not take the Coyotes out of their state title hunt. The Ewing Tigers were riding the line but now have slipped to 14th after losses to Pope John, and Wheeler Central twice. At any rate we will know more tonight as the sub-districts wrap up.
(11/03/09) KBRX SPORTS -- Cody Gartner began his 2009 wrestling season with a 3-1 record and a first place finish at the 2009 Daniel Cormier Open hosted by Colby Community College in Colby, KS. The tournament honors former Colby Community College standout wrestler Daniel Cormier. Cormier is a six-time national champion and two time Olympian, earning a bronze medal in the 2004 Olympic games. Gartner, who is competing as a redshirt for the University of Nebraska Kearney, began the day with a 6-3 decision in the round robin style format. His only loss came in a rare event during his second match. While trying to score an escape he found himself locked up in a cradle. The former O'Neill High standout, who showed an innate ability to work his way out of tight spots much like this one during his high school career, found this situation a little more then he bargained for. While trying to escape from the lock he allowed himself to go to his back and was unable to work his head free. The subsequent pin marked the first time since his freshman year of high school that Gartner suffered a loss by fall. Still, this impressive statistical tidbit was of little consolation to the 149 lbs Gartner. "I wish I could have that one back, (the cradle) was tight," remarked Gartner "I definitely learned my lesson." His third opponent on the day took took the brunt of the frustration left over from the second match. Gartner ended this match early earning a technical fall with with his 15 point margin of victory. His final match coincidentally brought the toughest competition of the bunch. Cody wrestled a poised match and was victorious in a 7-1 decision. Gartner was able to claim the gold medal despite his second round loss as his opponent in the match finished the day with a record of 2-2 in the same bracket. The UNK redshirts next action will be during the blue/gold intrasquad scrimmage on November 7th. Gartner is one of two former O'Neill high school wrestlers continuing their career at the Division II college level and one of four total wrestlers competing in the college ranks. Former teammate Terry Laursen, will wrestle this season as a redshirt for the NCAA Division II National Champion UNO Mavericks. Terry is slated to make his competitive debut at the Daktronics Open in Brookings, SD on November 7th. You can see an interview of Terry conducted by current Mavericks coach Mike Denney on UNO Wrestling Youtube page. (Click here for the Interview) Robert Peter and Matt Peter will be competing for Wayne State College this season. Robert will be wrestling at 174 lbs while his brother Matt will be competing at 149 lbs. Wayne State is beginning their second season of club (non-varsity sport) wrestling. The wildcat team competes as a member of the National Collegiate Wrestling Association. Robert and Matts' first action will be on Friday, November 13th at Rice Auditorium on the WSC campus. The Wildcats will host York College in a 6 pm dual. This event will mark the first time a college wrestling event has been hosted on the Wayne State Campus in 29 years. Admission to the dual is free. (thanks Bryan Corkle, O'Neill Eagle Wrestling) (11/04/09) UNDATED (AP) - The final South Dakota Sportswriters Association volleyball poll for the 2009 regular season. Teams are listed with first-place votes in parentheses, record, points and previous ranking.
(11/04/09) LINCOLN, NE -- The Nebraska volleyball team returns home to the NU Coliseum Wednesday night to play host to the Missouri Tigers. First serve for the 130th consecutive sellout at the NU Coliseum is set for 7 p.m. and the match will be carried on Huskers.com with John Baylor and Diane Mendenhall on the call. In addition, the match will be televised throughout the state on NET-1 and NET-HD with Larry Punteney and Kathi Weiskamp on the call. It is the 12th of 13 Husker regular-season matches televised in 2009. The Huskers (16-6, 9-4 Big 12) look to rebound following a sweep at the hands of No. 2 Texas on Friday night. Lindsey Licht led Nebraska with 10 kills on .316 hitting, but the rest of the Husker attack failed to get untracked against Texas. NU hit just .168 after hitting .300 or better in four of the last six contests. Despite that, NU had chances to win the first two sets, but the Longhorns made the plays at the end of sets to remain unbeaten. Missouri (15-9, 6-6 Big 12) comes to town riding a three-match win streak following a non-conference sweep of Southern Illinois-Edwardsville on Saturday night. The Tigers have been riding the arm of outside hitter Paola Ampudia, who averages 4.34 kills per set in Big 12 action. She tied a school record with 35 kills in a four-set win over Kansas on Oct. 24 and teams with Julianna Klein to give the Tigers a potent 1-2 punch from the outside. (thanks Shamus McKnight, University of Nebraska)
(11/04/09) LINCOLN, NE (AP) - Some key figures from the Oklahoma-Nebraska football rivalry will be in Lincoln at the end of the week to participate in activities associated with Saturday night's game between the 20th-ranked Sooners and Cornhuskers. Some 22 major award winners from both schools have been invited to a private dinner Friday night. Among them are Heisman Trophy winners Johnny Rodgers, Mike Rozier and Eric Crouch of Nebraska and Steve Owens, Billy Sims and Jason White of Oklahoma. Thirty members of the 1959 Nebraska team also will hold a reunion. That's the team that beat Oklahoma 25-21 to end the Sooners' 74-game conference unbeaten streak.
(11/04/09) PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Chase Utley and the Philadelphia Phillies are making a return trip to the Bronx. Utley matched a World Series home run record and the Phillies forced a Game 6 by outscoring the Yankees 8-6 in Philadelphia Monday night. Utley belted his fourth and fifth homers of the series to tie Reggie Jackson's mark set in 1977. The second baseman put the Phils ahead to stay with a three-run blast in the first inning and added a solo shot in the seventh. Jackson needed six games to hit five homers for the Yankees in the 1977 series against the Dodgers, setting the mark with round-trippers on his final three swings. Utley also joined Willie Aikens of Kansas City as the only players with a pair of two-homer games in one World Series. Utley homered twice off CC Sabathia in Game 1. Aikens did it against the Phils in 1980. Raul Ibanez added two RBI, including a solo homer that put the Phillies ahead 8-2 in the seventh. The Yankees made things interesting during the last two innings as Alex Rodriguez hit a two-run double in the eighth before scoring on a double-play grounder. Ryan Madson gave up a run in the ninth and was staring at the potential tying run at the plate before striking out Mark Teixeira to end the game. Winning pitcher Cliff Lee sailed through the first seven innings, allowing two runs and four hits before getting into trouble in the eighth. He was charged with five runs in seven-plus innings. It was a short night for loser A.J. Burnett, who was reached for six runs and five hits in two-plus innings. Rodriguez collected three more RBIs, giving him 18 for the postseason. He could break the record of 19 when the Yankees host Game 6 Wednesday night. Pedro Martinez will start for the Phillies Wednesday. Yankees manager Joe Girardi says he will wait until Tuesday before deciding whether to go with Andy Pettitte.
(11/02/09) KBRX SPORTS -- The 2009 Niobrara Valley Conference Finals were played on Friday night at O'Neill High School and the Chambers Lady Coyotes managed a sweep of the Wheeler Central Lady Broncos (25-9, 25-17, 25-21) to claim the 2009 Niobrara Valley Conference crown. The Wheeler Central Broncos have been on a roll lately and played hard but the now 27-and-one Chambers Coyotes hit over .400 for the three game set and took over 100 attacks in the win. In game one the Coyotes ran out to a 13-to-three lead and never looked back. Chambers would tally 12 kills on 27 attempts while serving up four aces and despite a couple of solid ace blocks from the Broncos, Chambers opened hot. Kelsey Owen would pick up four kills to lead the Coyotes while seven Coyotes picked up kills in the frame. Game two was much closer at 25-17 but again the Coyotes would out attack the Broncos for the win. While Wheeler Central picked up just three kills, Chambers rattled off a game high 16 kills and despite three service faults still managed the win. Again six Coyotes would pick up kills while Erin DeVries would lead the charge with four. Kelsey Owen would add three ace serves while the DeVries, Megan Hoffman and Montana Libolt would all add aces blocks and the Coyotes led two-games-to-none. Game three was closer yet at 25-21, but again Chambers would out hit Wheeler Central better than two-to-one as Chambers would record 15 kills compared to Wheeler Central's four. Katy Gottsch would be the Coyote weapon of choice in game three with five kills while six Coyotes again record kills, and Chambers sealed the win in three games. For the night, Kelsey Owen led the Coyotes with 10 kills, while Erin DeVries and Katy Gottsch picked up eight kills each as the Coyotes connected on 43-of-106 attack attempts to hit .406 for the night. Chambers would connect on 66-of-73 serves. Montana Libolt would lead the Coyotes in service with 13 points and four of the Coyotes 11 service aces. Owen added 10 service points and four aces of her own. The Broncos hitters were slowed by the contest Coyote pressure. Wheeler Central would gather 12 kills off 61 swings and hit just .197 on the night. Kelsey Weber led the way with five kills while Katie Thunker added three. In service the Broncos only served 48 times but converted on 45 of those. Katy Winter led the department with five points and one ace while Shelby Olson would add four points and Joni Qualm added two aces. The Chambers Lady Coyotes and the Wheeler Central Lady Broncos may see each other again as they are both in the D-Two Six subdistrict on Monday at Neligh-Oakdale. The Broncos open at 6:30PM against the 22-and-four Ewing Tigers. The Broncos are 19-and-seven going in. Chambers sits on the shelf until the late game Monday. The Coyotes now at 27-and-one await the winner of the Pope John and Elgin game for an 8:00PM first serve.
This contest was a pushing match all the way but Ewing did lead the first game from wire-to-wire to go up one-game-to-none. In the 25-to-21 win the Tigers dodged five service errors and manged eight kills. Tiffany Thramer nabbed four kills and one block but the biggest number may have been the three ace blocks by Sierra Summers. All told the Tigers held Pope John to just five kills while turning the Crusaders away with ace blocks five different times. Game two turned the tables as the Crusader hitters warmed up for 11 kills on 18 swings while Ewing committed three more service errors leading to a 25-to-16 Pope John win to even the match at one game each. Angie Pelster was red hot for the Crusaders with five kills while four other Crusaders would get in the kill column. Game three was nearly even in the kill department with Pope John collecting nine kills and Ewing collecting eight but the service errors would again bite the Tigers as the black-and-orange miscued four times in the frame. Jenna Beckman would be the go to hitter for the Crusaders as she tallied four kills while Tiffany Thramer would collect six kills for the Tigers. Game four rolled in and somebody woke up Pope John's six-foot senior hitter Jenna Beckman. The big hitter rattled off seven of the Crusaders 10 kills and while she was ablaze the Tigers were still fighting their sevice woes. Ewing committed four more service errors in the game and Pope John went on to win the game 25-to-11 and the match three-games-to-one. For Pope John the kill numbers were great as they connected on 35 of 68 attempts to hit .514 for the night. Jenna Beckman rattled off 17 kills in the game and added two blocks to boot. Angie Pelster 13 kills while Kasi Stoltz added three. In service the Crusaders were solid. The Crusaders would serve 83-of-89 on the night. Cary Eischeid would serve up 16 points and one ace, while Kasi Stoltz would add 11 service points, Laura Selting would collect nine points, Chelsi Mescher would have eight and Brea Schrage would serve seven points of her own. The Crusaders would collect seven service aces. As the Ewing Tigers connected on 28-of-79 attacks to hit .354, Tiffany Thramer would led the Tigers with 15 kills and two blocks. Sierra Summers tallied 11 kills and led the Tigers in blocks with three. Service would be a problem for the Tigers as they committed 15 service faults and connected on 40 of 65 serve attempts. Amber Stanton led the way in points with 10 while Sierra Summers would add eight service points. The Tigers collected ten service aces. These two teams could bump into each other again as they join Chambers, Elgin and Wheeler Central for the D-Two Six subdistrict on Monday at Neligh-Oakdale. Pope John puts their 14-and-14 record up against the eight-and-15 Elgin Eagles for a play-in game at 5:00PM Monday night with the winner to battle the Chambers Coyotes at 8:00PM. Meanwhile Ewing at 22-and-four hook up with the solid 19-and-seven Wheeler Central Broncos at 6:30PM with the winner moving on to Tuesday's sub-district finals. (11/02/09) KBRX SPORTS -- All season long the Dawg Pound crew has been picking football against each other to all lead up to a crown championship round and week one pitted the veteran Gary Hostert against the ruff and ready newcomer Marc Zak. It was fight to the finish as they were neck-and-neck going into the D-Two bracket. Zak would lose the A Bracket three-to-two but came back even with a win in the B-Bracket two-to-one. Zak would then push his lead to one game with a three-to-two win in the C-One bracket, but Hostert would stage a massive comeback winning the C-Two Bracket five-to-three. The D-One Bracket would prove tough for both of the pounders as Gary missed six games in the D-One while Marc missed five and evened the contest at 16 misses each. Then along came Gary missing just two D-Two games and despite a solid round of three misses from Marc the veteran Gary Hostert staved off elimination. Gary gets 62-of-80 games correct on the six bracket field while Marc hit on 61-of-80 games in the loss. With the win, the big veterans will go head-to-head for the second round as Gary Hostert brings his game on to take on the guru Terry Tomjack. They will pick all six classes and six tie-breakers to determine who will battle Michael Wiiest in the best-of-three finals for the title and a prize valued at no dollars and no cents, in case Terry was already trying to count his winnings. (11/02/09) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - In sports, another two dozen teams will put their equipment away for the season after today's quarterfinal round of the South Dakota prep football playoffs. Twenty-four games will be played around the state. The winners move on to the semifinal round on Saturday. Click here for complete playoff brackets!!
(11/02/09) LINCOLN, NE (AP) - Future Nebraska opponents can learn from Baylor's mistake when it comes to plotting strategy to keep defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh under control. The lesson: If you devote too much manpower to Suh, fellow tackle Jared Crick will make you pay. Crick stepped out of Suh's considerable shadow Saturday to turn in one of the greatest performances by a Nebraska defensive lineman. The sophomore from Cozad made a career-high 13 tackles and set a school record by sacking Baylor's Nick Florence five times in a 20-10 victory in Waco, Texas. The Bears tried to tie up Suh by having center J.D. Walton shade over to help the guards. That allowed Crick and linemates Barry Turner and Pierre Allen to all but roam free. For his efforts Crick has been named the Walter Camp Football Foundation's national defensive player of the week for his performance in Saturday's 20-10 win over Baylor. Crick made a career-high 13 tackles, 10 solo, and set a school record with five sacks. Crick tied the Nebraska record for tackles for losses, with seven, and also broke up a pass and recovered a fumble. Crick now has a team-high 8.5 sacks on the season and has 13 tackles for loss. (11/02/09) LINCOLN, NE (AP) - The Big 12 Conference has announced that this Saturday's Oklahoma-Nebraska game will start at 7 p.m. CST and be televised by ABC. Game times and television information for Nebraska's games against Kansas (Nov. 14) and Kansas State (Nov. 21) will be announced six to 12 days in advance.
