Nebraska's Natalie Potts captured her conference-leading seventh Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week award of 2023-24 when the league announced its honors on Monday, Feb. 26.

Potts, a 6-2 forward from O'Fallon, Mo., averaged 15.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals to help power Nebraska to a pair of home wins last week. In a 75-50 victory over Northwestern on Tuesday, Potts produced her fourth double-double of the season with game highs of 18 points, 10 rebounds and three steals. She closed out the week with 12 points, seven rebounds, a steal and a blocked shot in a 70-51 win over Minnesota at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Saturday.

For the week, Potts hit 11-of-16 shots from the field (.688), including her only three-point attempt, while going a perfect 7-for-7 at the free throw line. For the season, Potts is averaging 10.4 points and 5.4 rebounds, while hitting 52.6 percent of her shots from the field and 85.9 percent of her free throws.

Potts has started all 28 games this season for a Nebraska team that is 19-9 overall and 11-6 in the Big Ten. She is the only Big Ten freshman to win more than three weekly honors.

Potts and Nebraska will enjoy the mid-week off before traveling to Illinois to close out the regular season on Sunday, March 3. Tip-off with the Fighting Illini is set for 3 p.m. (CT) with live television coverage by the Big Ten Network. The final Big Ten weekly honors will be announced on Monday, March 4, before the conference releases its annual postseason awards on Tuesday, March 5.

Natalie Potts Big Ten Freshman of the Week AwardsNov. 13,&nbsp;Nov. 27, Dec. 11, Jan. 8, Jan. 15, Feb. 12, Feb. 26

All Other Big Ten Freshman Honors in 2023-24Dec. 4, Jan. 22, Feb. 19 (Grace Grocholski, Minnesota - 3)Jan. 2, Feb. 12 (Mary Ashley Stevenson, Purdue - 2)&nbsp;Nov. 20 (Rashunda Jones, Purdue)Dec. 18 (D'Yanis Jimenez, Wisconsin)Jan. 29 (Tessa Grady, Wisconsin)Feb. 5 (Jillian Huerter, Rutgers)

By NU Athletics CommunicationsNebraska's Natalie Potts captured her conference-leading seventh Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week award of 2023-24 when the league announced its honors on Monday, Feb. 26.Potts, a 6-2 forward from O'Fallon, Mo., averaged 15.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals to help power Nebraska to a pair of home wins last week. In a 75-50 victory over Northwestern on Tuesday, Potts produced her fourth double-double of the season with game highs of 18 points, 10 rebounds and three steals. She closed out the week with 12 points, seven rebounds, a steal and a blocked shot in a 70-51 win over Minnesota at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Saturday.For the week, Potts hit 11-of-16 shots from the field (.688), including her only three-point attempt, while going a perfect 7-for-7 at the free throw line. For the season, Potts is averaging 10.4 points and 5.4 rebounds, while hitting 52.6 percent of her shots from the field and 85.9 percent of her free throws.Potts has started all 28 games this season for a Nebraska team that is 19-9 overall and 11-6 in the Big Ten. She is the only Big Ten freshman to win more than three weekly honors.Potts and Nebraska will enjoy the mid-week off before traveling to Illinois to close out the regular season on Sunday, March 3. Tip-off with the Fighting Illini is set for 3 p.m. (CT) with live television coverage by the Big Ten Network. The final Big Ten weekly honors will be announced on Monday, March 4, before the conference releases its annual postseason awards on Tuesday, March 5.Natalie Potts Big Ten Freshman of the Week AwardsNov. 13,&nbsp;Nov. 27, Dec. 11, Jan. 8, Jan. 15, Feb. 12, Feb. 26All Other Big Ten Freshman Honors in 2023-24Dec. 4, Jan. 22, Feb. 19 (Grace Grocholski, Minnesota - 3)Jan. 2, Feb. 12 (Mary Ashley Stevenson, Purdue - 2)&nbsp;Nov. 20 (Rashunda Jones, Purdue)Dec. 18 (D'Yanis Jimenez, Wisconsin)Jan. 29 (Tessa Grady, Wisconsin)Feb. 5 (Jillian Huerter, Rutgers)

Potts gets 7th Big Ten Freshman of Week award for Huskers

By Shamus Knight NU Athletic Communications

The Nebraska Athletic Ticket Office announced Monday afternoon that this Sunday’s game against Rutgers is sold out. It will be the fourth consecutive sellout for the Huskers, as the Huskers are 20-8 on the season (10-7 Big Ten) following Sunday’s 73-55 win over Minnesota. &nbsp;Sunday’s home finale will tip off at 5:30 p.m. with program Senior Night ceremonies set to begin shortly after 5 p.m.&nbsp;

Nebraska will look to extend its four-game win streak on Thursday, as the Huskers travel to Ohio State. Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m. (central) and will be broadcast on FS1 and the Husker Radio Network.

By Shamus Knight NU Athletic CommunicationsThe Nebraska Athletic Ticket Office announced Monday afternoon that this Sunday’s game against Rutgers is sold out. It will be the fourth consecutive sellout for the Huskers, as the Huskers are 20-8 on the season (10-7 Big Ten) following Sunday’s 73-55 win over Minnesota. &nbsp;Sunday’s home finale will tip off at 5:30 p.m. with program Senior Night ceremonies set to begin shortly after 5 p.m.&nbsp;Nebraska will look to extend its four-game win streak on Thursday, as the Huskers travel to Ohio State. Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m. (central) and will be broadcast on FS1 and the Husker Radio Network.

Huskers MBB Senior Night game vs. Rutgers is sold out

On the same night Caitlin Clark was adding to her&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/caitlin-clark-iowa-12e078352a92fe2effb307888775cdb0">NCAA women's basketball scoring record</a>&nbsp;before a packed house in Indiana, and a national audience on television, the Iowa sensation was losing ground to the most prolific active scorer in her sport.

In a gymnasium smaller than those of many high schools, where hundreds of fans scattered across sets of retractable bleachers, Grace Beyer was pouring in 40 points for the&nbsp;<a href="https://eutecticsports.com/sports/wbkb/index">University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy</a>&nbsp;in a close loss to Cottey College.

That pushed the career total for the fifth-year senior to 3,842 points, 249 ahead of Clark, who had scored 24 in&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/sports/womens-college-basketball-college-basketball-south-carolina-gamecocks-3e8e00c8c35f24802768b670877d5937">the Hawkeyes' loss to the Hoosiers</a>&nbsp;last Thursday night. Beyer added another 32 points on Saturday in a win over Hannibal-LaGrange, breaking Miriam Walker-Samuels' record for an NAIA school and moving her into fifth place in college basketball history.

Men or women, NCAA or NAIA, regardless of division.

“What she's doing," said Beyer’s coach, Jillian Lipman-Segura, "is just remarkable. She makes everything look so easy."

The contrast is stark in the way Clark and Beyer have been chasing history in the twilight of their careers.

Ever since helping the Hawkeyes reach&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/caitlin-clark-ncaa-scoring-record-goats-462a6db5ec8aac5dae950b884349400c">the national championship game last season</a>, and famously feuding with LSU standout Angel Reese, Clark has become perhaps the most bankable star in the history of the women's college game.

Fans have&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/caitlin-clark-scoring-aaef3ceebb200a2dd326dc94371585c1">lined up for hours all season</a>, often in freezing cold, to watch her make those 30-foot 3-pointers. Tickets went for more than a $1,000 on the secondary market as Clark approached Kelsey Plum's NCAA women's scoring record. And in the era of Name, Image and Likeness legislation that has allowed Clark to monetize her fame, she has popped up in advertisements for everything from State Farm Insurance to Hy-Vee, a supermarket chain headquartered not far from her childhood home in Des Moines.

As she passed Plum and set her sights on Lynette Woodard's major college record of 3,649 points, set before the days of NCAA women's hoops, Clark's games have become appointment viewing when they are televised on FS1 or streamed on Peacock.

“It's amazing," Beyer said with a smile, “to be mentioned in the same breath as her.”

Perhaps that is because her own story is playing out on such a wildly different stage.

Just like Clark, Beyer grew up with a basketball in her hands, putting up thousands of shots at the local YMCA before and after school. She learned about toughness from playing older brothers Brian and Daniel in the driveway of their Wisconsin home, and how to be a leader while taking Mukwonago High School to the state championship game as a freshman.

And just like Clark, the Division I coaches came calling. They saw in her all the same traits that Iowa coach Lisa Bluder saw in her future phenom, right down to the desire it takes to play basketball at the college level.

Yet that is where Clark and Beyer abruptly diverged.

Beyer's grandfather had lived with her family as she grew up, but as he grew older, he began having trouble managing his medications. Beyer stepped in to help, learning everything she could about the drugs and how they interacted. That piqued in her a desire to study pharmacy, a burdensome academic pathway that typically requires a four-year undergraduate degree in something such as biology or chemistry before at least two more years spent earning a doctorate.

Many coaches had been recruiting Beyer since the seventh grade, including several from Division I schools, yet they blanched when she told them about her academic goals. They thought there was no way Beyer could juggle that course load and still focus on basketball, so the phone calls and text messages and interest slowly dried up.

“I had a lot of conversations with my parents,” Beyer said, “and they urged me to prepare for the 40 years of my life rather than the four years of college. It's kind of a big concept to grasp when you're in high school, but I just knew that I wanted to be happy and have a career in something I'm going to enjoy. And basketball? I'll enjoy that wherever I play.”

