It was the final of six boys state basketball championships at Pinnacle Band Arena. I was front and center for the C-2 title matchup between GICC and BRLD. The entire weekend felt like we were all walking in a long corridor of uncertainty, a corridor that could be darkened and shut down in an instant by the Governor...

The Dream Race over 100 Meters is in the books. I considered all things high school (naturally) to determine who was the Fastest Nebraska Schoolboy in history. First, here is a recap of the entire process, the four Preliminary Qualifying Heats, the two Semifinal Heats, then my results...

This may be the toughest piece of writing I have ever attempted. As most of you know, I will not do any type of prep ratings, nor will I predict winners of any high school contests. It’s not the way I do things. So choosing winners in order are way outside the box for me, but during these current unsettled times I’ve had some extra time to think and rehash the many state track meets I’ve witnessed...

This is the 4th and final preliminary heat of the “Who is the Fastest Nebraska Schoolboy in History Dream Race”. This of course, is a 100 meters event, commonly used to determine the world’ fastest human. In this case, we ‘ll use that distance to determine our fastest high school aged human...

The lane assignments have finally been completed “Who is the Fastest Nebraska Schoolboy in History Dream Race”. We are now up to Heat Three (of 4) of the preliminary heats. Heats One and Two were previously posted and here is how they appear:...

The lane assignments have finally been completed “Who is the Fastest Nebraska Schoolboy in History Dream Race”. A project that brings together long hours of research and personal recollections, bringing together the greatest sprinters of all time...

The lane assignments have finally been completed “Who is the Fastest Nebraska Schoolboy in History Dream Race”. A project that brings together long hours of research and personal recollections, bringing together the greatest sprinters of all time...

Seems like a simple question doesn’t it? Just go with the fastest electronically recorded 100 Meters time and call it good, right? Not so fast my friend. Over the years there have been many disagreements about how to go about arriving at who ran the quickest hundred on a track. Seems kind of cut and dried, but there is much more to it than meets the eye if you are not familiar with the sport of Track and Field...

Due to the length of the Nebraska High School All-State Football Project articles, I am now posting the Honorable Mention All-State list in a separate blog. And here it is...

The 1984 State Football Playoffs were held during the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth weeks of the football season. On Wednesday, October 31, Class A quarterfinals and the first round for the remaining five classes were held. The Class A finals and the semifinals for the other classes were held Saturday, November 10. ...

*We take a jump ahead to 2014 here for the simple reason my historical source skipped the years 2010-2013. I will go back and pick them up when they become available. Apologies for the jump to 2014, but it was a good year, you know...

My All-State Basketball Teams came out Friday. There were some players not making my teams that richly deserve some publicity. Some will appear on other All-State lists, maybe even be First Team selections...

Here is the finished product. Unlike football, I do not request any nomination sheets from...

This season we will do one of these for each class, keeping you more statistically informed about the upcoming 2020 Boys State Basketball Tournament...

This season we will do one of these for each class, keeping you more statistically informed about the upcoming 2020 Boys State Basketball Tournament...

This season we will do one of these for each class, keeping you more statistically informed about the upcoming 2020 Boys State Basketball Tournament...

This season we will do one of these for each class, keeping you more statistically informed about the upcoming 2020 Boys State Basketball Tournament...

This season we will do one of these for each class, keeping you more statistically informed about the upcoming 2020 Boys State Basketball Tournament...

It doesn’t get much better than the 13th annual Heartland Hoops Classic, which was staged Saturday by basketball coach/entrepreneur Tino Martinez at the Heartland Events Center in Grand Island. The masses of hoops aficionados swarmed in from all directions of the state to witness an eight game slate that included three national powers, two of which collided head on...

Class A Conference basketball tournaments (all two of them) were in the books right after the calender hit January, 2020, but the final countdown to the hoops post season is close at hand and it’s time to view the landscape of Nebraska’s largest Class entering the home stretch...