It’s game week. The Nebraska football team opens the 2020 season this Saturday at Ohio State. Captains for the 2020 season were announced over the weekend. The five captains as selected by their teammates are defensive back Dicaprio Bootle, offensive lineman Matt Farniok, quarterback Adrian Martinez, linebacker Collin Miller and wide receiver Kade Warner. This marks the second straight season that Farniok and Martinez were named captains, becoming the 12th and 13th two-time captains in school history and the first since Jerald Foster (2017-18). The Huskers open the season at Ohio State this Saturday, kickoff will be at 11:00.
Hastings College volleyball team lost at 6th-ranked Northwestern Saturday (25-21, 21-25, 23-25, 21-25. The Lady Broncos are off until this Friday when they host Dakota Wesleyan at Lynn Farrell Arena. The Hastings College football team enjoyed a bye this past weekend. They host Briar Cliff this Saturday at Lloyd Wilson Field.
The Tri-City Storm opened Corn Cup exhibition play with a 4-2 home win over the Lincoln Stars Saturday. The Storm continue preseason action Wednesday when they host the Omaha Lancers. Puck drop for Wednesday’s game is set for 7:05pm.
Softball State Tournament @ Bill Smith Softball Complex in Hastings
– CLASS A
– Friday
Game 13: #3 North Platte 7, #2 Lincoln Southwest 6 – (Elimination Game)
Game 14: #1 Papillion-La Vista 12, #3 North Platte 0 – (Championship Game)
– CLASS B
– Friday
Game 13: #2 Hastings 3, #3 Norris 2 – (Elimination Game)
Game 14: #1 Omaha Skutt 8, #2 Hastings 4 – (Championship Game)
– CLASS C
– Friday
Game 13: #1 GACC 9, #3 Bishop Neumann 1 – (Elimination Game)
Game 14: #1 GACC 7, #5 Kearney Catholic 3 – (Championship Game)
Game 15: #1 GACC 12, #5 Kearney Catholic 0 – (If Neccesary)
Friday
– Boys Tennis State Tournments
– Class A @ Tranquility Park in Omaha
– Team Results: 1. Lincoln Southwest 42.5, 2. Lincoln East 41, 6. Kearney 22.125
– Individual Results
– #2 Singles – 4th-Place – Asher Saulsbury (KHS)
– #1 Doubles – 4th-Place – Samuel Rademacher/ Charles Brockmeier (KHS)
– Class B @ Woods Tennis Center in Lincoln
– Team Results: 1. Mount Michael Benedictine 50.125, 2. Omaha Skutt 49, 4. GICC 27.25, T9. KCHS 16
– Individual Results
– #1 Doubles – 3rd-Place
– Jackson Farias/Jackson Henry (GICC) def. Blake Thiele/Kade Schrock (KCHS) – 6-2, 6-4
– #2 Doubles – 4th-Place – Koby Bales/Jonathan Schardt (GICC)
– Kearney Catholic Football 49, Holdrege 7
– Friday – vs. Cozad – 7:00 @ Miles Field
– Kearney High Volleyball Quad Tourney – Saturday @ KHS
– Kearney def. Lincoln Northeast, 25-20, 25-15 (2-0)
– Kearney def. North Platte, 25-22, 19-25, 25-22 (2-1)
The 2020 HAC Volleyball Tournament is being played at three sites this week. Kearney High will host Pool A, Lincoln East will host Pool B, Pool C will take place at Columbus High School.
– Pool A @ Kearney High
– Thursday
– #1 Lincoln Pius vs. #4 Fremont – 5:00
– #2 Lincoln Southwest vs. #3 Kearney
– Winners – 6:30
– Losers – 6:30
– Kearney Catholic Volleyball
– Tuesday @ Overton – 7:00
– Thursday @ Ravenna – 7:00
– Thursday – Subdistricts/District Seedings Released
– NSAA Cross Country Championships – Friday @ Kearney Country Club
– Girls Class D – 12:00
– Boys Class D – 12:30
– Girls Class C – 1:30
– Boys Class C – 2:00
– Girls Class B – 3:00
– Boys Class B – 3:30
– Girls Class A – 4:30
– Boys Class A – 5:00
The all-inclusive bracket for the 24 eligible Class A football teams was released by the NSAA Saturday. The top eight seeds receive first round byes… they are: #1 Bellevue West, #2 Omaha Westside, #3 Millard South, #4 Lincoln Southeast, # 5 Elkhorn South, #6 Omaha Creighton Prep, #7 Lincoln East, #8 Gretna. The teams seeded 9th-to-16th will host first round games this Friday. The first-round matchups are: #9 Kearney High vs. #24 Lincoln Northeast; #10 North Platte vs. #23 Lincoln High; #11 Millard North vs. #22 Norfolk; #12 Fremont vs. #21 Papillion-La Vista South; #13 Columbus vs. #20 Papillion-La Vista; #14 Millard West vs. #19 Bellevue East; #15 Grand Island vs. #18 Lincoln Pius X; #16 Lincoln North Star vs. #17 Lincoln Southwest. The playoffs continue Oct. 30th with the Round of 16. The Quarterfinals are Nov. 6th, the semifinals Nov. 13th and the Championship Game will be played at Memorial Stadium at 7:15 p.m. Nov. 23rd.
