A History of Nebraska 8-Man Football - 1999 Class D-1/D-2 Playoffs, All-State Teams and Final Ratings.

*119 Nebraska High School Football Teams played 8-Man football in 1999.

1999 certainly seemed like an exceptional year for 8-Man 1 football with eight of the 32 qualifying round teams coming in unbeaten. FOUR those teams with spotless records made up the class D1 semifinals with Lawrence/Nelson, Medicine Valley, Bancroft-Rosalie and Humphrey St. Francis ALL still remaining with 11-0 records.

The combined records of the eight quarterfinal teams was even an amazing 75-4. That should make Doctor Jon Cerny’s 1999, 13-0 Bancroft-Rosale pretty special in my opinion, mowing down unbeaten Cedar Bluffs, unbeaten Falls City Sacred Heart, unbeaten Humphrey St. Francis and unbeaten Lawrence/Nelson on the way to the Class D-1 title.

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CLASS D1

Qualifying Round

West

(8-0) Medicine Valley 65, Chappell 6 (4-4)

(6-2) South Platte 36, Hay Springs 20 (5-3)

(5-3) Paxton 42, Crawford 24 (6-2)

(8-0) Culbertson 38, Maywood 20 (5-3)

(8-0) Lawrence/Nelson 49, Stuart 0 (4-4)

(6-2) O’Neill St. Mary’s 52, Elwood 6 (5-3)

(7-1) Eustis-Farnam 22, Pleasanton 7 (4-3)

(4-4) Overton 27, Kenesaw 8 (8-0)

East

(8-0) Humphrey St. Francis 48, Exeter/Milligan 0 (4-4)

(5-3) Howells 38, Clay Center 14 (6-2)

(7-1) Polk-Hordville 66, Palmer 20 (6-2)

(4-4) Friend 20, Dorchester 14 (7-1)

(8-0) Falls City Sacred Heart 70, Mead 32 (3-5)

(6-2) Sterling 38, Johnson-Brock 16 (7-1)

(8-0) Bancroft-Rosalie 54, Southeast Consolidated 6 (6-2)

(8-0) Cedar Bluffs 44, Omaha Christian Academy 32 (5-3)

First Round

West

(9-0) Medicine Valley 64, South Platte 14 (7-2)

(6-3) Paxton 30, Culbertson 27 (9-0)

(9-0) Lawrence/Nelson 42, O’Neill St. Mary’s 20 (7-2)

(8-1) Eustis-Farnam 60, Overton 30 (5-4)

East

(9-0) Humphrey St. Francis 14, Howells 6 (6-3)

(8-1) Polk-Hordville 46, Friend 0 (5-4)

(9-0) Falls City Sacred Heart 53, Sterling 20 (7-2)

(9-0) Bancroft-Rosalie 49, Cedar Bluffs 32 (9-0)

Quarterfinals

West

(10-0) Medicine Valley 56, Paxton 24 (7-3)

(10-0) Lawrence/Nelson 67, Eustis-Farnam 20 (9-1)

East

(10-0) Humphrey St. Francis 20, Polk-Hordville 0 (9-1)

(10-0) Bancroft-Rosalie 28, Falls City Sacred Heart 27 (10-0) (2 OTs)

Semifinals

(11-0) Lawrence/Nelson 56, Medicine Valley 30 (11-0)

(11-0) Bancroft-Rosalie 27, Humphrey St. Francis 26 (11-0) (OT)

Championship Finals

(12-0) Bancroft-Rosalie 42, Lawrence/Nelson 14 (12-0)

Class D-1 State Champion-Bancroft-Rosalie (13-0), Head Coach: Jon Cerny

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Final 1999 Class D-1 8-Man Football Ratings (Omaha World-Herald)

1 Bancroft-Rosalie - 13-0, (47 ppg/16 opp ppg)

2 Humphrey St. Francis - 11-1, (32/10)

3. Falls City Sacred Heart - 10-1, (47/14)

4. Lawrence-Nelson - 12-1, (53/14)

5. Cedar Bluffs - 9-1, (45/16)

6. Curtis Medicine Valley - 11-1, (53/10)

7. Eustis-Farnam - 9-2, (44/20)

8. Polk-Hordville - 9-2, (40/18)

9. Sterling - 7-3..(39/16)

10 Paxton - 7-4, (43/35)

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1999 Class D-1 (Eight Man 1) All-State Teams

Offense

QB--Clint French-Bancroft-Rosalie, 5-10, 160, Junior

RB--Nate O’Grady-Falls City Sacred Heart, 6-2, 190, Senior

RB--Brandon Hagen, 6-2, 225, Junior

WR--Scotty McPeak-Nebraska Christian, 6-1, 165, Junior

WR--Paul Thorson-Mead, 6-4, 190, Senior

OL---Nick Wemhoff-Humphrey St. Francis, 5-11, 240, Senior

OL---Chris Tietz-Bancroft-Rosalie, 6-5, 220, Senior

OL---Ted Straub-Waterloo, 6-1, 220, Junior

Kicker-Derek Archer-Bancroft-Rosalie, 6-3, 180, Senior

Class D-1 All-State

Defense

DL--C. Schroeder-Lawrence-Nelson, 6-1, 204, Senior

DL--Brandon Bonk-Falls City Sacred Heart, 5-9, 220, Junior

LB--Matt Pagels-Orchard, 6-0, 180, Senior

LB--Shawn McGee-Cedar Bluffs, 6-2, 180, Senior

LB--Jake Wusk-Sterling, 5-10, 203, Senior

LB--Mike Wehrman-Lawrence-Nelson, 5-8, 140, Senior

DB--Owen Johnson-Chappell, 6-1, 180, Senior

DB--Daniel Woodburn-Curtis Medicine Valley, 5-11, 170, Senior

Punter-Josh Rhodd-Falls City Sacred Heart, 6-1, 155, Senior

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AND, here is a glance at the 1999 Class D-2 playoffs.