(11/02/09) LINCOLN, NE – Iowa State announced Sunday that next Saturday’s volleyball match between No. 8 Nebraska and No. 9 Iowa State will start at 8 p.m. The move was announced following the announcement that the Iowa State-Oklahoma State football game earlier that day was picked up by ABC with a 2:30 p.m. start time. The match will be carried on selected Husker Sports Network Stations, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln and Twister 93.3 FM in Omaha, and on Huskers.com. It will not be on the full network, as the Nebraska football game against Oklahoma in Memorial Stadium will start at 7 p.m. and carried nationally on ABC. The Husker volleyball team is in action on Wednesday, Nov. 4, when Nebraska takes on Missouri at the NU Coliseum. First serve is set for 7 p.m. (thanks Shamus McKnight, University of Nebraska) (11/02/09) PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The New York Yankees are one victory away from winning their 27th World Series. The Yanks rallied with three runs after two were out in the ninth inning to beat Philadelphia 7-4 and take a 3-1 Series lead. Alex Rodriguez delivered the biggest hit of his career, a run-scoring double off Brad Lidge to drive in the go-ahead run. Johnny Damon started the two-out rally with a walk. With the Phillies infield in an overshift, Damon stole second base and raced to third when nobody was covering. A-Rod's hit easily scored Damon from third. Jorge Posada added two insurance runs with a single. Yankee manager Joe Girardi called Damon's rare double steal by alertly advancing to third "a great instinctual play." The Yanks got a gutty pitching performance from their ace CC Sabathia pitching on three days' rest. Sabathia allowed three runs on seven hits, striking out six in his six and two-thirds innings. Chase Utley's solo homer with two out in the seventh finished Sabathia's night. Joba Chamberlain was the winning pitcher despite giving up a tying home run to Pedro Feliz in the eighth. Mariano Rivera closed out the Phillies in a one-two-three ninth for his fifth save of this postseason. The Yankees can win the Series with a victory Monday night in Game 5. The Yanks are going with A.J. Burnett against the Phils ace, Cliff Lee, who dominated the Yanks in a six-hitter in Game 1. Lee has three victories and a 0.54 ERA in this postseason. (11/02/09) UNDATED (AP) - Brett Favre didn't win the popular vote in first start in Lambeau Field wearing anything other than a Packers uniform. Favre tossed four touchdown passes in leading the red-hot Minnesota Vikings to a 38-26 win over Green Bay in a game that may have left Packer fans even more steamed than ever at the 40-year-old legend. Favre called the game "pretty special" and said he hoped the Green Bay fans loved him as much as he loved them. Favre completed 17 of 28 passes for 244 yards and four touchdowns for the 7-and-1 Vikings, who have a firm two-game lead over Chicago atop the NFC North. He has thrown seven TD passes in two victories against his old team. Rookie receiver Percy Harvin caught five passes for 84 yards and a touchdown and had five returns for 175 yards.
(10/30/09) KBRX SPORTS -- The Clearwater/Orchard Cyclones got off to a great start on Thursday in the opening round of the D-One State Playoffs but the storm of the Cyclones would not last as Overton scored 39 unanswered points to knock Clearwater/Orchard from the playoffs 39-to-eight. On the first offensive possession for the Overton Eagles, Calvin Willats would intercept a Overton pass and take it all the way back to the Overton nine-yard line. Three plays later, Skyler Strope was in the endzone on a two-yard touchdown run and with 8:11 to go in the first quarter the Cyclones led eight-to-nothing. Unfortunately that would be about the bulk of the Cyclones highlights as Overton would go on a 39-point scoring spree. The Overton Eagles would score three times before the half as senior runningback Jared Hodgson would score on touchdown runs from five and six yards away and senior quarterback Jared Shafer would score from one-yard out as well and Overton led 21-to-eight at the half. Third quarter would net to more Eagle touchdowns as Jacob Olmstead would take an end-around play 24-yards down the left sideline for a score and Hodgson would strike for his third score from 23-yards out and with three quarters in the book Overton led 33-to-eight. The Cyclones would never really get back into this one as the Overton defense would score a touchdown midway through the fourth quarter as the Eagles blocked a Cyclone punt and covered it in the endzone to seal the score at 39-to-eight. The Cyclones would committ three other turnovers along with allowing the blocked punt and missed on two big fourth down conversions on their stongest drives. The Eagles were not without problems. Calvin Willats picked off two Overton passes while the Eagles gathered 11 penalty flags for a total of 90-yards in markoffs. Skyler Strope would lead the Clearwater/Orchard ground attack with 14 carries and 53-yards while the Cyclones would gather 90 total yards on the ground and Calvin Willats would go six-of-17 through the air for 59 yards. Hodgson would lead the Eagles with 107-yards on the ground as the Eagles rushed for 259 yards while Shafer threw for 82 more. The Cyclones end their season at five-and-four after making the playoffs both years of their exsistance. Overton moves to eight-and-one and awaits the winner of the Friday matchup between Garden Country and Crawford.
(10/30/09)KBRX SPORTS -- Sophomore running back Peter Walnofer came off the bench to rush for 116 yards and a touchdown as Chambers defeated Stuart 50-22 in 1st round playoff action Thursday night in Chambers. The Coyotes, who ran their record to (7-2), lost standout Matt Hoffman to an ankle injury late in the 1st quarter. Before he exited, the 175 lb. senior hit pay dirt on a 44 yard run. Chambers picked up the game’s first score when fullback Riley Schieneder ran in from two yards out. Both conversion tries failed but the Coyotes led 12-0 at the end of one quarter. Stuart fought back early in the 2nd period. Ryan Borg hauled in the third of his game high fourteen catches on a swing pass from Ben Kaup. The 160 lb. junior then proceeded to serpentine his way through the Chambers defense for a 55 yard score. After Kaup found Doug Larsen on the conversion pass, the Broncos trailed 12-8. However, the rest of the 2nd quarter belonged to the Coyotes. Chambers scored four times during a span of eight minutes. Schieneder and Walnofer each rushed for a score and quarterback Ross Miller threw for two more. The first was a 23 yard strike to Tyson Owen. The second came courtesy of some pre-Halloween trickery. Miller found Jed Dankert, an offensive guard, on a lineman eligible play. The pass covered 15 yards and came with just nine ticks remaining in the first half. The teams went to the break with Chambers leading 38-8 and seemingly in complete control. Stuart, however, fought back again in the third. The Bronco defense set the tone by forcing punts on the first three Chambers possessions. When Stuart had the ball, Kaup was completing passes to a variety of receivers. The junior signal caller found Garret Howitt on a seventeen yard touchdown pass that came with 8:30 left in the third quarter. Kaup then hit Garret Farr for the conversion and Stuart had hope. Special teams play set up another score for the Broncos. After forcing a Chambers into a fourth and long, a herd of Broncos broke through to block Chris Koenig’s punt. Stuart recovered on the Coyote ten and Kaup scored on a one yard run a few plays later. The conversion failed, and after three quarters the Coyotes led the Stuart 38-22. The Chambers defense came up big in the 4th quarter. The orange and white stopped Stuart on three fourth down attempts and also intercepted three Kaup passes. The Coyote offense played well too. Walnofer and Owen continued to pile up yardage behind fine offensive line play. Owen’s four yard TD run with 9:55 left gave Chambers some breathing room. He also broke free on a 41 yard run late in the game as the Coyotes were trying to run out the clock. For the game, Kaup connected on 23-42 passes for 267 yards and two scores. He was intercepted four times. Borg totaled 155 yards receiving while Howitt added 62 more. Running the ball proved more difficult for the Broncos. The maroon and white had just thirteen attempts on the ground with a total of 36 yards. With the win, the Coyotes advance to play Anselmo-Merna next Wednesday. The Broncos who ended the season at 4-5, lose just three seniors. (Gary Hostert, KBRX Sports)
(10/30/09) KBRX SPORTS -- It was a cold, rainy night when the mighty Cardinals were attacked by Wolves. On Thursday, October 29th, the St. Mary’s Cardinals welcomed the Loomis wolves to town for the first round of the state football playoffs. After three hours of playing in the mud, Loomis left O’Neill with a 50-14 victory that ended the Cardinals season. Loomis came out firing from the start. After stopping the Cardinals first drive, they only took one play to get on the board. A 53-yard pass from Alex Walton to Kalen Anderson put the Wolves on the board 8-0. The Cards would respond quickly. A good Tyler Timmerman kickoff returns would set up a three-play drive capped off with a 1-yard TD run by Tait Sibbel. The excitement for the Cards didn’t last long, however. On the ensuing kickoff, Anderson took the ball 64 yards down the field for the touchdown and put the Wolves up 14-6. Loomis would keep firing and push the score to 28-14 by halftime. The Cardinals came out firing for the start of the second half. They used ten plays to move the ball down to the Loomis 4-yard line. Unfortunately for the Cardinals, the drive ended with a Josh Holt interception in the endzone. Holt would finish what he started with a 33-yard touchdown reception on the following drive. That would be the final dagger in the Cardinals season. Loomis added a couple more scores before the end of the game and walked away with a 50-14 victory. Tait Sibbel had a tough day in the backfield for the Cardinals. He went 10-29 for 112 yards and 3 interceptions. He did lead the Cards in rushing with 78 yards. Sibbel also scored the only two touchdowns for St. Mary’s. Kalen Anderson let the Wolves with 107 yards receiving and two TD’s. He also added a touchdown with his kickoff return. The Cardinals end their season at five-and-four while the Wolves improve to six-and-three and await the winner of the Pleasanton/Potter Dix matchup. (Marc Zak, KBRX Sports)
(10/30/09) KBRX SPORTS -- The weather outside is, well lets say less then nice, but will the show go on? The 2009 NENAC and Niobrara Valley Conference Volleyball tournaments are set for the final night on this snowy Friday and the question becomes will the weather move out and let the teams move in. The NENAC Tournament is scheduled to be played at Plainview tonight. The fifth-and-sixth place game features the Randolph Cardinals battling the Crofton Warriors and is scheduled for first serve at 5:00PM. That game is to be followed by the West Holt Huskies battling the Elkhorn Valley Falcons for third-and-fourth place and the final game is the Championship match between the Laurel-Concord Bears and the Creighton Bulldogs. The Niobrara Valley Conference is scheduled to get finals underway at 6:30PM tonight at O'Neill High School. The Pope John Crusaders will hook up with the Ewing Tigers in the consolation game at 6:30PM and will be followed by the Chambers Coyotes battling the Wheeler Central Broncos for the NVC Championship. We will have the NVC Finals on 102.9FM and on the web at kbrx.com, and remember to stayed tuned for all your weather related annoucements. (10/30/09) KBRX SPORTS -- While everyone was scrambling around to get ready for day one of the Nebraska High School Football Playoffs, the NSAA released sub-district volleyball brackets on Thursday as well. Twenty-four area teams will be in action starting on Monday November 2nd covering eight different sites. We have all the brackets posted for you at kbrx.com. Click here to check out all the details.
