SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - For the third time this season and the second time in a row, the Mavericks have swept the TicketSmarter Summit League Player of the Week Awards, with Matt Goetzmann being named Peak Performer and Luke Gainer being named Peak Pitcher. Goetzmann extended his hitting streak to 11 straight games after…
OMAHA, Neb. – Creighton Softball's Lily West has been named the BIG EAST Player of the Week after guiding the Bluejays to a perfect 4-0 record with a win over Omaha and a series sweep over DePaul last week in Omaha. West is the second Bluejay this season to earn BIG EAST Player of…
MANHATTAN — A Kansas State University researcher has new support to battle one of the biggest global threats to pigs and swine production, which is a $57-billion-dollar industry in the U.S. The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, or FFAR, recently awarded a $1 million Seeding Solutions Grant to Waithaka Mwangi, immunology professor…
The East Husker Conference Track and Field meet was held on Saturday in Oakland. North Bend Central was the overall team champion for the girls, with Pender finishing as the team runner-up and Clarkson/Leigh third. West Point-Beemer was the boys overall team champion, with Oakland-Craig finishing as the team runner-up…
ROSEMONT, Ill. – A checkoff-led pilot in Cincinnati schools that offered lactose-free chocolate milk increased consumption and reached students who weren’t drinking milk because of real or perceived lactose intolerance. National Dairy Council (NDC) and American Dairy Association Mideast worked with Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) to offer the country’s first single-serve…
OMAHA, Neb. – Senior Cayla Nielsen broke the all-time career runs scored record, surpassing Stacey Rybar with 133 career runs scored as the Creighton softball team rolled to a series sweep of DePaul on Sunday with an 8-1 victory. Creighton improved to 31-19 on the season with their sixth consecutive victory, while climbing back…
Omaha, Neb. -- Battling through several delays caused by weather, Creighton Baseball dropped a 4-3 decision to Georgetown on Sunday, April 28 in the second game of the series. The third game was canceled. Creighton fell to 30-11 on the season and 4-7 in BIG EAST action with the loss, while…
OMAHA, Neb. -- After waiting out a two-hour rain delay, Viterbo University defeated the No. 15 Bellevue University baseball team 6-1 in the regular-season finale for both squads. Bellevue wraps up the regular season with a 36-12 overall record and 21-2 mark in NSAA play. Viterbo closes out the regular season…
Wisner-Pilger senior high jumper Dylan Kneifl tied his school record clearing 7 1/4" Friday afternoon at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa to finish second in the high jump. An NCAA provisional qualifying mark, Kneifl's top mark of 7 1/4" now leads the NSIC and is tied for sixth…
Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., a first-generation college student, heart surgeon and longtime college administrator who for the last decade has led the University of Nebraska Medical Center through a period of record growth, was confirmed Friday as NU’s ninth president by the Board of Regents. Dr. Gold, who also serves as the…
