News Category: Regional Sports
Husker Basketball Adds Gavin Griffiths to 2024-25 Roster
The Nebraska men’s basketball team added one of the top players in the 2023 recruiting class as Gavin Griffiths will join the Husker program for the 2024-25 season. Griffiths, a 6-foot-8, 193-pound guard from Simsbury, Conn., played at Rutgers last season and will have three seasons of eligibility remaining. A…
Genatone enters the portal
Former North Platte star Vincent Genatone has entered the NCAA transfer portal. This past year he appeared in 12 games as a redshirt freshman for Montana and will have three years of eligibility remaining. At North Platte he earned Super-State first team honors and collected 136 tackles as a senior,…
Rhule shares post-scrimmage thoughts
Nebraska football head coach Matt Rhule met with members of the media following the team’s spring practice on Tuesday. He spoke to how the team handled the scrimmage on Saturday, particularly the quarterback room. “I thought they were really good. It’s a really hard defense to go against. I thought…
High School Baseball Scores 4-16-24
Tuesday (04/16/2024) Bellevue West 12, Gretna 2Elkhorn North 7, Millard North 3Elkhorn South 4, Creighton Preparatory School 3Malcolm 14, Beatrice 13Papillion-LaVista 19, Omaha Benson 3Raymond Central 16, Fairbury 1Wahoo/Bishop Neumann 7, Platte Valley 0
Huskers unable to hang on to late lead in loss to Creighton
Four runs in the top of the ninth inning sank Nebraska in a 6-4 loss vs. Creighton on Tuesday night at Hawks Field at Haymarket Park. Nebraska (23-11) scored four runs on six hits, while Creighton (27-7) totaled six runs on nine hits. Josh Caron led the Big Red, going…
Huskers Announce Addition of Rollie Worster to 2024-25 Roster
Lincoln – The Nebraska men’s basketball program added another experienced piece to its 2024-25 roster with the addition of Utah transfer Rollie Worster (pronounced raw-lee Wooster). Worster, a 6-foot-4, 204-pound guard from Missoula, Mont., has made 101 starts and has tallied 888 points, 425 assists and 473 rebounds during his collegiate career. He…
Larson to join League One Volleyball
League One Volleyball (LOVB) announced on Tuesday morning that Jordan Larson, one of the most accomplished players of her generation, has joined LOVB’s pro league and will anchor LOVB Omaha Volleyball, alongside fellow former Husker Justine Wong-Orantes. Larson’s role at the University of Nebraska will remain unchanged for the upcoming…
Peters wins Morrill Golf Invite in playoff while Chadron takes team title
Rolling Green Golf Course hosted the Morrill Boys Invite on Monday after the event was moved up a day to avoid the possibility of bad weather today and it wound up being an exciting finish as Mitchell's Cael Peters defeated Broc Berry of Chadron in a playoff. Heading to the…
Five Lancers compete in short go in Casper
The Lancers traveled to Casper, Wyoming for the Ropin’ and Riggin’ Days hosted by the Casper College Thunderbirds. Five college athletes representing EWC made it back for short go Sunday. In the team roping, two teams with EWC students found their way to Sunday. Brenna Herring of Veteran, Wyoming and…
Shelley selected by Mercury in WNBA Draft
Lincoln - Jaz Shelley became the first Husker graduate chosen in the WNBA Draft since 2014, when the three-time All-Big Ten guard was selected by the Phoenix Mercury with the 29th overall pick in the third round on Monday night. Shelley, a 5-9 graduate student from Moe, Australia, averaged 13.4 points,…