(10/30/09) LUBBOCK, TX – Hannah Werth and Tara Mueller combined for 26 kills, as eighth-ranked Nebraska posted a 3-0 victory over Texas Tech, winning by scores of 25-12, 25-20, 25-20, Wednesday evening. The Huskers (16-5, 9-3 Big 12) relied on the outside attack against the Red Raiders, as Werth posted her 10th double-double of the season with a match-high 15 kills and 12 digs, while Mueller picked up her sixth double-double of the campaign with 11 kills on .360 hitting and 10 digs. On the night, Nebraska out-hit Texas Tech, .308-.093, as Sydney Anderson dished out 39 assists and added four kills and three blocks and 10 digs for her 13th double-double Nebraska also played well defensively, out-digging Texas Tech (2-18, 0-11 Big 12), 55-48, as four Huskers finished in double figures in digs. The Huskers also recorded seven blocks, including a match-high five blocks from Brooke Delano. Nebraska used an offensive barrage in the first set, hitting .483 as a team in rolling to a 25-12 victory. The Huskers were led by its outside hitters, as Mueller and Werth had five kills apiece while holding the Red Raiders to .026 hitting. The Huskers got off to a great start from its outside hitters, using a 5-1 run to turn a 5-3 lead into a 10-4 lead after a Anderson kill, as Werth and Mueller combined for six early kills. The Red Raiders pulled to within 13-9, but the Huskers used strong serving from Werth and Kayla Banwarth, as the Huskers posted a 10-1 run, including six straight on Kayla Banwarth’s serve, to build a 23-10 lead after back-to-back blocks from Delano and Licht. In the second set, the Huskers held off a charge from the Red Raiders in taking a 25-20 victory. NU was held to .208 hitting but held the Red Raiders to .152 hitting and came up big down the stretch. With the score tied at five, Nebraska went on a 7-2 run to build a 12-7 lead after an Anderson kill. Nebraska would manage the lead for most of the set, building an 18-14 lead after a Delano kill before Texas Tech would fight back. The Red Raiders ran off two straight to pull within 18-16 and eventually whittled the lead to Tech would 21-20 after a Husker service error. NU would regroup, as Licht came through with a big kill before a Tech attack error made it 23-20 and forced the Red Raiders to call timeout. Kayla Banwarth then drilled an ace into the corner before a lift call after a rally gave the Huskers a 2-0 lead to the locker room. Banwarth finished with 11 digs and tied her season high with two aces, as Nebraska racked up six aces on the night. In the finale, Nebraska trailed 4-1 early on, but came right back by winning six of the next nine rallies to pull even at seven apiece. The Huskers trailed 10-7, but two Werth kills sandwiched around a block by Jordan Wilberger and Anderson tied the score as 10 and forced Texas Tech to call timeout. Delano continued to serve well, continuing a 5-0 spurt, as the Huskers built a 12-10 lead on a Werth kill. After Tech pulled even at 12, kills from Werth and Wilberger helped Nebraska use a 6-1 spurt to build an 18-13 lead after Licht’s solo block. The Red Raiders made one last run, pulling to within 20-16, but a Delano kill and a block by the Husker middle blocker gave the Huskers a comfortable six-point lead at 22-16. Amanda Dowdy led Texas Tech with 14 kills on .462 hitting while no other Red Raider had more than seven kills in the loss. The Huskers will head to Austin, Texas, to take on No. 2 Texas Friday night at 6 p.m. (thanks Shamus McKnight, University of Nebraska) (10/30/09) NEW YORK (AP) - Kansas is the runaway choice for No. 1 in The Associated Press' preseason college basketball poll. The Jayhawks return all five starters and welcome one of the country's top recruiting classes. They are coming off a 27-and-8 season that ended in the third round of the NCAA tournament. Kansas received 55 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel to easily outdistance Michigan State, which was No. 1 on five ballots. The Spartans return seven of their top nine scorers from last season's national runner-up squad. Texas, Kentucky and Villanova round out the top five. Defending national champion North Carolina is sixth, with Purdue, West Virginia, Duke and Tennessee completing the top 10. (10/30/09) NEW YORK (AP) - Mark Teixeira and Hideki Matsui touched Pedro Martinez for solo home runs and the New York Yankees' bats woke up in a tense 3-1 win over Philadelphia to even the World Series at one game apiece. Teixeira connected in the fourth inning. Matsui put the Yanks ahead with a two-out homer in the sixth. The Yanks added an insurance run in the seventh on a single by Jorge Posada. A.J. Burnett was stellar in earning the win for the Yankees. He held the Phils to one run on four hits, striking out nine over seven innings. He struck out Ryan Howard three times as the Phillies slugger fanned four times. Yankee closer Mariano Rivera got six outs for his 38th career postseason save, including 10 in the World Series. The 38-year-old Martinez took the loss, allowing three runs on six hits in his six-plus innings. He struck out eight. Today is a travel day before Game 3 tomorrow night in Philadelphia. It'll be Andy Pettitte on the mound for the Yanks against Cole Hamels. (10/28/09) KBRX SPORTS -- The Santee Warriors rolled out the red carpet on Tuesday night for the NVC Semi-Finals and before the night was over the Wheeler Central Broncos and the Chambers Coyotes Earned the right to compete for the 2009 Niobrara Valley Conference volleyball title by taking wins in the semi-finals. The opener was a dandy as Wheeler Central defeated the Ewing Tigers in four games 25-21, 16-25, 25-21, 25-23. This was a shoot-out from the open but the Broncos caught fire early and behind a seven-point service run from Shelby Olson, the Broncos built a lead that despite being threatened would never be given up and the Broncos won game one 25-to-21. Wheeler Central would ride the service of Olson for seven points and three aces while Kelsey Weber would add four of the Broncos eight kills for a win game one. Ewing would come blazing back in game two as the Tiger hitters got hot. Ewing would hit 12-of-24 attack attempts in game two while holding Wheeler Central to just six kills for the win. Tiffany Thramer would be red hot with five kills, one block in the frame and the series evened at one game each. Game three was back to the Broncos as three different Broncos would collect three kills each. Kelsey Weber, Danielle Nichols and Shelby Olson would all collect three kills each while Katy Winter would add two aces to the card. Thramer was hot again for Ewing with five kills while Sierra Summers added four as well but Wheeler Central would hang on for a 25-to-21 win and would lead the series two games to one. Game four, the Broncos poured on the attacks. Wheeler Central would seal game four and the win with 14 kills in the fourth game. Weber would flat catch fire with six kills in the frame while Nichols would add four more and Ewing would not help their own cause committing three big service faults. Kelsey Weber was nothing short of impressive for the Broncos. She collected 14 kills and eight service points in the win. Danielle Nichols added eight kills while Shelby Olson nabbed six and Melanie Schindler and Katie Thunker added five each. Shelby Olson would lead the service line with 13 points and three of Wheeler Central's six service aces. The Broncos converted on 83-of-89 service attempts. The Ewing Tigers would get a huge 20 kills from Tiffany Thramer along with 12 more for Sierra Summers and seven more from Natasha Koenig. Amber Stanton would lead in service with 10 points while Koenig would add eight points and six aces to the card. Ewing tallied an impressive 18 aces while connecting on 82 of their 91 service attempts. In game two the Pope John Crusaders played hard but the Coyotes of Chambers could do no wrong and swept Pope John 25-9, 25-15, and 25-13. Chambers opened game one red hot in service with Megan Hoffman ripping off the first four serves for points and jumped the Crusaders early and ran out to a 25-to-nine win. Montana Libolt would pick up four kills in the frame for Chambers as Megan Hoffman nailed down four service points and Brooke Barrelman sealed the win with a seven-point service run and two aces to end the game. Pope John was held to just five hills in the frame and just one service point. Game two the Crusader hitters got a little more done as Laura Selting, Jenna Beckman and Sam Heitoff would pick up two kills each. The problem was the Coyotes would collect four kills from Laura Tomjack and three more from Kelsey Owen to go along with Libolt's three aces and won the set 25-to-15 to lead two games to none. Game three and the Coyotes stayed on task collecting 12 more kills spread among five different hitters. They also picked up three blocks and the win 25-13 to seal the contest three-games to none and a bid for the NVC crown. Chambers just simply did alot of things well. The Coyotes converted 35 kills from 76 attempts hitting .460 for the game. They converted 64-of-67 serving attempts, rattled off 18 aces in three games. Chambers was led by Laura Tomjack in kills with eight and blocks with two. Katy Gottsch, Montana Libolt, and Kelsey Owen added seven kills each while Erin DeVries added four. Megan Hoffman led the service department with 15 service points, while Laura Tomjack would add 11 and Brooke Barrelman would add eight service points and three aces off the bench. The Crusaders got three kills each from Angie Pelster, Jenna Beckman, Marin Heitoff and Sam Heitoff. Beckman and Kasi Stoltz collected four service points each while the Crusaders went without an ace serve. That sets up the NVC Finals for Friday night at O'Neill High School. The Pope John Crusaders will open with the Ewing Tigers in the consolation game at 6:30PM while the Chambers Coyotes get ready to battle the streaking Wheeler Central Broncos for the championship game at 8:00PM. You can catch both game on 102.9FM and on www.kbrx.com.
(10/28/09) KBRX SPORTS -- The NENAC Conference Volleyball Tournament for 2009 is heading toward finals on Friday as the second round went down Tuesday at Creighton and Laurel-Concord. At the Creighton site the the Bulldogs needed four games but got by the Elkhorn Valley Lady Falcons 25-17, 23-25, 25-18, 25-14. Meanwhile, Laurel-Concord hosted themselves a win as the Bears defeated West Holt in five games 20-25, 25-20, 25-23, 23-25, 15-10. The Consolation side had Crofton downing Neligh-Oakdale 25-21, 25-14, 25-19 and Randolph taking Plainview, 23-25, 25-18, 25-19, 26-24. That sets the final day of action for the NENAC to be played at Plainview High School on Friday October 30th. The fifth-and-sixth place game will feature Crofton battling Randolph with the opening serve set for 5:00PM. That contest will be followed by West Holt taking on Elkhorn Valley for third-and-fourth place and the Creighton Bulldogs battling the Laurel-Concord Bears for the NENAC title. Neligh-Oakdale and Plainview will now sit on the shelf until sub-districts open on Monday.
(10/28/09) KBRX SPORTS -- The O'Neill Lady Eagles Volleyball team put forth a very solid effort in not one, but two fights in their final game heading into the postseason. They took down the Valentine Badgers in a three set sweep 25-9, 25-13, 25-15 on senior night. They also showed their support for the fight against breast cancer by sponsoring a "Pink Out" for the final home game of the season. Fans in attendance wore pink and the girls wore pink ribbons throughout the night as money was collected for the cause. Before the match, seniors Kelsey Mundhenke and Rainey Hull were honored on senior night. Both seniors made their presence known very early on. Both girls recorded service aces within the first 6 points of the night. Mundhenke finished the night recording seven kills and the libero, Hull, played very solid defense for the Eagles. It was, however, a sophomore who ended up stealing the show for the night. Alex Hedlund could not be stopped throughout the night. Although she recorded thirteen total kills in the three set sweep, that was not her most impressive stat of the night. O'Neill took the first two sets over Valentine easily. The third set, Valentine came out firing and took an early 10-5 lead. That was until Hedlund got behind the service line. Hedlund proceeded to rack up back-to-back service aces. Valentine then took a time out, but that didn't stop Hedlund. She came out of the time out and scored three more consecutive aces that completely knocked the wind out of the Valentine squad. With the win, O'Neill bumped their record to 14-9 on the season. That should be good enough to get them a #2 seed going into their subdistrict on Nov. 2nd in Burwell. (KBRX Sports, Marc Zak)
(10/28/09) LINCOLN, NE -- The Nebraska volleyball team begins its longest roadtrip of the season on Wednesday night, as the Huskers travel to Lubbock, Texas, to take on the Texas Tech Red Raiders. First serve is set for 6:30 p.m., and the match will be carried on Huskers.com with John Baylor and Lindsay Peterson on the call. The Huskers will stay in Texas following Wednesday and head to Austin for Friday’s matchup with the Longhorns. The Huskers (15-5, 8-3 Big 12) began the second round of Big 12 action with a four-set win over an improved Oklahoma squad on Saturday. The Huskers were led by Hannah Werth’s career-high 19 kills, as three Huskers finished in double figures. Lindsey Licht tied her season high with 16 kills and added six blocks, while Kori Cooper added 12 kills on .409 hitting and tied her season best with five blocks. Sydney Anderson dished out 51 assists and added 10 digs for her team-best 12th double-double of the year, while Kayla Banwarth totaled 20 digs as NU held Oklahoma to .145 hitting. Texas Tech (2-17, 0-10 Big 12) looks to bounce back after a 3-0 loss to No. 14 Iowa State on Saturday. Texas Tech features one of the best blockers in the Big 12 in Barbara Conceicao, who is second in the league in blocks at 1.31 per set, and Amanda Dowdy, who averages a team-best 3.23 kills and 0.79 blocks per set. Nebraska swept the Red Raiders in the first meeting on Sept. 16. (thanks Shamus McKnight, University of Nebraska)
(10/28/09) DALLAS - No. 9-ranked Texas A&M closed with an 11-under-par 273 Tuesday to successfully defend its title at the Baylor Invitational at Royal Oaks Country Club. Three Aggies posted final-round scores in the 60s, led by sophomore Geoff Shaw's six-under 65. The victory was A&M's second straight to end the fall season. The Aggies also won the Lone Star Invitational last week in San Antonio. "I was really proud of the guys today for again finishing strong," A&M Coach J.T. Higgins said. "They really came through today. The conditions were perfect and we took advantage and played outstanding golf. We had a great fall season and have a lot we can build on going into the spring." A&M freshman Cameron Peck tied for second individually with a four-under total of 71-70-68=209, finishing two strokes behind individual champion James Kwon (76-64-67=207) of SMU. A&M senior Andrea Pavan (70-72-69=211) tied for fifth, Shaw (73-78-65=216) tied for 14th, junior Nacho Elvira (74-72-71=2176) tied for 18th and junior John Hurley (72-75-77=224) tied for 42nd. The defending national champion Aggies' team score of four-under 286-289-273=848 edged runner-up SMU (851) by three strokes. Iowa (865) finished third, followed by New Mexico (866), Baylor (866), Arkansas (872), Lamar (874), No. 4 Texas (875), Tulsa (883), Oklahoma (883), BYU (887) and Texas-San Antonio (903). A&M opens its spring season at the Arizona Invitational Feb. 1-2 in Tucson. (thanks University of Texas A&M)
(10/28/09) OMAHA, NE (AP) - Creighton University has reached an agreement to play its home baseball games at a new downtown ballpark beginning in 2011. The university struck a deal Tuesday with the Metropolitan Entertainment and Convention Authority to play at TD Ameritrade Park. The MECA board approved a 10-year lease. As part of the deal, the Bluejays will play some home games in 2011 and all of their home games at the Omaha stadium in 2012. Construction is under way on the stadium that also will host the College World Series. The project is expected to be completed in the spring of 2011. The stadium replaces Rosenblatt Stadium, home to the CWS since 1950. Planners say it will hold about 24,000 fans.
(10/28/09) LINCOLN, NE (AP) - Nebraska star defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh says he has not practiced with the offense this season and that he doesn't believe he's needed on that side of the ball. Suh lined up at fullback on occasion the second half of the 2008 season, even catching a short touchdown pass against Kansas. Suh said Tuesday that he would be "more than happy" to dabble in offense again, but only if asked by the coaching staff. Suh said he's not asking offensive coordinator Shawn Watson to get him some plays at fullback. As it is, the 6-foot-4, 300-pound senior is getting plenty of work on defense. He leads the Huskers with 44 tackles, four sacks, 12 quarterback hurries and seven pass breakups.
(10/28/09) ST. LOUIS (AP) - Northern Iowa was the overwhelming choice to win the Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball title in 2009-10. The league said Tuesday that Northern Iowa received 38 out of 39 first-place votes. The school was last year's regular-season co-champ and conference tournament winner. The Panthers earned 389 out of a possible 390 votes and outdistanced Creighton, which received the other first-place vote and 336 total points. Trailing in the preseason voting were Illinois State (299), Southern Illinois (272), Wichita State (216), Bradley (208), Indiana State (173), Drake (105), Missouri State (92) and Evansville (55). On the women's side, Creighton (393) was tabbed as the preseason favorite, followed by Illinois State (340), Drake (296), Northern Iowa (253) and Indiana State (250).
(10/28/09) CHICAGO (AP) - The Ricketts family has completed the purchase of the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field and other assets from the Tribune Co. The new owners say they've taken a 95 percent controlling interest in the baseball franchise, its storied ballpark and 25 percent of Comcast Sportsnet. The deal is valued at $845 million. Billionaire Joe Ricketts is the founder of Omaha, Neb.-based TD Ameritrade. Forty-four-year-old Tom Ricketts will serve as board chairman. (10/27/09) KBRX SPORTS -- The Niobrara Valley Conference Tournament and the NENAC Conference Tournaments opened on Monday night and after the opening round games several teams are planning for the second round of the tournaments on Tuesday while others have the balance of the week to perpare for sub-district play. In the Niobrara Valley Conference opening round winners included Chambers, Wheeler Central, Ewing and Pope John. Those four teams move on to Santee on Tuesday night where the Ewing Tigers will battle the Wheeler Central Broncos at 6:30PM and the Chambers Coyotes will hook up with the Pope John Crusaders at 8:00PM in the semi-final round. The losers of those games play at 6:30PM Friday for the Consolation Game of the NVC while the winners will meet at 8:00PM. Both of those games will be played at O'Neill High School on Friday night. Meanwhile Stuart, St. Mary's, West Boyd, North Central, Lynch, Elgin, Niobrara, Santee, Verdigre, and Clearwater/Orchard will have a full week off as they will not enter sub-district play until Monday November 2nd. In the NENAC Tournament the field is played a little different as all eight teams in the NENAC are gaurenteed two games. In the Consolation round from Creighton the Neligh-Oakdale Warriors will battle the Crofton Warriors at 5:30PM. Creighton will meet Elkhorn Valley in the winners bracket from Creighton at 7:00PM tonight. In the games at Laurel-Concord, Randolph will battle Plainview in the consolation round while Laurel-Concord and West Holt will hook up in the winners bracket. This tournament continues on Friday at Plainview High School. The winners of the early Tuesday games will meet at 5:00PM for the fifth-and-sixth place game. The losers of the late games meet at 6:30PM for the Consolation Game while the undefeated teams meet at 8:00PM for the NENAC title.