That ended up being a small college in St. Louis whose nickname — Eutectics — is the process of two solids forming a liquid, and whose mascot, Mortarmer McPestle, wears a shock of yellow hair and a white lab coat.

Odd, yet fitting, for a school that in 2020 renamed itself the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy.

“Our program is academically rigorous,” Eutectics athletic director Jill Harter said, “and it really takes a special type of athlete to be successful here, because you have to be able to achieve in the classroom in order to be able to excel competitively, too.

“Grace,” Harter added, "checks both of those boxes.”

There are no chartered planes at the NAIA level, just mind-numbing bus rides that often last six or more hours. There are no tutors for the women's basketball program, only the academic assistance afforded to any student. And while the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy facilities are pristine, they are nowhere near what a Division I college can offer.

“But honestly,” Harter said, "if your passion is healthcare and you want to play a sport, why would you go anywhere else?”

That was the pitch that sold Beyer on a school whose team had gone 19-116 in the five seasons before her arrival.

With her leading the way, the Eutectics won at least 20 games each of the past two years. The few dozen fans that used to show up at games turned into a few hundred, and people actually began calling the school to ask when Beyer would play next.

As the wins mounted, so did her scoring total, often in chunks of 40 or more points at a time.

Beyer had a career-high 59 last year in a game against Columbia, and earlier this season, the 5-foot-8 guard scored 51 of the Eutectics' points in a 69-62 win over William Woods. In all, Beyer has been averaging more than 34 points over her final season of college basketball, while also leading her team in rebounds, steals and assists.

“There's sometimes we'll beat a team but they'll be like, ‘Oh, Grace didn’t score 30, so it's a win,'” she said, “but it's not a win. You lost. So it's kind of funny how some people's mindsets are different, not even caring about the outcome of the game.”

At her current pace, Beyer needs six postseason games to chase down the women’s all-college scoring record, set by Pearl Moore with 4,061 points — 3,884 for AIAW-member Francis Marion from 1975-79 and 177 points while at Anderson Junior College.

The Eutectics open the American Midwest Conference Tournament against Missouri Baptist on Friday night.

Meanwhile, Beyer continues to watch Clark chase her own milestones from afar. The reigning&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/clark-reese-bueckers-all-america-lsu-uconn-iowa-10d3dc8c0b5b2c4729550620967fdbcb">AP player of the year</a>&nbsp;has 3,617 points after her triple-double in Iowa's win over Illinois on Sunday, and Clark needs 33 points heading into Wednesday's game at Minnesota to break Woodard's major college scoring record.

In rare moments, Beyer catches herself wondering what it would have been like to play under those bright lights herself. Could she have competed at that level, or had that much success? Would she have been as happy doing it?

“I definitely don't have any regrets coming here,” she said, “but everyone has those what-if thoughts, you know? What it would have been like if I went to a bigger school. But those are all what-ifs. I'm never going to know how my career would have ended up at a different school. I can only know for sure what I have accomplished here, and what I've accomplished here is not something that anyone can take away from me. I can't have any regrets when I know what I've left behind.”

<figure>
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 </figure>By: Dave Skretta (AP)On the same night Caitlin Clark was adding to her&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/caitlin-clark-iowa-12e078352a92fe2effb307888775cdb0">NCAA women's basketball scoring record</a>&nbsp;before a packed house in Indiana, and a national audience on television, the Iowa sensation was losing ground to the most prolific active scorer in her sport.In a gymnasium smaller than those of many high schools, where hundreds of fans scattered across sets of retractable bleachers, Grace Beyer was pouring in 40 points for the&nbsp;<a href="https://eutecticsports.com/sports/wbkb/index">University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy</a>&nbsp;in a close loss to Cottey College.That pushed the career total for the fifth-year senior to 3,842 points, 249 ahead of Clark, who had scored 24 in&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/sports/womens-college-basketball-college-basketball-south-carolina-gamecocks-3e8e00c8c35f24802768b670877d5937">the Hawkeyes' loss to the Hoosiers</a>&nbsp;last Thursday night. Beyer added another 32 points on Saturday in a win over Hannibal-LaGrange, breaking Miriam Walker-Samuels' record for an NAIA school and moving her into fifth place in college basketball history.Men or women, NCAA or NAIA, regardless of division.“What she's doing," said Beyer’s coach, Jillian Lipman-Segura, "is just remarkable. She makes everything look so easy."The contrast is stark in the way Clark and Beyer have been chasing history in the twilight of their careers.Ever since helping the Hawkeyes reach&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/caitlin-clark-ncaa-scoring-record-goats-462a6db5ec8aac5dae950b884349400c">the national championship game last season</a>, and famously feuding with LSU standout Angel Reese, Clark has become perhaps the most bankable star in the history of the women's college game.Fans have&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/caitlin-clark-scoring-aaef3ceebb200a2dd326dc94371585c1">lined up for hours all season</a>, often in freezing cold, to watch her make those 30-foot 3-pointers. Tickets went for more than a $1,000 on the secondary market as Clark approached Kelsey Plum's NCAA women's scoring record. And in the era of Name, Image and Likeness legislation that has allowed Clark to monetize her fame, she has popped up in advertisements for everything from State Farm Insurance to Hy-Vee, a supermarket chain headquartered not far from her childhood home in Des Moines.As she passed Plum and set her sights on Lynette Woodard's major college record of 3,649 points, set before the days of NCAA women's hoops, Clark's games have become appointment viewing when they are televised on FS1 or streamed on Peacock.“It's amazing," Beyer said with a smile, “to be mentioned in the same breath as her.”Perhaps that is because her own story is playing out on such a wildly different stage.Just like Clark, Beyer grew up with a basketball in her hands, putting up thousands of shots at the local YMCA before and after school. She learned about toughness from playing older brothers Brian and Daniel in the driveway of their Wisconsin home, and how to be a leader while taking Mukwonago High School to the state championship game as a freshman.And just like Clark, the Division I coaches came calling. They saw in her all the same traits that Iowa coach Lisa Bluder saw in her future phenom, right down to the desire it takes to play basketball at the college level.Yet that is where Clark and Beyer abruptly diverged.Beyer's grandfather had lived with her family as she grew up, but as he grew older, he began having trouble managing his medications. Beyer stepped in to help, learning everything she could about the drugs and how they interacted. That piqued in her a desire to study pharmacy, a burdensome academic pathway that typically requires a four-year undergraduate degree in something such as biology or chemistry before at least two more years spent earning a doctorate.Many coaches had been recruiting Beyer since the seventh grade, including several from Division I schools, yet they blanched when she told them about her academic goals. They thought there was no way Beyer could juggle that course load and still focus on basketball, so the phone calls and text messages and interest slowly dried up.“I had a lot of conversations with my parents,” Beyer said, “and they urged me to prepare for the 40 years of my life rather than the four years of college. It's kind of a big concept to grasp when you're in high school, but I just knew that I wanted to be happy and have a career in something I'm going to enjoy. And basketball? I'll enjoy that wherever I play.”That ended up being a small college in St. Louis whose nickname — Eutectics — is the process of two solids forming a liquid, and whose mascot, Mortarmer McPestle, wears a shock of yellow hair and a white lab coat.Odd, yet fitting, for a school that in 2020 renamed itself the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy.“Our program is academically rigorous,” Eutectics athletic director Jill Harter said, “and it really takes a special type of athlete to be successful here, because you have to be able to achieve in the classroom in order to be able to excel competitively, too.“Grace,” Harter added, "checks both of those boxes.”There are no chartered planes at the NAIA level, just mind-numbing bus rides that often last six or more hours. There are no tutors for the women's basketball program, only the academic assistance afforded to any student. And while the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy facilities are pristine, they are nowhere near what a Division I college can offer.“But honestly,” Harter said, "if your passion is healthcare and you want to play a sport, why would you go anywhere else?”That was the pitch that sold Beyer on a school whose team had gone 19-116 in the five seasons before her arrival.With her leading the way, the Eutectics won at least 20 games each of the past two years. The few dozen fans that used to show up at games turned into a few hundred, and people actually began calling the school to ask when Beyer would play next.As the wins mounted, so did her scoring total, often in chunks of 40 or more points at a time.Beyer had a career-high 59 last year in a game against Columbia, and earlier this season, the 5-foot-8 guard scored 51 of the Eutectics' points in a 69-62 win over William Woods. In all, Beyer has been averaging more than 34 points over her final season of college basketball, while also leading her team in rebounds, steals and assists.“There's sometimes we'll beat a team but they'll be like, ‘Oh, Grace didn’t score 30, so it's a win,'” she said, “but it's not a win. You lost. So it's kind of funny how some people's mindsets are different, not even caring about the outcome of the game.”At her current pace, Beyer needs six postseason games to chase down the women’s all-college scoring record, set by Pearl Moore with 4,061 points — 3,884 for AIAW-member Francis Marion from 1975-79 and 177 points while at Anderson Junior College.The Eutectics open the American Midwest Conference Tournament against Missouri Baptist on Friday night.Meanwhile, Beyer continues to watch Clark chase her own milestones from afar. The reigning&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/clark-reese-bueckers-all-america-lsu-uconn-iowa-10d3dc8c0b5b2c4729550620967fdbcb">AP player of the year</a>&nbsp;has 3,617 points after her triple-double in Iowa's win over Illinois on Sunday, and Clark needs 33 points heading into Wednesday's game at Minnesota to break Woodard's major college scoring record.In rare moments, Beyer catches herself wondering what it would have been like to play under those bright lights herself. Could she have competed at that level, or had that much success? Would she have been as happy doing it?“I definitely don't have any regrets coming here,” she said, “but everyone has those what-if thoughts, you know? What it would have been like if I went to a bigger school. But those are all what-ifs. I'm never going to know how my career would have ended up at a different school. I can only know for sure what I have accomplished here, and what I've accomplished here is not something that anyone can take away from me. I can't have any regrets when I know what I've left behind.”

