The junior took second place at 190 pounds after being pinned by McKenzie Mills of David Douglas at the 6A/5A state tournament. Castleberry won an individual title at 155 as a sophomore in 2024.The senior finished second place at 170 after being pinned by Natalie Wilhoit of Tigard at the 6A/5A state tournament. Hock was the first Highlanders girls wrestler in school history to place at state.
The junior finished second at 130 pounds in a 5-4 decision to Crook County’s Taylor Echeverria at the 4A/3A/2A/1A state tournament. Williams took second in the same weight class in 2024.
Eily Asher, Thurston
The sophomore took third place at 235 pounds after she pinned North Salem’s Evelynn Littejohn at the 6A/5A state tournament.
Emmalee Brissette, Oakridge
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Izabella Castleberry, Thurston
The senior took third place at 100 pounds after she pinned Sprague’s Chaya Palomo at the 6A/5A state tournament. Asher finished fifth in the same weight class in 2024.
Katiry Day, Thurston
The junior defeated Harrisburg’s Paxton Steele in a 7-3 decision to secure the 110-pound title at the 4A/3A/2A/1A state tournament. Keller is a three-time state champion, having secured titles at 105 and 100.
Abbie Hock, North Eugene
The sophomore finished second place at 115 pounds in a 9-7 decision to Burns’ Hadley Gunderson at the 4A/3A/2A/1A state tournament.
Vanessa Keller, Oakridge
The senior took second after being pinned by Forest Grove’s Kennedy Blanton in the 140-pound final at the 6A/5A state tournament. Zamora finished second last year and third in 2022 and 2023.
Chantell Noffsinger, Creswell
The senior pinned La Grande’s Paige Allen to win the 145-pound title at the 4A/3A/2A/1A state tournament. Noffsinger won her first individual state title after placing third in 2023.
Eden Ridgley, Harrisburg
Here are the nominees, in alphabetical order, for Eugene-area girls wrestler of the year.
Paxton Steele, Harrisburg
Ridgley, a freshman, took second after being pinned by Nyssa’s Lorien Bowns in the 100-pound bout at the 4A/3A/2A/1A state tournament.
Kali Williams, Oakridge
The Oregon high school girls wrestling state championships were held earlier this month. Thurston won the team title, while several Eugene-area wrestlers took home individual titles.
Kristal Zamora, Thurston
The sophomore took second after falling to Keller in a 7-3 decision in the 110-pound bout. Steele won an individual state title at 110 in 2024.
Now we want you to vote for the wrestler of the year. Vote at registerguard.com/sports. The poll will be open until 11 a.m. Saturday, March 29.
Nebraska hosted Kansas State in the second round of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament on Saturday.The Huskers got on the board first thanks to Harper Murray.Virginia Adriano forced a Wildcat timeout after a solo block and a kill. Nebraska led 13-7.Check out this incredible play.Nebraska won set 1, 25-17.Kansas State got on the board first, but the Huskers bounced back quickly.The Huskers won set 2, 25-21.The Wildcats got out ahead of the Huskers, but Andi Jackson was able to tie things up at five apiece.Adriano with a kill made it 18-12 Nebraska.With a 25-16 set 3 win, the Husker swept Kansas State to advance to the Sweet 16 for the 41st time in program history.Nebraska will play Kansas in the next round of the tournament. The time and date have yet to be announced.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
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Nebraska hosted Kansas State in the second round of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament on Saturday.
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The Huskers got on the board first thanks to Harper Murray.
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Virginia Adriano forced a Wildcat timeout after a solo block and a kill. Nebraska led 13-7.
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Nebraska won set 1, 25-17.
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S1 | No. 1 Nebraska 25, K-State 17
Nebraska takes the first set. #Huskers hit .286 and held the Wildcats to .088.
Harper Murray led the way with 5 kills. Play of the set was Teraya Sigler’s insane hustle to make the one arm save that led to a Murray kill. @KETV
Kansas State got on the board first, but the Huskers bounced back quickly.
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I think Andi Jackson just put a hole through the floor with that kill. So much power in her swing.
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S2 | No. 1 Nebraska 25, K-State 21
The #Huskers take the 2nd despite 12 kills, 7 attacking errors. NU is hitting .197 for the match — KSU block has been lethal with 8 stuffs already.
