<i>Story by NPCC Athletic Communications</i>

North Platte had a balanced offense as five players finished in double figures, but a long run in the opening half aided the Runnin' Lopes of Lamar Community College in an 85-70 win on Sunday.

Ramiah Adedigba led all North Platte scorers with 18 points and two steals, while Davion Evans chipped in 11 points on 5-of-13 shooting from the field. Bruce Carpenter (10), Josh Townley-Thomas (10), and Antwone Gonzales (10) rounded out the North Platte scorers in double figures.

North Platte fell behind early as a gritty Lamar team jumped out to a 22-9 advantage in the opening ten minutes. A free throw jumper by Adedigba ended the Lamar run, as the margin was cut to eleven with 9:29 to play.

Lamar once again settled into their rhythm offensively and extended their lead to 31-12 inside the final seven minutes. North Platte responded down the stretch of the opening half to trim the margin to 43-28 by the halftime break.

The Knights rebounded in the second half to cut the deficit to ten as Adedigba was able to finish his contested layup. The Runnin' Lopes lead drifted out to 57-41, but once again the Knights rallied to cut the margin to five after a 14-3 run swung the momentum in favor of North Platte.

Lamar would not go down easily as they quickly extended their lead back to double digits. North Platte attempted to find their rhythm again offensively in the closing minutes, but the deficit was too large to overcome.

North Platte (11-13, 1-7 Region IX South) will return home to take on Western Nebraska Community College on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m.

<p><i>Story by NPCC Athletic Communications</i></p><p>North Platte had a balanced offense as five players finished in double figures, but a long run in the opening half aided the Runnin' Lopes of Lamar Community College in an 85-70 win on Sunday.</p><p>Ramiah Adedigba led all North Platte scorers with 18 points and two steals, while Davion Evans chipped in 11 points on 5-of-13 shooting from the field. Bruce Carpenter (10), Josh Townley-Thomas (10), and Antwone Gonzales (10) rounded out the North Platte scorers in double figures.</p><p>North Platte fell behind early as a gritty Lamar team jumped out to a 22-9 advantage in the opening ten minutes. A free throw jumper by Adedigba ended the Lamar run, as the margin was cut to eleven with 9:29 to play.</p><p>Lamar once again settled into their rhythm offensively and extended their lead to 31-12 inside the final seven minutes. North Platte responded down the stretch of the opening half to trim the margin to 43-28 by the halftime break.</p><p>The Knights rebounded in the second half to cut the deficit to ten as Adedigba was able to finish his contested layup. The Runnin' Lopes lead drifted out to 57-41, but once again the Knights rallied to cut the margin to five after a 14-3 run swung the momentum in favor of North Platte.</p><p>Lamar would not go down easily as they quickly extended their lead back to double digits. North Platte attempted to find their rhythm again offensively in the closing minutes, but the deficit was too large to overcome.</p><p>North Platte (11-13, 1-7 Region IX South) will return home to take on Western Nebraska Community College on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m.</p>

Runnin’ Lopes down Knights in Region IX matchup

<i>Story by NPCC Athletic Communications&nbsp;</i>

Emily Johnson led the Knights with 14 points, while Jada Grigsby dished out seven assists, as North Platte dominated the Union College Warriors 82-22 on Sunday afternoon.

Johnson came off the bench in just her second game of the season to knock down 6-of-7 shots from the field. Mariah Gardner (14), Fumnanya Ijeh (13), Vanessa Wood, (12) and Samantha Riggles (12) rounded out all North Platte scorers in double figures.

A low scoring opening quarter kept teams hungry to settle into an offensive rhythm. Gardner helped the Knights extend their lead to 6-2, before the Warriors responded to knot the game up with 2:12 to play.

Johnson added her name to the scoring column by grabbing the offensive rebound and finishing off the second chance opportunity for her first points of her collegiate career. Noel Warrior extended the Knights lead to five by connecting from beyond the arc, before the Warriors trimmed the deficit to three by the end of the opening quarter.

The Knights lead ballooned in the opening minutes of the second period, as an early run pushed the margin to 26-10 after a layup by Wood. North Platte kept their momentum rolling for the remainder of the period to take a 30-15 lead into the halftime break.

North Platte continued to roll in the final twenty minutes, while limiting the Warriors to just seven points in the second half to snap their five-game losing streak.

The Knights controlled the boards, 40-12, while forcing 17 turnovers in the matchup.

North Platte (7-19) will continue with regular season action on Thursday, Feb. 23 against Northeastern Junior College. Tip is set for 5:30 p.m. inside the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium. North Platte defeated the Plainswomen in their previous meeting 73-67 back on Jan. 31.

<p><i>Story by NPCC Athletic Communications&nbsp;</i></p><p>Emily Johnson led the Knights with 14 points, while Jada Grigsby dished out seven assists, as North Platte dominated the Union College Warriors 82-22 on Sunday afternoon.</p><p>Johnson came off the bench in just her second game of the season to knock down 6-of-7 shots from the field. Mariah Gardner (14), Fumnanya Ijeh (13), Vanessa Wood, (12) and Samantha Riggles (12) rounded out all North Platte scorers in double figures.</p><p>A low scoring opening quarter kept teams hungry to settle into an offensive rhythm. Gardner helped the Knights extend their lead to 6-2, before the Warriors responded to knot the game up with 2:12 to play.</p><p>Johnson added her name to the scoring column by grabbing the offensive rebound and finishing off the second chance opportunity for her first points of her collegiate career. Noel Warrior extended the Knights lead to five by connecting from beyond the arc, before the Warriors trimmed the deficit to three by the end of the opening quarter.</p><p>The Knights lead ballooned in the opening minutes of the second period, as an early run pushed the margin to 26-10 after a layup by Wood. North Platte kept their momentum rolling for the remainder of the period to take a 30-15 lead into the halftime break.</p><p>North Platte continued to roll in the final twenty minutes, while limiting the Warriors to just seven points in the second half to snap their five-game losing streak.</p><p>The Knights controlled the boards, 40-12, while forcing 17 turnovers in the matchup.</p><p>North Platte (7-19) will continue with regular season action on Thursday, Feb. 23 against Northeastern Junior College. Tip is set for 5:30 p.m. inside the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium. North Platte defeated the Plainswomen in their previous meeting 73-67 back on Jan. 31.</p>

Knights snap losing streak with win over Warriors

On Sunday, the Shrine Bowl of Nebraska Board of Directors released the
 rosters for the 65th Nebraska Shrine Bowl Game and introduced the teams
 at their annual Player Press Conference at the Scottish Rite Center in 
Lincoln, Nebraska.

Head Coaches together with their Associate Head Coaches and Assistant
 Coaches, each chose from nominated seniors in their designated regions 
to represent their respective high schools, as well as North or South, 
in the 2023 Nebraska Shrine Bowl.

Caleb Kinkaid and Kolten Tilford of North Platte were named to the team.

The Shrine Bowl of Nebraska is the state’s premier high school 
all-star sports event.&nbsp; It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that produces 
annual events and related activities to raise funds and awareness to 
benefit Shriners Children’s. Since its inception in 1958, the Nebraska 
Shrine Bowl has annually donated more than $2M to Shriners Children’s. 
Last year, the Nebraska Shrine Bowl raised more than $100,000 for 
Shriners Children’s.

