Conference Realignment: Nebraska high school edition

[Alum-Ni]

Conference realignment isn't limited to the big boys, several moves were made by Nebraska high school teams as of July 1:

- Holdrege left he Central Conference for the Southwest Conference

- Malcolm left the East Central Nebraska Conference for the Trailblazer Conference

- and several new schools have opened and officially joined leagues: Lincoln Northwest has joined the Eastern Midlands Conference, while Omaha Buena Vista and Omaha Westview have joined the Metro Conference

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Effective next year, on July 1, 2023, these moves will take place:

- Giltner will leave the Crossroads Conference for the Twin Valley Conference

- Ashland-Greenwood will leave the Capitol Conference for the Trailblazer Conference

- Hastings will leave the Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference for the Eastern Midlands Conference

- and two more new high schools will open: Lincoln Standing Bear will be joining the Eastern Midlands Conference, and Gretna East will open, and I assume will be joining the Metro Conference

 

[Alum-Ni]

Nebraska high school conference makeup going into the 2022-23 school year:

CAPITOL CONFERENCE (10)
Arlington
Ashland-Greenwood
Conestoga
Douglas County West
Fort Calhoun
Logan View
Louisville
Raymond Central
Syracuse
Yutan

CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE (11)
Boys Town (boys)
Columbus Scotus
David City Aquinas
Fremont Bergan
Grand Island Central Catholic
Hastings St. Cecilia
Kearney Catholic
Lincoln Christian
Lincoln Lutheran
Omaha Concordia
Wahoo Neumann

CENTRAL CONFERENCE (9)
Adams Central
Aurora
Columbus Lakeview
Crete
Grand Island Northwest
Lexington
Schuyler
Seward
York

CROSSROADS CONFERENCE (13)
Bruning-Davenport/Shickley
Cross County
Dorchester
East Butler
Exeter-Milligan
Giltner
Hampton
High Plains
McCool Junction
Meridian
Nebraska Lutheran
Osceola
Shelby/Rising City

EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA CONFERENCE (8)
Auburn
Elmwood-Murdock
Falls City
Freeman
Johnson County Central
Mead
Palmyra
Weeping Water

EAST HUSKER CONFERENCE (15)
Bancroft-Rosalie
Clarkson/Leigh
Howells-Dodge
Humphrey/Lindsay Holy Family
Lyons-Decatur Northeast
Madison
North Bend
Oakland-Craig
Pender
Scribner-Snyder
Stanton
Tekamah-Herman
Twin River
West Point-Beemer
Wisner-Pilger

EASTERN MIDLANDS CONFERENCE (7)
Bennington
Blair
Elkhorn
Elkhorn North
Lincoln Northwest
Norris
Waverly

FORT KEARNY CONFERENCE (10)
Amherst
Ansley/Litchfield
Axtell
Elm Creek
Hi-Line
Loomis
Overton
Pleasanton
Sumner-Eddyville-Miller
Wilcox-Hildreth

FRONTIER CONFERENCE (9)
Boys Town (girls)
Cedar Bluffs
College View Academy
Cornerstone Christian
Heartland Christian (Cockeye)
Omaha Brownell-Talbot
Omaha Christian Academy
Parkview Christian
Whiting (Cockeye)

GOLDENROD CONFERENCE (11)
Burwell
Central Valley
Elba
Fullerton
Heartland Lutheran
Humphrey St. Francis
Nebraska Christian
Palmer
Riverside
Spalding Academy
St. Edward

GREATER NEBRASKA ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (5)
Gering
Hastings
McCook
North Platte
Scottsbluff

HEARTLAND ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (12)
Columbus
Fremont
Grand Island
Kearney
Lincoln East
Lincoln High
Lincoln North Star
Lincoln Northeast
Lincoln Pius X
Lincoln Southeast
Lincoln Southwest
Norfolk

INDEPENDENTS (3)
Lutheran High Northeast
Omaha Nation
Omaha Street School

LEWIS & CLARK CONFERENCE (16)
Bloomfield
C reighton
Hartington-Newcastle
Homer
Laurel-Concord-Coleridge
Osmond
Plainview
Ponca
Randolph
Tri County Northeast
Wakefield
Walthill
Wausa
Winnebago
Winside
Wynot