Meet Grace Beyer, the small-school scoring phenom Iowa star Caitlin Clark might never catch

🏀 High School District Championship Game Information

BOYS - Winners Advance to State Tournament

B-3 Final Monday, February 26 #3 Scottsbluff 49,&nbsp;#14 Seward 46

B-6 Final Monday, February 26 #6 Omaha Roncalli Catholic 68,&nbsp;#11 Gering 48

C1-4 Final Saturday, February 24 #13 Malcolm 56,&nbsp;#4 Sidney 45

C1-5 Final Monday, February 26 #5 Ogallala 77, #12 Conestoga 42

C2-7 Final Saturday, February 24 #10 Bridgeport 42,&nbsp; #7 Freeman 23

D2-2 Final Saturday, February 24 #2 Maywood-Hayes Center 60,&nbsp;#15 Potter-Dix 21

D2-6 Final Monday, February 26 #6 Wynot 74,&nbsp;#11 Hay Springs 34

D2-7 Final Monday, February 26 #10 Humphrey St. Francis 76,&nbsp;#7 Hyannis vs 34

GIRLS - Winners Advance to State Tournament

B-7 Final Saturday, February 24 #7 Scottsbluff 52,&nbsp;#10 Elkhorn 44

C1-2 Final Friday, February 23 #2 Sidney 50,&nbsp;#15 Platteview 41

C1-4 Final Friday, February 23 #4 Bridgeport 67,&nbsp;#13 Gordon-Rushville 49

C2-4 Final Friday, February 23 #13 Niobrara/Verdigre 51, #4 Bayard 39

D1-2 Final Friday, February 23 #2 Guardian Angels CC 78, #15 South Platte 38

D2-3 Final Friday, February 23 #3 Wynot 65,&nbsp;#14 Crawford 31

D2-6 Final Friday, February 23 #11 Paxton 77, #6 Leyton 59

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 </figure>BOYS - Winners Advance to State TournamentB-3 Final Monday, February 26 #3 Scottsbluff 49,&nbsp;#14 Seward 46B-6 Final Monday, February 26 #6 Omaha Roncalli Catholic 68,&nbsp;#11 Gering 48C1-4 Final Saturday, February 24 #13 Malcolm 56,&nbsp;#4 Sidney 45C1-5 Final Monday, February 26 #5 Ogallala 77, #12 Conestoga 42C2-7 Final Saturday, February 24 #10 Bridgeport 42,&nbsp; #7 Freeman 23D2-2 Final Saturday, February 24 #2 Maywood-Hayes Center 60,&nbsp;#15 Potter-Dix 21D2-6 Final Monday, February 26 #6 Wynot 74,&nbsp;#11 Hay Springs 34D2-7 Final Monday, February 26 #10 Humphrey St. Francis 76,&nbsp;#7 Hyannis vs 34GIRLS - Winners Advance to State TournamentB-7 Final Saturday, February 24 #7 Scottsbluff 52,&nbsp;#10 Elkhorn 44C1-2 Final Friday, February 23 #2 Sidney 50,&nbsp;#15 Platteview 41C1-4 Final Friday, February 23 #4 Bridgeport 67,&nbsp;#13 Gordon-Rushville 49C2-4 Final Friday, February 23 #13 Niobrara/Verdigre 51, #4 Bayard 39D1-2 Final Friday, February 23 #2 Guardian Angels CC 78, #15 South Platte 38D2-3 Final Friday, February 23 #3 Wynot 65,&nbsp;#14 Crawford 31D2-6 Final Friday, February 23 #11 Paxton 77, #6 Leyton 59

🏀 MONDAY NIGHT UPDATE: High School District Championship Scoreboard

By: John Murphy CSC Sports Information Director

A total of four Chadron State women's wrestlers qualified for the 2024 National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships by placing top four at the NCWWC Region V Wrestling Tournament held in Denton, Texas on Sunday.

Kamila Montenegro, a senior from Las Vegas, Nevada, became the second regional champion in school history by going 3-0 at 191 pounds. Ana Rojas-Zamora was the runner-up at 123 pounds to qualify while Heavynne Robles-Wright and Mana Chanthasone placed fourth in their respective weight classes to punch a ticket.

The Eagles finished fourth out of ten teams in the team standings with 109.5 points. Colorado Mesa won the title with 221 points and Simon Fraser finished second with 207 points. It is the second consecutive year that CSC has had one champion and three other qualifiers at the regional tournament.

Chanthasone, a freshman from Liberal, Kansas had to wrestle a true fourth place match to earn her ticket to the championships in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on March 8 and 9.

After receiving a first-round bye, Chanthasone was defeated by the eventual 101-pound champion from Colorado Mesa in the semifinals. Her first match in the consolation bracket was against her teammate, Britley Lopez. Lopez, a sophomore from Borger, Texas, was defeated by Gina Bolognese of Simon Fraser in the quarterfinals.

Chanthasone won the battle of teammates with an 11-0 tech fall, earning herself a match against Bolognese for third place. Bolognese was victorious in the match but due to Ava McNeal of Sioux Falls winning the fifth-place match and not having wrestled Chanthasone yet, a true fourth place match was needed.

The freshman from Kansas was victorious with a 9-7 decision for CSC, booking herself a ticket to the national championships.

At 109 pounds, Robles-Wright, a sophomore from Las Cruces, New Mexico, received a first round by to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarters, Robles-Wright was victorious with a 10-0 tech fall.  

In the semifinals, Robles-Wright suffered a 9-4 defeat to the eventual champion, Isabella Morales. Morales's victories were by fall in 0:20, a 10-0 tech fall, her decision over Robles-Wright and a fall in 4:13 in the championship.

Waiting for Robles-Wright in the consolation bracket was her teammate, Brianna Vollendroff. Vollendroff, a sophomore from Oroville, California, scored the first points of the match but suffered a 10-3 defeat.

The #7 ranked wrestler in the nation, Ivy Threatful of Simon Fraser, defeated Robles-Wright in the third-place match but both qualified for the NCAA Championships.

Rojas-Zamora, a sophomore from Sweeny, Texas, went 3-1 to earn silver and clinch her own ticket at 123 pounds.

After winning by fall in 0:57 in round one and by 3:15 in the quarterfinals, Rojas-Zamora used a 16-6 tech fall in the semifinals to earn a spot in the championship.

Victoria Seal, the #8 ranked wrestler from Simon Fraser, recorded her fourth consecutive 10-0 tech fall in the championship match to place Rojas-Zamora second.

The Eagles last qualifier was regional champion Montenegro at 191 pounds. While being the only undefeated wrestler on the day for CSC, her matches contained high levels of excitement.

In the quarterfinals, Montenegro earned a 3-2 decision over Symphanie Sampson of Schreiner. The match was tied with 2:00 minutes left in the final period when Sampson scored a point to gain a 2-1 lead due to Montenegro receiving two passive warnings.

Montenegro made a shot in the final ten seconds to score two points with seven seconds remaining to earn the victory.

Trailing 5-2 in the semifinals, a four-point slam was used by Montenegro with 1:23 remaining to gain a 6-5 lead. She was able to hold onto the 6-5 decision while earning a spot in the regional championship.

Montenegro dominated the gold medal match on way to winning with a 12-0 tech and becoming the second regional champion in Chadron State women's wrestling history.

Vollendroff at 109 pounds and Maria Arellano, a sophomore from Fresno, California, at 170 pounds, both finished one spot away from qualifying in fifth.

Five other Eagles placed sixth in the tournament and one placed eighth.

