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InsideNebraska – Nebraska BSB: Caron explosive, Christo strong as Huskers hold off Nicholls

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March 16, 2024

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InsideNebraska – Nebraska BSB: Caron explosive, Christo strong as Huskers hold off Nicholls

LINCOLN, Neb. â Why knock the guy out right away when you can trade punches? It makes the fight more entertaining.

Right?

In a nail-biter that had fans on the edge of their seats at Haymarket Park, Nebraska baseball emerged from the smoke holding a 7-6 win over Nicholls State in the opener of a three-game series Friday night.

The Huskers (11-5) pulled out a razor-thin victory behind the hero of the night, junior catcher Josh Caron, whose powerful bat secured their 10th win in the last 13 games and put down a red-hot Colonels team (17-4) that had won nine of its last 10 entering the series.

The Huskers almost certainly donât win this game without his big night at the plate, as he finished 3-for-4 and accounted for six of the Huskers’ seven runs. That included five RBI to tie a career high, two runs scored and a three-run bomb for his team-leading fifth home run. He also added a double to finish a triple short of the cycle.

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Nebraska starting pitcher Drew Christo worked five innings, allowing five hits and two runs (one earned) while striking out four and walking none in a no-decision.

The junior right-hander got into a bit of trouble in the first inning when he allowed a leadoff single to Nicholls senior Parker Coddou, who reached second and stole third base. However, Christo was able to pitch out of the jam, striking out the next two batters and inducing a ground out to end the inning.

He allowed just one baserunner over his next three innings to pave the way for a big fourth inning.

Nebraska came out strong in the bottom half, beginning it with a single and subsequent steal of second by junior Joshua Overbeek as well as a walk by senior Cole Evans. Caron then strolled to the plate with two outs and blasted a home run to right field on the first pitch he saw, putting the Huskers up, 3-0.

Nicholls State got on the board to score two in the top of the fifth. The inning started with a double by Colonels junior Drake Anderson, continued with an RBI single by Basiel Williams and ended with an error by Huskers senior left fielder Clay Bradford. That miscue allowed Nicholls to push its second run across, but the Huskers caught Kaden Amundson trying to stretch the error to second.

Nebraska answered right back in the bottom of the inning. Sophomore Dylan Carey reached on a bunt single, stole second base and scored on junior first baseman Tyler Stone’s two-out, line-drive single to right field to extend the lead, 4-2.

The Huskers added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth inning before Nicholls State jump-started a comeback to tie it at 5-5 in top of the seventh on a sac fly and a two-run double.

Nebraska immediately answered in the bottom half of the seventh, scoring two runs. Once again, it was Caron to the rescue. Once again, he came up clutch on the first pitch he saw. This time, he scorched a two-RBI single to center field to plate both junior Riley Silva and redshirt sophomore Cayden Brumbaugh, who had earlier drawn his third walk of the game. Brumbaugh, the Huskers’ leadoff man, finished the game with four walks.

Nicholls threatened again in the top of the eighth inning, loading the bases on a four-pitch walk with two outs, and then a wild pitch on a swinging strikeout thrown by Mason McConnaughey allowed Colonels senior infielder MaCrae Kendrick to score. Jaden Collura reached first base on the play to load up the bases again, but the inning â and any more scoring by the Colonels â ended when McConnaughey induced the Colonel’s Parker Coddou into a groundout.

Junior right-handed pitcher Evan Borst picked up the win for Nebraska, allowing one earned run over 0.2 innings. Borst, McConnaughey, Tucker Timmerman and Casey Daiss combined to allow four runs on fours across four innings. Daiss earned his fourth save of the season, facing the minimum in the ninth and ending the game on a 4-6-3 double play.

The Huskers will return to action Saturday afternoon. Game 2 is scheduled to start at 2:05 p.m. CT with RHP Brett Sears (2-0, 1.78 ERA) going against Nicholls LHP Jack Nelson (0-0, 4.91 ERA).

