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LOPER BACKERS WRAPS, OFFICIAL NUMBERS TO BE ANNOUNCED:
UNK Football’s Loper Backers Banquet celebrated a big night at the Younes Conference Center North on Thursday, continuing to raise money for scholarships and other program needs.
Official numbers have yet to be posted as results continue to be tallied. The total numbers will be announced later today.
The event has raised over $2.4 million since beginning in 2010.
BEARCAT BASEBALL HEADS TO DUNCAN FIELD FOR TRI-CITY BATTLE:
The Kearney Baseball aims to keep their wins rolling this week heading to Hastings’ Duncan Field to take on the Tigers for a Friday afternoon tilt.
The Bearcats (14-11) have won four of their last five contests, and look to keep their streak running in the final stretch of the regular season. Hastings (7-11) aims to keep their two game win streak going as well. It is the Tigers first home game since April 8.
Pregame coverage on KGFW begins at 4:15 PM with the opening pitch at 4:30 PM. Join Austin Jacobsen for the coverage on 1340 KGFW, 96.1 FM, on the free KGFW mobile app, and online at KGFW.com.
NEBRASKA FOOTBALL PRACTICE COMMENTS – MATT RHULE:
RHULE – SPRING GAME WILL BE ‘FOOTBALL’
Nebraska Football head coach Matt Rhule addressed the media after Thursday’s practice leading into Saturday’s Red-White Spring Game, and spoke about what his expectations for the scrimmage will be:
The Huskers will have back-to-back years of essentially a full-contact Spring Game, with ‘thud’ elements implemented for special teams and quarterbacks.
RHULE – GUYS WANT TO PLAY:
Matt Rhule is excited for his team to continue to compete and play in the Red-White Spring Game as he spoke about after Thursday’s practice…
The Spring Game kicks off on Saturday at 11 AM from Memorial Stadium as pregame coverage on KGFW starts at 9 AM.
RHULE – GOOD WORK ETHIC OVER SPRING BALL:
Nebraska Football head coach Matt Rhule has been happy with the competition level throughout spring practices leading up to Saturday’s Red-White Spring Game, with a few exceptions…
The Huskers will pit the No. 1 offense against the No. 1 defense with a mixture of reserves seeing action throughout the contest as well in a regular gameday format, with quarterbacks rotating teams during the contest.
RHULE – EXCITED TO SEE QUARTERBACK OPERATIONS:
New equipment and new players has head coach for the Huskers Matt Rhule excited to see what’s in store for his young quarterbacks come Saturday’s Red-White Spring Game…
Daniel Kaelin, Dylan Raiola, and Heinrich Haarberg will all rotate teams throughout the contest.
RHULE – HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR QUARTERBACKS FROM FANS:
Nebraska Football head coach Matt Rhule addressed Husker fans after Thursday’s practice, saying he knows what the fan base wants to see out of the team’s quarterbacks Saturday during the Red-White scrimmage…
Nebraska will have both freshman quarterbacks – Dylan Raiola and Daniel Kaelin – as well as returning starter Heinrich Haarberg available for all action Saturday.
RHULE – FORMAT FOR SPRING GAME:
Matt Rhule, Nebraska Football head coach, laid out the format for this year’s Red-White Spring Game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday…
The Huskers will kickoff the action at 11 AM.
HUSKER BASEBALL WELCOMES HAWKEYES FOR WEEKEND SERIES:
Husker Baseball begins an impactful home series welcoming the Iowa Hawkeyes to Haymarket Park this weekend:
Brett Sears will start for the Big Red, boasting a 7-0 record and a 1.58 ERA.
Through 49 all-time meetings, the Hawkeyes hold a slim 26-23 advantage over the Huskers in the all-time series.
Iowa swept the three-game series over the Big Red last season in Iowa City. In their last meeting in Lincoln, the Hawkeyes took two of three games from the Huskers, including Garrett Anglim’s three-homer game in Nebraska’s 12-1 run-rule victory over Iowa.
KGFW’s coverage begins following the conclusion of the Kearney/Hastings baseball contest. First pitch is scheduled for 6 PM.
NEBRASKA SOFTBALL TAKES ON NORTHWESTERN:
Nebraska softball will play its final home games of the season this weekend when the Huskers host Northwestern for a three-game series on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Bowlin Stadium.
Nebraska has become accustomed to playing close games this season. The Huskers have played 16 games decided by one run (35 percent of their schedule).
Northwestern enters the weekend series at Nebraska with a 29-9 overall record, with the Wildcats boasting the top winning percentage (.763) in the conference.
HUSKERS RANKED SEVENTH IN DIRECTORS CUP:
Following an impressive winter season where all 10 Husker sports scored at the national level, Nebraska Athletics is ranked seventh nationally in the Learfield Directors Cup standings released Thursday, April 25.
The Huskers, who notched their first top-10 ranking at the end of the winter season since 2013-14 when they were ninth (638.00), produced their highest point total in the Learfield Directors Cup rankings since the turn of the century with 672.25 points, trailing only the 754 points through the winter season scored by the 1999-2000 Huskers.
It is the 10th time since the inception of the Directors Cup (1993-94) that the Huskers have been ranked among the top 10 nationally following the conclusion of the winter sports season.
CLASS A GIRLS, BOYS DISTRICTS RELEASED:
The 2024 NSAA Girls and Boys soccer districts have been released for Class A postseason play beginning with play-in games on Saturday.
