As usual, the 2019 Heartland Hoops Classic in Grand Island on Saturday provided an in depth look at some top notch individual players, as well as a somewhat measurable gauge of where teams are situated heading into the sub-district basketball season...

*Boys basketball had six classes in 2004-05. Each class qualified eight teams for the Boys State Basketball Tournament held on March 10, 11, and 12, 2005, in Lincoln*. Classes A and B were divided into six districts with the district champions and two wild-card teams, selected on the basis of a point system, qualifying for the state tournament. ...

*(editor's note: Sadly enough, none of the honorable mention lists were legible enough to read and post. This is the first time I have encountered this problem and hopefully the last.) Up first is a review of the 2004 Boys State Basketball Tournament...

Up first is a review of the 2003 Boys State Basketball Tournament. Boys basketball had six classes in 2002-03. Each class qualified eight teams for the Boys State Basketball Tournament held on March 13, 14, and 15, 2003. Classes A and B were divided into six districts with the district champions and two wild card teams, selected on the basis of a point system, qualifying for the state tournament. ...

Here is our usual review of State Basketball Tournaments and All-State teams. This time it’s 2002. A point of interest in here is that 2002 was the first year for wildcard entries in all 6 classes. *2002*...

*Ninety-seven backs playing Nebraska high school football rushed for over 1,000 yards this season to make the 44th annual Bobby Mills 1,000-yard Club. There were 60 seniors, 26 juniors, 10 who came from the sophomore class and one rare freshman who made the list...

The 2018 Nebraska prep football season proved to be an exciting year for movement on this prestigious list. Four running backs cracked the Top 10, which has never occurred before. Dylan Kautz of Norfolk Catholic became 11-Man football’s leading career rusher, surpassing Omaha North’s Calvin Strong by 104 yards...

Super-State (All-Nebraska) OFFENSE QB - Baylor Scheierman - Aurora - 6-6, 175, Senior RB - James Burks - Omaha Burke - 5-10, 175, Senior RB - Jevyon Ducker -Bellevue West - 5-10, 185, Junior RB - Zander Gray - Omaha North - 6-1, 225, Senior...

There certainly have not been many years I could add four entries to my Career 5000 Yard Rushers list. Yes, there was a record five backs that cracked the coveted list back in 2011, but all of them were not active when the State finals at Memorial Stadium rolled around...

The unbeaten Mullen Broncos punched their ticket to Memorial Stadium and the Class D-2 finals the hard way this cold and windy, but sunny Lawrence afternoon. Outplayed and trailing 24-6 at halftime to a surging Lawrence-Nelson football team, three-time 1000 yard rusher Lane Edis and his Mullen cohorts reeled off 30 unanswered second half points to post a dramatic, come from behind 36-24 victory...

The minds that are immersed deep into the game of high school football, and have been for decades, are beginning to think the same way. As long as Islander quarterback Cole Evans is able to suit up and direct the offense, this Grand Island team may not lose a game...

ARCADIA, NE- There’s a reason why the Burwell Longhorns have played in two of the last three Class D-1 state championship games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. Well actually there is more than one, and Arcadia/Loup City found that out Tuesday night when the undefeated Longhorns came to town and waltzed away with a dominating 43-8 win...

OSCEOLA, NE- When your offense averages 66 points a game, and even scores 66 points in your only loss of the season, you know you have something special. Such is the case with 9-1 Lutheran High Northeast (Norfolk) this season, and tonight was no different, as the Eagles soared past Osceola/High Plains 66-26 in a 2nd Round Class D-1 playoff contest in Osceola...

*Ethan Villwok - Archbishop Bergan - Holy Mother-of-Mercy, you don’t want to meet this guy head on for sure. Four Norfolk Catholic defenders found that out during a 59 yard touchdown run down the sidelines last week, in Bergan’s playoff loss to the Knights. Villwok, a 6-0, 200 pound junior who can squat somewhere around 420 pounds, surpassed the 1000 yard rushing with his 97 yards on 14 carries in the 77-32 loss to Catholic...

1000 Yard Rusher Alert - 2nd Time Around*Trenton Harbur - Gothenburg - Do you think a high school football player can go from playing 8-Man football his freshman and sophomore seasons, to playing a limited 6-Man JV schedule his junior year, then jump to Class C-1 and run for a 1000 yards in 10 games? The answer is Yes, because this amazing young man did just that, and it’s a first in all my years of following prep football in this state...

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Let’s do some quick hits to wrap up the regular season and shine the bright lights on lots of Nebaska high school football talent. **1000 Yard Rusher - 1000 Yard Passer Alert*Colton Leslie - Spalding Academy - 5-9, 185 pound senior quarterback has completed 80 of 117 passes for 1,306 yards, 25 TDs (4 INTs) and rushed just 98 times for 1,144 yards (11.7/per) and 15 TDs in 8 games for the 6-Man, 6th rated Shamrocks...

***3,000 Career Passing Yards Aler****4,000 Career Rushing Yards Alert***1000 Yard Rusher Alert - 3rd Time Around*Gentry Anderson- Arapahoe - 4 year starter ran for 277 yards on 39 carries in Arapahoe’s crazy 52-50 win over pesky Alma. ...

*Cedric Case, Isaiah Alford, Jaden Horton -Lincoln High - This football team made me dizzy last Friday night in their 43-3 win over a good Lincoln Southwest squad. Super-State QB Cedric Case completed 18 of 23 passes for 292 yards and 3 TDs and looks like he could throw a football through an 80 yard car wash without getting the ball wet and hit a target right smack dab in the heart at the end. ...