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After 15 years of being on the Broncos’ sideline, Tony Harper will part ways with the Hastings College football program.
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LINCOLN — For most teams that come into Memorial Stadium, beating Nebraska doesn’t mean as much as it used to considering the Cornhuskers’ fall from the upper echelon of college football the last two decades.
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A couple teams trying to establish some mojo meet when Nebraska hosts Illinois on Saturday.
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LINCOLN — Nebraska appeared ready to blow out Penn State, then suddenly found itself in a close game, the kind the Cornhuskers have been known to lose under third-year coach Scott Frost.
How quickly cheers can turn into tears.
Macrae Huyser felt the weight of Adams Central’s season on his back.
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Fred Hoiberg did a near total remake of the roster in his first year at Nebraska, and the Cornhuskers finished the season on a school-record, 17-game losing streak.
The Nebraska volleyball team will be holding a Red-White Scrimmage on Nov. 12 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. First serve is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. The scrimmage is closed to media and the public but it will be streamed live on Huskers.com, Twitter and Facebook. John Baylor and Lauren (Co…
Nebraska head coach Scott Frost met with the media Monday to discuss the team’s loss to Northwestern on Saturday as well as this week’s game with Penn State. The following is a transcript from some of the questions from that press conference.
Class B opponents know this year's Hastings football team is full of talent. The Tigers were talented last year, too, boasting tons of speed and big play ability. But this postseason, HHS is proving it is mentally tough, as well.
ASHLAND — In a span of five plays, Tyler Slechta solidified No. 8 Adams Central’s upset Friday night.
LINCOLN — Adams Central had to play a match that was close to perfect in order to knock off No. 1 Wahoo Wednesday in the first round of the Class C-1 state tournament.
By now, Adams Central is used to playing the role of underdog.
GRAND ISLAND — Libby Lollman wasn’t sure how to feel. Neither were her players Saturday after Adams Central knocked off No. 4 Grand Island Central Catholic 19-25, 25-22, 26-24, 25-23 in the Class C-1, District 4 final.
The University of Wisconsin put out a press release saying it will pause all team-related activities for at least seven days due to a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in the program.
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The Hastings College football team is in a rut. The Broncos just can’t seem to get all three phases to compete at a high level at the same time, as their losing streak reached four straight games with a loss on Saturday.
GRAND ISLAND — Hastings found the running game the Tigers’ had been looking for lately. Now they will need to continue to pound the rock in the playoffs.
GENEVA — Coming off back-to-back losses to Kearney Catholic and St. Paul, Adams Central was determined to notch one more win to get to a 7-2 record heading into the postseason.
KEARNEY — As Minden head cross country coach Shawn Wheelock refreshed his phone to reveal the updated results after the Class C boys race, he had one thought.
KEARNEY — Before the fall season began, Scott Rosno didn’t know how certain he was that his cross country team would make it through the year before competition came to a halt. The COVID-19 pandemic put the completion of a lot of activities at risk, but the Tigers are thankful they were able…
KEARNEY — A month ago, Jessie Hurt was disappointed in herself following her 12th-place finish at the UNK invite.
KEARNEY — Alayna Vargas set the bar high for herself.
The following is a transcript from Nebraska head football coach Scott Frost’s interview with the media on Monday.
LINCOLN — Five members of the Nebraska football program received one the program’s highest honors Saturday, as they were selected as team captains by their teammates. This 2020 captains include defensive back Dicaprio Bootle, offensive lineman Matt Farniok, quarterback Adrian Martinez, lineb…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Six members of the Hastings Sodbusters were honored by the Expedition League in its postseason honors list, which were announced Oct. 13 by the league office.
In Friday’s battle of Class C-1 powerhouses, it kept looking like whichever team had the ball last would win.
Hastings can now look at its naysayers confidently and smile.
LINCOLN — The Adams Central No. 1 doubles team of Lukas Bohlen and Nicholas Kulwicki put up a fight in both of its matches, but the Patriots came up just short, resulting in an eighth-place finish at the boys state tennis meet at the Woods Tennis Center in Lincoln.
NELSON — The Class D-1 No. 2 Bruning-Davenport/Shickley Eagles (23-2) had some problems in game one of the night against the home team Lawrence-Nelson Raiders (6-11).
The “meatball” Kaelan Schultz was hunting for, she got.
OGALLALA — It’s been a tough season for Hastings’ Jaydon Welsh, but through all of the trials and tribulation, Welsh captured the district championship and is heading back to the state cross country meet. And the rest of the Tigers are going with him.
Fairbury’s offense was due. That’s all there is to it.
Hastings’ day began with the fast offensive start it wanted. The Tigers posted six runs through the first three innings in their 8-2 win over Crete in the first round of the Class B state tournament.
St. Cecilia head coach Ryan Ohnoutka thought the team’s appearance at the state softball tournament last season would be beneficial in providing a nerveless mindset.
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KEARNEY — The University of Nebraska at Kearney football team will play four non-conference games this fall.
SEWARD — Coming off a five-set victory over Midland, the Hastings College volleyball team was hoping to start a little win streak after winning two straight matches. But the Broncos ran into a tough Concordia University team.
Hastings is on a revenge tour.
SEWARD — With just over 7 minutes remaining in Saturday’s games, the Hastings College football team was in good position to leave Seward with a solid road victory over Concordia. The Broncos were up 21-14, with the defense playing well to that point and the offense moving the ball effectively.
KENESAW — Athleticism, speed, quickness, and power. All of these tangibles fit under the Kenesaw Blue Devils.
BLUE HILL — Koltan Wademan and and MJ Coffey led a vicious Blue Hill rushing attack Friday night in a 33-6 win over Lawrence-Nelson.
Clint Head knew his St. Cecilia football team was going to have an enormous challenge coming back to the gridiron after being quarantined for two weeks. In order to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, the Bluehawks went two weeks without practicing or playing their schedul…
Hastings High's football game Friday against Alliance was canceled due to a positive COVID-19 result in Alliance.
Hastings College unveiled its 2020 version of Bronco football Saturday, and the socially-distanced home crowd liked what they witnessed.
Adams Central erased any doubts about its readiness against Minden, following AC’s upset win last week over Class C-1 No. 1 Wahoo.
Jarrett Synek was crowned homecoming king following Hastings’ football game Friday night.
ROSELAND — The Silver Lake Mustangs (5-3) Thursday faced a tough Shelton squad, which was on a seven-game winning streak after losing the first of the season.
The Adams Central and Hastings boys tennis teams are both in similar situations. Both squads lost the vast majority of their experience, leaving the players in their lineups to learn the finer points of the game as the season progresses.