(10/27/09) O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS -- Last Friday, October 23rd, the state cross country meet was held in Kearney, at the Kearney Country Club. Running for the Eagles were Lizzie Price, Brandi Walters, and Daniel Waterman. Lizzie and Brandi ran in the Class C girls division and placed 13th earning a medal, while Brandi Walters placed 38th out of 94 of the best in Class C Girl’s Cross Country. “It was great to see both of them run well. They are both freshman. With their experience at the state meet, and the youth of our team I am excited about next year,” said Coach Hilker. Daniel Waterman placed 37th as an individual out of 91 athletes. “Daniel showed a lot of growth from last year. Even though he didn’t run the race he wanted, he competed hard and did well. Only losing one senior, are team should see big improvements next year,” said Coach Hilker. (thanks O'Neill High School Sports) (10/27/09) UNDATED (AP) - The South Dakota Sportswriters Association volleyball and football polls for the week of Oct. 26, 2009. Teams are listed with first place votes in parenthesis, records, points and previous ranking.
(10/27/09) DALLAS - Texas A&M freshman Cameron Peck shared the individual lead and the No. 9-ranked Aggies were one stroke back at the Baylor Intercollegiate Monday when play was stopped midway through the second round because of heavy rain. The round is scheduled to resume Tuesday at 8:30 a.m., followed immediately by the final round at Royal Oaks Country Club. The defending champion Aggies (+6) trail leader Iowa (+5) . New Mexico (+10) is in third, followed by No. 4 Texas (+13), SMU (+14), host Baylor (+15), Tulsa (+17), Arkansas (+18), Oklahoma (+21), Lamar (+22), BYU (+24) and Texas-San Antonio (+30). "It was extreme tough out there today but our team was as tough as the conditions," A&M Coach J.T. Higgins said. "We finished strong in a downpour in the morning round when the course was at its toughest. We really battled and had great effort from top to bottom. We're in great position going into tomorrow." A&M junior John Hurley is tied for seventh (72-E=+1), senior Andrea Pavan is tied for ninth (70-+3=+2), and sophomore Geoff Shaw (73-+3=+5) and junior Nacho Elvira (74-+2=+5) are tied for 28th. (thanks University of Texas A&M)
(10/27/09) GOLDEN, CO – The Chadron State football team overcame a 14-point fourth quarter deficit, but their rally fell short in overtime when Colorado School of Mines kicker Dalton Lane booted a 29-yard field goal to lift the Orediggers to a 30-27 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference victory Saturday in Golden, Colo. Chadron State began overtime with the ball and drove inside the 1-yard line, but the Colorado Mines defense forced a fumble – its third turnover of the game – to hold CSC out of the end zone. The Orediggers took over the ball at the 25-yard line and after conservative play calls, Lane sealed the win with his third field goal of the game. The Eagles never led in the game but they were able to claw themselves back into it by scoring two touchdowns in the final seven and a half minutes. Quarterback Garrett Treffer, who completed 29 of 42 passes for a career-high 318 yards, started the rally by finding Brandon Harrington for a 28-yard touchdown, cutting Mines’ lead to 27-20. Three senior receivers for CSC had big days. Watson led the team with seven receptions for 105 yards, Harrington added four grabs for 89 yards, and Isaac Stockton had five catches for 57 yards. Mark Haag, who added 11 catches for 50 yards, rushed 20 times for 53 yards. Haag’s 11 receptions are the most by a CSC halfback in one game in school history. Despite allowing 478 total yards, the CSC defense played well. Jeff Lyster led the Eagles with 11 total tackles and Nick Milani had eight more. Milani also recovered a fumble. Chadron State, now 5-4 overall and 4-3 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, will host Mesa State in the final home game of the season Saturday. Kickoff is set for noon. (thanks Alex Helmbrecht, Chadron State College)
(10/27/09) ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Mark McGwire is returning to baseball as hitting coach under St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa. The Cardinals said Monday that La Russa had agreed to a one-year contract for a 15th season as manager and that McGwire will replace Hal McRae. Pitching coach Dave Duncan will also be back. McGwire hit a then-record 70 home runs in 1998 and retired with 583 homers in 2001. He famously refused to answer questions about steroids use during a congressional hearing, saying he wasn't there to talk about the past. He has received little support from voters for the Hall of Fame. (10/27/09) NEW YORK (AP) - The 2009 World Series begins Wednesday night in New York as the Yankees entertain Philadelphia. The Phillies advanced last week by eliminating the L.A. Dodgers in a five-game NLCS. The Yankees qualified with their 5-2 victory last night over the Angels in Game 6 of the ALCS. The first two games of the best of five series will take place in the new Yankee Stadium. Games three, four and if need be, game five being played in Citizens Bank Ballpark in Philly. If the Fall Classic goes the distance, the last game would be played in New York on Nov. 5. Both pitchers were traded in the last year of their contract, Sabathia in 2008 and Lee this past July.
(10/26/09) KBRX SPORTS -- The 2009 Nebraska State Cross Country Meet was ran in Kearney on Friday October 23rd and the neighborhood faired well picking up six individual medals and one team championship. The O'Neill Eagles got a fantastic performance from freshman Lizzy Price as she turned a 16:39.9 and claimed 13th place in her first varsity year of her hopefully long career. As for the D Girls, it belonged to the Crofton Warriors. The Lady Warriors took four medals from the top 15 and sealed the team championship with 30 team points outdistancing second place Lindsay Holy Family with 50 points. Senior Kristin Steffen led the charge with a 5th place in a time of 15:45.3. Freshman Danielle Riesberg added seventh place with a time of 16:00.9. Freshman Tiffany Tramp added a tenth place with a 16:02.1 and Merissa Falkenberg rounded out the Warriors scoring in 15th place with a time of 16:23.0. The West Holt Lady Huskies finished out of the medals in sixth place at 127 points. In the Boys action senior Taylor Kube of Crofton ran 17:21.6. That was good for fifth place in the class D Boys. Bloomfield's sophomore Austin Hamm turned in a 17:40.6 and took tenth place in the field. Complete local results are posted at the Pinnacle Bank Scoreboard. (10/26/09) KBRX SPORTS -- Teams, coaches, and fans drew a collective breath on Saturday morning as the 2009 Nebraska High School Football brackets were released and when the ink dried 12 local teams have made the fields of 32 in four different classes. In the C-One Field the seven-and-one Crofton Warriors have grabbed a three seed in the western bracket. That means they will entertain the three-and-five Cozad Haymaker on Thursday with kickoff slated for 3:00PM. In the C-Two field the Creighton Bulldogs on the back of a six-and-two mark have claimed an eight seed in the west and will host the five-and-three Stanton Mustangs with a kick-off time at 6:00PM. The D-One Field sports three local teams. The Osmond Tigers open as a seven seed in the west. The six-and-two Tigers open with the five-and-three Meridan Mustangs with kick slated for 5:00PM. The Burwell Longhorns have picked up am eight seed in the west and the seven-and-one purple-and-white take on the six-and-two Axtell Wildcats in Burwell on Thursday at 6:00PM. The Clearwater/Orchard Cyclones are on the round one. The 13th seeded Cyclones take their five-and-three record into Overton to battle the seven-and-one Overton Eagles with kick-off at 2:00PM. That game can be heard on 102.9FM KBRX O'Neill. The D Two Field is loaded with talent as always as seven are teams are in the field of 32. The defending D-Two State Champion Ewing Tigers are the number one seed in the east and will put their unblemished record up agains the four-and-four Lindsay Holy Family Bulldogs with kickoff slated for 5:00PM. The two seed on the east is also a local squad as the unbeaten Bloomfield Bees will take on the Shickley Longhorns in Bloomfield with kickoff slated for 4:00PM. The Pope John Crusaders will also wage playoff war in the east. The five-and-three Crusaders are heading south to take on the seven-and-one Lawerence-Nelson Raiders with that kick slated for 5:00PM. The Crusaders are seeded 10th with the Raiders in a seven seed. As we swing west, the Chambers Coyotes have collected a five seed with a six-and-two mark. They host their local rival the Stuart Broncos. The Broncos come in with a four-and-four record and sit 12th in the bracket. That contest will be played in Chambers with kickoff slated for 6:00PM. You can catch the Coyotes and Broncos on 102.9FM KBRX and on the web at www.kbrx.com. The five-and-three St. Mary's are a seven seed in the west and will host the five-and-three Loomis Wolves on Friday. Kick time is slated for 2:30PM in O'Neill. You can catch the Cardinals and the Wolves on 1350 KBRX The Shamrock and on the web at www.kbrx.com The Lynch Eagles are in the door as a fourteen seed in the west. The four-and-four Eagles head to Mullen to battle the seven-and-one Broncos. Kick-off is slated for 5:00PM central and 4:00PM mountain. In the six-man ranks the Wheeler Central Broncos are in the playoffs yet again. They will travel to the St. Edward Beavers for a Friday October 30th game with kickoff slated for 7:00PM. Complete brackets are post here at KBRX!!!!! (10/26/09) KBRX SPORTS -- The 2009 Niobrara Valley Conference and NENAC Conference Volleyball tournaments are slated and open tonight. The NENAC field opens with Creighton Bulldogs will be hosting one half of the opening round on Monday October 26th. That is where Elkhorn Valley will battle Crofton at 5:30PM followed by Neligh-Oakdale taking on the host Bulldogs at 7:00PM. The other half will head for Laurel-Concord High School where West Holt will open with Randolph at 5:30PM followed by the hosting Bears taking on Plainview at 7:00PM. Round two goes down on Tuesday the 27th where the tournament will pits winners against winners and losers against losers and their respective sites. Consolations rounds will begin at 5:30PM at both Creighton and Laurel-Concord followed by the winners brackets at 7:00PM. The tournament finishes its run with three games on Friday October 30th at Plainview High School. The winners of the consolation games from Tuesday will meet at 5:00 for the fifth-and-sixth place game. The Consolation game is slated for 6:30PM and the Championship at 8:00PM. The Niobrara Valley Conference also opens on Monday at four sites. Site one for the East will be at Ewing with the top seeded Tigers receiving a bye in the opening round. Elgin will play Clearwater/Orchard at 6:15PM Monday night and the winner with battle Ewing at 7:30PM. East Sight two is Santee as the Warriors will battle the Niobrara Lions at 5:00PM Monday night. The other side of that bracket pits Pope John against Verdigre at 6:15PM. The winners of those two contests will meet and 7:30PM Monday night. Site one for the West is Chambers and the Lady Coyotes have gotten an opening round bye. Stuart will take on St. Mary's at 6:15PM Monday and the winner will take on the Chambers Coyotes at 7:30PM. Site two on the west is West Boyd. The Spartans open against the Lynch Eagles at 5:00PM on Monday followed by Wheeler Central taking on North Central. The winners will meet at 7:30PM Monday night. Winners of the four sites will advance to the semi-finals slated for Santee on Tuesday. The highest east site winner will battle the lower winner from the west half at 6:30PM while the higher west site winner will take on the lower east side winner at 8:00PM. The Consolations and Finals will be played at O'Neill High School on Friday October 30th with the Consolation round at 6:30PM and the Championship Finals at 8:00PM.
(10/26/09) LINCOLN, NE – Behind a career high 19 kills from Hannah Werth, No. 5 Nebraska got back on its winning track, topping Oklahoma, 3-1 (25-22, 25-22, 22-25, 25-15) Saturday night at the NU Coliseum. Werth collected a match-high 19 kills on .342 hitting, breaking her previous best of 17 set twice this season, including in the first matchup with Oklahoma last month. She also added 12 digs for her ninth double-double of the season, as Nebraska improved to 15-5 overall and 8-3 in the Big 12. Her total equaled the most by any Husker freshman since the 2004 campaign. Werth was one of two Huskers to enjoy season bests against the Sooners, as Lindsey Licht matched her season high with 16 kills on .345 hitting and added six blocks on the night. Middle blocker Kori Cooper was the third Husker to finish in double figures, recording 12 kills on .409 hitting and five blocks, as she reached double figures in kills for the third time in the last four matches. Sydney Anderson dished out 51 assists and added 10 digs for her 12th double-double, while helping NU hit .225 against a Sooner defense that was second in the Big 12 in opponent hitting percentage at .149. Nebraska also churned out seven aces, including a career-high four from Tara Mueller and two from Kayla Banwarth. Nebraska, which has won the last 25 meetings with Oklahoma dating back to 1997, was solid defensively, holding the Sooners to just .145 hitting, including the last two sets under .100. Brooke Delano led NU’s defensive with a match-high seven blocks, while Banwarth scooped up a match-high 20 digs. It marked Banwarth’s fifth straight match and 10th of the year with at least 20 digs. She also moved into 10th place on NU’s career list with 979 digs. Suzy Boulavasky led Oklahoma (13-7, 6-5 Big 12) with a 19 kills, while no other Sooner had more than six. The loss also snapped Oklahoma’s two-match win streak. (thanks Shamus McKnight, University of Nebraska)
(10/26/09) OMAHA, NE (AP) - Running back Antaries Daniels of Omaha Northwest overcame three fumbles and a brief benching to set a state record for most rushing yards in a game. Daniels' 410-yard performance in a 51-33 loss to Omaha Benson on Friday set the Class A record but fell just short of the all-class 11-man mark of 414 yards by Burwell's Brett Gumb in 2004. Northwest Coach Damon Benning said he benched Daniels for a series-and-a-half in the third quarter after the 5-foot-11, 200-pounder fumbled for the second and third times. Benning said he brought Daniels back because he didn't want him to end his senior season on a down note. Daniels said Sunday he's still is "taking in" the significance of the record and credits Benning for making him a potential Division I college running back.
(10/26/09) LINCOLN, NE (AP) - Tentative quarterback play, dropped passes, lack of a running game and inconsistent offensive line performances all have contributed to Nebraska's embarrassing home losses the past two weeks. Mike Smith also believes another factor is at work. The offensive lineman says the Cornhuskers are victims of bad luck. The major story line of Saturday's 9-7 loss to Iowa State was Nebraska's eight turnovers, four of which came inside the ISU 5. There were a couple tipped passes and an inexplicable drop by Niles Paul. Offensive coordinator Shawn Watson belives a team makes its own luck, good or bad. He says the Huskers were sloppy with the ball. He says "you've got to handle the rock."
(10/26/09) COLUMBUS, NE (AP) - Nebraska deer hunters can use phones or the Internet to report their kills while still in the field or from home computers. The new Telecheck system began with the deer archery season in September and can be used by all deer hunters except those participating in the firearm season Nov. 14-22. Hunters can check in their deer kill by calling (800) 405-7700, or online at www.NEdeercheck.com. Previously, all deer kills had to be reported at a check-in station. Those stations are still in operation throughout the state.
