The 1993 State Football Playoffs were held during the 10th, 11th, and 12th weeks of the football season. The finals for Classes A and D3 were held Saturday, November 13. The finals for B, C1, C2, D1, and D2 were played November 19. Class A was made up of the 32 largest schools; the next 64 largest were class B; the remainder of the schools playing 11-man football were divided into C1 and C2. ...

Three coaches and thirteen players have been named to the 2023 Eight-Man Football Hall of Fame. They will be inducted during ceremonies to be held Saturday, June 17 th at The Tom Osborne Family Sports Complex in Hastings, Nebraska. The hall of fame is presented by the Nebraska Eight-Man Football Coaches Association and sponsored by Cornerstone Bank. ...

The Nebraska Eight-Man Football Coaches Association released the rosters for the 2023 8-Man All-Star Football Classic to be played Saturday, June 17th at Lloyd Wilson Field on the campus of Hastings College. Kickoff for the annual event is scheduled for 6:00 PM.Head Coach Ron Beacom (Neligh-Oakdale) will lead the West All-Stars and will be assisted by Ravenna’s Dan Bolling, Dundy County/Stratton’s Mike Spargo and Dexter Hanzel.The East All-Stars will be headed up by AJ Birki (Wisner-Pilger). ...

In lieu of publishing Boys All-State Basketball teams, I chose to go with this format since I was busier with PA work this season, although it did afford me the opportunity to see more talent throughout the state. So here they are, my 2023 Nebraska high school Basketball Dazzling Perfomers...

Absolutely EVERYTHING you need to know heading into the 2023 Nebraska Boys State Basketball Tournament. Leading Scorers entering the Boys State Basketball Tournament CLASS A Antallah Sandlin’el-Lincoln North Star (6-8, Sr)- 434 points, (17.3 ppg)...

Absolutely EVERYTHING you need to know heading into the 2023 Nebraska Girls State Basketball Tournament. You’re welcome. Leading Scorers entering the Girls State Basketball Tournament CLASS A...

Sunday, January 20, 2023 The highest scoring basketball player in the history of Nebraska high school basketball passed into that big arena in the sky today. Bill Holliday, who scored an unimaginable 2,748 points during a three year basketball career at tiny Wilsonville, Nebraska, passed away this afternoon after a long bout with complications that seemed to arise during Covid outbreak a few years back...

The National High School Athletic Coaches Association (NHSACA) and the Nebraska Coaches Association (NCA) announced the advancement of 12 coaches and an athletic director as finalists for the National High School Athletic Coaches Association national coach of the year. ...

The 1992 State Football Playoffs were held during the 10th, 11th, and 12th weeks of the football season. The finals for Classes A and D3 were held Saturday, November 14. The finals for B, C1, C2, D1, and D2 were played November 20. Class A was made up of the 32 largest schools; the next 64 largest were Class B; the remainder of the schools playing 11-man football were divided into C1 and C2. ...

BOYS BASKETBALL; Boys basketball had six classes in 2009-10. Each class qualified eight teams for the NSAA Boys State Basketball Championships held on March 11, 12, and 13, 2010, in Lincoln. Class A was divided into seven districts with the district champions and one wild-card team, selected on the basis of a point system, qualifying for the state tournament. Lincoln High was the wild-card team for Class A...

The 1991 State Football Playoffs were held during the 10th, 11th, and 12th weeks of the football season. The finals for Classes A and D3 and C2, D1 and D2 were played November 23. Class A was made up of the 32 largest schools; the next 64 largest were Class B; the remainder of the schools playing 11-man football were divided into C1 and C2. ...

Despite the fact that the 1959/1960 Nebraska prep basketball season was 63 years ago and I was in the 5th grade, I can still recall 100% of these schools preparing for District Tournament time and where they were located. You see, my Dad (Bobby Mills Sr.) was a famous Big band leader back in that day and had probably played in most of these towns. Bobby Sr. was a stickler about his kids knowing the names and whereabouts of these schools...

*The 48th version of my Bobby Mills 1000 Yard Club features 78 Nebraska running backs. This year’s list includes 35 running backs from the 11-Man ranks, 31 from 8-Man football and 12 running backs from 6-Man football. *Lance Brester from D-2 runner-up Howells-Dodge led all 8-Man football runners and was the State Rushing Champion...

I will make this brief. Choosing All-State Football Teams is one of the toughest, yet most satisfying projects I undertake on a yearly basis. I do realize that an 11-Man All-State Football team should have 11 slots. The 8-Man version….Eight...

CLASS D-1 (Eight-Man) North Platte St. Pats (10-0) at Neligh-Oakdale (9-1) The St. Patricks Irish first venture into the 8-Man football ranks has been a successful one despite the huge loss of three-time 1000 yard rusher, Jackson Roberts. No opponent has come within 27 points of the Irish, who have spanked...

CLASS C-1 Boone Central (9-2) at Aurora (11-0) *Nobody has come closer to the mighty Aurora Huskies than Boone Central this season, and that being a 34-13 loss back on September 2nd. The only other setback for the Cardinals has been an excusable 48-26 loss to also powerful Pierce, that setback coming on a more recent October 14th Friday...

CLASS A Grand Island (9-2) at Omaha Westside (10-1) *These two teams met in GI back on September 2nd with Westside coming away with a solid 37-13 win. This is not the same Islander squad the Warriors saw back on Labor Day weekend. Since that loss and the Elkhorn South defeat, the Islanders are rolling with a purpose. ...

Last week I featured all four 11-Man Classes, so this time around we’ll give the Class D-1 and D-2, 8-Man teams, and D-6, Six-Man team by team individual stats entering the Quarterfinal round in all three classes. **CLASS D-1 QUARTERFINALS**...

#16 Valentine (5-4) at Passing; Ashton Lurz-510 yards with 5 TDs/4 INTs (52.8 completion) Rushing; Ashton Lurz-1,140 yards (6.1/ carry) with 19 TDs Receiving; Connor Kreutner-18 receptions/206 yards/ 0 TDs...

#16 Columbus Scotus (6-3) at Passing; Trenton Cielocha - 822 yards with 9 TDs/5 INTs (60% completion) Rushing; Henry Ramaekers (Soph) - 621 yards (5.0/carry) with 10 TDs...