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1000 Yard Guy’s 2024 All-State High School Football Teams
Posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024, at 12:13 AMSuper-State Offense QB - Jett Thomalla-Millard South, 6-4, 195, Junior RB - Taye Taye Jenkins-Omaha Westside, 5-8, 175, Sophomore RB - Jaron Cannon-Omaha North, 5-10, 175, Senior... -
Class C-1 and Class C-2 Football Championship Previews
Posted Monday, November 25, 2024, at 8:19 PMYou will statistically prepared for both the ClassC-2 and C-1 State Championships when you finish ingesting this information. Tuesday’s curtain raiser will feature an unbeaten Norfolk Catholic team (12-0) seeking a third consecutive C-2 title and currently riding a 38 game winning streak. Providing the opposition will be Wahoo Neumann, a squad Catholic defeated 28-21 to open the 2024 season... -
8-Man One and 8-Man Two Football Championship Previews
Posted Thursday, November 21, 2024, at 1:00 AM1Here is all the pregame information you need to know before these two Classic matchups kick off next Monday at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. Right off hand, I cannot even dream of two finer matchups than the Greeley County rematch from the season opener between Riverside and Central Valley in Class D-2 and the long anticipated 2023 Class D-1 semifinal rematch of defending champion Stanton and Sandy Creek... -
Complete list of Nebraska High School Single Season 2000 Yard Rushers.
Posted Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at 12:16 AMWith superior ground gainers such as Conor Booth of Wahoo Neumann and Chadron iron man Quinn Bailey, I thought this might be a good opportunity to republish this Master List of Single Season 2000 and 3000 yard rushers. The very first two thousand rusher on record is Filley’s Dale Seifkus (2,325) in 1955, back when rushing stats were rarely kept... -
Week 10 Friday Night Lights Football Heroes
Posted Thursday, November 7, 2024, at 9:53 PM11-Man *1000 Yard Rusher Alert*Brady Eichelerger-O’Neill - Brady, son of O'Neill Head Coach and former Beemer two-time 1000 yard rusher Brock Eichelberger, did everything he could to garner a win in the Eagles 9-7 loss to Auburn. Eichelburger rushed for 180 yards on 21 carries and scored O'Neill's only touchdown. Brock finished the season with 1,167 yards rushing for the 8-2 Eagles... -
Week Nine Friday Night Lights Football Heroes
Posted Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at 9:35 PM11-Man *Conor Booth-Bishop Neumann - The sensational Conor Booth rambled for 353 yards 25 carries and 6 touchdowns in the Cavs 48-27 win over Raymond Central. That elevates the Nebraska pledge’s season rushing total to 2,414 on 184 carries (13.1/rush)6. Through 36 Career games, Conor has amassed a staggering 5,551 yards on 463 carries with 93 touchdowns. THAT’S 12 yards a pop every single time he touches a football (463 times) in FOUR years... -
Week Eight Friday Night Lights Football Heroes
Posted Thursday, October 24, 2024, at 12:19 AM11-Man *****5000 Yard Career Rusher Alert**2000 Yard Rusher Alert- 2nd Time Around *Conor Booth-Bishop Neumann - Unbelievable! THREE Nebraska high school running backs surpassing the 5000 yard career rushing mark the past three weeks. Just remarkable. ... -
Week Seven Friday Night Lights Football Heroes
Posted Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at 2:33 PM11-Man *1000 Yard Rushing Alert*Dez Smith, Nate Kelly, Braxton Buford, Bluffs O-Line - Scottsbluff - In Scottsbluff’s second-half explosion, resulting in a 41-6 victory over Hastings; Senior Dez Smith went over the 1000 yard rushing mark with 215 yards on 25 carries and touchdown runs of 60 and 32 yards. ... -
Week Six Friday Night Lights Football Heroes
Posted Wednesday, October 9, 2024, at 1:02 AM11-Man *****5000 Yard Career Rusher Alert*Quinn Bailey-Chadron - HE DID IT! - Quinn Bailey of Chadron became Nebraska's 61st ever 5000 yard rusher Friday night as the Cardinals beat Chase County 32-6. Quinn went off for 286 yards on 43 carries, raising his season total to 1,706 yards. That vaults Bailey's career rushing total to 5,196 yards, placing him 43rd on that list of 61 Five Thousand Yard Career Rushers... -
Week Five Friday Night Lights Football Heroes
Posted Wednesday, October 2, 2024, at 12:27 AM11-Man ***1000 Yard Rusher Alert- Third Time Around *Quinn Bailey-Chadron - The incomparable Cardinals senior notched his THIRD 300 yard rushing game in Chadron’s 34-14 win over Ogallala. Bailey sprinted for 301 yards and FIVE touchdowns on 31 carries, lifting him over the 1000 yard rushing mark for third season... -
