In a physical, turnover-heavy tilt, the Irish of Falls City Sacred Heart topped HTRS 31-22.

In a game that needed all 40 minutes of regulation, all five minutes of overtime and several minutes of a video review to decide, Chadron State men's basketball lost at the buzzer to New Mexico Highlands, falling 97-96 in overtime Saturday evening. 

Jamiya Neal had a career-high 24 points to lead Creighton to a 68-63 win over No. 14 UConn.

Saturday's local scoreboard, Jan. 18

Friday's local scoreboard, Jan. 17

It's been a long time in the making, but Johnson-Brock girls basketball can call themselves champions in the MUDECAS A-Division. 

PLAYER OF THE GAME - Daley Pelican

INTERVIEW - Palmyra head coach Braston Maibaum

INTERVIEW - Palmyra head coach Braston Maibaum

The Trojans topped the Blue Jays 49-38

The Trojans topped the Blue Jays 49-48

If you wanted fireworks in January, aside from New Years Day, you needed to be in O'Neill for the Bobcat-Cardinals battle between Summerland and St Mary's.

From start to finish, the St. Mary's Cardinals were the dominant team on Thursday night, downing the Summerland Bobcats 55-31

The Kimball High boys basketball coach reached quite a milestone as a result of Tuesday night’s game.

Former Beatrice Lady O and current Doane standout Mak Hatcliff was named the GPAC Women's Basketball Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season.

Doane junior Tyson Beauperthuy was named the GPAC Men's Wrestler of the Week for the second time this season.

Eseah Ingram, WNCC's assistant soccer coach, will be taking on the head coach position as of February 1. He has served as the assistant soccer coach for two seasons.

AUBURN, NE - The Auburn Bulldogs split a home doubleheader of hoops action on Tuesday with the Lourdes Central Catholic Knights, as heard on B103!

Athletics Director John Erwin announced on Wednesday the resignation of Ben Bohn from being Norfolk High School's head boys basketball coach. 

TILDEN - In a rare coincidence, the Elkhorn Valley boys and girls won by identical scores over the Stanton Mustangs Tuesday night, 63-38.

A staple on the high school football sidelines in Central Nebraska has passed away.

OVERLAND PARK, KS - On Monday, January 13, the Heart of America Athletic Conference announced their players of the week.

WEEPING WATER, NE - Johnson-Brock grabbed a pair of road wins at Weeping Water on Saturday afternoon, as heard on Today's Best Country, B103.

PALMYRA, NE - Auburn and Palmyra split a Friday night doubleheader on the hardwood, as heard on Today's Best Country, B103.

OVERLAND PARK, KS - The Peru State College football team had four players earn College Sports Communicators NAIA Academic All-District® honors last week.

Josh Allen threw two touchdown passes, James Cook scored on a 5-yard run and finished with 120 yards rushing, and the Buffalo Bills leaned on a balanced offensive attack in a 31-7 win over the Denver Broncos in a wild-card playoff game.

The Western Nebraska Community College women’s basketball team played as hard as they could and had the win in their hands, but fell on a last-second 3-pointer to Casper College 74-71 to wrap up the Region 9 Crossover Classic on Saturday evening.

The Sidney Lady Raiders completed a successful weekend with a win over a top five ranked opponent for the second year in a row at the Girl’s Basketball Showcase at Kearney High School.

CRETE, Neb. - In a battle of top ten foes, Crete defends their home court, outlasting Scottsbluff 61-51. 

INTERVIEW - Crete Head Coach Tony Siske

INTERVIEW - Player of the Game Carter Rezny

CRETE, Neb. - In a battle of teams who played less than 24 hours prior, the Cardinals come out on top.

INTERVIEW - Player of the Game Sierra Crist

Sedgwick County/Fleming and Gordon-Rushville emerged as the top teams, claimingtitles in the girls' and boys' divisions at an action-packed Saturday at the Garden County Wrestling Invitational in Oshkosh.

The Regis Rangers scored 60 points in the second half, coming back from a halftime deficit to defeat the Chadron State women's basketball team 81-63 Saturday afternoon at the Chicoine Center. 

Thayer County handled Deshler in both games to sweep Saturday's all-Thayer County basketball doubleheader.

Led by Ryan Kalkbrenner's 26 points, the Creighton Bluejays defeated the Butler Bulldogs 80-76 on Saturday.

Saturday's local scoreboard, Jan. 11

Gothenburg edged Sidney 42-39 in a thrilling championship match to claim first place at the Ogallala Dual Wrestling Tournament on Saturday. 

Sidney High School hosted wrestlers from across the region in a girls wrestling invite Friday.

Bill McCartney, who coached Colorado to its only football national championship in 1990, has died.

NORFOLK - The Battle Creek girls and Norfolk Catholic boys came into Friday's doubleheader as two of the winningest teams in Class C, and looked the part as the Bravettes won 53-32, while the Knights boys were victorious 79-53.

The Falcons beat Hartington-Newcastle 50-35

The Falcons opened on a 19-0 run in their 61-22 win over Hartington-Newcastle

Colorado School of Mines made great use of the free throw line Thursday night while defeating Chadron State 76-61 in a Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference men's basketball game played in Chadron.  

Friday's local scoreboard, Jan. 10

Helena Kuck poured in 22 points and the Western Nebraska Community College women’s basketball team outscored Western Wyoming Community College 44-19 in the second half for the 71-54 win Friday afternoon.

Leyton High School senior Zaili Benish today, January 10, announced her commitment to Doane University to play basketball.

In a unique signing day ceremony, Fairbury's Isabella Ausk committed to compete in speech at Concordia, proving there's a pathway for people to participate in activities they enjoy after high school, even if it's not in a more traditional college sport.

The Kearney Catholic graduate joined “The Doug & Daddy Show” for an extended interview.

The Western Nebraska Community College men’s basketball team received 34 points from Mathiang Maker, but it wasn’t enough as Western Wyoming Community College outscored the Cougars 19-8 in overtime to claim the 109-98 win Thursday at Cougar Palace.

Make it three straight wins for Aquinas Catholic as they travel to Pierce and take care of the Bluejays 49-31.

The Bluejays keep finding ways to win in the late stages and they pulled it off again in Thursday night's 43-35 win over Aquinas Catholic.

To start, Marvin Mims Jr. was counted on mostly as a returner. Then, some receiver was thrown in.

Thursday's local scoreboard, Jan. 9

Wednesday's local scoreboard, Jan. 8

he Denver Broncos are back in the playoffs for the first time since winning Super Bowl 50 following the 2015 season.

Lady Raiders improve to 8-3 while Red Raiders suffer their second loss of the season on the road at Sterling Colorado.

POTTER -- Barry Shepard topped off 2024 as the World Champion Bull Rider for 60 and above in the Senior Pro Tour.

The Western Nebraska Community College basketball teams have been practicing for the past week after the holiday break as they get set to open the second semester with contests Thursday through Saturday.

he newest inductees into the Nebraska Scholastic Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame have been announced. Among the honorees is a Valentine coach who led his team to multiple state records.

HAMBURG, IA - The Sidney basketball teams rode out of Hamburg with a double-header sweep on Tuesday night, as heard on B103.

Jayson Tatum scored 29 points, Kristaps Porzingis added 25 and the Boston Celtics held off the depleted Denver Nuggets 118-106 as three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic sat out because of an illness.

Minden rolls to Tuesday night sweep of Beatrice