Nebraska’s lowest hitting percentage this season came on Aug. 31 vs. Kentucky (.221). @KETV
The Wildcats got out ahead of the Huskers, but Andi Jackson was able to tie things up at five apiece.
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Adriano with a kill made it 18-12 Nebraska.
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With a 25-16 set 3 win, the Husker swept Kansas State to advance to the Sweet 16 for the 41st time in program history.
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Nebraska volleyball is headed to the Sweet Sixteen for the 41st time in program history. @KETV
The Nebraska volleyball team enters the second round of the NCAA tournament after sweeping Long Island on Friday. The Huskers now face the Kansas State Wildcats, who defeated San Diego in five sets.
Nebraska’s offense ranks first nationally with a .352 hitting percentage. The defense is equally impressive, ranking first nationally in opponent hitting percentage at .125.
Junior Harper Murray leads the team with 3.55 kills and 2.15 digs per set and a team high 28 aces. Setter Bergen Reilly runs the offense at an elite level with an average of 10.31 assists and 2.73 digs per set. Middle blocker Andi Jackson is averaging 2.75 kills per set on .467 hitting with 1.13 blocks per set.
Kansas State is in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2021. Lincoln native Shaylee Myers averages 4.76 kills per set, which led the Big 12 Conference.
Nebraska is 83-4 against Kansas State. The teams are 1-1 head-to-head in the NCAA Tournament.
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Nebraska-Kansas State volleyball in the second round of the NCAA tournament can be seen on ESPN+. Huskers Radio Network will have audio coverage of all Nebraska matches on Huskers Radio Network affiliates, Huskers.com and the Huskers app. John Baylor and Lauren Cook West will be on the call. Streaming options for the game include ESPN+.
Nebraska volleyball vs. Kansas State time today
Date: Saturday, Dec. 6
Start time: 7 p.m. CT
The second-round NCAA volleyball tournament contest between Nebraska and Kansas State starts at 7 p.m. CT from the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Nebraska volleyball 2025 schedule (30-0, 20-0)
Aug. 22 – vs. Pittsburgh – WIN 3-1 (25-22, 25-11, 20-25, 25-23)
Aug. 24 – vs. Stanford – WIN 3-0 (25-13, 25-19, 25-14)
Aug. 29 – at Lipscomb – WIN 3-0 (25-13, 25-21, 25-15)
Aug. 31 – vs Kentucky – WIN 3-2 (24-26, 20-25, 25-19, 25-23, 15-8)
Sept. 5 – vs. Wright State – WIN 3-0 (25-16, 25-16, 25-20)
Sept. 7 – vs. California – WIN 3-0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-12)
Nov. 28 – vs. Penn State – WIN 3-0 (25-14, 25-11, 25-14)
Nov. 29 – vs. Ohio State – WIN 3-0 (25-16, 25-13, 25-20)
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BOSTON, Mass – Boston College Women’s Track & Field began the indoor season at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener on Saturday. Sydney Segalla highlighted the meet with a facility and school record.
Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener
Ron-Niah Wright ran an 8.04 and Erin Finley ran an 8.47 in the 60m dash.
Segalla clocked a 37.40 to win the 300m event. Her time broke the BU Track & Tennis Center facility record by 0.04 seconds and the BC school record by nearly 2 seconds.
Gina Certo (38.65), Anna Sonsini (38.38), Anna Becker (39.19), and Ava Carter (40.22) also competed in the 300m, each setting top ten all-time marks.
Kyla Palmer and Yaroslava Yalysovetska competed in the 600m. Palmer finished sixth place overall, recording a new personal best of 1:33.13 and moving to second all-time in BC program history. Yalysovetska finished in eighth place at 1:35.52.
Iris Bergman ran a 4:52.06 in the mile for 13th place.
Imogen Gardiner torched her 5000m heat, taking first place with a time of 15:40.39. Her time placed her ninth overall and put her second on BC’s all-time top ten list.
Ella Fadil, Kyra Holland, and Molly FitzPatrick all set top ten program marks in the 5000m. Fadil ran a 15:53.04 for 26th place overall, while Holland finished 31st overall at 15:55.63, and Fitzpatrick finished 55th with a 16:08.26 mark.
Next Up: The Eagles return for the Suffolk Ice Breaker Challenge at the TRACK at New Balance on January 18.
