Marko Jerkovic
Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter
North Platte, Nebraska

A native of Nebraska, Marko Jerkovic graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in May with a degree in Sports Media and Broadcasting.
Marko worked as a Sports MMJ in Lincoln for almost two years before coming to News 2. He's exciting to join the North Platte community and cover the local high school sports scene, as well as Husker athletics.
Away from work, he still enjoys watching all sports, including the Cornhuskers. He also enjoys listening to music and watching movies; he's always looking for a good suggestion.
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Local area high school basketball scores for Tuesday, Dec. 5th.
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The Maxwell Tigers girls basketball team hosted the Hi-Line Bulls on Tuesday night.
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The Brady Eagles girls basketball hosted the Sutherland Sailors on Tuesday night.
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The Maxwell Tigers boys basketball team hosted the Hi-Line Bulls on Tuesday night.
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The Brady Eagles boys basketball team hosted the Sutherland Sailors on Tuesday night.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2023 at 11:20 PM CST
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The North Platte Bulldogs boys basketball team visited the Lincoln Northeast Rockets on Saturday afternoon.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2023 at 11:15 PM CST
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The Maxwell Tigers girls basketball team hosted the Cozad Haymakers on Saturday afternoon.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2023 at 12:05 AM CST
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KNOP’s Athlete of the Week is senior North Platte Bulldogs wrestler Xavier Albertson.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2023 at 11:57 PM CST
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The North Platte Bulldogs wrestling team opened their season hosting the Gering Bulldogs in the annual Clash in the Commons.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2023 at 11:48 PM CST
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2023 Class D1 boys state basketball champions, the St. Pat’s Irish opened their title defense hosting the Sutherland Sailors on Friday night.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2023 at 11:29 PM CST
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The St. Pat’s Irish girls basketball team hosted the Sutherland Sailors on Friday night.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2023 at 1:11 PM CST
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High school basketball scores for area teams for Thursday, Nov. 30th.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2023 at 11:08 PM CST
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The Lincoln Southwest Silverhawks girls basketball team visited the North Platte Bulldogs on Thursday night.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2023 at 11:08 PM CST
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The North Platte Bulldogs boys basketball team hosted the Lincoln Southwest Silverhawks in their season opener on Thursday night.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2023 at 7:22 PM CST
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KNOP’s Athlete of the Week is senior Sandhills-Thedford Knights football linebacker and center Rhett McFadden.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2023 at 7:58 PM CST
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The eight-seed Sandhills-Thedford Knights and the two-seed Wynot Blue Devils squared off for the Class D2 state football championship on Monday at Memorial Stadium.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2023 at 11:17 PM CST
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KNOP’s Athlete of the Week is junior Sandhills-Thedford football players Kyle Cox. He plays quarterback and safety for the Knights. He’s already been a part of many long playoff runs with the team and says that the experience they’ve gained over the past few years has helped them to reach this point of the season.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2023 at 7:17 PM CST
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The D1-10 All-District football teams were announced on Thursday.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2023 at 10:53 PM CST
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Samantha Riggles had a career high 28 points and 11 rebounds in a dominating 94-39 win over Hastings College JV on Wednesday night at the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2023 at 8:08 PM CST
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The South Platte Valley Association Conference has named its 2023 volleyball all-conference teams.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2023 at 10:45 PM CST
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The North Platte Knights men’s basketball team hosted the Barton Cougars on Tuesday night.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2023 at 9:07 PM CST
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Area athletes participated in national signing day and signed their letters of intent to their future collegiate destinations.