<p><i>Nebraska Shrine Bowl</i></p><p>On Sunday, the Shrine Bowl of Nebraska Board of Directors released the
 rosters for the 65th Nebraska Shrine Bowl Game and introduced the teams
 at their annual Player Press Conference at the Scottish Rite Center in 
Lincoln, Nebraska.</p><figure>
                        <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/2/1676902283384.png" alt="" />
                        <figcaption></figcaption>
                    </figure><p>Head Coaches together with their Associate Head Coaches and Assistant
 Coaches, each chose from nominated seniors in their designated regions 
to represent their respective high schools, as well as North or South, 
in the 2023 Nebraska Shrine Bowl.</p><p>Caleb Kinkaid and Kolten Tilford of North Platte were named to the team.</p><p>Complete rosters are here:&nbsp;</p><h2>North Team Roster</h2><ul>
                        <li>Grant Arens Hartington Cedar Catholic</li><li>Jonathan Barfield Omaha Benson</li><li>Will Benson Mt. Michael Benedictine</li><li>Aidan Betz Elkhorn</li><li>Trey Bird Bennington</li><li>Liam Blaser Columbus</li><li>Sam Boettcher Ord</li><li>Braxton Borer Columbus Lakeview</li><li>Jackson Bos Norfolk</li><li>Lance Brester Howells</li><li>CharMar Brown Creighton Prep</li><li>Tre’Vionne Brown Omaha North</li><li>Jdyn Bullion Bellevue West</li><li>Isaac Conner Bennington</li><li>Nolan Eloe Amherst</li><li>Zach Fox Wahoo</li><li>Chris Frazier Millard North</li><li>Maxwell Fremarek Columbus Lakeview</li><li>Elijah Hintz Battle Creek</li><li>Max Hogan Millard North</li><li>Victor Isele GI Northwest</li><li>Carter Jorth Elkhorn South</li><li>Kyle Kasik Leigh</li><li>Karter Kerkman Norfolk Catholic</li><li>Caleb Kinkaid North Platte</li><li>Zach Krajicek Yutan</li><li>Dane Larsen Blair</li><li>Colton Marsh Grand Island</li><li>Josiah Mobley Scottsbluff</li><li>Blayke Moore Gretna</li><li>Elliott Nottlemann Bancroft-Rosalie</li><li>Seagan Packet Blair</li><li>Za’Kye Parrott Omaha Burke</li><li>Alex Phelps Wayne</li><li>Te’shaun Porter Omaha North</li><li>Dawson Raabe Pierce</li><li>Bridger Rice Ord</li><li>Jackson Roberts Boone Central</li><li>Abram Scholting Pierce</li><li>Jay Steffen Hartington Cedar Catholic</li><li>Ethan Stuhr Gretna</li><li>Kolten Tilford North Platte</li><li>Ezra Vedral Creighton Prep</li><li>Cooper Weitzel Fremont Bergan</li><li>Jace Wheeler Papillion LaVIsta</li>
                    </ul><p>COACHES</p><ul>
                        <li>Michael Huffman, HC Bellevue West</li><li>Kurt Frenzen, AHC Lakeview</li><li>Larry Martin, AHC Omaha North</li><li>Mike Pokorski, AC Bellevue West</li><li>Wade McVey, AC Bellevue West</li><li>Trae Bradburn, AC Bennington</li><li>Jeff Bargen, AC Lakeview</li><li>Aaron Rudloff, AC Lakeview</li><li>Jimmy Biggs, AC Omaha North&nbsp;</li><li>Alonzo Tapp, AC Lakeview</li><li>Ricky Thurston, AC Omaha North</li><li>Jarod Meysenburg, AC Omaha Westview</li>
                    </ul><h2>South Team Roster</h2><ul>
                        <li>Jack Allen Aurora</li><li>Carson Almgren Omaha Gross</li><li>Dylan Bahe Arapahoe</li><li>Jack Baptista Lincoln Southwest</li><li>Ayden Barnby Papillion South</li><li>Treyven Beckman Kearney High</li><li>Antown Carter Boys Town</li><li>Tyler Castle Lincoln Pius X</li><li>Carlos Collazo Aurora</li><li>Jack Dahlgren Kearney High</li><li>Cael Dembinski DC West</li><li>Adam Dugger McCook</li><li>TJ Fitzpatrick Plattsmouth</li><li>Hayden Frank Malcolm</li><li>Ashton Gragg Central City</li><li>Micah Hackbart Seward</li><li>Jackson&nbsp; Hinrichs Holdrege</li><li>Garret Hoefs Lincoln Lutheran</li><li>Hudson Holloway Ralston</li><li>Adonis Hutchinson Lincoln High</li><li>Charlie Johnson Waverly</li><li>Eli Kehler McCook</li><li>Carson Kudlacek Hastings St. Cecilia</li><li>Jared Kuhl Platteview</li><li>Luke Lambert Ashland-Greenwood</li><li>Nate McCashland Lincoln Southeast</li><li>Payton McDonald Westside</li><li>Kegan Mountain Millard West</li><li>Sal Nacarelli Gross Catholic</li><li>Caleb Newell Lincoln Southwest</li><li>Aiden Planer Lincoln East</li><li>Will Potratz Lincoln East</li><li>Cole Reilly Lincoln Lutheran</li><li>Ethan Roberts Bellevue East</li><li>Lance Rucker Millard South</li><li>Kade Seip Lincoln North Star</li><li>Keegan Shuler Hitchcock County</li><li>Cooper Skrobecki Waverly</li><li>Dalton Snodgrass York</li><li>Erza Stewart Platteview</li><li>Henri Supenski Papillion South</li><li>Barrett Van Deun Millard West</li><li>Kadence Velde York</li><li>Easton Weber Bruning-Davenport</li><li>Leighton Weber Adams Central</li>
                    </ul><p>COACHES</p><ul>
                        <li>Mark McLaughlin, HC Platteview</li><li>Kyle Peterson, AHC Aurora</li><li>Brandon Cool, AHC&nbsp;Kearney</li><li>Adam Kuhl, AC Platteview</li><li>Nick Smith, AC Platteview</li><li>Ryan Stieren, AC Papillion South</li><li>Cole Ashby, AC Aurora</li><li>Wade Halversen, AC Westside</li><li>James McCartney, AC Grand Island</li><li>Darren Van Winkle, AC Kearney</li><li>Kyle Peters, AC Kearney</li><li>Matt Brackham, AC York</li>
                    </ul><h2>About the Nebraska Shrine Bowl</h2><p>The Shrine Bowl of Nebraska is the state’s premier high school 
all-star sports event.&nbsp; It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that produces 
annual events and related activities to raise funds and awareness to 
benefit Shriners Children’s. Since its inception in 1958, the Nebraska 
Shrine Bowl has annually donated more than $2M to Shriners Children’s. 
Last year, the Nebraska Shrine Bowl raised more than $100,000 for 
Shriners Children’s.</p>

Two from North Platte on 2023 Shrine Bowl roster

Omaha, Ne - Juan Perez of Perkins County High School placed 3rd in Class D at 258 pounds. He joined the Post's Paxton Gordon following the match.&nbsp;

<p>Omaha, Ne - Juan Perez of Perkins County High School placed 3rd in Class D at 258 pounds. He joined the Post's Paxton Gordon following the match.&nbsp;</p><div><iframe src="https://cdn.jwplayer.com/players/0kErvrhC-Qhb3tgnY.html" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" title="2-17 Juanperezperk 3rd Pace Np State Wrestling 2023" allowfullscreen></iframe></div>

VIDEO: Perkins County's Juan Perez places 3rd at State Wrestling

Omaha, Ne - The NSAA Nebraska State Wrestling Tournament continues Saturday with medal matches. North Platte High School wrestling Head Coach Dale Hall spoke with the Post's Paxton Gordon ahead of championship matches.

Jace Kennel finished 6th at 138 pounds for North Platte. Ryan Fox will wrestle for the championship at 152 pounds Saturday afternoon. The North Platte Post will have more coverage throughout the day.

<p>Omaha, Ne - The NSAA Nebraska State Wrestling Tournament continues Saturday with medal matches. North Platte High School wrestling Head Coach Dale Hall spoke with the Post's Paxton Gordon ahead of championship matches.</p><div><iframe src="https://cdn.jwplayer.com/players/korh7GUp-Qhb3tgnY.html" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" title="2-17 Coach Nphs Np State Wrestling 2023" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p>Jace Kennel finished 6th at 138 pounds for North Platte. Ryan Fox will wrestle for the championship at 152 pounds Saturday afternoon. The North Platte Post will have more coverage throughout the day.</p>

VIDEO: North Platte High wrestling coach Dale Hall (Saturday)

Omaha, Ne - The last day of the Nebraska State Wrestling Tournament has come, and four area grapplers will wrestle for State Championships.&nbsp;

North Platte High's Ryan Fox will wrestle&nbsp;Josiah Aburumuh from Millard South for the 152 pound championship. Fox is now 55-5 in his carreer, he finished 3rd at the State Tournament last year wrestling at 145 pounds.&nbsp;

In Class C, the Post area has two wrestlers in championship matches. Chase County is represented by Jaret Peterson at 220 pounds. Peterson finished 3rd in this weight class last year. He is 42-1 heading into his championship match against Cal Wells from Broken Bow.

Also in Class C is Hershey's Ethan Elliot who will try to win the state championship in the 120 pound weight division. Elliott is 44-1 on the year. He'll wrestle&nbsp;Robbie Fisher (Crofton/Bloomfield) who is Ethan's only loss this year. Elliott finshed 3rd in 2022 at the tournament.

The final wrestler from the Post area is Sutherland's Grady Dempcy, who will try to win the title at 106 pounds against&nbsp;Grady Romshek (Aquinas Catholic). Dempcy is 34-4.

To see full results and more videos from many of the Post area wrestlers, click on the State Wrestling tab at the top and find your classification.

<p>Omaha, Ne - The last day of the Nebraska State Wrestling Tournament has come, and four area grapplers will wrestle for State Championships.&nbsp;</p><p>North Platte High's Ryan Fox will wrestle&nbsp;Josiah Aburumuh from Millard South for the 152 pound championship. Fox is now 55-5 in his carreer, he finished 3rd at the State Tournament last year wrestling at 145 pounds.&nbsp;</p><div><iframe src="https://cdn.jwplayer.com/players/8zYtTgKF-Qhb3tgnY.html" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" title="Ryan Fox Nphs Np State Wrestling T 2023 V2" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p>In Class C, the Post area has two wrestlers in championship matches. Chase County is represented by Jaret Peterson at 220 pounds. Peterson finished 3rd in this weight class last year. He is 42-1 heading into his championship match against Cal Wells from Broken Bow.</p><p>Also in Class C is Hershey's Ethan Elliot who will try to win the state championship in the 120 pound weight division. Elliott is 44-1 on the year. He'll wrestle&nbsp;Robbie Fisher (Crofton/Bloomfield) who is Ethan's only loss this year. Elliott finshed 3rd in 2022 at the tournament.</p><div><iframe src="https://cdn.jwplayer.com/players/Vw0dhuaX-Qhb3tgnY.html" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" title="2-17 Ethan Elliot Hershey Np State Wrestling 2023 1" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p>The final wrestler from the Post area is Sutherland's Grady Dempcy, who will try to win the title at 106 pounds against&nbsp;Grady Romshek (Aquinas Catholic). Dempcy is 34-4.</p><div><iframe src="https://cdn.jwplayer.com/players/EwQ4elxs-Qhb3tgnY.html" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" title="2-17 Greg Dempsey Sutherland Np State Wrestling 2023" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p>To see full results and more videos from many of the Post area wrestlers, click on the State Wrestling tab at the top and find your classification.</p>

VIDEO: Championship Saturday at State Wrestling Meet: Four will wrestle for State Championships

Omaha, Ne - Day one of the Nebraska State Wrestling Tournament is in the books. Many Post area wrestlers did well. Paxton Gordon was at CHI Center in Omaha all day and has this recap report.

