Nebraska High School Sports News

Simon Wiedel has been a state track and field champion before. Last year, he won both an individual title and helped Thayer Central capture the team title.

Panthers accomplish goal, finish runner-up

John Nownes of Creighton Prep falls at the finish line in the boys Class A 3200 meter relay Friday at Burke High.

The Papillion-La Vista junior set the state meet record in the 100 meters at 10.51 seconds during preliminaries.

After day one of the Class A girls tennis state tournament Thursday at Koch Family Tennis Center, Omaha Marian and Omaha Westside are locked in a tie at 34 points.

Kevin Lamb's single capped a two-run ninth inning helping Creighton to a 4-3 win Thursday afternoon at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha.

What a difference a day made for Omaha Westside, which captured its sixth state baseball title Thursday at Werner Park.

Byron Hood and Jakson Reetz combined on a six-hitter to lead Norris to a 3-2 victory over Lincoln Pius X in the Class B baseball final, giving the Titans their first state championship.

Nebraska's elite in high school track and field, who gather Friday and Saturday at Burke Stadium for the state meet, have overcome this spring's abysmal weather.

The Ord High School track teams continued their winning ways by sweeping the C-8 District titles in Ord last Thursday.

With that in mind, the Adams Central girls tennis team may face an uphill battle going into the Class B state tournament Thursday and Friday at the Nebraska Tennis Center in Lincoln.

Thayer Central's best finish the previous two seasons has been 14th, which was last season.

As a 1970 graduate of Creighton Prep and a longtime South O resident, I want to congratulate the Omaha South boys soccer team for a truly great season and a great championship game in front of a tremendous crowd.

A nightmare of a first inning doomed top-ranked Papillion-La Vista South on Tuesday night at the Class A state baseball tournament.

Lincoln Pius X remained in solid position to defend its 2012 Class B baseball title with an 11-0 win over Omaha Gross in five innings at Haymarket Park Monday night.

As the Lincoln East High School track team prepares for state this week, they'll likely draw a great deal of inspiration from one of their coaches.

But the head coach of the Elkhorn South girls soccer team - playing for a state title in just its third year - had to change that thinking a bit after the Storm won in Saturday's semifinals.

That didn't take long. Shawn Eichorst has been in Nebraska for five months. And he's already rearranging things.

Millard South will ride the momentum of its first-round comeback victory into Monday's second round of the Class A state baseball tournament.

Before the tournament, I picked South to win this game 3-2 and I'm sticking with that.