YESTERDAY’S LOCAL HS BASEBALL SCORES:
Yesterday was night kind to area baseball teams starting their final full week of play.
Lincoln Northwest 11, Holdrege 9
Lincoln Southwest 14, Kearney 8
Lincoln Pius 12, Hastings 8
Central City/Centura 10, Lincoln Christian 7
Crete 9, York 0
Norris 13, Adams Central 0
TODAY’S BASEBALL GAMES:
Bellevue East @ Kearney (3:30 first pitch on KGFW)
West Point/GACC @ York (1PM)
Adams Central @ Central City/Centura (4:30PM)
Lincoln North Star @ Grand Island (4:30PM)
Holdrege @ Hastings (4:30PM)
St Paul/Palmer @ York (5PM)
KHS SOCCER SWEEPS SENIOR NIGHT:
Kearney High Soccer swept senior night last night, with the girls picking up a 4-3 win over Lincoln East, while the boys had a 2-0 clean sheet over Lincoln North Star.
The Kearney girls led 3-1 at halftime, with Addie Snyder adding a goal two minutes in, and Maicie Stubbs scoring two goals within ten minutes. Reese Holscher would add the final Kearney goal in the 56th minute, which would be enough to keep Lincoln East at bay as they added two goals in the second half with the wind to their back.
The Kearney High boys didn’t need much against winless North Star, as Kaden Slaymaker would score in the 28th minute, and Gordy Garner would add the insurance goal in the 56th minute.
Postseason action awaits both the 14-2 girls and 12-4 boys team. District brackets will be released later this week.
OTHER LOCAL GIRLS’ SOCCER SCORES
Kearney Catholic 2, Holdrege 0
North Platte 2, Hastings 0
Fremont 1, Grand Island 0
TODAY’S LOCAL GIRLS’ SOCCER SCORES
York @ Aurora
Hastings @ Lincoln Standing Bear
OTHER LOCAL BOYS’ SOCCER SCORES
Holdrege 0, Kearney Catholic 0 (Holdrege SO win)
Hastings 3, North Platte 1
TODAY’S LOCAL BOYS’ SOCCER GAMES
York @ Aurora
Hastings @ Lincoln Standing Bear
UNK TE FIFITA RECIEVES CAMP INVITE TO BUCCANEERS:
UNK Tight End Tuni Fifita received a rookie camp invite with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, announced yesterday by the team.
Fifita spent two years with the team after junior college in California.
He played in 11 games this season with six receptions for 153 yards, scoring two touchdowns.
NEBRASKA KICKER OTTOMANELLI IN PORTAL:
Husker kicker Nico Ottomanelli has entered the transfer portal, as he announced on social media last night.
Nebraska does have a crowded room at the position, especially with a potential required roster crunch, with Tristan Alvano and John Hohl also on the team.
Out of Harrington Parks, N.J., Ottomanelli joined the program in 2024 and redshirted without a kick. As a high school player, Ottomanelli was 14-of-17 on field goals in his career, according to NJ.com.
ROBINSON, FIDONE DRAFTED; MULTIPLE HUSKERS SIGN UDFAS AFTER NFL DRAFT:
Two Huskers were selected in the final day of the 2025 NFL Draft Saturday in Green Bay. Defensive tackle Ty Robinson was picked by Philadelphia in the fourth round with the 111th pick overall. In the seventh and final round, tight end Thomas Fidone was picked by the Giants with the 219th overall pick.
After the draft, multiple Huskers were picked up in free agency. Linebacker John Bullock and Center Ben Scott were both picked up by the Tampa Bay Bucaneers, while Wide Reciever Isiah Neyor signed with the San Francisco 49ers.
Additionally, the Baltimore Ravens picked up a pair of Huskers, adding Wide Reciever Jahmal Banks and defensive tackle Nash Hutmacher. Finally, safety Isaac Gifford was sign by the Carolina Panthers.
COMMANDERS AND WASHINGTON AGREE TO A DEAL TO BUILD AT RFK STADIUM SITE:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Growing up in the Washington area, Josh Harris cherished his chances once or twice a year to watch his favorite football team play at RFK Stadium, the home during the glory days when the likes of Joe Theismann and John Riggins made the stands shake on the way to three Super Bowl championships.
Now the controlling owner and with fellow locals and longtime fans Mitch Rales and Mark Ein also involved, Harris and his group are a giant leap closer to bringing the team back where they think it belongs.
Washington’s NFL franchise is set to return to the nation’s capital as part of an agreement between the organization and the District of Columbia government to build a new stadium as part of a project totaling nearly $4 billion. The Commanders and Mayor Muriel Bowser announced their deal Monday to construct a new home for the football team in the city at the site the old RFK Stadium, the place the franchise called home for more than three decades.
ROB MANFRED SAYS HE DISCUSSED PETE ROSE’S STATUS WITH DONALD TRUMP AND WILL RULE ON REINSTATEMENT:
NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said he discussed Pete Rose with President Donald Trump at a meeting two weeks ago and he plans to rule on a request to end the sport’s permanent ban of the career hits leader, who died in September.
Speaking Monday at a meeting of the Associated Press Sports Editors, Manfred said he and Trump have discussed several issues, including Manfred’s concerns over how Trump’s immigration policies could impact players from Cuba, Venezuela and other foreign countries.
Manfred is considering a petition to have Rose posthumously removed from MLB’s permanently ineligible list. The petition was filed in January by Jeffrey Lenkov, a Southern California lawyer who represented Rose prior to the 17-time All-Star’s death at age 83.
“I met with President Trump two weeks ago, I guess now, and one of the topics was Pete Rose, but I’m not going beyond that,” Manfred said. “He’s said what he said publicly, I’m not going beyond that in terms of what the back and forth was.”
TUESDAY’S TIME SCHEDULE
All Times EDT
Tuesday, April 29
MLB
Minnesota at Cleveland, 6:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 6:35 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 6:40 p.m.
St. Louis at Cincinnati, 6:40 p.m.
Washington at Philadelphia, 6:45 p.m.
Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 7:05 p.m.
Boston at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.
Arizona at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at Chicago White Sox, 7:40 p.m.
Athletics at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
Detroit at Houston, 8:10 p.m.
Atlanta at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Seattle, 9:40 p.m.
San Francisco at San Diego, 9:40 p.m.
Miami at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.
NBA Playoffs – First Round
Eastern Conference
Milwaukee at Indiana – Game 5, 6 p.m.
Detroit at New York – Game 5, 7:30 p.m.
Orlando at Boston – Game 5, 8:30 p.m.
Western Conference
L.A. Clippers at Denver – Game 5, 10 p.m.
NHL Playoffs – First Round
Eastern Conference
Ottawa at Toronto – Game 5, 7 p.m.
New Jersey at Carolina – Game 5, 7:30 p.m.
Western Conference
Minnesota at Vegas – Game 5, 9:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Los Angeles – Game 5, 10 p.m.
PWHL
New York at Toronto, 7 p.m.