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Pregnant Wisconsin teen Sophia Franklin, missing since February, found in Nebraska; father of unborn child in custody
A nationwide Amber Alert was canceled on Thursday, after a 16-year-old pregnant girl from Wisconsin who has been missing for two months was found in Nebraska.
Sophia Martha Franklin had been reported missing on Feb. 3, after she was last seen at her home in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, about 60 miles northwest of Milwaukee.
Police announced Thursday morning that she had been found near Omaha, Nebraska, late Wednesday night.
Sarpy County Sheriff’s deputies located her late Wednesday night after receiving a tip about a possible sighting. She was found with a man believed to be 40-year-old Gary Day, who police believed was traveling with her since she was missing.
After confirming both of their identities, Day was arrested and Sophia was taken to a secure facility to be reunited with her family.
Police have said Day, the father of Sophia’s unborn child, is on probation in Arkansas on felony domestic battery charges, and was the subject of a “no-contact” order.
“The Beaver Dam Police Department would like to thank the Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office, as well as the numerous other law enforcement agencies that put forth the time and effort to locate Sophia. We would also like to thank the community members in multiple states for their awareness and willingness to share leads to follow to help bring Sophia safely home,” police said.
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Nebraska baseball (10-5, 3-0) closed out its three-game series with Michigan State (3-11, 0-3) on Sunday afternoon. The Huskers completed the sweep over the Spartans, earning a 12-2 run-rule win in seven.
Nebraska shut down Michigan State early, scoring five runs in the bottom of the first after the Spartans took a 1-0 lead. The Huskers scored 11 straight before surrendering another run. The team totaled 11 hits and held Michigan State to three. The Spartans also suffered five errors.
Nebraska struck three home runs on the day, two off the bat of Dylan Carey. He hit 3-for-4 for four RBIs after hitting multiple two-run home runs. Preston Freeman also blasted a two-run shot over the wall to finish 1-for-3.
Case Sanderson brought in three RBIs after batting 2-for-4 with a double. Drew Grego also finished 2-for-4, earning one RBI. Mac Moyer grabbed one RBI off a double. Jett Buck and Joshua Overbeek each delivered one hit.
Gavin Blachowicz (2-1) won at the mound and pitched all seven innings for the Huskers. He struck out a career-high 11 batters and allowed three hits for two runs.
Nebraska remains at home for its next matchup, hosting North Dakota State on Wednesday night. The first pitch is set for 6 p.m. CT on B1G+.
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Cale Jacobsen scores 15 and No. 9 Nebraska beats Iowa 84-75 in overtime after blowing late lead
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Cale Jacobsen came off the bench to score 13 of his 15 points after halftime and hit the tiebreaking 3-pointer in overtime, and ninth-ranked Nebraska matched its program record for wins in a season with an 84-75 victory over Iowa on Sunday.
Sam Hoiberg, who scored 15 points and had five steals on his senior day, hugged teammate Pryce Sandfort near halfcourt as time ran out and then heaved the ball high into the stands. He and his father, coach Fred Hoiberg, embraced and a short time later the rest of the Huskers came out of the tunnel to salute the sellout crowd at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
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Nebraska (26-5, 15-5 Big Ten) led by 10 points with five minutes left in regulation but missed five of its next seven shots and a couple of late free throws to let the Hawkeyes back in it. Kael Combs scored Iowa’s last eight points of regulation, including a second-chance 3-pointer that tied it 70-all with 2.7 seconds left.
After Cooper Koch tied it at 75-all in overtime, Jacobsen made a 3 from the corner and the Huskers went on to score the final nine points. The Huskers beat Iowa (20-11, 10-10) for the first time in five meetings and split the season series.
Sandfort, who transferred from Iowa after last season, scored 15 points and Rienk Mast added 14 for the Huskers.
Combs and Koch had 18 points apiece for the Hawkeyes, who committed 19 turnovers.
Up next
Iowa: The Hawkeyes are the No. 9 seed in the Big Ten Tournament and play Oregon or Maryland on Wednesday.
Nebraska: The Huskers are the No. 2 seed and play Friday.
The first Big Ten Conference series of the year for NU ends in a sweep.
Nebraska baseball pounded Michigan State in Sunday’s series finale at Haymarket Park, 12-2, in seven innings. The Huskers improved to 10-5, while the Spartans fell to 3-11.
With Sunday’s victory, NU moves to 3-0 in the league.
- The Game
- The Stats
- What’s Next
- Nebraska Baseball’s 2026 Schedule
The Game
Down 2-0 in the series, Michigan State needed a spark early to try to salvage at least one win in Lincoln. In the top of the first inning, first baseman Randy Seymour took a 3-1 pitch from Gavin Blachowicz to right center and over the fence.
But, for the Spartans, that spark was quickly extinguished.
Nebraska loaded the bases with no outs on a walk, a single, and a single. Case Sanderson then doubled to score them all. He would cross home plate two batters later when Preston Freeman smacked a 1-0 pitch down the left field line for a two-run homer.
