06/06/11 Jon Dyson is used to having a few curveballs thrown his way this time of year, but when the 30-year-old general manager of the Anchorage Glacier Pilots suited up to bat ninth against the Anchorage Bucs on Sunday, it wasn't part of the plan.
06/06/11 With Aurora's coach, Aurora's quarterback and Aurora's offense, the South put on the biggest offensive show in Shrine Bowl history. The Huskies' Tyson Broekemeier, coming to Nebraska as a walk-on, set records for touchdown...
05/27/11 The North Platte Telegraph Approximately a dozen miles of Highway 30, beginning just east of the North Platte Airport all the way to the Maxwell junction to Ft. McPherson, were closed due to flooding on Thursday.
05/26/11 Live Music at local venues and bars for the week of May 26, 2011.
05/26/11 The 2011 All-Jones County Team, which was selected by the local coaches, was recently announced and leading the way was West Jones High School with seven members.
05/20/11 Colin Flounlacker and the Kent Island boys lacrosse team didn't waste any time in the Class 3A/2A East Region final. A junior midfielder, Flounlacker assisted on three scores and tallied one in a 10-goal run to begin the game to help the Buccaneers earn the region trophy in a 15-5 victory over the Eagles. 'Their defense was leaving holes open, and my teammates were doing a great job of getting ...
05/18/11 The Rice Owls baseball team, 36-17 this season and in second place in the Conference USA standings with a 14-7 league record, takes to the road for a big three-game C-USA series against league-leader Southern Miss (37-13, 15-6) on May 19-21. Game times with the Golden Eagles are set for 6 pm on both Thursday and Friday, and 1 pm in Saturday's series finale. Southern Miss and Rice are 1-2 in the ...
05/17/11 Another day, another mailblog. Good times. Next mailblog comes at you Friday, so send in those questions . And if you're not following me on Twitter , get with the program. Hunter from Jackson, Mich., writes: Adam- After looking at Michigan state's schedule, i'm having trouble predicting their season. They may have one of the toughest road schedules in the country, with games at Nebraska, at ...
05/17/11 Former Killswitch Engage singer Jesse Leach current Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz's group Times of Grace have recruited Shadows Fall's Matt Bachand
05/17/11 The Rice Owls baseball team, 35-17 this season and in second place in the Conference USA standings, plays its final home game of the regular season on Tuesday night (May 17) vs. longtime rival Texas State University. Start time against the Bobcats (34-17) is set for 6:30 pm at Reckling Park.
05/12/11 The Washburn Ichabods baseball season came to a close on Thursday with an 11-1 loss in eight innings to Nebraska Omaha at Community America Ballpark in the MIAA tournament. The Ichabods finish the season at 22-28.
05/12/11 One day after qualifying for the Nebraska State Track and Field meet in the A-4 district, four North Platte High School distance runners; Brady McGuire, Bryan Hill, Warren Lannon and Jake Hasenauer, signed letters of intent to run in college on Thursday.
05/12/11 Late last week, I was invited to spend an evening at the Cook Family Foundation Dinner, which honored more than 40 Shiawassee County students who have earned scholarships to attend the University of Michigan this fall.
05/12/11 Northwest Missouri State's Jayson Huett and Missouri Western's Brandon Simmons among several honored for All-Conference team.
05/12/11 The Rice baseball team, 32-16 and 12-6 in Conference USA, is back home at Reckling Park for a three-game league series vs. the University of Memphis on May 13-15. Start times against the Tigers (26-21, 9-9) are set for 6:30 pm on Friday, 2 pm on Saturday, and 1 pm in Sunday's series finale.
05/02/11 ARAPAHOE, Nebraska -- One of the toughest track and field meets in Nebraska's Class C and D ranks was held last Friday at the Arapahoe High School facility.
05/02/11 The North Platte Telegraph Two years ago, Austin Land couldn't imagine giving a speech before the governor of Nebraska. But on April 19, in Lincoln, he did. Land was one of four Mid-Plains Community College students named to the 2011 Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) All-Nebraska Academic Team.
05/02/11 Following a win at Arizona and a series victory over Stanford in Tempe, Arizona State closes out its eight-game home stand with a two-game series with BYU followed by a three-game series with Long Beach State. The Devils will face the Cougars on Monday and Tuesday and then host the 49ers on Friday, Saturday and Sunday from Winkles Field-Packard Stadium at Brock Ballpark.
05/02/11 HOLDREGE, Nebraska -- The McCook High School boys and girls track and field teams are completely wrecking the Bison all-time Top 10 charts this spring.
04/27/11 The North Platte Telegraph When a recent housing study showed that people wanted more affordable housing for single parent families the Lincoln County Community Development Corporation was listening. | 
