BASKETBALLNEBRASKA BOYS

Blue Hill 68, Superior 49Gothenburg 54, Southern Valley 45Homer 58, Allen 23Lincoln Pius X 51, Crete 46Raymond Central 82, Weeping Water

46Shelton 56, Wilcox-Hildreth 44Sutton 63, Cross County 25Waverly 43, York 36Wilber-Clatonia 62, Friend 38Winnebago 73, Omaha Nation 55Wisner-Pilger 49, Stanton 44

POSTPONEMENTS-CANCELLATIONSCentral City vs. Boone Central, ppd.Grand Island vs. Fremont, ppd. to Dec

9.Wood River vs. St. Paul, ppd. to Dec

12.

NEBRASKA GIRLSBishop Neumann 69, Boys Town 21Blue Hill 59, Superior 39College View Academy 49, Lewiston

30Exeter/Milligan 86, Dorchester 22Friend 70, Wilber-Clatonia 26Homer 84, Allen 36Howells 55, Guardian Angels 48Louisville 65, Malcolm 48Mitchell 41, Gering 36North Bend Central 51, West Point-

Beemer 19Omaha Duchesne Academy 47, Blair

44Platteview 35, Omaha Mercy 31Randolph 66, Ponca 39Raymond Central 44, Weeping Water

40Scribner-Snyder 43, Cedar Bluffs 30Shelton 57, Wilcox-Hildreth 25South Sioux City 65, Sioux City North,

Iowa 30Southern Valley 58, Gothenburg 41Winnebago 76, Omaha Nation 41Wisner-Pilger 46, Stanton 45

Goodland Tournament McCook 65, Goodland, Kan. 44

Great Western Lutheran TournamentNorthland Lutheran, Wis. 48, Ne-

braska Lutheran 28POSTPONEMENTS-CANCELLATIONS

Central City vs. Boone Central, ppd.Dodge vs. Lyons-Decatur Northeast,

ppd. to Dec 12.Kearney Catholic vs. Adams Central,

ppd.Wood River vs. St. Paul, ppd. to Dec

12.

SOUTH DAKOTA GIRLS Andes Central 82, Colome 37Brandon Valley 46, Aberdeen Central

38Canistota 43, Marion 29Clark/Willow Lake 62, Great Plains

Lutheran 22DeSmet 66, Dell Rapids St. Mary 12Elkton-Lake Benton 65, Colman-Egan

36Estelline 57, Lake Preston 25Ethan 51, Plankinton 24Eureka/Bowdle 42, Hoven/Edmunds

Central 8Hanson 74, Bridgewater-Emery 43Harding County 49, Dupree 42James Valley Christian 66, Wessing-

ton Springs 28Menno 57, Mt. Vernon 30Mitchell 63, Huron 41Northwestern Area 78, Aberdeen

Christian 36Redfield/Doland 50, Gettysburg 25Sioux Valley 53, Howard 43St. Francis Indian 44, Bennett County

40Summit 93, Waverly-South Shore 38Tiospa Zina Tribal 68, Rosholt 37

FOOTBALL2011 NEB. ASSOCIATED PRESSALL-STATE FOOTBALL TEAMS

Here is The Associated Press All-StateFootball Teams for classes A through D2as selected by the sportswriters and

sportscasters throughout the state.CLASS A

OffenseE-Sam Cotton, Lincoln Southeast, 6-

4, 235, Sr.; Zach Oliver, Omaha Burke, 6-3, 195, Sr.

OL-James Anderson, Omaha Burke,6-4, 300, Sr.; Landon Arnold, Millard North,6-0, 260, Sr.; DJ Foster, Lincoln Southeast,6-3, 290, So.; Robbie LaFour, LincolnSoutheast, 5-11, 270, Sr.; Tom Swanson,Grand Island, 6-1, 220, Sr.

QB-Ryker Fyfe, Grand Island, 6-4,190, Sr.

RB-Tay Bender, Lincoln Southwest, 6-4, 210, Sr.; Jordan Nelson, Omaha Burke,5-10, 185, Sr.; Devin Washington, LincolnSoutheast, 5-9, 165, Jr.

K-Danny Hamilton, Omaha Westside,5-10, 175, Sr.Defense

DL-Andrew Coppa, Omaha Burke, 6-0, 225, Sr.; Trey Foster, Lincoln Southeast,6-3, 225, Sr.; Dylan Utter, Papillion-LaVista, 6-3, 300, Sr.

LB-Josh Banderas, Lincoln South-west, 6-2, 210, Jr.; Nick DeLuca, MillardNorth, 6-2, 220, Sr.; Jeremy Queen,Omaha Burke, 5-7, 190, Sr.; MichaelSchwartz, Norfolk, 6-3, 245, Sr.

DB-Darian Barrientos-Jackson,Omaha Central, 6-2, 190, Sr.; TerryGrigsby, Omaha North, 6-2, 185, Sr.; BoLiekhus, Bellevue West, 5-11, 185, Sr.;Michael Minter, Lincoln North Star, 5-10,170, Jr.

P-Sam Foltz, Grand Island, 6-1, 185,Sr.

CLASS BOffense

E-Fernando Hildreth, Boys Town , 5-11, 160, Sr.; Corey Kalkwarf, Crete, 5-7,150, Sr.

OL-Brian Farley, Ralston, 6-2, 260,Sr.; Garret Johns, Aurora, 6-3, 270, Sr.;Peyton Lange, Elkhorn, 6-5, 220, Sr.; T.J.Schindler, Blair, 6-4, 285, Sr.; Chase Sher-man, Crete, 6-1, 275, Sr.

QB-Derek McGinnis, Crete, 6-3, 205,Sr.