(10/26/09) NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Yankees are the American League champs for the 40th time in team history. The Bombers relied on Andy Pettitte's strong pitching and a pair of rallies to beat the Los Angeles Angeles 5-2 in Game 6 at Yankee Stadium. Pettitte became the all-time winningest pitcher in major league postseason history, claiming his 16th by holding the Angels to a run and seven hits while striking out six in 6 1-3 innings. The lefty pitched in and out of trouble most of the game but blanked L.A. after Bobby Abreu's RBI single in the third inning. The Yankees used a three-run fourth to take the lead for good, loading the bases before Johnny Damon laced a two-run single. Alex Rodriguez worked out a bases-loaded walk to put the Yanks ahead 3-1 and chase loser Joe Saunders, who was reached for seven hits and five walks. Mariano Rivera gave up Vladimir Guerrero's RBI single in the eighth before the Yankees broke it open, scoring on a throwing error and a sacrifice fly. Rivera got the final three outs for the save. The outcome sets up a matchup between the Yanks and Phillies in the World Series, which begins Wednesday in the Bronx.
(10/26/09) PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Phillies left-hander Cliff Lee will start Game 1 of the World Series against the Yankees. Lee has been dominant in the postseason, going 2-0 with an 0.74 ERA in three starts. Manager Charlie Manuel made the announcement Sunday. Lee will take the mound Wednesday night at New York. The Yankees beat the Angels 5-2 on Sunday night to win the AL championship series in six games. Manuel hasn't set the rest of his rotation. Pedro Martinez and Cole Hamels are the candidates to pitch Game 2. By pitching the opener, Lee could get three starts if needed. Manuel said he would consider using his ace on three days' rest. Lee was the AL Cy Young Award winner last year with Cleveland. He joined the Phillies in a trade and went 7-4 with a 3.39 ERA in 12 starts.
(10/23/09) KBRX SPORTS -- The 2008 matchup between the Chambers Coyotes and the Pope John Crusaders saw the Crusaders handling the Coyotes in the mud at Chambers 34-18. The 2009 matchup for Week Eight had the Coyotes on the hunt in the snow at Elgin and this time they got the Crusaders 14-to-six. Slick, slick, windy, cold and did we mention slick would cover the field and weather conditions for this one as Elgin took rain and nearly an inch of wet snow in the morning before the afternoon kickoff. Chambers would draw first blood on just their second possession as after Pope Joh would turn the ball over on downs the Coyotes would go to senior Matt Hoffman and behind a huge block from Chris Koenig and Jed Dankert, Hoffman would sail the left sideline and score from 48-yards out. The Coyote PAT failed and with 7:53 to go in the first quarter the Coyotes led six-to-nothing. The weather would be hard on the offenses of both teams as the Crusaders next two drives ended on missed fourth down conversions and Chambers next two drives on a failed fourth down conversion and a punt. Then the Crusaders would get rolling late in the half. Following a Coyote punt the Crusaders would march 53 yards over three minutes and 46 seconds and with 34 seconds to play in the half senior quaterback Curtis Childers would hit big senior end Jeff Starman with a 17-yard touchdown pass and following a failed PAT the teams went to the locker room tied at six-all. The third quarter would be all defense. Four Crusader drives would lead to just 17 snaps, one first down, two punts and two failed fourth down conversions. The Coyotes could do no better as the Coyotes would get three drives in the third quarter leading to 13 snaps, one first down, a punt, a failed fourth down conversion and the first fumble of the game. After a scoreless third, the big play would come on the first play of the fourth quarter. The Crusaders forced the Coyotes into a four-and-out but when the Coyotes punted on the first play of the final quarter disaster hit the Crusader camp. While a the Crusaders slid there way down field to block for the would be return man, a Crusader slipped in fell near. The punteed ball would bounce twice and hit the downed Crusader and the Coyotes would jump on the loose ball at the Pope John 23. The Pope John defense would be stiff but eight plays later Matt Hoffman would strike again. This time he would slide in from 11-yards out and following junior quarterback Ross Miller's rushing PAT the Coyotes led 14-to-six with just 7:39 left to play. The Crusaders would try mightly to get back to the house but the turnover bug in the wet and the cold bit their effort hard as they would give the Coyotes a fumble and two interceptions on their next three drives. The turnovers never led to anymore points but it did lead to the Coyotes being able to control the clock for the last seven mintues a hang on for a 14-to-six win. Offenses would move the ball at times in the mud and snow but never consistantly. The Coyotes would be in the red zone five times and only score twice while the Crusaders put up 183-yards offense but four turnovers and five failed fourth down conversions kept their offense from the house. Senior runningback Matt Hoffman would again lead the Coyotes with 163 yards and two touchdowns on 28 carries. Riley Sicheneder would add nine carries for 27 yards as the Coyotes put up 189-yards on the ground but went oh-for-12 in the passing offense. Pope John would be led by Curtis Childers completing 14 of his 28 passing attempts for 114 yards and one touchdown but threw two late interceptions. The Crusader ground game sputtered at times but Beau Henn would rush for a tough 65-yards on 24 carries. Both these teams will spend Friday drying out, washing uniforms and watching for the playoff brackets to come out on Saturday as the Coyotes close the regular season at six-and-two while the Crusaders close at five-and-three and both teams should figure in to a D-Two Playoff Field.
(10/23/09) KBRX SPORTS -- On a rainy and cold Thursday night in Plainview it was Hip to be a Husky as Russ Hipke's early touchdown run led West Holt to a 13-to-nothing win over the Plainview Pirates. The weather and the defenses dominated this contest as the Plainview Pirates would amass just 113 yards total offense and the Huskies would put up 313 yards put 35-yards in Husky penalties and long chains on third downs would limit the Husky scoring. The first score would come on a huge run from senior fullback Russ Hipke as with just 13 seconds to go in the first quarter he would sail right through the Plainview defense and run 55-yards between the hash marks for a touchdown and following the PAT the Huskies led seven-to-nothing. It would be all the Huskies would need as Plainview's offense would struggle at the hands of the West Holt 33 defense. Plainview on six possessions in the first half would collect just 30 snaps leading to four punts and one fumble. The second half was much like the first. West Holt would pick up their second score on another big Russ Hipke play but this time on the defensive side of the ball. Plainview appeared to be moving the football when near mid-field Plainview's Andrew Holton would carry for 15-yards and cross mid-field but before he went down a Husky poked the ball free and Hipke pounced on it for the Huskies right on the mid-field stripe. Eight plays later Bryce Rossman would rumble in from five-yards out and with 4:19 to play the Huskies sealed the win at 13-to-nothing. Plainview and West Holt alike would be give up two fumbles in the contest. The Huskies were led by Hipke with 17 carries for 118 yards and one touchdown. Bryce Rossman would rush for 86 more and a score while Nick Shrunk would add 71 yards of his own leading West Holt to 287 yards rushing on 48 carrries. Dillion Cleary would add two passes of six attempts for another 26-yards as the Huskies gathered 313 yards total offense. Plainview would be mired in the mud offensively. The Pirates would get 28-yards rushing as the Pirates gathered just 86 yards on the ground and 27 more through the air on three completions for Tykler Wattier. With the loss the Pirates end their season and two-and-six and begin to perpare for the basketball and wrestling season. The Huskies are simply waiting. The Huskies record moves to four-and-four and as they began the week eight run at 38th in the power points they will have to wait and see if the win was enough to get them into the 2009 C2 Playoff field. (10/23/09) KBRX SPORTS -- The 2009 Nebraska High School Football season hit week eight on Thursday night and hit a snow drift about half way in as the winter weather burried the schedule. With the playoff brackets coming out on Saturday, several games were played on Thursday night with the end of the school quarter coming up on Friday but the weather did not let the schedule transpire very well. Of the 58 games scheduled for the Week Eight Thursday 45 scores were turned in and 13 games were postponed to Friday the 23rd. Up to 12 inches of snow was reported in Lincoln County while power was reported out over much of Lincoln and Frontier Counties and many other places in the southwest as the snow took down power lines and branches across the area. So for those of us ready to start adding up the power points before the Saturday release of the 2009 playoff brackets, stay tune as many more games are slated for Friday.
(10/23/09) LINCOLN, NE (AP) - For Nebraska, it's a chance to start over. For Iowa State, it's an opportunity to keep building on recent success. The Cornhuskers (4-2, 1-1) enter Saturday's game against the Cyclones needing a win as much for their psyche as for their positioning in the wide-open Big 12 North. A quarterback controversy resulted from last week's 31-10 loss to Texas Tech. Coach Bo Pelini went late into the week without announcing whether he'll stick with Zac Lee or go with freshman Cody Green. The Cyclones (4-3, 1-2) haven't won in Lincoln since 1977, and they haven't won a Big 12 road game in 14 tries since 2005. But they're coming off a 24-10 home win over Baylor, ending an 11-game conference losing streak, and they've already doubled their win total of last season.
(10/23/09) LINCOLN, NE (AP) - Nebraska won't have Chris Brooks to call on against Iowa State. The wide receiver didn't practice Thursday because of an injury, and he is not expected to play on Saturday in Lincoln. Coach Bo Pelini had other injury news after practice: Linebacker Blake Lawrence could no longer play football for Nebraska, given his four concussions in only a year and a half. The coach says he feels sorry for Lawrence, but "it's the right thing for his future." Lawrence will remain with the team as a volunteer coach. Pelini says his team had a good week of practice and that he's looking forward to testing the players' progress in the game against the Cyclones. Game time is 11:30 a.m. Central.
(10/23/09) ANAHEIM (AP) - The L.A. Angels, in a must-win situation, rallied with three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning and held off the New York Yankees 7-6 to send the American League Championship Series back to New York. The Yanks own a 3-2 series lead. The Yanks erupted with six runs after two were out in the seventh inning to erase an early 4-0 Angels lead. But the Angels answered with three of their own in the bottom of the seventh to take a 7-6 lead. Bobby Abreu drove in the Angels first run in the seventh on a groundout. Vladimir Guerrero tied it with a run-scoring single. Then Kendry Morales put the Angels ahead for L.A.'s third run of the inning. Angels' starter John Lackey cruised through the first six innings, shutting out the Yankees while striking out seven. The Angels were leading the Yanks 4-0 when the Yanks rallied with six runs after two were out in the seventh to take a brief 6-4 lead. The seesaw game was tense until the very end. Angels closer Brian Fuentes, after loading the bases with two out, induced Nick Swisher to popout on a 3-2 count for the final out. The ALCS takes a travel day before the series resumes with Game 6 in New York on Saturday night. The Angels send out 16-game winner Joe Saunders against Andy Pettitte. (10/23/09) NEW YORK (AP) - Embarrassed by a string of bad umpiring calls in the playoffs, Major League Baseball is breaking tradition and sticking with only experienced umpires for the World Series. Three people with knowledge of the decision tell The Associated Press that longtime crew chiefs Joe West, Dana DeMuth and Gerry Davis, In 24 of the past 25 World Series, the six-man umpiring crew has included one who was working a World Series for the first time. That will not happen this year. One person with knowledge of the situation says CB Bucknor was in line to work the World Series for the first time this year. But Bucknor missed two calls in Game 1 of the division series between the Red Sox and Angels, damaging his chance to get picked. (10/22/09) KBRX SPORTS -- The Dawg Pound Sports Show along with KBRX Radio and Stadium Sports in downtown O'Neill named two more Stadium Sports Top Dawg Athletes of the Week on Wednesday. While West Holt took Creighton to five sets on Thursday Becky Frerichs was on fire despite the loss. She totaled 13 kills with a 25-for-26 serving effort. Add in four aces and a string of 13 points in game one and this is a solid effort. Matt Hoffman of Chambers gets a nod from the fans for his efforts in the Coyotes 49-to-44 loss to Ewing on Friday night. Hoffman ran for 211 yards rushing and three touchdowns against defending state champs. Frerichs and Hoffman both will receive free t-shirts from Stadium Sports in downtown O'Neill and certificates of achivement from KBRX. You can nominate your favorite athlete today by sending their name, grade, school and achivement to sports@kbrx.com.
(10/22/09) LINCOLN, NE – Despite a career night from All-American middle blocker Kori Cooper, fifth-ranked Nebraska dropped a five-set heartbreaker to Iowa State, losing 3-2 (18-25, 25-19, 23-25, 25-20, 15-12) to No. 14 Iowa State Wednesday evening in the NU Coliseum. Cooper led four Huskers in double figures with a career-high 16 kills on .414 hitting and four blocks, but the Cyclones overcame a 2-1 deficit to take their first-ever win over Nebraska since the all-time series began in 1975. Cooper’s previous high in kills was 14 at Missouri during her sophomore season and her performance against ISU marked the third time this season the senior finished in double figures. It was also the fourth time in the last six matches that Cooper hit at least .400. Hannah Werth, Lindsey Licht and Brooke Delano all had at least 12 kills apiece for Nebraska (14-5, 7-3 Big 12), which saw its five-match win streak snapped. The Huskers were held to .160 hitting, including .000 in the finale, as the Cyclones (16-3, 8-2) recorded five blocks in the decisive fifth set. Rachel Hockaday led three Iowa State players in double figures with a match-high 18 kills, while Victoria Henson and Jamie Straube chipped in 14 and 11 kills respectively. The Cyclones block was a major key, as ISU totaled 15 on the night, including eight by Straube and seven by Henson. Nebraska out-dug, Iowa State, 93-87, as Kayla Banwarth totaled a team-high 23 digs and Gina Mancuso added a career-high 16 off the bench. It marked Banwarth’s fourth straight match with at least 20 digs and the ninth time this season she eclipsed that total. (thanks Shamus McKnight, University of Nebraska)
(10/22/09) CHADRON - After breezing past its last three opponents by a combined total of 131 to 20 points, the Chadron State College football team is expected to have a much stiffer test Saturday when it visits Colorado Mines for a Rocky Mountain Athlete Conference showdown. The Orediggers are flying high. After losing their non-conference games to two Kansas teams, Washburn (27-14) and Fort Hays State (31-21), Mines had reeled off six straight RMAC victories and are tied with Nebraska-Kearney at the top of the standings. The conference wins have been over Western New Mexico 52-31, Fort Lewis 51-10, Colorado State-Pueblo 31-7, Mesa State 23-17, Western State 24-7 and Adams State 37-14. The Eagles are 5-3 for the season and 4-2 in league play. This year’s Colorado Mines team was expected to be good and it hasn’t disappointed during its conference run. The Orediggers were 8-4 overall last year and went 7-2 in the RMAC. Chadron State beat them 34-17 after trailing 17-10 at halftime. Mines’ other loss in the conference was to Mesa State 27-24. The Diggers beat UNK 37-20. Ten starters on offense and nine on defense returned from last year’s team, led by two RMAC preseason player of the year choices. They are quarterback David Pesek on offense and defensive tackle Marc Schiechl. Pesek completed 243 of 380 passes for 2,672 yards and 21 touchdowns last fall, when both he and CSC’s Joe McLain earned first-team all-conference honors at quarterback. Schliechl had 13.5 quarterback sacks to lead the RMAC and finish second in the nation in that category last fall. He entered his junior season as Colorado Mines’ all-time leader in sacks with 27. So far this fall, Pesek has completed 186 of 298 passes for 2,390 yards and 20 touchdowns. He’s been intercepted just five times. Schleichl has participated in 46 tackles, including six sacks. Other returning all-conference players for Mines include wide receiver Adam Saur and offensive lineman Zach Meints. Saur leads the Orediggers in receiving with 55 catches for 828 yards and 11 touchdowns. Another dangerous receiver is junior Robbin Vinnola, who had seven catches for 96 yards during the win over Adams State on Saturday. Chadron State may be forced to use a makeshift offensive line against the Orediggers. Coach Bill O’Boyle said both starters Sean McGowan at center and Jake Finerty at guard were injured against Fort Lewis and may not be able to play. The Eagles were already missing guard Tim Hiett, a preseason all-conference selection who suffered a season-ending knee injury before the opening game, and tackles Grady Goldhammer because of a foot problem and Jake Blackburn because of mononucleosis. It is hoped that Goldhammer, a senior from Upton, Wyo., can return with the help of a special insert in his shoe. “Mines is a very good football team,” O’Boyle stated. “We’ll have to keep playing well to beat them.” (thanks Alex Helmbrecht, Chadron State College)
(10/22/09) GREEN BAY (AP) - The Green Bay Packers have signed running back Ahman Green, bringing back another veteran. Faced with a need at the position after third-down back DeShawn Wynn hurt his knee, the Packers turned to Green, who has been out of football since being cut by Houston in February. He left the Packers to sign with the Texans as a free agent for the 2007 season but struggled, gaining 554 yards in 14 games over two seasons. The former Nebraska college star needs 46 more yards to surpass Jim Taylor's franchise rushing record of 8,207. Green's signing on Wednesday comes a week after the team made a deal to bring back veteran right tackle Mark Tauscher, who was not re-signed in the off-season after hurting his knee last December. Wynn was placed on injured reserve.
