The No. 1 Nebraska volleyball team capped an unbeaten regular season with a 25-16, 25-13, 25-20 sweep in front of 8,461 at  John Cook  Arena at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Saturday night.  Nebraska (30-0, 20-0 Big Ten) finished the regular season unbeaten for the third time in school history (1994 and 2000), dropping only seven sets overall and one in Big Ten play.   The Huskers became the first Big Ten team to go 20-0 in conference play since Penn State in 2009. Wiscons

There were a couple of twists in the final week of the KVSH Pigskin Prediction Contest.  The first hurdle that tripped a lot of participants was the Texas win over Texas A&M.  Another hurdle was Vanderbilt beating Tennessee and the final step was Nebraska losing to Iowa. Still there were 7 people who missed only one game. Nebraska had 300 yards of total offense during the game against Iowa.  Wade Daugherty of Valentine had predicted 300 yards for the Huskers, so he wins the $

The Cherry County Visitors Promotion Board continues to raise funds for a new events center which would be connected to the South side of Mid Plains Community college campus in Valentine. The total cost of the project is about 4.5 million dollars.  At this time, they have 1.5 million dollars from the county promotion fund and have raised over $600,000.  They will need to raise another 1 million dollars before some foundation grants will kick in additional funding.  Mid Plains