Austin, Texas – The Nebraska track and field team opened competition at the NCAA West Preliminary Round at Mike A. Myers Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas on Thursday. Over the three-day meet the Huskers will compete to earn a top-12 finish and move on to compete at the NCAA Championships in [...]
PUEBLO, COLO – Chadron State’s Gavan Archibald came up short Thursday evening in his attempt to reach the finals in the men’s 400-meter intermediate hurdles at the NCAA Division II outdoor national track and field championships at Colorado State University-Pueblo. Archibald, a sophomore from Jamaica, placed 16th in a time of 53.54…nearly a second slower [...]
Minneapolis – Nebraska suffered its first loss of the Big Ten baseball tournament at Target Field in Minneapolis on Thursday in about the most heart-breaking manner possible, losing to Ohio State 3-2 on a walk-off bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 9th after having tied the game in the top of the inning. With [...]
The NCAA Division II National Outdoor Track and Field Championships opened today in Pueblo, Colo., with five Chadron State College Eagles in the field: Cody Hunt, Karl McFarlane, Alyssa Norton, Sadie Waugh, and Gavan Archibald. Chadron State head coach Ryan Baily says all five Eagles had good workouts the past week, but will face strong competition [...]
Urbana, Ill. – Nebraska All-American Mary Weatherholt stormed into the third round of the NCAA Women’s Tennis Singles Championship with another straight-set win on Thursday morning at the Khan Outdoor Tennis Complex. Weatherholt, who is ranked No. 11 nationally and essentially the No. 14 seed in the tournament, rolled to a 6-2, 6-1 victory over [...]
Scottsbluff claimed its second Class B Boys Golf State title in four years on Wednesday. The Bearcats followed up an opening round 320 on the Jackrabbit Golf Course in Grand Island with a closing 314 to beat runner-up Blair 634-643. Leading the way for Scottsbluff was senior Michael Hadden, who claimed the individual title by [...]
Minneapolis, Minn. –Nebraska opened the Big Ten baseball tournament in impressive fashion Wednesday afternoon, clobbering the Michigan Wolverines 11-2 at Target Field in Minneapolis. The Huskers had dropped 2 of 3 at home to the Wolverines, including a 19-9 shellacking in the Senior Day finale, but had no problems this time around Sophomore Kyle Kubat [...]
Nebraska senior tennis All-American Mary Weatherholt won her opening match in the NCAA Women’s Tennis Singles Championship yesterday at the University of Illinois. The 11th-ranked Weatherhold cruised to a 6-4, 6-4 victory over #38 Aleksandra Josifoska of UNLV. She’d also taken a straight win over her in the NCAA team regional at Nebraska 11 days [...]
The Alliance “Bulldog Strong” A-Club athletic banquet was held Tuesday night in the AHS gym. Here are the major award winners: Honorary A-Club Member: Dave Rischling Charles Sherlock Senior Citizen Booster: Ron Gunia Outstanding A-Club Member: Shae Brennan 3-D Sports Awards: Isaac Burnham, Mitch Pancost, Olivia Vogel Girl Athlete of the Year: Olivia Vogel Boy [...]
Minneapolis, Minn. Seven members of the Nebraska baseball team were honored by the Big Ten Conference on Tuesday morning, including Chad Christensen and Pat Kelly, who were each tabbed as first-team All-Big Ten performers by the league coaches. Michael Pritchard was a second-team selection, while Kash Kalkowski, Rich Sanguinetti and Blake Headley were all [...]