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SPORTS A9 PRESS & DAKOTAN SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2015 SPORTS: PAGE 9 SPORTS DIGEST Nebraska Hopes To Cap A Down Heritage Classic Set For Jan. 16 YAIA Learn To Skate Program SIOUX FALLS – Pairings have been announced for the Sanford Pentagon Heritage Classic, set for Jan. 16 at the Coming Up Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls. The Yankton Area Ice Association will hold a “learn to Season With Bowl Win Over UCLA Four girls’ games and fi ve boys’ games are scheduled in skate” program on Saturdays and Wednesdays, Jan. 6-March BY JOSH DUBOW the event, beginning with the Irene-Wakonda girls against 6. The program is designed to teach the fundamentals of Colman-Egan at 9 a.m. Dakota Valley’s girls and boys both skating so individuals can continue as a hockey player, fi gure AP Sports Writer Nebraska (5-7) vs. UCLA (8-4), 8:15 p.m. (ESPN) face Rock Valley, with the girls’ game at 3 p.m. and the boys’ skater or recreational skater. Line: UCLA by 6 1/2. game at 4:30 p.m. There is a cost to participate, which includes skate rental SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) Series Record: Tied 6-6. In other games, the Colman-Egan boys face Waverly- and helmet. Contact Terry Pedersen at 605-660-3118 for more — With four losses in the WHAT’S AT STAKE South Shore at 10:30 a.m., the Sisseton girls play Sioux Falls information. Registrations are available online at yanktonice. The Cornhuskers made a bowl in coach Mike Riley’s fi rst season despite nal 10 seconds of regula- a losing record and look to end the year on a positive note. The Bruins had Christian at noon, the Fergus Falls, Minnesota, boys play org. tion or overtime sending Sisseton at 1:30 p.m., the Winner girls play Clark-Willow Lake hoped to play at Levi’s Stadium earlier this month in the Pac-12 title game but Nebraska to a losing record, fell short and are settling for a trip here for the bowl. at 6 p.m., the Winner boys face Aberdeen Roncalli at 7:30 Mike Riley’s rst year as the p.m. and the St. Thomas More boys play Clark-Willow Lake Lancer Baseball Camps Set KEY MATCHUP at 9 p.m. The Mount Marty College baseball team has announced Cornhuskers’ coach didn’t UCLA RB Paul Perkins vs. Nebraska run D. Perkins became the fi rst UCLA the schedule for its preseason hitting camps. Both will offer quite go as planned. player to lead the Pac-12 in rushing since DeShaun Foster in 2001. Perkins instruction from MMC coaches and players. But with Nebraska (5-7) ran for 1,275 yards and ranks third in school history with 3,423 in his career. Yankton Football Championship The preseason hitting camp will run Tuesdays from Jan. getting a chance to play in a The Huskers allowed just 113.4 yards rushing per game his season, third best 26-March 1. Sessions for grades 2-3 will run from 6:15-7 p.m., in the Big Ten and eighth best in the nation. bowl despite winning just ve PLAYERS TO WATCH Banner Reveal Set with grades 4-5 from 7-7:45 p.m., middle school (grades 6-8) games, Riley has a head start Yankton High School will unveil the championship banner from 7:45-8:30 p.m. and high school from 8:30-9:15 p.m. Nebraska: QB Tommy Armstrong Jr. Armstrong became the third Nebraska for its 2015 Class 11AA football title prior to the boys’ game of Participants will need to bring running shoes (no cleats) on Year 2. quarterback to pass for at least 2,000 yards in two separate seasons and the Huron at Yankton basketball doubleheader, Jan. 23 at the and bats, if available. Batting gloves are recommended. With not enough six-win needs just 144 yards to join Zac Taylor and Joe Ganz as the only 3,000-yard Summit Center. There is a cost to participate. For more information or to teams to ll all the bowl passers in school history. The event will be immediately before the boys’ game, register, go online to www.mmcbaseball.com. slots, the Cornhuskers got a UCLA: QB Josh Rosen. Rosen had one of the most prolifi c seasons for a approximately at 6 p.m. Bruins quarterback as a freshman. His 3,349 yards passing and 266 comple- reprieve based on their high tions rank third in school history. He also is tied for ninth with 20 TD passes. graduation rate and received FACTS & FIGURES a spot in the Foster Farms UCLA swept a home-and-home between the teams in 2012-13. ... The SCOREBOARD AREA CALENDAR Bowl on Saturday