HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES BEGIN IN LINCOLN:
After a tough and talented season of high school football, the 2022 NSAA Football championships begin today at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln.
The first state championship was won in Kearney on Friday, as Parkview Christian crushed Pawnee City in the D6-Championship 50-25 for their first state football title in school history.
Earlier today in Class D2 Hitchcock County downed Howells-Dodge, ending their 25 game winning streak with the 22-12 victory.
Currently in D1, Clarkson/Leigh faces Cedar Catholic.
The night contest under the lights begins at 7:15 PM in a rematch of last year’s Class A championship between Gretna and Omaha Westside.
Tuesday’s schedule includes C2 Cedar Cahtolic and Norfolk Catholic, Class C1 with Aurora and Pierce, while Class B wraps the season with Bennington and Gross Catholic. All games can be watched on Nebraska Public Media.
KUBIK NAMED BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
Nebraska senior outside hitter Madi Kubik was named Big Ten Player of the Week
Kubik led Nebraska to sweeps of Iowa and No. 19 Purdue over the weekend with 5.17 kills per set on .347 hitting to go along with 3.33 digs per set.
Kubik had a season-high 17 kills with 11 digs while hitting .311 in the victory over the Boilermakers on Sunday. She recorded 14 kills while hitting .407 to go with nine digs in the win at Iowa on Friday. She led the Huskers with 32 total points (5.33 per set) on the weekend.
It marks the fourth career honor for Kubik and first this season.
UNK’S DAVIS UP FOR D2 HEISMAN FOR SECOND SEASON:
UNK Football’s TJ Davis joins a list of 48 student-athletes from across the nation that have been nominated for the 2022 Harlon Hill Trophy as the Division II College Football Player of the Year.
Davis led UNK to an 8-3 mark this past season, totaling 1,136 rushing and 1,370 passing yards with 29 touchdowns (16 passing and 13 rushing). He went over 3,000 career rushing and 4,000 career passing yards, reached 100 career TD’s, had 10 straight games with a TD toss and eight straight 100-yard rushing efforts. Subsequently, he repeated as the MIAA Offensive Player of the Year.
It’s Davis’ second consecutive season being named to the honors watch list, as he finished as runner-up last season.
The winner of the 2022 award will be announced on Friday, Dec. 16.
UNITED STATES TIES WITH WALES; FACES ENGLAND ON FRIDAY:
A penalty kick by Gareth Bale in the 82nd minute tied the first contest of group play for the United States in the World Cup, as the Americans were unable to muster a winning goal ending in a 1-1 tie.
The United States does return to action on Friday facing England, who dominated Iran 6-2 early Monday.
HUSKER VOLLEYBALL CLOSES STRONG IN SWEEP OF PURDUE:
The No. 6 Nebraska volleyball team picked up its sixth straight home sweep with a 25-22, 25-20, 25-11 sweep of No. 19 Purdue on Sunday.
Madi Kubik had a season-high 17 kills and hit .311 with 11 digs to lift the Huskers (24-3, 16-2 Big Ten). Lindsay Krause and Ally Batenhorst each added seven kills. Nebraska hit .192 for the match and held Purdue to a season-low .016 hitting percentage. The Huskers have now won 20 consecutive sets at the Devaney Center.
Nicklin Hames had 22 assists and six digs and became the first Nebraska setter to eclipse 5,000 career kills.
At 16-2, the Huskers are alone in second place in the Big Ten standings with two matches remaining. Wisconsin leads the league at 17-1. Ohio State suffered a loss at home to Indiana on Sunday afternoon to fall to 15-3 in conference play.
The Huskers host the Badgers in a pivotal match on Friday at 7 p.m.
NEBRASKA MEN RETURN TO WINNING WAYS AT PBA:
Juwan Gary scored a season-high 17 points, as Nebraska used a key second-half run and a strong defensive effort in the final 20 minutes to defeat Arkansas Pine-Bluff, 82-58, on Sunday afternoon at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Blaise Keita notched his first career double-double for the Big Red with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
The Huskers return to action Thursday, Nov. 24, as they travel to Orlando for the ESPN Events Invitational against former Big 12 rival Oklahoma. Tipoff is set for 4 p.m.