LOUPLATTE CONFERENCE (9)
Arcadia/Loup City
Central City
Centura
Doniphan-Trumbull
Gibbon
Ord
Ravenna
St. Paul
Wood River

METRO CONFERENCE (21)
Bellevue East
Bellevue West
Elkhorn South
Gretna
Millard North
Millard South
Millard West
Omaha Benson
Omaha Bryan
Omaha Buena Vista
Omaha Burke
Omaha Central
Omaha C reighton Prep
Omaha Marian
Omaha North
Omaha Northwest
Omaha South
Omaha Westside
Omaha Westview
Papillion-LaVista
Papillion-LaVista South

MID-NEBRASKA ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE (10)
Anselmo-Merna
Arthur County
Brady
Cody-Kilgore
Hyannis
Mullen
Sandhills Valley
Sandhills/Thedford
South Loup
Twin Loup

MID-STATE CONFERENCE (9)
Battle Creek
Boone Central
Crofton
Guardian Angels Central Catholic
Hartington Cedar Catholic
Norfolk Catholic
O'Neill
Pierce
Wayne

MINUTEMAN ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE (8)
Bayard
Banner County
Creek Valley
Garden County
Leyton
Minatare
Potter-Dix
South Platte

MUDECAS (16)
Bruning-Davenport/Shickley
Diller-Odell
Exeter-Milligan
Falls City Sacred Heart
Freeman
Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer
Johnson-Brock
Johnson County Central
Lewiston
Meridian
Palmyra
Parkview Christian
Pawnee City
Southern
Sterling
Tri County

NIOBRARA VALLEY CONFERENCE (12)
Atkinson West Holt
Boyd County
Chambers/Wheeler Central
Elgin/Elgin Pope John
Elkhorn Valley
Neligh-Oakdale
Niobrara/Verdigre
North Central
O'Neill St. Mary's
Santee
Stuart
Summerland

PANHANDLE CONFERENCE (6)
Crawford
Edgemont (South Dakota)
Hay Springs
Hemingford
Morrill
Sioux County

PIONEER CONFERENCE (11)
Diller-Odell
Falls City Sacred Heart
Friend
Humboldt-Table Rock-Steinauer
Johnson-Brock
Lewiston
Nebraska City Lourdes
Pawnee City
Southern
Sterling
Tri County

REPUBLICAN PLAINS ACTIVITIES CONFERENCE (14)
Alma
Arapahoe
Bertrand
Cambridge
Dundy County-Stratton
Hitchcock County
Maxwell
Maywood/Hayes Center
Medicine Valley
Paxton
Southern Valley
Southwest
Wallace
Wauneta-Palisade

RIVER CITIES CONFERENCE (7)
Elkhorn Mt. Michael
Omaha Duchesne
Omaha Gross
Omaha Mercy
Omaha Roncalli
Omaha Skutt
South Sioux City

SOUTH PLATTE VALLEY ASSOCIATION (7)
Bridgeport
Chase County
Hershey
Kimball
North Platte St. Patrick's
Perkins County
Sutherland

SOUTHERN NEBRASKA CONFERENCE (11)
Centennial
David City
Fairbury
Fillmore Central
Heartland
Milford
Sandy Creek
Superior
Sutton
Thayer Central
Wilber-Clatonia

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE (9)
Ainsworth
Broken Bow
Cozad
Gothenburg
Holdrege
McCook
Minden
Ogallala
Valentine

TRAILBLAZER CONFERENCE (7)
Beatrice
Malcolm
Nebraska City
Platteview
Plattsmouth
Ralston
Wahoo

TWIN VALLEY CONFERENCE (9)
Blue Hill
Deshler
Franklin
Harvard
Kenesaw
Lawrence-Nelson
Red Cloud
Shelton
Silver Lake

WESTERN CONFERENCE (6)
Alliance
Chadron
Gering
Mitchell
Scottsbluff
Sidney

WESTERN TRAILS CONFERENCE (7)
Bayard
Bridgeport
Gordon-Rushville
Hemingford
Kimball
Mitchell
Morrill

 

[Alum-Ni]