RB-Jake Fowler, Adams Central, 5-10,180, Jr.; Matt Klein, Scottsbluff, 6-0, 175,Jr.; Graham Nabity, Elkhorn, 6-0, 200, Sr.

K-Zach Decker, Beatrice, 6-0, 195, Jr.Defense

DL-Jerad Blum, Gretna, 6-5, 235, Sr.;Ross Dzuris, Plattsmouth, 6-4, 235, Sr.;Matt Miller, Omaha Skutt Catholic, 6-5,230, Sr.

LB-Andy Janovich, Gretna, 6-2, 210,Sr.; Colten Mach, Crete, 6-1, 210, Sr.; SethRohrer, Scottsbluff, 6-0, 205, Sr.; JakeSchany, Blair, 6-2, 210, Sr.; Brad Simpson,Ralston, 6-1, 195, Sr.

DB-Matt Chitwood, McCook, 6-3, 180,Sr.; Daniel Feichert, Elkhorn, 6-0, 180, Sr.;Ethan Wright, Beatrice, 6-0, 215, Sr.

P-Jeremy Callahan, Lexington, 6-3,180, Sr.

CLASS C1Offense

E-Luke Lyons, Norfolk Catholic, 5-9,160, Sr.; Logan Paben, Columbus Lake-view, 5-10, 160, Sr.

OL-Brandon Barta, David City, 6-1,260, Sr.; Shane Finley, Omaha RoncalliCatholic, 6-4, 305, Sr.; Cody Placzek,Columbus Scotus, 6-3, 255, Sr.; MasonRohrich, Pierce, 6-2, 190, Sr.; ScottVolmer, Norfolk Catholic, 5-11, 215, Sr.

QB-Jordan Bellar, Norfolk Catholic, 6-0, 160, Jr.

RB-Cole Chvatal, Bishop Neumann,5-11, 185-Sr.; Tyler Kavan, Wahoo, 5-11,180, Jr.; Nate Meier, Pierce, 5-10, 175, Jr.

K-Drew Farlee, Norfolk Catholic, 6-1,175, Sr.Defense

DL-Kyle Bachelor, Valentine, 6-0, 250,Sr.; Michael Gill, Ogallala, 6-1, 225, Sr.;Connor Ketter, Norfolk Catholic, 6-5, 220,Jr.

LB-Hunter Hand, Platteview, 6-2, 215,Sr.; Josh Jochim, Platteview, 6-0, 205, Sr.;Jack Raffety, Minden, 6-0, 175, Sr.; Bron-son Stonacek, Pierce, 6-4, 200, Sr.

DB-Travis Ahrens, Bishop Neumann,5-11, 180, Sr.; Carson Blum, Minden, 5-11,170, Sr.; Brandon Freeman, Pierce, 6-0,170, Sr.; Preston Luedtke, Col. Lakeview,

5-10, 170, Jr.P-Garrett Folchert, Ogallala, 6-0, 165,

Sr.CLASS C2

OffenseE-Levi Gipson, Lincoln Christian, 6-2,

180, Sr.; Matt Kissinger, Hastings St. Ce-cilia, 6-3, 175, Sr.

OL-Blake Bunner, Blue Hill, 6-0, 230,Sr.; Sam Hahn, Tri County, 6-6, 260, Sr.;Nathan Hoffman, Crofton, 6-2, 240, Sr.;Vinny Ross, Perkins County, 6-5, 260, Jr.;Mike Shoff, Cambridge, 6-6, 280, Sr.

QB-Grant Teckmeyer, Lincoln Chris-tian, 6-3, 205, Sr.

RB-Anthony Pacheco, KearneyCatholic, 5-9, 175, Sr.; Tom Peitz,Crofton, 6-0, 215, Sr.; Andrew Vinton,North Platte St. Pat’s, 6-0, 190, Sr.

K-Landon Stouffer, Aquinas Catholic,5-10, 175, Jr.Defense

DL-Jake Bartunek, Aquinas Catholic,6-0, 195, Sr.; Garret Bunde, Doniphan-Trumbull, 6-2, 245, Sr.; Joe Wahlmeier,Hastings St. Cecilia, 6-3, 215, Sr.

LB-Taylor Hoffman, Oakland-Craig, 6-1, 200, Sr.; Alex Lowe, Kearney Catholic,6-0, 180, Jr.; Kalen Vandenberg, AquinasCatholic, 5-10, 170, Sr.; Tanner Zlab,Wilber-Clatonia, 5-11, 180, Sr.

DB-Phil Hamburger, Hastings St. Ce-cilia, 6-2, 200, Sr.; Austin Kruse, Tri County,6-0, 175, Sr.; Trevor Cyboron, Ravenna, 5-10, 170, Sr.; Thatcher Vap, North Platte St.Patrick’s, 5-8, 175, Sr.

