Stories from Saturday, March 7, 2009

LINCOLN -- The Ravenna Bluejay girls will try to add a state basketball title to the state volleyball title they won last fall. Ravenna, the No. 1 seed at the Nebraska Class C-2 state basketball tournament and the No. 1-ranked team, improved to 26-0 with a 62-38 win over No. 4-ranked Cambridge Friday afternoon at Pershing Auditorium.

MVC Tourney: Creighton beats Wichita State 63-62 at buzzer ST. LOUIS -- Booker Woodfox hits a 16-footer at the buzzer to help second-seeded Creighton hold off No. 7 Wichita State 63-62 in a Missouri Valley Conference quarterfinal game Friday. The Bluejays (26-6) extended their winning streak to 11 games, tied for the third-largest string in the nation behind Memphis (21 wins) and Weber State (12)...

NEBRASKA/KANSAS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL SCORES NEBRASKA GIRLS STATE TOURNAMENT CLASS A First round Thursday At Devaney Sports Center Lincoln Southeast 58, Omaha Westside 38 Millard West 73, Millard North 58 Bellevue West 64, Lincoln East 54 Omaha Marian 55, North Platte 44...

KEARNEY -- The Colorado School of Mines women's basketball team had a plus 12 rebounding margin and finished the game on a 16-5 run to beat Nebraska-Kearney 63-56 Friday night in the RMAC Tournament semifinals in Pueblo, Colo. Second-seed UNK (20-9) sees its 12-game winning streak snapped while the third-seeded Orediggers (19-10) advance to tomorrow's title game against fourth-seeded Colorado State-Pueblo...

McCook Community College women's basketball team Region IX Women's Tournament pairings http://www.wncc.net/orgs/sports/2009womenregionaltourney.htm http://www.wncc.net/orgs/sports/2008-09%20PDFs/2009%20womens%20basketball%20tournament%20bracket.pdf McCook Community College men's basketball team Region IX Men's Tournament pairings http://www.njc.edu/regionix/bracket.aspx http://www.njc.edu/regionix/results.aspx http://www.njc.edu/regionix/display/docs/SouthBracket.pdf