Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium played host to the 2025 NSAA State Football Championships on Monday as the D1, D2 and B classes crowned their champions.
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CLASS D1
Sandy Creek quarterback Kamerin Sealey throws on the move against Crofton. Photo by Drew Balus.
No. 2 Sandy Creek 66, No. 5 Crofton 26
Sandy Creek sophomore quarterback Kamerin Sealey stole the show in the first game of the day as the Cougars jumped out to a 16-0 lead and never looked back in the Class D1 final.
Sealey succeeded the 2024 NEBPreps Class D1 Player of the Year in Ethan Shaw, who led the Cougars to their first state championship last year, and Sandy Creek didn’t miss a beat finishing 12-1 and repeating as state champions.
Sealey had the answer for nearly everything Crofton threw at him. His elusiveness in the pocket and ability to hit big plays down the field as well as pick up tough yardage on the ground kept the Sandy Creek offense moving all day.
The sophomore accounted for 307 of Sandy Creek’s 327 yards and 50 of its 53 points in the first half as the Cougars took a commanding 53-14 lead into the break. The highlight of the half was a 26-yard touchdown run during which Sealey cut back in the whole to evade one defender than juked another downfield, running through a tackle attempt before trotting across the goal line. He also completed five explosive passes, the longest 44 yards to junior Logan Tomky.
Sealey finished with 475 yards of offense and nine total touchdowns. He went 17-of-24 for 272 yards and four touchdowns (plus four two-point conversions) passing and ran the ball 23 times for 203 yards and five scores. Sealey produced 15 explosive plays (nine rushing, six passing). On defense, he had a tackle, a pass breakup and an interception, shutting down one half of the field in coverage.
Junior Wes Biltoft caught three passes for 119 yards and two touchdowns. Tomky, a transfer from Columbus Lakeview in his first season with the Cougars, also snagged three passes for 110 yards and a score while adding a pair of two-point receptions.
In defeat, Crofton set a record, breaking the playoff points total in D1 with 292 points. Tyson Jackson ran for 174 yards and three touchdowns on 12 carries, showing his breakaway speed on a pair of 65-yard touchdown runs. He also led the Warriors with 14 tackles (two for loss). Preston Foxhoven threw for 159 yards, including a 52-yard touchdown to Jackson Lynde. The Warriors earned their third runner-up finish after finishing second in Class C2 in 2003 and 2016.
“I don’t think this team had any doubt in themselves.”
Sandy Creek coach @akuta13_ talks after the Cougars’ repeated as Class D1 champions with their 66-26 win over Crofton. #nebpreps pic.twitter.com/eU5QxeAVqX
— nebpreps (@THEnebpreps) November 24, 2025
CLASS D2
No. 6 Wynot 71, No. 4 St. Mary’s 60
A little luck and a lot of skill carried the Blue Devils to their first football state championship in a record-setting shootout with the Cardinals.
The luck came on the game-sealing touchdown. On fourth-and-5 from the 12-yard line, two Cardinals broke through the line and applied heavy pressure on Wynot quarterback Devin Brummer. The senior launched the ball while falling away, right into the hands of Kotner Koch, who tripped getting out of his break and fell flat on his backside in the end zone.
“Devin and the Lord put it in my lap, just sitting there,” Koch told NEBPreps.
Wynot quarterback Devin Brummer surveys the field before calling for the snap. Photo by Jack Stevens.
The touchdown gave the Blue Devils an 11-point lead with 2:04 remaining. It was Brummer’s seventh touchdown toss, tying the single-game Class D2 playoff record.
Koch picked off St. Mary’s quarterback Gage Hedstrom on the following drive to slam the door shut, and the Blue Devils finished the game in victory formation.
The win for Wynot avenged a loss to St. Mary’s in last spring’s boys basketball state championship, with many of the same players suited up for both schools. It also set a new Class D2 playoff single-game scoring record by four points (and also out-paced the basketball score, 63-51).
Brummer finished 23-of-26 for 394 yards, with one pick, while adding 15 yards on the ground, two two-point conversions and an extra-point kick.
Koch, a senior, caught half Brummer’s passes, finishing with 13 receptions for 265 yards and four touchdowns while adding two more touchdowns on the ground. He also recorded seven tackles, two pass breakups and two interceptions.
Junior Lane Heimes led the rushing attack with 78 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries while pitching in four receptions for 35 yards and another score. Junior Nixen Heimes posted a team-high 10 tackles and a sack.
The game got off to an inauspicious start for the Cardinals, who fumbled the opening kickoff and set the Blue Devils up with a short field. Wynot scored on its first three drives to take a 20-8 lead early, but the Cardinals fired back with two straight touchdowns to take the lead, 22-20.
Three more lead changes and two ties followed, but Kock capped two straight Wynot scoring drives with touchdowns, a 58-yard reception and a 1-yard rush, to take the lead for good at 57-48. The teams alternated touchdowns from there, leading to Kotner’s game-sealing sealed score.
Hedstrom, the Cardinals’ record-setting quarterback, finished with over 400 yards of offense and nine total touchdowns. He went 17-for-30 passing for 347 yards and six touchdowns, with two interceptions, and ran it 23 times for 59 yards and three more scores. The senior added 11 tackles and an interception on defense.
Junior Ben Barlow caught eight passes for 163 yards and two touchdowns while fellow junior James Eby added five catches for 96 yards and a score. Junior Eli Banks led four Cardinals in double-figures for tackles with 14 and half a sack. St. Mary’s finished 12-1 after their first state final appearance since winning it all in 2002.
The fall season has been good to the Blue Devils, who also captured a state championship in volleyball.
“Our guys knew… we could score on pretty much any team. The higher the score got, I thought we had a chance.”
Wynot coach Steve Heimes recaps the Blue Devils’ first state championship after downing St. Mary’s 71-60 in the Class D2 final. #nebpreps pic.twitter.com/wh4BjcBOKI
— nebpreps (@THEnebpreps) November 25, 2025
