Jack Tarr-Malcolm
CONTRIBUTOR JACK TARR MALCOLM Contributor Malcolm High welcomed Jack Tarr to its faculty in 1978, and the native of Lynch, Nebraska, has been a loyal Clipper ever since. An award-winning educator while coaching up to five sports at a time during his 42-year career, he served as the school’s athletic director from 1992 until […]
Sue Wewel-Fremont Bergan
COACH SUE WEWEL FREMONT BERGAN Coach Volleyball in Fremont has been shaped by Sue Wewel during her five decades in the city. In three stints as a coach—two at Archbishop Bergan and one at Fremont High and Fort Calhoun— her teams have won 820 matches. During her 29 seasons at Bergan, the Knights qualified […]
Jake Moore-Pius/Marian
COACH JAKE MOORE Coach A national award-winning volleyball coach while at Lincoln Pius X, Jake Moore embarked on a new chapter at Omaha Marian four years ago. The son of Nebraska High School Sports Hall of Famer Charlie Moore, he graduated from Fairbury High and UNL and began his education career with four years at […]
Bob Greco-Omaha Westside
COACH BOB GRECO OMAHA WESTSIDE Coach With Bob Greco in its dugout, Omaha Westside made the Class A state baseball tournament as much a part of the school’s May calendar as graduation. The Warriors qualified 21 times in his 26 years as coach, including a stretch of 17 consecutive appearances. He led them to […]
Brad Feeken-Gretna
COACH BRAD FEEKEN GRETNA Coach At Brad Feeken’s memorial service, his career record wasn’t mentioned—or that his teams at Gretna won back-to-back Class B championships in 2016 and 2017 and qualified for state 11 of 20 years, even after the school moved to Class A. What mattered most to him was helping seventh graders, […]
Brooke Schwartz-Gering
ATHLETE BROOKE SCHWARTZ Gering (Class of 1996) The No. 4 all-time scorer in Class B girls’ basketball with 1,894 points, Brooke Schwartz helped Gering win 85 percent of its games and reach the state semifinals twice in her four years. A three-time Class B all-stater and two-time all-class all-state in basketball, she also started for […]
Darin Ruf-Omaha Westside
ATHLETE CHAD RUF Omaha Westside (Class of 2005) In Darin Ruf’s four years at Omaha Westside, the Warriors won a state championship in baseball and finished as Class A runners-up in basketball. Adding in football, he earned seven varsity letters. He was named All-Nebraska in both football and baseball as a senior. At Creighton, he […]
Chad Meyers-Omaha Gross
ATHLETE CHAD MEYERS Omaha Gross (Class of 1993) Few three-sport athletes excelled in high school like Chad Meyers, who became the first from Omaha Gross to play in Major League Baseball. He set Class B records in football, earned allstate honors twice, and was named to the 1992 All-Nebraska team. An undefeated senior season in […]
Jordan Hooper-Alliance
ATHLETE JORDAN HOOPER Alliance (Class of 2010) Few freshmen have leaped from unknown to stardom the way Jordan Hooper did coming out of the Panhandle in 2007. She led Alliance to the Class B state basketball championship, beginning a career that regularly brought her to Lincoln. The Bulldogs were runners-up in 2008. She was twice […]
Wilburn Hollis-Boys Town
ATHLETE WILBURN HOLLIS Boys Town (Class of 1958) Hailing from Possum Trot, Mississippi, the late Wilburn (Wil) Hollis was a four-sport high school standout at Boys Town who earned All-America recognition as a quarterback for the Cowboys and later at the University of Iowa. In his two seasons, Boys Town went 13-2-2 in football against […]