P-Seth Hoffman, Aquinas Catholic, 5-10, 205, Jr.Honorable Mention

Mitch Maguire, Trey Semrad, AustinSvoboda, Aquinas Catholic; Matt Jacobs,Matt Sleister, Archbishop Bergan; KodyKrantz, Brandon Stuart, Bayard; ShaneFaimon, Trent Jordening, Blue Hill; CollinDeCora, Bridgeport; Ty Fischer, TrevorFleischer, Ethan Long, Cambridge; BrianBell, Chase County; Calan List, Crofton;Chlancey Dittmer, Jordan Schoch, CrossCounty; CJ Cosgriff, Doniphan-Trumbull;Alan Barnes, Justin Baumeister, JordanSteffen, Derick Vogt, Elmwood-Murdock;Keenan Sudbeck, Logan Weinandt,Hartington Cedar Catholic; Joe Clark,Joel Grafel, Simon Ostrander, Hastings St.Cecilia; Alex Brown, Parker Young, Her-shey; Joey Murphy, Jessy Paulsen,Homer; TJ Standerford, Humboldt-TableRock-Steinauer; Scott Johnson, JohnsonCounty Central; Abe Clinch, Tyson Colling,Keegan Fitzgerald, Brian Husmann, AustinLowery, David Squiers, Kearney Catholic;Mitch Heikes, Laurel-Concord-Co-leridge; Cole Dworak, JD Freeman, An-drew Huffman, Austin Powell, TrevorSutter, Lincoln Christian; Eric Francois,Lourdes Central Catholic; Ross Freuden-burg, Nathan Johnson, Tyler Pflueger,Lutheran Northeast; Zach Holka, Malcolm;Larry Uttecht, Morrill; Rhett Nordquist,Sean Ryan, North Platte St. Patrick’s;Michael Enstrom, Oakland-Craig; TrippSkutt, Omaha Brownell-Talbot; Trent Juilfs,Tyler Nelson, Palmyra; Taylor Boldt,Perkins County; Cody Elwood, Plainview;Josh Block, Ponca; Trace Armstrong,Ethan Schambach, Ravenna; Lucas Pe-tersen, Southern; Dexter Becker, DillonNoel, Southern Valley; Michael Eberly,Spencer Nickolite, Stanton; Ty Betka, Su-perior; Reed Wiebe, Sutton; Brayden Her-gott, Thayer Central; Ben Fralin, GarrettFreese, L.J. Haake, Zach Schuerman, TriCounty; Caleb Brezina, Twin River; FredSchneider, Weeping Water; Josh Coyle,Matt Laetsch, West Holt; Derick Hass, Wis-ner-Pilger; Dakota Barg, Matt Woitalewicz,Wood River.

CLASS D1Offense

E-Zach Wietfeld, Guardian AngelsCentral Catholic, 6-0, 180, Sr.

OL-Justin Burr, Kenesaw, 6-4, 285,Sr.; Kellen Unvert, Freeman, 6-6, 220, Sr.;Kai Wolfe, Alma, 6-3, 285, Sr.

QB-Tyler Schnitzler, Kenesaw, 5-10,170, Jr.

RB-Nate Hass, Guardian Angels Cen-tral Catholic, 5-10, 170, Jr.; Garrett Kolling,Alma, 5-9, 170, Sr.; Nash Schindler,

Elgin/Pope John, 5-10, 160, Sr.K-Kory Kindler, Alma, 5-10, 175, Sr.

DefenseDL-Fran LaCrete, Garden County, 6-

0, 200, Sr.; Jared Seier, Elgin/Pope John,6-1, 200, Sr.; Ryan Tegtmeier, Bruning-Davenport/Shickley, 6-2, 205, Jr.

LB-Zane Ellis, South Loup, 6-1, 185,Sr.; Andrew Heithoff, Elgin Public/PopeJohn, 5-11, 200, Jr.; Jacob Olmstead,Overton, 6-3, 210, Sr.; Cogan Thompson,Kenesaw, 6-1, 220, Sr.

DB-Ryan Mitteis, Creighton, 6-0,173, Sr.

P-Troy McCuiston, Newman Grove, 6-0, 185, Sr.Honorable Mention

Alan Christensen, Ross Poyser, Alma;Anthony Bonneau, Eric Browning, Ban-croft-Rosalie; Luke Christensen, MichaelHouchin, Dylan Lauenstein, Bruning-Dav-enport/Shickley; Jacob Birch, Alec Galvin,Sage Gideon, Burwell; Aaron Cronk, JesseMcKillip, Clearwater-Orchard; Cody Fitch,Jacob Morrill, Seth Wilmes, Creighton;Ethen Hroch, Diller-Odell; Tom Janak,Scott Paseka, East Butler; Grant Beck-man, Evan Parks, Drew Schindler, RossSchindler, Elgin Public/Pope John; JakeBartling, Elm Creek; Spencer Gydesen, El-wood; Isaac Jessen, Emerson-Hubbard;Sage Platt, Steven Randall, Franklin;Austin Ruskamp, Kyle Schoen, Freeman;John Clouse, Blake Due, Josh Eklund,Jared Segner, Friend; Bryce Davis, JDLeonard, Kane McLaughlin, Branden Na-muth, Jordan Russell, Garden County;Derek Bracht, Anthony Guenther, AustinPeatrowsky, Guardian Angels CentralCatholic; Reece Pedersen, Hartington;Michael Brune, Heartland; Tanner Lembke,Hemingford; Derek Demers, Tanner Fate,Tanner Hannappel, High Plains; NickBehrends, Jacob Volker, Johnson-Brock;Dalton Bender, Galvin Robinson, MasonStocker, Zane Woodman, Kenesaw; Con-nor Norton, Drew Solie, Maxwell; Jac Bai-ley, Cody Brouillette, Alex Preslicka, TerrySalyer, McCool Junction; Andrew Swan-son, Luke Woods, Nebraska Christian;Chris Schmit, James Stueckrath, Osmond;Matt Aten, Overton; Bryce Wichmann,Palmer; Ben Burmester, Zack Johnson,Pender; Severin Bach, Randolph; BradyMarten, Ben Pickering, Sandhills/Thedford;Nathan Dahl, Shelby-Rising City; LukeGlenn, David Mueller, Zach Oliver, DillonThyfault, Shelton; Garret Dockweiler,South Loup; Sam Osterman, Tanner Teel,Southwest; Alex Bendig, West Boyd.

CLASS D2Offense

E-Drew Ott, Giltner, 6-4, 245, Sr.;Caleb Pritchard, Pleasanton, 5-11, 175, Sr.

