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Skutt wins fourth straight state championship, Creighton Prep downs defending champs for state title
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 11:23 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
According to the seeding, both the boys Class A and Class B soccer state championships were upsets, although when looking at the history of the two programs taking home the hardware, they hardly seem like underdogs.
Updated: May. 16, 2023 at 11:01 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
The Mavericks punched their tickets to their first-ever NCAA Tournament Sunday, after downing South Dakota State, 1-0, making Omaha Summit League champions for the first time in program history.
Updated: May. 15, 2023 at 11:22 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
Three was the magic number for both Skutt Catholic and Gretna girls soccer Monday night at Morrison Stadium.
Updated: May. 12, 2023 at 6:08 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
The top-seeded Dragons kicked off state tournament action this afternoon with a 6-1 win over fifth-seeded Papio South.
Updated: May. 8, 2023 at 11:05 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
Former players, coaches, friends, and family celebrated 25-year Thunderbird head boys basketball coach Doug Woodard in the place that has been Woodard’s second home for the last two and a half decades.
Updated: May. 6, 2023 at 10:58 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
16th-seeded Gross Catholic ended top-seeded Grand Island Northwest’s undefeated season to an end in the girls soccer District B-1 final.
Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 10:40 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
Seven months after her last competition, super heavyweight Bonica Brown traveled to England to compete against the best of the best in the inaugural Sheffield Powerlifting Championships.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2023 at 11:24 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
On the first batter of the game, Mavericks ace Kamryn Meyer tossed her 699th career strikeout to Western Illinois’ Georgia Rea to become Omaha’s new all-time leading strikeout leader.
Updated: Apr. 29, 2023 at 11:07 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
Wide receiver Trey Palmer and edge rusher Ochaun Mathis both had their names called in the sixth round of the NFL Draft, just three picks apart.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2023 at 10:09 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
Last week Bluejays sophomore Katherine Lemke became the first women’s golfer in conference history to win two consecutive BIG EAST championships.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 11:08 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
For the first time in nearly 20 years, former Nebraska football player, assistant coach, and head coach Frank Solich has returned to Memorial Stadium.
Updated: Apr. 20, 2023 at 11:06 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
Last week at the Kruger-May Invitational, senior J’Dyn Bullion did what no high schooler in Nebraska has done in 16 years: Bullion had a 200-foot discus throw.
Updated: Apr. 17, 2023 at 9:43 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
Point guard Steven Ashworth committed to Creighton today, choosing the Bluejays over BYU, Oklahoma State, and returning to Utah State.
Updated: Apr. 13, 2023 at 10:42 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
Omaha Northwest’s number two singles tennis player Malak Ashbalu kicked off the season winning six of her first eight matches all while fasting for Ramadan.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2023 at 7:10 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
After a scoreless 70 minutes of play, Patriots’ defender Sam Stutheit headed in the winning goal to take down the defending state champs Gretna.
Updated: Mar. 26, 2023 at 4:03 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent and Grace Boyles
The Bluejays’ historic NCAA Tournament run comes to an end at the hands of the Aztecs, 57-56.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 10:53 PM CDT
|By Joe Nugent and Grace Boyles
The Jays brought an end to the Tigers’ Cinderella run, 86-75, to land a spot in the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time ever.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 9:49 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
After being named the 2022 Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year and helping lead Gretna to a Class A state title, Gretna midfielder Brett Perkins is picking up this season right where he left off in May.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2023 at 8:20 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
Creighton is back in the Sweet 16 for the second time in three years, beating No. 3 Baylor 85-76.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2023 at 5:03 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
Creighton moves on to the Round of 32 with a72-63 win over the Wolfpack inside Ball Arena in the Mile High City to move on to the Round of 32 on Sunday.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 11:09 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
A rollercoaster of a season that saw Creighton go from the program’s highest preseason ranking at ninth to a six-game losing streak has been all worth it now that the sixth-seeded Bluejays will be starting their March Madness campaign tomorrow against 11th-seeded North Carolina State.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 4:28 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
As the first of many NCAA March Madness games wrapped up Thursday, the Creighton Bluejays men’s basketball team was getting into the thick of things in Denver.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2023 at 11:59 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
reighton will face the winner of the first four matchup between Illinois and Mississippi State on Friday in South Bend, Indiana.
