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Class A: Prep wins state title

Class A: Prep wins state title

After working so hard to get it Thursday, what was the first thing the Omaha Creighton Prep players did to the championship baseball trophy? They broke it. But that was about the only thing that went wrong all day for the Junior Jays, who put on an...

Norris to face Pius in final

Norris advanced to the Class B final of the state baseball tournament Thursday with a 14-5 win over South Sioux City at Haymarket Park.

SkyHawks in the driver’s seat

It was Omaha Skutt against Elkhorn South, the powerhouses of Class B tennis, on the farthest back indoor court of the Nebraska Tennis Complex on Thursday.

Class A: Prep earns spot in title game

Class A: Prep earns spot in title game

Omaha Creighton Prep did just enough Wednesday night to stay alive at the Class A state baseball tournament. As a result, the Junior Jays will play Thursday for their ninth championship. Prep pushed across a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to...

Patterson: Stuck bus a metaphor for Wildcats’ struggles

Patterson: Stuck bus a metaphor for Wildcats’ struggles

There was something poetic — and kind of heart-tugging — about what happened Tuesday afternoon at the state baseball tournament. It didn’t happen on the baseball diamond at Lincoln’s Sherman Field, but rather near the parking lot.


 
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Class A: Rockets knock out Spartans

The Rockets received a strong pitching performance from senior Ryan Nicholson to remain unbeaten in the tournament. Nicholson, making just his second start of the season, went five innings and held...
 
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    Class A: Prep wins state title
    Class A: Prep wins state title
    After working so hard to get it Thursday, what was the first thing the Omaha Creighton Prep players did to the championship baseball trophy? They broke it. But that was about the only thing that went wrong all day for the Junior Jays, who put on an impressive two-game performance at the Class A state tournament to capture their state-leading ninth championship.
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    Track & Field
    All-class scoring allows anyone to have grand time
    All-class scoring allows anyone to have grand time
    Scott Poehling won it by himself in 1976. Ted Lampkin and Harvey Bridges, with help from relay teammates, outscored the competition 70 years apart. Omaha North's girls topped the century mark two years ago and came close last year.
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    Golf
    Sidney, Scottsbluff golf teams are state-bound
    For the Sidney boys golf team, qualifying for the state tournament was at the top of its to-do list all season long. The Red Raiders accomplished just that after carding a 328 to place runner-up at the Class B, District 4 Tournament on Tuesday at Heritage Hills Golf Course in McCook.
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    Football
    New coaches at Burke, Benson
    Ben Holling is the new boys basketball coach at Omaha Burke and Tony Kobza has been hired at Omaha Benson as football coach. Holling, a Ralston graduate who played on Bellevue University's NAIA national runner-up team in 2004, has been a varsity assistant and junior varsity coach the past four seasons at Omaha Central. The Boys and Girls Club of the Midlands named him its junior varsity coach of the year in 2010.
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    Basketball
    Hoops coach Vis decides to leave Harlan
    The lure of coaching in one of Iowa’s best leagues was too much for Tony Vis. So the Harlan Community girls basketball coach has resigned his position and accepted a similar post at Cedar Rapids Kennedy. The 41-year-old Vis compiled a 120-46 (.723) record in seven years at Harlan, including two trips to state. He has an overall record of 257-115 (.691), including stints at Walnut Ridge Baptist, Hudson and Audubon.
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    Wrestling
    Driver resigns as St. Albert coach
    Jake Driver has stepped down from his position as Council Bluffs St. Albert’s wrestling coach. A search is under way for the Falcons’ next coach.
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    Volleyball
    York's Megan Fletcher signs for volleyball at Doane
    York's Megan Fletcher signs for volleyball at Doane
    York's Megan Fletcher will continue her volleyball career next season as she signed on to play with the Doane College Tigers.
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    Softball
    Ralston names Heard new softball coach
    Ralston names Heard new softball coach
    Longtime Ralston boys basketball coach Bill Heard has named the Rams new softball coach. Heard replaces Mike Smith, who will succeed Dan Mussmann as Ralston's athletic director.
     
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