The record-setting Wayne State College volleyball team finished fourth in the final AVCA Division II Top 25 Coaches Poll, with fellow in-state school UNK coming in at 15th.

The Western Nebraska Community College men’s basketball team put three in double figures and used a strong second half to register the 81-66 win over Williston State College Sunday morning in the Border Wars Invite in Gillette, Wyoming.

While high school basketball season was tipping off across Nebraska this weekend, it wasn't the only winter sport getting underway throughout the state.

It wasn't a high scoring game between Wayne and Ponca on Saturday night, but that's exactly how Coach Rob Sweetland likes the Blue Devils to play, as they cruised by Ponca 50-28.

A harassing defense, solid rebounding, and an attacking offense propelled the Sidney Lady Raider basketball team to a 51-37 win over Scottsbluff in the championship game of the Western Conference Invitational Tournament at WNCC Saturday afternoon.

The Western Nebraska Community College men’s basketball team received 20 points and 17 rebounds from Rodney Sawyer as the Cougar men defeated Miles Community College 80-67 in the second day of the Border Wars Invite at Gillette, Wyoming, on Saturday.

Senior Ruthie Loomis-Goltl had a game high 24 points and the Bridgeport girls basketball team earned their second consecutive win to start the season with a 64-18 victory over SPVA Conference rival North Platte St. Pat's on Saturday afternoon. 

The Chadron State College women's basketball team had its largest margin of victory since a 37-point 2010 win over Regis University, on Saturday afternoon in the Chicoine Center.

Deion Sanders is taking over as head coach at Colorado, bringing his charisma and larger-than-life persona to a beleaguered Pac-12 program that’s plunged to the bottom of college football.

Led by Abou Ousmane's 19 points, the North Texas Mean Green defeated the Omaha Mavericks 75-45 on Saturday night.

Saturday's local scoreboard, Dec. 3

The Ponca Indians used a four-way scoring attack to propel themselves to a 54-37 win over the Wayne Blue Devils on Saturday night.

GENEVA, NE — The Fairbury Jeffs and Fillmore Central Panthers two games Saturday went right down to the wire.

In a battle of the NCAA's best offense (Creighton) versus the best defense (#4 Duke), the adage that 'defense wins championships' fell short as the Creighton men's Soccer team downed Duke 3-2 to advance to the College Cup.

he 14th-ranked and 13th seeded Creighton Volleyball team had its season come to an abrupt end in the First Round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament, falling 3-2 to Auburn.

HARTINGTON - Cedar Catholic started their seasons with a sweep over Boone Central -- 33-26 for the girls and 67-61 in the boys game.

In a matchup of the top two seeds of the girls and boys brackets, Sidney and Scottsbluff will square off on Saturday in both championship games of the Western Conference Invitational Tournament at Cougar Palace.

The Chadron State College men's basketball team opened its Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference schedule with a rousing 83-71 victory over Colorado State-Pueblo in the Chicoine Center on Friday night.

The Western Nebraska Community College men’s basketball team connected on 12 3-pointers while overcoming a slow start to run away with a 95-72 win over Dawson Community College in the Border Wars Classic in Gillette, Wyoming, Friday afternoon.

The Vikings rallied from nine down at the half to beat Plainview on the road 63-55

The Pirates beat the Vikings 45-39 in their home opener

Molly Mogensen scored 22 points, Morgan Maly added 16 points on 7-for-10 shooting and No. 13 Creighton beat 25th-ranked Villanova 67-46.

Friday's local scoreboard, Dec. 2

The Nebraska School Activities Association has named Jennifer Schwartz, currently the Associate Director of the NSAA, as the Interim NSAA Executive Director. 

The Wayne State College basketball teams split a doubleheader at Sioux Falls, with the WSC women's squad ending a nine-game skid against the Cougars, while the Wildcat men's team was upended by a second-half USF rally.

The Chadron State College men's wrestling team won't be competing at home often this season, but one of them is this Sunday, Dec. 4, when the Eagles will host a triple dual in the Chicoine Center.

Thursday's local scoreboard, Dec. 1

The Sidney Lady Raiders and Red Raiders cruised to first round wins in the Western Conference Invitational Thursday night in Gering.

HEBRON, NE — The Thayer Central Titans opened up the 2022-23 basketball season with wins over Republic County, Kan. Thursday night in the first pair of games in the school's new gym.

The Wisner-Pilger Gators were hungry and chomped their way to a pair of victories on Thursday night against the Lutheran High Northeast Eagles in Norfolk.

