Boys Basketball
2023 Nebraska Boys State Basketball Roundup: Championship Saturday
The 2023 high school boys basketball season in Nebraska came to a close on Saturday as all six classes crowned their champions at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Hail Varsity's Jacob Padilla gives us a breakdown of the action below. CLASS D1: No. 3 Johnson-Brock 46, No. 1 North...
2023 Nebraska Boys State Basketball Roundup: Semifinal Friday
The Nebraska Boys State Basketball Championships moved on to the semifinal round on Friday as all six classes took the court at other Pinnacle Bank Arena or the Devaney Center. Quarterfinal roundups: Here CLASS C1 SEMIFINALS No. 8 Auburn 54, No. 5 Omaha Concordia 53...
2023 Nebraska Boys State Basketball Roundup: Quarterfinals
The Nebraska Boys State Basketball Championships tipped off on Wednesday with Class C1, D1 and A quarterfinals at Pinnacle Bank Arena and the Devaney Center. Jacob Padilla of Hail Varsity provided us with a breakdown of the action. CLASS C1 QUARTERFINALS No. 8 Auburn...
Boys State Tournament Teams, Titles, Players
The Nebraska boys state basketball tournament begins on Wednesday morning at 9:00 in Lincoln with another new format for 2023, but hopefully that should last for a while now. The tournament survived 2020 by ending the week before the Covid-19 outbreak (with the boys...
State Boys Basketball Projected Pairings
The Nebraska boys state basketball tournament begins next Wednesday in Lincoln at Pinnacle Bank Arena and the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Our Tony Chapman has the projected pairings. All finals will be Saturday, March 11 at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Class A (all games at...
Remembering Rusty
TOP OF THE HILL, HOOKER COUNTY — There is a certain peace and tranquility about the Sandhills of Nebraska. The openness. The movement of the land. The wind blowing across whichever two-lane highway you might be traveling on. That nearly everything can be described by...
Class A Boys District Final Matchups
The Class A boys district final matchups are set. Six of the seven district champions will be decided on Monday with A-7 being the lone Tuesday night district final. Class A A-1: No. 3 Lincoln Northeast (15-9) at No. 1 Bellevue West (25-0) | Monday, 6:00 PM A-2: No. 2...
Class B – D2 Boys District Final Pairings
Sites and times are being finalized for the 2023 district finals in boys basketball for classes C-1 to D-2. All Class B games will be played at home sites. Games will be Monday and Tuesday with winners advancing to the state tournament in Lincoln, which begins on...
Projected Class A Boys District Pairings
The Class A district pairings will be released on Tuesday (allowing today for a final scrub of out of state games), but it does not appear we will have much change in the current points so we can predict seedings and pairings for games that will lead us to the Class A...
Boys Basketball Coaches Poll: 2.12.23
Each week during the high school basketball season select coaches from the six Nebraska classes rate the teams in their class. Here are the ratings for February 12, 2023. Class A (Record), Previous Ranking 1. Bellevue West (22-0), 1 2. Millard North (18-2), 4 3....
Four National Teams Highlight 2023 Heartland Hoops Classic
Four national teams will play in five games over two days at the 2023 Heartland Hoops Classic this weekend in Grand Island. GEICO Nationals participant, and nationally ranked No. 4, Sunrise Christian Academy headlines the field that will play at Hastings College on...
Boys Basketball Coaches Poll: 2.5.23
Each week during the high school basketball season select coaches from the six Nebraska classes rate the teams in their class. Here are the ratings for February 5, 2023. Class A (Record), Previous Ranking 1. Bellevue West (19-0), 1 2. Gretna (15-2), 2 3. Creighton...
Boys Basketball Coaches Poll: 1.29.23
Each week during the high school basketball season select coaches from the six Nebraska classes rate the teams in their class. Here are the ratings for January 20, 2023. Class A (Record), Previous Ranking 1. Bellevue West (16-0), 1 2. Gretna (13-2), 2 3. Creighton...
Bison Ball
MONDAY PRACTICE, CENTRAL CITY – In this brand new, state-of-the-art “Bison Dome” the Central City boys basketball team is trying stay in the present, while playing in a facility that is well ahead of its time. And, if they are being honest, head coach BJ Blase and his...
Boys Basketball Coaches Poll: 1.22.23
Each week during the high school basketball season select coaches from the six Nebraska classes rate the teams in their class. Here are the ratings for January 22, 2023. Class A (Record), Previous Ranking 1. Bellevue West (15-0), 1 2. Gretna (11-2), 2 3. Creighton...
Boys Basketball Coaches Poll: 1.15.22
Each week during the high school basketball season select coaches from the six Nebraska classes rate the teams in their class. Here are the ratings for January 15, 2023. Class A (Record), Previous Ranking 1. Bellevue West (14-0), 1 2. Gretna (10-1), 2 3. Creighton...
Boys Basketball Coaches Poll: 1.8.22
Each week during the high school basketball season select coaches from the six Nebraska classes rate the teams in their class. Here are the ratings for January 8, 2023. Class A (Record), Previous Ranking Bellevue West (12-0), 1 Gretna (9-1), 2 Creighton Prep (8-4), 3...
Metro Tourney In High Schools? Why Not
The Metro Holiday Tournament wasn't in an arena setting like Omaha’s Baxter Arena or Ralston’s newly named arena. For historians it wasn’t at Sapp Fieldhouse on Omaha’s campus either, that ship sailed years ago. The change of venue to high schools isn’t the first time...
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