The Big Wheel Race returns May 7. Pick your winner at thebigboy987.com for a shot at a Rambo Rooster E-Bike.

For years, Crete has shared spaces and facilities with nearby Doane University. Now, Crete Public Schools' Project Rise campaign, formally launched Monday, will help create spaces for Cardinals athletes to call their own home.

OVERLAND PARK, KS - On Friday, May 2, the Heart of America Athletic Conference named its Baseball All-Conference Award winners.

The Hastings College Baseball team is turning to a former MLB broadcaster and collegiate coach to lead its program.

It wasn’t the way the Western Nebraska Community College softball team wanted to end their season.

UTSA associate head coach Jamie Carey has been hired as Omaha’s new women’s basketball coach.

Over 400 kids signed up for the youth track meet this year

The Western Nebraska Community College baseball team managed just three hits on Saturday and the Northeastern Junior College Plainsmen earned the No. 2 seed for the Region IX tournament with a 7-0 win over the Cougars in Sterling.

Not this time: The Denver Nuggets’ second-half lead was way too big for them to fritter away.

South Platte’s Nathan Jacobs dominates with 4 golds.

WEST POINT - For the second time in two weeks, the GACC/West Point-Beemer Patriots take down the Thurston-Cuming County Thunder

Sidney's Lance Holly sets record in 100 Meters.

Ogallala’s Rylan Gilmore shot a 74 to win medalist honors and Scottsbluff claimed the team title at Friday’s SHS Invite at Scotts Bluff Country Club.

Perkins County takes the SPVA boys golf title, while Kimball’s Kyler Lusche shoots a 72 to win individual honors.

Saturday’s road game will determine No. 2 seed for regionals

Kimball will be part of an American Legion Baseball League for the first time since 2017.

The Jack Osborne Track Complex is fully renovated and is ready to once again host outdoor track and field events. 

Scottsbluff takes home the team trophy and Noah Shaddick claims individual honors at the Chadron Golf Invite.

Catcher Gladysh had two home runs and the Western Nebraska Community College baseball team had four home runs total as the Cougars registered a key Empire Conference 13-5 win over Northeastern Junior College Thursday in Sterling, Colorado.

Lincoln Pius X holds on for the 3-1 victory over Norfolk, thanks to some incredible defensive plays from Vanis, Mlnarik and Kassmeier

The individual honorees came from Niobrara/Verdigre and Stanton.

The Colorado Rockies got to shake hands after a game for only the second time in three weeks, and they celebrated after rookie Chase Dollander outpitched reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Chris Sale in a 2-1 win over the Atlanta Braves.

Led by a second-place finish from freshman Connie Jarm, the Doane Tigers won their first GPAC women's golf team title and earned a trip to the NAIA championships.

Brian Ortmeier was announced as the Wildcats' coach on Wednesday

Kimball's high school track team had a successful Best in the West tournament Tuesday, taking home medals and setting personal records.

Champions crowned at the 2025 Best in the West Track & Field Meet in Scottsbluff on Tuesday.

PERU, NE - Peru State College is excited to announce the addition of Men's and Women's Indoor and Outdoor Distance Track programs.

Led by a runner-up finish from Creighton Trembly and five other top five finishes (two individual and three relays), Chadron State had a strong closing day at the 2025 RMAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships. 

Fourteen Kimball Jr./Sr. High Track & Field students will compete in the Best of the West tournament April 29. 

It was a special day at Volunteer Field on Sunday when Western Nebraska Community College and McCook Community College met for a doubleheader with a packed Volunteer Field.

An 11-year-old from Nebraska becomes the 12th in state history to win at the Elks Hoop Shoot National Finals.

The Western Nebraska Community College baseball are still in the hunt for the second seed for the Region IX tournament after sweeping Luna Community College on Friday and Saturday.

Chadron State softball sent off its seniors in style with two wins over Adams State, marking Senior Day and ending the 2025 season with 9-1 and 7-3 wins over the Grizzlies.

Shedeur Sanders’ wait finally has ended. The Cleveland Browns selected the Colorado quarterback and son of Hall of Famer Deion Sanders in the fifth round with the 144th overall pick in the NFL draft on Saturday.

