Nebraska Boys H.S. State Basketball Tournament - Final Results

[Alum-Ni]

CLASS A

Papillion-LaVista South 76, Papillion-LaVista 58
Millard North 62, Bellevue West 44
Omaha Westside 87, Lincoln Southwest 49
Lincoln Southeast 58, Lincoln North Star 57

Semifinals
Papillion-LaVista South 61, Millard North 57
Omaha Westside 56, Lincoln Southeast 52

State Championship
Papillion-LaVista South 61, Omaha Westside 58

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CLASS B

Norris 52, Lincoln Pius X 49
Omaha Skutt 71, Douglas County West 31
Scottsbluff 65, Gretna East 60
Elkhorn North 74, Wahoo 65

Semifinals
Omaha Skutt 51, Norris 49
Scottsbluff 58, Elkhorn North 55

State Championship
Omaha Skutt 64, Scottsbluff 49

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CLASS C1

Lincoln Lutheran 64, Fillmore Central 26
Ashland-Greenwood 60, Cozad 45
Doniphan-Trumbull 57, Ogallala 45
Omaha Concordia 49, Sidney 45

Semifinals
Ashland-Greenwood 54, Lincoln Lutheran 47
Omaha Concordia 54, Doniphan-Trumbull 45

State Championship
Ashland-Greenwood 53, Omaha Concordia 39

Third Place
Lincoln Lutheran 60, Doniphan-Trumbull 51

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CLASS C2

Fremont Bergan 51, Freeman 49
Summerland 68, Exeter-Milligan/Friend 55
Atkinson West Holt 48, Yutan 33
Cross County 41, Hartington Cedar Catholic 38

Semifinals
Fremont Bergan 64, Summerland 48
Cross County 45, Atkinson West Holt 43

State Championship
Fremont Bergan 53, Cross County 43

Third Place
Summerland 55, Atkinson West Holt 48

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CLASS D1

Johnson-Brock 73, Elmwood-Murdock 32
McCool Junction 65, Elm Creek 34
Howells-Dodge 54, Dundy County-Stratton 40
Bancroft-Rosalie 59, North Platte St. Patrick's 53

Semifinals
Johnson-Brock 53, McCool Junction 36
Howells-Dodge 58, Bancroft-Rosalie 41

State Championship
Johnson-Brock 61, Howells-Dodge 46

Third Place
McCool Junction 71, Bancroft-Rosalie 49

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CLASS D2

O'Neill St. Mary's 50, Silver Lake 34
Archangels Catholic 61, Stuart 59
Wausa 61, Fullerton 33
Wynot 60, Elgin/Elgin Pope John 53

Semifinals
O'Neill St. Mary's 59, Archangels Catholic 46
Wynot 55, Wausa 52

State Championship
O'Neill St. Mary's 63, Wynot 51

Third Place
Archangels Catholic 45, Wausa 39

 

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CLASS B

Norris 52, Lincoln Pius X 49
Omaha Skutt 71, Douglas County West 31
Scottsbluff 65, Gretna East 60
Elkhorn North 74, Wahoo 65

Semifinals
Omaha Skutt 51, Norris 49
Scottsbluff 58, Elkhorn North 55

State Championship
Saturday, March 15 - 6:15 PM
Omaha Skutt (23-5) vs. Scottsbluff (25-3)

 

[Alum-Ni]

CLASS C1

Lincoln Lutheran 64, Fillmore Central 26
Ashland-Greenwood 60, Cozad 45
Doniphan-Trumbull 57, Ogallala 45
Omaha Concordia 49, Sidney 45

Semifinals
Ashland-Greenwood 54, Lincoln Lutheran 47
Omaha Concordia 54, Doniphan-Trumbull 45

State Championship
Saturday, March 15 - 11:00 AM
Ashland-Greenwood (22-5) vs. Omaha Concordia (23-4)

Third Place
Saturday, march 15 - 1:00 PM - at Lincoln Southwest
Lincoln Lutheran (23-4) vs. Doniphan-Trumbull (19-7)

 

[Alum-Ni]

CLASS C2

Fremont Bergan 51, Freeman 49
Summerland 68, Exeter-Milligan/Friend 55
Atkinson West Holt 48, Yutan 33
Cross County 41, Hartington Cedar Catholic 38

Semifinals
Fremont Bergan 64, Summerland 48
Cross County 45, Atkinson West Holt 43

State Championship
Saturday, March 15 - 4:15 PM
Fremont Bergan (18-9) vs. Cross County (26-2)

