A History of Nebraska 8-Man Football - 2006 Class D-1/D-2 Playoffs, All-State Teams and Final Ratings

2006 Class D-1 (Eight-Man 1)

(**Classes D1 and D2 consisted of all schools playing 8-man football. There were 61 schools in D1 and 60 in D2 for a total of 121 schools, four more than 2005. Four schools playing eight-man were above the playoff eligibility enrollment limit and thus ineligible for the playoffs in 2006).

*2006 Final Class D-1 Top 10* (Stu Pospisil- Omaha World Herald)

1 Overton - 12-1, (568-113) {44-9}

2. Bancroft-Rosalie - 11-2, (655-212)

3. Clarkson - 10-1, (479-116)

4. Wauneta-Palisade - 10-2, (447-328)

5. Loomis - 9-2, (455-196)

6. Axtell - 9-1, (368-129)

7. Nebraska City Lourdes- 11-1, (572-284)

8. Bruning-Davenport - 9-2, (436-100)

9. Stuart - 8-3, (322-215)

10 Hayes Center - 9-1, (358-157)

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2006 Class D-1 (Eight-Man 1) PLAYOFFS

CLASS D1

First Round

(8-0) Axtell 56, Creek Valley 19 (4-4)

(6-2) Wauneta-Palisade 40, Arapahoe 36 (6-2)

(7-1) Loomis 28, Anselmo-Merna 12 (6-2)

(7-1) Elwood 24, Leyton 18 (5-3)

(7-1) Overton 41, Crawford 0 (5-3)

(7-1) Palmer 34, Elgin Pope John 32 (6-2)

(6-2) Stuart 48, Kenesaw 20 (5-3)

(8-0) Hayes Center 37, Shelton 8 (5-3)

(8-0) Clarkson 56, Nebraska Christian 8 (4-4)

(4-4) Leigh 44, Humphrey St. Francis 26 (6-2)

(5-3) Mead 24, Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer 12 (6-2)

(7-1) Bancroft-Rosalie 56, High Plains Community 14 (5-3)

(7-1) Johnson-Brock 52, Exeter-Milligan 6 (6-2)

(7-1) Bruning-Davenport 50, Diller-Odell 0 (4-4)

(7-1) Winside 34, Dorchester 12 (6-2)

(8-0) Nebraska City Lourdes 60, Pawnee City 20 (3-5)

Second Round

(7-2) Wauneta-Palisade 19, Axtell 16 (9-0)

(8-1) Loomis 30, Elwood 18 (8-1)

(8-1) Overton 50, Palmer 30 (8-1)

(7-2) Stuart 26, Hayes Center 20 (9-0)

(9-0) Clarkson 46, Leigh 14 (5-4)

(8-1) Bancroft-Rosalie 54, Mead 12 (6-3)

(8-1) Bruning-Davenport 42, Johnson-Brock 24 (8-1)

(9-0) Nebraska City Lourdes 22, Winside 14 (8-1)

Quarterfinals

(8-2) Wauneta-Palisade 32, Loomis 28 (9-1)

(9-1) Overton 39, Stuart 14 (8-2)

(9-1) Bancroft-Rosalie 36, Clarkson 3 (10-0)

(10-0) Nebraska City Lourdes 50, Bruning-Davenport 42 3OT (9-1)

Semifinals

(10-1) Overton 43, Wauneta-Palisade 14 (9-2)

(10-1) Bancroft-Rosalie 66, Nebraska City Lourdes 14 (11-0)

Championship Final

(11-1) Overton 32, Bancroft-Rosalie 8 (11-1)

Championship Coach: Glen Snodgrass

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*2006 Class D-1 (Eight Man 1) Offense*

QB--Danny Borer Elgin Pope John, 5-10, 180, Senior

RB--Aaron Konicek Clarkson, 6-2, 210, Senior

RB--Aaron Kriefels Nebraska City Lourdes, 6-2, 175, Senior

RB--Ty Brown-Crawford, 6-1, 175, Senior

End-Russell Ridlien-Wauneta-Palisade, 6-1, 160, Senior

OL--Jared Knobie-Axtell, 6-4, 230, Senior

OL--Preston Lentfer-Bruning-Davenport, 6-3, 250, Senior

OL--Jordein McCoy Johnson-Brock, 6-3, 285, Senior

Kicker-Addison Popple-Axtell, 5-11, 189, Senior

*2006 Class D-1 (Eight Man 1) Defense*

DL-Devon Niewohner-Bancroft-Rosalie, 6-3, 210, Senior

DL-Jeremy Gall-Leigh, 6-1, 200 Senior

LB--Taylor Dixon-Wauneta-Palisade-, 5-10, 170, Junior

LB--Joel Hodgson Overton, 6-0, 212, Senior

LB--Josh Prokopec-ClarksonH, 6-2, 215, Senior

LB--Dane Rudeen Overton, 6-6, 210, Senior

DB--Nathan Bender Humphrey St. Francis, 5-10, 175, Senior

DB-Lance Thorell Loomis, 6-1, 180, Senior

Punter Andy McCarter Overton, 6-1, 219, Senior

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2006 Final Class D-2 Top 10 (Stu Pospisil- Omaha World Herald)