Updated: Nov. 11, 2023 at 8:18 PM CST
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Dazjanae Greene and Samantha Riggles each finished the game with double-doubles, as North Platte Community College upended the Wolves of Metropolitan Community College 73-56 on the final day of the HOF Classic.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2023 at 11:17 PM CST
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The eight-seed Sandhills-Thedford Knights hosted the four-seed South Loup Bobcats in the state football playoff semi-finals on Friday night.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2023 at 9:32 AM CST
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Maryland has an identical record to Nebraska, 5-4.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2023 at 10:44 PM CST
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The North Platte Knights men’s and women’s basketball teams were both on the road on Tuesday night against the Colby College Trojans.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2023 at 12:04 PM CST
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North Platte Community College volleyball players Vanessa Wood, Jaelyn Dicke and Emily Johnson have been named to the National Junior College Athletic Association All-Region 9 Team.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2023 at 9:37 PM CST
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The 2023 NSAA state volleyball championship game results.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2023 at 6:09 PM CDT
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The top-seed Cambridge matched up with the two-seed Overton in the D2 state volleyball title game at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Saturday.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2023 at 3:16 PM CDT
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The six-seed Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Mustangs volleyball team matched up with the five-seed Amherst Broncos in the 2023 Class D1 state volleyball championship game on Saturday at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2023 at 10:03 AM CDT
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KNOP’s Athlete of the Week is senior Gothenburg Swedes volleyball middle hitter Aubrey O’Hare.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2023 at 11:38 PM CDT
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The Gothenburg Swedes were the three-seed in the state volleyball tournament and squared off with the two-seed Minden Whippets in the semi-finals.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2023 at 7:35 PM CDT
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The Cambridge Trojans volleyball team faced off with the 5-seed Wynot Blue Devils in the Class D2 state volleyball semi-finals on Friday at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2023 at 7:34 PM CDT
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The Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Mustangs volleyball team squared off with the Elgin/Pope John Wolfpack in the semi-finals of the D1 state volleyball tournament on Friday at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2023 at 9:45 PM CDT
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The Southwest Roughriders were the two-seed heading into the D1 state volleyball tournament in Lincoln at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2023 at 9:27 PM CDT
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The top-seed Cambridge Trojans squared off with the eight-seed Shelton Bulldogs in the opening round of the Class D2 state volleyball tournament at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Thursday.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2023 at 9:16 PM CDT
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The four-seed Wallace Wildcats were matched up with the five-seed Wynot Blue Devils in the opening round of the Class D2 state volleyball tournament at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Thursday.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2023 at 10:58 PM CDT
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The Gothenburg Swedes volleyball team entered the 2023 Class C1 state volleyball tournament relatively unchallenged. The Swedes held a record of 32-2, with their two lone losses coming to second-seed Minden. In Gothenburg’s other 32 games, they dropped just two sets.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2023 at 12:16 AM CDT
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The Sandhills-Thedford Knights hosted Lourdes Central Catholic Knights in the second round of D2 state football playoffs on Friday afternoon.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2023 at 12:05 AM CDT
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The second-seed St. Pat’s Irish hosted the 15-seed Clarkson-Leigh Patriots in the second round of the D1 high school football playoffs.
Updated: Oct. 28, 2023 at 12:03 AM CDT
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The fourth-seed South Loup Bobcats hosted the 13-seed Lawrence-Nelson Raiders in the second round of the D2 state football playoffs on Friday evening.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2023 at 11:40 PM CDT
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KNOP’s Athlete of the Week is senior Gothenburg volleyball outside hitter Clara Evert.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2023 at 10:48 PM CDT
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The NSAA has announced the high school volleyball district final matchups for all classes. All games will be played on Saturday, below are all of the matchups involving teams in our area.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2023 at 11:12 PM CDT
|By Marko Jerkovic
The North Platte Community College volleyball team was on fire Wednesday night – sweeping the Southeast Community College Bobcats 3-0 in the opening round of the NJCAA Region 9 Postseason Tournament.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2023 at 11:05 PM CDT
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers football team will host the Purdue Boilermakers on Saturday.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2023 at 11:20 PM CDT
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers volleyball team is now ranked No. 1 in the AVCA poll.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2023 at 11:14 PM CDT
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The Maxwell volleyball team hosted St. Pat’s in the C2-11 volleyball sub-district final on Tuesday night.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2023 at 11:03 PM CDT
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The Gothenburg volleyball team hosted Ogallala in the C1-11 sub-district final on Tuesday night.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2023 at 10:49 PM CDT
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The No. 2 Nebraska Cornhuskers volleyball team hosted the No. 1 Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday night at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2023 at 9:08 PM CDT
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers football team welcomed the Northwestern Wildcats to Memorial Stadium on Saturday.