OL-Jarrod Bazata, Howells, 6-3, 230,Sr.; Jordan Brichacek, Howells, 6-5, 245,Sr.; Logan Rath, Giltner, 6-3, 248, Sr.

QB-Garrett Borcher, Pawnee City, 6-0, 210, Sr.

RB-Kalen Anderson, Loomis, 5-9, 165,Sr.; Jed Fenske, Sargent, 5-9, 165, Sr.

K-Tyke Kozeal, Sargent, 5-11, 205, Sr.Defense

DL-Brian Bayer, Howells, 6-5, 235, Sr.;Nathan Bazata, Howells, 6-3, 260, Jr.;Ryan Mosier, Sargent, 5-11, 290, Jr.

LB-Matt Huston, Loomis, 6-2, 190, Sr.;Blake Krings, Humphrey St. Francis, 6-1,200, Sr.; Trent Mastny, Howells, 6-0, 205,

Sr.DB-Guy Fenske, Sargent, 6-2, 190,

Sr.; Tait Sibbel, St. Mary’s, 6-0, 180, Sr.P-Ty Ottoson, Potter-Dix, 6-2, 175, Sr.

Honorable MentionJacob Saathoff, Tanner Taubenheim,

Amherst; Joseph Christen, Cole Geiser,Anselmo-Merna; Brady Focken, Ansley;Tyler Dahlgren, Ashton Peterson, ChanceYounger, Bertrand; Chet Beckman,Bloomfield; Ryan Porter, Brady; RyanBos, Jared Steffensmeier, JT Tomka,Clarkson; Garrett Sellhorst, Casey Wis-nieski, Cody Wisnieski, Dodge; AaronKalkwarf, Brandon Stilwagon, Dorchester;Robbie Androyna, Blake Papik, JamesSluka, Nolan White, Exeter-Milligan; Gar-rett Harring, Lane Scheitel, Falls City Sa-cred Heart; Jake Findley, Kyle Hawthorne,Ryan Kleier, Trevor Poppen, Giltner;Corbin Fagan, Hampton; Mario Chavez,Joshua McDowell, Harvard; Seth Gohl,Tyler Rehbein, Hayes Center; IsacSplattstoesser, Heartland Lutheran; MitchBelina, Adam Burenheide, Eric Coufal,Matthew Gooch, Howells; Dexter Hanzel,Taylor Roan, Humphrey; Ethan Krings,Jerad Leifeld, Derek Pfeifer, JarodPodliska, John Wieser, Humphrey St.Francis; Jared Kucera, Lawrence/Nelson;Sam Herink, Leigh; Brandon Werner, Lind-say Holy Family; Tyson Howard, NatSchrock, Litchfield; Josh Earsom, Clay Mc-Nall, Loomis; Reilly Lambrecht, BradyLewandowski, Loup City; Riley Garey,Lucas Gleisberg, Medicine Valley; JamesStarr, Mullen; Tyler Diede, NebraskaLutheran; Nathan Davenport, Adam Fiala,Jaret Polivka, Parkview Christian; ScottBorcher, Devon Marteney, Austin Smith,Pawnee City; Devin Hicks, Paxton; ColinJanitschek, Clay Weber, Pleasanton; LukeJohnson, Clint Serres, Potter-Dix; TannerRupprecht, Red Cloud; Tanner Balfour,Brett Mauler, Sargent; Dylon Leslie, Spald-ing/Spalding Academy; Connor Connot, TyEiler, Kyle Loecker, Chism Sholes, St.Mary’s; Kody Benson, Chris Wenzl, RyanZuhlke, Sterling; Garrett Farr, DougLarsen, Stuart; Lance English, Dillan Line,Sumner-Eddyville-Miller; Levi Peterson,Stapleton/McPherson County; MarcusClaussen, Trevor Wakeley, Wausa; ClintGardels, Vade Jensen, Wilcox-Hildreth.

NCAA FCS PLAYOFFSQuarterfinals

Friday, Dec. 9Northern Iowa (10-2) at Montana (10-

2), 7 p.m.Saturday, Dec. 10

Montana State (10-2) at Sam HoustonState (12-0), 11 a.m.

Maine (9-3) at Georgia Southern (10-2), 1 p.m.

Lehigh (11-1) at North Dakota State(11-1), 3 p.m.

NCAA DIVISION II PLAYOFFSSemifinals

Saturday, Dec. 10Wayne State (11-3) at Winston-Salem

(13-0), 1 p.m.Delta State (11-2) at Pittsburg State

(11-1), 6:05 p.m.

NAIA PLAYOFFSChampionship, Saturday, Dec. 17

At Barron Stadium, Rome, Ga.St. Xavier (Ill.) (13-1) vs. Carroll

(Mont.) (12-1), 3:30 p.m.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUEAMERICAN CONFERENCE

EastW L T Pct PF PA

New England 9 3 0 .750 362 247N.Y. Jets 7 5 0 .583 290 260Buffalo 5 7 0 .417 278 304Miami 4 8 0 .333 246 220

SouthW L T Pct PF PA

Houston 9 3 0 .750 310 189Tennessee 7 5 0 .583 249 229Jacksonville 3 9 0 .250 152 238Indianapolis 0 12 0 .000 174 358

NorthW L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 9 3 0 .750 296 192Pittsburgh 9 3 0 .750 268 195Cincinnati 7 5 0 .583 266 250Cleveland 4 8 0 .333 175 240

WestW L T Pct PF PA

Denver 7 5 0 .583 256 292Oakland 7 5 0 .583 274 308Kansas City 5 7 0 .417 163 268San Diego 5 7 0 .417 287 289