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Nebraska Football Offers In-State Legacy Offensive Lineman

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January 11, 2026

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Nebraska Football Offers In-State Legacy Offensive Lineman

New Husker offensive line coach Geep Wade has stayed busy in his first few weeks on the recruiting trail for Nebraska football.

Nebraska extended a scholarship offer Saturday to in-state offensive lineman Barrett Kitrell. The 6-foot-4, 270-pound Class of 2027 interior lineman from Ashland confirmed the offer on social media. Iowa offered him earlier in the week, and he has other Division I offers from South Dakota State, Kansas and Iowa State.

Kitrell has visited a number of schools through his junior season, stopping at South Dakota State, Wyoming, Iowa State, Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska.

God is so good! After a great conversation with coach @GeepWade I am blessed to receive my 6th D1 offer from Nebraska! @HuskerFootball @AGBluejayFball pic.twitter.com/h3ciXeG727
— Barrett Kitrell (@BarrettK54) January 10, 2026

Kitrell has family ties to Nebraska football across two generations. His father, Barry, was a fullback for the Huskers from 1984-88. His brother Bo was a Husker fullback and tight end 2014 to 2018.

In addition, Barrett’s brother Blake was a Tulsa wide receiver, while brothers Brett and Bryce played at Ohio, having been recruited by Frank Solich.

Barrett Kitrell is a three-sport athlete for Ashland-Greenwood, competing in football, basketball, and track and field for the Bluejays. He has seen varsity action in all three seasons of his football career, playing in 33 games. The Bluejays have won a playoff game each of the past three seasons, advancing to the Class C1 semifinals this past year.

Kitrell becomes the third offensive line prospect offered by Wade and the Huskers this week, joining Grinnell, Iowa, prospect Will Slagle and 2028 prospect Wyatt VanBoening from Mundelein, Illinois. VanBoening also is the son of a former Husker, Simon VanBoening, a linebacker on the Huskers’ 1997 roster.

Nebraska offensive line coach Geep Wade | Nebraska Athletics

The Huskers are aiming for a massive overhaul of their offensive line, starting with replacing Donovan Raiola as the position coach. Wade, who came to Nebraska from Georgia Tech, has been retooling his line in early 2026 with transfer portal additions, bringing in Iowa State’s Brendan Black and South Carolina’s Tree Babalade. Nebraska has seen three linemen choose to exit via the portal: Brian Tapu, Houston Kaahaaina-Torres and Jason Maciejczak.

Kitrell could add athleticism to the offensive line, as he finished second in the Class B discus as a sophomore with a personal-best throw of 172’2 while finishing fourth in the shot put. Kitrell averaged four points and four rebounds per game for the Ashland-Greenwood basketball program as the Bluejays claimed the Class C1 championship in 2025.

Kitrell becomes the 16th interior offensive line offer for Nebraska’s 2027 class. The class is headlined by four-star quarterback Trae Taylor and in-state rising stars Tory Pittman III and Matt Erickson.

IU dominated but then ‘it was just turnovers’ to blow 16-point lead vs Nebraska

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January 10, 2026

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IU dominated but then ‘it was just turnovers’ to blow 16-point lead vs Nebraska

Indiana men’s basketball lost to Nebraska 83-77 after leading by as many as 16 points.
Coach Darian DeVries cited a bad stretch, including key fouls on Tucker DeVries and turnovers, as the turning point.
The Hoosiers have three more opportunities for a Quad 1 win in their upcoming games.

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries thought his team played well for about 28 minutes Saturday afternoon.

In those 28 minutes, IU built up as much as a 16-point lead against undefeated Nebraska. The Hoosiers went on a 12-2 run to end the first half, then extended that lead early in the second half.

Then, the defense started crumbling. Tucker DeVries picked up two fouls in the course of 21 seconds, forcing him to the bench. The Hoosiers started turning the ball over.

And Indiana’s upset bid fell apart, as the Hoosiers dropped an 83-77 decision to the Cornhuskers (16-0, 5-0 Big Ten).

