Stories from Monday, March 20, 2023

The McCook Community College baseball team swept a doubleheader from Lamar Community College Sunday in the Jaycees Sports Complex winning 19-5 and 5-2. “It was a good day today obviously and we got a couple good starts from our starting pitchers,” said MCC Coach Jon Olsen...

CURTIS, Neb. — A rundown of all the top players who earned Republican Valley Activities Conference basketball recognition for this 2022-23 season. The RPAC featured four teams reaching Nebraska State Basketball Tournament games earlier this month. Southern Valley's girls made their first Class C-2 state tourney since 2010...

DENVER (AP) — The rims really aren’t bigger in Denver. It just felt that way to Ryan Nembhard. The sophomore guard had a career-high 30 points and No. 6 seed Creighton found its shooting touch to beat third-seeded Baylor 85-76 on Sunday night and earn a spot in the Sweet 16 for the second time in three seasons...

Lincoln - Isabelle Bourne notched her second straight double-double to lead four Huskers in double figures, as the Nebraska women's basketball team cruised to a 77-57 victory over Northern Iowa in the second round of the Postseason WNIT on Sunday at Pinnacle Bank Arena...

Nebraska couldn't climb out of an early three-run deficit, as the Huskers fell 10-7 in the series finale on Sunday against Nicholls at Tointon Family Stadium in Manhattan, Kan. Nebraska (11-6-1) had seven runs on 10 hits, while the Colonels (12-10) had 10 runs on 18 hits...

LINCOLN, Neb. — Troopers with the Nebraska State Patrol removed from the road 12 impaired drivers as part of a special enforcement effort around St. Patrick’s Day. The campaign, which ran from March 16 through March 18, included numerous law enforcement agencies across the state and entire country...