MICKEY JOSEPH ARRESTED ON STRANGULATION, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE:
Mickey Joseph, Nebraska football’s interim head coach for most of the past season, is facing domestic assault charges.
Joseph was arrested Wednesday afternoon by Lincoln police on suspicion of domestic assault and strangulation. A Lincoln Police Department release says police were dispatched to a residence near South 34th Street and Tree Line Drive shortly before 2 p.m. on a domestic-disturbance call.
“Upon concluding the investigation, Joseph, age 54 of Lincoln, was arrested at a separate location, for Strangulation and 3rd Degree Domestic Assault. He was lodged in the Lancaster County Jail,” an LPD release stated.
HUSKER MEN WIN ACC CHALLENGE OVER BOSTON COLLEGE AT PBA:
Keisei Tominaga tied his career high with 23 points off the bench as Nebraska cruised past Boston College, 88-67, at Pinnacle Bank Arena in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge Wednesday night.
The Huskers (5-3) put five players in doubles and shot a blistering 62 percent from the field, their highest mark the 2014-15 season.
Nebraska used a 23-2 spurt over a 12-minute span, turning a 34-30 deficit into a 17-point lead with just over 11 minutes remaining and cruised to a 21-point win.
Up next, the Huskers make the short trek up I-80 to take on No. 7 Creighton on Sunday, Dec. 4. Tipoff is set for 3:30 p.m.
KEARNEY HIGH BASKETBALL OPENS SEASON WITH MARIAN/PREP DOUBLEHEADER:
The Bearcat basketball teams open their season with much anticipation in a private school doubleheader tonight at Kearney High School.
The Kearney girls basketball team begin the JD Carson era tonight, as the Bearcat alum leads his team into his first contest at the helm against the Omaha Marian Crusaders. Marian ended last season with only eight wins in Coach Tom Tvrdy’s first season in the metro.
The Bearcat boys aim to take down a regular contender in Class A facing Creighton Prep. The Junior Jays return from last season’s semifinal state tournament finish hoping to begin their “reloading” season under head coach Josh Luedtke.
Pregame of the doubleheader begins at 5 PM tonight on KGFW with the Bearcat girls facing Marian to open the doubleheader, followed by the Kearney/Prep matchup.
Listen to the action on 1340 KGFW, 96.1 FM, on the free KGFW mobile app, and online at KGFW.com with Austin Jacobsen on the call.
NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL BEGINS NCAA TOURNAMENT IN LINCOLN:
The Nebraska volleyball team was selected as the No. 7 overall seed for the 2022 Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship on Sunday night and will host the first and second rounds at the Bob Devaney Sports Center this Thursday and Friday.
The Huskers, making their 41st straight NCAA Tournament appearance and hosting the first round for the 37th time, will open the tournament on Thursday, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. against Delaware State (24-6), champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
The 4:30 p.m. match will feature Kansas (18-10) of the Big 12 Conference and Miami (19-10) of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Thursday’s winners will meet in the second round on Friday, Dec. 2 at 7 p.m.
This is the first matchup between Nebraska and Delaware State.
HUSKER WOMEN READY FOR ACC CHALLENGE WITH VIRGINIA TECH:
The Nebraska women’s basketball team returns to the road to take on No. 9 Virginia Tech in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge
Tip-off between the Huskers (3-2) and the unbeaten Hokies (6-0) is set for 6 p.m. (CT) at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Va.
The clash with the No. 9 Hokies will be Nebraska’s second road game against a top-20 AP team this season, joining a Nov. 15 setback at No. 20 Creighton.
The game with Virginia Tech also marks Nebraska’s second meeting in Blacksburg with the Hokies as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge since 2016.
Head Coach Kenny Brooks leads No. 9 Virginia Tech into the ACC/Big Ten Challenge with a 6-0 record after running to an 89-28 win over Longwood at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg on Sunday.
CYZA, STERLING EARN AVCA ALL-AMERICAN HONORS FOR LOPERS:
Senior outside hitter Emersen Cyza and senior middle blocker Bailee Sterling represent Nebraska Kearney on the 2022 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division II All-American team.
The squad is chosen by a panel of D2 coaches from around the nation.
Beginning her career at Wyoming, Cyza has led UNK in kills and kills per set each of the past two falls. She became the fifth outside hitter in the Rick Squiers era (1999-pre) to earn AVCA All-American honors.
Sterling, who began her career at Northern Colorado, is the ninth middle in the Squiers era to earn AVCA AA honors.
PALMER, GRANT EARN ALL BIG-TEN HONORS:
A pair of Nebraska football offensive playmakers received All-Big Ten honors on Wednesday for their effort in the 2022 season. Receiver Trey Palmer was a second-team All-Big Ten pick by the Big Ten media, and a third-team selection by the league coaches, while running back Anthony Grant was an honorable-mention choice on both teams.
Palmer had a record-setting 2022 season for the Huskers, finishing with a school-record 1,043 receiving yards. Palmer’s 71 receptions ranked second on Nebraska’s single-season charts and are the most ever by a Husker receiver.
