Isaiah Poor Bear Chandler had the better game, but Ed Chang had the four minutes that mattered. Poor Bear Chandler had one of his best nights for Omaha Central, with the 6-foot-9 senior getting 25 points and seven rebounds.
Millard North, ranked seventh in Class A, got the spark it needed as the Mustangs outlasted No. 4 Bellevue West 62-57 in overtime Monday in the quarterfinals at Ralston Arena.
For star power in boys basketball, Papillion-La Vista and Omaha Central are unsurpassed. So Monday night’s Metro Conference holiday tournament quarterfinal is must-see.
Aguek Arop had 14 points and No. 1 Omaha South held Omaha Westside to nine points until late in the third quarter of a 51-35 win to open the boys half of the Metro Conference’s holiday basketball tournamnet at Ralston Arena.
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It was the most successful volleyball season ever at Omaha Skutt, and two seniors, Brooke Heyne and Alli Schomers, helped make it so. Joining them on the first team are Sarah Swanson of Elkhorn South, Jaela Zimmerman of Malcolm, Elise Baumann of Millard North, Fallon Stutheit of Johnson-Broc…
No two running backs have been more dazzling in the playoffs — this year or any year — than Jaylin Bradley of Bellevue West and Moses Bryant of Elkhorn South. They were easy choices as honorary captains of The World-Herald’s 96th All-Nebraska team.
After all the ballots were cast, it was clear who the winners were in the voting for the 24th World-Herald All-Nebraska softball team. In this hectic election season, it was refreshing to endure limited lobbying and primarily positive comments from coaches about players as this campaign wrap…
See the best Nebraska high school swimmers and divers of all-time on The World-Herald's prep swim charts.
Akin-Otiko is honored as the 2016 World-Herald Nebraska high school girls athlete of the year. The Kansas track recruit was a finalist for the award last year before becoming the second girls athlete from Bellevue West to earn the honor, following Kristi Woodard in 2002.
Stille is honored as the 2016 World-Herald Nebraska high school boys athlete of the year. The wrestling champion and Husker recruit is the first honored from Ashland-Greenwood and the first from Class C-1 since Scott Frost of Wood River in 1993.
When opposing coaches talk about the potential of Millard West’s Cole Stobbe, one former Nebraska high school player comes to mind. And the name of that player says it all.
The all-time Nebraska high school track and field charts as published in The World-Herald.
Brenna Ochoa and Ed Gordon, this year’s captains of The World-Herald All-Nebraska soccer teams, took their programs to another level by raising the play of teammates.
What do the best high school basketball players in Nebraska do in their downtime? Play basketball video games. In this case, it’s boys vs. girls in “NBA 2K16.” Either on the court or with a controller in their hands, the All-Nebraska basketball team has got game.
A list of every World-Herald boys basketball All-Nebraska selection since the first team was named in 1915. This list includes All-Nebraska first, second and third teams, plus every all-class selection.
Players from Millard North, Bellevue West and Millard West were hard to miss among the 2015 All-Nebraska selections.
Stu Pospisil's year-by-year breakdown of every boys state basketball championship since the inaugural event in 1911.
For Omaha Marian libero Brittany Witt, there was only one way to finish her senior season. With the school’s third straight Class A title. Witt, a four-year starter at libero for the Crusaders, did her part. The Creighton recruit led Class A in digs with 589 and provided the kind of leadersh…
The World-Herald names its selections to the 2015 high school softball All-Nebraska teams. The year’s team shined throughout the season. Papio’s Sam Dellinger is the honorary captain of The World-Herald’s softball team. The Creighton recruit is the sixth captain from her school.
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