1. Dodge - 12-1 (572-206) {44.-16}

2. Stapleton - 12-1 (610-150)

3. Chambers - 11-1 (490-155)

4. St. Edward - 6-6 (516-430)

5. Clay Center - 9-1 (458-124)

6. Wynot - 7-5 (432-168)

7. Bloomfield - 9-2 (396-111)

8. Lindsay Holy Family - 8-3 (436-228)

9. Wallace - 8-3 (384-214)

10 Falls City Sacred Heart - 8-2 (502-192)

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2006 Class D-2 (Eight-Man 2) PLAYOFFS

CLASS D2

First Round

(7-1) Dodge 52, Lewiston (3-5)

(5-3) Newcastle 32, Wynot 6 (6-2)

(7-1) Bloomfield 50, Lawrence-Nelson 0 (4-4)

(7-1) Elgin 43, Sterling 6 (5-3)

(7-1) Falls City Sacred Heart 60, Allen 19 (5-3)

(6-2) Lindsay Holy Family 38, Ewing 22 (4-4)

(3-5) St. Edward 56, Hampton 0 (7-1)

(8-0) Clay Center 52, Shickley 0 (3-5)

(8-0) Chambers 72, Potter-Dix 4-40

(5-3) Banner County 48, Spalding/Spalding Academy 32 (5-3)

(6-2) Lynch 54, Sargent 32 (4-4)

(6-2) Wallace 46, Mullen 12 (6-2)

(6-2) Spencer-Naper 54, Cody-Kilgore 16 (5-2)

(6-2) Pleasanton 19, O’Neill St. Mary's 14 (4-4)

(4-4) Bertrand 36, Eustis-Farnam 24 (4-4)

(7-1) Stapleton 44, Greeley-Wolbach 0 (4-4)

Second Round

(8-1) Dodge 50, Newcastle 12 (6-3)

(8-1) Bloomfield 42, Elgin 18 (8-1)

(7-2) Lindsay Holy Family 36, Falls City Sacred Heart 12 (8-1)

(4-5) St. Edward 46, Clay Center 42 (9-0)

(9-0) Chambers 50, Banner County 6 (6-3)

(7-2) Wallace 38, Lynch 22 (7-2)

(7-2) Spencer-Naper 56, Pleasanton 6 (7-2)

(8-1) Stapleton 52, Bertrand 14 (5-4)

Quarterfinals

(9-1) Dodge 46, Bloomfield 6 (9-1)

(5-5) St. Edward 40, Lindsay Holy Family 6 (8-2)

(10-0) Chambers 50, Wallace 36 (8-2)

(9-1) Stapleton 54, Spencer-Naper 20 (8-2)

Semifinals

(10-1) Dodge 28, St. Edward 8 (6-5)

(10-1) Stapleton 12, Chambers 8 (11-0)

Championship Final

(11-1) Dodge 28, Stapleton 20 (11-1)

Championship Coach: Ron Lund

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*2006 Class D-2 (Eight Man 2) Offense*

QB--Jeremy Cruise-St. Edward, 5-10, 170, Senior

RB--Adam Broders-Bloomfield, 6-3, 191, Senior

RB--Derek Kampschneider-Dodge, 6-0, 195, Senior

RB-Jeremy Jarecki- Lindsey Holy Family, 5-10, 170, Senior

End-Donny Baker-St. Edward, 6-2, 190, Senior

End-Brady Kayl Spencer-Naper, 6-1, 175, Senior

OL--Lance Fick Chambers, 6-0, 185, Junior

OL--Brice Tomasek-Dodge, 6-2, 240, Senior

Kicker-Vikton Ohrberg-Pleasanton, 6-1, 170, Senior

*2006 Class D-2 (Eight Man 2) Defense*

DL--Ben Franzluebbers-Dodge, 6-4, 245, Senior

DL--Bryson Studnicka-Clay Center, 6-4, 220, Senior

LB--BJ Cooper-Banner County, 6-1, 205, Senior

LB- Alex Hutchison-Stapleton, 5-10, 180, Senior

LB--Alex Johnson-Clay Center, 5-11, 220, Junior

LB--Raymond Gruber-Falls City Sacred Heart, 5-9, 195, Senior

DB--Clayton Korus-Lindsay Holy Family, 5-10, 165, Senior

DB--Quincy Opela-Stapleton, 5-10, 150, Senior

Punter-Michael Olberding-Falls City Sacred Heart, 6-0, 155, Senior