See more video's with individual wrestlers from Thursday, along with results by clicking on the State Wrestling tab at the top of the page. The Post will have more video's along with radio reports near the top of each hour on Friday on Z93.5 Country, Mix 97.1, and FM 98.1/AM1410.&nbsp;

<p>Omaha, Ne - Day one of the Nebraska State Wrestling Tournament is in the books. Many Post area wrestlers did well. Paxton Gordon was at CHI Center in Omaha all day and has this recap report.</p><div><iframe src="https://cdn.jwplayer.com/players/L1soBX7X-Qhb3tgnY.html" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" title="Np Recap Np State Wrestling 2023" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><p>See more video's with individual wrestlers from Thursday, along with results by clicking on the State Wrestling tab at the top of the page. The Post will have more video's along with radio reports near the top of each hour on Friday on Z93.5 Country, Mix 97.1, and FM 98.1/AM1410.&nbsp;</p>

State Wrestling Recap | Thursday, Day 1

<b>By HILLEL ITALIE</b><br><i>Associated Press</i>

NEW YORK — Tim McCarver, the All-Star catcher and Hall of Fame 
broadcaster who during 60 years in baseball won two World Series titles 
with the St. Louis Cardinals and had a long run as the one of the 
country's most recognized, incisive and talkative television 
commentators, died Thursday. He was 81.

McCarver's death was 
announced by baseball's Hall of Fame, which said he died Thursday 
morning due to heart failure in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was with 
his family.

Among the few players to appear in major league games 
during four decades, McCarver was a two-time All Star who worked closely
 with two future Hall of Fame pitchers: The tempestuous Bob Gibson, whom
 McCarver caught for St. Louis in the 1960s, and the introverted Steve 
Carlton, McCarver's fellow Cardinal in the '60s and a Philadelphia 
Phillies teammate in the 1970s.

He switched to television soon 
after retiring in 1980 and called 24 World Series for ABC, CBS and Fox, a
 record for a baseball analyst on television.

“I think there is a 
natural bridge from being a catcher to talking about the view of the 
game and the view of the other players,” McCarver told the Hall in 2012,
 the year he and Joe Buck were given the Ford C. Frick Award for 
excellence in broadcasting. “It is translating that for the viewers. One
 of the hard things about television is staying contemporary and keeping
 it simple for the viewers.”

McCarver became best known to 
national audiences for his 18-year partnership on Fox with play-by-play 
man Buck. McCarver moved to Fox in 1996 when it began televising 
baseball and called his final World Series in 2013.

“I learned 
really fast that if you were in his inner circle, he would be a fierce 
defender of you and for you,” Buck said Thursday. "He taught me how to 
deal with criticism because he had been criticized, his whole broadcast 
career. And sometimes it was because he was a teacher of the game. If 
some player or manager didn’t manage or play the way he thought the game
 should be played, he let a national audience know it. He was always the
 first one in the clubhouse the next day. If that person had something 
to say back to him, he would engage and stood his ground, but it was 
fair.

“He taught me a lot about the game, but he taught me as much or more about how to broadcast on a on a national level.”

Commissioner
 Rob Manfred said in a statement that McCarver was “a respected teammate
 and one of the most influential voices our game has known.”

Six 
feet tall and solidly built, McCarver was a policeman’s son from 
Memphis, who got into more than a few fights while growing up but was 
otherwise playing baseball and football and imitating popular 
broadcasters, notably the Cardinals’ Harry Caray. He was signed while 
still in high school by the Cardinals for $75,000, a generous offer for 
that time; just 17 when he debuted for them in 1959 and in his early 20s
 when he became the starting catcher.

McCarver attended segregated
 schools in Memphis and often spoke of the education he received as a 
newcomer in St. Louis. His teammates included Gibson and outfielder Curt
 Flood, Black players who did not hesitate to confront or tease 
McCarver. When McCarver used racist language against a Black child 
trying to jump a fence during spring training, Gibson would remember 
“getting right up in McCarver’s face.” McCarver liked to tell the story 
about drinking an orange soda during a hot day in spring training and 
Gibson asking him for some, then laughing when McCarver flinched.

“It
 was probably Gibby more than any other Black man who helped me to 
overcome whatever latent prejudices I may have had,” McCarver wrote in 
his 1987 memoir “Oh, Baby, I Love It!”

Few catchers were strong 
hitters during the ’60s, but McCarver batted .270 or higher for five 
consecutive seasons and was fast enough to become the first in his 
position to lead the league in triples. He had his best year in 1967 
when he hit .295 with 14 home runs, finishing second for NL Most 
Valuable Player behind teammate Orlando Cepeda as the Cardinals won 
their second World Series in four years.

McCarver met Carlton when
 the left-hander was a rookie in 1965 “with an independent streak wider 
than the Grand Canyon,” McCarver later wrote. The two initially clashed,
 even arguing on the mound during games, but became close and were 
reunited in the 1970s after both were traded to Philadelphia. McCarver 
became Carlton’s designated catcher even though he admittedly had a 
below average throwing arm and overall didn’t compare defensively to the
 Phillies’ regular catcher, Gold Glover Bob Boone.

“Behind every 
successful pitcher, there has to be a very smart catcher, and Tim 
McCarver is that man,” Carlton said during his Hall of Fame induction 
speech in 1994. “Timmy forced me pitch inside. Early in my career I was 
reluctant to pitch inside. Timmy had a way to remedy this. He used to 
set up behind the hitter. There was just the umpire there; I couldn’t 
see him (McCarver), so I was forced to pitch inside.”

McCarver 
liked to joke that he and Carlton were so in synch in the field that 
when both were dead they would be buried 60 feet, 6 inches apart, the 
distance between the rubber on the pitching mound and home plate.

During
 a 21-year career, when he also played briefly for the Montreal Expos 
and Boston Red Sox, McCarver batted .271 and only twice struck out more 
than 40 times in a season. In the postseason, he averaged .273 and had 
his best outing in the 1964 World Series, when the Cardinals defeated 
the New York Yankees in seven games. McCarver finished 11 for 23, with 
five walks, and his 3-run homer at Yankee Stadium in the 10th inning of 
Game 5 gave his team a 5-2 victory.

Younger baseball fans first 
knew him from his work in the broadcast booth, whether local games for 
the New York Mets, Yankees, Philadelphia and San Francisco, as Jack 
Buck’s partner on CBS (1990-91) or with son Joe Buck for Fox from 
1996-2013. McCarver won six Emmys and became enough of a brand name to 
be a punchline on “Family Guy”; write a handful of books, make cameos in
 “Naked Gun,” “Love Hurts” and other movies and even record an album, 
“Tim McCarver Sings Songs from the Great American Songbook.”

Knowledge
 was his trademark. In his spare time, he visited art museums, read 
books and could recite poetry from memory. At work, he was like a 
one-man scouting team, versed in the most granular details, and spent 
hours preparing before each game. At times, he seemed to have psychic 
powers. In Game 7 of the 2001 World Series, the score was tied at 2 
between the Yankees and Arizona, and New York drew in its infield with 
the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the ninth. Mariano Rivera 
was facing Luis Rodriquez.

“Rivera throws inside to left-handers,”
 McCarver observed. “Left-handers get a lot of broken-bat hits into 
shallow outfield, the shallow part of the outfield. That’s the danger of
 bringing the infield in with a guy like Rivera on the mound.”

Moments later, Gonzalez’s bloop to short center field drove in the winning run.

“When
 you the consider the pressure of the moment,” ESPN’s Keith Olbermann 
told The New York Times in 2002, “the time he had to say it and the 
accuracy, his call was the sports-announcing equivalent of Bill 
Mazeroski’s home run in the seventh inning to defeat the Yankees in 
1960.”

Many found McCarver informative and entertaining. Others 
thought him infuriating. McCarver did not cut himself short whether 
explaining baseball strategy or taking on someone’s performance on the 
field. “When you ask him the time, (he) will tell you how a watch 
works,” Sports Illustrated’s Norm Chad wrote of him in 1992. The same 
year his criticism of Deion Sanders for playing two sports on the same 
day led to Atlanta outfielder/Falcons defensive back’s dumping a bucket 
of water on his head. In 1999, McCarver was fired by the Mets after 16 
seasons on the air.

The Mets said in a statement that McCarver 
gave Mets an insightful, humorous and knowledgeable behind the scenes 
look into the game.

“Some broadcasters think that their 
responsibility is to the team and the team only,” McCarver told the 
Times soon after the Mets let him go. “I have never thought that. My No.
 1 obligation is to the people who are watching the game. And I’ve 
always felt that praise without objective criticism ceases to be praise.
 To me, any intelligent person can figure that out.”