Updated: Mar. 12, 2023 at 11:37 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
For the fifth consecutive season the Bluejays have earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2023 at 10:35 PM CST
|By Grace Boyles
After three years of early exits in the semifinal round, Millard South beat Lincoln High, 72-60, to become Class A state champions.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2023 at 9:16 PM CST
|By Grace Boyles
In a rematch of last year’s state title game, the Wolves beat Skutt Catholic, 64-51.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 11:58 AM CST
|By Grace Boyles
After over two decades of the Dotzler name echoing through the gyms of Bellevue West High School, at the end of this year there will only be one Dotzler left wearing their name on the back of a Thunderbirds jersey.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 11:12 PM CST
|By Grace Boyles
Only five years after getting into the sport, Ava McNeal became Lewis Central’s first-ever girl to sign a National Letter of Intent to wrestle in college.
Updated: Jan. 29, 2023 at 6:09 PM CST
|By Grace Boyles
For the past three years, the softball team of 11-year-old girls, Millard Fury, has been spending their falls on the gridiron. This year, all their hard work has paid off.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2023 at 11:10 PM CST
|By Grace Boyles
The Bluejays picked up their fourth Top 25 win of the season Saturday behind a balanced effort on both ends of the court.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 12:08 AM CST
|By Grace Boyles
local youth hockey team is taking their talents to the international stage. Over Thanksgiving weekend the 12U Fremont Flyers became the first Fremont Hockey Association team to win an International Silver Stick Regional.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2022 at 10:00 PM CST
|By Grace Boyles
"It's becoming more natural to me. I've been working for years now. So just to have this opportunity and be able to have it for three years is big to me. I never take it for granted. I just keep going and play in the moment."
Updated: Dec. 17, 2022 at 11:13 PM CST
|By Grace Boyles
Saturday at the Boys & Girls Club of North Omaha, track star and standout wide receiver Jaylen Lloyd announced he will be playing football and running track at Nebraska next year.
Updated: Dec. 11, 2022 at 11:18 PM CST
|By Grace Boyles
WBO Welterweight champion Terence “Bud” Crawford dropped Russian boxer David Avanesyan Saturday night at the CHI Health Center to retain his title.
Updated: Dec. 5, 2022 at 12:10 AM CST
|By Grace Boyles
For the first time since the 2004 postseason, the Huskers came to Omaha and left with a dub.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2022 at 11:30 PM CST
|By Grace Boyles
The Bluejays’ season came to an end Friday night at D.J. Sokol Arena as the Tigers eliminated Creighton, 3-2, in the first round of the NCAA volleyball tournament.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 10:58 PM CST
|By Grace Boyles
While Bennington made history with a 26-game win streak and winning back-to-back Class B state titles, Isaac Conner had an impressive year of his own, breaking two school records.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 1:39 PM CST
|By Gina Dvorak, Joe Nugent and Grace Boyles
Matt Rhule, the Huskers’ new head football coach stepped off a plane in Lincoln on Monday morning, ahead of his formal introduction to Husker Nation in the afternoon.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2022 at 12:10 AM CST
|By Grace Boyles
The road to Omaha for the NCAA volleyball Final Four began Sunday, as the field of 64 was set.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 12:36 AM CST
|By Grace Boyles
In a battle of the undefeated Class B teams, the Badgers were the ones who held onto their perfect record.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 11:20 PM CST
|By Grace Boyles
For the first time in series history, both the Bluejays and Huskers were ranked going into their annual meeting.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 11:01 PM CST
|By Grace Boyles
The Bluejays collected their third-straight double digit win at home, beating Holy Cross 94-65.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 12:10 AM CST
|By Grace Boyles
In the Mavericks’ home opener, first-year head coach Chris Crutchfield led UNO to their first win of the season and his first as a head coach of his alma mater.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 11:14 PM CST
|By Grace Boyles
Despite shooting just under 40% from the floor, the Bluejays found a way to notch their first win of the 2022-2023 regular season in front of a home crowd at CHI.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2022 at 12:07 AM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
Preseason No. 9 Creighton dominated Drury as the Jays returned to CHI for the first time since March.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2022 at 4:48 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles and Gina Dvorak
The contract extension of former Huskers Head Coach Scott Frost has been officially released.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 10:56 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
In an overtime thriller against Millard South, which featured eight lead changes, Westside quarterback Anthony Rezac rose to the occasion, leading the Warriors to a 41-34 victory over the Patriots.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 at 11:04 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
The Bluejays landed at No. 21 in the AP Top-25 preseason poll, marking the first time in program history Creighton has been ranked to open up the season.
Updated: Oct. 14, 2022 at 11:09 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
After falling to Gretna twice in the regular season, accounting for Marian’s only two losses of the year, the Crusaders slayed the Dragons twice in 24 hours on their way to a Class A state championship.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2022 at 11:13 PM CDT
|By Grace Boyles
After stringing together two Big Ten wins for the first time since 2018, Nebraska interim head coach Mickey Joseph is not letting his team be fooled by the idea of momentum.
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