2009 – Basketball: Omaha South 1960

Record: 21-0 Coach: Cornie Collin, 1995 Hall of Fame inductee The 1960 Class A state championship basketball was the only unbeaten Class A team for the next 29 years. They won every laurel available that season–city champions, district champions, state tournament. Team selected in 2000 for the South High Hall of Fame. Starters: Charles Bruno, […]

2009 – Baseball: Central City 1960

The 1959-60 school year culminated a great five-year span of high school baseball at Central City High with a championship in the 1960 Class B state tournament. The state final was an 8-4 win over Lincoln Pius X. Coach: Bill Kennedy In five years Bison baseball lost only two games in district and state competition. […]

2011 – Football/Basketball: Polk

The Cubs of Polk High School put together a rare athletic featduring the 1961-62 school year, unbeaten seasons in both basketball and football. Bill Schnackenburg was the head football coach.Team Members: Regy Green (all-state), Lanny Ang (all-state), Darwin Hahn (all-state), Max Kroger, Alvin Kisler, Larry Klingsporn, Larry Coover, Dennis Van Housen, Calvin Crow, Elmer Gnauden, […]

2011 – Football: Omaha North

Unbeaten North High had great depth and a versatile backfield which gained a lot of notoriety for its productivity and nickname—the Four Norsemen, a moniker created by The World-Herald’s Don Lee. Bob Churchich, Ricky Davis, Rook Taylor and Dan Miller did gridiron mayhem through the Metro Conference during the Vikings’ 9-0 season. Guard Bert Hetrick […]

2012 – Basketball: Omaha Tech

1963 Class A Champion Front L to R-George Swanson S.M., John Farmer, Bo Starks, Ron Boone, Harold Crowe, Lewis Garrison, Jerry Moser, Dan Swanson S.M. Back-Fred Longacre Ass’t. Coach, Fred Hare, Roger Sindelar, James White, Rich Lerdahl, Joe Williams, John Mackey, Neal Mosser Coach.