After 
retiring from Fox's national broadcasts, McCarver announced part-time 
for Fox Sports Midwest and worked the occasional Cardinals game before 
sitting out the 2020 season because of concerns about COVID-19. Besides 
the Frick award, he was inducted into the Cardinals Hall of Fame, in 
2017.

“By the time I was 26 I had played in three World Series and
 I thought, ’Man this is great, almost a World Series every year,” he 
said during his acceptance speech. “Uh-uh. The game has a way of keeping
 you honest. I never played in another World Series.”

McCarver is survived by his daughters Kathy and Kelley, and grandchildren Leigh and Beau.

<figure>
                        <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/2/1676581001538.jpeg" alt="Baseball announcer Tim McCarver poses in the press box before the start of Game 2 of the American League Division Series on Oct. 2, 2003 in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)" />
                        <figcaption>Baseball announcer Tim McCarver poses in the press box before the start of Game 2 of the American League Division Series on Oct. 2, 2003 in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)</figcaption>
                    </figure><p><b>By HILLEL ITALIE</b><br><i>Associated Press</i></p><p>NEW YORK — Tim McCarver, the All-Star catcher and Hall of Fame 
broadcaster who during 60 years in baseball won two World Series titles 
with the St. Louis Cardinals and had a long run as the one of the 
country's most recognized, incisive and talkative television 
commentators, died Thursday. He was 81.</p><p>McCarver's death was 
announced by baseball's Hall of Fame, which said he died Thursday 
morning due to heart failure in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was with 
his family.</p><p>Among the few players to appear in major league games 
during four decades, McCarver was a two-time All Star who worked closely
 with two future Hall of Fame pitchers: The tempestuous Bob Gibson, whom
 McCarver caught for St. Louis in the 1960s, and the introverted Steve 
Carlton, McCarver's fellow Cardinal in the '60s and a Philadelphia 
Phillies teammate in the 1970s.</p><p>He switched to television soon 
after retiring in 1980 and called 24 World Series for ABC, CBS and Fox, a
 record for a baseball analyst on television.</p><p>“I think there is a 
natural bridge from being a catcher to talking about the view of the 
game and the view of the other players,” McCarver told the Hall in 2012,
 the year he and Joe Buck were given the Ford C. Frick Award for 
excellence in broadcasting. “It is translating that for the viewers. One
 of the hard things about television is staying contemporary and keeping
 it simple for the viewers.”</p><p>McCarver became best known to 
national audiences for his 18-year partnership on Fox with play-by-play 
man Buck. McCarver moved to Fox in 1996 when it began televising 
baseball and called his final World Series in 2013.</p><p>“I learned 
really fast that if you were in his inner circle, he would be a fierce 
defender of you and for you,” Buck said Thursday. "He taught me how to 
deal with criticism because he had been criticized, his whole broadcast 
career. And sometimes it was because he was a teacher of the game. If 
some player or manager didn’t manage or play the way he thought the game
 should be played, he let a national audience know it. He was always the
 first one in the clubhouse the next day. If that person had something 
to say back to him, he would engage and stood his ground, but it was 
fair.</p><p>“He taught me a lot about the game, but he taught me as much or more about how to broadcast on a on a national level.”</p><p>Commissioner
 Rob Manfred said in a statement that McCarver was “a respected teammate
 and one of the most influential voices our game has known.”</p><p>Six 
feet tall and solidly built, McCarver was a policeman’s son from 
Memphis, who got into more than a few fights while growing up but was 
otherwise playing baseball and football and imitating popular 
broadcasters, notably the Cardinals’ Harry Caray. He was signed while 
still in high school by the Cardinals for $75,000, a generous offer for 
that time; just 17 when he debuted for them in 1959 and in his early 20s
 when he became the starting catcher.</p><p>McCarver attended segregated
 schools in Memphis and often spoke of the education he received as a 
newcomer in St. Louis. His teammates included Gibson and outfielder Curt
 Flood, Black players who did not hesitate to confront or tease 
McCarver. When McCarver used racist language against a Black child 
trying to jump a fence during spring training, Gibson would remember 
“getting right up in McCarver’s face.” McCarver liked to tell the story 
about drinking an orange soda during a hot day in spring training and 
Gibson asking him for some, then laughing when McCarver flinched.</p><p>“It
 was probably Gibby more than any other Black man who helped me to 
overcome whatever latent prejudices I may have had,” McCarver wrote in 
his 1987 memoir “Oh, Baby, I Love It!”</p><p>Few catchers were strong 
hitters during the ’60s, but McCarver batted .270 or higher for five 
consecutive seasons and was fast enough to become the first in his 
position to lead the league in triples. He had his best year in 1967 
when he hit .295 with 14 home runs, finishing second for NL Most 
Valuable Player behind teammate Orlando Cepeda as the Cardinals won 
their second World Series in four years.</p><p>McCarver met Carlton when
 the left-hander was a rookie in 1965 “with an independent streak wider 
than the Grand Canyon,” McCarver later wrote. The two initially clashed,
 even arguing on the mound during games, but became close and were 
reunited in the 1970s after both were traded to Philadelphia. McCarver 
became Carlton’s designated catcher even though he admittedly had a 
below average throwing arm and overall didn’t compare defensively to the
 Phillies’ regular catcher, Gold Glover Bob Boone.</p><p>“Behind every 
successful pitcher, there has to be a very smart catcher, and Tim 
McCarver is that man,” Carlton said during his Hall of Fame induction 
speech in 1994. “Timmy forced me pitch inside. Early in my career I was 
reluctant to pitch inside. Timmy had a way to remedy this. He used to 
set up behind the hitter. There was just the umpire there; I couldn’t 
see him (McCarver), so I was forced to pitch inside.”</p><p>McCarver 
liked to joke that he and Carlton were so in synch in the field that 
when both were dead they would be buried 60 feet, 6 inches apart, the 
distance between the rubber on the pitching mound and home plate.</p><p>During
 a 21-year career, when he also played briefly for the Montreal Expos 
and Boston Red Sox, McCarver batted .271 and only twice struck out more 
than 40 times in a season. In the postseason, he averaged .273 and had 
his best outing in the 1964 World Series, when the Cardinals defeated 
the New York Yankees in seven games. McCarver finished 11 for 23, with 
five walks, and his 3-run homer at Yankee Stadium in the 10th inning of 
Game 5 gave his team a 5-2 victory.</p><p>Younger baseball fans first 
knew him from his work in the broadcast booth, whether local games for 
the New York Mets, Yankees, Philadelphia and San Francisco, as Jack 
Buck’s partner on CBS (1990-91) or with son Joe Buck for Fox from 
1996-2013. McCarver won six Emmys and became enough of a brand name to 
be a punchline on “Family Guy”; write a handful of books, make cameos in
 “Naked Gun,” “Love Hurts” and other movies and even record an album, 
“Tim McCarver Sings Songs from the Great American Songbook.”</p><p>Knowledge
 was his trademark. In his spare time, he visited art museums, read 
books and could recite poetry from memory. At work, he was like a 
one-man scouting team, versed in the most granular details, and spent 
hours preparing before each game. At times, he seemed to have psychic 
powers. In Game 7 of the 2001 World Series, the score was tied at 2 
between the Yankees and Arizona, and New York drew in its infield with 
the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the ninth. Mariano Rivera 
was facing Luis Rodriquez.</p><p>“Rivera throws inside to left-handers,”
 McCarver observed. “Left-handers get a lot of broken-bat hits into 
shallow outfield, the shallow part of the outfield. That’s the danger of
 bringing the infield in with a guy like Rivera on the mound.”</p><p>Moments later, Gonzalez’s bloop to short center field drove in the winning run.</p><p>“When
 you the consider the pressure of the moment,” ESPN’s Keith Olbermann 
told The New York Times in 2002, “the time he had to say it and the 
accuracy, his call was the sports-announcing equivalent of Bill 
Mazeroski’s home run in the seventh inning to defeat the Yankees in 
1960.”</p><p>Many found McCarver informative and entertaining. Others 
thought him infuriating. McCarver did not cut himself short whether 
explaining baseball strategy or taking on someone’s performance on the 
field. “When you ask him the time, (he) will tell you how a watch 
works,” Sports Illustrated’s Norm Chad wrote of him in 1992. The same 
year his criticism of Deion Sanders for playing two sports on the same 
day led to Atlanta outfielder/Falcons defensive back’s dumping a bucket 
of water on his head. In 1999, McCarver was fired by the Mets after 16 
seasons on the air.</p><p>The Mets said in a statement that McCarver 
gave Mets an insightful, humorous and knowledgeable behind the scenes 
look into the game.</p><p>“Some broadcasters think that their 
responsibility is to the team and the team only,” McCarver told the 
Times soon after the Mets let him go. “I have never thought that. My No.
 1 obligation is to the people who are watching the game. And I’ve 
always felt that praise without objective criticism ceases to be praise.
 To me, any intelligent person can figure that out.”</p><p>After 
retiring from Fox's national broadcasts, McCarver announced part-time 
for Fox Sports Midwest and worked the occasional Cardinals game before 
sitting out the 2020 season because of concerns about COVID-19. Besides 
the Frick award, he was inducted into the Cardinals Hall of Fame, in 
2017.</p><p>“By the time I was 26 I had played in three World Series and
 I thought, ’Man this is great, almost a World Series every year,” he 
said during his acceptance speech. “Uh-uh. The game has a way of keeping
 you honest. I never played in another World Series.”</p><p>McCarver is survived by his daughters Kathy and Kelley, and grandchildren Leigh and Beau.</p>

