HUSKER FOOTBALL WINS IN CHAMPAIGN:
Nebraska’s physicality kept Illinois to 21 yards of rushing offense, as the Matt Rhule era earned its first road win and first Big Ten victory over Illinois on a windy Champaign Friday night, 20-7.
The Huskers are now 3-3, with a 1-2 record in the Big Ten West. Nebraska is off on a bye week this week, before hosting Northwestern on October 21. Illinois drops to 2-4 and travels to Maryland next week.
A full recap can be found at KGFW and Central Nebraska Today.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK SEVEN AREA RECAP:
Week Seven of the high school football season wrapped last night, as several area teams took losses to top teams across the state.
Kearney High fell 56-0 at home to No. 1 Omaha Westside. The Bearcats will need to lick their wounds quickly, heading to Lincoln Northeast on Thursday night at Seacrest Field.
Kearney Catholic suffered their second loss of the year at Ord, dropping the contest 34-20. The Stars are back in district play hosting Centura on Friday night.
For full photo galleries, story recaps, and much more from other area matchups find them all at Central Nebraska Today and KGFW.
HUSKER VOLLEYBALL HANDLES SPARTANS:
The second-ranked Nebraska volleyball team won its 14th consecutive match to start the season with a 3-1 (25-23, 16-25, 25-15, 25-11) win at Michigan State in front of a crowd of 8,789 fans at the Breslin Events Center on Friday night in East Lansing, Mich.
The Huskers (14-0, 5-0 Big Ten) are off to their best start to a season since beginning the 2008 campaign with a 20-0 mark. Harper Murray paced the Huskers with 12 kills, reaching double-figures in kills for the ninth consecutive match.
The Huskers head to Ann Arbor, Mich., to face Michigan tonight at 7:30 p.m. (CT) on 1340 KGFW, 96.1 FM, on the free KGFW mobile app, and online at KGFW.com.
LOPER VOLLEYBALL SWEEPS GRIFFONS; HOSTS NORTHWEST:
The ninth-ranked Nebraska Kearney volleyball team won the serve game and had four players between 11 and 12 kills to sweep Missouri Western Friday night at the Health & Sports Center.
The Lopers (16-1, 6-1) will visit the Griffons (12-5, 5-3) on Nov. 4. UNK has now won 11 straight in the series, dating back to Nov. 2017.
A young Griffs squad swept No. 19 Washburn in Topeka last month and was coming off a 3-1 win Thursday at Hays. That was their fifth straight win, but they were out hit tonight by a .317-.184 margin.
UNK hosts Northwest Missouri State (9-6, 4-3) Saturday at 3 p.m.
UNK FOOTBALL FACES FAMILIAR FACE IN WARRENSBURG:
The UNK Football team will face an old coach in his new home today, heading to No. 21 Central Missouri for an MIAA battle in Warrensburg, Missouri.
The Lopers (2-3) look for a key win to even their record while Central Missouri (4-1) leads their high-flying aerial attack to continue their trend to the top of the conference.
Kickoff is set for 1 PM.
HASTINGS COLLEGE EARNS HOME SWEEP:
The Hastings College volleyball team got a much-needed win on Friday night by sweeping Dordt 25-18, 25-18, 25-13 Inside Lynn Farrell Arena.
Hastings is now 7-11 (2-7) on the year and will be back in action today as No. 2 Northwestern comes to town with first serve set for 3:00 pm inside Lynn Farrell Arena.
STORM DOWN ROUGHRIDERS:
The Tri-City Storm defeated the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders by a final score of 5-2 Friday night at the Viaero Center in Kearney.
Ryan Smith netted two goals for the Storm in the win. Owen Beckner, Trevor Connelly, and August Falloon also scored for Tri-City in the home ice victory.
Cameron Korpi improved to 4-0-0-0 on the season in net for the Storm in the game.
Following an off day tonight, Tri-City will conclude play this weekend on the road Sunday evening in a matchup with the Sioux Falls Stampede. Puck drop is set for 4:05pm CT.
TOMINAGA SELECTED ALL-BIG TEN PRESEASON:
Nebraska senior guard Keisei Tominaga was honored Friday morning, as the Big Ten Conference announced its preseason All-Big Ten team.