Week Four Friday Night Lights Football Heroes
Posted Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at 2:53 PM11-Man ***1000 Yard Rusher Alert***-Third Time Around *Quinn Bailey-Chadron - Holy Cow! Bailey rambled for 324 yards on a massive 38 carries and two touchdowns in Chadron's 22-6 victory over Gothenburg. The remarkable Bailey also caught 3 passes for 24 yards and a TD and made 7 tackles on defense... -
Week Three Friday Night Lights Football Heroes
Posted Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at 2:37 AM*Kip Brigham-Wahoo - The 5-10, 175 pound junior continues to pull off remarkable feats on the gridiron week after week and this puppy may top them all. In Wahoo’s 66-24 win over Aurora, Brigham rushed for 342 yards and 7 touchdowns on just 13 carries (26.31/carry). He also caught one pass which resulted in a 32 yard TD. Brighams 8 touchdowns in a single game is a new Class C-1 record... -
Stanton edges Central Valley in the big Battle of the 8-Man Ones
Posted Monday, September 16, 2024, at 12:19 AMWOLBACH, NE Billed as the Battle of the 8-Man ONES, the Class D-1 Stanton and Class D-2 Central Valley game was a Classic from beginning to end. Played down in the famous Wolbach Bowl, Stanton rode the incredibly strong legs of All-State quarterback Barrett Wilke to pull off an impressive 40-28 win after a defensive, pad popping first quarter... -
Week Two Friday Night Lights Football Heroes - 8-Man/6-Man
Posted Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at 2:06 AM*Kyle Cox-Sandhills-Thedford - Amazing Dual-Threat quarterback rushed 28 times for 301 yards and 4 TDs, completed 8 of 15 passes for 199 yards and FOUR more TDs for 500 Total Yards and made 19 tackles with 12 solos in the Knights 56-54 win over Ainsworth... -
Week Two Friday Night Lights Football Heroes - 11-Man
Posted Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at 1:48 AM*Tony Palmer-South Sioux City-Senior sensation exploded for a massive 390 yards on 28 carries with 7 touchdowns in the 49-26 win over Sioux City West. The seven TDs appears to tie a Class A state record for rushing touchdowns in a single game... -
#2 Sandy Creek downs #4 Shelby/Rising City 28-6 in Class D-1/8-Man Clash.
Posted Sunday, September 8, 2024, at 1:32 AMFAIRFIELD, NE. It was a great night for an early season clash between a pair of well coached, talented 8-Man football teams. After a scoreless first quarter of good old, straight up the gut football, Sandy Creek All-State quarterback Ethan Shaw fired up the passing game... -
Week One Friday Night Lights Football Heroes
Posted Wednesday, September 4, 2024, at 1:57 AMHere we go again with my favorite weekly salutes to our Nebraska Prep football Heroes. We’ve waited 9 months to walk those hallowed sidelines and witness these Friday Night Lights Heroes. Here they are. The Week One Friday Night Lights Heroes... -
Nebraska Prep Football Class A Linebackers To Watch in 2024
Posted Tuesday, August 27, 2024, at 1:28 AMOf all the defensive positions, the Linebacker slot is the one that intrigues me the most. The man in the middle with his hands planted firmly on top of his kneecaps, surveying the upcoming play with the eyes of a hawk. I became spoiled watching the incomparable LaVonte David play for the Huskers, uncorking some of the greatest lateral movement I have ever seen... -
Nebraska Prep Football Classification Changes for the 2024/2025 Cycle
Posted Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at 8:36 PMIn the past month, several high school football fans have asked me about some of the high school football classification changes for the next 2 year cycle and frankly they are so numerous I just could not recall many of those changes. So, let’s list those changes for you and it sure seems as though there are an extraordinarily large number of schools changing classes this time around. ... -
Nebraska High School Class D-2/8-Man Running Backs To Watch in 2024
Posted Thursday, August 15, 2024, at 12:11 AMIf defending D2 champion Sandhills-Thedford B Kyle Cox isn’t the roughest, toughest hombre in his class, he has to be close. I watched every single play of the D-2b title game at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln from the Knights sideline and could not believe what I witnessed...
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