Third Place
Saturday, March 15 - 11:00 AM - at Lincoln Southwest
Summerland (24-4) vs. Atkinson West Holt (22-6)

 

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CLASS D1

Johnson-Brock 73, Elmwood-Murdock 32
McCool Junction 65, Elm Creek 34
Howells-Dodge 54, Dundy County-Stratton 40
Bancroft-Rosalie 59, North Platte St. Patrick's 53

Semifinals
Johnson-Brock 53, McCool Junction 36
Howells-Dodge 58, Bancroft-Rosalie 41

State Championship
Saturday, March 15 - 9:00 AM
Johnson-Brock (28-1) vs. Howells-Dodge (24-5)

Third Place
Saturday, March 15 - 9:00 AM - at Lincoln Southwest
McCool Junction (22-6) vs. Bancroft-Rosalie (22-5)

 

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CLASS D2

O'Neill St. Mary's 50, Silver Lake 34
Archangels Catholic 61, Stuart 59
Wausa 61, Fullerton 33
Wynot 60, Elgin/Elgin Pope John 53

Semifinals
O'Neill St. Mary's 59, Archangels Catholic 46
Wynot 55, Wausa 52

State Championship
Saturday, March 15 - 8:15 PM
O'Neill St. Mary's (23-5) vs. Wynot (21-7)

Third Place
Saturday, March 15 - 3:00 PM - at Lincoln Southwest
Archangels Catholic (20-7) vs. Wausa (24-4)

 

[Driveway Jordan]

The real quetion is: what game was Dylan and Emmett at?

 

[Dell Husker]

The real quetion is: what game was Dylan and Emmett at?

According to this tweet, they were high

 

[Alum-Ni]

Updated above after Day #2 scores.

Also:

Crazy ending sequence to the Norris vs. Pius game

 

[Alum-Ni]

News Channel Nebraska will broadcast the semifinal games from Pinnacle Bank Arena on Friday (A, B and C1)

SEMIFINAL SCHEDULE

at Pinnacle Bank Arena
9:00 AM - Lincoln Lutheran vs. Ashland-Greenwood (C1)
10:45 AM - Doniphan-Trumbull vs. Omaha Concordia (C1)

1:30 PM - Papillion-LaVista South vs. Millard North - (A)
3:15 PM - Omaha Westside vs. Lincoln Southeast (A)

6:00 PM - Norris vs. Omaha Skutt (B)
7:45 PM - Scottsbluff vs. Elkhorn North (B)

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at Devaney Sports Center
9:00 AM - Johnson-Brock vs. McCool Junction (D1)
10:45 AM - Howells-Dodge vs. Bancroft-Rosalie (D1)

1:30 PM - Fremont Bergan vs. Summerland (C2)
3:15 PM - Atkinson West Holt vs. Cross County (C2)

6:00 PM - O'Neill St. Mary's vs. Archangels Catholic (D2)
7:45 PM - Wausa vs. Wynot (D2)

 

[SOHusker11]

Updated above after Day #2 scores.

Also:

Crazy ending sequence to the Norris vs. Pius game

#1 on shitcenter.

 

[nja13]

#1 on shitcenter.

And they left off the shot that Pius made to tie it up. That makes it more amazing.

 

[Carm]

For me, it brought back memories of the 1971 Lincoln East - Papillion Class A State Championship game, which I was fortunate enough to attend. After the game winning basket it was utterly silent for a second as people were in disbelief. Then, an explosion of sound. No video, this is the best I can do (clock doesn't start, of course, until the ball is touched).

In Class A, nobody will ever, ever forget Lincoln East's Scott Copple and his 20 foot shot at the buzzer to lift the Spartans to a 74-72 over Papillion and 6-10 center Mike Heck. I thought the building was going to explode at the NU Coliseum that day. It was like a bolt of lightening hit the place. What a match between East's Kent Rekeway and Papio's big Mike Heck. It was Coach Dennis Hanson's Monarchs, the kings of the 4th quarter comebacks in 1970-71, that staged a furious 2nd half rally after trailing by 13 at the break. Papio actually drianed the clock down from 41 seconds to 11 ticks before calling a time out and mapping out a play to get the ball to the 6-10 giant, Heck. As time ticked away, Monarch guard Steve Fleming had the ball in the deep corner, but as he turned along the baseline, he stepped on the on the end line and turned the ball over to Lincoln East with 2 seconds left.