night Huskers got a bowl bid despite a losing record when all 80 slots couldn’t be fi lled by six-win teams. ... Nebraska is playing in its 52nd bowl, third most of Colorado State (7-5), 6:30 p.m. (TBA) Saturday, December 27 Parkston Classic (Chester Area vs. against UCLA (8-4). FOOTBALL TEXAS BOWL: Texas Tech (7-5) vs. No activities scheduled Irene-Wakonda, 10:30 a.m.; Wag- While the opportunity any school. The Cornhuskers are 25-26. ... Cornhuskers have lost four of their COLLEGE BOWLS LSU (8-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Sunday, December 29 ner vs. Tri-Valley, noon; Webster to end a down season on a past fi ve bowl games. ... Nebraska’s seven losses were by a combined 31 Saturday, Dec. 19 Wednesday, Dec. 30 No activities scheduled Area vs. Winner, 1:30 p.m.; San- points. The fi rst fi ve were decided by 13 points. ... UCLA is looking for its third CELEBRATION BOWL: NC A&T 41, BIRMINGHAM (ALA.) BOWL: Au- Monday, December 28 born Central-Woonsocket vs. Gay- high note is nice, the biggest straight bowl win, which would be team’s longest streak since eight-gamer Alcorn State 34 burn (6-6) vs. Memphis (9-3), 11 a.m. BASKETBALL, MEN’S USD ville-Volin, 3 p.m.; Ethan vs. Dell bene t of playing in a bowl, NEW MEXICO BOWL: Arizona 45, (ESPN) vs. Florida Gulf Coast at Sioux Rapids, 4:30 p.m.; Sully Buttes vs. from the 1983 Rose Bowl to 1991 John Hancock Bowl. ... Bruins have won New Mexico 37 BELK BOWL: NC State (7-5) vs. Falls (7 p.m., KVHT-FM, ESPN3. Hanson, 6 p.m.; Parkston vs. Red- according to Riley, is the 11 straight nonconference games. ... UCLA WR Jordan Payton needs two LAS VEGAS BOWL: Utah 35, BYU Mississippi St. (8-4), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) com, MidcoSN) fi eld-Doland, 7:30 p.m.); Shootout extra practice time. catches to become fi rst Bruin with 200 career receptions. 28 MUSIC CITY BOWL: Louisville (7-5) BASKETBALL, BOYS’ Aber- On The Elkhorn at Wisner (Ponca); CAMELIA BOWL: Appalachian vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 6 p.m. (ESPN) deen Classic (Elk Point-Jefferson Verdigre Booster Club Holiday “I always contend if you State 31, Ohio 29 HOLIDAY BOWL: Wisconsin (9-3) vs. Aberdeen Roncalli, 8 p.m.); Tourn. (Osmond vs. Bloomfi eld, get the chance to play in a CURE BOWL: San Jose State 27, vs. Southern Cal (8-5), 9:30 p.m. (ESPN) Langford Classic (Platte-Geddes 2:45 p.m.; Niobrara-Verdigre vs. “We all know when you’re ter, but Mora does not know Georgia State 16 Thursday, Dec. 31 vs. Langford Area, 5:30 p.m.); Allen, 6:15 p.m.); Wayne Holiday bowl game, it’s the end of one young, there’s going to be if he will be able to stand on NEW ORLEANS BOWL: Louisiana PEACH BOWL: Houston (12-1) vs. Shootout On The Elkhorn at Wis- Tourn. (Laurel-Concord-Coleridge season and the beginning of Tech 47, Arkansas State 28 Florida State (10-2), 11 a.m. (ESPN) ner (Ponca); Verdigre Booster vs. West Point-Beemer, 9:30 a.m.; some setbacks,” coach Jim the sideline or even coach at another,” he said. Monday, Dec. 21 Friday, Jan. 1 Club Holiday Tourn. (Osmond vs. Hartington Cedar Catholic vs. Mora said. “But I did see all from the booth during the MIAMI BEACH BOWL: Western OUTBACK BOWL: Northwestern Bloomfi eld, 4:30 p.m.; Niobrara- Pender, 4 p.m.); Lennox at Dakota Riley spent the rst two Kentucky 45, South Florida 35 (10-2) vs. Tennessee (8-4), 11 a.m. Verdigre vs. Allen, 8 p.m.); Wayne Valley; Scotland vs. Corsica-Stick- him learn lessons and apply game. bowl practices working on Tuesday, Dec. 22 (ESPN2) Holiday Tourn. (Laurel-Concord- ney at Stickney them.” “That’s a serious medical FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL: CITRUS BOWL: Michigan (9-3) vs. Coleridge vs. West Point-Beemer, WRESTLING, PREP Floyd Far- the basics instead of planning Akron 23, Utah State 21 Florida (10-3), noon (ABC) 11 a.m.; Hartington Cedar Catholic rand Inv. at Sioux Falls (Parkston, Here are some other condition he has,” Mora said. for the Bruins. The rst-string BOCA RATON (FLA.) BOWL: To- FIESTA BOWL: Notre Dame (10-2) vs. Pender, 5:30 p.m.) Vermillion, Wagner, 11 a.m.) things to watch when Ne- “We want to make sure he’s ledo 32, Temple 17 vs. Ohio State (11-1), noon (ESPN) BASKETBALL, GIRLS’ defense faced the rst-team ROSE BOWL: Iowa (12-1) vs. Stan- braska takes on UCLA: safe.” Wednesday, Dec. 23 offense and the younger play- POINSETTIA BOWL: Boise State ford (11-2), 4 p.m.