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Schedule of recruiting announcements for Nebraska football

Bill Pollock — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:48:13 +0000

National Signing Day is Feb. 1 and the Husker football team has 14 commitments coming into the day with the potential of four of five more. Bo Pelini is holding a press conference at 2:30 today where he’ll talk about the 2012 signing class. Here is a schedule of when other potential top recruits will make their announcement. Check back here for the latest or follow us on Twitter at Nebraskasports. (All times listed are central time)

Aaron Curry — 7:45 a.m. The 6’2, 275-pound defensive tackle will choose Nebraska and Iowa.

Alonzo Moore — 9 a.m. Nebraska, Northwestern State and Louisiana Tech. 6-’2, 175-pound athlete.

Devian Shelton — 11 a.m. 6’2, 185-pound cornerback, is considering Nebraska, Washington and Oregon State.

Andrus Peat — ESPNU will carry his live announcement at 12:30 p.m. The 6’7, 305-pound offensive tackle will pick between Nebraska, Stanford and USC

Vincent Valentine — 1 p.m. The 6’4, 313-pound defensive tackle narrows choices to Nebraska, Illinois and Florida

Raymond Ford — TBD. Nebraska, Washington State, Cal, or Utah are among the 5-’10, 165-pound cornerback’s choices.

Mild winter could mean stormy and dry spring

Karla James — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:00:08 +0000

The La Nina weather pattern this winter is providing extremely mild temperatures. Bryce Anderson is the Senior Agriculture Meteorologist for Data Transmission’s Network and has been keeping close tabs on the weather situation. He says the arctic air is staying well north of the Midwest region.

Anderson says a negative arctic oscillation is currently seen in the Atlantic and that has allowed the Polar jet stream to remain in northern Canada. That means we have no cold air coming into the region.

Anderson says even though we are enjoying the mild weather now there will likely be a trade-off. He says the lack of moisture now indicates the possibility of a drought and we could be shaping up for a very stormy spring season. Anderson says we have had circumstances where La Nina can be a storm producer and contribute to severe weather greater than average. He says as we get into March and April we could see above average severe storms.

Another problem Anderson points out is there are signs of drought in eastern Nebraska into northwestern Iowa. Soil moisture levels are low right now and that could cause problems when farmers near the planting season. That could also create landscape problems and watering may need to start earlier.

Plattsmouth’s “Ninja Cow” in custody

Karla James — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:19:30 +0000

Since September a rogue cow had been seen roaming the outskirts of Plattsmouth, Nebraska and in rural areas. The cow had a calf that was quickly caught but the mother didn’t want to surrender easily. Area cattle producers even tried to use the calf as “bait” to lure the cow into a confinement. While it worked the cow wasn’t happy and broke through the confinement and was once again on the loose. In the last three weeks the cow was starting to come into the city.

A local vet suggested they contact a cattle wrangler to corral the critter and his efforts worked. On Tuesday afternoon the Ninja Cow was caught.

It is suspected the cow escaped from a livestock truck in Bellevue, Nebraska last September. Another cow escaped at the same time but was quickly caught.

Karla James — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:07:27 +0000

The three mile stretch of I-680 from the Mormon Bridge to I-29 north of Council Bluffs was completely destroyed by the Missouri River flood. Iowa Department of Transportation spokesperson Dena Gray-Fisher says this stretch of interstate was put on a fast track for repairs and it will reopen to traffic on Wednesday at 2:00 pm.

That is nearly two months ahead of schedule.

Gray-Fisher says both directions will be open and drivers can exit and enter I-680 from I-29. She says the on and off ramps to exit 1 remain closed as there is still repairs to be made.

Construction crews worked around the clock for many days and then scaled back slightly to 18 hours to get the job done ahead of schedule. Iowa D-O-T reports the only flood damaged roads that remain closed is Iowa Highway 175 from Onawa to Decatur, Nebraska and a small section of Highway 333 into Hamburg.

Iowa D-O-T has a time lapsed video of the rebuilding of I-680 on their website:

I-680 Construction

http://www.iowadot.gov/floods/I680_opening.html

Photographs courtesy of Iowa D-O-T.

Child discovers two adults dead inside Omaha apartment

Karla James — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:50:00 +0000

Two people are found dead inside of an apartment near 16th and Sprague Streets in Omaha around 10 o’clock Monday morning. One woman at the scene says several young children under the age of eight live in the apartment. One of the children discovered the tragedy. The witness says the child ran to a neighbor who confirmed the deaths and called 911.

The names of the victims have not been released. The investigation is underway.

Storm Chasers clinch division title (AUDIO)

Bill Pollock — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:45:52 +0000

They did it! It was relatively anti-climatic, but the Omaha Storm Chasers have clinched their division and guaranteed their first playoff birth since 1999 by pounding their first round playoff opponent Round Rock 12-2.

Then they had to wait for Memphis to finish their game with Albuquerque before popping the champagne. The Isotopes lead 2-0 most of the way, but Memphis tied it in the bottom of the 8th, forcing extras, before falling 3-2 in eleven innings.

The team was following the game online shouting how many outs were left the whole time.

Josh Odson’s report from inside the clubhouse (1:00)

PCL Pitcher of the Year winner, Luis Mendoza, had a shaky start allowing two runs before recording an out, but he settled in, picking up another W. Lorenzo Cain went 5-5, and Jarrod Dyson hit a homner.

There was no power in Omaha’s lineup today. Clint Robinson and Kila Ka’ihue sat out with injuries. Kila will be out a few days, Clint could be more. Fingers are crossed he’s ready for the playoffs.

Sheils, Knopik in middle of the pack after first round of collegiate golf tourney

Bill Pollock — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:28:30 +0000

Nebraska seniors Madeleine Sheils and Kayla Knopik closed the opening round of the Hooters Team Championship presented by the National Golf Coaches Association in a tie for 23rd in Dahlonega, Ga., on Tuesday.

Sheils (Boise, Idaho) and Knopik (Papillion, Neb.) produced a four-over-par 76 in Tuesday’s alternate-shot format in the three-day event. The Husker duo sits eight strokes back of Kentucky’s tandem of Liz Breed and Heather Lott and Michigan State’s Caroline Powers and Lindsey Solberg. The Wildcats and Spartans each teamed up to shoot four-under-par 68s on Tuesday.

Sheils and Knopik are competing in a 55-team field on the 6,155-yard, par-72 layout of Achasta, by Reynolds. The preseason, non-collegiate tournament continues on Wednesday with a shift to a best-ball format. The 54-hole event concludes with an aggregate score round on Thursday.

Zoiks! What did you do to the website?!

smays — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:02:15 +0000

We really haven’t paid as much attention to this website as we should have, but with new News Director Brent Martin on the scene, we figured this was a good time to move things around a little with the goal of making it easier for your to find the news and sports your interested in. If you can’t find something, please leave us a note in the comments and we’ll try to take care of it. Oh, and about the NRN logo that supposed to be at the top of the page… having a little trouble with that but it will back soon.

Steve the Web Guhy