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 </figure>By: John Murphy CSC Sports Information DirectorA total of four Chadron State women's wrestlers qualified for the 2024 National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships by placing top four at the NCWWC Region V Wrestling Tournament held in Denton, Texas on Sunday.Kamila Montenegro, a senior from Las Vegas, Nevada, became the second regional champion in school history by going 3-0 at 191 pounds. Ana Rojas-Zamora was the runner-up at 123 pounds to qualify while Heavynne Robles-Wright and Mana Chanthasone placed fourth in their respective weight classes to punch a ticket.The Eagles finished fourth out of ten teams in the team standings with 109.5 points. Colorado Mesa won the title with 221 points and Simon Fraser finished second with 207 points. It is the second consecutive year that CSC has had one champion and three other qualifiers at the regional tournament.Chanthasone, a freshman from Liberal, Kansas had to wrestle a true fourth place match to earn her ticket to the championships in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on March 8 and 9.After receiving a first-round bye, Chanthasone was defeated by the eventual 101-pound champion from Colorado Mesa in the semifinals. Her first match in the consolation bracket was against her teammate, Britley Lopez. Lopez, a sophomore from Borger, Texas, was defeated by Gina Bolognese of Simon Fraser in the quarterfinals.Chanthasone won the battle of teammates with an 11-0 tech fall, earning herself a match against Bolognese for third place. Bolognese was victorious in the match but due to Ava McNeal of Sioux Falls winning the fifth-place match and not having wrestled Chanthasone yet, a true fourth place match was needed.The freshman from Kansas was victorious with a 9-7 decision for CSC, booking herself a ticket to the national championships.At 109 pounds, Robles-Wright, a sophomore from Las Cruces, New Mexico, received a first round by to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarters, Robles-Wright was victorious with a 10-0 tech fall. In the semifinals, Robles-Wright suffered a 9-4 defeat to the eventual champion, Isabella Morales. Morales's victories were by fall in 0:20, a 10-0 tech fall, her decision over Robles-Wright and a fall in 4:13 in the championship.Waiting for Robles-Wright in the consolation bracket was her teammate, Brianna Vollendroff. Vollendroff, a sophomore from Oroville, California, scored the first points of the match but suffered a 10-3 defeat.The #7 ranked wrestler in the nation, Ivy Threatful of Simon Fraser, defeated Robles-Wright in the third-place match but both qualified for the NCAA Championships.Rojas-Zamora, a sophomore from Sweeny, Texas, went 3-1 to earn silver and clinch her own ticket at 123 pounds.After winning by fall in 0:57 in round one and by 3:15 in the quarterfinals, Rojas-Zamora used a 16-6 tech fall in the semifinals to earn a spot in the championship.Victoria Seal, the #8 ranked wrestler from Simon Fraser, recorded her fourth consecutive 10-0 tech fall in the championship match to place Rojas-Zamora second.The Eagles last qualifier was regional champion Montenegro at 191 pounds. While being the only undefeated wrestler on the day for CSC, her matches contained high levels of excitement.In the quarterfinals, Montenegro earned a 3-2 decision over Symphanie Sampson of Schreiner. The match was tied with 2:00 minutes left in the final period when Sampson scored a point to gain a 2-1 lead due to Montenegro receiving two passive warnings.Montenegro made a shot in the final ten seconds to score two points with seven seconds remaining to earn the victory.Trailing 5-2 in the semifinals, a four-point slam was used by Montenegro with 1:23 remaining to gain a 6-5 lead. She was able to hold onto the 6-5 decision while earning a spot in the regional championship.Montenegro dominated the gold medal match on way to winning with a 12-0 tech and becoming the second regional champion in Chadron State women's wrestling history.Vollendroff at 109 pounds and Maria Arellano, a sophomore from Fresno, California, at 170 pounds, both finished one spot away from qualifying in fifth.Five other Eagles placed sixth in the tournament and one placed eighth.

Four Eagles qualify for Women's Wrestling National Championships

By: Con Marshall CSC Sports Information

With transfer Major Deng pouring in 42 points, the Colorado School of Mines men's basketball team breezed to a 74-56 win over Chadron State in the Eagles' final home game of the season Saturday night.

Deng was pretty much a one-man show.  He scored 16 of the Orediggers' 35 points in the first half, topped off by a 3-pointer from half court as the buzzer was sounding.  He then poured in 26 of his team's 39 points in the second half.  No one else scored more than seven for the Orediggers.  

Deng's hot shooting led the way as Mines improved its record to 21-6 overall and 15-4 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.  The win was the 442nd in the Pryor Orser's 23 years as the Orediggers' head basketball mentor, making him the all-time winningest men's coach in the RMAC. 

Deng, who is 6-foot-4, is a native of South Sudan who moved with his family to Arizona when he was 10 years old. He's now 22.  After graduating from high school in 2019, he was on the basketball roster at Pepperdine University four years, but seldom played. He received his bachelor's degree from the California school last spring and is a graduate student at Mines with one more year of basketball eligibility.   

Deng made 12 of his 20 field goal shots against the Eagles, including 5-of-8 on 3-pointers, and all 13 of his free throws. He entered the game averaging 15.8 points a game. 

His 42 points are the most scored by a Mines' player since Stephen Bahl tallied 50 against South Dakota Mines in 2004-05. They are the most posted against the Eagles since Colorado Mesa's Ryan Stephan also had 42 in 2015-16.

Five others have tallied at least 42 points against the Eagles over the years, topped by seven-footer Don Boldebuck's 47 in a game in Chadron when he was playing for Nebraska Wesleyan in 1951-52.

Neither Colorado Mines nor the Eagles was on fire early in Saturday night's game. Chadron State's only lead was at 14-13 after John Jenkins dunked a short pass from fellow post player Porter Anderson midway in the opening half.

Mines soon regained the lead but was ahead by only 26-21 with two minutes remaining in the half before going on a 9-2 run that included Deng's half-court 3-pointer which put his team ahead 35-23 at intermission.

The visitors shot just 40% (14-35) from the field and the Eagles only 34.6% (9-26) in the first half. Mines warmed up to 61% (11-18) in the second half while the hosts dipped to 25% (8-32).

The loss was the sixth in a row for the Eagles, but the only one that was lopsided.  Each of the remaining five was decided by only five points or in overtime.  Anderson was CSC's leading scorer with 14 points, including going 8-of-8 at the free throw line.  Bryce Latimer also scored in double digits with 12 points.

The Eagles are 11-15 and 8-12.  They'll conclude their season this coming weekend by playing at South Dakota Mines on Friday night and at Black Hills State on Saturday.   

Colorado Mines—Majok Deng 42, Sam Beskind 7, Riley Schroeder 6, Adam Krasovec 6, Reagan Koch 5, Alex Romack 4, Cade Mankle 2, Markus Pastorcic-Straun 2. Totals 25-53, 7-17 17-21 74 points, 39 rebounds, 9 turnovers, 16 assists.

Chadron State—Porter Anderson 14, Bryce Latimer 12, Jarrett Taylor 9, Jalen Patterson 7, Josh Robinson 6, Martin Poznanovic 6, John Jenkins 2. Totals: 17-58 (2-17) 20-24 56 points, 33 rebounds, 6 turnovers, 8 assists. 

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              3-pointers: CSM—Deng 5, Beskind 1, Reagan 1. CSC—Taylor 1, Patterson 1

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 </figure>By: Con Marshall CSC Sports InformationWith transfer Major Deng pouring in 42 points, the Colorado School of Mines men's basketball team breezed to a 74-56 win over Chadron State in the Eagles' final home game of the season Saturday night.Deng was pretty much a one-man show. He scored 16 of the Orediggers' 35 points in the first half, topped off by a 3-pointer from half court as the buzzer was sounding. He then poured in 26 of his team's 39 points in the second half. No one else scored more than seven for the Orediggers. Deng's hot shooting led the way as Mines improved its record to 21-6 overall and 15-4 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The win was the 442nd in the Pryor Orser's 23 years as the Orediggers' head basketball mentor, making him the all-time winningest men's coach in the RMAC. Deng, who is 6-foot-4, is a native of South Sudan who moved with his family to Arizona when he was 10 years old. He's now 22. After graduating from high school in 2019, he was on the basketball roster at Pepperdine University four years, but seldom played. He received his bachelor's degree from the California school last spring and is a graduate student at Mines with one more year of basketball eligibility. Deng made 12 of his 20 field goal shots against the Eagles, including 5-of-8 on 3-pointers, and all 13 of his free throws. He entered the game averaging 15.8 points a game. His 42 points are the most scored by a Mines' player since Stephen Bahl tallied 50 against South Dakota Mines in 2004-05. They are the most posted against the Eagles since Colorado Mesa's Ryan Stephan also had 42 in 2015-16.Five others have tallied at least 42 points against the Eagles over the years, topped by seven-footer Don Boldebuck's 47 in a game in Chadron when he was playing for Nebraska Wesleyan in 1951-52.Neither Colorado Mines nor the Eagles was on fire early in Saturday night's game. Chadron State's only lead was at 14-13 after John Jenkins dunked a short pass from fellow post player Porter Anderson midway in the opening half.Mines soon regained the lead but was ahead by only 26-21 with two minutes remaining in the half before going on a 9-2 run that included Deng's half-court 3-pointer which put his team ahead 35-23 at intermission.The visitors shot just 40% (14-35) from the field and the Eagles only 34.6% (9-26) in the first half. Mines warmed up to 61% (11-18) in the second half while the hosts dipped to 25% (8-32).The loss was the sixth in a row for the Eagles, but the only one that was lopsided. Each of the remaining five was decided by only five points or in overtime. Anderson was CSC's leading scorer with 14 points, including going 8-of-8 at the free throw line. Bryce Latimer also scored in double digits with 12 points.The Eagles are 11-15 and 8-12. They'll conclude their season this coming weekend by playing at South Dakota Mines on Friday night and at Black Hills State on Saturday. Colorado Mines—Majok Deng 42, Sam Beskind 7, Riley Schroeder 6, Adam Krasovec 6, Reagan Koch 5, Alex Romack 4, Cade Mankle 2, Markus Pastorcic-Straun 2. Totals 25-53, 7-17 17-21 74 points, 39 rebounds, 9 turnovers, 16 assists.Chadron State—Porter Anderson 14, Bryce Latimer 12, Jarrett Taylor 9, Jalen Patterson 7, Josh Robinson 6, Martin Poznanovic 6, John Jenkins 2. Totals: 17-58 (2-17) 20-24 56 points, 33 rebounds, 6 turnovers, 8 assists. Colorado Mines 35 39 ----74 Chadron State 23 33 ----56 3-pointers: CSM—Deng 5, Beskind 1, Reagan 1. CSC—Taylor 1, Patterson 1

Deng drops 42 points for Mines to send CSC to sixth straight loss

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Juwan Gary scored 22 points, including four 3-pointers, and grabbed eight rebounds, Brice Williams added 15 points and Nebraska beat Minnesota 73-55 Sunday.