Obviously, Notre Dame will join the Centennial Conference 😉

 

[Skerz4Life50]

Conference realignment isn't limited to the big boys, several moves were made by Nebraska high school teams as of July 1:

- Holdrege left he Central Conference for the Southwest Conference

- Malcolm left the East Central Nebraska Conference for the Trailblazer Conference

- and several new schools have opened and officially joined leagues: Lincoln Northwest has joined the Eastern Midlands Conference, while Omaha Buena Vista and Omaha Westview have joined the Metro Conference

===========================

Effective next year, on July 1, 2023, these moves will take place:

- Giltner will leave the Crossroads Conference for the Twin Valley Conference

- Ashland-Greenwood will leave the Capitol Conference for the Trailblazer Conference

- Hastings will leave the Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference for the Eastern Midlands Conference

- and two more new high schools will open: Lincoln Standing Bear will be joining the Eastern Midlands Conference, and Gretna East will open, and I assume will be joining the Metro Conference

How are conferences determined in Nebraska High School Sports and what is their actual benefit (districts seem to matter more than conference as far as which teams you play)? Do the schools have a say in it or does the NSAA decide?

 

[Alum-Ni]

How are conferences determined in Nebraska High School Sports and what is their actual benefit (districts seem to matter more than conference as far as which teams you play)? Do the schools have a say in it or does the NSAA decide?

Conferences are solely decided by the schools themselves. The state (NSAA) assigns teams to districts for postseason play, and those district assignments change from year to year. The NSAA also sets the regular season schedules for all the football teams in the state.......all other sports the schools are on their own to set their own schedules. Conference titles are for local bragging rights only......and those aren't really contested at all in football in the state, mostly because the state sets the schedule, so you often don't play a lot of "conference opponents" in season and there is a large mix of teams across different classifications within a single conference (11-man vs. 8-man included)

 

[God is a Husker]

EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA CONFERENCE (8)
Auburn
Elmwood-Murdock
Falls City
Freeman
Johnson County Central
Mead
Palmyra
Weeping Water

@Huskerbuck85 Jesus Christ other than Auburn this is a cake walk compared to when I played and certainly when you played.

These young Tigahs have no idea how easy they have it.

 

[Alum-Ni]

@Huskerbuck85 Jesus Christ other than Auburn this is a cake walk compared to when I played and certainly when you played.

These young Tigahs have no idea how easy they have it.

The Tigahs were an independent for an awfully long time....they just joined this league within the last year or so.

 

[Huskerbuck85]

@Huskerbuck85 Jesus Christ other than Auburn this is a cake walk compared to when I played and certainly when you played.

These young Tigahs have no idea how easy they have it.

Good lord I’d take that all day long. When I was a senior we had maybe 40 kids out for football. 4 SENIORS!!! We played Auburn, Pius X, Blair, York, Beatrice, Waverly (I think) some shit school in Kansas and I’m not sure who else but we got beat up on.

 

[Alum-Ni]

Good lord I’d take that all day long. When I was a senior we had maybe 40 kids out for football. 4 SENIORS!!! We played Auburn, Pius X, Blair, York, Beatrice, Waverly (I think) some shit school in Kansas and I’m not sure who else but we got beat up on.

So those schools in the league with Falls City, they don't necessarily play those schools in football since the state sets the schedule. But wow, oh wow, that is a tough schedule you listed.

Here is FC's 2023 schedule:

Platteview
at Fairbury
Omaha Concordia
at Boys Town
Syracuse
Nebraska City
at Lincoln Christian
Auburn
at Raymond Central

 

[Huskersballz]

Conferences are solely decided by the schools themselves. The state (NSAA) assigns teams to districts for postseason play, and those district assignments change from year to year. The NSAA also sets the regular season schedules for all the football teams in the state.......all other sports the schools are on their own to set their own schedules. Conference titles are for local bragging rights only......and those aren't really contested at all in football in the state, mostly because the state sets the schedule, so you often don't play a lot of "conference opponents" in season and there is a large mix of teams across different classifications within a single conference (11-man vs. 8-man included)

This is all new to me… I played Class A ball in Swimtown and I don’t ever remember hearing anything about “conference” games/standings, etc. not sure if it’s more of a WN thing?