Grant paced the Nebraska rushing game in 2022. Grant finished the season with 915 yards and six rushing touchdowns.
FOUR HUSKERS EARN ALL-CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL HONORS:
Nebraska volleyball outside hitter Madi Kubik and libero Lexi Rodriguez were named to the All-Big Ten First Team in a vote by the league’s 14 head coaches.
Middle blockers Kaitlyn Hord and Bekka Allick were selected to the All-Big Ten Second Team, and Allick was also an All-Big Ten Freshman Team honoree.
Kubik was a unanimous All-Big Ten selection, her second career first-team accolade and the third All-Big Ten honor of her career. Rodriguez also repeated as an All-Big Ten First-Team selection
Hord was named to the All-Big Ten Second Team after ranking among the nation’s leaders in blocks.
Allick, a freshman from Lincoln, joined Purdue’s Eva Hudson, the Big Ten Freshman of the Year, as the only unanimous choices to the seven-player All-Big Ten Freshman Team.
WISTROM ADDED TO ORANGE BOWL HALL OF FAME:
Nebraska great Grant Wistrom is one of three 2022 inductees into the Orange Bowl Hall of Fame presented by AutoNation. Wistrom joins Oklahoma’s Dewey Selmon and Miami’s Bernard Clark Jr. in the 2022 class.
This year’s honorees will be recognized at the annual Orange Bowl Coaches Luncheon on Dec. 29 and will be featured in an on-field ceremony at the 2022 Capital One Orange Bowl on Dec. 30 in Hard Rock Stadium.
Wistrom played a part in three Orange Bowl victories during his career, including two that clinched national championships for Nebraska.
ROSE BOWL CLEARS WAY FOR 12 TEAM PLAYOFF:
Rose Bowl game organizers cleared the way for the College Football Playoff to expand to 12 teams starting in the 2024 season, informing CFP officials Wednesday they are willing to alter agreements for the first two years of the larger playoff.
A person with knowledge of the discussions between game organizers and CFP officials told The Associated Press that the Rose Bowl is prepared to be flexible and wants to continue to be part of the playoff beyond 2025.
The university leaders who make up the CFP board of managers were pushing for a decision from Rose Bowl officials by Wednesday about whether they would amend contracts for 2024 and ’25 and allow the playoff to triple in size from four teams to 12.
The Rose Bowl is scheduled to have a traditional Pac-12-Big Ten matchup in those seasons. To have a 12-team playoff, the Rose Bowl would need to host a quarterfinal in its traditional Jan. 1 time slot.
Local Results & Schedules:
THIS WEEK IN LOCAL SPORTS:
THURSDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- Swimming & Diving: v. GISH/Hastings Triangular – 4:30 PM
- Girls Basketball: Early Bird Tournament v. Marian @ KHS – 5:15 PM
- KGFW Pregame at 5 PM
- Boys Basketball: Early Bird Tournament v. Creighton Prep @ KHS – 7 PM
- KGFW Pregame at conclusion of KHS GBB/Marian
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- Swimming & Diving: v. GISH/Hastings Triangular – 4:30 PM
- UNK:
- Women’s Basketball: v. Rogers State @ Health & Sports Center – 5:30 PM
- Men’s Basketball: v. Rogers State @ Health & Sports Center – 7:30 PM
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Kearney High Girls Basketball v. Marian (5 PM – 7 PM)
- Kearney High Boys Basketball v. Creighton Prep (7 PM – 9 PM)
FRIDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- Wrestling: Hastings Dual @ Kearney High School – 6:30 PM
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- N/a
- UNK:
- M/W T&F: v. Blue/Gold Intrasquad @ Cushing Coliseum
- Wrestling: @ Cliff Keen Invite @ Las Vegas, NV – 11 AM
- M/W Cross Country: @ NCAA Championships @ Seattle, WA – 12 PM/1:15 PM
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Sports Nightly (6 PM – 8 PM)
SATURDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- Swimming & Diving: @ Hastings Invite – 9 AM
- Wrestling: @ Kearney High School Invite – 10 AM
- Girls Basketball: Early Bird Tournament – TBD
- Boys Basketball: Early Bird Tournament – TBD
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- Swimming & Diving: @ Hastings Invite – 9 AM
- Wrestling: @ Broken Bow – 9:30 AM
- Girls Basketball: v. Holdrege – 2 PM
- Boys Basketball: v. Holdrege – 3:30 PM
- UNK:
- Wrestling: @ Doane Open @ Crete, NE – 9 AM
- Wrestling: @ Cliff Keen Invite @ Las Vegas, NV – 11 AM
- Women’s Basketball: v. Northeastern State @ Health & Sports Center – 2 PM
- Men’s Basketball: v. Northeastern State @ Health & Sports Center – 4 PM
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Kearney High Girls/Boys Basketball @ Early Bird Tournament (TBA)
SUNDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- N/a
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- N/a
- UNK:
- N/a
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Nebraska Women’s Basketball @ Maryland (12 PM – 3 PM)