The Cornhuskers, who have won four games in a row, set a single-season program record for home wins and are 17-1 this season at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Williams also grabbed eight rebounds and added three steals. Jamarques Lawrence scored 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting, 3 of 4 from 3-point range, Rienk Mast scored 10 and Josiah Allick added nine points and eight rebounds for Nebraska (20-7, 10-8).

Cam Christie led Minnesota (17-10, 8-8 Big Ten) with 14 points on 3-of-12 shooting and Dawson Garcia scored 10 points and grabbed eight rebounds before he fouled out with about 3 minutes to play.

Elijah Hawkins converted a three-point play for the Gophers that made it 12-12 with 8 minutes remaining in the first half but Nebraska answered with a 14-2 run, capped when Williams made back-to-back layups to give the Cornhuskers a 12 point lead with 3:47 to go.

Minnesota's Parker Fox scored six consecutive points — including two dunks — before Williams hit two free throws to make it 28-20 at halftime and the Gophers got no closer.

Nebraska has won 18 games in a row when holding its opponent to fewer than 70 points.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Juwan Gary scored 22 points, including four 3-pointers, and grabbed eight rebounds, Brice Williams added 15 points and Nebraska beat Minnesota 73-55 Sunday.The Cornhuskers, who have won four games in a row, set a single-season program record for home wins and are 17-1 this season at Pinnacle Bank Arena.Williams also grabbed eight rebounds and added three steals. Jamarques Lawrence scored 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting, 3 of 4 from 3-point range, Rienk Mast scored 10 and Josiah Allick added nine points and eight rebounds for Nebraska (20-7, 10-8).Cam Christie led Minnesota (17-10, 8-8 Big Ten) with 14 points on 3-of-12 shooting and Dawson Garcia scored 10 points and grabbed eight rebounds before he fouled out with about 3 minutes to play.Elijah Hawkins converted a three-point play for the Gophers that made it 12-12 with 8 minutes remaining in the first half but Nebraska answered with a 14-2 run, capped when Williams made back-to-back layups to give the Cornhuskers a 12 point lead with 3:47 to go.Minnesota's Parker Fox scored six consecutive points — including two dunks — before Williams hit two free throws to make it 28-20 at halftime and the Gophers got no closer.Nebraska has won 18 games in a row when holding its opponent to fewer than 70 points.

Huskers MBB throttles Minnesota for 4th straight win

By: John Murphy Sports Information Director

Three players combined for 47 points for the visiting MSU-Denver Roadrunners Friday night, as they defeated the Chadron State women's basketball team 78-60 in the Chicoine Center.

The loss drops Chadron State to 6-17 overall and 4-15 in RMAC action.

Both teams were tied at the conclusion of the first period before MSU-Denver outscored CSC 27-15 in the second period to take a 43-31 lead into the locker room. In the period, Brooklynn Jones was a perfect 3-3 from behind the arc for the Roadrunners.

CSC was outscored 19-13 in the third period and both teams scored another 16 points in the final period. The Roadrunners led by as much as 22 and never led by less than 11 in the half.

Offensively, Chadron State shot 19-43 (44.2%) from the field and 4-9 (44.4%) from three-point land. In a game that had a total of 43 fouls, the Eagles made 18 of 26 attempts from the charity stripe.

MSU-Denver attempted 15 more shot attempts than CSC, making 48.3 percent (28-58) of them. The Roadrunners made 8-20 (40%) attempts from three and 14-19 (73.7%) from the free throw line.  A main reason the visitors attempted 15 more shots was due to CSC being outrebounded 38 to 22 in the loss.

The Eagles scored 16 points off 17 MSU-Denver turnovers while they scored 14 points on 16 CSC turnovers.

Jones and Ashlyn Yow led the Roadrunners with 16 points and Mikylah Espinosa added 15. Jones started the game a perfect 5-5 from three before missing her sixth and final attempt.

Ashayla Powers, a junior from Longmont, Colorado scored a game high 17 points and had a team high six rebounds for CSC. Camren Morris, a redshirt freshman from Idalia, Colorado, had a new career high 10 points for the Eagles.

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 </figure>By: John Murphy Sports Information DirectorThree players combined for 47 points for the visiting MSU-Denver Roadrunners Friday night, as they defeated the Chadron State women's basketball team 78-60 in the Chicoine Center.The loss drops Chadron State to 6-17 overall and 4-15 in RMAC action.Both teams were tied at the conclusion of the first period before MSU-Denver outscored CSC 27-15 in the second period to take a 43-31 lead into the locker room. In the period, Brooklynn Jones was a perfect 3-3 from behind the arc for the Roadrunners.CSC was outscored 19-13 in the third period and both teams scored another 16 points in the final period. The Roadrunners led by as much as 22 and never led by less than 11 in the half.Offensively, Chadron State shot 19-43 (44.2%) from the field and 4-9 (44.4%) from three-point land. In a game that had a total of 43 fouls, the Eagles made 18 of 26 attempts from the charity stripe.MSU-Denver attempted 15 more shot attempts than CSC, making 48.3 percent (28-58) of them. The Roadrunners made 8-20 (40%) attempts from three and 14-19 (73.7%) from the free throw line. A main reason the visitors attempted 15 more shots was due to CSC being outrebounded 38 to 22 in the loss.The Eagles scored 16 points off 17 MSU-Denver turnovers while they scored 14 points on 16 CSC turnovers.Jones and Ashlyn Yow led the Roadrunners with 16 points and Mikylah Espinosa added 15. Jones started the game a perfect 5-5 from three before missing her sixth and final attempt.Ashayla Powers, a junior from Longmont, Colorado scored a game high 17 points and had a team high six rebounds for CSC. Camren Morris, a redshirt freshman from Idalia, Colorado, had a new career high 10 points for the Eagles.

🏀WBB: MSU-Denver breaks free in second quarter to beat CSC

 It certainly wasn't because of lack of effort or an inept performance, but the Chadron State College men's basketball suffered another heart-breaking defeat Friday night during a fast-paced, physical Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference game in the Chicoine Center at CSC.

It was the Eagles' fifth consecutive loss by five or fewer points or in overtime.

Metro State's Quave Propst-Allison hit a 3-pointer as the first half was ending to put his team ahead 47-43. The Roadrunners maintained the lead in the second half, when each team tallied 41 points, making the final score 88-84.

The outcome was vital to both.  With just three games remaining on the regular season slates, Metro is 17-8 overall and Chadron State is 11-14. More importantly, the Denver team is 11-8 and the Eagles are 8-11 in the RMAC.

The Roadrunners pulled ahead by nine points twice around the 13-minute mark. Chadron State continued to battle and drew within a single point twice at 70-69 and 72-71 with just over nine minutes remaining. The Eagles also made it 77-76 with 5:16 to play, but could never tie the count or take the lead.

The difference was never more than four points during the final four minutes. But every time the Eagles cut it the margin to two points, Metro would find a way to build it back to four.

Each team missed two field goal attempts during a 44-second stretch as the clock was winding down with the opponent always grabbing the ensuing rebounds. 

With 18 seconds remaining, the Eagles forced to foul to stop the clock. The Roadrunners' Brayden Maldonado made both free throws.  Chadron State's Bryce Latimer answered with two shots from the line with four seconds left, to make the score 86-84, but Maldonado was fouled again as soon as the ball was put in play, and he closed out the scoring with two more charity shots.

Maldonado, a 6-foot sophomore, led Metro with 19 points while both Propst-Allison and Ryan Maslow added 16 points. Caleb McGill also had 12 and Mario Lacy Jr. 10 for the Denver team.

Chadron State's Josh Robinson was the game's top scorer with 20 points and leading rebounder with eight. Latimer scored 19 points, John Jenkins 16, Raul Nunez 10 and Porter Anderson nine for the Eagles.

Each team came within in one field goal of shooting 50% from the field.  The Roadrunners were 32-of-66 and the Eagles 29-of-60.  Each made six 3-pointers. Chadron State was 20-of-25 at the line and Metro 18-of-28. 

The Eagles had 15 turnovers and Metro seven, but the hosts won the rebounding battle 40-34.  

The Eagles will wrap up their home schedule tonight (Saturday) by playing Colorado Mines. The Orediggers were to play at Colorado Christian Friday night, but the game didn't take place because a backboard was damaged during warmups. 

Metro State—Braydon Maldonado 19, Quave Propst-Allison 16, Ryan Maslow 16, Caleb McGill 12, Mario Lacy Jr. 10, Luke Jones 7, KJ Garrett 6, Caden Holmes 2. Totals: 32-66 (6-17) 18-28 88 points, 34 rebounds, 7 turnovers, 12 assists.