The Kearney High Girls (13-2) are set to host the A-5 District and await the winner of the No. 4 Lincoln Northeast/No. 5 Omaha Northwest matchup for Monday, April 29 at Kearney High School.
The Bearcat Boys (11-5) are the No. 2 seed in the A-5 District hosted by No. 1 Millard West (12-4). Kearney hosts No. 3 Columbus (7-7) at Kearney High School on Monday for the semifinal matchup.
For more, check out KGFW and Central Nebraska Today.
NFL DRAFT FIRST ROUND SHOWCASES QUARTERBACKS, OFFENSE EARLY:
The 2022 Heisman Trophy winner, Caleb Williams, kicked off an historic NFL draft Thursday night that had five other teams selecting quarterbacks among the top 12 picks, setting a record with five in the top 10 and tying a record for the most in the first round.
Williams began the fun with the top pick to the Chicago Bears, followed by LSU’s Jayden Daniels to the Washington Commanders and the New England Patriots taking North Carolina’s Drake Maye.
The biggest surprise of the night came at No. 8, where Atlanta selected Washington’s Michael Penix despite signing Kirk Cousins in free agency. Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy went No. 10 to Minnesota, and the Denver Broncos finished the run on quarterbacks with Oregon’s Bo Nix at No. 12.
The Kansas City Chiefs traded up late in the first to select Texas’ Xavier Worthy – the fastest player to ever run the 40 yard dash in NFL Combine history.
Round 2 action begins later tonight.
NBA PLAYOFF FIRST ROUND SCORES/SCHEDULES:
THURSDAY SCORES:
Orlando Magic 121-83 Cleveland Cavaliers (CLE leads 2-1)
Philadelphia 76ers 125-114 New York Knicks (NYK leads 2-1)
Denver Nuggets 112-104 Los Angeles Lakers (DEN leads 3-0)
FRIDAY SCHEDULES:
Milwaukee Bucks @ Indiana Pacers – 4:30 PM (Tied 1-1)
Los Angeles Clippers @ Dallas Mavericks – 7 PM (Tied 1-1)
Minnesota Timberwolves @ Phoenix Suns – 9:30 PM (MIN leads 2-0)
NHL PLAYOFF FIRST ROUND SCORES/SCHEDULES:
THURSDAY SCORES:
Florida Panthers 5-3 Tampa Bay Lightning (FLA leads 3-0)
Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 New York Islanders (CAR leads 3-0)
FRIDAY SCHEDULES:
New York Rangers @ Washington Capitals – 6 PM (NYR leads 2-0)
Vancouver Canucks @ Nashville Predators – 6:30 PM (Tied 1-1)
Winnipeg Jets @ Colorado Avalanche – 9 PM (Tied 1-1)
Edmonton Oilers @ Los Angeles Kings – 9:30 PM (Tied 1-1)
Buffalo County Results & Schedules:
THIS WEEK IN BUFFALO COUNTY SPORTS:
THURSDAY:
High School Sports:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- Boys Golf: @ Holmes Invite @ Holmes Golf Course – 4th Place
College Athletics:
- HASTINGS COLLEGE BRONCOS:
- Baseball: @ Jamestown – Jamestown 4-1 Hastings College (7 Innings)
- Baseball: @ Jamestown – Jamestown 6-5 Hastings College (7 Innings)
- Baseball: @ Jamestown – Jamestown 5-4 Hastings College (8 Innings)
FRIDAY:
High School Sports:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- Baseball: @ Hastings @ Duncan Field – 4:30 PM
- KGFW Pregame at 4:15 PM
- Baseball: @ Hastings @ Duncan Field – 4:30 PM
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- Girls Tennis: @ Columbus Invite – 9 AM
- Baseball: @ Hastings @ Duncan Field – 4:30 PM
- KGFW Pregame at 4:15 PM
- AMHERST:
- Boys Golf: @ Overton – 9 AM
- Track & Field: v. Fort Kearny Conference @ Wilcox – 9 AM
- PLEASANTON:.
- Boys Golf: @ Overton – 9 AM
- Track & Field: v. Fort Kearny Conference @ Wilcox – 9 AM
- GIBBON:
- Track & Field: @ LPC Meet @ Wood River – 1 PM
- SHELTON:
- N/a
- ELM CREEK:
- Boys Golf: @ Overton – 9 AM
- Track & Field: v. Fort Kearny Conference @ Wilcox – 9 AM
- RAVENNA:
- Track & Field: @ LPC Meet @ Wood River – 1 PM
College Athletics:
- UNK LOPERS:
- Track & Field: @ Drake Relays @ Des Moines, IA
- Tennis: @ Washburn @ Topeka, KS – 1 PM
- Softball: @ Rogers State @ Claremore, OK – 3 PM
- Softball: @ Rogers State @ Claremore, OK – 5 PM
- HASTINGS COLLEGE BRONCOS:
- Women’s Tennis: @ GPAC Tournament @ Sioux City, IA
- Baseball: @ Jamestown – 12 PM
- NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS:
- Track & Field: @ Drake Relays @ Des Moines, IA
- Men’s Golf: @ Big Ten Championships @ Columbus, OH – 8 AM
- Men’s Tennis: @ Big Ten Championships v. Illinois – 11 AM
- Softball: v. Northwestern @ Bowlin Stadium – 5:30 PM
- Baseball: v. Iowa @ Hawks Field – 6 PM
- KGFW Pregame at 5:30 PM
KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Kearney Baseball @ Hastings (4:15 PM – 7:15 PM)
- Nebraska Baseball v. Iowa (7:15 PM – 10:30 PM)
