CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, GRAND ISLAND, NE The word around the state’s Class C-2 circles this season is that North Platte St. Patrick has an exceptional offensive line. That word was right, and the Irish needed that outstanding O-Line with their exceptional “push” tonight because Grand Island Central Catholic proved to be a stingy host when it came to defense...

*Brandon Bartos, Alex Phelps, Tanner Walling, Ashton Munsell, Blue Devils O-Line - Wayne - Brandon Bartos ran for 137 yards and 2 touchdowns on 20 carries, Tanner Walling threw for 103 yards, Alex Phelps caught 7 passes for 92 yards and a touchdown, and Ashton Munsell picked off a pair of Lakeview passes in Wayne’s big 30-17 win over 3rd rated Columbus Lakeview...

*Tony Berger, Chargers O-Line, D-Lines - Riverside - Tony Berger and the Riverside Chargers made it look easy Friday afternoon with their 61-6 triumph over a 2-0 Osmond team. The 5-11, 170 pound Berger, who placed 4th in the Long Jump and 3rd in the Triple Jump just over 3 months ago at the State Track Meet, played only one half of football, yet still managed 183 yards rushing with 5 touchdowns...

THE HILL, COLUMBUS, NE. I had a sneaking suspicion this 2021 Wayne football squad was a good one after watching some game film earlier in the week. Then seeing the Blue Devils perform live and in full color tonight, my suspicions were confirmed...

*Aiden Kuester-Neligh-Oakdale - The junior phenom was simply outstanding in the Warriors 74-32 victory over Plainview. The All-State QB hit 10 of 14 passes for a whopping 309 yards which included FIVE touchdown passes to FIVE different receivers. Remember, this is 8-Man football, friends...

*Dylan Mostek, Trey Bird, BADger Offensive Line - The remarkable Mostek blazed for 353 yards rushing yards, Bird threw for 201 more and the finest offensive line in Class B made things easier against a fine Aurora squad in the BADgers 55-44 slugfest win over the Huskies. Mostek, who leads the entire nation in Rushing Yards Per Game (354), toted the football 39 times and once again ripped off long scoring runs covering 53, 56, 48, 3, 54 yards. Dylan has 704 rushing yards after just two outings...

AURORA, NE. Bennington’s sensational Dylan Mostek rushed for 357 yards and 5 touchdowns on 39 grueling carries to lead the Badgers to a wild 55-44 win over Aurora Friday night. It is the 2nd straight week Mostek has put up video game-like stats, having sprinted for 355 yard and 5 scores a week ago against Grand Island Northwest...

*Hyatt Collins-Adams Central - Preseason All-State running back broke loose for 183 yards and 4 TDs on just 14 touches in Adams Central’s 41-13 victory over Holdrege. Collins scoring dashes came from 55, 5, 33 and 70 yards out. The 185 pound junior was also lethal as a pass receiver out of that Patriot backfield, catching 3 passes for 52 yards, one of which was a 30 yard scoring strike from new QB Jacob Eckhardt...

**Dylan Mostek-Bennington - 5-10, 195 pound track sensation blistered the Grand Island Northwest defense to the tune of a monster 335 yards on 25 carries and 5 touchdowns as the 5th ranked Badgers defeated the Vikings 45-20 on opening night 2021...

PAWNEE PARK, COLUMBUS, NE Schools schedule Homecoming games in season openers these days and it appeared Columbus Scotus liked the idea because the Shamrocks were ready to rock and roll in their 2021 curtain raiser against perennial powerhouse Wahoo...

FULLERTON, NE Freshman quarterback Fletcher Dubas threw for 162 yards and 3 touchdowns in his varsity debut and junior All-State candidate Brady Cook added 113 yards and a score, as a youthful Fullerton squad knocked off pre-season #7 rated Central Valley 30-20, in a hot and steamy season opener...

Class C-1, traditionally one of Nebraska prep football toughest classes, boasts a sensational group of offensive and defensive linemen for 2021. So much talent here! *2021 Returning All-Staters*Class C-1...

We kick things off in our salute to “The Men of The Trenches” series with the spotlight shining brightly on the Big Boys in the Class A and Class B ranks. Every single one of these guys deserve some high props for playing their hearts out under the Friday Night Lights with very few mentions in game recaps...

The Day, August 9th. The significance. The first day of Fall sports practice for Nebraska high schools begins now. Somewhere around 266 schools will begin Football practice today with their sights set on a trip to Memorial Stadium in Lincoln in November or UNK in Kearney for the 6-Man warriors...

Below is a list of football stars who were selected to All-State teams in 2020. This group consists of All-State selections from the Omaha World-Herald, Lincoln Journal-Star, Huskerland Prep Report and 1000 Yard Guy Bobby Mills. Also included on this list are the returning All-Metro Conference selections from 2020. ...

We now list the latter half of the 1000 yard rushers from the Nebraska prep football programs (schools) beginning with the letter “L”. No better way to begin this list of 1000 yard rushers than to salute the Lincoln schools...

***Returning 1000 Yard Passing QBs - (11-Man)*Kale Jensen-Central City-271-397 (68%)-3,033 yds, 37 TDs/9 INTs (494 rush/8 TDs) **(70% of all Central City offensive plays were passes)Noah Walters-Lincoln East-157-290 (57%)-2,753, 28 TDs/9 INTs (219 rush/9 TDs)...

*Quade Myers - Dundy County/Stratton - 1,294, Sr.(3-Time 1000 yarder) 2020 statistics; Rushing, 1,294-150 (17 TDs/8.6 ypc), Passing, 65 of 104 (63%) for 1,062 yds, 24 TDs/2 INTs. Defense: 39 UN/37 Asst/76 total tackles, 8 kick returns/243 yds/ 2 TDs, 8 punt returns/153 yards/1 TD...

Thirty three Nebraska prep football 1000 yard rushers will be back to terrorize opposing defenses in 2021. The 2020 state rushing champion, Caleb Busch (also D-1) is back for another go-around after crushing school rushing records for the Longhorns a year ago...

We now list all the 1000 yard rushers from the Nebraska prep football programs beginning with the letters “J”, “K”, and beginning of the “L” schools. =========================== There are NO “I” schools...