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast

W L T Pct PF PADallas 7 5 0 .583 283 244N.Y. Giants 6 6 0 .500 287 315Philadelphia 4 8 0 .333 271 282Washington 4 8 0 .333 202 256

SouthW L T Pct PF PA

New Orleans 8 3 0 .727 362 252Atlanta 7 5 0 .583 269 244Carolina 4 8 0 .333 290 324Tampa Bay 4 8 0 .333 218 329

NorthW L T Pct PF PA

x-Green Bay 12 0 0 1.000 420 262Detroit 7 4 0 .636 316 246Chicago 7 5 0 .583 291 242Minnesota 2 10 0 .167 246 330

WestW L T Pct PF PA

y-San Fran. 10 2 0 .833 288 161Seattle 5 7 0 .417 216 246Arizona 5 7 0 .417 232 269St. Louis 2 10 0 .167 140 296

x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched di-visionThursday, Dec. 8

Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 7:20 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 11

New Orleans at Tennessee, noonIndianapolis at Baltimore, noonKansas City at N.Y. Jets, noonMinnesota at Detroit, noonHouston at Cincinnati, noonTampa Bay at Jacksonville, noonAtlanta at Carolina, noonPhiladelphia at Miami, noonNew England at Washington, noonSan Francisco at Arizona, 3:05 p.m.Chicago at Denver, 3:05 p.m.Buffalo at San Diego, 3:15 p.m.Oakland at Green Bay, 3:15 p.m.N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 7:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 12St. Louis at Seattle, 7:30 p.m.

TRANSACTIONSBASEBALL

American LeagueBALTIMORE ORIOLES—Acquired

LHP Dana Eveland from the L.A. Dodgersfor LHP Jarret Martin and OF Tyler Hen-son. Designated RHP Willie Eyre for as-signment. Selected LHP Andrew Loomisfrom Philadelphia and INF Matt Sweeneyfrom Tampa Bay in the Rule 5 draft. SentINF Greg Miclat to Texas to complete thetrade for C Taylor Teagarden.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—SelectedLHP Cesar Cabral from Boston and LHPThomas Melgarejo from the L.A. Dodgersin the Rule 5 draft.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Reachedtentative understandings, pending physi-cals, with 1B Albert Pujols and LHP C.J.Wilson.

MINNESOTA TWINS—Acquired RHPDaniel Turpen from Colorado to completethe Kevin Slowey trade. Selected RHPTerry Doyle from the Chicago White Sox inthe Rule 5 draft.

NEW YORK YANKEES—AcquiredLHP Cesar Cabral from Kansas City forcash considerations. Selected RHP BradMeyers from Washington in the Rule 5draft. Released OF Greg Golson.

TEXAS RANGERS—Assigned INFGreg Miclat to Frisco (Texas). SelectedLHP Fabian Williamson from Oakland, OFEfrain Nunez from Seattle and INF AlexBuchholz from Cincinnati in the Rule 5draft.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—SelectedINF Gabe Jacobo from the L.A. Angels inthe Rule 5 draft.

National LeagueATLANTA BRAVES—Selected LHP

Robert Fish from the L.A. Angels in theRule 5 draft.

CHICAGO CUBS—Selected INFRicky Alvarez from the L.A. Angels in theRule 5 draft. Acquired 3B Ian Stewart andRHP Casey Weathers from the ColoradoRockies for OF Tyler Colvin and INF D.J.LeMahieu.

HOUSTON ASTROS—Selected RHPRhiner Cruz from the N.Y. Mets in the Rule

5 draft.LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Agreed

to terms with RHP Aaron Harang on a two-year contract.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES—SignedOF Laynce Nix to a two-year contract.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—SelectedOF Erik Komatsu from Washington andLHP Barrett Browning from the L.A. Angelsin the Rule 5 draft.

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Selected INFMichael Wing from the L.A. Angels in theRule 5 draft.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Se-lected C Beau Seabury from Colorado andRHP Matthew Buschmann from San Diegoin the Rule 5 draft.

American AssociationEL PASO DIABLOS—Signed RHP

Kyle Cremers.BASKETBALL

National Basketball AssociationNEW JERSEY NETS—Named P.J.

Carlesimo and Mario Elie assistantcoaches and Jeremy Bettle strength andconditioning coach.

UTAH JAZZ—Named MichaelSanders player development coach.

FOOTBALLNational Football League

BUFFALO BILLS—Placed K Rian Lin-dell on injured reserve.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—SignedOL Alex Boone to a contract extensionthrough the 2015 season.

Canadian Football LeagueEDMONTON ESKIMOS—Signed DL

Steven Friday.HOCKEY

National Hockey LeagueNHL—Suspended Edmonton D Andy

Sutton indefinitely for his hit on Carolina FAlexei Ponikarovsky in a game on Dec. 7.Suspended Colorado F Kevin Porter forfour games for kneeing Vancouver F DavidBooth in a game on Dec. 6. SuspendedBuffalo F Ville Leino for one game for el-bowing Philadelphia F Matt Read in agame on Dec. 7.

BOSTON BRUINS—Signed D DougieHamilton to a three-year contract.

MINNESOTA WILD—Recalled F Jeff

Taffe from Houston (AHL). Placed F DevinSetoguchi on injured reserve.

OTTAWA SENATORS—Recalled DMatt Carkner from Binghamton (AHL).

PHOENIX COYOTES—Activated DMichal Rozsival from injured reserve.

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Recalled FBlair Jones from Norfolk (AHL).