CLASS D2

Qualifying Round

West

(8-0) Leyton 40, Stapleton 36 (4-4)

(6-2) Sioux County 60, Mullen 14 (6-2)

(7-1) Sandhills 44, Banner County 22 (4-3)

(7-1) Hayes Center 50, Loomis (4-3)

(8-0) Chambers 50, Wilcox 14 (4-4)

(5-3) North Loup-Scotia 52, Sargent 6 (5-3)

(6-2) Greeley 64, Ewing 14 (5-3)

(7-1) Butte 47, Ansley 0 (4-4)

East

(8-0) Petersburg 40, Wynot 0 (4-4)

(6-2) Coleridge 24, Elgin 20 (5-3)

(6-2) Beemer 46, Wausa 12 (4-4)

(7-1) ElginPope John 46, Newcastle 13 (4-4)

(7-1) Shickley 63, Hampton 14 (4-4)

(5-3) Nebraska City Lourdes 42, Clarks 20 (5-3)

(6-2) Lindsay Holy Family 60, Lewiston 14 (5-3)

(7-1) Dodge 62, Prague 7 (5-1)

First Round

West

(9-0) Leyton 44, Sioux County 17 (7-2)

(8-1) Hayes Center 50, Sandhills 0 (8-1)

(9-0) Chambers 28, North Loup-Scotia 14 (6-3)

(8-1) Butte 61, Greeley 16 (7-2)

East

(9-0) Petersburg 41, Coleridge 13 (7-2)

(8-1) Elgin Pope John 38, Beemer 22 (7-2)

(6-3) Nebraska City Lourdes 26, Shickley 23 (8-1)

(8-1) Dodge 52, Lindsay Holy Family 6 (7-2)

Quarterfinals

West

(10-0) Leyton 52, Hayes Center 46 (9-1)

(9-1) Butte 40, Chambers 19 (10-0)

East

(10-0) Petersburg 34, Elgin Pope John 26 (9-1)

(9-1) Dodge 58, Nebraska City Lourdes 12 (7-3)

Semifinals

(10-1) Butte 63, Leyton 30 (11-0)

(10-1) Dodge 50, Petersburg 0 (11-0)

Championship Final

(11-1) Dodge 34, Butte 32 (11-1)

Class D-2 State Champion-Dodge (12-1), Head Coach: Run Lund

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Final 1999 Class D-2 8-Man Football Ratings (Omaha World-Herald)

1. Dodge - 12-1, (52ppg/15 opp ppg)

2. Butte - 11-2 (52/15) 624-175

3. Chambers - 10-1, (39/19)

4. Dalton Leyton - 11-1, (52/24)

5. Petersburg - 11-1, (39/14)

6. Lindsay Holy Family - 7-3, (33/13)

7. Hayes Center - 9-2, (44/22)

8. Elgin Pope John - 9-2, (37/20)

9. Beemer - 7-3..(38/18)

10 Coleridge - 7-3, (37/19)

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1999 Class D-2 (Eight Man 2) All-State Teams

Offense

WR--Nick Broz-Hayes Center, 6-2, 175, Senior

WR--Jason Herbert-Verdigre, 5-9, 150, Senior

OL---Mitch Manstedt-Clarks, 6-3, 270, Senior

OL---Joe Herold-Nebraska City Lourdes, 6-1, 275, Senior

OL--John Gaertner-Dalton Leyton, 5-11, 190, Senior

QB--Tate Bauersachs-Harrison, 5-5, 210, Senior

RB--Jerry Liewer-Butte, 5-10, 190, Senior

RB--Tyler Paulsen-Dodge, 5-9, 185, Senior

Kicker-Jon Mitzelfelt-Harrison, 6-0, 160, Senior

Class D-2 All-State

Defense

DL--Cody Claussen-Butte, 6-0, 200, Junior

DL--Keith Reichmuth-Lindsay Holy Family, 6-0, 245, Senior

LB--Steve Kriewald-North Loup-Scotia, 6-1, 250, Senior

LB--Kirk Borer-Petersburg, 5-9, 185, Senior

LB--Clint Eikmeier-Dodge, 6-0, 195, Senior

LB--Brad Larson-Chambers, 5-8, 140, Senior

DB--Kyle Konopasek-Verdigre, 5-11, 175, Senior

DB--J. Thiemann-Petersburg, 6-0, 160, Senior

Punter-Tim Gross-Shickley, 6-1, 200, Senior