Neb Preps

The Jet Award Foundation and Hurrdat Sports have partnered to name the best high school football player in the state of Nebraska, the 2023 Mister Football Nebraska. The award will be announced at the end of the 2023 season and given to the winner at the 2024 Jet Award Gala on April 4, 2024, at Baxter Arena. The finalists were selected with feedback from high school coaches and the Hurrdat Sports staff. There were no limitations on their grade or school classification.

Each week volleyball coaches from each class across the state submit their rankings and our Tony Chapman compiles them. Here is the sixth in-season Volleyball Coaches Poll for 2023 season, presented by Pinnacle Bank. Records listed are through games played on Saturday, September 30.

Each week during the high school football season select coaches from the seven Nebraska classes rated the teams in their class. Here are the football coaches poll ratings after Week 5 presented by Pinnacle Bank. Class A (Record), Previous Ranking 1. Omaha Westside (6-0), 1 2. Millard South (6-0), 2 3. Millard West (5-1), 3 4. Elkhorn South (5-1), 6 5. Kearney (6-0), 4 6. Omaha North (5-1), 5 7. Lincoln East (4-2), 7 8. Papillion-La Vista (5-1), 9 9. Grand Island (4-2), 10 10.

Each week fans will vote on the Pinnacle Bank Game of the Week and which game Mike Sautter covers extensively. Voting ends Wednesday October 4, 2023 at 12 p.m.

The Eastern Midlands Conference has produced three top-five teams in Class B through the first month of the season, and two of them squared off on Thursday night as No. 3 Elkhorn North hosted No. 4 Bennington. After falling to the other top-five EMC team, No. 5 Norris, in the final of the Lincoln Pius X Invitational last Saturday, the Wolves bounced back in a big way Thursday, sweeping the Badgers 25-19, 25-18, 27-25.

Each week during the high school softball season coaches from the three Nebraska classes rate the teams in their class. In conjunction with Nebraska High School Fastpitch, here is the softball coaches poll 9-20-23 brought to you by Pinnacle Bank. Class A (Record), Previous Ranking, First Place Votes 1. Gretna (24-1), 1, 20 2. Millard North (18-4), 3 3. Lincoln East (22-6), 2 4. Papillion-La Vista (21-7), 4 5. Lincoln Southwest (20-7), 6 6. Omaha Westside (20-5), 7 7. Millard West (14-8), 5 8.

Someone probably questioned Marcus Ehrke’s sanity when he took the Grand Island Senior High volleyball head coaching position in 2020. Sure, the Islanders weren’t far removed from consecutive state final appearances in 2007 and 2008, and they had returned to state in 2010, 2011 and 2013 under legendary head coach Bill Root. But, after that, talent had turned. The Islanders had just one winning season from 2014-2019 and they went just 9-46 over Root’s final two seasons of his hall-of-fame career.

Each week volleyball coaches from each class across the state submit their rankings and our Tony Chapman compiles them. Here is the fifth in-season poll for 2023 season, presented by Pinnacle Bank. Records listed are through games played on Saturday, September 23.

Each week during the high school football season select coaches from the seven Nebraska classes rated the teams in their class. Here are the football coaches poll ratings after Week 5 presented by Pinnacle Bank. Class A (Record), Previous Ranking 1. Omaha Westside (5-0), 1 2. Millard South (5-0), 2 3. Millard West (4-1), 3 4. Kearney (5-0), 4 5. Omaha North (4-1), 5 6. Elkhorn South (4-1), 6 7. Lincoln East (4-1), 7 8. Gretna (4-1), 9 9. Papillion-La Vista (4-1), 10 10.

Each week fans will vote on the Pinnacle Bank Game of the Week and which game Mike Sautter covers extensively. Voting ends Wednesday September 27, 2023 at 12 p.m.