Chadron State—Josh Robinson 20, Bryce Latimer 19, John Jenkins 16, Raul Nunez 10, Porter Anderson 9, Jalen Paterson 3, Dalton Peterson 3, Martin Poznanovic 2, Jarrett Taylor 2. Totals: 29-60 (6-21) 20-25 84 points, 40 rebounds, 15 turnovers, 15 assists.

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 </figure>By: Con Marshall CSC Sports Information It certainly wasn't because of lack of effort or an inept performance, but the Chadron State College men's basketball suffered another heart-breaking defeat Friday night during a fast-paced, physical Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference game in the Chicoine Center at CSC.It was the Eagles' fifth consecutive loss by five or fewer points or in overtime.Metro State's Quave Propst-Allison hit a 3-pointer as the first half was ending to put his team ahead 47-43. The Roadrunners maintained the lead in the second half, when each team tallied 41 points, making the final score 88-84.The outcome was vital to both. With just three games remaining on the regular season slates, Metro is 17-8 overall and Chadron State is 11-14. More importantly, the Denver team is 11-8 and the Eagles are 8-11 in the RMAC.The Roadrunners pulled ahead by nine points twice around the 13-minute mark. Chadron State continued to battle and drew within a single point twice at 70-69 and 72-71 with just over nine minutes remaining. The Eagles also made it 77-76 with 5:16 to play, but could never tie the count or take the lead.The difference was never more than four points during the final four minutes. But every time the Eagles cut it the margin to two points, Metro would find a way to build it back to four.Each team missed two field goal attempts during a 44-second stretch as the clock was winding down with the opponent always grabbing the ensuing rebounds. With 18 seconds remaining, the Eagles forced to foul to stop the clock. The Roadrunners' Brayden Maldonado made both free throws. Chadron State's Bryce Latimer answered with two shots from the line with four seconds left, to make the score 86-84, but Maldonado was fouled again as soon as the ball was put in play, and he closed out the scoring with two more charity shots.Maldonado, a 6-foot sophomore, led Metro with 19 points while both Propst-Allison and Ryan Maslow added 16 points. Caleb McGill also had 12 and Mario Lacy Jr. 10 for the Denver team.Chadron State's Josh Robinson was the game's top scorer with 20 points and leading rebounder with eight. Latimer scored 19 points, John Jenkins 16, Raul Nunez 10 and Porter Anderson nine for the Eagles.Each team came within in one field goal of shooting 50% from the field. The Roadrunners were 32-of-66 and the Eagles 29-of-60. Each made six 3-pointers. Chadron State was 20-of-25 at the line and Metro 18-of-28. The Eagles had 15 turnovers and Metro seven, but the hosts won the rebounding battle 40-34. The Eagles will wrap up their home schedule tonight (Saturday) by playing Colorado Mines. The Orediggers were to play at Colorado Christian Friday night, but the game didn't take place because a backboard was damaged during warmups. Metro State—Braydon Maldonado 19, Quave Propst-Allison 16, Ryan Maslow 16, Caleb McGill 12, Mario Lacy Jr. 10, Luke Jones 7, KJ Garrett 6, Caden Holmes 2. Totals: 32-66 (6-17) 18-28 88 points, 34 rebounds, 7 turnovers, 12 assists.Chadron State—Josh Robinson 20, Bryce Latimer 19, John Jenkins 16, Raul Nunez 10, Porter Anderson 9, Jalen Paterson 3, Dalton Peterson 3, Martin Poznanovic 2, Jarrett Taylor 2. Totals: 29-60 (6-21) 20-25 84 points, 40 rebounds, 15 turnovers, 15 assists.Metro State 47 41 ---88Chadron State 43 41 ---84

Upset bid falls short as Eagles lose fifth in a row Friday

By: Dave Collins Sports Director Updated: Thursday, 9:10 PM 🏀 Boys &amp; B-8 Girls Basketball Sub-District Playoffs Outlook

B-8 Boys at Scottsbluff #3 McCook 61,&nbsp;#2 Gering 43 Championship: #1 Scottsbluff 61,&nbsp; McCook 44 C1-12 Boys at Sidney High School #1 Sidney 72, #4 Alliance 46 #2 Chadron 47, #3 Mitchell 27 Championship: Sidney 49, Chadron 32

C2-12 Boys at Bridgeport #1 Bridgeport 65, #4 Gordon/Rushville 7 #2 Kimball 51, #3 Morrill 38 Championship: Bridgeport 55, Kimball 27

D1-12 Boys at McGahan Activities Center North Platte #4 Maxwell 37, #5 Sutherland 35 #1 NPSP 68, Maxwell 31 #2 Hemingford 65, #3 Bayard 38 Championship - North Platte St Pat's 62, Hemingford 25

D2-12 Boys at Hay Springs #1 Hay Springs 49,#4 Sioux County 23 #3 Cody-Kilgore 70,&nbsp;#2 Crawford 37 Championship: Hay Springs 80, Cody-Kilgore 60

D2-11 Boys at Leyton High School #4 Banner County 59,#5 Minatare 49 Banner County 54, #1 Leyton 53 #2 Potter-Dix 59 #3 Creek Valley 47 Championship - Potter-Dix 55, Banner County 39

D2-10 Boys at Hyannis #4 South Platte 54,&nbsp;#5 Arthur County 39 #1 Hyannis 52, #South Platte 34 #2 Paxton 58, #3 Garden County 40 Championship Paxton 46, Hyannis 43

B-8 Girls at Scottsbluff High School #2 Alliance 32, #3 Gering&nbsp; 26 Championship: #1 Scottsbluff 28,&nbsp; Alliance 25

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 </figure>By: Dave Collins Sports Director Updated: Thursday, 9:10 PM 🏀 Boys &amp; B-8 Girls Basketball Sub-District Playoffs OutlookB-8 Boys at Scottsbluff #3 McCook 61,&nbsp;#2 Gering 43 Championship: #1 Scottsbluff 61,&nbsp; McCook 44 C1-12 Boys at Sidney High School #1 Sidney 72, #4 Alliance 46 #2 Chadron 47, #3 Mitchell 27 Championship: Sidney 49, Chadron 32C2-12 Boys at Bridgeport #1 Bridgeport 65, #4 Gordon/Rushville 7 #2 Kimball 51, #3 Morrill 38 Championship: Bridgeport 55, Kimball 27D1-12 Boys at McGahan Activities Center North Platte #4 Maxwell 37, #5 Sutherland 35 #1 NPSP 68, Maxwell 31 #2 Hemingford 65, #3 Bayard 38 Championship - North Platte St Pat's 62, Hemingford 25D2-12 Boys at Hay Springs #1 Hay Springs 49,#4 Sioux County 23 #3 Cody-Kilgore 70,&nbsp;#2 Crawford 37 Championship: Hay Springs 80, Cody-Kilgore 60D2-11 Boys at Leyton High School #4 Banner County 59,#5 Minatare 49 Banner County 54, #1 Leyton 53 #2 Potter-Dix 59 #3 Creek Valley 47 Championship - Potter-Dix 55, Banner County 39D2-10 Boys at Hyannis #4 South Platte 54,&nbsp;#5 Arthur County 39 #1 Hyannis 52, #South Platte 34 #2 Paxton 58, #3 Garden County 40 Championship Paxton 46, Hyannis 43B-8 Girls at Scottsbluff High School #2 Alliance 32, #3 Gering&nbsp; 26 Championship: #1 Scottsbluff 28,&nbsp; Alliance 25

🏀 THURSDAY NIGHT UPDATE: Boys & B-8 Girls Basketball Sub-District Playoffs

Story by NU Athletic Communications

Jamarques Lawrence had a career-high 19 points, including six points and three assists in a decisive 14-1 second-half run, as Nebraska picked up a crucial 85-70 win at Indiana Wednesday night.

Lawrence played the best all-around game of his career, finishing with 19 points on 6-of-8 shooting, including a perfect 5-of-5 from 3-point range, while adding five assists and six rebounds, as Nebraska (19-8, 9-7 Big Ten) picked up its first conference road win.

Indiana had nearly erased a 22-point deficit and was within 59-56 with 11:27 remaining before Lawrence ignited the run with a 3-pointer before finding Juwan Gary and Josiah Allick on consecutive baskets to stretch the lead back to 10. The sophomore continued the run with another 3-pointer before he found Keisei Tominaga on a basket to give NU a 16-point lead with 6:19 left, and the Huskers led by double figures the rest of the night.

Keisei Tominaga led NU with 20 points, including four 3-pointers, while Brice Williams and Juwan Gary added 18 and 15 points, respectively. NU shot nearly 50 percent from the field and had 19 assists and just eight turnovers in the victory.

Mackenzie Mgbako led Indiana (14-12, 6-9) with 22 points while Kel’el Ware added 17 points and 12 rebounds. NU held Indiana to 4-of-1

Nebraska put together its best half of the season in the opening 20 minutes, shooting 57 percent from the floor, including 9-of-19 from 3-point range to take a 51-31 lead at the break. Tominaga had 18 first-half points, while Gary totaled 12 first-half points.

Nebraska got a quick start from Tominaga, as he hit a trio of 3-pointers in the first 5:01 as Nebraska built a 16-8 lead. The Huskers, who hit six of their first 11 from beyond the arc, extended the margin to 22-11 after a Gary 3-pointer with 12:01 left in the half forced a Hoosier timeout.