Chadron State College sophomore Chayton Bynes won the long jump Friday at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships to lead three placers for the Eagles on Day 1 of the outdoor conference championships.

The Western Nebraska Community College baseball team moved into third place of the Empire Conference after sweeping Luna Community College in Las Vegas, New Mexico on Friday.

Boston Gable, Brooklyn Asmus, and a fast field helped Scottsbluff win twilight meet.

The Jacksonville Jaguars traded up three spots to select Heisman Trophy winner and two-way Colorado star Travis Hunter with the No. 2 pick in the NFL draft.

Ogallala’s Rylan Gilmore takes medalist honors at the Gothenburg Invite with a 72.

Brent Pollari was announced as head girls basketball coach for Norfolk

Head volleyball coach Fatima Balza has seven different camps set up this year and they are a little different from past years.

Freddy Fermin hit a winning single in the 11th and the Kansas City Royals rebounded from a blown two-run, ninth-inning lead to beat Colorado 4-3 on and drop the Rockies to 4-18.

Northwestern (IA) shot a league record to win this weeks GPAC championship at Beatrice Country Club.

Former Southern Raider and Doane Tiger Jake Diekman will bring his 13 seasons of MLB experience to the Lincoln Saltdogs pitching staff this summer.

The Western Nebraska Community College baseball team split an Empire Conference doubleheader with Otero College on Monday.

Deion Sanders says he shudders to think about the kind of negativity he would have faced back when he was preparing for the NFL draft in 1989.

LINCOLN, Neb. — News Channel Nebraska is televising a Husker women’s soccer match this weekend as part of the Husker Games spring festivities.

Nebraska is hosting an exhibition match against Wyoming on Saturday, with NCN’s live coverage starting at

The Philadelphia Eagles and Center Cam Jurgens has agreed to a four-year contract extension. 

The Western Nebraska Community College softball team is finding their stride down the stretch as the Cougars outscore Luna Community College 52-9 in the 4-game series including taking two games on Easter Sunday for the series sweep.

Kenzi Garner threw a complete-game shutout and the Eagle offense scored all six runs with two outs as Chadron State softball rebounded from an 8-0 loss in the opening doubleheader game to end the four-game series with a 6-0 win over Colorado Mesa.

New Colorado goalie Mackenzie Blackwood is already having a big impact on the Avalanche in their eighth consecutive postseason.

An 11-year-old from Elm Creek qualified for the Elks Hoop Shoot National Tournament, and now he's taking his family on a whole new experience.

The Dallas Stars and the Colorado Avalanche are meeting in the playoffs again, this time in the opening round with Mikko Rantanen on a different side.

The Western Nebraska Community College softball team put together another solid performance on the diamond registering a doubleheader conference sweep over Luna Community College on Friday in Las Vegas, New Mexico.

Chadron State kept a high-powered Colorado Mesa offense largely at bay, but struggled against the Mavericks' pitching, losing 5-2 and 6-1 in the first half of a four-game series in Grand Junction. 

Sidney’s Lance Holly blazes to 100m gold, and Panhandle athletes shine at the Dutch Zorn Invite in Gothenburg.

The Western Nebraska Community College and Otero baseball teams are still tied for fourth as each team captured a win on Thursday in the first day of the 4-game Empire Conference doubleheader in LaJunta, Colorado.

The Colorado Rockies fired hitting coach Hensley Meulens and replaced him with former manager Clint Hurdle on Thursday.

Gering’s Jack Maser topped Scottsbluff’s Noah Shaddick in a playoff to win the 2025 Mitchell Golf Invite.

Often times, change is inevitable. But sometimes change can be accompanied by growth or expansion - such is the case for 8-Man football in Nebraska.

Hastings High held its spring signing ceremony Wednesday afternoon that saw those ten athletes putting pen to paper, making their commitments official. 

A coach with more than a decade of experience will be the next to lead the Norfolk volleyball program.

Scottsbluff’s Hergenreder, Cheyenne’s Twamley, North Platte’s Fleck part of Balza’s first recruiting class.

The Chadron State College rodeo team had one of its most outstanding weekends ever at the Casper College rodeo this past weekend, April 11-13.