Was it scary? A little. North Star’d never been there before.  As the 2026 Nebraska girls state basketball tournament commenced, it had a first-time

ON3 - CLASS A - Tommy Johnson, North Star

Tommy Johnson, who led Lincoln North Star to its first-ever state championship, is Huskerland’s Class A girls basketball coach of the year. His 27-1 team also posted the best record in program history.

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Class A  First Round: No. 1 Lincoln North Star (24-1) over No. 8 Millard North (15-9), No. 4 Millard West (20-4) over No. 5 Omaha Westside (22-5),

All-state senior Kylee Paben (42) has her Millard West team in position to win its third straight state title. Wouldn't bet against it.

ON3 - Kylee Paben, Millard West 42

Huskerland Bob's Crystal Ball: Class A, B Girls State Basketball Picks and Stuff

You needed to look elsewhere you were hoping for surprises. There were none to be found in our Class A and B girls basketball district finals, which

Senior all-stater Ani Leu (15) has enjoyed another great season, and has her team holding down Class A's top seed entering this week's state tournament. That's not bad.

ON3 - Annie Leu, Lincoln North Star 15

A Quick Review of Girls Class A, B District Finals

The book is closed on the 2026 recruiting class. But there was some history made in the class. That class in Nebraska was headlined by the first

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Oh, there was more. Much more.  Heartland Athletic. Lincoln Basketball, she’s in really good shape. For both the boys and girls teams.  Over the past

This steal by Lincoln Southwest sophomore Alexis Gutknecht (15) certainly met with the approval of her teammates. The game's final outcome, a heart-breaking one-point loss to North Star, not so much.

ON3 - Alelxis Gutknecht LSW 15

Alma's Winter to Remember and Other Conference Wrap-Ups

Crossroads. Back to York for a moment. All four of the girls division top seeds advanced on Monday, setting up No. 1 Dorchester (12-3) v. No. 4

Ogallala's all-state senior, Sawyer Smith (33), leads the unbeaten Indians into Southwest Conference tournament play later in the week. Lots of other stuff to track until then...

ON3 - Sawyer Smith, Ogallala 33 BETTER

More Conference Tournament Stuff, From Border to Border (and beyond)

Senior Marcus Wynne (0) is Lincoln North Star's first-ever winner of Huskerland's Diamond in the Rough Award.  Class A: Marcus Wynne, Lincoln North

ON3 - Marcus Wynne, Lincoln North Star

Huskerland's 2025 Diamonds in the Rough: Marcus Wynne, Merrick Johnson

To be honest, it felt like old times, and I’m not sure why. Or why now.  It’s not like over the past three, four years I’d never been to a regular

ON3 - Jordan Castor, Lincoln North Star 22

Leaving contrails in his wake - well, sorta - North Star's Jordan Castor (22) and his team did their part in a Monday afternoon sweep of Omaha Westview.

From a Scrub's Standpoint

Get to know each of the Iowa State Cyclones' defensive football commitments in the 2026 recruiting class with this feature from CycloneReport.com

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Class A  12. Tyrell Chatman, QB-DB, Lincoln North Star. 6-2, 180. North Star is a team that’s established itself as a Class A winner, doing so with

ON3 - Breiton Hochstein, Cedar Catholic

2025 Huskerland Top 225 Seniors: The 12s

District A-4  1. Millard SouthPATRIOTSReally don’t know where to start, so let’s start with this: Millard South has five returning all-staters on its

ON3 - Jack Ladd, Millard South

Full Disclosure: Complete Class A Districts 4, 5, 6

When Iowa State meets Kansas State this weekend in Dublin to kick off the college football season, a lot of top prospects will be watching.  Many of

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The future of Iowa State football continues to shine brighter as two of its top 2026 commits — Amarion Jackson and Tyrell Chatman — have

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Lourdes Central Catholic at Thayer Central, Sept. 12. Lourdes was the flavor of the month last November, a No. 12 seed reaching the state

ON3 - Porter Matthews, O'Neill with helmet

If you didn't know better you might think O'Neill senior Porter Matthews is already to go for Huskerland's No. 27 game for 2025, against Lakeview. (Psst, he is...)

Huskerland's Top 30 Games for 2025: No. 26-30ish

North Star Overview  You have noticed what’s going on at North Star, right? How a program which seemed lost in the wilderness has recently become a

ON3 - Tyrell Chatman, Lincoln North Star

Class A No. 10: Lincoln North Star

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Date	Opponent	Score	Prediction
Thu 2/26TBD	Burke(6-20) #2 North Star(24-1)	1660	12 65
Sat 2/2812:00 AM	#17 Millard South(13-13) #2 North Star(25-1)	4247	38 50
Wed 3/47:30 PM	#15 Millard North(15-10) #2 North Star(26-1)	3243	40 50
Fri 3/67:30 PM	#3 Millard West(21-5) #2 North Star(27-1)	3146	45 43
Sat 3/77:00 PM	#2 North Star(28-1) #4 Omaha North(27-5)	5135	58 49