⚾Tim McCarver, big league catcher and broadcaster, dies at 81

Boys sub-district basketball pairings were released on Tuesday, below are the brackets with schools from the North Platte Post area. Z 93.5 Country will provide radio coverage of the C2-11 boys sub-district at Hershey.&nbsp;

<p>Boys sub-district basketball pairings were released on Tuesday, below are the brackets with schools from the North Platte Post area. Z 93.5 Country will provide radio coverage of the C2-11 boys sub-district at Hershey.&nbsp;</p><figure>
                        <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/2/1676393075792.png" alt="C1-10" />
                        <figcaption>C1-10</figcaption>
                    </figure><figure>
                        <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/2/1676393124260.png" alt="C1-11" />
                        <figcaption>C1-11</figcaption>
                    </figure><figure>
                        <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/2/1676393162973.png" alt="C1-12" />
                        <figcaption>C1-12</figcaption>
                    </figure><figure>
                        <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/2/1676393225730.png" alt="C2-11" />
                        <figcaption>C2-11</figcaption>
                    </figure><figure>
                        <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/2/1676393311517.png" alt="D1-10" />
                        <figcaption>D1-10</figcaption>
                    </figure><figure>
                        <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/2/1676393272886.png" alt="D1-11" />
                        <figcaption>D1-11</figcaption>
                    </figure><figure>
                        <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/2/1676393361468.png" alt="D2-9" />
                        <figcaption>D2-9</figcaption>
                    </figure><figure>
                        <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/2/1676393399853.png" alt="D2-10" />
                        <figcaption>D2-10</figcaption>
                    </figure>

Boys Sub-District pairings released

<i>Story by NSAA Communications&nbsp;</i>

The National High School Athletic Coaches Association (NHSACA) and the Nebraska Coaches Association (NCA) announced the advancement of 12 coaches and an athletic director as finalists for the National High School Athletic Coaches Association national coach of the year. The nominations were based on each coach’s&nbsp;career accomplishments&nbsp;through the 2021-22 athletic seasons and had not retired more than two years prior.&nbsp; Two former Nebraska prep coaches will be honored by being inducted into the national high school coaching hall of fame as well.

Eight finalists from across the nation, in nineteen recognized sports categories will be honored during the National Coach of the Year Awards Banquet which will take place at the NHSACA’s national convention (merged with the annual NCA Multi-Sports Clinic) in Lincoln, Nebraska on the evening of July 27. The highlight of the banquet will be the naming of the NHSACA national coach of the year in each sports category.

All Nebraska coaches were nominated for this national honor by the Nebraska Coaches Association.&nbsp; The selection is based on the following: career longevity, service to high school athletics, honors, championship years, and winning percentage. The nominees and finalists are evaluated by experts in the field of coaching using sport-specific rubrics to assign points in each category. NHSACA is the oldest coaches association in the nation formed by coaches, for coaches, and has been recognizing national coaches of the year since 1978.

<b>NATIONAL HALL OF FAME:</b>&nbsp;Two Nebraska legendary coaches and contributors&nbsp;<b>Jon Appleget, Fremont</b>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<b>Jerry Bartee, Omaha</b>&nbsp;will be inducted into the national high school coaching hall of fame at the same NHSACA Convention.&nbsp; Hall of Fame ceremonies will take place in Lincoln on July 25.



<p><i>Story by NSAA Communications&nbsp;</i></p><p>The National High School Athletic Coaches Association (NHSACA) and the Nebraska Coaches Association (NCA) announced the advancement of 12 coaches and an athletic director as finalists for the National High School Athletic Coaches Association national coach of the year. The nominations were based on each coach’s&nbsp;career accomplishments&nbsp;through the 2021-22 athletic seasons and had not retired more than two years prior.&nbsp; Two former Nebraska prep coaches will be honored by being inducted into the national high school coaching hall of fame as well.</p><div><style type="text/css">
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    <th class="tg-ktyi">Steve</th>
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    <td class="tg-ktyi">Steve</td>
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    <td class="tg-ktyi">Wortman</td>
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    <td class="tg-ktyi">Blume</td>
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    <td class="tg-ktyi">Darin</td>
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</table></div><p>Eight finalists from across the nation, in nineteen recognized sports categories will be honored during the National Coach of the Year Awards Banquet which will take place at the NHSACA’s national convention (merged with the annual NCA Multi-Sports Clinic) in Lincoln, Nebraska on the evening of July 27. The highlight of the banquet will be the naming of the NHSACA national coach of the year in each sports category.</p><p>All Nebraska coaches were nominated for this national honor by the Nebraska Coaches Association.&nbsp; The selection is based on the following: career longevity, service to high school athletics, honors, championship years, and winning percentage. The nominees and finalists are evaluated by experts in the field of coaching using sport-specific rubrics to assign points in each category. NHSACA is the oldest coaches association in the nation formed by coaches, for coaches, and has been recognizing national coaches of the year since 1978.</p><p><b>NATIONAL HALL OF FAME:</b>&nbsp;Two Nebraska legendary coaches and contributors&nbsp;<b>Jon Appleget, Fremont</b>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<b>Jerry Bartee, Omaha</b>&nbsp;will be inducted into the national high school coaching hall of fame at the same NHSACA Convention.&nbsp; Hall of Fame ceremonies will take place in Lincoln on July 25.

</p>

North Platte High School Golf Coach James Orcutt named a finalist for NHSACA National Coach of the Year

Brody Pitner (35-15) placed 3rd and scored 12.0 team points.

Tyler Haneborg (38-12) placed 3rd and scored 10.0 team points.

Kole Weigel (29-15) place is unknown and scored 4.0 team points.

Dayton Gipe (19-11) placed 4th and scored 11.0 team points.

Kirk Wilson (40-13) place is unknown and scored 6.0 team points.

Jace Kennel (41-9) placed 2nd and scored 20.0 team points.

Haedyn Brauer (31-15) place is unknown and scored 4.0 team points.

Ryan Fox (43-1) placed 2nd and scored 16.0 team points.

Kayden Fisher (2-5) place is unknown and scored 7.0 team points.

Brock Roblee (24-12) placed 2nd and scored 18.0 team points.

Xavier Albertson (34-7) placed 1st and scored 20.0 team points.

Dominik Decent (29-23) placed 3rd and scored 12.0 team points.

Peyton Dimmitt (33-17) placed 2nd and scored 16.0 team points.

Jaxon Halverson (8-8) placed 4th and scored 9.0 team points.

