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Dave Bradley

Dave Bradley

Banned from the Big Ten Conference? History says yes

News Staff
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
All the drama that surrounds college football these days makes my head hurt. And hurt. And hurt. And hurt. To play or not to play? To be safe, or at least safer, as in not playing. Or safer, as in staying unified and monitored as a team in a more controlled environment?
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ANR

Looking Back

News Staff
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
2010: From the diamond to the racetrack Brock and Shay Hinrichs were like most boys their age. The Giltner brothers donned ball caps and football helmets and basketball sneakers from their youth up through the high school ranks.
Above: Aurora quarterback Ethan Shaw lets one go during the Huskies’ first practice of the 2020 season Monday morning. At right, Gage Griffith goes through an offensive lineman drill during the first day of practice. News-Register/ Richard Rhoden

Above: Aurora quarterback Ethan Shaw lets one go during the Huskies’ first practice of the 2020 season Monday morning. At right, Gage Griffith goes through an offensive lineman drill during the first day of practice. News-Register/ Richard Rhoden

Let the kids play

News Staff
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
I’m afraid to write any of the following in fear that it will be outdated in 30 minutes, let alone by the time anyone actually reads it. But, let’s try anyway.
Tanner Wonch recently won a championship belt fighting in what’s called combat jiu jitsu. He said he’s ready to get back in the cage for an MMA bout. Courtesy Photo

Tanner Wonch recently won a championship belt fighting in what’s called combat jiu jitsu. He said he’s ready to get back in the cage for an MMA bout. Courtesy Photo

Wonch making a name for himself in MMA

Richard Rhoden
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Tanner Wonch wrote on his Twitter account back in April of 2019 that he would compete in the UFC one day. If he keeps rising at the pace he’s at now, that may come true sooner rather than later.
Danica Badura won the 46th Nebraska women’s amateur last week after shooting a five-under 67 in the final round at Lincoln Country Club. News-Register file photo

Danica Badura won the 46th Nebraska women’s amateur last week after shooting a five-under 67 in the final round at Lincoln Country Club. News-Register file photo

Badura caps summer season with clutch performance

Richard Rhoden
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Was anyone’s summer as fruitful as Danica Badura’s? The Aurora grad and South Dakota golfer earned a third Nebraska golf championship last week, using a five-under 67 final round to win the 46th Nebraska Women’s Amateur Championship at The Country Club of Lincoln.
Courtesy photo

Courtesy photo

Aurora duo finishes runner-up at NSG

News Staff
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Mike Allen (left) and John Wilcox competed in pickleball at the Nebraska Senior Games in Kearney over the weekend, bringing home a runner-up finish in their age group.
Karson Meyer, an Aurora sophomore, holds the ticket he earned to this week’s Amateur National Motocross Championship at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in Tennessee. News-Register/Kurt Johnson

Karson Meyer, an Aurora sophomore, holds the ticket he earned to this week’s Amateur National Motocross Championship at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in Tennessee. News-Register/Kurt Johnson

He’s got motocross is his blood

Kurt Johnson
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Motocross racing runs in the Meyer family and this week son Karson has throttled his way into the spotlight. The 15-year-old Aurora sophomore punched his ticket earlier this summer to one of the sport’s premier events — the Amateur National Motocross Championship at Loretta Lynn Ranch.
Pictured from left, winners of six state championship victories in football and volleyball, are Noah Roberts, Andrea Omel, Colton Roberts, Skeeter Omel and Madison Omel. News-Register/Richard Rhoden

Pictured from left, winners of six state championship victories in football and volleyball, are Noah Roberts, Andrea Omel, Colton Roberts, Skeeter Omel and Madison Omel. News-Register/Richard Rhoden

The Omel 6 -- a winning tradition

Richard Rhoden
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Long before one photo was ever taken, the smile from Skeeter Omel could light up the entire room. “I’ve been trying to set this up for eight months,” he kept saying. Although the moment only Although the moment only lasted about a minute, the smile never went away.
Dave Bradley

Dave Bradley

No luck of the Big Red

News Staff
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Tom Osborne never had this kind of bad luck. Bob Devaney? No way. Frank? Nope. Even Bo’s first year at Nebraska was pretty much a cake walk compared to what’s happening now. Enter Scott Frost. We all remember that 2018 season opener against Akron, right?