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Nebraska’s Isaac Gifford named to Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Watch List
LINCOLN, Neb. (Huskers.com) – Nebraska defensive back Isaac Gifford was named to the 2024 to Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Watch List on Thursday. The Wuerffel Trophy highlights athletic and community service accomplishments.
Gifford has been active in the Huskers’ Life Skills program, including volunteering extensively at the Lincoln Food Bank, speaking at schools and helping with hospital visits and the Huskers’ annual road race to race money for the fight against pediatric brain cancer. For his efforts, he received the Sam Foltz 27 Hero Leadership Award last spring. He was also named to the Tom Osborne and Brook Berringer Citizenship Teams for his work in the community.
On the field, Gifford is a two-year starter who has anchored the Huskers’ defensive backfield. An All-Big Ten performer in 2023, he led Nebraska with 86 tackles, including 6.5 tackles for loss. Gifford was also second on the Blackshirts with eight pass breakups. He played a major role in Nebraska ranking in the top-20 nationally in both total defense and scoring defense.
This season, the 11 semifinalists for the Allstate Wuerffel Trophy will be honored as part of the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team.
The 2024 Allstate Wuerffel Trophy finalists and recipient will be selected by an illustrious national voting committee, including a fan vote component, and announced on ESPN’s Home Depot College Football Awards Show on December 12th. The Allstate Wuerffel Trophy Presentation Gala will take place February 1, 2025, at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta.
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Nebraska flag football announced that it will play its games at Barbara Hibner Field. This is the current home of the Huskers’ soccer program. This announcement was made on Friday afternoon.
The stadium seats 2,500 fans. The capacity can expand via berms and standing-room-only areas. The team will play its first season in 2028 and will hold 15 scholarships for female student-athletes. The season itself will run from January to May.
The program will be coached by Liz Sowers, a former five-time national champion coach at Ottawa University. The associate head coach will be her sister, Katie Sowers. Sowers was the first woman to coach and a Super Bowl. She will be the program’s top assistant.
In any event, it sounds like the program is really beginning to take shape. This will be exciting to watch and will offer another opportunity for some of the top athletes in the country to play at Nebraska.
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KEARNEY — The 39th Annual Kearney Cruise Nite Show and Shine was hosted Downtown on the Bricks on Saturday, July 18.
The event is hosted by Central Nebraska Auto Club; customarily, Kearney Cruise Nite events are held the third weekend each summer in July.
All the activities build to a crescendo on Saturday. The annual Show & Shine hosts hundreds of classic vehicles parked on “The Bricks” in downtown Kearney, per the Central Nebraska Auto Club.
Photos by Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today
Grand Island, Neb. (KSNB) – The Nebraska Siege are back at home for the first time in three weeks when they play the St. Joseph Goats Saturday night at the BigIron Events Center.
The last time the two teams played was in St. Joe, where the Siege beat the Goats 56 to 47.
The Saturday night matchup marks the final regular season, home game for the Siege. But with a win, the Siege can clinch home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.
Throwoff is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Saturday night.
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