<p>Brody Pitner (35-15) placed 3rd and scored 12.0 team points.</p><ul>
                        <li>Quarterfinal - Brody Pitner (North Platte) 35-15 received a bye () (Bye)</li><li>Semifinal - Jack Sponenburgh (Kearney) 36-9 won by fall over Brody Pitner (North Platte) 35-15 (Fall 2:45)</li><li>Cons. Semi - Brody Pitner (North Platte) 35-15 won by fall over Cameron J. Acevedo (Omaha Westside) 2-4 (Fall 1:53)</li><li>3rd Place Match - Brody Pitner (North Platte) 35-15 won by fall over Jack Thompson (Gretna) 17-25 (Fall 0:23)</li>
                    </ul><h2>113</h2><p>Tyler Haneborg (38-12) placed 3rd and scored 10.0 team points.</p><ul>
                        <li>Quarterfinal - Tyler Haneborg (North Platte) 38-12 received a bye () (Bye)</li><li>Semifinal - Isaac Ekdahl (Millard South) 41-10 won by decision over Tyler Haneborg (North Platte) 38-12 (Dec 4-2)</li><li>Cons. Semi - Tyler Haneborg (North Platte) 38-12 won by fall over Gavin Donnelly (Omaha Burke) 9-14 (Fall 1:43)</li><li>3rd Place Match - Tyler Haneborg (North Platte) 38-12 won by decision over Tavean Miller (Kearney) 28-18 (Dec 3-1)</li>
                    </ul><h2>120</h2><p>Kole Weigel (29-15) place is unknown and scored 4.0 team points.</p><ul>
                        <li>Quarterfinal - Kole Weigel (North Platte) 29-15 won by fall over Christopher Sledge (Omaha Burke) 2-4 (Fall 1:33)</li><li>Semifinal - Kaden Kowalek (Kearney) 27-23 won by decision over Kole Weigel (North Platte) 29-15 (Dec 7-0)</li><li>Cons. Semi - Shawn R Packett (Omaha Westside) 10-10 won by decision over Kole Weigel (North Platte) 29-15 (Dec 3-2)</li>
                    </ul><h2>126</h2><p>Dayton Gipe (19-11) placed 4th and scored 11.0 team points.</p><ul>
                        <li>Quarterfinal - Dayton Gipe (North Platte) 19-11 won by fall over Ryder Higdon (Gretna) 17-18 (Fall 0:58)</li><li>Semifinal - Miles Anderson (Millard South) 46-3 won by tech fall over Dayton Gipe (North Platte) 19-11 (TF-1.5 2:36 (23-7))</li><li>Cons. Semi - Dayton Gipe (North Platte) 19-11 won by fall over LaMonye` Williamson (Omaha North) 11-15 (Fall 3:46)</li><li>3rd Place Match - Kooper T. Brandle (Omaha Westside) 27-6 won by major decision over Dayton Gipe (North Platte) 19-11 (MD 10-0)</li>
                    </ul><h2>132</h2><p>Kirk Wilson (40-13) place is unknown and scored 6.0 team points.</p><ul>
                        <li>Champ. Round 1 - Kirk Wilson (North Platte) 40-13 received a bye () (Bye)</li><li>Quarterfinal - Kirk Wilson (North Platte) 40-13 won by fall over Andy Pham (Omaha Burke) 3-12 (Fall 2:50)</li><li>Semifinal - Kaedun Goodman (Kearney) 29-20 won by major decision over Kirk Wilson (North Platte) 40-13 (MD 13-3)</li><li>Cons. Semi - Kale Vice (Gretna) 29-21 won by decision over Kirk Wilson (North Platte) 40-13 (Dec 5-4)</li>
                    </ul><h2>138</h2><p>Jace Kennel (41-9) placed 2nd and scored 20.0 team points.</p><ul>
                        <li>Champ. Round 1 - Jace Kennel (North Platte) 41-9 received a bye () (Bye)</li><li>Quarterfinal - Jace Kennel (North Platte) 41-9 won by fall over Kade Korinek (Omaha Westview) 11-19 (Fall 2:15)</li><li>Semifinal - Jace Kennel (North Platte) 41-9 won by fall over Seth Philippi (Kearney) 26-21 (Fall 3:34)</li><li>1st Place Match - Logan Glynn (Millard South) 40-10 won by decision over Jace Kennel (North Platte) 41-9 (Dec 7-5)</li>
                    </ul><h2>145</h2><p>Haedyn Brauer (31-15) place is unknown and scored 4.0 team points.</p><ul>
                        <li>Quarterfinal - Haedyn Brauer (North Platte) 31-15 won by fall over Ayden Smith (Omaha Westside) 12-17 (Fall 1:05)</li><li>Semifinal - Perry Swarm (Kearney) 36-14 won by decision over Haedyn Brauer (North Platte) 31-15 (Dec 4-1)</li><li>Cons. Semi - Tyler Sheldon (Gretna) 34-19 won by decision over Haedyn Brauer (North Platte) 31-15 (Dec 7-6)</li>
                    </ul><h2>152</h2><p>Ryan Fox (43-1) placed 2nd and scored 16.0 team points.</p><ul>
                        <li>Quarterfinal - Ryan Fox (North Platte) 43-1 received a bye () (Bye)</li><li>Semifinal - Ryan Fox (North Platte) 43-1 won by fall over Sam Nachtigal (Kearney) 19-9 (Fall 4:26)</li><li>1st Place Match - Josiah Aburumuh (Millard South) 30-8 won by decision over Ryan Fox (North Platte) 43-1 (Dec 3-2)</li>
                    </ul><h2>160</h2><p>Kayden Fisher (2-5) place is unknown and scored 7.0 team points.</p><ul>
                        <li>Champ. Round 1 - Ethan Kowalek (Kearney) 25-13 won by fall over Kayden Fisher (North Platte) 2-5 (Fall 1:49)</li><li>Cons. Round 1 - Kayden Fisher (North Platte) 2-5 received a bye () (Bye)</li><li>Cons. Round 2 - Kayden Fisher (North Platte) 2-5 won by fall over Jackson Jones (Omaha Burke) 10-12 (Fall 3:27)</li><li>Cons. Round 3 - Kayden Fisher (North Platte) 2-5 won by fall over Roman Javier Rosillo (Omaha South) 6-14 (Fall 1:38)</li><li>Cons. Semi - Ethan Kowalek (Kearney) 25-13 won by fall over Kayden Fisher (North Platte) 2-5 (Fall 2:08)</li>
                    </ul><h2>170</h2><p>Brock Roblee (24-12) placed 2nd and scored 18.0 team points.</p><ul>
                        <li>Quarterfinal - Brock Roblee (North Platte) 24-12 won by fall over Nickolas Kinsella (Omaha North) 9-27 (Fall 2:30)</li><li>Semifinal - Brock Roblee (North Platte) 24-12 won by fall over Taj Wilson (Kearney) 21-16 (Fall 1:46)</li><li>1st Place Match - Aiden Robertson (Millard South) 42-4 won by fall over Brock Roblee (North Platte) 24-12 (Fall 1:52)</li>
                    </ul><h2>182</h2><p>Xavier Albertson (34-7) placed 1st and scored 20.0 team points.</p><ul>
                        <li>Quarterfinal - Xavier Albertson (North Platte) 34-7 received a bye () (Bye)</li><li>Semifinal - Xavier Albertson (North Platte) 34-7 won by fall over Ty E. Sidzyik (Omaha Westside) 18-26 (Fall 1:19)</li><li>1st Place Match - Xavier Albertson (North Platte) 34-7 won by decision over Tanner Fuller (Millard South) 27-17 (Dec 7-3)</li>
                    </ul><h2>195</h2><p>Dominik Decent (29-23) placed 3rd and scored 12.0 team points.</p><ul>
                        <li>Quarterfinal - Dominik Decent (North Platte) 29-23 won by fall over Kellen Ivey (Omaha Westview) 1-25 (Fall 2:00)</li><li>Semifinal - Lane Kovarik (Kearney) 22-25 won by major decision over Dominik Decent (North Platte) 29-23 (MD 9-1)</li><li>Cons. Semi - Dominik Decent (North Platte) 29-23 won by decision over Gerardo Vazquez (Omaha South) 7-16 (Dec 7-0)</li><li>3rd Place Match - Dominik Decent (North Platte) 29-23 won by decision over Tyson Johnson (Omaha North) 2-6 (Dec 7-3)</li>
                    </ul><h2>220</h2><p>Peyton Dimmitt (33-17) placed 2nd and scored 16.0 team points.</p><ul>
                        <li>Quarterfinal - Peyton Dimmitt (North Platte) 33-17 received a bye () (Bye)</li><li>Semifinal - Peyton Dimmitt (North Platte) 33-17 won by fall over Tristen Williams (Millard South) 19-27 (Fall 3:12)</li><li>1st Place Match - Tyler Stewart (Omaha North) 44-1 won by fall over Peyton Dimmitt (North Platte) 33-17 (Fall 4:28)</li>
                    </ul><h2>285</h2><p>Jaxon Halverson (8-8) placed 4th and scored 9.0 team points.</p><ul>
                        <li>Quarterfinal - Jaxon Halverson (North Platte) 8-8 won in sudden victory - 1 over Broc R. Regner (Omaha Westside) 15-19 (SV-1 3-1)</li><li>Semifinal - Tyson Terry (Omaha North) 49-0 won by fall over Jaxon Halverson (North Platte) 8-8 (Fall 0:29)</li><li>Cons. Semi - Jaxon Halverson (North Platte) 8-8 won by fall over Landon Creighton (Omaha Westview) 5-29 (Fall 0:44)</li><li>3rd Place Match - Broc R. Regner (Omaha Westside) 15-19 won by decision over Jaxon Halverson (North Platte) 8-8 (Dec 8-6)</li>
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NSAA Class A District 1 Results for North Platte

Girls sub-district basketball pairings were released on Thursdsay, below are the brackets with schools from the North Platte Post area. Z 93.5 Country will provide radio coverage of the C1-9 girls sub-district from Bridgeport High School next week.&nbsp;

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High School Basketball - North Platte High School @ Scottsbluff

North Platte Community College volleyball player&nbsp;<a href="https://npccknights.com/sports/wvball/2022-23/bios/ramsey_morgan_mgni">Morgan Ramsey</a>&nbsp;will move on to the College of Saint Mary in Omaha. Ramsey signed a letter of intent to play for the Flames during the 2023-24 season.&nbsp;

"I chose College of St. Mary because it is a school that has a great athletic program," said Ramsey. "They are always competing at a high level. They are also a school that allows athletes to be enrolled in their nursing program, which is very rare to be able to do both."&nbsp;

The 6-foot, 1-inch outside hitter from Bartlett was one of three Knights volleyball players to be named to the National Junior College Athletic Association All-Region IX Team last fall.&nbsp;

Ramsey finished the season first in the region with 3.44 kills per set and second in the region for total kills with 396.&nbsp;

She has been on the President's List at NPCC since arriving on campus, and her 4.0 GPA also landed her a spot on the NJCAA's 2021-22 All Academic First Team list. Additionally, her efforts in the classroom helped the Knights, as a whole, make the NJCAA's list for Volleyball Academic Team of the Year.&nbsp;

"I am really proud of Morgan and excited that she found a place to continue her volleyball career," said Alexa McCall, NPCC head volleyball coach. "Morgan has been a competitor since she stepped foot in our gym, and I know that she has qualities that are going to make her successful at CSM and in her life. She has grown so much in her time here and shown great leadership skills and hard work. I can't wait to see the things she accomplishes."&nbsp;

Ramsey said she has had a wonderful experience at NPCC. She will take those memories with her as she embarks on her new journey in the eastern end of the state.&nbsp;

"Here at NPCC, I have enjoyed how everyone goes above and beyond for you, both as a student and as an athlete," Ramsey said. "The academics are some of the best you will get, and the instructors are always there for help. For the athletic side, we have an awesome coaching staff that just wants you to succeed and be a good person both on and off the court. Our coaches strive to make us into respectful women. We also have a wonderful weights program and that makes all the difference when trying to improve physical skills. I can't say thank you enough to our athletic trainer and physical therapists who make sure I am taking care of my body and for keeping me on the court."&nbsp;

More information about Knights Volleyball can be found online at&nbsp;<a href="https://npccknights.com/landing/index">npccknights.com</a>.

