The Plainsmen were out of their element last season. ]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:00:00 GMT The ...ewman Grove Bluejays have had a good encore so far to last season, a season in which the Bluejays qualified for the playoffs for the second year in a row and lost to eventual Class D1 runner-up Axtell in the second round. ]]> Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT I would hate to be the statistician at Humphrey High School. ]]> Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:25:00 GMT At the midpoint of the season I had a couple of questions run through my mind, one in each class of football. See if you know the answers..]]> Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:30:00 GMT I mean, really, what DO you do? How do you go about game-planning for a quarterback who can pass and run, throw it deep or beat you in the option run game, and once he scores gets to line up and kick the PAT]]> Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:55:00 GMT Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT The ...o. 1 and ...o. 2 teams in Class C1 won their games last week by a combined 98-0, while our ...o. 3 team won a big victory over another top ten team. There's a new ...o. 10 in the rankings and we are all now waiting for Friday's battle between 4-0 Broken Bow and 4-0 Gothenburg]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:30:00 GMT Well, I guess you could say Howells losing would qualify as big news - new ...o. 3 Bancroft-Rosalie proved its mettle last Friday by bringing down the defending champs. Freeman moved to 4-0 with a win over previously unbeaten Deshler, and who'd have guessed Silver Lake and Alma would be factors in the rankings]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:30:00 GMT A couple of Class D2 top ten teams from last week were beaten - will they remain in the top ten? It might also be a good idea to keep track of Chambers and Sargent, a couple of teams which are rolling as we hit midseason..]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:30:00 GMT Here is a look at the Class C2 top ten for games through Week 4, with defending champion Blue Hill still clinging to the top spot. There's a new team in the top ten and a couple of monster games on the Week 5 docket..]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:30:00 GMT Bancroft-Rosalie had just enough left in the tank at the end of the game to survive several scares against a Howells team that hadn't lost a game since ...ovember 2007]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:30:00 GMT Here is a look at the Class B top ten, led by defending state champion Aurora, which barely survived stubborn Seward, 21-14. Big game this week has Omaha Gross at Pius X..]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:30:00 GMT Here is a look at this week's Class A top ten, led by season-long ...o. 1 Millard South, which dispensed with Omaha Benson a week in front of its big showdown with Creighton Prep]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:17:00 GMT The ...ebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame Foundation will be adding 11 athletes, five coaches, two contributors and a referee to the hall at its induction ceremony at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 27, at the Lied Center in Lincoln]]> Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:00:00 GMT When you get to the mid-point of the season you are going to have some teams which were initially "surprise" teams move into that next category. Something we like to call "contenders." A couple of teams did just that this week]]> Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:32:00 GMT Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:00:00 GMT I say again, you can't replicate conference football. I am almost over that. Having said that, district football has its own kind of charm and it does provide a sense of building drama over the last month of the season, as each game has a direct effect on who wins the district and becomes an automatic qualifier. And who doesn't]]> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:45:00 GMT We're into district play across the state. Here's a look at how things are breaking down in the Class D2 districts]]> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:30:00 GMT Our Huskerland Prep Report Class D2 top ten has a lot of undefeated teams on the list (all 10 of them to be exact), but that will surely change on Friday when #3 Pleasanton travels to take on the #4 Hampton Hawks. Both teams have made relatively easy work of their opponents so far, with the exception of Hampton's 10-point win over Lawrence-...elson in week two. ]]> Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:00:00 GMT With teams starting district play on Friday, here's how things are breaking down in the Class D1 districts in 2009]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:00:00 GMT