American Hockey LeagueCHARLOTTE CHECKERS—As-

signed F Justin Shugg to Florida (ECHL).ECHL

ECHL—Suspended Trenton D MikeBanwell and Wheeling D Scooter Vaughanfor one game each and fined them anundisclosed amount for their actions fol-lowing a game on Dec. 7.

LACROSSENational Lacrosse League

COLORADO MAMMOTH—ReleasedD Brad Richardson, D Mark Farthing and FBrandon McMillen.

WASHINGTON STEALTH—Agreed toterms with F Jeff Zywicki on a two-yearcontract. Re-signed G Tyler Richards.

COLLEGEARIZONA—Named Rod Smith co-of-

fensive coordinator and quarterbackscoach and Mike Parrish director of footballoperations.

CHAMINADE—Announced the resig-nation of men’s assistant basketball coachMike Mathey.

COLUMBIA—Named Pete Mangurianfootball coach.

JOHN JAY—Named Lindsay Roderickathletic trainer.

KANSAS—Named Charlie Weis foot-ball coach.

MASSACHUSETTS—Named CharleyMolnar football coach.

MEMPHIS—Named Justin Fuentefootball coach.

MONTANA STATE—Announced theresignation of volleyball coach SaraSchaub.

MONTANA TECH—Announced thecontract of volleyball coach Marilyn Tobinwill not be renewed.

ST. JOHN’S—Announced sophomorebasketball G Nurideen Lindsey will trans-fer at the end of the semester.

National Student-Athlete Leader-ship Conference in May of 2009 inOrlando, Fla.

Ganious also has participated ina number of extracurricular activi-ties as he is the Co-President ofSAAC (Student-Athlete AdvisoryCommittee) and nominated forMale Scholar-Athlete of the Year

(July 2011). He was named Out-standing Junior in the PsychologyDepartment in May 2010 and was amember of the Gender EquityOversight Committee on Title IX(March 2010), while serving on theAthletic Director search committee(January 2010).

In addition, Ganious also hasdone numerous volunteer activitiesincluding wheelchair basketball(February 2010), volunteered at anursing home (June 2011) and atthe Children’s Home and Aid RiceCenter (July 2011), to name a few.

Friday, December 9BASKETBALL, BOYS’ YHS at Brookings (7:30 p.m.,

KYNT-AM, KVHT-FM); Baltic at Gayville-Volin; Bloomfield atWinside; Bon Homme at Beresford; Canton at Elk Point-Jeffer-son; Crofton at Elkhorn Valley; Freeman vs. Viborg-Hurley atViborg; Freeman Academy at Alcester-Hudson; HartingtonCedar Catholic at O'Neill; Homer at Allen; Lower Brule at Marty;Marion at Canistota; Neligh-Oakdale at Creighton; Niobrara-Verdigre at Clearwater-Orchard; St. Mary's at Hartington; Ver-million at Harrisburg; Wausa at Wakefield; Wynot at Osmond

BASKETBALL, BOYS’ JV YHS at Brookings (4 p.m.)BASKETBALL, BOYS’ SOPH YHS at Brookings (5:45

p.m.)BASKETBALL, BOYS’ 9TH YHS at Brookings (4 p.m.)BASKETBALL, GIRLS’ Brookings at YHS (7:30 p.m.);

Baltic at Gayville-Volin; Bloomfield at Winside; Bon Homme atBeresford; Canton at Elk Point-Jefferson; Crofton at Elkhorn Val-ley; Freeman Academy at Alcester-Hudson; Gregory at Avon;

Hartington Cedar Catholic at O’Neill; Homer at Allen; LowerBrule at Marty; Neligh-Oakdale at Creighton; Niobrara-Verdigreat Clearwater-Orchard; Parkston at Tea Area; St. Mary’s at Hart-ington; Vermillion at Harrisburg; Wausa at Wakefield; Wynot atOsmond

BASKETBALL, GIRLS’ JV Brookings at YHS (4 p.m.)BASKETBALL, GIRLS’ SOPH Brookings at YHS (5:45

p.m.)SWIMMING-DIVING, MEN USD at Morningside (6 p.m.)SWIMMING-DIVING, WOMEN USD at Neb.-Omaha (6

p.m.)SWIMMING-DIVING, YOUTH Lincoln Inv. (Yankton)WRESTLING, PREP Western Christian Inv. at Hull (Dakota

Valley)Saturday, December 10

BASKETBALL, MEN’S USD at Morehead State (6 p.m.,KYBB-FM); Midland at MMC (4 p.m., KVTK-AM)

BASKETBALL, WOMEN’S Northern Colorado at USD (7

p.m.); Midland at MMC (2 p.m., KVTK-AM)BASKETBALL, BOYS’ Avon at Wagner; Bloomfield at Nio-

brara-Verdigre; Dakota Christian at Platte-Geddes; Laurel-Con-cord-Coleridge at Randolph; Marty Indian at Santee; McCookCentral-Montrose at Parker; Newcastle at Centerville; SouthCentral at Scotland; Tea Area at Dakota Valley; Tripp-Delmont-Armour at Menno; West Sioux at Alcester-Hudson; Wynot atLeigh

BASKETBALL, GIRLS’ Bloomfield at Niobrara-Verdigre;Canistota vs. Viborg-Hurley at Hurley; Dakota Christian atPlatte-Geddes; Freeman vs. Irene-Wakonda at Irene; Laurel-Concord-Coleridge at Randolph; Lennox at Wagner; Marty atSantee; McCook Central-Montrose at Parker; Tripp-Delmont-Armour at Menno; Wynot at Leigh

GYMNASTICS, PREP Wagner Inv. (Vermillion, Wagner, 11a.m.)

HOCKEY, BOYS’ Yankton at Huron (7 p.m.)HOCKEY, BOYS’ JV Yankton at Huron (4:30 p.m.)

