2003
Great Moments, 2003 Basketball: “The Big Barn”: “The Old Barn,” which is what the Nebraska Coliseum was affectionately known to high school basketball fans, played host to the state tournament from 1926-76. In the Twenties, practically any team with a way to get to Lincoln came to play in the state tournament. In the Coliseum’s […]
2002
Great Moments, 2002 Boys Basketball: “Huge Jump Shot”:Matt Kelly, Millard South. With two seconds left, Matt made the jump shot that defeated Columbus in the 1989 Class A State Championship game. This win for Millard South cinched the first undefeated season for a Class A team in 29 years and gave the team a No. […]
2001
Great Moments, 2001 Boys Basketball: “In Focus”: The 1976-77 newspaper photograph by Rudy Smith of the Omaha World-Herald, shot at the conclusion of the thrilling boys basketball tournament championship game between Holdrege and Aurora, captured the essence of high school sports: the joy of the winners, the anguish of defeat and the compassion of a […]
2000
Great Moments, 2000 Girls Basketball: “Nothing But Net”:Karen Moore’s 1982 field goal, from 73 feet, at Pershing Auditorium. This shot ended Lincoln Northeast’s championship game against Kearney. It was the longest basket made in the history of the girls state tournament. However, it was only good for two points because it was made before the […]
1999
Great Moments, 1999 Football: “End of an Era”: Six-man football, the salvations for years for the sport in small schools, was invented in Nebraska in 1934, spread across the country in rural America and flourished for most of the rest of the 20th century, until school consolidations provided schools with larger enrollments and less need […]
1998
Great Moments, 1998 Boys Basketball: “Multi Miracles”: Wahoo High School in 1989 was in the early segment of a state record winning streak that eventually in 1992 reached 114 games, The streakest biggest scare came in the finals of the 1989 boys state tournament when the Warriors won a state championship with two dramatic three-point […]
1997
Great Moments, 1997 Boys Basketball: “Fantastic Final”: The 50 points by Andre Woolridge of Omaha Benson in one game during the 1992 Class A state tournament, an individual showing in terms of inside-outside that had a huge Devaney Center crowd in awe of what took place on the floor in front of them. Football: “Running […]
1996
Great Moments, 1996 Girls Basketball: “Point Champion”: Darcy Stracke of Chambers reaches a record 2752 career points in girls basketball. Football: “Gridiron Rampage”: Falls City Sacred Heart’s 87-game football winning streak challenged for the national record. Track & Field: “Fast 100”: Hastings College Invitational’s 100-yard dash in 1961 produced five runners all at 10 seconds […]
1995
Great Moments, 1995 Boys Basketball: “Miracle on Vine Street”: Lincoln East’s last second shot by Scott Copple, winning the 1971 state tournament final against Papillion. Football: “Football Fun”: To the Nebraska School Activities Association, for initiating the football playoff Boys Basketball: “Wahoo High School, The Streak” […]