Here is how the next 2 seconds played out. East's Jack Ball took it out underneath the Papillion basket. He heaved the ball the length of the court but was off target and the pass was headed out of bounds. Had it not been touched, it would have been Papillion's ball. But......East's sophomore center, Rick Samuelson leaped from inbounds into what seemed like the 3rd row to me, and flicked the ball blindly back into play. Copple came from nowhere on an all out, dead run, scooped the ball up after one bounce and in one fluid, frozen in time motion, let it fly. The ball sailed through the hoop like it had been suctioned through by a reverse tornado. BANG! History!

I can still see the shot today. How blessed was I, and all who were in attendance, to witness that. I'm relatively certain Papillion wasn't too thrilled.

 

[Carm]

Mike Heck was Nebraska's first 7 foot HS basketball polayer and accepted a scholarship to Pickle Smoochers

Apke, for his part, put a lot of stock in his returning players, in particular, Mike Heck, the 7-foot-1 center from Papillion (Pickle Smoochers’s first athlete over 7 feet tall.)


“I think he’s going to be a great player someday,” Apke said of Heck. “I hope that 'someday' comes this season.”

Apke’s faith in Heck proved out. In the season opener against North Dakota’s Fighting Hawks, Heck made nine rebounds and scored 24 points.

When Heck exited the Civic Auditorium court at the end of his 33 minutes in the game, the crowd gave him a standing ovation. It would be the last game he ever played.

Two days later, Heck was found dead in his room on the seventh floor of Swanson Hall. The 20-year-old's official cause of death was cardiac complications due to an enlarged heart.

“Very few things in my life have shocked me more,” Eddie Sutton, who had recruited Heck, told United Press International. “I always felt that Mike would be one of Pickle Smoochers’s all-time great players by the time he graduated.”

 

[gtlacey]

For me, it brought back memories of the 1971 Lincoln East - Papillion Class A State Championship game, which I was fortunate enough to attend. After the game winning basket it was utterly silent for a second as people were in disbelief. Then, an explosion of sound. No video, this is the best I can do (clock doesn't start, of course, until the ball is touched).

In Class A, nobody will ever, ever forget Lincoln East's Scott Copple and his 20 foot shot at the buzzer to lift the Spartans to a 74-72 over Papillion and 6-10 center Mike Heck. I thought the building was going to explode at the NU Coliseum that day. It was like a bolt of lightening hit the place. What a match between East's Kent Rekeway and Papio's big Mike Heck. It was Coach Dennis Hanson's Monarchs, the kings of the 4th quarter comebacks in 1970-71, that staged a furious 2nd half rally after trailing by 13 at the break. Papio actually drianed the clock down from 41 seconds to 11 ticks before calling a time out and mapping out a play to get the ball to the 6-10 giant, Heck. As time ticked away, Monarch guard Steve Fleming had the ball in the deep corner, but as he turned along the baseline, he stepped on the on the end line and turned the ball over to Lincoln East with 2 seconds left.

Here is how the next 2 seconds played out. East's Jack Ball took it out underneath the Papillion basket. He heaved the ball the length of the court but was off target and the pass was headed out of bounds. Had it not been touched, it would have been Papillion's ball. But......East's sophomore center, Rick Samuelson leaped from inbounds into what seemed like the 3rd row to me, and flicked the ball blindly back into play. Copple came from nowhere on an all out, dead run, scooped the ball up after one bounce and in one fluid, frozen in time motion, let it fly. The ball sailed through the hoop like it had been suctioned through by a reverse tornado. BANG! History!

I can still see the shot today. How blessed was I, and all who were in attendance, to witness that. I'm relatively certain Papillion wasn't too thrilled.
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This is awesome, thank you for sharing! We're family friends with Rekeway so I've heard of this game many times, but never told as well as you did.

 

[COYS]

Someone f’d up by not offering Bryson Bahl. Kid can easily play in Big 10.

 

[Dell Husker]

Someone f’d up by not offering Bryson Bahl. Kid can easily play in Big 10.

@DuckSker

 

[BIG TONE SOPRANO]

Why so many catholic schools? God it’s dumb

 

[Huskers633]

Someone f’d up by not offering Bryson Bahl. Kid can easily play in Big 10.

His game is very smooth. He wouldn't be ready next year, but I think we should've taken a chance on him. I'm also curious if the coaches have started paying attention to the freshman PG from Westside. That kid has serious potential.

 

[Carm]

This is awesome, thank you for sharing! We're family friends with Rekeway so I've heard of this game many times, but never told as well as you did.

I found video