HOCKEY, BANTAM Yankton A at Huron (2:30 p.m.)HOCKEY, PEEWEE Yankton A at Aberdeen (5 p.m.); Yank-

ton B at Rushmore C (3:30 p.m.)SWIMMING-DIVING, COLLEGE S.D. State at USD (1

p.m.)SWIMMING-DIVING, YOUTH Lincoln Inv. (Yankton)WRESTLING, PREP Yankton Inv. (YHS, Vermillion, 11

a.m.); Akron-Westfield Inv. (Creighton-Verdigre, Elk Point-Jef-ferson, Ponca, 10 a.m.); Gregory Tourn. (Bon Homme, Kimball-White Lake-Platte-Geddes, Marion-Freeman, Parkston, 9 a.m.);Howard Tourn. (Parker, Wagner, 10 a.m.); Stanton Tourn. (Hart-ington Cedar Catholic, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge, 9:30 a.m.);West Point-Beemer Tourn. (Crofton, Randolph, 9 a.m.)

Sunday, December 11HOCKEY, PEEWEE Yankton A at Aberdeen (10 a.m.);

Yankton B at Rushmore C (8 a.m.)SWIMMING-DIVING, YOUTH Lincoln Inv. (Yankton)

S C O R E B OA R D A R E A C A L E N DA R

Press&DakotanDA I LY D O S E

BY JEREMY HOECKjeremy.hoeck@yankton.net

If last season was any indication, the Mount Marty College men’s basketball team is headed in the right direction.The Lancers reached the 10-win plateau for the first time since the 2005-06 team recorded 16 victories. Not only

that, last year’s squad hosted — and won — its first ever post-season game in the Great Plains Athletic Conference(GPAC).

How have the Lancers progressed?This season, the Mount Marty men have raced out to a 5-3 start and a 2-2 record in the Great Plains Athletic Con-

ference (GPAC).

And, with six games remaining before Christmas, there’s a strong chance MMC could reach the 10-win mark be-fore the holiday. That would leave at least 14 games after the break to near the program’s best record in six years.

So, again, how have the Lancers progressed?• First of all, they’ve avoided injury. Last year’s team lost three key players to injuries — Jeff Viereck, Austin Harms

and Jeff Larsen.• Transfers. Senior point guard Mitch Ackelson, a transfer from NCAA Division II Missouri-St. Louis, leads the team

in scoring (13.3), rebounding (9.4), assists (3.1) and steals (2.4). Ackelson pulled down 17 rebounds in Tuesday’s homewin over York — proof that he’s a threat on both ends of the court. Fellow transfer Scott Odekirk has averaged 6.0points and 4.1 rebounds per game, as well.

The Lancers are at home Saturday at 4 p.m. against Midland (7-3, 3-1), a team receiving votes in the lastest NAIAtop 25 poll.

Lancer Men Headed In The Right Direction

Daily opinions from the P&DSports Staff on local and na-tional high school, collegeand professional sports.

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Area Players Named To Ne-braska All-State Football

LINCOLN, Neb. — Two players from Crofton and onefrom Creighton were named to the Nebraska AssociatedPress All-State Team.

Crofton put two on the first team in Class C2, both onoffense, offensive lineman Nathan Hoffman and runningback Tom Peitz. Teammate Calan List was a honorablemention selection.

Creighton, which made the Class D1 semifinals for asecond straight season, put defensive back Ryan Mitteison the all-state team. Teammates Cody Fitch, Jacob Mor-rill and Seth Wilmes were honorable mention selections.

Also named honorable mention in Class C2 wereHartingotn Cedar Catholic’s Keenana Sudbeck and LoganWeinandt, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge’s Mitch Heikes andPonca’s Josh Block.

Named to the honorable mention list in Class D1 wereReece Pedersen of Hartington and Severin Bach of Ran-dolph.

Marcus Claussen and Trevor Wakeley of Wausa, andChet Beckman of Bloomfield were named honorable men-tion all-state in Class D2.

Gazelles Basketball ParentsNight Tonight

The Yankton Gazelles girls’ basketball team will hold

its Parents Night in conjunction with the team’s season-opening matchup with Brookings, Friday at the SummitCenter.

Parents are asked to be seated by 6:45 p.m. Presen-tations will be made prior to warmups for the varsity game.

Action begins at 4 p.m. with the JV/sophomore gameand the freshmen ‘A’ game at 4 p.m., followed by the fresh-men ‘A’ game at 5:45 p.m. The varsity game is scheduledto begin at 7:30 p.m.

Area Student-Athletes Named ToAll-NSIC List

BURNSVILLE, Minn. — Three student-athletes withlocal ties were among those honored by the Northern SunIntercollegiate Conference as members of their All-Aca-demic teams in various fall sports.

In women’s cross country, Augustana junior MollyKokesh (Scotland) and Northern State sophomoreMakayla Perryman (Dakota Dunes) were honored. WayneState sophomore Brock DeVries (Jefferson) was selectedin football.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must be a member ofthe varsity traveling team and have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.2 or better. The student-athlete musthave reached sophomore athletic and academic standingat his or her institution, and must have completed at leastone full academic year at that institution.

Lancer Womens’ JV Squad WinsAt Briar Cliff

SIOUX CITY, Iowa — The Mount Marty Collegewomen’s basketball team used three players in double fig-ures to beat Briar Cliff 69-57 in junior varsity action Thurs-day.

Tara Des Lauriers led MMC (4-2) with 16 points. HollyHegge had 14 points and Sarah Crosgrove added 12points in the win.