The Huskers eventually extended the lead to 40-22 after a Gary basket with 6:01 left before the Hoosiers mounted a comeback. Indiana used a 9-2 spurt over the next two minutes to pull within 42-31 after a Mgbako basket.

Nebraska, which held Hoosiers to 38 percent in the first 20 minutes, closed the half on 9-0 spurt as Brice Williams and Tominaga combined for all nine points as the Huskers took a 20-point lead into the locker room.

Nebraska extended the lead to 53-31 after a Brice Williams dunk on the opening play of the second half, but Indiana came out of the gate quickly, hitting 10 of its first 12 shots in the second half and used a 25-6 run to to cut NU’s 22-point lead to three points before the Huskers steadied the ship down the stretch.

The Huskers will return to action on Sunday, Feb. 25, as they host Minnesota. Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m. and the game will be televised on BTN and carried on the Huskers Radio Network. A limited number of tickets remain for Sunday’s game by visiting Huskers.com/Tickets or calling the NU Athletic Ticket Office at 800-8-BIGRED from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday.

Postgame Notes*-Nebraska improved to 19-8 on the season, matching its best 27-game start in the Big Ten era (also 2017-18)*-Nebraska’s win completed the first season sweep by the Huskers since 2013-14 and picked up its first win in Bloomington since 2019.*-Jamarques Lawrence had a career-high 19 points off the bench, the 22nd time this year that Nebraska has had at least one reserve reach double figures.&nbsp;*-Lawrence finished with 19 points (previous high 16 at Minnesota) and tied a career high with five 3-pointers. He also had five 3-pointers at Iowa last season.&nbsp;*-Keisei Tominaga posted his fifth 20-point game of the season and 14th of his career with xx points*-Nebraska scored 85 points, the 15th time with at least 80 points this season.&nbsp;*-Nebraska had just seven turnovers, its lowest total in Big Ten play*-Nebraska hit 13 3-pointers and is now 10-4 when hitting at least 10 3-pointers in a game.&nbsp;*-Nebraska had 51 first-half points, tying its season high for a first half (also vs. Lindenwood). It marked the third time NU scored 50 or more points in the first half this season.&nbsp;*-The 51 points marked Nebraska’s highest scoring first half in conference play since joining the Big Ten in 2011-12

Story by NU Athletic CommunicationsJamarques Lawrence had a career-high 19 points, including six points and three assists in a decisive 14-1 second-half run, as Nebraska picked up a crucial 85-70 win at Indiana Wednesday night.Lawrence played the best all-around game of his career, finishing with 19 points on 6-of-8 shooting, including a perfect 5-of-5 from 3-point range, while adding five assists and six rebounds, as Nebraska (19-8, 9-7 Big Ten) picked up its first conference road win.Indiana had nearly erased a 22-point deficit and was within 59-56 with 11:27 remaining before Lawrence ignited the run with a 3-pointer before finding Juwan Gary and Josiah Allick on consecutive baskets to stretch the lead back to 10. The sophomore continued the run with another 3-pointer before he found Keisei Tominaga on a basket to give NU a 16-point lead with 6:19 left, and the Huskers led by double figures the rest of the night.Keisei Tominaga led NU with 20 points, including four 3-pointers, while Brice Williams and Juwan Gary added 18 and 15 points, respectively. NU shot nearly 50 percent from the field and had 19 assists and just eight turnovers in the victory.Mackenzie Mgbako led Indiana (14-12, 6-9) with 22 points while Kel’el Ware added 17 points and 12 rebounds. NU held Indiana to 4-of-1Nebraska put together its best half of the season in the opening 20 minutes, shooting 57 percent from the floor, including 9-of-19 from 3-point range to take a 51-31 lead at the break. Tominaga had 18 first-half points, while Gary totaled 12 first-half points.Nebraska got a quick start from Tominaga, as he hit a trio of 3-pointers in the first 5:01 as Nebraska built a 16-8 lead. The Huskers, who hit six of their first 11 from beyond the arc, extended the margin to 22-11 after a Gary 3-pointer with 12:01 left in the half forced a Hoosier timeout.The Huskers eventually extended the lead to 40-22 after a Gary basket with 6:01 left before the Hoosiers mounted a comeback. Indiana used a 9-2 spurt over the next two minutes to pull within 42-31 after a Mgbako basket.Nebraska, which held Hoosiers to 38 percent in the first 20 minutes, closed the half on 9-0 spurt as Brice Williams and Tominaga combined for all nine points as the Huskers took a 20-point lead into the locker room.Nebraska extended the lead to 53-31 after a Brice Williams dunk on the opening play of the second half, but Indiana came out of the gate quickly, hitting 10 of its first 12 shots in the second half and used a 25-6 run to to cut NU’s 22-point lead to three points before the Huskers steadied the ship down the stretch.The Huskers will return to action on Sunday, Feb. 25, as they host Minnesota. Tipoff is set for 5:30 p.m. and the game will be televised on BTN and carried on the Huskers Radio Network. A limited number of tickets remain for Sunday’s game by visiting Huskers.com/Tickets or calling the NU Athletic Ticket Office at 800-8-BIGRED from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday.Postgame Notes*-Nebraska improved to 19-8 on the season, matching its best 27-game start in the Big Ten era (also 2017-18)*-Nebraska’s win completed the first season sweep by the Huskers since 2013-14 and picked up its first win in Bloomington since 2019.*-Jamarques Lawrence had a career-high 19 points off the bench, the 22nd time this year that Nebraska has had at least one reserve reach double figures.&nbsp;*-Lawrence finished with 19 points (previous high 16 at Minnesota) and tied a career high with five 3-pointers. He also had five 3-pointers at Iowa last season.&nbsp;*-Keisei Tominaga posted his fifth 20-point game of the season and 14th of his career with xx points*-Nebraska scored 85 points, the 15th time with at least 80 points this season.&nbsp;*-Nebraska had just seven turnovers, its lowest total in Big Ten play*-Nebraska hit 13 3-pointers and is now 10-4 when hitting at least 10 3-pointers in a game.&nbsp;*-Nebraska had 51 first-half points, tying its season high for a first half (also vs. Lindenwood). It marked the third time NU scored 50 or more points in the first half this season.&nbsp;*-The 51 points marked Nebraska’s highest scoring first half in conference play since joining the Big Ten in 2011-12

Lawrence's big night lifts Huskers past Indiana

By Alex Benzegala Panhandle Post

The Hemingford Bobcat's boys' basketball team have had to overcome their fair share of adversity this season, including a 1-8 start to get tonight's (Thursday) Class D1-12 Sub-District Final against 19-3 and RPI #1 North Platte St. Patrick's.

The Bobcats are 8-5 in their last 12 games including a 65-38 win over Bayard on Tuesday in the Sub-District semi-finals. Hemingford has won two in a row, but they know they are the underdogs against a St. Pats that has won seven straight games.

A win for Hemingford would clinch a spot in the District Final, a loss would end their season.

The game tonight is at 6 pm MT at McDaid Elementary (McGahan Activities Center) in North Platte.

By Alex Benzegala Panhandle PostThe Hemingford Bobcat's boys' basketball team have had to overcome their fair share of adversity this season, including a 1-8 start to get tonight's (Thursday) Class D1-12 Sub-District Final against 19-3 and RPI #1 North Platte St. Patrick's.The Bobcats are 8-5 in their last 12 games including a 65-38 win over Bayard on Tuesday in the Sub-District semi-finals. Hemingford has won two in a row, but they know they are the underdogs against a St. Pats that has won seven straight games.A win for Hemingford would clinch a spot in the District Final, a loss would end their season.The game tonight is at 6 pm MT at McDaid Elementary (McGahan Activities Center) in North Platte.

High School Basketball: Hemingford boys look for upset of #1 St. Pats

Chadron State volleyball coach Jennifer Stadler is leading the first Neurodiversity Awareness Night at Friday's basketball games.  Learn what it's all about, how to get free tickets to the games, and why the cause is so important to her in this week's show!

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Story by Supernovas Athletic Communications

COLUMBUS, OH. -&nbsp;The&nbsp;Omaha Supernovas&nbsp;fell to the Columbus Fury 25-12, 25-21, 23-25, 25-23 Wednesday night at Nationwide Arena for the Fury’s home opener.

