Here 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...

With 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...

11-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...

11-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...

11-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. ...

11-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. ...

11-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...

11-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...

11-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...

*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...

WOLBACH, 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...

*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...

*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...

FAIRFIELD, 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...

Here 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...

Of 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...

In 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. ...

If 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...

Eleven 1000 yard rushers return in Class D-1, 8-Man football in 2024 and two of those Friday Night heroes even rushed for over TWO THOUSAND yards a year ago. Defending D1 Champion Stanton returns a pair of 1000 yarders as does Crofton. They simply do not come much better than Stanton quarterback Barrett Wilke and his backfield buddy, RB Becker Pohlman. ...

The star of the show here is Husker commit Conor Booth, Wahoo Neumann’s human bulldozer who averaged a mind-boggling 10.6 yards a touch on 204 carries, 2,159 yards and 31 touchdowns. Booth had to set the record for the most defenders bouncing off his body like water off a duck’s back. Talk about yards after contact. And the kid just doesn’t get hurt. Another nice thing about Booth is the fact he can either run over you or blow by you with his great, breakaway speed...