White Edges Red In SouthDakota Track Intersquad

VERMILLION — The White scored earned a 143.5-139.5 win over the Red in the South Dakota Track andField’s Red vs. White Intersquad, which was held Thurs-day at the DakotaDome. Both teams captured 14 eventwins on the day. The White edged the Red on the men’sside (75-70), while the Red narrowly topped the White inthe women’s competition (69.5-68.5).

The White was led by sophomore Jeff Mettler, whowon the men’s 3,000 meters at 8:37.79 and the men’s 1-mile run at 4:27.67. Junior Ashley Sveum (Eau Claire,Wis.) won the women’s 400 meters (59.97) while juniorAlexa Duling captured the women’ 60-meter hurdles.Sveum and Duling were also part of the winning women’s4 x 400 relay, which included freshman J’Myah White )and sophomore Anna Hyronimus. That relay posted a win-

ning time of 4:04.36.The Red had three multi-event winners, led by fresh-

man Analisa Huschle. Huschle won three women’sevents, including the high jump at 5-4 ¼, the long jump at17-8 ¾ and the triple jump at 36-11. Junior Carol Milleradded a pair of wins, capturing the women’s 3,000 meters(10:43.52) and the women’s 1-mile (5:25.25). SeniorJared Clement won two events for the Red. He capturedthe men’s 60 meters at 7.05 and added a win in the men’s200 at 22.89. Clement was also part of the winning 4 x400 relay.

South Dakota’s teams open the 2012 regular seasonon Jan. 14 at home with the annual Alumni Meet.

DWU Football Coach ResignsMITCHELL (AP) — Dakota Wesleyan University is

looking for a new head football coach after Brad Pole re-signed from the position.

DWU Athletic Director Curt Hart announced Pole’s res-ignation Thursday. Hart says a new committee will beformed to start a search for Pole’s replacement. Defen-sive coordinator Ross Cimpl will be the acting head coachin the interim.

Pole’s resignation comes after the Tiger’s 6-4 seasonthis year. The team started the season 5-0 but slid to 1-4in the second half of the season. Two of those lossescame by a combined total of seven points.

Pole coached at Dakota Wesleyan for seven seasons. In a statement, Hart thanked Pole for his time at the

university and wished him luck in the future.

All SD Amateur Baseball TeamsTo Use Wooden Bats

MADISON (AP) — All amateur baseball teams in SouthDakota will use wooden bats beginning next year.

KJAM radio reports that state commissioners approvedthe move during their fall meeting last month. The deci-sion came after a survey of team managers around thestate showed the majority favored going to wooden bats.

Class A amateur teams have already been playing ex-clusively with wooden bats. Class B teams have had theoption of using aluminum bats, and most do.

Many baseball leagues around the country have beengoing to wooden bats in recent years, for reasons that in-clude tradition and safety.

NDSU Team Bus Collides WithCar, No One Hurt

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota State women’sbasketball coach Carolyn DeHoff says no one was hurtwhen the team’s bus collided with a vehicle in Des Moines,Iowa.

DeHoff tells The Fargo Forum newspaper that the rightfront tire on the bus struck a car carrying two womenWednesday night near the team’s hotel. DeHoff says shecalled 911 and emergency officials responded within min-utes. She says everyone involved is fine.

The Bison played Drake on Thursday night.

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“My biggest thing is getting toknow each kid as a human being,not just a player. It’s a journey to-gether with each one, so that’swhat I look forward to the most.”

When it came time to discussfootball with his new players, theexcitement Glenn showed at hisintroductory press conferenceflowed to the team, Powell said.

“As he was talking, the guyswere getting excited hearingwhat he wants us to do,” Powellsaid. “He talked about his expec-tations of winning the MissouriValley and getting us to the play-offs. We need to work every daytoward that goal.

“The guys are alreadypumped up for the season.Everyone’s ready to go rightnow.”

The journey for Glenn doesn’tstart next fall, it starts now, withassembling a coaching staff andrecruiting for the 2012 class.

First things first, putting to-gether a staff of assistants.Though he didn’t reveal anyspecifics, Glenn said one of histasks will be finding a full-timedefensive coordinator.

“We’ll hopefully finalize thatsoon,” he said. “We’ll keep someof the guys and then finalize a de-fensive coordinator. I’ll get withhim and compare notes — hislist of guys and my list of guys wewant.

The one move Glenn specifi-cally mentioned was the promo-tion of offensive coordinator WesBeschorner to associate head

coach and O.C. Beschorner hasbeen a USD assistant for six sea-sons, the last three in charge ofthe offense — he was also the in-terim head coach after EdMeierkort was fired on Nov. 22.

Secondly, between today (Fri-day) and National Signing Day forhigh school recruits on Feb. 1,2012, Glenn and his staff have 55days of recruiting. Naturally,there’s some ground to be madeup.

“If you lose even a week,you’re out of sync,” Glenn said.“We’re fighting to get back intohomes and to get visit from kids.It’s a very competitive business;we’ve got our work cut out forus.”

On the issue of recruiting,Powell said the announcement ofGlenn as head coach will “defi-nitely help” in attracting playersto come to USD.

“Kids in high school, a lot oftimes, decide on programs by thecoaches alone. They look forpeople who achieved greatness;won in the past,” Powell said.“Coach Glenn has all those attrib-utes. He’s just a people person ingeneral, so he’ll be able to gointo a kid’s house and convincehim.

“I’m excited to see who hegets in.”

Asked about being the headcoach at a place he was once astudent, player and later an as-sistant coach in 1974, Glenn an-swered without hesitation thathe’s anxious for football to startnext fall.

“It’s exhilarating to realizethat I’ve come full circle,” hesaid. “I’m totally honored to behere. I just want to give back tomy university and bring it a win-ning program.”

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