BEARCAT BOYS BASKETBALL DOWNS PAPILLION-LaVISTA; HEAD TO BUENA VISTA:
The Kearney Boys Basketball team had four players in double figures, winning their fourth consecutive game in a row to improve to 4-1 as they downed Papillion-LaVista 71-55. A full recap is available on KGFW.com.
Both the boys and girls basketball teams travel to Omaha Buena Vista tonight with pregame beginning at 5:45 PM on KGFW. Tune in to the doubleheader action on 1340 KGFW, 96.1 FM, on the free KGFW mobile app, and online at KGFW.com.
NEBRASKA NATIVE LEADS LOUISVILLE TO VOLLEYBALL TITLE GAME TILT WITH TEXAS:
The Texas Longhorns women’s volleyball team is in familiar territory: back in the NCAA championship match. Meanwhile, their opponent in Saturday’s final, the Louisville Cardinals, will be there for the first time, as will the ACC as a league.
Texas, the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament, beat the San Diego Toreros 3-1 on Thursday, which was followed by the Cardinals’ 3-2 win over their conference rival, the Pittsburgh Panthers.
Dani Busboom-Kelly, a Cortland, Neb. native, alum of Freeman High School in Southeast Nebraska, and former Nebraska Volleyball star from the 2006 Nebraska National Championship roster, leads the Louisville program into their first championship match.
Saturday will be the Longhorns’ eighth appearance in the NCAA title match, which ties them with UCLA for the fourth most. Only Stanford (17), Penn State (10) and Nebraska (10) have played for the NCAA championship more.
COLUMBUS NATIVE HAUMANN TRANSFERS TO ANN ARBOR:
Michigan added another potential starter to its roster in former Nebraska linebacker Ernest Hausmann.
The 6-2, 220-pound Columbus, Neb. native Hausmann earned immediate playing time as a true freshman, playing in every game with seven starts. He finished his freshman season with 54 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack and one fumble recovery.
He had a big game at No. 3 Michigan, finishing with 10 tackles, including a three-yard sack for his first career sack. He topped that effort with a career-high 12 tackles the next week against Wisconsin.
Haumann will make his return to Memorial Stadium facing his former team on September 30, 2023.
FORMER LOPER SWANSON ADDED TO AP ALL-AMERICAN TEAM:
Nebraska Kearney redshirt senior strong safety Darius Swanson has made the Associated Press (AP) 2022 Division II All-American team.
Swanson (Aurora, Colo.) makes the first-team and is the first Loper to garner AP honors since tackle monster Tyke Kozeal in 2016. He is the 13th Loper since 1973, and the third defensive player, to be named an AP All-American.
Swanson will use his COVID year to transfer to Division 1 Tulane for his final year of eligibility.
FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR NEW NCAA PRESIDENT:
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will be the next president of the NCAA, stepping in to lead an organization with diminished power amid sweeping change across college sports.
The NCAA announced Thursday that Baker will replace Mark Emmert as the head of the largest college sports governing body in the country, with some 500,000 athletes at more than 1,100 schools.
Baker, a Republican, has been governor of Massachusetts since 2015. He announced a year ago he would not seek re-election. His second term ends in January and he will start his new job in March.
He has never worked in college sports.
BREES TO ASSIST ALMA MATER PURDUE IN BOWL GAME:
One day after the 36-year-old Ryan Walters was introduced as Purdue’s coach, athletic director Mike Bobinski announced Brees would return to the campus in West Lafayette, Indiana, as an assistant coach to help the Boilermakers prepare for their Jan. 2 Citrus Bowl game against No. 17 LSU.
Bobinski said Brees will be a countable assistant coach under NCAA rules, allowing him to work with players on the field and help on the recruiting circuit, even though the job is, for now, temporary.
Following his retirement after the 2020 season, a 20-year career that included one Super Bowl title, Brees worked briefly as a broadcaster.
PURDY GOOD; 49ers WIN NFC WEST WITH THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL:
Rookie quarterback Brock Purdy never doubted he’d take the field for the 49ers with a chance at winning a division title.
Purdy threw a pair of touchdown passes to George Kittle, and the 49ers won their first NFC West title since 2019, beating the Seattle Seahawks 21-13 on Thursday night.
Despite using their third starting quarterback this season, the 49ers (10-4) continued to show they might be the class of the NFC alongside Philadelphia. San Francisco won its seventh straight, using its stifling defense to frustrate Seattle into countless mistakes.
Seattle (7-7) lost for the fourth time in five games and its playoff hopes took another hit.
NFL SCORES/SCHEDULES:
THURSDAY:
San Francisco 49ers 21-13 Seattle Seahawks
Local Results & Schedules:
THIS WEEK IN LOCAL SPORTS:
THURSDAY:
KEARNEY HIGH:Boys Basketball: v. Papillion-LaVista @ Kearney High SchoolKHS 71-55 PLV
FRIDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- Wrestling: @ Flatwater Fracas Wrestling Tournament @ Heartland Events Center – 1 PM
- Swimming & Diving: @ Lincoln SE Invite – 1 PM
- Girls Basketball: @ Omaha Buena Vista – 6 PM
- KGFW Pregame at 5:45 PM
- Boys Basketball: @ Omaha Buena Vista – 7:30 PM
- KGFW Pregame after Girls v. OBV
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- Swimming & Diving: Dive @ Lincoln SE Invite – 1 PM
- Girls Basketball: @ McCook – 5:30 PM
- Boys Basketball: @ McCook – 7:30 PM
- UNK:
- Women’s Basketball: v. Newman @ Health & Sports Center – 5 PM
- Men’s Basketball: v. Newman @ Health & Sports Center – 7 PM
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Kearney High Girls Basketball @ Omaha Buena Vista (5:45 PM – 7:45 PM)
- Kearney High Boys Basketball @ Omaha Buena Vista (7:45 PM – 9:45 PM)
SATURDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- Wrestling: @ Flatwater Fracas Wrestling Tournament @ Heartland Events Center – 9:30 AM
- Swimming & Diving: Lincoln SE Invite – 10 AM
- Boys Basketball: v. Elkhorn North @ Hastings College – Heartland Hoops Holiday Classic – 1:20 PM
- Pregame at 1 PM on KGFW
- Girls Basketball: v. Papillion-LaVista @ Kearney High School – 5:15 PM
- Pregame at 5 PM on KGFW
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- Wrestling: v. KCHS Invite – 9 AM
- Boys Basketball: v. Sandy Creek @ Hastings College – 10 AM
- Swimming & Diving: @ Lincoln SE Invite – 10 AM
- UNK:
- Wrestling: v. Augustana @ Health & Sports Center – 12:15 PM
- Wrestling: v. York @ Health & Sports Center – 1:30 PM
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Kearney High Boys Basketball: v. Elkhorn North (1 PM – 3 PM)
- Kearney High Girls Basketball: v. Papillion-LaVista (5 PM – 7 PM)
SUNDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- N/a
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- N/a
- UNK:
- Women’s Basketball v. Central Oklahoma @ Health & Sports Center – 2 PM
- Men’s Basketball v. Central Oklahoma @ Health & Sports Center – 4 PM
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Nebraska Women’s Basketball v. Wyoming (1:45 PM – 5 PM)