“It’s disappointing, for sure,” Darian DeVries said. “We played well for a good 25, 27, 28 minutes, whatever, and then just had a bad stretch in there, and the game flipped. That’s why the turnovers are a big piece of that. We had, (a 16-point lead) and Tucker picked up his third and fourth foul on back-to-back possessions. Then they went on a 10-0 run right after that. That was a big turning point in the game, I thought, when he picked those two up.”

It seemed like the coaching staff (and fans) didn’t agree with those fouls, either.

Tucker DeVries’ third foul came as he fell on the ground while trying to defend Berke Buyuktuncel’s shot. Buyuktuncel continued to attempt a shot after the fall, and he got tangled in DeVries’ legs, falling himself, and officials called a foul on DeVries. Both Tucker and Darian DeVries, along with the crowd of 13,000 fans, didn’t agree with that foul.

Tucker DeVries’ fourth foul, which forced him to the bench for eight minutes, came just 21 seconds after his third. On the Hoosiers’ next offensive possession, DeVries attempted to shoulder his defender to get more space, and got called for the offensive foul and the turnover.

Indiana (12-4, 3-2) turned the ball over on four of its next five possessions, Darian DeVries said, and Nebraska capitalized for a 12-2 run to tie the game.

“I just think we didn’t have the type of possessions we needed after (Tucker DeVries) went out again, and most of them, it was just turnovers,” Darian DeVries said. “We didn’t get shots at the goal. I thought there might’ve been one or two in there where I think Lamar (Wilkerson) drove it hard and tried going through contact, and we didn’t get one there, but outside of that, we just didn’t get very good possessions. Our movement wasn’t as good.”

After Nebraska went on that run, all the momentum shifted to the Cornhuskers. In ways, the Hoosiers couldn’t get out of their own head, and the mistakes kept coming.

“We’ve talked to them a lot about that next play mentality,” Darian DeVries said. “Win that next play, and not compound mistakes. I thought tonight, again, for a stretch there was a period where we let one mistake turn into two. Then, instead of digging in and really making sure we get a quality possession the next time, we compounded it with another turnover. It led to back-to-back-to-back. All of a sudden your lead is gone, and momentum is real. It shifted pretty quickly there.”

This game, especially taking into account the 16-point lead Indiana once had, was a crucial opportunity for the Hoosiers to get their first Quad 1 win of the season.

But the Hoosiers, sitting at No. 30 in the NET rankings, still have three straight Quad 1 opportunities coming up in two road tilts at Michigan State and Michigan and a home game against Iowa in the next two weeks.

Those games, much like Nebraska, will be tall tasks. But, DeVries said, if the Hoosiers can execute for a full game like they did in those 28 minutes on Saturday, they’ll have a chance at them.

“When they’re executing the way that they did the first 25 minutes, it looks really good,” DeVries said. “And they’re doing a great job, and they’re defending and getting movement and things.”

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$3,125 Nebraska Pick 4 winning ticket sold in York

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January 10, 2026

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,125 Nebraska Pick 4 winning ticket sold in York

LINCOLN, Neb. (KSNB) – One lucky player who bought a Nebraska Pick 4 ticket for the Thursday drawing is holding a ticket worth $3,125.

The ticket was sold at Pump & Pantry #16, 109 Lincoln Avenue, in York. The winning numbers from Thursday’s Nebraska Pick 4 draw were 09, 06, 01, 02.

Winning Nebraska Lottery Lotto tickets expire 180 days after the drawing. Tickets with total prize amounts of $501 to $19,999 must be claimed by mail or at a Regional Lottery Claim Center. Additional information about claiming prizes can be found at the Nebraska Lottery website, nelottery.com, or by calling 800-587-5200.

Nebraska Pick 4 is a daily Lotto game from the Nebraska Lottery. Players select four numbers, each from a separate set of digits 0 through 9, for a chance to win up to $6,000. Players decide what type of play style and potential prizes to play for by choosing from one of six bet types. The odds of winning the $3,125 prize in Nebraska Pick 4 are 1 in 10,000.

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