(10/22/09) PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Philadelphia Phillies swatted four home runs in their clinching 10-4 rout of the L.A. Dodgers that closed out the National League Championship Series in five games. That gives the Phillies a chance for back-to-back World Series titles. Jayson Werth hit an opposite field three-run home run in the first inning and added a solo shot in the seventh. Pedro Feliz and Shane Victorino also went deep. Werth got the Phils off to a fast start when he connected on his three-run shot in the first inning off Dodgers starter Vicente Padilla who didn't make it out of the fourth inning. Chase Utley and Ryan Howard walked before Werth sent the Citizens Bank Park crowd into a tizzy with his long home run. Utley tied a postseason record by reaching base in 25 straight games. Andre Ethier, James Loney and pinch-hitter Orlando Hudson hit solo homers off Phils starter Cole Hamels, who lasted four and a-third innings. J.A. Happ, Chad Durbin, Chan Ho Park and Ryan Madson pitched three and two-thirds innings of one-run relief for the Phils. After closer Brad Lidge retired the Dodgers in order
(10/22/09) PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Ryan Howard was named Most Valuable Player of the NLCS, after batting .333 with two home runs and eight RBIs in the five-game series. He had at least one RBI in eight straight playoff games in a streak that ended in Game 5. Howard tied the major league record first set by Lou Gehrig more than seven decades ago. As a fan at Citizens Bank Park raised a sign that declared Howard "The New Mr. October," Howard promised the fans there was "one more step" for the Phillies to take. That would be winning a second straight World Series. No NL team has won back-to-back World Series since the Cincinnati Reds of 1975-76. The Phils are the first team to reach back-to-back World Series since the New York Yankees in 2000-01. Now, Howard and the Phils wait for their next opponent. They'll go for their third World Series title beginning next Wednesday night at New York or Los Angeles. (10/22/09) ANAHEIM (AP) - After an off day, the Yankees will try to close out the Angels with a Game 5 win in the American League Championship Series Thursday night at Angel Stadium. New York has a commanding 3-games-to-1 advantage following Tuesday night's 10-1 victory in Anaheim. The Yanks will send out A.J. Burnett against John Lackey. A Yankee victory would mean their 40th American League pennant.
(10/21/09) KBRX SPORTS -- The O'Neill Eagles took their 11-and-eight record on the road on Tuesday night and while the nine-and-11 Elkhorn Valley Flacons battled the flu they also had to battle a hot serving line from the Eagles as O'Neill won the contest 25-23, 14-25, 25-19, and 25-22. The Eagles would ride a service string of nine points in a row from Kelsey Appleby in the first frame while the Flacons would committ a few early service faults and O'Neill won the first game 25-23. Game two the Flacons got the offense going and while they collected nine kills on 24 attempts, the Eagles stumbled at the next hitting just 0.272 and the Flacons collect game two 14-25. From that point on the Eagles attackers would pick up the pace. In game three the Eagles hit seven-of-15 and in game four the Eagles would collect an outstanding 14 kills to seal the match with wins in game three and four. O'Neill's service line was solid. The Eagles would serve 86-for-91 and collected 20 aces on the night. Meanwhile the Falcons would struggle a bit in service serving 85-of-94 and just 11 aces. The Ealges were led from service by Kelsey Appleby with a 22-of-24 serving night and put up four aces as well. Lindsey Appleby would add a 16-of-17 night in service with an outstanding eight aces. Alex Hedlund would total 12 of the Eagles 33 kills. Kelsey Mudhenke would add eight while Molly Shane would add six kills along with her seven service points and five aces. Senior Kyleigh Parham would lead the Falcons across the board with 11 service points and 12 kills along with two ace blocks. Lisa Rutjens would have a solid night as well with eight kills and five service aces. Sadie Rich and Jamie Henseleit added five kills each for the Falcons. The Eagles improve to 12-and-eight on the season and will battle Wayne and Hartington Cedar Catholic on the 23rd at the Wayne Triangular. The Falcons fall to nine-and-12 and prepare for their own triangular on the 23rd when they will be hosting Madison and Pierce. (10/21/09) KBRX SPORTS -- As the fall rolls through and the Niobrara Valley Conference tournament seeding has come through, the NENAC Volleyball Tournament for 2009 has now been seeded as well. The Creighton Bulldogs will be hosting one half of the opening round on Monday October 26th. That is where Elkhorn Valley will battle Crofton at 5:30PM followed by Neligh-Oakdale taking on the host Bulldogs at 7:00PM. The other half will head for Laurel-Concord High School where West Holt will open with Randolph at 5:30PM followed by the hosting Bears taking on Plainview at 7:00PM. Round two goes down on Tuesday the 27th where the tournament will pits winners against winners and losers against losers and their respective sites. Consolations rounds will begin at 5:30PM at both Creighton and Laurel-Concord followed by the winners brackets at 7:00PM. The tournament finishes its run with three games on Friday October 30th at Plainview High School. The winners of the consolation games from Tuesday will meet at 5:00 for the fifth-and-sixth place game. The Consolation game is slated for 6:30PM and the Championship at 8:00PM. (10/21/09) COLUMBUS, NE (AP) - Here are The Associated Press Nebraska high school football rankings in Classes A through D2. Listings include name of school, record, previous result and next opponent.
(10/21/09) LINCOLN, NE -- Following a 2-0 road trip, the Nebraska volleyball team returns to the Nebraska Coliseum to close out the first half of the league slate against Iowa State. First serve at a sold-out NU Coliseum is set for 7 p.m. and the match will be carried on Huskers.com with John Baylor and Diane Mendenhall calling all of the action. Wednesday’s match will also be televised live on NET-1 and NET-HD with Larry Punteney and Kathi Weiskamp on the call. The Huskers (14-4, 7-2 Big 12) are enjoying one of their best offensive stretches of the season, hitting .307 and averaging 16.00 kills per set over the last four contests. Nebraska, which jumped from seventh to fifth in this week’s AVCA coaches poll, comes off a solid win at Missouri, as the Huskers handed the Tigers their first home loss of the season. Sydney Anderson matched a career high with 57 assists and added nine digs, as three Huskers (Hannah Werth, Lindsey Licht and Tara Mueller) all reached double figures in kills, while middle blockers Kori Cooper, Brooke Delano and Jordan Wilberger combined for 21 kills on the night. Nebraska will be tested against one of the Big 12’s top defenses, as No. 14 Iowa State (15-3, 7-2 Big 12) is holding opponents to a Big 12-low .135 hitting percentage, while ranking first or second in both blocks (2.67, second) and digs (17.78, first). The Cyclones have won six straight matches since back-to-back losses to Texas and Baylor in September to move into a tie for second place with Nebraska entering Wednesday’s match. (thanks Shamus McKnight, University of Nebraska)  (10/21/09) KEARNEY, NE – Chadron State’s Kramer Hirz and Travis Atter have each been named Nebraska Division II Players of the Week. Hirz, a junior safety from Casper, Wyo., is the defensive player of the week, while Atter, a senior kicker from Buffalo, Wyo., is the special teams honoree. In Chadron State’s 38-6 win over Fort Lewis last Saturday, Hirz brought back two interceptions for 30 yards and added three tackles. The Skyhawks managed just 192 yards of total offense against Hirz and the Eagles’ defense.
Atter also connected on all five of his PAT kicks and averaged 60.1 yards on kickoffs. The other Nebraska D-II player of the week is Nebraska-Kearney quarterback Jake Spitzlberger. The sophomore signal caller completed all 14 of his passes for 280 yards and five touchdowns. He also ran for 67 yards and three touchdowns. On the volleyball court, Wayne State middle hitter Jennifer Hefner is the player of the week. Hefner, a junior from Archer, averaged 5.00 kills and 0.83 blocks per set as the 18th-ranked Wildcats swept conference rivals Winona State and Upper Iowa. (thanks Alex Helmbrecht, Chardon State College)
(10/21/09) ANAHEIM (AP) - The combination of power hitting by Alex Rodriguez and power pitching by CC Sabathia has propelled the New York Yankees within one victory of going to their 40th World Series, but first since 2003. A-Rod hit a two-run homer and scored three runs in the Yanks' 10-1 win over the L.A. Angels for a commanding 3-1 lead in the American League Championship Series. A-Rod is batting .407 with five homers and 11 RBIs in this postseason. Sabathia was outstanding working on three days' rest. The big left-hander allowed just one run on five hits while throwing 101 pitches, including 69 for strikes, in eight innings. Kendry Morales hit a fifth-inning homer for the Angels' only run. Sabathia retired the last eight batters he faced. Sabathia is 3-and-0 with a 1.19 ERA in this postseason. A-Rod had a single, double, scored three runs and even stole a base. Melky Cabrera drove in four runs. Johnny Damon added a two-run homer. The Yanks knocked out Angels starter Scott Kazmir in the fifth after a leadoff single by Mark Teixeira, who snapped an 0-for-13 streak. Rodriguez greeted reliever Jason Bulger with a two-run home run. The teams have today off before resuming the series tomorrow in Anaheim. A.J. Burnett is scheduled to go for the Yanks against John Lackey.
(10/21/09) PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The Phillies can clinch a spot in the World Series with a win in Game 5 of the NLCS with Los Angeles tonight. Philadelphia took a 3-1 lead in the series Monday night with a come-from-behind 5-4 win on a two-out double by Jimmy Rollins in the bottom of the ninth. The Phils go with Cole Hamels, the MVP of last year's postseason when the Phillies won it all. The Dodgers counter with 21-year-old fireballer Clayton Kershaw.
(10/20/09) KBRX SPORTS -- The good news for visiting O’Neill last Friday night was that Wayne’s longest first half possession netted no points. However, bad news abounded on both sides of that 7 play Blue Devil drive that ended with an incomplete pass at the Eagle 28 yard line. In fact Wayne needed a total of just eleven plays, sandwiched around their third possession, to score four times. Derek Poutre raced 68 yards on the second Blue Devil play from scrimmage to give Wayne the early lead. A few minutes later, after an O’Neill punt, fellow senior Darnell Collins sprinted 53 yards to pay dirt to make it a 14-0 game. All told, the (4-3) Blue Devils would score six of the seven times they had the ball in the first half. Trailing 33-0 late in the second quarter, the Eagles put together an impressive drive by marching 72 yards for a score. Junior Beau Schueth started it by racing 30 yards into Wayne territory. Darik Fox finished it with a 14 yard run into the north end zone. Daniel Dominguez booted the pointed after and O’Neill had a ray of hope with just 1:06 remaining in the half. But the Devils had the hurry up offense ready and used a long pass from quarterback Gage Rethwisch to Keegan Dorcey to set up another score as time expired in the 2nd period. Reserves played out much of the 2nd half as Wayne scored twice more to make the final 58-7. Poutre scored four times, as Wayne amassed 388 yards on the ground, compared to 110 for the Eagles. Schueth led O’Neill by rushing 9 times for 52 yards. The Eagles were 3/7 through the air for 13 yards, while the Devils connected on 8/12 passes for 93 yards. The win put Wayne into the playoffs. The Blue Devils travel to Norfolk Catholic for a regular season finale with the Knights. The Eagles have homecoming Thursday against Battle Creek. (Gary Hostert, KBRX Sports)
(10/20/09) KBRX SPORTS -- After a dominating performace on Sunday at the 2009 Lone Star Invitational in San Antonio on Sunday, Texas A&M's John Hurley sealed the deal with a 71 on Monday and won the two day tournament with a 206. Hurley tied the Texas A&M school record with an eight-under-par 64 on Sunday to help lift the No. 18-ranked Aggies to a 10-stroke lead after two rounds of the Lone Star Invitational at Briggs Ranch Golf Club on Sunday. Hurley had a one stroke lead over SMU's Kelly Kraft coming into Monday's single round and despite a bogey on the 18th today, he defeated second place Dylan Frittelli of Texas by one stroke for the championship. While Hurley continued his impressive outing, the rest of his Aggies stayed right on course. A&M trailed No. 4 Texas by two strokes after Sunday morning's opening round, but beat the Longhorns by 12 strokes in the afternoon to take a double-digit advantage into Monday's final round. Behind Hurley's 71, Geoff Shaw led the Aggies on Monday with a 70. Meanwhile the rest of the field of A&M'ers including Cameron Peck, Andrea Pavan, and Ignacio Elvira all posted even rounds of 72. It was Hurley's first individual NCAA win. The Aggies will head for the Baylor Intercollegiate next. That tournament is slated for Dallas Monday and Tuesday October 26th and 27th.
