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The Nebraska High School All-State Football Project - Saluting 1990
Posted Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at 11:26 AMThe 1990 State Football Playoffs were held during the 10th, 11th, and 12th weeks of the football season. The finals for Classes A and D3 and the semifinals for the other five classes were held Saturday, November 10. The finals for B, C1, C2, D1, and D2 were played on November 16. ... -
The Nebraska High School All-State Football Project - Saluting 1989
Posted Saturday, April 16, 2022, at 5:35 PMThe 1989 State Football playoffs were held during the 10th, 11th, and 12th, weeks of the football season. On Wednesday, November 1, Class A and Class D3 quarterfinals and the first round for the remaining five classes were held. The Class A and D3 semifinals and the quarterfinals for the other classes were held Monday, November 6. ... -
Class A Schools with the Most 1st Team All-State Basketball selections the Past 79 Years?
Posted Friday, April 1, 2022, at 11:02 PMGood question, so let me explain what source I used and why the odd number of 79 seasons. The Omaha World-Herald has long since been the main source for determining these state-wide, all-state selections, although there is certainly NOTHING wrong with the Lincoln Journal-Star’s all-state choices... -
1000 Yard Guy’s 2022 Nebraska High School Boys All-State/Super-State Basketball Teams
Posted Wednesday, March 23, 2022, at 12:35 AMIt is once again time for the Football guy to choose All-State Basketball teams. Unless I’ve missed by a mile on these picks, playing for a team that made it to the State Basketball Tournament this past season was almost a MUST to make this elite list... -
Boys Classes B, C-1 and C-2 Pre-State Tournament Statistical Leaders
Posted Sunday, March 6, 2022, at 10:23 PMHere are your Class B Boys statistical leaders going into this week’s State Basketball Tournament. The classes below Class A will not be as detailed due to the fact that not all schools turned in certain stats to Max Preps. However, these should still shed a little light on who to look out for when you watch your favorite team(s) compete at the State Tournament this week... -
Boys Class A Pre-State Tournament Statistical Leaders
Posted Sunday, March 6, 2022, at 4:59 PMHere are your Class A Boys statistical leaders going into next week’s State Basketball Tournament. This may be everything you wanted to know about the Class A field and a whole lot more. *Individual Stats*Scoring:……………………………………….........PPG…PTs... -
2022 NEMFCA Eight-Man Football Hall of Fame Announced
Posted Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at 12:35 AMThree coaches, and eleven players have been named to the 2022 NEMFCA Eight-Man Football Hall of Fame. They will be inducted during ceremonies to be held Saturday, June 18th at The Tom Osborne Sports Complex in Hastings, Nebraska. The hall of fame is presented by the Nebraska Eight-Man Football Coaches Association. Induction ceremonies will be held at halftime of the 45th annual Sertoma Eight-Man All-Star Game played at Hastings College. Kickoff for the game will be 6:00 p.m... -
The Elkhorn North girls basketball team left me in a daze tonight.
Posted Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at 8:40 PMGRAND ISLAND CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL Santa Claus dropped a late Christmas gift by my front door a week ago when I found out the Elkhorn North and Broken Bow girls would be meeting up at GICC, right across the fence from my house. Better yet, they asked me to do the PA for this meeting... -
2021 Bobby Mills 1000 Yard Club - 47h Version
Posted Thursday, December 16, 2021, at 10:03 PM2021 Bobby Mills 1000 Yard Club - 47h Version Dylan Mostek-Bennington, 3,089, Class B Leader Tyson Denker-Kenesaw, 2,550, D-2 Leader Caleb Busch-Burwell ,2,517, D-1 Leader Easton Weber -BDS, 2,246, Junior... -
1000 Yard Guy’s 2021 All-State Football Teams
Posted Friday, December 3, 2021, at 1:20 PMHere are my 2021 High School All-State Football teams. I take great pride publishing these each season and I do realize there are more than 11 athletes on my 11-Man teams and in excess of 8 on the 8-Man squads. The reason is simple. While not totally watering down these elite squads, I will not leave a deserving player off my All-State teams and I DO have a formula for doing this... -
Class C-1 State Football Championship Game Preview.
Posted Saturday, November 20, 2021, at 1:23 AM*Tuesday, November 23rd, Memorial Stadium/UNL, 10:15 AM Pierce (10-2) vs. Columbus Lakeview (10-2) *Pierce coaching staff: Head Coach: Mark Brahmer, Asst: Tyler Legate, Kyle Simmons, Grant Doerr, Les Painter, Carl Scholting... -
Class C-2 State Football Championship Game Preview.