No. 2 Texas used a 10-0 run midway through the second half to earn a 72-67 win over No. 7 Creighton.

Avery Kissinger scored 16 points in her varsity debut, helping lead Hastings St. Cecilia to a season-opening girls basketball win over Columbus Scotus.

Max Wemhoff scored 12 points off the bench to lead Columbus Scotus to a season-opening boys' basketball win over Hastings St. Cecilia on Thursday.

The Wayne High Blue Devils unified bowling team is state championship bound after winning districts, but what's even better is the story within the team.

After consecutive state tournament appearances, including a state title in 2021 and a semifinal in 2022, the Beatrice Orangemen are ready to get after it this season.

A former starting quarterback and captain is leaving the Wayne State College football program.

Wayne State College sophomore linebacker Alex Kowalczyk and senior placekicker Alex Powders were selected to the D2CCA All-Super Region 4 Football Team released Thursday afternoon.

Nebraska-Kearney redshirt senior quarterback TJ Davis is one of nine finalists for the 2022 Harlon Hill Trophy as the NCAA Division II College Football Player of the Year.

Three Northeast Community College men's soccer players have received national honors, getting tabbed as NJCAA All-Americans on Wednesday.

Three Northeast Community College women's soccer players were named All-Americans, it was announced by the NJCAA this week.

One day after being named AVCA First Team All-Americans, Wayne State sophomore middle hitters Taya Beller and Maggie Brahmer added one more post-season honors to their long list Thursday.

North Platte Community College will be beginning its Men’s Golf Program in the fall of 2023 and has named Will Peers as the first Head Coach of the program.

Wednesday's local scoreboard, Nov. 30

The high school Winter sports season gets underway this week for the Sidney Lady Raiders and Red Raiders.

The first weekend in December means the Chadron State College track and field teams will be giving a preview of coming attractions at the Yellow Jackets Holiday Open Meet at Black Hills State in Spearfish on Saturday.

Western Nebraska Community College’s Rodrigo Cercal finished up his sophomore season with quite a bit of honors recently when the Region IX All-Region teams were announced.

For the first time in school history, Wayne State College has a First-Team All-American, and the Wildcats also have more than two All-Americans for the first time ever.

Bearcats score 40 from the paint

Tuesday's local scoreboard, Nov. 29

Lady Orange basketball is looking to build off their appearance in the state tournament last season, hoping to take a few steps further this year.

The Northeast Community College men's basketball team held off a feisty Concordia University JV squad Monday night in Norfolk.

It was a season sweep for the Northeast Community College women's basketball team against an in-state foe.

The Ogallala boys basketball team is looking to make another run to the State Tournament following their appearance in 2021-22.

Tolu Smith scored 12 points, D.J. Jeffries scored 10, 11 Mississippi State players entered the scoring column and the Bulldogs used the second half to pull away from Omaha for a 74-54 win.

Hastings College is turning to one of its own graduates to run its sports performance department.

The Chadron State College women's basketball team, for the second consecutive night, ran out to a significant lead early.

Norah Sis and Ava Martin combined for 45 kills to lead No. 15 Creighton Volleyball to its eighth BIG EAST Tournament title in the last nine years with a 3-2 win vs. No. 14 Marquette on Saturday evening at D.J. Sokol Arena.

For the third consecutive match in the NCAA Tournament the Creighton Men's Soccer team delivered the game-winning goal in the final ten minutes of regulation, besting Tulsa 2-1 on Saturday, Nov. 26 to advance to the Elite Eight.

The Wayne State men’s basketball team overcame a 20-point first half deficit and 58 percent shooting by host Eckerd College as the Wildcats rallied in the second half for a 89-87 victory over the Tritons.

Wayne State College rallied from a 46-22 deficit early in the third quarter as the Wildcats stormed back to shock host Colorado Mesa 62-59 Saturday evening at the Holiday Inn-Airport Thanksgiving Women’s Basketball Classic in Grand Junction, Colorado.

The Western Nebraska Community College women’s basketball team buried nine 3-pointers and led for over 90% of the game as the Cougars toppled No. 5 New Mexico Junior College 63-52 Saturday afternoon in the final day of the McCook Thanksgiving Classic.

The Chadron State College men's basketball team shot 63.6% from the field while building a 57-25 halftime lead and went on to defeat Ecclesia College from Springdale, Ark., 94-67 on Saturday.

Saturday's local scoreboard, Nov. 26

Led by Luke Jungers' 17 points, the Omaha Mavericks defeated the Southern Jaguars 88-78 on Saturday night.