Site one for the East will be at Ewing with the top seeded Tigers receiving a bye in the opening round. Elgin will play Clearwater/Orchard at 6:15PM Monday night and the winner with battle Ewing at 7:30PM. East Sight two is Santee as the Warriors will battle the Niobrara Lions at 5:00PM Monday night. The other side of that bracket pits Pope John against Verdigre at 6:15PM. The winners of those two contests will meet and 7:30PM Monday night. Site one for the West is Chambers and the Lady Coyotes have gotten an opening round bye. Stuart will take on St. Mary's at 6:15PM Monday and the winner will take on the Chambers Coyotes at 7:30PM. Site two on the west is West Boyd. The Spartans open against the Lynch Eagles at 5:00PM on Monday followed by Wheeler Central taking on North Central. The winners will meet at 7:30PM Monday night. Winners of the four sites will advance to the semi-finals slated for Santee on Tuesday. The highest east site winner will battle the lower winner from the west half at 6:30PM while the higher west site winner will take on the lower east side winner at 8:00PM. The Consolations and Finals will be played at O'Neill High School on Friday October 30th with the Consolation round at 6:30PM and the Championship Finals at 8:00PM. (10/20/09) KBRX SPORTS -- Week eight football is hear and on Saturday October 24th we expect to see the 2009 NSAA Football Playoff Brackets. That leads to the questions of the ins, outs and those hanging about. Starting off in the Class C-One ranks you can bank on the Crofton Warriors for a 2009 Playoff bid and barring a major breakdown the Warriors would appear to be on the top half of a bracket. The Warriors set third going into week eight and despite a tough Pierce team coming up the Warriors will be in. The O'Neill Eagles on the other hand have missed the cut more than likely. With there strenght of schedule, it would have been a chance even with three wins for the blue-and-white but as they set winless going into week eight, a homecoming win against Battle Creek will not be enough. Heading to the C-Two Ranks, the Creighton Bulldogs would appear to be home free. Despite a five-and-two record with one to play, the Bulldogs should figure into a good C-Two field as a mid-seed. They have the Neligh-Oakdale Warriors on Friday night for week eight. As for the West Holt Huskies and three-and-four and the Plainview Pirates at two-and-five, welcome to the bubble. These two teams square off for week eight and with West Holt sitting 38th and Plainview sitting two-and-five, the winner of that contest could have a shot at a low seed but the loser is in trouble. The Neligh-Oakdale Warriors will be playing for pure pride on Friday night against Creighton as they set oh-and-seven and will be on the outside looking in. In the D-One field mark down the Burwell Longhorns and the Osmond Tigers as playoff bound. The Longhorns with a six-and-one mark can improve their current seven spot with a win at North Central on Friday. Meanwhile the Tigers of Osmond at five-and-two set 12 in the power points with just Winnebago left to go. The Clearwater/Orchard Cyclones sit on the bubble in the D-One. With their record at four-and-three a loss to Newman Grove could end their season in week eight, however a win would certainly put them in as a low to mid seed. The West Boyd Spartans and the Elkhorn Valley Falcons have improved clubs but will miss the playoffs as the Spartans and the Falcons both sit one-and-six before their meeting on Thursday in Tilden. The D-Two field is crowed with local talent once again and should produce some high seeds. The Ewing Tigers still lead the D-Two Power Points as one-of-four undefeated teams in the field. They host an one-and-six Elgin Eagles team on Thursday and crazy as it is, an Elgin upset could get the Eagles in but no chance that would take the Tigers out. Speaking of undefeated, the Bloomfield Bees have put together a seven-and-oh mark and sit five in the points. The Bees have Stuart in town this week and much like the Ewing versus Elgin matchup, a loss by the four-and-three Broncos could be fatal but a loss by the Bees would mean no more than a seed change as the Bees are a lock. I know you are stunned that the Bees are in again for the 22nd straight year. Speaking of in again, the Pope John Crusaders will make a 15th straight playoff appearance. The question for the five-and-two Crusaders is the same as the question for the five-and-two Chambers Coyotes. The question is only what their seed will be. They meet on Thursday in the afternoon and will answer that question. The St. Mary's Cardinals, thanks to a strenght of schedule number and a fair record at four-and-three will be in for the second year in a row. The Cardinals will close the year at five-and-three after they take a forfeit from Niobrara for week eight as they sit back and await their seed for 2009. Look for it to be in the mid-level. Don't look now but are the Lynch Eagles in? They could be. The Eagles sit 32nd going into week eight which would be the last team in. The Eagles mission is simple. Beat the one-and-six Verdigre Hawks. A win and you could get in and lost and your day is done. Speaking of the Verdigre Hawks, the one-and-six Hawks are done for the year and could be a spoiler week eight for the Lynch Eagles. The Elgin Eagles revisted. Could the Eagles really get in with a win over Ewing. Two-and-six for the Eagles could do it based on the strenght of schedule principle. The combined record of the teams in the district comes out to 26-and-nine going into week eight as the other five teams in the district are locks for playoff spots. The Wausa Vikings will also ride the bubble into week eight. The Vikings sit in the 38th spot with a four-and-three record going into a contest with the four-and-three Newcastle Raiders. Win and the Vikings have a chance. Lose and get ready for basketball. Well there you go. The ins, outs and those hanging about. Seeing something in the brackets I don't see? Send your comments to sports@kbrx.com. The official brackets should be released sometime Saturday October 24th by the NSAA and we will cover the releases live on 102.9FM KBRX and will post all the releases on www.kbrx.com. (10/20/09) UNDATED (AP) - The South Dakota Sportswriters Association volleyball and football polls for the week of Oct. 19, 2009. Teams are listed
(10/20/09) LINCOLN, NE (AP) - Nebraska coach Bo Pelini is lashing out at critics of him and his assistants and players. Fans and media have been piling on the Cornhuskers after their lethargic performance in a 31-10 loss to Texas Tech on Saturday. The sputtering offense has been the main target of vitriol on Internet message boards and sports call-in shows. Offensive coordinator Shawn Watson, quarterback Zac Lee and the offensive line have taken most of the heat. After Monday's practice, Pelini said he doesn't care about what the fans say or if they boo him and his team. He said when the fans and media earn the title of head coach, they can make the decisions. Until then, he said he and his staff are calling the shots. Nebraska coach Bo Pelini says who starts at quarterback against Iowa State on Saturday will be a "game-time decision." Pelini said Monday on the Big 12 football coaches teleconference with reporters that he needs more leadership from the quarterback position. Pelini said nothing has changed with regard to the starter but that Zac Lee and Cody Green will compete for the job in practice this week. Lee has started all six games this season, but the Huskers have struggled on offense the past two games. Green played the last two series in Saturday's 31-10 loss to Texas Tech and directed Nebraska's only touchdown drive.
(10/20/09) LINCOLN, NE (AP) - The Big 12 Conference has announced that Nebraska's Oct. 31 football game against Baylor in Waco, Texas, will start at 11:30 a.m. and be televised by Versus. The Cornhuskers play Iowa State this Saturday in Lincoln in an 11:40 a.m. game that will be televised on FSN. (10/20/09) LINCOLN, NE – Nebraska’s Kayla Banwarth and Hannah Werth were honored by the Big 12 Conference on Monday afternoon. Banwarth was chosen as the league’s Defensive Player of the Week, while Werth was tabbed as the league’s co-Rookie of the Week with Missouri’s Paola Ampudia.
The Huskers, who climbed to fifth in the AVCA Coaches Poll released Monday afternoon, will take on No. 14 Iowa State Wednesday night at the NU Coliseum. Wednesday’s match is also the annual Power of Pink match where fans are encouraged to wear Pink for cancer awareness. (thanks Shamus McKnight, University of Nebraska) (10/19/09) KBRX SPORTS -- As October comes to a close and the leaves fall from the trees attentions to turn to the post season for the fall high school sports and that means the Niobrara Valley Conference Volleyball seeding meeting will be held today in O'Neill. Seeding will be done by winning percentage on Monday as the first rounds will be played on Monday October 26th with the Semi-Finals at Santee on Tuesday October 27th and the consolations and finals at O'neill High School on Friday October 30th. Looking to the west it would appear that Chambers at .958 and West Boyd at .810 will draw the one and two seeds and host games on Monday in the NVC West. Ewing sets at .900 and will be the one seed in the East while Santee would appear to be a two seed at .500. Offical brackets should be realease shortly after noon on Monday and will be posted as soon as possible right here at kbrx.com.
(10/19/09) KBRX SPORTS -- Hold your breath. The NSAA State Cross Country Meet is Friday, while football playoff brackets should be released Saturday the 24th and Volleyball Sub-District Seedings should show up on Tuesday the 29th. Yes fall sports seasons are coming to an end and that means the state of Nebraska is pushing toward playoff time. High School Football playoff dates show that Classes C1 through D2 will open the round of 32 on Thursday October 29th. The Round of 16 will go down on Wednesday November 4th with Quarterfinals on Tuesday the 10th. Semi-Finals used to be held on the same weekend as the NSAA State Volleyball Tournament, but this year have been shuffled to Tuesday November the 17th. Finals for the D Class will be played on Monday the 23rd with finals for C on Tuesday the 24th. Class A and B fall under a shorten scheduled due to the 16-team field. The opening round for the upperclasses will be played on Friday October the 30th with the quarterfinals on Friday November the 6th, Semi-finals on Saturday the 14 with the final for A on Monday the 23rd and for B on Tuesday the 24th. As for the volleyball teams, sub-districts and districts frun Monday November the 2nd through Friday the 6th as the state tournament is slated for Lincoln from Thursday November the 12th to Saturday the 14th. We will have a project list of teams who may make the football playoffs posted here tomorrow.
(10/19/09) SAN ANTONIO - Junior John Hurley tied the Texas A&M school record with an eight-under-par 64 on Sunday to help lift the No. 18-ranked Aggies to a 10-stroke lead after two rounds of the Lone Star Invitational at Briggs Ranch Golf Club. A&M (286-280=566) trailed No. 4 Texas (284=292=576) by two strokes after Sunday morning's opening round, but beat the Longhorns by 12 strokes in the afternoon to take a double-digit advantage into Monday's final round. "All our guys felt like they left a lot of shots out there after the morning round," A&M Coach J.T. Higgins said. "They just kept playing steady golf. John didn't play much different in the afternoon; he just took advantage of his scoring opportunities. It's important for us to come out tomorrow and stay focused on the process and let the results take care of themselves. If we can do that, I'm confident we'll come home with a win." The tournament features 12 of the 14 Division I schools in Texas, with only TCU and Texas Tech not in the field. Live scoring for the final round is available online at www.golfstat.com. Hurley's 9-under total of 71-64=135 leads the individual standings by one stroke over SMU's Kelly Kraft (67-69=136). Hurley tied the school record set by Bronson Burgoon last year at the Adams Cup of Newport. He recorded eight birdies and no bogeys, shooting four-under 32 on each nine. Hurley narrowly missed making birdies on the 17th and 18th holes to break Burgoon's mark. "I knew I was playing pretty good," Hurley said. "Golf is fun when you hit the ball where you want it. I had a couple of opportunities to break Bronson's record on the last couple of holes but I'm really happy about the round. I birdied the 18th in the first round, then the first two holes this afternoon and that got me going." A&M senior Andrea Pavan (73-68=141) is tied for fifth, junior Nacho Elvira (70-74=144) is in 13th, sophomore Geoff Shaw (73-74=147) is tied for 19th and freshman Cameron Peck (72-79=151) is tied for 32nd. Baylor is one shot behind Texas at 577, followed by SMU (584), Texas-Arlington (585), Lamar (587), Sam Houston State (588), Texas-San Antonio (598), Rice (599), Texas State (599), Houston (610) and Texas-El Paso (620).
(10/19/09) LINCOLN, NE (AP) - A dismal performance in the 31-10 loss to Texas Tech has knocked Nebraska out of The Associated Press Top 25 for the first time this season. The Cornhuskers went into Saturday's game No. 15 - their highest ranking in two years. After falling to 4-2, the Huskers are now behind Notre Dame, Mississippi and South Florida among teams on the outside looking in at the Top 25. Big 12 teams in the rankings this week are No. 3 Texas, No. 14 Oklahoma State, No. 21 Texas Tech and No. 24 Kansas. Alabama edged past defending national champion Florida to take the top spot.
(10/19/09) LINCOLN, NE (AP) - Nebraska fans' voices have been heard. They want a quarterback change. More important, coach Bo Pelini might want one, too. Pelini said he would consider making freshman Cody Green the starter against Iowa State this week after the Cornhuskers turned in another lethargic offensive performance in Saturday's 31-10 loss to Texas Tech. Offensive coordinator Shawn Watson said after the game that he wasn't ready to declare the job open, but that could change by the time the team returns to practice Monday. Fans at Memorial Stadium chanted Green's name in the second half as Lee continued to struggle. Green took over in the middle of the fourth quarter and led Nebraska's only touchdown drive.
(10/19/09) PHILADELPHIA (AP) - It started with Ryan Howard's two-run triple and ended with Shane Victorino's three-run homer. The Phillies banged out six extra-base hits and took a 2-1 lead in the National League Championship Series by blasting the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-0. Howard had three RBIs to support Cliff Lee, who struck out a career playoff-high 10 while limiting L.A. to three hits over eight innings. The Phillies took command with a four-run first as Howard tripled home a pair and scored on Jayson Werth's two-run homer. Dodgers starter Hiroki Kuroda was chased the following inning, charged with six runs on six hits. Victorino's blast capped the scoring in the eighth and made it the most lopsided postseason win in Phillies history. Manny Ramirez had two of the Dodgers' three hits. The series stays in Philly for Game 4 on Monday. Joe Blanton goes to the mound for the Phils against Randy Wolf, who hasn't pitched since Game 1 of the Dodgers' division series. (10/16/09) KBRX SPORTS -- The 2009 State Cross Country Districts opened across Nebraska and the area managed to produce several area qualifiers for the state meet coming up on October 23rd in Kearney. The Class B Two Tournament got going early a Norfolk as the Skyview Golf Course hosted a Class B District followed by a Class A District.
The O'Neill Eagles picked up two qualifiers from the girls field as Elizabeth Price ran sixth in a time of 17:23 while Brandi Walters finished 13th at 17:54. The Eagles finished fourth as a team just missing team qualifying by 16 points. O'Neill's boys mangaged one qualifier as Daniel Waterman ran seventh at 17:55. The girls field was won by Amber Ewers of Columbus Scotus in 16:33 while Jarren Heng of Norfolk Catholic torched the boys field at 16:32. Team titles went to the Pierce girls and the Norfolk Catholic boys. Just up the road at the Rolling Hills Country Club near Wausa the Crofton Lady Warriors were busy dominating the Class C Three Field. Crofton's Kristen Steffan won the meet at 15:45, while Crofton would put five runners in the top ten. Danielle Riesberg would take fourth, Merissa Falkenberg sixth, Elizabeth Kube seventh, and Rachel Barnes tenth for a outstanding team total of 15 points beating second place Ainsworth by 20 points. Shaley Thiele of West Holt ran sixth at 16:21 and led the West Holt Huskies to a third place team finish and a team bid for the state meet. Jill Brady of Creighton qualified in her senior year running 14th at 17:10. On the boys side of the C Three, Ainsworth put four runners in the top ten to take the team title with 20 points while Crofton finished second at 58, Lutheran High Northeast in third at 70 and West Holt just missed the medals in fourth place at 88. Sophomore Austin Hamm of Bloomfield ran the fields best time 17:03 while his teammate Silas Oltjenbruns ran 11th at 18:45. Miles Garwood of West Holt qualified for state running 6th at 18:06 and Brett Pacha of West Holt also qualified in ninth place at 18:40. Another runner of area interest, Britni Waller of Lincoln East, qualifed for state with a 16:10.30 as she took fourth place in the A One. The best women's time in the state was turned in from the Class D field with Andrea Weeder from Lindsey Holy Family at 14:13.70. Class A hot time belonged to Sidney Hirsch of Millard West at 15:31 while Aubree Worden of Scottsbluff turned the best class B time at 14:45. Bryli Troyer of Milford ran the best class C time at 15:29.76 The boys class A best time came from Brady McGuire of North Platte in 16:11.7. Class B's best came from Franklin Ibarra of Lexington at 16:25. The best of Class C was none other then Jarren Heng of Norfolk Catholic 16:32. Add the best time from Class D with Kevin Weeder of Lindsay Holy Family/Newman Grove at 16:31.83. The 2009 NSAA Cross Country Championships open at noon from the Kearney Country Club on Friday October 23rd.