 

[Alum-Ni]

This is all new to me… I played Class A ball in Swimtown and I don’t ever remember hearing anything about “conference” games/standings, etc. not sure if it’s more of a WN thing?

There are no conference standings or championships anywhere in the state at any class in football. Conferences exist for everything but football.

 

[Huskerbuck85]

So those schools in the league with Falls City, they don't necessarily play those schools in football since the state sets the schedule. But wow, oh wow, that is a tough schedule you listed.

Here is FC's 2023 schedule:

Platteview
at Fairbury
Omaha Concordia
at Boys Town
Syracuse
Nebraska City
at Lincoln Christian
Auburn
at Raymond Central

Damn…too bad they can’t play those in their conference for a bit to see if their new coach is worth a shit. That’s still a tough schedule.
Yes ours was brutal in 2003.

 

[Mustangblood]

Conference realignment isn't limited to the big boys, several moves were made by Nebraska high school teams as of July 1:

- Holdrege left he Central Conference for the Southwest Conference

- Malcolm left the East Central Nebraska Conference for the Trailblazer Conference

- and several new schools have opened and officially joined leagues: Lincoln Northwest has joined the Eastern Midlands Conference, while Omaha Buena Vista and Omaha Westview have joined the Metro Conference

===========================

Effective next year, on July 1, 2023, these moves will take place:

- Giltner will leave the Crossroads Conference for the Twin Valley Conference

- Ashland-Greenwood will leave the Capitol Conference for the Trailblazer Conference

- Hastings will leave the Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference for the Eastern Midlands Conference

- and two more new high schools will open: Lincoln Standing Bear will be joining the Eastern Midlands Conference, and Gretna East will open, and I assume will be joining the Metro Conference

That’s crazy that giltner is leaving the CRC. Back in my day (10ish years ago) the conference was stacked in every sport, boys and girls both and giltner was a power house. I know they have taken a step down but it’s weird they are leaving.

 

[Alum-Ni]

That’s crazy that giltner is leaving the CRC. Back in my day (10ish years ago) the conference was stacked in every sport, boys and girls both and giltner was a power house. I know they have taken a step down but it’s weird they are leaving.

Sounds like they are leaving because they are against Exeter-Milligan co-oping with Friend for sports and participating as that co-op in the league.

 

[God is a Husker]

The Tigahs were an independent for an awfully long time....they just joined this league within the last year or so.

So those schools in the league with Falls City, they don't necessarily play those schools in football since the state sets the schedule. But wow, oh wow, that is a tough schedule you listed.

Here is FC's 2023 schedule:

Platteview
at Fairbury
Omaha Concordia
at Boys Town
Syracuse
Nebraska City
at Lincoln Christian
Auburn
at Raymond Central

Ahhh ok my mistake I thought it was like College where that’s your schedule for the most part.


I got to high school right as FC was mercifully pushed to C1 for football.

We went from getting raped by the teams @Huskerbuck85 listed to being at least competitive. (6-3 type seasons with a first round playoff loss, hey it’s better than going 1-7 or 0-8)

PS: I had 40 yards on 5 rushes (Fullback) and played every snap when we finally beat Auburn for the first time in 22 years.

 

[That SOB Van Owen]

Ahhh ok my mistake I thought it was like College where that’s your schedule for the most part.


I got to high school right as FC was mercifully pushed to C1 for football.

We went from getting raped by the teams @Huskerbuck85 listed to being at least competitive. (6-3 type seasons with a first round playoff loss, hey it’s better than going 1-7 or 0-8)

PS: I had 40 yards on 5 rushes (Fullback) and played every snap when we finally beat Auburn for the first time in 22 years.

Scoring a touchdown in a win against Auburn in 2005 on homecoming my junior year was probably the highlight of my high school football career. We HATED those fuckers.

 

[turek420845]

Lincoln Standing Bear will just be changed to Lincoln Guardings in a couple of years anyway.

 

[Alum-Ni]

Lincoln Standing Bear will just be changed to Lincoln Guardings in a couple of years anyway.

Probably Commanders

 

[turek420845]

Probably Commanders

Thank you. I was trying to think of the other one.