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Creighton beats Evansville 93-92 in overtime
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Josh Jones hit a jumper with 23 seconds left, Colt Ryan missed just before the buzzer to end his career-best 43-point game, and Creighton came back from a 14-point second-half deficit to beat Evansville 93-92 in overtime Tuesday night. The Bluejays (24-5, 13-4 Missouri Valley) forced overtime on Gregory Echenique's fourth-chance putback before the clock ran out in regulation.

British PM Cameron issues soccer racism warning
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister David Cameron says the recent spate of racism scandals in English soccer should not "drag us back to the bad old days of the past." The abuse against black players blighted the national game in the 1970s and '80s and was thought to have been widely eradicated. Cameron, who will host a Downing Street summit on the issue, wrote in Wednesday's edition

NSAA Releases Class A Boys District Basketball Pairings
Lincoln Southeast and Lincoln North Star will host boys district basketball tournaments that start this weekend.  Southeast plays Omaha Burke at 5:15pm Saturday to open up the A-6 tournament at the Prasch Activities Center.  Lincoln Southwest plays Bellevue East in the other half of the bracket at 7pm.  North Star will open up the A-4 tournament against Lincoln East at

Creighton coach: 2 more wins enough for NCAA bid
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Creighton coach Greg McDermott says the Bluejays should lock up their first NCAA tournament bid since 2007 if they can finish the regular season with two wins. McDermott said Monday that a loss to either Evansville or Indiana State will leave the Bluejays feeling anxious heading to St. Louis for next week's Missouri Valley Conference tournament. The Bluejays (23-5, 12-4 MVC)

NSAA Names Blanford-Green As New Executive Director
Former Nebraska track star Rhonda Blanford-Green is the new executive director of the Nebraska School Activities Association.  Blanford-Green has been the associate commissioner of the Colorado High School Activities Association for the past 16 years.  The NSAA Board of Directors approved her hiring in an 8-0 vote last week.  Blanford-Green was a a four-time NCAA champion hurdler

Creighton assistant coach arrested in DUI case
BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) - An assistant coach of the Creighton University women's basketball team has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. Bellevue police arrested Carrie Moore early Sunday morning. Officers had been called to a McDonald's around 2:50 a.m. by employees who'd found Moore asleep in her vehicle. It was sitting in the drive-thru lane. Sarpy County authorities say the 26-year-old

NSAA State Wrestling Meet Results
State High School Wrestling meet gets underway Thursday morning at CenturyLink Center Omaha. First round bouts for Class B and Class D start at 9:30am, while Class A and Class D start at 4:30pm. To follow the latest results from the State Wrestling Meet, click on the headline to see results.

High School Girls Basketball Pairings Are Out
The pairings for next week's Class A & B girls district basketball tournaments were released Tuesday by the Nebraska School Activities Association. In Class "A", seven district champions and one wild card qualifier advances to the State Tournament, which begins March 1 in Lincoln. All of Class "A" is seeded, according to NSAA point averages, with the top seven teams,

2012 Shrine Bowl Teams Announced
The players and coaches for the 2012 Shrine Bowl were announced Friday. The game will be played June 2 @ Memorial Stadium and will be at 1:30 p.m., since the lights at Memorial Stadium will not be available for use.



South Roster:

Jose Leon from Columbus high school

Cody Plazeck from Columbus Scotus high school

Brandon Barta from David City

Jake Bartunek Aquinas