HUSKER FOOTBALL POSTGAME COMMENTS – MICKEY JOSEPH:
JOSEPH – TOUGH ONE IN LOSS TO WISCONSIN:
Interim Head Coach Mickey Joseph sounded more disappointed than usual after the loss to Wisconsin to close out Memorial Stadium, adding that this defeat stung a bit more…
Nebraska closes out their season on Friday traveling to Iowa for a chance to spoil the Hawkeyes chances in the Big Ten title game.
JOSEPH – OFFENSE DID NOT HELP DEFENSE WITH TOO MANY SNAPS:
Interim Head Coach for Nebraska Football Mickey Joseph would not shoulder the Huskers’ loss to Wisconsin on the defense, saying they had been on the field too long to hold off the Badgers late…
For the fifth straight game, Nebraska lost the time of possession battle by a significant margin.
JOSEPH – TEAM IS NOT PREPARED TO CLOSE OUT GAMES:
Interim Head Coach Mickey Joseph reiterated at his postgame press conference on Saturday after the loss to Wisconsin that his team was not ready for the moment to close out the Badgers…
The Huskers squandered an 11 point lead in the fourth quarter, falling to 3-8 on the season Saturday afternoon.
NFL SCORES/SCHEDULES:
SUNDAY:
Atlanta Falcons 27-24 Chicago Bears
Philadelphia Eagles 17-16 Indianapolis Colts
New England Patriots 10-3 New York Jets
Washington Commanders 23-10 Houston Texans
New Orleans Saints 27-20 Los Angeles Rams
Buffalo Bills 31-23 Cleveland Browns
Baltimore Ravens 13-3 Carolina Panthers
Detroit Lions 31-18 New York Giants
Las Vegas Raiders 22-16 Denver Broncos (OT)
Dallas Cowboys 40-3 Minnesota Vikings
Cincinnati Bengals 37-30 Pittsburgh Steelers
Kansas City Chiefs 30-27 Los Angeles Chargers
MONDAY:
San Francisco 49ers v. Arizona Cardinals – 7:15 PM @ Mexico City
Local Results & Schedules:
THIS WEEK IN LOCAL SPORTS:
SATURDAY:
- UNK:
- Women’s Swimming: @ Augustana Invite
- UNK 11th/14
- Wrestling: v. Younes Hospitality Open
- UNK: 13 places
- M/W Cross Country: @ NCAA Central Regional
- UNK MEN: 2nd/30
- UNK WOMEN: 4th/35
- Men’s Basketball: v. Wayne State
- Wayne State 77-67 UNK
- Women’s Basketball: @ Colorado Mines
- UNK 59-47 Colorado Mines
- Women’s Swimming: @ Augustana Invite
MONDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- Unified Bowling: @ HAC Championships – 10 AM @ Sun Valley Lanes, Lincoln, NE
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- Girls Basketball: @ Cozad Jamboree – 5:30 PM
- Boys Basketball: @ Cozad Jamboree – 7 PM
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Sports Nightly (6 PM – 8 PM)
TUESDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- Girls Basketball: Varsity Jamboree @ Kearney High School – 5:30 PM
- v. GINW
- Boys Basketball: Varsity Jamboree @ Kearney High School – 7 PM
- v. GINW
- Girls Basketball: Varsity Jamboree @ Kearney High School – 5:30 PM
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- N/a
- UNK:
- Men’s Basketball: @ Chadron State – 8 PM
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Nebraska Women’s Basketball v. Tarleton (5:45 PM – 9 PM)
WEDNESDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- N/a
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- N/a
- UNK:
- Women’s Basketball: v. Graceland U. (NAIA) – 2 PM @ Health & Sports Center
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Sports Nightly (6 PM – 8 PM)
THURSDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- N/a
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- N/a
- UNK:
- N/a
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Nebraska Men’s Basketball v. Oklahoma @ Orlando, FL (3 PM – 7:15 PM)
FRIDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- N/a
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- N/a
- UNK:
- N/a
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Nebraska Football @ Iowa (11 AM – 10 PM) – KGFW
- Nebraska Football @ Iowa (2:15 PM – 8:15 PM) – KQKY/HITS 106
SATURDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- N/a
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- N/a
- UNK:
- Women’s Basketball: v. College of St. Mary – 6 PM @ Health & Sports Center
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Nebraska Women’s Basketball v. Mississippi State (12:15 PM – 3:30 PM)
- Nebraska Volleyball v. Minnesota (7:30 PM – 10:45 PM)
SUNDAY:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- N.a
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- N/a
- UNK:
- N/a
- KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Nebraska Men’s Basketball v. TBD – Orlando, FL