Already up 5-1, Dylan Carey lifted a two-run home run in the second inning. The Huskers would tack on one run in the third, one in the fourth, two in the fifth, and one more in the sixth. At the end of the game, Nebraska scored in every inning in which it went to the plate.
Blachowicz sat down 11 batters from the second through fifth innings. A leadoff double in the sixth inning helped Michigan State add one more run to its tally.
In the top of the seventh inning, with a 10-run rule waiting to be enacted, the Spartans got a one-out single before being put down via a fly out and a fielder’s choice to end the game.
The Stats
Blachowicz pitched the entire 7.0 innings Sunday afternoon. He allowed two earned runs on three hits, walking one and striking out 11.
The Huskers, who rattled off 11 hits, were aided by five Spartan errors. That helped bring home extra runs, with four of the 12 runs scored being unearned.
Carey led the way at the plate for the Big Red. The shortstop went 3-for-4 with four RBI, two home runs, and three runs scored.
Nebraska left seven runners on base, while Michigan State stranded just two.
What’s Next
Nebraska’s nine-game homestand continues with a midweek contest against North Dakota State.
The Bison are 1-14 on the year and coming off a sweep at Vanderbilt. The lone victory was 5-1 over Monmouth at the Stetson Tournament on Feb. 21.
First pitch from Haymarket Park on Wednesday is slated for 6 p.m. CDT. The game will be streamed on B1G+.
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Nebraska Baseball’s 2026 Schedule
- Feb. 13 Nebraska 12, UConn 2 [7 inn.] (MLB Desert Invitational)
- Feb. 14 Nebraska 7, Northeastern 4 (MLB Desert Invitational)
- Feb. 15 Nebraska 9, Grand Canyon 1 (MLB Desert Invitational)
- Feb. 16 Stanford 11, Nebraska 6 (MLB Desert Invitational)
- Feb. 20 Louisville 4, Nebraska 2 (Amegy Bank College Baseball Series)
- Feb. 21 Kansas State 3, Nebraska 3 FloCollege (Amegy Bank College Baseball Series)
- Feb. 22 Nebraska 10, Florida State 1 (Amegy Bank College Baseball Series)
- Feb. 27 Nebraska 9, Auburn 8 [10 inn.]
- Feb. 28 Auburn 15, Nebraska 4 [7 inn.]
- Mar. 1 Auburn 12, Nebraska 3
- Mar. 3 Nebraska 8, Omaha 5
- Mar. 4 Nebraska 5, South Dakota State 4
- Mar. 6 Nebraska 5, Michigan State 4 [10 inn.]
- Mar. 7 Nebraska 3, Michigan State 1
- Mar. 8 Nebraska 12, Michigan State 2 [7 inn.]
- Mar. 11 vs. North Dakota State 6 p.m.
- Mar. 13 vs. Maine 6 p.m.
- Mar. 14 vs. Maine 2 p.m.
- Mar. 15 vs. Maine 12 p.m.
- Mar. 17 at Wichita State 6 p.m.
- Mar. 18 at Wichita State 2 p.m.
- Mar. 20 at Michigan 3 p.m.
- Mar. 21 at Michigan 1 p.m.
- Mar. 22 at Michigan 12 p.m.
- Mar. 24 at Kansas State 6 p.m.
- Mar. 27 vs. Indiana 6 p.m.
- Mar. 28 vs. Indiana 2 p.m.
- Mar. 29 vs. Indiana 12 p.m.
- Mar. 31 at Creighton 6 p.m.
- Apr. 3 vs. Penn State 6 p.m.
- Apr. 4 vs. Penn State 2 p.m.
- Apr. 5 vs. Penn State 12 p.m.
- Apr. 7 vs. Kansas 6 p.m.
- Apr. 10 at Oregon 7 p.m.
- Apr. 11 at Oregon 4 p.m.
- Apr. 12 at Oregon 2 p.m.
- Apr 14 vs. Creighton 6 p.m.
- Apr. 17 vs. USC 6 p.m.
- Apr. 18 vs. USC 2 p.m.
- Apr. 19 vs. USC 12 p.m.
- Apr. 21 at Kansas 6 p.m.
- Apr. 24 at Illinois 6 p.m.
- Apr. 25 at Illinois 3 p.m.
- Apr. 26 at Illinois 1 p.m.
- Apr. 28 vs. Kansas State 6 p.m.
- May 1 at Ohio State 5 p.m.
- May 2 at Ohio State 2 p.m.
- May 3 at Ohio State 12 p.m.
- May 8 vs. Iowa 6 p.m.
- May 9 vs. Iowa 2 p.m.
- May 10 vs. Iowa 1 p.m.
- May 12 at Creighton 6 p.m.
- May 14 at Minnesota 6 p.m.
- May 15 at Minnesota 6 p.m.
- May 16 at Minnesota 1 p.m.
- May 19-24 Big Ten Tournament
Home games are bolded. All times central.
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