(10/15/09) KBRX SPORTS -- Billed as the battle of the NENAC power houses, the West Holt Huskies traveled to Creighton on Thursday night and the matched lived up to it's billing as Creighton rallied from two games down to win the match in five 16-25, 17-25, 25-17, 25-17, 15-10. The Huskies opened fast as Becky Frerichs went on a 14-point service run in the first game and before Creighton looked up West Holt had one the first set 25-to-16. The Huskies would pick up five kills in the frame from Hannah Dostal and 11 on the game while the Creighton transistion from recieve to kill never really happened. The Bulldogs collected just seven kills in the opening frame. Game two also belonged to the Huskies 25-to-17. The hitting numbers would be almost dead even as West Holt tallied 11 kills as opposed to Creighton's ten, and despite four West Holt service errors the Huskies led two-and-oh going to the third. If you left your seat or turned the radio off you missed three more games. Creighton rallied behind the attacks of Jessica Ripp. She would collect six of Creighton's 14 kills while the Bulldogs out-hit the Huskies two-to-one in the third and one the game 25-to-17 to force game four. Creighton would take game four at 25-to-17 and while the hitting numbers were nearly even the Bulldogs survived their worst serving set of the night to force game five. Game five would be the late and deciding factor and while the hitting numbers again were near mirrors the Huskies would fault on two serves midway through the frame and Creighton would seal the game and the match with the final 16-25, 17-25, 25-17, 25-17, 15-10. Creighton would hit 45-of-92 on the night at 0.489 while West Holt would go 46-of-120 for 0.383. Service may have made the difference as Creighton would connect on 93-of-95 service attempts while West Holt would convert just 82-of-94 attempts. With Ally Von Seggern absent from the Bulldog lineup due to injury, Creighton still managed to spread the damage around. Brandi Sorenson led the way with 13 kills, while Jessica Ripp added 12, Amber Thomas added nien and Sara Fanta picked up six. Abby Schwindt led the way in service with 16 service points while going 24-for-24 in service with one ace. Jessica Ripp added a 19-for-21 service effort with two aces. West Holt was led by Hannah Dostal and Becky Frerichs as they picked up 13 kills while Rachel Osborne added eight kills and Bailey Judge picked up six kills. West Holt is now 13-and-seven with Neligh-Oakdale coming to Atkinson on the 22nd before they open the NENAC Conference Tournament. Creighton improves to 13-and-five and would appear to be the one seed in the west half of the NENAC Tournament. The tournament opens on Monday the 26th with seeding and sites yet to be announced.
(10/16/09) KBRX SPORTS -- O'Neill golfer John Hurley had to battle but has qualifed to travel with the Aggies of Texas A&M to the 2009 Lone Star Championships in San Antonio over the weekend. During the playoffs to make the team cut for the tournament, Hurley shot rounds of 71, 71 and 80 and was in danger of missing the cut. However he bounced back with a round of 68 to put himself seven shots short of making the team. Yesterday he had to work hard but made the cut by shooting a boegy free 64 and winning a playoff hole to qualify. The tournament is a three round tournament covering Sunday and Monday October 18th and 19th.
(10/16/09) LINCOLN, NE (AP) - How 15th-ranked Nebraska fares in crossover games against the Big 12 South won't necessarily decide where the Cornhuskers end up in the North. But games like tomorrow's against Texas Tech can give them an idea of where they stack up in the league's power structure. Center Jacob Hickman says that if Nebraska wants to be a dominant force in the Big 12, it must beat South teams. Recent North champions have been anything but dominant against the South. Only one of the past five North champs won more than one of its three games against its southern brethren. Nebraska (4-1, 1-0), this year's North favorite, enters the Texas Tech game with losses in 14 of its past 21 regular-season meetings with South opponents.
(10/16/09) LOS ANGELES (AP) - Philadelphia fans had been worried about the Phillies' sometimes-shaky bullpen holding leads. But the Phillies came up with the perfect remedy - the three-run home run. Carlos Ruiz and Raul Ibanez both supplied three-run home runs as the Phillies took the opener of the best-of-seven National League Championship Series by beating the L.A. Dodgers 8-6. Ruiz touched Dodger starter Clayton Kershaw for a three-run home run in a five-run fifth inning that also featured a two-run double by Ryan Howard that knocked out Kershaw. The 21-year-old lefty was charged with five runs on four hits in his four and two-thirds innings. After the Dodgers rallied with three runs in the bottom of the fifth, including a two-run home run by Manny Ramirez, the Phils got some breathing room when Ibanez connected off Phillies reliever George Sherrill. The win went to Phils starter Cole Hamels. Hamels lasted five and a-third innings, giving up four runs on eight hits. Hamels was followed by six relievers. The Phils' final pitcher was closer Brad Lidge, who had blown 11 saves in the regular season. But Lidge earned his third save in the postseason. Lidge gave up a leadoff single to Matt Kemp, but got Casey Blake to ground into a double play. After a walk, Lidge got Ronnie Belliard to pop out to end the game. Loney's leadoff home run in the bottom of the second inning gave the Dodgers an early 1-0 lead. He went three-for-four with a walk. Game 2 is Friday night at Dodger Stadium - 37-year-old Pedro Martinez goes for the Phils against Vicente Padilla of the Dodgers.
(10/15/09) KBRX SPORTS -- The Dawg Pound Sports Show on KBRX and Stadium Sports in downtown O'Neill named their "Top Dawg Athletes of the Week" for the week on October 14th. The St. Mary's Cardinals picked up a win at Stuart on Friday night 48-to-18 thanks in part to senior Tanner Timmerman. Timmerman rolled for 207 yards on 27 carries while scoring four rushing touchdowns. Hed added an interception, seven unassisted tackles, nine assisted tackles and four tackles for losses in the win. Senior Demi Devall had a rough tournament at the Class B Three District in Blair on Thursday and Friday. Devall scores three runs and collected two hits but played in every inning despite a badley infected tooth. After an emergency trip to a dentist on Friday morning she was still in the starting lineup for the Friday afternoon game despite a very intenst amount of pain. These two outstanding athletes will recieve free t-shirts from Stadium Sports, and certificates of achivement from KBRX Radio. Nominate your favorite athlete today by sending their name, school, grade and achivement to sports@kbrx.com. (10/15/09) COLUMBUS, NE (AP) - Here are The Associated Press Nebraska high school football rankings in Classes A through D2. Listings include name of school, record, previous result and next opponent.
(10/15/09) LINCOLN, NE (AP) - Nebraska nose tackle Ndamukong Suh has been named one of a dozen semifinalists for the Lombardi Award. The award honors the best college offensive or defensive lineman who, in addition to his field performance, best exemplifies the discipline of coaching legend Vince Lombardi. The winner will be announced Dec. 9. The award voters are head coaches of NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision teams, all of the former winners and finalists for the Lombardi and some media members. Four Nebraska players have won the Lombardi: Rich Glover in 1972, Dave Rimington in 1982, Dean Steinkuhler in 1983 and Grant Wistrom in 1997. Suh also is on the Outland Trophy watch list.
(10/15/09) UNDATED (AP) - Small-college football power Sioux Falls is making the move from the NAIA ranks to NCAA Division II. The Great Plains Athletic Conference football coaching fraternity won't be sorry to see the Cougars go. Bill Danenhauer is head coach of Dana College in Blair, Neb. The Cougars beat his team 76-3. Danenhauer says everyone in the GPAC is trying to beat the Cougars, but the other schools don't have the same caliber of athletes. Sioux Falls has won 47 of 48 games the past four seasons and 79 of 80 conference games since 2001. In the past 20 games, only four teams have managed to score 10 points against the Cougars and just one running back has mustered 50 yards. This season, their defense is allowing an average of 144 yards and has given up a total of three touchdowns in 24 quarters.
(10/15/09) CHADRON, NE - After winning two consecutive games to rise above the .500 level, the Chadron State College football team will host Fort Lewis College on Saturday in a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference contest. Kickoff will be at noon. As part of an NCAA program, the contest has been designated as “Take A Kid To The Game.” All youth 14 and under will be admitted free when accompanied by an adult who buys a ticket. The resurgent Eagles are 4-3 for the season and 3-2 in the RMAC with four games left on the schedule. Fort Lewis is 1-6 for the season and 0-5 in the conference after suffering heartbreaking losses the last two Saturdays. Two weeks ago, the Skyhawks led Western State 27-24 in the fourth period, but missed a field goal and the Mountaineers drove 80 yards and scored with 12 seconds left to win 31-27. Last Saturday, Fort Lewis had given up nothing but field goals and was ahead 17-12 before Adams State scored two touchdowns in the last four minutes to win 27-17. The Grizzlies’ final TD came on the return of an intercepted pass. The Skyhawks opened the season with a 23-13 win over Oklahoma Panhandle State before being upended 58-10 by Abilene Christian in their other non-conference game. Abilene Christian is ranked No. 1 in the AFCA Top 25 poll this week for the first time in the program’s history. Fort Lewis lost its first three RMAC games by wide margins. Colorado State-Pueblo won 38-0, Colorado Mines prevailed 51-10 and Mesa State took a 38-7 verdict. Offensively, the Skyhawks are pass-oriented. They are averaging 225 yards through the air and just 27.9 on the ground. Quarterback Tim Jenkins, a 6-foot-2, 194-pound freshman, has completed 137 of 243 passes (56.4 percent) for 1,373 yards and six touchdowns. He’s been intercepted nine times. Fort Lewis’ primary receiver is Justin Johnson, a junior who leads the RMAC with 65 receptions, 14 more than any one else in the league. His catches have gained 627 yards and one TD. Senior Phillip Dodd has 32 receptions for 345 yards and two TDs. The leading rusher is Sam Apraku, a 6-1, 205-pound junior who has 49 carries for 85. The Fort Lewis defense has struggled. The opponents have scored 29 of the 30 times they have reached the red zone (20-yard line) and the Skyhawks have managed just two interceptions in seven games. Bright spots include a 13-yard average on 16 punt returns and punter Nick Becker’s 40.9-yard average. Chadron State’s Kevin Berg leads the RMAC in punting with a 42.9-yard average. The Eagles also lead in pass defense, giving up just 162.3 yards a game through the air. CSC coach Bill O’Boyle said he has great respect for Fort Lewis coach Ed Rifilato. “I know they’ll play hard and they’ll have some new schemes ready to use against us,” O’Boyle said. “They’re a pretty young team that is getting better.” O’Boyle said the game at Western New Mexico was undoubtedly the Eagles’ most complete this season. In particular, he praised the defense, which allowed the Mustangs to convert just two of their 16 third down opportunities, and said the offense had its best game running the ball. (thanks Alex Helmbrecht, Chadron State College)
(10/15/09) ST. LOUIS (AP) - Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams. Limbaugh was to be a limited partner in a group headed by St. Louis Blues chairman Dave Checketts. Checketts says Limbaugh's participation had become a complication in the group's efforts and the bid will move forward without him. Limbaugh's bid ran into opposition within the league. Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay vowed to vote against him. Commissioner Roger Goodell said the commentator's "divisive" comments would not be tolerated from any NFL insider. Limbaugh resigned from ESPN's Sunday night broadcast team in 2003 after he made remarks about Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb that were seen as racially insensitive.
(10/14/09) KBRX SPORTS -- The 2009 NSAA State Girls Golf Championship was short by one day due to weather but Molly Zavadil of Crofton managed a medal in the tournament on Tuesday held in Grand Island. Normally the state golf tournaments feature two days of golf for a 36-hole total but due to terrible fall weather in Grand Island both the Class B and Class C Tournaments were shortened to just 18-holes and one day of golf for the 150 plus yound ladies who qualified. Molly Zavadil of Crofton went in with wins at West Holt, O'Neill and the C-Three District under her belt and managed a 86 and a seventh place medal as the Crofton Warriors shot a 414 for eighth place. The tournament was won by Danielle Lemek of Doniphan-Trumbell with a 75 and the team title belonged to Boone Central shooting a 363 while the Kearney Catholic Stars took second at 376. Claire Kozisek of Ainsworth also medaled as she took third with a 81. The Class B field was won by Sabrina King of Gering with a 79 while Scottsbluff took the team title from B at 352. Class A fell to Jacqueline O'Doherty of Lincoln East as she shot a two-day total of 156 while Omaha Marian won the team title with a two-round total of 682. |
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The night opened with the Lynch Lady Eagles defeating the Niobrara Lions three-to-one (23-25, 25-23, 25-23, 25-16).
Game two pitted the Verdigre Lady Hawks agains the St. Mary's Lady Cardinals and this one went to the wire as the Cardinals won in five games (25-10, 19-25, 19-25, 25-5, 15-8).
Stuart hitters were simply red hot. The Broncos knocked out 42 kills in 83 swings for an outstanding .506 hitting number. Two Broncos would hit double figures with Lauren Olberding on 14 kills and Kalie Korinko on 12 kills. Shelby Myers just missed double figures with nine kills and Kylie Stoltenberg added five more. Korinko also added two ace blocks.
Atter had a day to remember after he booted a 44-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to become the school’s all-time leader in field goals with 50.
Banwarth earned her first career accolade, as she averaged 6.71 digs, 0.86 assists and 0.29 service aces per set to help the Huskers to a 2-0 week. Banwarth, who has recorded 20-or-more digs seven times, totaled a match-high 22 digs in a sweep at No. 19 Baylor on Wednesday, adding five assists and helping limit Baylor to just .169 hitting on the night. On Saturday at Missouri, she collected a match-high 25 digs at Missouri while matching a season-high with two service aces, as Nebraska became the first team to win in Columbia this year, snapping the Tigers’ eight-match home win streak.
Werth was named Big 12 Rookie of the Week for the fourth time this year, as she averaged 4.29 kills on .328 hitting and 3.86 digs per set in a pair of road wins. She her career high with 17 kills and added 15 digs, as Nebraska became the first team to win at Missouri this season with a 3-1 win on Oct. 17. Earlier in the week, she led NU with 13 kills on .379 hitting and adding12 digs, as she recorded her sixth double-double of the season.
