Briefs for print
In high school wrestling
Jeff-Morgan used seven pins and a decision to down Carrick, 45-30, in a non-section dual meet.
Getting pins for the Rockets (1-1) were Alex Lange (120), Mason Palmer (126), Gavin Teasdale (132), Josh Agnew (138) Nate Bilonick (152), Kolin Walker (170), and Justin Maddish (182) had pins.
Teasdale, a three-time undefeated state champion, moved his record to 6-0 on the season and 128-0 for his career. He passed Ethan Virgili on the wins list and is 29 from passing leader Brendan Howard (158).
- Trinity used seven pins to rout Pittsburgh Central Catholic, 66-15, in a Section 4A dual meet in Class AAA.
Giani Martini (120), Micah Finley (138), Ken Ealy (145), Dante Cecchine (152), Cole Whitmore (160), Jared Rice (195) and Will Edgar (Hvy) won by fall for the Hillers.
Nikithser wins award
California University senior offensive lineman Taylor Nikithser was named the NCAA Division II recipient of the Rimington Award.
The Rimington Award is presented to the premier center at the NCAA FCS, Division II and Division III levels, along with NAIA. The Rimington Trophy is given to the top center at the NCAA FBS level. The award and trophy are named after Dave Rimington, who is the only two-time winner of the Outland Trophy while playing at Nebraska.
Nikithser joins Jack Abercrombie as the only players in school history to receive the Rimington Award, which was initially presented in 2003.
He started all 12 games on the offensive line this season -11 at center, one at left tackle – and finished his career with 37 starts, including 35 consecutive. Nikithser was the anchor on an offensive line that featured three first-year starters in 2017, as the Vulcans ranked among the top 10 in the country in red-zone offense at 93.0 percent (53-of-57).
PSU volleyball loses
Mikaela Foecke had 19 kills, Annika Albrecht and Briana Holman had 13 apiece and Nebraska fought off match point in the fourth set to beat Penn State in a five-set thriller in the NCAA volleyball semifinals on Thursday night.
The fifth-seeded Huskers will play the winner of Stanford-Florida for the title Saturday night.
The Huskers took advantage of a series of service mistakes by the top-seeded Nittany Lions to beat their Big Ten rivals for the seventh straight time. They also advanced to their eighth title match, where they will try to secure their fifth national championship.
Nebraska won the opening set 25-18 before dropping the next two, and then rallied to win the fourth 28-26 and force a deciding set. The Huskers took it 15-11 to advance to the finals.
Cavs top Lakers
LeBron James recorded his 59th career triple-double in front of Lonzo Ball and his brothers, Kevin Love scored 28 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers won for the 16th time in 17 games, 121-112 over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night.
James finished with 25 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists to move a tie with Larry Bird for sixth place on the career triple-doubles list. He also put the Lakers away with a dunk and short runner in the final two minutes.
Love scored 13 in the third quarter, when the Cavs opened an 11-point lead on the way to their 10th straight home win. Jose Calderon added a season-high 17 points for Cleveland.
Brandon Ingram scored 26 for the Lakers and Ball had 13 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds.