8-Man One and 8-Man Two Football Championship Previews

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.

So, let’s get right to the Good Stuff, shall we?

Class D-2 Final

Monday, November 25th, Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, 10:15 AM Kickoff

Riverside (10-2) vs. Central Valley (11-1)

Central Valley (11-1)

50 Riverside…………..42 - 66 Palmer………………………….0

54 West Holt………….20 - 60 CWC…………………………….6

28 *Stanton………....40 - 62 Elm Creek……………………8

68 Anselmo-Merna…20 - 72 O’Neill St. Marys…......26

64 Burwell……………….6 - 44 Wynot…………………….......6

58 Twin Loup………….13 - 50 Humphrey Archangels…8

Head Coach-Chip Bartos - Assistants-Nolan Kratzer, Ben Ramold, Shane Ryan, Steve

Central Valley Statistical Leaders;

Passing-Zaden Wolf (Sr)-104 of 139 for 1,474 yds, 20 TDs/2 INTs.

Rushing:-Zadan Wolf-1,428 yds-128 carries, 32 TDs, Lucas Shoemaker (Soph)-1,020 yds-90 carries/15 TDs, Grady Kelly (Sr.)-713yds-85 carries/13 TDs.

Receiving: Taesian Soto-37 catches for 442 yds/6 TDs, Boston Wood-29 catches for 440 yds/ 7 TDs

Tackles: Taesian Soto-139 tackles (70 solos/69 assists), William Pokorny (Freshman)-116 tackles (56 solos/57 assists, 1.5 sacks, 1 FR), Lucas Shoemaker-109 tackles (54 solos/55 assists, 1 INT), Gunnar Vanosdall (Soph)-10 sacks, Taylor Jensen (Sr)-3 INTs

*Central Valley has 20 Teamn Sacks

Riverside (10-2)

42 *Central Valley……………...50 - 59 Nebraska Christian…20

42 Twin Loup……………………....8 - 54 Fullerton…………………...8

42 High Plains…………………....16 - 68 Winsde…………………....16

30 *Humphrey Archangels…48 - 84 Creighton…………….....46

44 Osceola…………………………..0 - 73 Sandhills-Thedford…...50

44 Howells-Dodge……………...20 - 50 BDS……………………......20

Head Coach-Corey Valasek - Assistants-Troy Kleffner, Wyatt Pfeifer, Sam Polk, Dennis Paul.

Riverside Statistical Leaders;

Passing- #12 Larry Diessner (Jr)-69 of 80 for 1,090/16 TDs

Rushing: #7 Jack Molt (Sr)-1,633-157/25 TDs, Larry Diessner-599-77/13 TDs.

Receiving: #5 Trevor Carraher (Sr)-44 for 775/8 TDs, #2 Nicholas Berger (Sr)-20 for 468/10 TDs.

Tackles: Trevor Carraher-158 tackles (62 solos, 96 assists), Jack Molt 105 tkls (40 solos/60 assists, 4 INTs), Nicholas Berger (Sr)-84 tkls (33 solos/51 assists, 5 INTs).

*Riverside has 13 Team Interceptions.

*Who is Central Valley? The school is located in Greeley and consists of Greeley, Wolbach and North Loup Scotia schools.

*Who is Riverside? The school is located in Spalding and consists of Spalding Public, Cedar Rapids and were joined a few years back by Spalding Academy.

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Class D-1 Final

Monday, November 25th, Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, 2:30 PM Kickoff

Stanton (12-0) vs. Sandy Creek (12-0)

Stanton (12-0)

42 Bloomfield………….16 - 48 Plainview………………………....28

56 Wausa-Osmond……6 - 70 Laurel-Concord-Coleridge…26

40 Central Valley……..28 - 52 Clarkson-Leigh………………...16

44 Summerland……….34 - 46 Exeter-Milligan/Friend……...8

62 Lutheran High NE…8 - 38 North Platte St. Pats………...26

76 Elkhorn Valley……..24 -48 Summeland……………………...34

Head Coach-David Stoddard - Assistants-Matthew Peter, Greg Wegner, Andrew Erbst, Gunnar Davidson.

Stanton Individual Statistical Leaders;

Passing-#4 Barrett Wilke (Sr)-38 of 65 for 748 yds, 7 TDs/3 INTs.

Rushing:-Barrett Wilke-2,624 yds-288 carries, 36 TDs, #1 Becker Pohlman (Sr)-1,407 yds-176 carries/30 TDs.

Receiving: Becker Pohlman-15 catches for 310 yds.

Tackles: Becker Pohlman-108 tackles (62 solos/46 assists, 2 sacks,1 INT), #53 Gatlin Davidson (Sr)-106 tackles (27 solos/75 assists, 1 sack), Barrett Wilke-75 tackles (39 solos/36 assists)

Sandy Creek (12-0)

60 Johnson-Brock……..8 - 58 Exeter-Milligan/Friend…22

28 Shelby/Rising City…6 - 57 Southern………………………8

71 Alma…………………….14 - 63 Niobrara-Verdigre………14

59 Tri-County……………..6 - 76 Sandhills Valley……………12

43 Thayer Central……….8 - 54 Shelby/Rising City……….0

59 Sutton…………………….0 - 63 Nebraska City Lourdes…8

Head Coach-Andrew Kuta - Assistants-Cole Wiseman, Corbin Hansen, Ross Ostendorf, Logan Sealey, Joel Livgrin, Brian Shaw, Trae Ramer, Jeremy Borer.

Sandy Creek Individual Statistical Leaders;

Passing- #2 Ethan Shaw (Sr)-96 of 152 for 1,923/34 TDs/1 INT.

Rushing - Ethan Shaw-1,510-158/28 TDs, #3 Kamerin Sealey (Freshman)-419-43/11 TDs.

Receiving: #1 Connor Rempe (Sr)-35 for 719/13 TDs, Kamerin Sealey-31 for 623/10 TDs, #12 Wesley Biltoft (Soph)-20 for 351/6 TDs.

Tackles: Connor Rempe-110 tackles (42 solos, 68 assists, 4 INTs, 2 FR), #12 Wes Biltoft 100 tkls (47 solos/53 assists, 1 sack, 1 INT, 1 FR), #7 Alstin Clark (Jr)-94 tkls (29 solos/63 assists, 5 Sacks), Ethan Shaw-87 tkls (39 solos, 46 assists), #55 Hudson Devlin (Sr)-83 tkls (29 solos/54 assists, 8 Sacks).

*Sandy Creek has 27 Team Sacks, 11 Team INTs, 11 Team Fumble Recoveries by NINE different players.