Basketball-2017-Schuyler Boys-1968

                                                               Schuyler’s “Jolly Green Giants” 1968 Class B Boys State Champions regarded by many as the all time best team in Class B.  The Warriors […]

2017-Taleah Williams, Norfolk

Taleah Williams was an honor student at Norfolk High School and in spite of being born without a lower left arm she also excelled in athletics.  She held several track records and qualified for the State Meet in 4 events her junior and senior seasons and was All-Conference on the basketball team.  She lettered all […]

2017-June and Pat Novacek Family

Pat was a 3 sport letter winner and 1955 graduate of Tekamah High School.  They were 9-0 in football, 18-3 in basketball, and Pat competed at the state track meet in the high hurdles, high jump, and long jump.  He competed at Peru State for one year and then Huron College, where he was a […]

2017-Omaha Westside Swimming and Diving

Westside Swimming and Diving 1964-1988 Westside swimming and diving from 1964-1988 dominated the State Championships in boys’ and girls’ competition.  Those teams were coached by Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Fame Coaches Cal Bentz (1964-1978) and Doug Krecklow (1979-1988).  Westside won 29 State Championships (18 boys’ and 11 girls’), 8 Runner-up trophies (5 boys’ […]

Larry Bornschlegl-Hastings

Official An outstanding athlete at Geneva High School and the University of Nebraska, Larry Bornschlegl never got far away from the playing field, enjoying a long career as a coach, school administrator and referee. Considered one of the premier basketball referees in the 1970s and ‘80s, Bornschlegl completed a basketball officiating career that covered 20 […]

Jerry Stine-Omaha

Contributor As a coach, historian, promoter and documentarian, Jerry Stine dedicated countless hours to the betterment of Nebraska high school sports. Throughout his 40-year career, Stine coached boys’ basketball & track at Wheeler Central – Bartlett and girls’ basketball and boys’ and girls’ track at Bertrand. After leaving the coaching ranks, Stine continued to contribute […]

Mark Wortman-Elkhorn

Coach Mark Wortman turned Elkhorn High School into a football powerhouse. After his arrival in 1980, the Antlers became a cornerstone of the state football playoff field, qualifying for 20 straight years from 1995-2014. At the time of his induction, his teams had won five Class B state championships and reached five other state championship […]

Carl Tesmer-Grand Island Central Catholic/Hastings St. Cecilia

Coach Few football coaches lead a school to 100 victories. Carl Tesmer did it at two schools, climbing into the rarified air of 300-plus coaching victories. At the time of his induction, Tesmer had put together a 339-89-2 record, 39 winning seasons, 13 undefeated regular seasons and more than 25 top-ten teams in a 41-year […]

John Miller-Chambers/Southern Valley

Coach Few can match the diverse success enjoyed by John Miller. A 36-year coaching career garnered seven state championships and more than 700 victories in girls’ and boys’ basketball and football. His longest tenure came as the Chambers girls’ basketball coach where his teams won five state championships, four runner-up trophies and 585 games. The […]

Kathy Mettenbrink-Centura

Coach At Centura High School, Kathy Mettenbrink was simply known as “Coach.” Her 34-year career as the Centurions girls basketball coach resulted in 549 wins, 11 state tournament appearances and two runner-up finishes. But her biggest accomplishments can’t be quantified by numbers. “She turned a lot of average players into great ones,” one of her […]