<p><i>Story by NPCC Athletic Communications</i></p><p>North Platte Community College volleyball player&nbsp;<a href="https://npccknights.com/sports/wvball/2022-23/bios/ramsey_morgan_mgni">Morgan Ramsey</a>&nbsp;will move on to the College of Saint Mary in Omaha. Ramsey signed a letter of intent to play for the Flames during the 2023-24 season.&nbsp;</p><p>"I chose College of St. Mary because it is a school that has a great athletic program," said Ramsey. "They are always competing at a high level. They are also a school that allows athletes to be enrolled in their nursing program, which is very rare to be able to do both."&nbsp;</p><p>The 6-foot, 1-inch outside hitter from Bartlett was one of three Knights volleyball players to be named to the National Junior College Athletic Association All-Region IX Team last fall.&nbsp;</p><p>Ramsey finished the season first in the region with 3.44 kills per set and second in the region for total kills with 396.&nbsp;</p><p>She has been on the President's List at NPCC since arriving on campus, and her 4.0 GPA also landed her a spot on the NJCAA's 2021-22 All Academic First Team list. Additionally, her efforts in the classroom helped the Knights, as a whole, make the NJCAA's list for Volleyball Academic Team of the Year.&nbsp;</p><p>"I am really proud of Morgan and excited that she found a place to continue her volleyball career," said Alexa McCall, NPCC head volleyball coach. "Morgan has been a competitor since she stepped foot in our gym, and I know that she has qualities that are going to make her successful at CSM and in her life. She has grown so much in her time here and shown great leadership skills and hard work. I can't wait to see the things she accomplishes."&nbsp;</p><p>Ramsey said she has had a wonderful experience at NPCC. She will take those memories with her as she embarks on her new journey in the eastern end of the state.&nbsp;</p><p>"Here at NPCC, I have enjoyed how everyone goes above and beyond for you, both as a student and as an athlete," Ramsey said. "The academics are some of the best you will get, and the instructors are always there for help. For the athletic side, we have an awesome coaching staff that just wants you to succeed and be a good person both on and off the court. Our coaches strive to make us into respectful women. We also have a wonderful weights program and that makes all the difference when trying to improve physical skills. I can't say thank you enough to our athletic trainer and physical therapists who make sure I am taking care of my body and for keeping me on the court."&nbsp;</p><p>More information about Knights Volleyball can be found online at&nbsp;<a href="https://npccknights.com/landing/index">npccknights.com</a>.</p>

NPCC Volleyball’s Ramsey signs with College of Saint Mary

<i>Story by NPCC Athletics Communications&nbsp;</i>

North Platte rallied late in the fourth quarter but came up short in a 44-41 loss to Lamar Community College on Tuesday night.

The Runnin' Lopes jumped out to an early 6-0 lead in the opening quarter, but a quick response by the Knights knotted the game up on a corner three by Reece Halley. The Runnin' Lopes halted the momentum shift by capitalizing on their next offensive possession to retake the lead, before stretching the margin to 11-8 on a three by Jolee Ortiz. North Platte continued to hang around until a short spurt narrowed the deficit to one at the end of the opening ten minutes.

North Platte and Lamar combined for just 21 points in the second quarter, but the Knights managed to reverse the momentum late. Trailing 18-13, the Knights steadily chipped into the deficit to eventually knot the game up on a step back three by Noel Warrior.

A steal in the closing minute presented an opportunity for a huge momentum swing, as Warrior grabbed the loose ball and beat the Lamar defender to the paint for the layup. North Platte shut down the Runnin' Lopes offense on their final offensive possession of the period to take the 22-20 lead into the halftime break.

Lamar turned the tides in the second half by first limiting the Knights to just four points in the third quarter. North Platte managed to trim the margin to one possession three times in the final period, but Lamar never relinquished their lead down the stretch and closed out the Knights.

North Platte (6-16) returns to the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium on Saturday for a rematch against Southeast Community College. Tip between the Knights and Storm is scheduled for 2 p.m.

<p><i>Story by NPCC Athletics Communications&nbsp;</i></p><p>North Platte rallied late in the fourth quarter but came up short in a 44-41 loss to Lamar Community College on Tuesday night.</p><p>The Runnin' Lopes jumped out to an early 6-0 lead in the opening quarter, but a quick response by the Knights knotted the game up on a corner three by Reece Halley. The Runnin' Lopes halted the momentum shift by capitalizing on their next offensive possession to retake the lead, before stretching the margin to 11-8 on a three by Jolee Ortiz. North Platte continued to hang around until a short spurt narrowed the deficit to one at the end of the opening ten minutes.</p><p>North Platte and Lamar combined for just 21 points in the second quarter, but the Knights managed to reverse the momentum late. Trailing 18-13, the Knights steadily chipped into the deficit to eventually knot the game up on a step back three by Noel Warrior.</p><p>A steal in the closing minute presented an opportunity for a huge momentum swing, as Warrior grabbed the loose ball and beat the Lamar defender to the paint for the layup. North Platte shut down the Runnin' Lopes offense on their final offensive possession of the period to take the 22-20 lead into the halftime break.</p><p>Lamar turned the tides in the second half by first limiting the Knights to just four points in the third quarter. North Platte managed to trim the margin to one possession three times in the final period, but Lamar never relinquished their lead down the stretch and closed out the Knights.</p><p>North Platte (6-16) returns to the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium on Saturday for a rematch against Southeast Community College. Tip between the Knights and Storm is scheduled for 2 p.m.</p>

Knights Women's team fall to Runnin’ Lopes

Ramiah Adedigba finished the night with 33 points, as North Platte outlasted Lamar Community College 103-102 in overtime on Tuesday night.

Adedigba's point total is his second highest of the season to pace three Knights players in double digits. Bruce Carpenter closed out the game with 27 points on 10-of-24 shooting, while teammate Davion Evans chipped in 16 points, five rebounds and six assists in the win.

The Runnin' Lopes rebounded from the first half deficit to retake the lead in the early moments of the second half. The game remained tight as the margin never exceeded five until the final minute of regulation. A pair of free throws from Adedigba pushed the Knights lead to 91-85, but a 7-1 run capped off by a desperation three pointer in the closing seconds forced the game into an overtime period.

In the extra period, the Knights and Runnin' Lopes exchanged the lead as the early moments featured three lead changes. Aleksa Rudic provided the spark the Knights needed off the bench in the final frame as a follow tip and pullup jumper helped the Knights maintain the slight edge.

Lamar responded with a big three by Abel Maes to briefly take the lead, but clutch free throws from Adedigba in the final seconds proved to be what the Knights needed to earn the victory.

As a team, the Knights closed out the game shooting 46.2 percent (36-78) from the field, including 23-of-32 from the free throw line.

North Platte surged out to a 12-7 lead in the opening minutes of first half, as Carpenter drove the lane and finished the contested layup. The Runnin' Lopes never let the Knights run away and narrowed the lead to one on an alley-oop dunk by Connor Landell, but the Knights managed to rebuild a six-point lead with 7:06 to play in the opening half.

The Runnin' Lopes attempted to swing the momentum by utilizing a short burst to retake the lead, but Carpenter completed the old fashioned three-point play on the Knights next offensive possession to steal back the lead. North Platte never relinquished their lead in the closing minutes of the opening half and built a 48-44 advantage at the break.

North Platte (10-10) returns home for Scouts Recognition Day on Saturday against Southeast Community College. Tip is set for 4 p.m. inside the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium.