AUSTIN, Texas. — The No. 3 Texas Volleyball team swept No. 25 Penn State (25-16, 25-9, 25-19). The Longhorns are now 25-3 on the season and will compete in the third round of the NCAA Tournament for the 20th-straight season.
Longhorns saw junior Torrey Stafford record a match-leading 21 kills, along with five digs and three blocks. It marks Stafford’s fourth game hitting over .500 this season with a .556 hitting percentage. Freshman Abby Vander Wal added 10 kills and two blocks while hitting .474. Fellow freshman Cari Spears totaled nine kills with three blocks and three digs. Spears recorded her seventh game over .400 (.467) hitting percentage tonight.
The Longhorns defense put up nine blocks, led by Nya Bunton and Ayden Ames, who each recorded four. It marks the fourth highest total for blocks in a three-set match for Texas. The Lions were limited to a .124 hitting percentage and finished 22 errors. Texas hit .452 as a team, its sixth time this season hitting over .400.
Set One: Penn State was held to a .167 hitting percentage with four service errors and eight attacking errors. Stafford led the set with six kills while hitting .455. Ramsey Gary added five digs for the Longhorns on defense.
Set Two: Texas dominated the second after extending the lead to 19-7 on an 11-0 run, with two consecutive block effort from Spears, Nya Bunton and Stafford. Texas took set two, 25-9. The Longhorns hit .700 while limiting the Lions at -.065. Spears notched six kills while Ella Swindle put up 10 assists. Texas totaled four blocks in the set, with Bunton contributing three.
Set Three: The Longhorns completed the sweep over Penn State, winning the third set 25-19. Stafford registered 11 kills while hitting .611, and Gary added six digs on defense. Saturday’s win marked the 11th-ranked win of the season for the Horns.
Texas will face off against No. 15 Indiana in the third round of the NCAA Tournament with the game time and date TBD.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Highlighted by nine top 10 finishes, Austin Peay State University’s track and field team concluded its first meet of the 2025-26 indoor season at Vanderbilt’s Winter Commodore Challenge, Saturday, at the David Williams II Recreation & Wellness Center.
Saturday’s events began with throws, as Emma Tucker highlighted Austin Peay’s performances in the weight throw with a sixth-place finish. The mark was Tucker’s first of two top 10 marks, as she also went on to finish eighth in the shot put later in the afternoon. Freshman China Giaimo paced the Govs in the shot put, recording an 11.98-meter toss in her first collegiate meet.
Madelyn Kocik also finished the day with a pair of top 10 performances, beginning with an eighth-place finish in the long jump with a 5.61-meter leap – her best mark since finishing second at the 2025 Atlantic Sun Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships. A Portland, Texas native, Kocik later went on to finish fifth in the triple jump with an 11.97-meter mark – the second-best mark of her career and her longest jump since recording a 12.12-meter jump last season at Vanderbilt’s Commodore Challenge (Jan. 11).
Three Governors competed in the 600-meter for Austin Peay with all three finishing in the top 10. Sophomore Taylin Segree paced the trio with a 1:33.28 time and fifth-place finish, while Alexis Arnett (1:34.03) and Mia McGee (1:34.57) finished seventh and 10th, respectively. It was the first time that any of the Govs had competed in the 600 in their collegiate career.
Wrapping up the Govs’ events for the day, Taylah Upshaw placed fourth in the 1,000-meter, setting a personal best with a time of 3:01.03.
Up Next
Austin Peay returns to action in mid-January when it returns to Nashville to the Vanderbilt Invitational, Jan. 16-17, at the David Williams II Recreation & Wellness Center
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The UW-Oshkosh women’s volleyball team celebrates its semifinal win Thursday in the NCAA Division III Championship. Photo by Ashtin Elder of Kodiak Creative.
The University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh women’s volleyball team swept University of La Verne (California) Saturday to claim its first national title and the 51st for UW-Oshkosh.
The championship took place at Illinois Wesleyan University’s Shirk Center in Bloomington, Illinois, where a busload of Titan students and staff arrived Saturday to cheer on their team.
UWO did not drop a set across its six wins in the national tournament, which is a first in 21 years.
Izzy Coon, Lauren Grier, Callie Panasuk and Samantha Perlberg (Most Outstanding) were all named to the All-Tournament Team.
The team is coached by Jon Ellmann of Neenah, who was inducted into the Wisconsin Volleyball Coach’s Association Hall of Fame in 2021.
