Local/State Briefs

 NFL

Former Huskers Ruud, Bowman sign NFL contracts

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Former Nebraska players Bo Ruud and Zack Bowman signed NFL contracts Tuesday.

The New England Patriots signed sixth-round draft choice Bo Ruud Tuesday. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Meanwhile, Bowman reached a four-year deal with the Chicago Bears.

Ruud, 23, was the 197th player selected in the 2008 NFL draft. The 6-foot-3-inch, 235-pound linebacker was a three-year starter at Nebraska. He started 33 of 46 games and finished his career with 216 total tackles, including 4.5 sacks. Ruud was a two-time, second-team All-Big 12 selection and a four-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll, earning his bachelor's degree in December of 2007.

Bowman, a fifth-rounder, had 56 tackles and three interceptions in 22 games with Nebraska after starting his collegiate career at New Mexico Military Institute.



PREP FOOTBALL

Annual Shrine Football Game to be broadcast on NET

LINCOLN --  The best Nebraska high school football players from the senior class of 2008 compete in the ``Shrine Football Classic,`` airing  at 6:30 p.m. July 26 on NET1 and in high-definition on NET-HD.

Award-winning broadcasters Kevin Kugler and Adrian Fiala provide play-by-play and color analysis during the live broadcast from the University of Nebraska's Memorial Stadium.

The annual gridiron event is also webcast live on NET's Web site (netNebraska.org). All that is needed is access to the Internet and a free Windows Media Player program. Webcasting of the series is a free service of NET.



GOLF

Openings still available for Indianhead event

Indianhead Golf Club announced Thursday that openings are still available for the Indianhead Men's Pepsi Amateur Tournament July 12-13. For more information or to sign up, call the clubhouse at 381-4653.



 TRACK AND FIELD

NU recruit Wolkins in Canadian javelin finals

WINDSOR Ont. – Adam Wolkins, a 2009 Nebraska track and field signee, has advanced to the finals of the men's javelin at the Canadian Olympic Trials. With a toss of 215-1 (65.57), Wolkins finished third in the preliminaries. He will now compete in the finals at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Wolkins will join the Big Red after two years at Cowley Community College in Arkansas City, Kan., where he was a two-time NJCAA javelin national champion. He holds the Cowley school record with a toss of 232-5 (70.84) at the 2008 NJCAA Championships. All but two of Wolkins' six throws at the 2008 NJCAA meet surpassed his previous personal best prior to the regional and national competitions. His school-record throw of 232-5 surpassed runner-up finisher Tyler Drake of Hutchinson Community College by more than 16 feet in the finals. His toss would have placed him fifth at the 2008 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Wolkins is originally from Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Former Husker Priscilla Lopes-Schliep, who now runs for Elite Edge, will also compete at the Canadian Trials in the 100-meter hurdles. Lopes-Schliep enters the trials with the top time of 12.86. She will run in the preliminaries at 7:05 p.m. on Friday, July 4, and if she advances to the finals, she will compete at 4 p.m. on Saturday.