Posted Friday, November 19, 2021, at 1:12 AM*Tuesday, November 23rd, Memorial Stadium/UNL, 2:30 PM Fremont Bergan (12-0) vs. Norfolk Catholic (11-1) *Archbishop Bergan coaching staff: Head Coach: Seth Mruz, Asst: TJ Folkers, Josh Boggs, Doug Moore, Scott Painter, Dave Schrader, Brock Rogers, Kurt Marolf, Nate Pribnow... -
Class D-1 (Eight-Man) Football Championship Game Preview.
Posted Thursday, November 18, 2021, at 2:16 AMClass D-1 (Eight-Man) Football Championship Game Preview. *Monday, November 22nd, Memorial Stadium/UNL, 10:15 AM Cross County (11-1) vs. Howells-Dodge (12-0)... -
Class D-2 (Eight-Man) Football Championship Game Preview.
Posted Wednesday, November 17, 2021, at 12:05 AM*Monday, November 22nd, Memorial Stadium/UNL, 2:30 PM Kenesaw (12-0) vs. Sandhills-Thedford (12-0) *Kenesaw coaching staff: Head Coach: Craig Schnitzler, Asst: Chuck Roe, Casey Olson, Christian Kroos... -
Nebraska High School State D-6 (Six-Man) Championship Game Preview.
Posted Tuesday, November 16, 2021, at 1:20 AM*Friday, November 19th, University/Nebraska/Kearney, Cope Stadium, 7:00 PM Potter-Dix (11-0) vs. Cody-Kilgore (11-0) *Potter-Dix coaching staff: Head Coach: Dale Frerichs, Asst: Jake Christensen, Garrett Stricklin... -
Columbus Lakeview rolls past Kearney Catholic to gain C-1 Finals.
Posted Saturday, November 13, 2021, at 1:49 AMMILES FIELD, KEARNEY, NE. Fullerton assistant football coach Eric Frenzen told me at halftime that the difference in this football game was the “tough farm kids” from Lakeview. Vikings head coach Kurt Frenzen may certainly have agreed on that point, but all I know is that this Columbus Lakeview team has reeled off 9 straight victories after I saw them drop a 30-17 decision to Wayne back on September 10th and it showed tonight in Vikings convincing 31-21 win over a previously undefeated Kearney Catholic team.. ... -
Offensive Team statistics for each Nebraska High School Football Playoff Semifinalist.
Posted Friday, November 12, 2021, at 1:38 AMAre you one of those high school football fans who loves to look at Offensive team statistics? Will they tell you anything about how these semifinal games will turnout Friday? I’ll make a deal with you. I’ll dole them out (excepting Wilber-Clatonia and BDS), and you can make your own decision about how these will directly affect game outcomes. Personally, I like to know the run/pass balance of each of these semifinalists, but as we all know, games aren’t played on paper... -
Cross County holds off Lourdes Central Catholic in an 8-Man Playoff Classic for the Ages
Posted Sunday, November 7, 2021, at 1:15 AMSOUTH OF STROMSBURG, NE. In a game that could have easily been good enough to be a Class D-1 State Championship matchup, Cross County held off a brutal Lourdes Central Catholic passing attack to advance to the D-1 semifinals. The 58-51 victory by Hayden DeLano’s Cross County forces over a Nebraska City Lourdes team I consider to be the best ever from that institution, will go down as one of the greatest 8-Man football playoff games of the 21st century... -
Class by Class Football Playoffs Quarterfinal Passing and Receiving Leaders
Posted Thursday, November 4, 2021, at 11:45 PM*Playoff Quarterfinals Passing and Receiving Leaders*PASSINGClass A 1 Zane Flores-Gretna - 119 of 234 (72%) for 2,210 (29 TDs) 2 Luke Johannsen-Bellevue West - 131 of 195 (67%) for 2,098 yds (25 TDs)... -
Class by Class Football Playoffs Quarterfinal Rushing Leaders
Posted Thursday, November 4, 2021, at 11:26 PMThere are 8 teams left in each class in the 2021 Nebraska high school football playoffs. Here are your rushing leaders in each class going into Friday’s Quarterfinal games. Playoff Quarterfinals RUSHING Leaders...
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