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BOYS BASKETBALL
LINCOLN — am Haire came off the bench and nailed a game-winning three-pointer with 2 seconds left, while teammate Ajantae Hogan became just th…
Crusaders rally in fourth quarter to defeat Eagles
NBA blockbusters don’t occur in vacuums, but they do leave a wake that ripples throughout the league, including, in this case, all the way to …
Adams Central defeats Northwest 58-43
HASTINGS — Northwest finally got the “big” win it was searching for.
CHICAGO — Two months after resigning from his role as Chicago Cubs president, Theo Epstein was hired Thursday as a consultant for Major League…
It’s hard to find another Big 3 in NBA history more explosive, more talented, more poised to win an NBA championship than the one the Nets jus…
The NBA and the NBPA, the union that represents the league’s players, have agreed to a new set of health and safety protocols over the next tw…
SWIMMING
Spartans use big third quarter to defeat Islanders
Crusaders use 21-2 spurt to gain control over York
Major League Baseball does not plan to mandate that fans provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test result before entering a bal…
WRESTLING
Crusaders bounce back in win over Cardinals; Rice set school-record for 3-pointers in a game for GICC girls
Northwest boys wins; girls fall
By Dale Miller
KEARNEY - Grand Island Central Catholic’s girls survived two layup attempts by Kearney Catholic’s Ashley Keck in the last 11 seconds to get aw…
KEARNEY — For 13 minutes, Kearney Catholic did the unbelievable: shut out unbeaten and Class C2 No. 1-ranked Grand Island Central Catholic.
After losing three of its previous four games, Northwest gave itself a much-needed confidence boost Friday.
After playing on the road for the first nine games of the season, the Northwest boys basketball team looked more than happy to be at home on Friday.
Our second Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Grand Island Physical Therapy, this week is Grand Island Central Catholic's Rylie Rice. Rice sco…
This week, our first Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Grand Island Physical Therapy, is Central City's Taryn Wagner. Wagner drained nine 3-po…
A wave of activism in sports, fueled in part by the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, dominated a good part of ou…
NEW YORK — It’s been nearly 11 years since Far Rockaway High School’s most prominent alumni, Bernie Madoff, was sentenced to federal prison fo…
DONIPHAN - Tori Sklenar took over on the offense end to help Ravenna pull away for a 53-27 win over Doniphan-Trumbull Thursday.
DONIPHAN — Class C-2 No. 5-rated Doniphan-Trumbull didn’t exactly look like a team playing its first game after an 18-day layoff Thursday.