Tominaga was one of 10 players selected by a vote of media that cover Big Ten basketball. He becomes just the third Husker to be named preseason All-Big Ten since Nebraska joined the conference in 2011-12, joining James Palmer Jr. (2018) and Terran Petteway (2014).
Last season, Tominaga helped the Husker post their best conference record since 2017-18, as Nebraska finished 9-11 in a league which sent 11 of its 14 teams to postseason play.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE:
SATURDAY WILD CARD SCHEDULE:
Texas Rangers @ Baltimore Orioles – 12:03 PM
Minnesota Twins @ Houston Astros – 3:45 PM
Philadelphia Phillies @ Atlanta Braves – 5:07 PM
Arizona Diamondbacks @ Los Angeles Dodgers – 8:20 PM
Buffalo County Results & Schedules:
THIS WEEK IN BUFFALO COUNTY SPORTS:
FRIDAY:
High School Sports:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- Football: v. Omaha Westside @ Ron & Carol Cope Stadium – Westside 56-0 KHS
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- Football: @ Ord – Ord 34-20 KCHS
- GIBBON:
- Football: @ Doniphan-Trumbull – Doniphan-Trumbull 42-12 Gibbon
- SHELTON:
- Football: @ Wilcox-Hildreth – Wilcox-Hildreth 36-31 Shelton
- ELM CREEK:
- Volleyball: @ Twin Loup – No score reported
- Football: @ Twin Loup – Twin Loup 34-30 Elm Creek
- RAVENNA:
- Football: @ Riverside – No score reported
College Athletics:
- UNK LOPERS:
- Women’s Soccer: v. Central Oklahoma @ Foster Field – UCO 2-0 UNK
- Softball: v. Iowa Western CC @ Patriot Park –
- Volleyball: v. Missouri Western @ Health & Sports Center – UNK 3-0 MWSU
- HASTINGS COLLEGE BRONCOS:
- Volleyball: v. Dordt (IA) @ Lynn Farrell Arena – HC 3-0 Dordt
- NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS:
- Volleyball: @ Michigan State – Nebraska 3-1 Michigan State
- Football: @ Illinois – Nebraska 20-7 Illinois
SATURDAY:
High School Sports:
- KEARNEY HIGH:
- Volleyball: @ Varsity Quad @ Lincoln Northeast – 11 AM
- KEARNEY CATHOLIC:
- Volleyball: @ Centennial Conference Tournament
- Boys Tennis: East v. West Tournament – 9 AM
- AMHERST:
- Softball: Districts – TBD
- PLEASANTON:.
- Volleyball: @ Anselmo-Merna Tournament – 10 AM
- GIBBON:
- Volleyball: @ Loup City Tournament – 10 AM
- RAVENNA:
- Volleyball: @ Loup City Invite – 10 AM
College Athletics:
- UNK LOPERS:
- Women’s Swimming: v. Blue/White Scrimmage @ Kearney High School
- Women’s Golf: v. Nebraska Intercollegiate @ Awarii Dunes
- Women’s Tennis: v. Minnesota State – CANCELED
- Football: @ Central Missouri @ Warrensburg, MO – 1 PM
- Volleyball: v. Northwest Missouri State @ Health & Sports Center – 3 PM
- HASTINGS COLLEGE BRONCOS:
- Women’s Golf: @ Nebraska Intercollegiate @ Awarii Dunes – 10 AM
- Men’s Golf: @ Nebraska Intercollegiate @ Awarii Dunes – 10 AM
- Cross Country: @ Briar Cliff Invite @ Sioux City, IA _ 10 AM
- Women’s Tennis: @ Bronco Invite – 10 AM
- Men’s Tennis: @ Bronco Invite – 10 AM
- Football: @ Northwestern (IA) @ Orange City, IA – 1 PM
- Volleyball: v. Northwestern (IA) @ Lynn Farrell Arena – 3 PM
- NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS:
- Rifle: v. Ohio State – 8 AM
- Softball: @ Kansas City – 12 PM
- Baseball: v. Cloud County CC @ Hawks Field – 1 PM
- Soccer: v. Iowa – 1:05 PM
- Softball: @ South Dakota State @ Kansas City – 2:30 PM
- Volleyball: @ Michigan – 7:30 PM
- KGFW Pregame at 6:30 PM
KGFW Sports Schedule:
- Nebraska Volleyball @ Michigan (6:30 PM – 10 PM)