<p><i>Story by NPCC Athletic Communications&nbsp;</i></p><p>Ramiah Adedigba finished the night with 33 points, as North Platte outlasted Lamar Community College 103-102 in overtime on Tuesday night.</p><p>Adedigba's point total is his second highest of the season to pace three Knights players in double digits. Bruce Carpenter closed out the game with 27 points on 10-of-24 shooting, while teammate Davion Evans chipped in 16 points, five rebounds and six assists in the win.</p><p>The Runnin' Lopes rebounded from the first half deficit to retake the lead in the early moments of the second half. The game remained tight as the margin never exceeded five until the final minute of regulation. A pair of free throws from Adedigba pushed the Knights lead to 91-85, but a 7-1 run capped off by a desperation three pointer in the closing seconds forced the game into an overtime period.</p><p>In the extra period, the Knights and Runnin' Lopes exchanged the lead as the early moments featured three lead changes. Aleksa Rudic provided the spark the Knights needed off the bench in the final frame as a follow tip and pullup jumper helped the Knights maintain the slight edge.</p><p>Lamar responded with a big three by Abel Maes to briefly take the lead, but clutch free throws from Adedigba in the final seconds proved to be what the Knights needed to earn the victory.</p><p>As a team, the Knights closed out the game shooting 46.2 percent (36-78) from the field, including 23-of-32 from the free throw line.</p><p>North Platte surged out to a 12-7 lead in the opening minutes of first half, as Carpenter drove the lane and finished the contested layup. The Runnin' Lopes never let the Knights run away and narrowed the lead to one on an alley-oop dunk by Connor Landell, but the Knights managed to rebuild a six-point lead with 7:06 to play in the opening half.</p><p>The Runnin' Lopes attempted to swing the momentum by utilizing a short burst to retake the lead, but Carpenter completed the old fashioned three-point play on the Knights next offensive possession to steal back the lead. North Platte never relinquished their lead in the closing minutes of the opening half and built a 48-44 advantage at the break.</p><p>North Platte (10-10) returns home for Scouts Recognition Day on Saturday against Southeast Community College. Tip is set for 4 p.m. inside the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium.</p>

Knights outlast Lamar in overtime to tally first sub-region win

North Platte High School sends three Girls to State Competition

High School Basketball - North Platte High School @ Hastings

North Platte High School Signing Day 2023

<b>By SCOTT CARLSON<br></b><i>North Platte Post</i>

NORTH PLATTE, Neb.-A grappling program that is making a return to greatness saw one of its athletes named Athlete of the Week.

North Platte High School 152-pounder Ryan Smith-Fox was named Nebraska Athlete of the Week (Jan. 16-22) by <a href="https://news.scorebooklive.com/nebraska/2023/02/01/north-platte-star-wrestler-ryan-fox-voted-sblives-nebraska-high-school-athlete-of-the-week-jan-16-22?utm_campaign=nebraska&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;fbclid=IwAR2V4LyTp1atc3dH01HBUGKWgZevfaD7wV-FpVM5COk4VkrRXpfz9ih7itQ">SBLive</a>&nbsp;after receiving over 16,000 votes. Smith-Fox, a Senior, was nominated for the honor following a dominating performance at a tournament in Lexington, where he pinned his first three opponents.

SBLive said Smith-Fox has only had three opponents take him into a full six-minute match, of those, only one was able to keep the scoring margin to less than a major decision.

Smith-Fox, who made an impressive Senior debut with the Bulldogs football team, plans to wrestle at Southeast Community College after graduating from NPHS. Wrestling is one of 14 new sports added to the offerings at Southeast.&nbsp;

Smith-Fox is the number one ranked wrestler in Nebraska at 152 pounds. The Bulldogs were ranked fourth in the latest Huskerland wrestling rankings.&nbsp;

Smith-Fox is having a stellar Senior season, with a 44-0 record, with 36 wins coming by pin. The current NPHS record for pins is held by Gavyn Brauer, with 44 in a season.

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                    </figure><p><b>By SCOTT CARLSON<br></b><i>North Platte Post</i></p><p>NORTH PLATTE, Neb.-A grappling program that is making a return to greatness saw one of its athletes named Athlete of the Week.</p><p>North Platte High School 152-pounder Ryan Smith-Fox was named Nebraska Athlete of the Week (Jan. 16-22) by <a href="https://news.scorebooklive.com/nebraska/2023/02/01/north-platte-star-wrestler-ryan-fox-voted-sblives-nebraska-high-school-athlete-of-the-week-jan-16-22?utm_campaign=nebraska&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;fbclid=IwAR2V4LyTp1atc3dH01HBUGKWgZevfaD7wV-FpVM5COk4VkrRXpfz9ih7itQ">SBLive</a>&nbsp;after receiving over 16,000 votes. Smith-Fox, a Senior, was nominated for the honor following a dominating performance at a tournament in Lexington, where he pinned his first three opponents.</p><p>SBLive said Smith-Fox has only had three opponents take him into a full six-minute match, of those, only one was able to keep the scoring margin to less than a major decision.</p><p>Smith-Fox, who made an impressive Senior debut with the Bulldogs football team, plans to wrestle at Southeast Community College after graduating from NPHS. Wrestling is one of 14 new sports added to the offerings at Southeast.&nbsp;</p><p>Smith-Fox is the number one ranked wrestler in Nebraska at 152 pounds. The Bulldogs were ranked fourth in the latest Huskerland wrestling rankings.&nbsp;</p><p>Smith-Fox is having a stellar Senior season, with a 44-0 record, with 36 wins coming by pin. The current NPHS record for pins is held by Gavyn Brauer, with 44 in a season.</p>

North Platte High wrestler named SBLive Nebraska Athlete of the Week

High School Basketball - Alliance @ North Platte High School

The NSAA Board of Directors voted 8-0 FOR the following communities to host the 2023, 2024, 2025, &amp; 2026 NSAA Girls State Golf Championships: 

<p>The NSAA Board of Directors voted 8-0 FOR the following communities to host the 2023, 2024, 2025, &amp; 2026 NSAA Girls State Golf Championships: </p><p>Class A – Grand Island </p><p>Class B – Scottsbluff / Gering </p><p>Class C – North Platte</p><figure>
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New site hosts for Girls State Golf Championship

North Platte, Ne - North Platte Saint Patrick's Boys and Bridgeport girls won their respective South Platte Valley Association Champoinships over the weekend. Perkins County placed 3rd in the boys tournament, St Pat's girls were 3rd in their tournament.

<p>North Platte, Ne - North Platte Saint Patrick's Boys and Bridgeport girls won their respective South Platte Valley Association Champoinships over the weekend. Perkins County placed 3rd in the boys tournament, St Pat's girls were 3rd in their tournament.</p><figure>
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SPVA final bracket results

 The North Platte Plainsmen today released the team’s 2023 schedule, the second season of play for the

The regular season begins Tuesday, May 23 as the Plainsmen travel to Gering for a three-game set against the Western Nebraska

Pioneers. The home opener will be May 29 as the Pioneers return the favor for the first of a two-game series. The Plainsmen will

honor all military, veterans and their families at the May 29 Memorial Day game, which will be followed by a spectacular fireworks

show. The evening is presented by NebraskaLand Bank and gates open at 5:30 p.m. at Historic Bill Wood Field.

The Plainsmen will host teams from Kansas, Colorado and Idaho, in a 33-game home season that wraps up on July 26, followed by

a three-game road trip to Hays, Kansas as the season ends with a series against the Hays Larks.

“We’ve been fortunate to have received great response from a number of teams in our region as we put this schedule together,”

Plainsmen owner Chuck Heeman said. “One of our goals in taking on an unaffiliated schedule was to make the player experience a

better one, with fewer and shorter road trips, and we believe we’ve accomplished that. With 33 home games and 18 road games,

and the possibility of adding a few more home games, we should have an exciting second season and build on the success we had

The full promotional schedule will be released in the spring. Currently the team plans four fireworks shows, movie nights the first

Saturday of each month presented by the North Platte Visitor’s Bureau, a Fan Fest scheduled for June 2, an Opening Night t-shirt

giveaway presented by NebraskaLand Bank, and more.

The full 2023 schedule is as follows, and can be found at www.northplatteplainsmen.com.

Tickets for all home games will be available online at www.northplatteplainsmen.com on March 1, 2023. Season tickets and flex

packs are available now, and the Axxis Elite Builders Party Deck is available for booking at this time.


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                    </figure><p> The North Platte Plainsmen today released the team’s 2023 schedule, the second season of play for the</p><p>Plainsmen after a 31-21 season in 2022.</p><p>The regular season begins Tuesday, May 23 as the Plainsmen travel to Gering for a three-game set against the Western Nebraska</p><p>Pioneers. The home opener will be May 29 as the Pioneers return the favor for the first of a two-game series. The Plainsmen will</p><p>honor all military, veterans and their families at the May 29 Memorial Day game, which will be followed by a spectacular fireworks</p><p>show. The evening is presented by NebraskaLand Bank and gates open at 5:30 p.m. at Historic Bill Wood Field.</p><p>The Plainsmen will host teams from Kansas, Colorado and Idaho, in a 33-game home season that wraps up on July 26, followed by</p><p>a three-game road trip to Hays, Kansas as the season ends with a series against the Hays Larks.</p><p>“We’ve been fortunate to have received great response from a number of teams in our region as we put this schedule together,”</p><p>Plainsmen owner Chuck Heeman said. “One of our goals in taking on an unaffiliated schedule was to make the player experience a</p><p>better one, with fewer and shorter road trips, and we believe we’ve accomplished that. With 33 home games and 18 road games,</p><p>and the possibility of adding a few more home games, we should have an exciting second season and build on the success we had</p><p>in 2022.”</p><p>The full promotional schedule will be released in the spring. Currently the team plans four fireworks shows, movie nights the first</p><p>Saturday of each month presented by the North Platte Visitor’s Bureau, a Fan Fest scheduled for June 2, an Opening Night t-shirt</p><p>giveaway presented by NebraskaLand Bank, and more.</p><p>The full 2023 schedule is as follows, and can be found at www.northplatteplainsmen.com.</p><p>Tickets for all home games will be available online at www.northplatteplainsmen.com on March 1, 2023. Season tickets and flex</p><p>packs are available now, and the Axxis Elite Builders Party Deck is available for booking at this time.
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 North Platte Plainsmen 2023 season schedule released