REVELLE EXTENDED THROUGH 2026:
Huskers Head Softball Coach Rhonda Revelle has received a one-year contract extension through the 2026 season.
A Nebraska graduate, Revelle completed her 30th season as the Huskers’ head coach in 2022, leading her team to a 41-16 record, the Big Ten Conference Tournament title and an appearance in the NCAA Stillwater Regional. Revelle and her staff were named the 2022 Midwest Region Coaching Staff of the Year by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA).
Revelle has amassed a 1,061-623 record at Nebraska. She has won more games than any other coach in Nebraska history and is the only Husker head coach in any sport to reach the 1,000-win milestone. In her 30 seasons leading the program, Revelle has won eight conference titles while leading the Huskers to 21 NCAA Tournaments, three Women’s College World Series appearances and 15 top-20 national finishes.
USHL ANNOUNCES 2022-23 SEASON SCHEDULE:
The United States Hockey League (USHL), in conjunction with Member Clubs, announced the 2022-23 regular season schedule.
The season will consist of 62 games for each team in a regionally-based schedule, following the same format as the past two seasons. Preseason matchups for the upcoming season will be released at a later date.
The Tri-City Storm, defending Anderson Cup Champions, will open their regular season in FedEx Rink taking on the Madison Capitols and Muskegon Lumberjacks on Sept. 22-23.
The regular season includes matchups with Des Moines, Fargo, Sioux Falls, Lincoln, and many others. Find full details here.
FORMER BEARCAT SORENSON TO COMPETE IN EUGENE FOR TEAM USA:
Former Kearney High Bearcat and current high jumper for the UNK Track & Field team Brayden Sorensen has been invited to compete in the USA Track and Field championships this week, Thursday through Saturday, in Eugene, Oregon.
Sorensen jumped 7 feet and ½ inch this year during his outdoor season with the Lopers. His jump did not qualify for the automatic qualifying standard, but applied for other additional qualifying bids.
Sorensen, a three-time All-American, was the runner-up at the 2021 NCAA Division II Indoor National Championships and finished third at the 2021 outdoor meet and the 2022 indoor meet.
NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL LANDS TOP TEN PROSPECT:
Nebraska volleyball continues to bring in some of the nation’s best recruits year in and year out.
On Sunday head coach John Cook and staff landed a commitment from a consensus top 10 player in the country in Skyler Pierce. Pierce is an incoming high school junior in the class of 2024.
She is considered the No. 1 player in the country in the 2024 class according to PrepDig and the No. 9 ranked player according to PrepVolleyball.
In her sophomore season at Olathe Northwest in Kansas Pierce averaged 4.3 kills and 3.5 digs per contest.
HUSKER WOMEN’S HOOPS RECEIVE COMMITMENT FROM TOP MISSOURI PROSPECT:
The Nebraska women’s basketball team received a late Friday night commitment from a 6-foot-2 forward with a list of Power Five offers.
Natalie Potts, a senior-to-be at Incarnate Word (Missouri) High School, announced her pledge to the Huskers via social media.
Potts visited Lincoln in October. Her other offers included Creighton, Illinois, Michigan, among others.
This past season, she averaged 19.3 points and 8.6 rebounds to lead Incarnate Word to its fifth straight state title.
Potts joins guard Logan Nissley (Bismarck, North Dakota) in NU’s 2023 class.
KEARNEY STUDENTS RETURN TO HIGH SCHOOL BASS FISHING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP:
Kearney’s Austen Madsen and Logan Greeno are returning to the High School Bass Fishing National Championship.
The duo will represent Nebraska for the second straight year after winning the The Bass Federation trail championship.
Madsen and Greeno won tournaments at Harlan County Reservoir and Elwood Reservoir and finished third at Lake McConaughy and Lewis and Clark Lake. They caught their limit of five fish at McConaughy and Lewis and Clark and caught four, and bigger, fish at Harlan and Elwood.
The National High School Championships are Wednesday through Saturday at Pickwick Lake near Florence, Ala.
Last year at Lake Hartwell in South Carolina, Greeno and Madsen reached the semifinal round of the tournament before being eliminated. They caught their limit every day. Only 10 teams advance to the finals.
FITZPATRICK WINS US OPEN:
Englishman Matt Fitzpatrick won the U.S. Open on Sunday, winning his first major on the same course where he took the U.S. Amateur title nine years earlier.
Fitzpatrick shot a 2-under 68 at The Country Club to finish the tournament at 6-under 274 and beat Will Zalatoris and Scottie Scheffler by one.
Fitzpatrick became the first Englishman to win the U.S. Open since Justin Rose at Merion in 2013
Local Results & Schedules:
THIS WEEK IN LOCAL SPORTS:
SATURDAY:
- POST 52: @ Big Stick Tournament
- @ Post 22 Bullets
- Post 22 11-3
- @ Post 22 Bullets
- STANLEY CUP FINALS: Game 2 @ Colorado
- Colorado Avalanche 7 – 0 Tampa Bay Lightning (COL 2-0)
SUNDAY:
- POST 52: @ Big Stick Tournament
- v. Fort Morgan
- POST 52 20-8
- v. Fort Morgan
MONDAY:
- STANLEY CUP FINALS: Game 3 @ Tampa Bay – 7 PM
- Colorado Avalanche @ Tampa Bay Lightning (COL 2-0)
TUESDAY:
- N/a
WEDNESDAY:
- STANLEY CUP FINALS: Game 4 @ Tampa Bay – 7 PM
- Colorado Avalanche @ Tampa Bay Lightning
- POST 52: @ Lexington – 5 PM (Doubleheader)
- Runza Seniors: @ Creighton Prep Tournament
- @ Gretna Post 216 – 9:30 AM
- v. Post 22 Hardhats – 12 PM
THURSDAY:
- POST 52: v. GI Dinsdale – 6 PM
- POST 52: v. Grand Island 5 Points Bank – 8:30 PM
- Runza Seniors: @ Creighton Prep Tournament
- v. Bryant Black Sox Seniors – 5 PM
FRIDAY:
- STANLEY CUP FINALS: TBA Game 5 @ Colorado – 7 PM
- Tampa Bay Lightning @ Colorado Avalanche
SATURDAY:
- N/a
SUNDAY:
- STANLEY CUP FINALS: TBA Game 6 @ Tampa Bay – 7 PM
- Colorado Avalanche @ Tampa Bay Lightning
