Category: Local Sports

Local Sports 9-27-2019

The Nebraska football team is set to take on 5th ranked Ohio State tomorrow night in Lincoln.  The Buckeyes are 4-0 on the season and ranks third nationally in scoring and 14th in total offense, averaging better than 525 yards per game.  On the defensive side, the Buckeyes are second nationally in total defense, allowing...

Local Sports 9-26-2019

Ninth ranked Midland beat the Hastings College volleyball team in straight sets last night in Fremont.  The scores were 25-22, 25-22, 25-16.  Emily Lenners and Emily Krolikowski had six kills apiece.  Hastings is now 7-8 on the season, 2-3 in the conference.  They’ll play host to Concordia next Wednesday.   The Hastings College soccer teams...

Local Sports 9-25-2019

The Nebraska football team continues to prepare for Saturday’s game against Ohio State.  The Buckeyes are 4-0 on the season and have outscored their opponents 214-36 so far this season.  Ohio State is coming off a 76-5 win over Miami of Ohio.  They average 525 yards per game offensively and give up only 222 yards. ...

Hastings High Softball Coach Resigns

The head coach of the Hastings High softball team has resigned, effective immediately.  Pete Theoharis will continue his teaching position at the high school. In a statement, Superintendent Jeff Schneider says they would have no further comment on this matter.  Assistant coach Ashley Speak will take over as head coach. Theoharis was in his 14th...

Local Sports 9-24-2019

After dropping a match to Stanford last week, the Nebraska volleyball team has dropped to third in the latest AVCA Coaches Poll.  The Huskers are 8-1 on the season with matches this week against Illinois and Northwestern.  Stanford is ranked number one.  Baylor is second.  Pittsburgh is fourth and Penn State is fifth.  Rounding out...

Local Sports 9-23-2019

Clemson is still ranked number one in the latest AP College Football Poll.  The Tigers are 4-0 on the season after Saturday’s 52-10 win over Charlotte.  Alabama is second followed by Georgia, LSU and Ohio State.  Rounding out the top ten are Oklahoma, Auburn, Wisconsin, Florida and Notre Dame.  Penn State is 12th, Iowa is...

Local Sports 9-20-2019

The Nebraska football team has enlisted the help of a club soccer player to help with their kicking woes.  Matt Waldoch will walk on at Nebraska to kick for the Huskers.  In 2018, he played for the Bugeaters club soccer team in Omaha.  Waldoch played high school football and soccer.  With scholarship placekicker Barrett Pickering...

Local Sports 9-19-2018

The top ranked Nebraska volleyball team lost to 2nd ranked Stanford in four games last night in front of a school record 86-hundred 32 fans at the Devaney Center.  The scores were 21-25, 25-22, 17-25, 16-25.  The defending national champion Cardinal never trailed in sets one and three and led almost the entire way in...

Local Sports 9-18-2019

The top ranked Nebraska volleyball team will battle 2nd ranked Stanford tonight at the Devaney Center.  Stanford beat Nebraska 3-2 in last year’s national championship game.  The two programs have split the last four national titles.  Stanford is 9-6 all time against the Huskers with Nebraska’s last win coming on August 29, 2008.  First serve...

Local Sports 9-17-2019

The Nebraska volleyball team has moved to number one in the latest AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll.  It marks the first time the Huskers have held the top spot since the final poll of the 2017 NCAA Championship season.  The Huskers are 7-0 on the season and will face second ranked Stanford tomorrow night at...