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...

Class A #16 Papillion LaVista (4-5) at Passing; Tavien Pirtle-1,280 yards with 15 TDs/7 INTs (55.6% completion) Rushing; Payton Prestito-1,069 yards (7.6/per carry) with 9 TDs...

PAWNEE PARK, COLUMBUS, NE Defending Class C-1 Champion Columbus Lakeview put on a “ball control/how to control the line of scrimmage” clinic tonight in it’s 28-7 win over cross town rival Columbus Scotus. Coach Kurt Frenzen, who had been limiting Landon Ternus to around 10 carries a game, turned the 5-11, 205 pound running back loose for 147 yards on 24 carries and a touchdown in the regular season finale for both squads...

WOLBACH, NE It was the Zander Wolf show tonight in Wolbach, as the 5-11, 185 pound senior exploded for 301 yards on 23 carries and FIVE rushing touchdowns, allowing the Central Valley Cougars to overwhelm O’Neill St. Marys 52-6 in the opening round of the Class D-1 football playoffs...

**1000 Yard Rusher Alert - Second Time Around*Brady Cook, Fletcher Dubas, Nolan Dubas, Max Voichahoske-Fullerton - Brady Cook, The Fullerton football Renaissance Man, reached the 1000 yard rushing plateau for the second season in the Warriors 54-28 win over High Plains Community last Thursday. The punishing Fullerton runner rambled for 227 yards and three TDs on 32 carries. Cook’s scoring jaunts covered 4, 2 and 27 yards. That gives the All-State candidate 1,032 yards for the season...

FULLERTON, NE The regular season finale for both the Fullerton Warriors and the High Plains Community Storm basically came down to a “Winner advances to the Class D-2 playoff field/Loser says home” football game. With the stakes as high as it gets in a high school football season, it was a resilient Fullerton team that had to fight back from a 14-0 first quarter deficit to take a huge 54-28 win over the visiting Storm...

*Carson Rauer, Cole Ballard, Maverick Noonan-Elkhorn South - We already knew how talented Elkhorn South players Cole Ballard, Maverick Noonan and Henry Prochazka were, but when Coach Guy Rosenberg mentioned to me how much skill his quarterback Carson Rauer possessed, he was not kidding...

GILTNER, NE Fullerton sophomore quarterback Fletcher Dubas threw three touchdown passes and ran for two more, senior standout Brady Cook added three more rushing touchdowns as the Warriors overcame a shaky second quarter to breeze past Giltner 60-22...

*Karter Kerkman-Norfolk Catholic - The Knights starters were able tostay on the field for an entire game in Norfolk Catholic’s 28-7 victory over Battle Creek. First time in three weeks that’s happened. All-State RB Karter Kerkman zipped for 184 yards 19 carries which included touchdown runs of 37 and 54 yards...

*Carson Kudlacek, Cooper Butler, Jenson Anderson, Brady Rutt-Hastings St. Cecilia - Did Head Coach Clint Head’s Bluehawks team look strong Friday night in a 49-7 win over Kearney Catholic. Senior QB Carson Kudlacek was sharp, hitting 17 of 21 passes for a monster 313 yards and three touchdowns. Kudlacek also slipped away for 61 yards rushing on 9 carries...

DUNCAN FIELD, HASTINGS, NE Hastings St. Cecilia’s lethal opening half passing combination of Carson Kudlacek to Cooper Butler was as good as it gets, as the Bluehawks overwhelmed a young Kearney Catholic team 49-7 on a gorgeous Homecoming night...

*Quentin Morris-Centura - 5-11, 200 Senior outgained David City High all by himself in the Centurions 50-7 win over the Scouts. Quentin Morris actually outgained David City by 70 yards with just his 227 rushing yards (24 carries/5 touchdowns...

*Hyatt Collins, Nick Conant, Sam Dierks, Jayden Teichmeier, Holden O’Dey-Adams Central - Yes! All of these gentlemen plus others, contributed to a terrific, hard fought win over a very fine Central City football team. Hyatt Collins ended up making what would be a game winning touchdown catch in the endzone after a tip by a Bison defender. ...

HASTINGS COLLEGE, HASTINGS, NE. (Saturday, September 24th, 2022) What a difference a year makes. One year ago, I saw this Hastings College team lose to a banged up Midland University squad 35-17 on the first Saturday of November. The Broncos dropped to 2-7 at the time and I wondered where this program was headed, although I knew this team had a brilliant Head Coach in Matt Franzen...

GILTNER, NE (Thursday, September 22nd, 2022) Senior RB Kolton Neujahr matched his four game/2022 touchdown total in just the first half alone tonight as Osceola put away Giltner 46-6 on a chilly, but beautiful night for 8-Man football...