The first-round geographical-based brackets for the two eight-man classes were also released Saturday. Thursday’s winners then will be put on a 16-team statewide bracket, seeded by their regular-season NSAA point averages, that begins Oct. 30th. Classes B, C-1, C-2 and Six Man have one more week of regular season play before their 16-team statewide brackets are made for the Oct. 30th first round.
– CLASS A
– Friday’s games
– #24 Lincoln Northeast @ #9 Kearney
– #23 Lincoln High @ #10 North Platte
– #22 Norfolk @ #11 Millard North
– #21 Papillion-La Vista South @ #12 Fremont
– #20 Papillion-La Vista @ #13 Columbus
– #19 Bellevue East @ #14 Millard West
– #18 Lincoln Pius X @ #15 Grand Island
– #17 Lincoln Southwest @ #16 Lincoln North Star
– Oct. 30th second-round games
– Lincoln Southwest/Lincoln North Star winner @ #1 Bellevue West
– Lincoln Pius X/Grand Island winner @ #2 Omaha Westside
– Bellevue East/Millard West winner @ #3 Millard South
– Papillion-La Vista/Columbus winner @ #4 Lincoln Southeast
– Papillion-La Vista South/Fremont winner @ #5 Elkhorn South
– Norfolk/Millard North winner @ #6 Creighton Prep
– Lincoln High/North Platte winner @ #7 Lincoln East
– Lincoln Northeast/Kearney winner @ #8 Gretna
– Eight Man-1
– First round Thursday
– North Central (4-4) at Burwell (8-0)
– Arcadia-Loup City (5-3) at Amherst (5-3)
– Hemingford (6-2) at Nebraska Christian (4-2)
– Hitchcock County (6-2) at Elm Creek (7-1)
– Elkhorn Valley (5-3) at Neligh-Oakdale (7-1)
– Southern Valley (5-3) at Hi-Line (4-3)
– Cambridge (3-3) at Sutherland (5-3)
– Anselmo-Merna (4-4) at Dundy County-Stratton (7-0)
– Southern (3-4) at Tri County (7-0)
– Nebraska City Lourdes (5-2) at Humphrey/LHF (5-2)
– Freeman (5-2) at Weeping Water (6-1)
– Elmwood-Murdock (5-3) at Norfolk Lutheran NE (7-1)
– EMF (4-3) at Stanton (6-1)
– Laurel-CC (5-3) at Thayer Central (6-2)
– Howells-Dodge (6-2) at West Point GACC (4-4)
– Clarkson/Leigh (4-4) at Cross County (8-0)
– Eight Man-2
– First round Thursday
– Blue Hill (2-6) at Central Valley (6-0)
– Medicine Valley (7-1) at Garden County (6-2)
– Leyton (5-3) at Loomis (7-1)
– Palmer (3-5) at Kenesaw (6-1)
– Sandhills Valley (4-4) at O’Neill SM (8-0)
– Mullen (6-2) at Pleasanton (7-1)
– Ansley-Litchfield (5-3) at Riverside (3-3)
– Axtell (3-5) at Sandhills/Thedford (8-0)
– Fullerton (2-4) at Falls City SH (6-1)
– Creighton (6-2) at Osmond (5-2)
– Niobrara/Verdigre (2-4) at Humphrey SF (7-1)
– Johnson-Brock (3-5) at Allen (6-0)
– Winside (5-3) at Wynot (5-1)
– Pender (5-3) at Osceola (7-0)
– Mead (4-4) at Bloomfield (4-3)
– Elgin/Pope John (3-5) at BDS (7-0)
