Prior to last season, I remember seeing something in a publication that later would make me chuckle. However, when you think of who Creighton Prep usually lines up in their backfield year after year, maybe that reporter had just flat out failed to realize ANY Running ba… Continue

June showers bring all-star games in Nebraska. And for two straight Saturdays, Hastings College is the place to be.
This week HC hosts the annual Shrine Soccer Classic with the best graduated high school seniors meeting up in a girls-boys doubleheader. The event seems to have found a nice home in Hastings, and the rain may actually stay away for this one.
On June 20 is the annual Sertoma Eight-Man All-Star Game where the top players from the smaller schools get their chance to shine. While the I… Continue

The 20th annual Nebraska Scholastic Wrestling Coaches Association all-star dual will be June 20 at Beatrice.

Riley Allen of Grand Island Senior High was named to the East team at 157 pounds. He will be joined by Tanner Kuhn of High Plains at 141.

Area wrestlers on the West squad include Grand Island Northwest’s Kevin Roehrich. Greeley-Wolbach’s Trent Nekoliczak (125), Central City’s Logan Williams (125), Adams Central’s Alex Rostvet (141), St. Paul’s Brandon Starkey (149) Adams Central’s Nick… Continue

Every once in a while, a young man in Nebraska High School Sports really knocks you off your feet….I mean really catches your eye and keeps you awake at night wondering how talented he is. Every father in the State who has a son wonders what the recipe is for creating an outstanding athlete like this. Wherein lies the secret every Dad seeks to unlock that will magically transform this son of his into one of Nebraska’s best High school athletes? Well, Fathers, I have not unlocked that secret, but… Continue

Another State Track Meet in the books, and a new experience for me in the Press Box. I sorely missed not being able to be down by the action to talk to some of the kids, but the old man can’t go like before and the “Box” was better than missing it altogether. In fact, I was very impressed at how well we were treated up there. Yes, it WAS warm and the sun prevented you from seeing your screen in the AM and early PM, but these things can’t be helped. I felt privileged to be there and applaud the p… Continue