Team captain&nbsp;Brooke Nuneviller&nbsp;spearheaded the Omaha attack, finishing with her fifth double-double of the season with 13 kills and 16 digs. In relief duty,&nbsp;Allison Mayfield&nbsp;popped off in her first sustained action of the season with 11 kills on a .269 clip. Opposite&nbsp;Jess Schaben-Lansman&nbsp;collected nine kills while middle blocker&nbsp;Danielle Hart&nbsp;added six. Schaben-Lansman also contributed the team’s two aces on the night.&nbsp;

Setter&nbsp;Natalia Valentín-Anderson&nbsp;dished out 36 assists to go along with 12 digs. Omaha had a season-low six blocks, but Hart led the way with three stuffs. The Supernovas hit .169 on the night.&nbsp;

Fury attacker Reagan Cooper hammered a match-high 22 kills to go with 11 digs. No. 1 overall pick Asjia O’Neal added 15 kills on a .520 hitting percentage with four of the team’s 12 blocks. Columbus hit .256, but failed to produce an ace.&nbsp;

SET 1:&nbsp;The Fury jumped out to an early lead fueled by its crowd as well as Cooper and O’Neal. Cooper collected three kills while O’Neal secured back-to-back kills to go up 7-2. The Supernovas closed the gap to one after consecutive hitting errors by Columbus in addition to a Hart kill and block.&nbsp;Leading 11-9, the Fury ran away with a 12-1 run as Cooper added three more kills and combined with O’Neal for two blocks. Schaben-Lasnman earned a kill to end the run, but an O’Neal kill down the line secured the 25-12 set one win for Columbus.&nbsp;

Cooper paced the Fury with seven kills while O’Neal and Samantha Dreschel added three kills apiece. Columbus hit .261 compared to Omaha’s .000.&nbsp;

Setter&nbsp;Sydney Hilley&nbsp;tallied two of the six kills for Omaha with Nuneviller,&nbsp;Tori Dixon, Schaben-Lansman and Hart collecting the others.&nbsp;

SET 2:&nbsp;Columbus used its momentum from the first set as Cooper and O’Neal combined for four kills and a block for the Fury to go up 6-1. The lead grew to 8-2 before the Supernovas became a factor as a Nuneviller kill and Schaben-Lansman ace made it 8-4. Despite not starting, middle blocker&nbsp;Hristina Vuchkova&nbsp;entered the match in the middle of the set, aiding Omaha with a pair of kills to cut the lead to three at 13-10 Columbus.

Nuneviller hammered down a kill which was followed by another Schaben-Lansman ace to cut the lead down to two. Back-to-back errors by Omaha extended the lead back out to four. Mayfield checked in for&nbsp;Bethania de la Cruz&nbsp;and recorded two kills on her first two swings. Vuchkova and Schaban-Lansman followed with a kill to make it a two-point set. A quick 3-1 run extended the lead, but Schaben-Lansman did her best to keep Omaha in it chipping in three kills in the final stretch. However, a Cooper kill on the second set point ended the set with a 25-21 Fury win.&nbsp;

Omaha improved to hit .286 on the set with Schaben-Lansman leading the way with four kills. Nuneviller added three, Vuchkova two and Mayfield with a pair of tallies.&nbsp;

Columbus fired off to hit .353 with O’Neal pacing the Fury with six kills. Cooper chipped in four more kills with Megan Courtney Lush hammering four kills. Each team ended the set with one block with Omaha collecting two aces.&nbsp;

SET 3:&nbsp;Omaha gained the advantage as action began in the third set with a 7-5 lead off a Fury net violation. Columbus fired back with a 3-0 run off back-to-back blocks to take an 8-7 lead. Omaha tied the set at 10 thanks to a Nuneviller kill, but the Fury’s Kaitlyn Hord and Courtney Lush combined on a block to complete a 4-1 run to give Columbus a 14-11 edge.&nbsp;

Story by Supernovas Athletic CommunicationsCOLUMBUS, OH. -&nbsp;The&nbsp;Omaha Supernovas&nbsp;fell to the Columbus Fury 25-12, 25-21, 23-25, 25-23 Wednesday night at Nationwide Arena for the Fury’s home opener.Team captain&nbsp;Brooke Nuneviller&nbsp;spearheaded the Omaha attack, finishing with her fifth double-double of the season with 13 kills and 16 digs. In relief duty,&nbsp;Allison Mayfield&nbsp;popped off in her first sustained action of the season with 11 kills on a .269 clip. Opposite&nbsp;Jess Schaben-Lansman&nbsp;collected nine kills while middle blocker&nbsp;Danielle Hart&nbsp;added six. Schaben-Lansman also contributed the team’s two aces on the night.&nbsp;Setter&nbsp;Natalia Valentín-Anderson&nbsp;dished out 36 assists to go along with 12 digs. Omaha had a season-low six blocks, but Hart led the way with three stuffs. The Supernovas hit .169 on the night.&nbsp;Fury attacker Reagan Cooper hammered a match-high 22 kills to go with 11 digs. No. 1 overall pick Asjia O’Neal added 15 kills on a .520 hitting percentage with four of the team’s 12 blocks. Columbus hit .256, but failed to produce an ace.&nbsp;SET 1:&nbsp;The Fury jumped out to an early lead fueled by its crowd as well as Cooper and O’Neal. Cooper collected three kills while O’Neal secured back-to-back kills to go up 7-2. The Supernovas closed the gap to one after consecutive hitting errors by Columbus in addition to a Hart kill and block.&nbsp;Leading 11-9, the Fury ran away with a 12-1 run as Cooper added three more kills and combined with O’Neal for two blocks. Schaben-Lasnman earned a kill to end the run, but an O’Neal kill down the line secured the 25-12 set one win for Columbus.&nbsp;Cooper paced the Fury with seven kills while O’Neal and Samantha Dreschel added three kills apiece. Columbus hit .261 compared to Omaha’s .000.&nbsp;Setter&nbsp;Sydney Hilley&nbsp;tallied two of the six kills for Omaha with Nuneviller,&nbsp;Tori Dixon, Schaben-Lansman and Hart collecting the others.&nbsp;SET 2:&nbsp;Columbus used its momentum from the first set as Cooper and O’Neal combined for four kills and a block for the Fury to go up 6-1. The lead grew to 8-2 before the Supernovas became a factor as a Nuneviller kill and Schaben-Lansman ace made it 8-4. Despite not starting, middle blocker&nbsp;Hristina Vuchkova&nbsp;entered the match in the middle of the set, aiding Omaha with a pair of kills to cut the lead to three at 13-10 Columbus.Nuneviller hammered down a kill which was followed by another Schaben-Lansman ace to cut the lead down to two. Back-to-back errors by Omaha extended the lead back out to four. Mayfield checked in for&nbsp;Bethania de la Cruz&nbsp;and recorded two kills on her first two swings. Vuchkova and Schaban-Lansman followed with a kill to make it a two-point set. A quick 3-1 run extended the lead, but Schaben-Lansman did her best to keep Omaha in it chipping in three kills in the final stretch. However, a Cooper kill on the second set point ended the set with a 25-21 Fury win.&nbsp;Omaha improved to hit .286 on the set with Schaben-Lansman leading the way with four kills. Nuneviller added three, Vuchkova two and Mayfield with a pair of tallies.&nbsp;Columbus fired off to hit .353 with O’Neal pacing the Fury with six kills. Cooper chipped in four more kills with Megan Courtney Lush hammering four kills. Each team ended the set with one block with Omaha collecting two aces.&nbsp;SET 3:&nbsp;Omaha gained the advantage as action began in the third set with a 7-5 lead off a Fury net violation. Columbus fired back with a 3-0 run off back-to-back blocks to take an 8-7 lead. Omaha tied the set at 10 thanks to a Nuneviller kill, but the Fury’s Kaitlyn Hord and Courtney Lush combined on a block to complete a 4-1 run to give Columbus a 14-11 edge.&nbsp;The Supernovas responded with their longest run of the night at 5-0 with Mayfield collecting a pair of kills in that span as Omaha took a 16-14 lead. The Fury scored four of the next five points to retake the lead, but three straight from Omaha gave the lead back to the Supernovas at 20-18 forcing a Fury timeout. A Vuchkova kill and hitting error by Columbus gave the Supernovas set point, but then came O’Neal with a kill and two blocks to make it 24-23. A hitting error by the Fury gave the set to Omaha 25-23.&nbsp;Mayfield led the field with five kills with Schaben-Lansman adding three. Omaha hit .179. Cooper slammed down four kills while Courtney Lush had three. Columbus hit .111 with four blocks.SET 4:&nbsp;Omaha continued its success into set four with a quick 4-1 lead off a pair of Mayfield kills. Columbus answered with four points of their own as O’Neal collected two kills and a block to go up 5-4. It was back and forth from there with no team gaining a larger lead than two.&nbsp;Trailing 18-17, Columbus rallied off a 4-0 run to seize control at 21-18. Mayfield tallied two more kills as she helped cut the lead to 22-20. The Fury secured a block, but Nuneviller came up clutch with back-to-back kills to make it a one-point set at 23-22 to force a Columbus timeout.&nbsp;Cooper slammed down her 22nd and final kill of the night to get the Fury to match point with O’Neal finishing it off with her 15th tally for a 25-23 set win.&nbsp;The Supernovas continue their road trip with an afternoon showdown against the Orlando Valkyries on Sunday, February 25 at Addition Financial Arena in Orlando. First serve is set for 2 p.m. CST.&nbsp;Fans can listen to all the action on the Supernovas Radio Network which is led by the flagship station,&nbsp;<a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001Y1dlC7kS4s5y0W-O5ESse05kzzpcAc6f2Cg3xhLvu6VNk1tbc79VyLi4qJR1W6OJBPBV_QXjlawQQfALSl5_JqPm3UXFlzvweALDAfbV0jnquQoLrNAXcatx5aVqNoAvjTYdhILZ19npbuNgKiOsDA==&amp;c=JjhVPeAdA456IWdZt8BvYx6JwdgvulBzO_VH9XcAifU4nh4Wd6w3Ng==&amp;ch=1p1aNw5oF7rNcsxc_9uCIRTK-HHz9Zdu0DJtXlpVoUd1OI_zR4UodA==" target="_blank">93.7 The Ticket</a>. Radio coverage is also on 95.7 The Boss (Omaha), KRVN (Lexington), KOLT (Scottsbluff) and KTOC (West Point).&nbsp;